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WM Zodiac Inflatable Floor Dinghy DJW at 1:50pm 08.07.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1368 As I stated in a earlier post a friend gave us a WM Zodiac dinghy with inflatable floor that the flo
CSM vs Hypalon DJW at 1:00pm 08.07.12 Ask All Sailors 13/16115 Looking at a new achilles dinghy. Is CSM and Hypalon one and the same products? In researching CSM
Greasing Selden Inmast furler bearings Ken Honeycutt at 12:08pm 08.07.12 Big Boats 14/5769 Want to grease the bearings on my inmast but there is no easy way to get to them through the inspect
Yanmar engine compartment (1) mjmercer19248 at 11:24am 08.07.12 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1927 What are these?
O'day 39, need some help. vytkis at 10:37am 08.07.12 Bigger Boats 25/4285 Hi, I have a project O'day 39. The thing is, one of the part I'm stuck on is stemhead plate. Mine is
H28 Yanmar overheating at 3000 RPM eliems at 10:31am 08.07.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1941 2GM20F and the alarm goes off after an hour at 3000 RPM, is this normal? Sea strainer is clear, c
Race on Lake Erie bhstech at 10:05am 08.07.12 Catalina 22 2/1098 I have a 1977 C-22 with a newer main and 150% genny. My club started a series of Saturday races. The
Mac 21 swing keel mr.buck at 9:49am 08.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1016 Can anyone give me measurments on a MacGregor 21 foot swing keel? or pictures, I live in North Mis.
Starting battery NYSail at 9:20am 08.07.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2980 Hello all..... Just a simple question for some of you smart guys out there. I have a Yanmar 3HM35
Raymarine vhf 215e second station msade at 9:06am 08.07.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1127 Hello I have the above vhf and its second station The main vhf unit is working The second station u
Charging with Shore Power Traylor67 at 8:52am 08.07.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1732 Perhaps this question is overly basic, but I'll ask it anyways. By way of background, I have a 1978
See over the top sherbo at 8:05am 08.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/898
Swing Keel Slamming sherbo at 8:02am 08.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1358 On a recent trip to Catalina I was kept up all night by the swing keel slamming in the housing. I tr
Another Awsome Weekend... Squidd at 7:28am 08.07.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1430 Had a great time this weekend.. After the July 0 to 5 mph doldrums the wind is picking up in the Apo
H27-2 - Correct Mast Slide/Slug? Charles94 at 7:22am 08.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1317 1989 H27-2 Raising the main has been very difficult since we purchased the boat last year. Assumed
Catalina warning Sanfelice at 7:14am 08.07.12 Catalina 30 6/1955 Did a Google search for Catalina Yachts and there was a warning about the site being unsafe. Also co
Forestay about to snap--please help! SaltySails at 7:11am 08.07.12 Day Sailers 6/1907 Hi, my ODay daysailer forestay is hanging on by two wire threads! The others snapped at the bottom
Painting swing keel on MacGregor 21 mikewestz at 7:01am 08.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1567 I am thinking about mooring my boat in a harbor (ocean) for the summer, next summer. Does anyone ha
LED lamp replacements for festoon bulbs canyon at 6:27am 08.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1817 Does anyone have suggestions for LED replacements of the small interior cabin lights in an H310. I w
Let there be light! (1) r.oril at 6:18am 08.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/2950 I want to pull my boat through LA traffic and not get hit. The wife is not happy with the current li

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Need advice for running backstay with staysail on H49 Windpilot at 9:11am 02.13.23 I completely agree with you. I had an old guy (like me lol) 30year veteran respected rigger on the p
302 Raw Water hose and seacock question Evan656 at 8:10am 02.13.23
Low oil indicator fading in and out RitSim at 7:31am 02.13.23 If you are going to get rid of the original "trailer plugs" , why not eliminate plugs completely? T
Floor board replacement on a hunter 306 jdrutten at 7:31am 02.13.23
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Alan Gomes at 7:30am 02.13.23 If you don't want your boat to break, don't use it. But then, often disuse* is much harder on a b*
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Breezy1 at 7:26am 02.13.23 In your "squareness" photo it appears that the gap is larger in the gap at the bottom of the photo
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dlochner at 7:25am 02.13.23 Standard cruisers' conversation when meeting: Where ya from? Where ya going? What's broken? If you
Spades &. Quick Connect terminals Maine Sail at 7:23am 02.13.23 Thanks @Maine Sail - good to see you writing again and sharing your knowledge. I am not an electr
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Alan Gomes at 7:07am 02.13.23 without having lost anything, broken anything, Or at least nothing major. Pretty hard to have a
New autopilot smokey73 at 5:57am 02.13.23 If at all possible, I'd consider pulling out existing wires without big connectors, inserting the wi
Rear pulpit modification (1) MBroderick at 5:56am 02.13.23 Each side has a quick pin:
Rear pulpit modification fred1diver at 5:51am 02.13.23 How do you open it?
Why??? Scott B at 5:47am 02.13.23 So am I to understand, we opened our border to a homeless Canadian, who traveled in some fashion 30
Rear pulpit modification (1) MBroderick at 5:46am 02.13.23 This is what I use on my 33.5. Two Gemini split connectors and a length od ss tubing. I like this be
Lewmar folding wheel problem (1) Scott B at 5:37am 02.13.23 If you zoom in on the wheel you can see the elastic and balls.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't RoyS at 5:35am 02.13.23 If you have space I suggest that you raise the engine exhaust port as high as possible. Ideally you
Lewmar folding wheel problem Scott B at 5:34am 02.13.23 Thanks I did see this loop/bungee in the discussions however these are apparently long gone from my
Halyard Diameters 1979 H37C Dave Groshong at 5:06am 02.13.23 I would use 11mm=7/16 for all, unless you want to splurge a little on Dyneema, I would go down to
Sirius 21 owners manual Crazy Dave Condon at 4:55am 02.13.23
Lewmar folding wheel problem H30sailor at 4:45am 02.13.23 The post is 3 years old. Looking at the image of the balls in his hand, it looks like he was using

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