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Inverter Grounding Problems hmurmur at 5:47am 07.17.12 Ask All Sailors 35/8096 I have a Xantrex Freedom SW 2000 inverter on the boat. Recently, I discovered that the inverter do
Boat Pox is this the END Red Ryder at 5:47am 07.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/4724 I own a 1984 O'Day 222... It has sever boat pox of the worst kind. I am not able to repair it myself
More on Sail Twist Marc14857 at 5:46am 07.17.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 19/9659 Hi Don I'm working on fine tuning my boom vang on my Hunter 44..B'R rig in mast main no battens.
Internal Halyard Slap LordNelson at 4:52am 07.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/4387 I bungee the external portion of the halyard that connects to the mainsail to a stay, but the intern
Points to ponder Doc_holiday at 4:32am 07.17.12 Sails Call Lounge 7/9032 Not really stealing the title from Readers Digest but i thought we needed a place to post questions
Sailing Vacation Sail123 at 11:52pm 07.16.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1985 My Clipper Marine 32 aft cabin ketch, 8' beam has a nice six wheel trailer and while I slip her on a
Single Handing a 320 kwilson1033 at 11:40pm 07.16.12 Mid-Size Boats 7/4870 I am in the process of purchasing a Catalina 320. During the test sail I found that there might be
First time racing a MacGregor 26D r.oril at 10:39pm 07.16.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/5234 We entered our first ever race and took 2nd place!:dance::dance: The Rotating Mast made a real big
Campbell Sailer prop for Hunter 356? Solemn Silence at 10:16pm 07.16.12 Big Boats 7/2104 Would like some feedback from those running a Campbell Sailer 3-blade prop on their Hunter 356. Crui
Deck Moisture buying boat floridasun at 9:11pm 07.16.12 Big Boats 6/2739 Looking to purchase a Catalina 34. We have sailed on many and feel this is the best overall layout v
how to tell if your bottom paint is still good? Jared1048 at 9:10pm 07.16.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1155 I bought my boat a little over a year ago and its been kept in fresh water. I don't know how old the
Back stay and front stay, when stepping mast chaos18 at 9:00pm 07.16.12 Smaller Boats 12/3443 Help, when i step the mast on my capri 18, once the mast is in place we are about 3.5 inches away fr
New RC8D fnuttersny at 8:59pm 07.16.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/911 Picked up brand new in the crate "RC8D" this week end that had been stored for 22 years. This ebay
Warm or Cool Light LED hunter43sail at 8:56pm 07.16.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2131 I am looking at replacing the lights on my 42. What type of LED should I use warm or cool? Also anyo
Bimini/dodger fab in SE mich islandrunner70 at 8:45pm 07.16.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1470 Hi everyone. I will be taking ownership of 1993 Beneteau Oceanis 370 and would like to add a Bimini
Garmin Bluechart Lost Parent at 8:45pm 07.16.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1389 Can anybody recommend the best place to buy a Garmin bluechart G2 Vision card for desolation sound a
Rusty anchor chain ... eliems at 8:06pm 07.16.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1961 My trip to Desolation Sound resulted in rust on the 150 feet of anchor chain and I am wondering if I
Forespar Horse shoe ring RAD88 at 7:49pm 07.16.12 Ask All Sailors 2/2170 Does anyone know if there is a replacement cover available for the Forespar horse shoe ring? Mine ha
portwindows gasket for 1968 Cal Cruising 46 edwmama at 7:48pm 07.16.12 Cal 1/2590 hi cal boat owners I have a 1968 Cal Cruising 46 bill lapworth My main saloon and forward Vberth
Mercuray 3.9 hp Mark Juetten at 7:30pm 07.16.12 Engines and Propulsion 1/1412 'd appreciate any insights into this engine! THX

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De-powering water heater for winter Leeward Rail at 3:28pm 11.21.22 Fwiw I would install a better circuit breaker so that you can simply turn it off in the future. Hope
Keel crack Davidasailor26 at 3:22pm 11.21.22 If you are lucky, what you have is just failed fairing compound. If so, the repair will be fairly e
Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:18pm 11.21.22 FUJIMO, famous 50' FRER'S RACER with a red hull. detroit racer came home and told his wife, Jane th
Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:12pm 11.21.22 Erie feeling
De-powering water heater for winter D. Inscho at 3:05pm 11.21.22 Thank you! There is a breaker for the water heater but it is a push button panel allowing only and "
Racing rule questions Davidasailor26 at 3:03pm 11.21.22 So, the takeaway for me is to always try to pass to windward of a boat on an upwind leg. As long as
De-powering water heater for winter JoeWhite at 2:57pm 11.21.22 There must be a circuit breaker on the panel. If not, disconnect the shore power then disconnect the
De-powering water heater for winter dlochner at 2:53pm 11.21.22 Welcome to SBO. There should be a breaker on the main breaker panel for it. If not you need to inst
Clever Boat Names Wyo George at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Keel crack dlochner at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Racing rule questions stickinthemud57 at 2:39pm 11.21.22 Great responses! It's interesting that the "give way" boat (in this case boat A) can force the "stan
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:37pm 11.21.22 Annapolis buoy reports water temperature of 49.5. Air temperature for the last 24 hours ranges from
Keel crack dlochner at 2:36pm 11.21.22 Wavy Gravy comes to mind! Now there's a reference the young folks won't know! There are many you
Starboard & Port tack confusion! dlochner at 2:35pm 11.21.22 This is easy to verify. The World Sailing Association, the governing body for international sailing
Starboard & Port tack confusion! kappykaplan at 2:33pm 11.21.22 Interesting, but it wouldn't surprise me at all that the Brits are contrary to the continent. As I
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Davidasailor26 at 2:25pm 11.21.22 Interesting. The Racing Rules of Sailing are published by World Sailing, not just a US organization,
Keel crack Scott T-Bird at 2:20pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed. ung folks won't know!
Starboard & Port tack confusion! JamesG161 at 2:16pm 11.21.22 Geeez guys I know , I know... Titanic Sunk, 15 April 1912. Things have changed. Like Lifeboats.:f
Keel crack (1) JamesG161 at 2:12pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed.
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 2:10pm 11.21.22 Having spent around eight weeks sailing on Nicholson 55' sail training cutters in UK, I don't recal

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