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Anyone have an ARB fridge? bugbitten at 8:07am 07.27.12 S2 2/2293 I think my wife's enthusiasm for the boating life would greatly improve if there were always the pro
Owners/Installation Manual Credibility..? Maine Sail at 6:20am 07.27.12 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3585 I got the below message from a guy trying to figure out where to wire his DC refrigeration and how t
Adding Inspection Port - Rear Deck---OK? andymorto at 6:14am 07.27.12 Day Sailers 2/1691 I have one of the "newer" javelins (second generation hull design)--and I suspect there is a lot of
'89-'94 H27-2 - Q on original jib size Charles94 at 5:38am 07.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1027 1989 Hunter 27-2 Purchased a year ago with new Doyle sails. The furling genoa is ~150%. With the
Water ballast Hunter sailboats centerboards and rudders Crazy Dave Condon at 5:32am 07.27.12 Smaller Boats 0/1307 Hunter no longer builds the centerboards, rudders nor centerboard brackets. Foss Foam built the ru
Site was down overnight Phil Herring at 5:23am 07.27.12 Ask All Sailors 18/2744 All of our sites were down from approximately 6pm Thursday to 3:30am Friday (PT). The data center
Bulkhead Gauge Replacement (8) StanFM at 6:23pm 07.26.12 Catalina 22 13/5199 When I bought the boat, there was an old inoperable depth gauge in the bulkhead. In fact, it looked
Bought my first sailboat USAF93 at 6:04pm 07.26.12 Day Sailers 2/1710 I picked up a 2001 Hunter 170 with a few cracks on the deck. Nothing on the bottom. I've found a f
Broken outhaul inside of closed Isomat boom Jared1048 at 5:26pm 07.26.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/2190 Got caught in some gusty weather and broke my outhaul (broke the block in two that gives you 2-1 pur
It's Going to Take a Little Longer Than I Thought (2) Roger Long at 5:12pm 07.26.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/7413 I just returned from a week visiting the Long family seat in upstate New York, http://www.cruisingon
Windstar 223 kick-up rudder Bluff Kid at 3:36pm 07.26.12 Other Sailboats 1/2012 would some one e-mail me photos of their kick up rudder and how they rig it to keep it from kicking
Winch rubbers shanepandront at 3:19pm 07.26.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1136 Hi I am a new owner and i would like to know whether the blue inserts around the shaft of the winche
Jib downhaul and line routing (1) Chester at 3:00pm 07.26.12 Catalina 22 24/12451 We've come to the conclusion that it is not fun if someone has to go forward in 30-40 knot winds to
Webasto problem Dave555 at 2:19pm 07.26.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1245 I have a webasto 3500 heater in my beneteau and today when i tried to start it, it was all dead. No
Quick disconnect for electronics dbecker68 at 12:25pm 07.26.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2454 I have a GPS and a depth meter that are not permanently mounted on my boat, and I plug and unplug th
Sailing lull (1) kpgraci at 12:17pm 07.26.12 Ask All Sailors 16/3434 I haven't been sailing in weeks, perhaps months, I don't remember when. It's the darn heat and the g
H30 Cherubini toe rail Phil Herring at 11:36am 07.26.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/701 I have a customer looking for a scrap of toe rail for this boat; the company that manufactures the r
Front Hatch - I hate this! (1) CaptGregg at 11:14am 07.26.12 Catalina 22 6/1487 In the picture, my front hatch which is vertical because it's open shows where a PO had screwed teak
Thanks Jack sailnoproblem at 11:06am 07.26.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1043 Jack I want to thank both you and Al for all your help today, rigging my sails. It's amazing how muc
Holding tank in V-berth in Oday 30 griffy2000 at 10:24am 07.26.12 Bigger Boats 6/2115 Does anyone have a photo (s) of their holding tank located under the v-berth (stock or modified) of

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Any sailor peppers out there? (1) Tally Ho at 3:41pm 01.01.23
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? (1) SailKozy at 3:40pm 01.01.23 :plus: The owner of this outfit used to be the parts manager for O'Day. He has a wealth of informat
Older sailers stickinthemud57 at 3:18pm 01.01.23 Health is a crap shoot. We each have our genetic make-up and none of us know what that has in store
Towing a dinghy shemandr at 3:15pm 01.01.23 Of course there are going to be contradictory views. I used to sail to Block Island with my Peanut
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking BigEasy at 3:11pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Towing a dinghy Sailfanatic at 2:43pm 01.01.23 Check this source USt2sCT6W5Y
Older sailers Captain Larry-DH at 2:29pm 01.01.23 There's a 94 yo skier whose famous quote is " You don't get too old to ski. You get old because yo
Any sailor peppers out there? markwbird at 2:25pm 01.01.23
Older sailers shemandr at 2:22pm 01.01.23 There's a 94 yo skier whose famous quote is " You don't get too old to ski. You get old because you
Com-Pac 16 general questions shemandr at 2:13pm 01.01.23 When I lived in Southold NY you could do this at the dump - ah, transfer station. #3 Stumps me.
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? SV_Gonromin at 1:52pm 01.01.23 All of this will require many boat bucks. Are there any boat bucks that aren't "many"? :oops::D T
Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 1:48pm 01.01.23 Might consider obtaining the following weights at you local moving company truck scale: 1. tow vehi
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions (1) RitSim at 1:33pm 01.01.23 My zinc broke off this year. I removed the center bolt as you did and the cover should be free. Pa
Older sailers dLj at 1:33pm 01.01.23 I just turned 67 - age is more than just a number, there are inexorable aspects of aging that one ca
Older sailers Dalliance at 1:28pm 01.01.23 The previous owner of my boat sailed until he was 83 and I can think of at least 5 sailors I know of
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking kappykaplan at 1:23pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 (1) Hello Below at 1:13pm 01.01.23 Why not consider what I have? A portable, water resistant bluetooth speaker. No holes, take it to th
Boat is Hibernating 2 OLD PIRATES at 12:55pm 01.01.23 I got some feed back about this very subject: Interesting read. https://skippersplan.com/winter-sto
Older sailers shemandr at 12:37pm 01.01.23 You could do what a friend of my father's did. He caught a large swordfish that he couldn't get abo
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? jssailem at 11:58am 01.01.23 Windy weather updates as the data sources are changed. Global models: ECMWF (European Centre for

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