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Air Conditioner Guidelines (1) Paul and Judy at 6:15am 08.02.12 Ask All Sailors 19/4356 I found the attached article and wanted to share it with the group. Enjoy Paul
Flush (2) All U Get at 5:54am 08.02.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2245 Hi all, When does a Flush beat a Full House? When you finally get the new head working. It took many
Pics for Long Story (5) gpd955 at 5:52am 08.02.12 Catalina 310 2/1268 Sorry guys....I couldn't attach any pics of my water separator/fuel pump to my PM to Long Story via
Moving up to the 30's from a 26' swampcreek at 5:22am 08.02.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1450 We currently sail a 1993 Mac on the mid Chesapeake, we love it but need more boat. We're looking at
C320 mk2 lazy jacks and sail bag Brahmany at 2:11am 08.02.12 Big Boats 3/3678 Looking to get lazyjacks and sailbag made up but would like to see how other 320 owners have set up
Crunched a Daggerboard! (1) Brad1968 at 8:46pm 08.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1776 Managed to hit a mooring cable on the dredger racing with the Marina del Rey Venture Macgregor Fleet
Original wood stain mjmercer19248 at 8:13pm 08.01.12 The Cherubini Hunters 17/6776 Anyone know the manufacturer and stain color used on the woodwork on a 1980 H37C?
tiller pilot advice fnuttersny at 7:28pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2671 I have been using 15 hp outboard on my 79 H27 for the last two years. I just installed a new repl
Boat ramp in Door county, WI audriuskanape at 7:06pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1162 Any advise, were we can launch our boat in Door county, with overnight parking?
Murphy's Law Addendum Witzend at 6:06pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 15/4016 Murphy's Law: If anything can go wrong, it will. Schnatterly's Summing up of the corollaries: If an
1980 Hunter 30 Cabin Top Construction kmpetersen at 5:36pm 08.01.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1093 Does anyone know how the cabin top is constructed? I am planning to install a couple of solar power
17' Macgregor Venture centerboard info needed? tzirkler at 4:11pm 08.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1925 Hello, I am new at this so be easy on me...lol I had just got a 17' Macgregor Venture sailboat and
Create your own chart cards for chartplotters? jviss at 3:00pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2886 Does anyone know if it's possible to create your own chart cards for chartplotters? I was consideri
Anchor Light Long Story at 2:59pm 08.01.12 Catalina 310 1/1441 I am two hours from my boat, and will need to go up the mast this weekend. My marina is 1:15 min fr
need advice to choose adequate solar panel alfred gamil at 2:34pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3003 I would like to keep my 12 volt batterie charged without the use of an electric charger I am think
Why the label "Satan's Glue" Chris Nowell at 2:15pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 26/8088 I've been using 3M's 5200 sealant for years on the advice of the boat yard that I originally dealt w
Removing starter on Yanmar GM 2 mikenovit at 1:38pm 08.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2085 My starter activates after multiple pushes of starter button. Told I need to have solinoid rebuilt.
Olympic Sailing kpgraci at 1:31pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2159 I just discovered I could log on to the msnbc site with my AT'T U-verse credentials and watch live e
Standing rigging SBinNSB at 12:35pm 08.01.12 Catalina 310 3/1447 Anyone have a good drawing or photo of the 310 standing rigging? The yard is trying to put our boat
Belmontsail Belmontsail at 12:25pm 08.01.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1351 looking to buy a 2001 331 with a westerbeke engine-any feedback

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Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest dLj at 6:07am 02.18.23 My wife and I require internet and phone service for our work access while off-shore realizing we w
Hyde StreamStay II Question (2) jssailem at 5:59am 02.18.23 213094 The toggle fitting (the lower portion) is shown on the deck. If you can not find the toggl
Hyde StreamStay II Question (3) Kevin&Karen at 5:09am 02.18.23 More pics that I took yesterday of the Hyde StreamStay II rollerfurler connection point. Still look
Vitrifrigo BN100BT freezer temps Captain Larry-DH at 3:47am 02.18.23 Check your wiring. If you have a marginal connection it might not show up with a multi tester due t
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? Apex at 3:27am 02.18.23 The winch handle will fit in a Harken winch. The sockets have been standardized for decades. The lo
Yamaha 30 - YSM12 diesel engine - need new stainless steel wet muffler (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:41pm 02.17.23 I know that some have the standard steel muffler and many if not most of us have the stainless stee
Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) jssailem at 8:56pm 02.17.23 I like butyl when I have fixtures with fasteners to adhere the parts together. When dealing with a w
Yanmar GM Series Injector -> Compression Adapter Conversion dlochner at 7:39pm 02.17.23 Exactly! I've been through the service manual cover to cover and haven't found those thread sizes.
Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) dlochner at 7:31pm 02.17.23 Mast support has been torn apart and reglassed. I had to do some sanding because some masking tape
Is there any safety issues with boats not having backstays? (3) rgranger at 7:27pm 02.17.23
PHRF handicap (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:39pm 02.17.23 Closest I can find is a Beneteau 28 FR (fractional rig?) the 82 appears to be a masthead rig? Jus
PHRF handicap jon hansen at 6:35pm 02.17.23 174. - from ceader mills
ODay 34 chain locker drain Davidasailor26 at 6:07pm 02.17.23
Catalina 310 Icebox Drain DaveJ at 5:59pm 02.17.23
Hello to the community RSHunter27 at 5:52pm 02.17.23 Sure I'll always take a look. Though I believe at this point that I would want to look at something
Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) Project_Mayhem at 5:44pm 02.17.23 Gelcoat is pretty but not able to sustain the weight of a mast. You would need a step (it would hav
Yanmar GM Series Injector -> Compression Adapter Conversion zephyr070 at 5:41pm 02.17.23 Look up the specifics Exactly! I've been through the service manual cover to cover and haven't fou
thru-hull size needed for bilge (2) Ralph Johnstone at 5:36pm 02.17.23
thru-hull size needed for bilge Davidasailor26 at 5:26pm 02.17.23 Read the instructions and data sheet carefully. The 3000gph figure is for the pump at ZERO head, th
Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) jssailem at 5:05pm 02.17.23 Im assuming gelcoat is too brittle to be used in thick amounts under the mast? Gelcoat is pretty b

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