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Wireless Wind Instruments Beneteau 321 at 10:43am 07.31.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2812 Has anyone had any experience with the TacTick wireless wind system?
Blower? sailliny at 9:42am 07.31.12 Catalina 310 5/1932 Just wanted to know do any of you run the blower before starting the engine? My understanding is
Best way to attach the side shelves and over head storage? (3) joes new addiction at 8:21am 07.31.12 Ask All Sailors 4/2705 I had thought of moving up to a bigger boat or at least one with more, "creature comforts" than my P
Smile confusion fox islander at 6:34am 07.31.12 Catalina 30 6/6878 OK so over in "Big Boats" there's a post on the "smile" and as I've heard before the smile is caused
Rigging Empress at 6:21am 07.31.12 Big Boats 2/1023 I am a new Hunter 45 Legend (1988) owner. I am having trouble with the sail rigging. Particularly re
Stern Wake over Exhaust Port Rag Doll at 6:13am 07.31.12 Bigger Boats 6/1957 Just a question on a 1986 O Day 28. When I am sailing or motoring and get over 4 knots the stern
H310 stock holding tank sending unit canyon at 6:02am 07.31.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1881 My H310 has a stock 50 gal. holding tank, with the needle stuck on 3/4 full. The level sensor is ori
The good, bad and ugly on a 1974 T23? joes new addiction at 5:56am 07.31.12 Columbia 0/2376 Fact finding mission for a friend. We had sailed Sun fishes when we were kids, but Jim had gone over
thoughts on a Columbia 23'?? joes new addiction at 5:36am 07.31.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2971 Took a friend out on my boat last weekend and now he is HOOKED! He'd been on the fence for a while,
Holding Tank Idylle 11.5m djm297 at 4:31am 07.31.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1757 Hi All, I,m a first time forum user so please forgive awkwardness. I was wondering if anyone had i
Broken Yacht Specialties Helm Control Head (4) Allan12210 at 10:30pm 07.30.12 Ask All Sailors 8/4626 Well this part has raised its ugly head once again. Mine finally has completely broken. First the ta
H260: how much mast "wiggle" Sublime at 9:00pm 07.30.12 Smaller Boats 4/1622 I had my forestay replaced. I went sailing and had a lot of mast pumping with the jib luffing so I
H27 jib sheet tracks jcalluaud at 8:40pm 07.30.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1226 I have a 2006 H27 (current model) that I purchased 2nd hand. It came with 2 sets of jib tracks one s
Ice Cube Trays Lee Hadjiosif at 8:23pm 07.30.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/851 I have a separate freezer and fridge units, so the freezer has a big round plate and did't come with
Max winds with 155 genoa on Mac 25? Piotr at 8:20pm 07.30.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/5388 Gentlemen, I've just purchased (shhh... the Admiral doesn't know yet...) an equivalent of a 155% Gen
Genoa size gruizperez1 at 8:12pm 07.30.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1120 I own a Hunter 326, that has the standard genoa . With light Wind she is too slow..is it possible
Dazed and Confused RainyDaySailor at 8:02pm 07.30.12 Big Boats 12/3059 Hello All My girlfriend and I chartered a 34' Catalina on the Puget Sound a couple of years back and
Anchorages Lake Huron Fly4hire at 7:57pm 07.30.12 Ask All Sailors 16/8961 Planning our first big trip from Lake St Clair up to Mackinaw next month. Plan to use public marinas
adler barber water cooled fridge or freezer (3) Navicula at 7:40pm 07.30.12 Big Boats 11/4194 I have a 1995 hunter 430 with the fridge freezer unit ( I just started this unit for the first time
Companionway Plexiglass Stowage on B381 Lee Hadjiosif at 7:28pm 07.30.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1297 I'm a new owner of a 2001 B381 and I have a stupid (maybe) question. Where are the plexiglass compan

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Yanmar 2GMF cold starting SycloneDriver at 11:08am 01.03.23 My Volvo Penta 2002 start process when cold was to pull and hold the kill handle, open the throttle
Older sailers dLj at 11:03am 01.03.23 As some of you may recall, I've been driving a school bus since January 2005, one of the joys in my
Need a H336 potable water tank monitor Ralph Johnstone at 10:48am 01.03.23 My current monitor has a WUF code . Welcome to the site. I've just got to ask, "what is a WUF co
Stock Color for 85' 22 watercolors II at 10:46am 01.03.23 Catalina Direct for my 85 Catalina 22. I've been happy with results and I've been a graphic artist f
Any sailor peppers out there? rgranger at 10:43am 01.03.23 (snip) ... super alien intelligence invasions... (snip)..staying on boat to avoid in-laws. ;)
Catalina 22 Swing Keel Touch-up Paint Recommendations watercolors II at 10:39am 01.03.23 VC Tar Epoxy Primer
Dinghy Motor Mount Hunter 326 Quasimotor at 10:36am 01.03.23 Many thanks! That was my guess as well. Very kind of you to go look. Happy New Year.
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? dLj at 10:27am 01.03.23 As a Canadian, understanding that Canadians do not need a license to own/captain a personal sailboa
Any sailor peppers out there? smokey73 at 10:24am 01.03.23 Probably the best gun for personal HOME protection is a youth model 20 gauge pump action shotgun wit
Any sailor peppers out there? dLj at 10:22am 01.03.23 staying on boat to avoid in-laws. Now can be an apocalyptic event best avoided.... dj
Any sailor peppers out there? william24424 at 10:08am 01.03.23 Nuclear War, super volcano, weaponized virus', ecological collapse, post biological super alien inte
Capri 18 - time at ramp watercolors II at 10:04am 01.03.23 I just finished my 30th season with a Catalina 22 on a small lake in the mts. of western PA. I have
Bearing Cap rusted tight rgranger at 10:00am 01.03.23 ..., replace the caps with "Bearing Buddies" to keep the new bearings in good shape. :plus::beer: .
Dinghy air leak repair advice Hello Below at 9:57am 01.03.23
Older sailers Terry Cox at 9:53am 01.03.23 As some of you may recall, I've been driving a school bus since January 2005, one of the joys in my
Its funny Friday! JamesG161 at 9:52am 01.03.23 A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have
Bearing Cap rusted tight sbrogden at 9:46am 01.03.23 Thanks for the note about the spindle - I'll take a close look. Rotating by hand the noise is very b
Bearing Cap rusted tight kloudie1 at 9:44am 01.03.23 Once you wrestle the hubs off and replace the bearings, replace the caps with "Bearing Buddies" to k
Bearing Cap rusted tight sbrogden at 9:39am 01.03.23 Thanks. I found a video that was helpful. Used my dead-blow hammer to beat on the back side of the h
Bearing Cap rusted tight rgranger at 9:36am 01.03.23 Here are a few good videos jMX3m-uZcr8 vNXjk4WOdiQ

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