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Garmin NMEA 2000 to Raymarine X10 Cable jduehmig at 7:59am 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2789 Here's a question that should be simple but I want to make sure I don't do something stupid. I have
Yanmar stalls at low rpm after running markgoldfarb at 7:58am 06.16.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/4259 My Hunter 295 has a yanmar 2gm20f. She runs great until I come back to the dock after runing her for
Mast Luff Sluggs or Boltrope?/Standing Rigging Q Ward H at 6:55am 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 11/4485 I am purchasing a new main sail for my Neport 17. I am being offered the option of Luff Slugs for $7
outboard storage for dinghy? iSailor at 6:15am 06.16.12 Catalina 310 1/1860 where do you guys store your outboard motors? On the rail? Anoyone use the deep locker in the port
222 fuel locker anchorclanker at 5:44am 06.16.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2527 The locker on my 222 had a small 3 gallon fuel tank. I brought it home so I could run the motor up a
Basic sailboat maintenance and repair questions. anchorclanker at 5:33am 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2028 While my particular boat is an O'Day 222, I feel there is enough commonality among the many makes an
Inflatable problem mellis18 at 9:47pm 06.15.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1083 Pulled my Caribe inflatable to clean the bottom and do some minor repair. When I got it home I foun
Andriod phone 1977oday22 at 9:20pm 06.15.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1975 Ok, I'm getting into the new age of electronics. Now I have an andriod phone, I'm lucky that I can a
Just out of curosity..O'Day 22 1977oday22 at 9:01pm 06.15.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/4846 I happen to run across another 22 at the marina. Although it's a 22 (trailored and un attended) it s
WHERE to wash headsail? Cool Beans at 8:22pm 06.15.12 Ask All Sailors 18/2772 Where could I wash it? It has a 41 foot luff and like an 20+ foot leech. . .it's a biggun, 155% :do
Honda outboard work drock10 at 8:06pm 06.15.12 Catalina 22 14/5962 Hey guys I have to clean my carb I guess on my motor but I have never done it anyone know the proces
owners manuals 31 hunter 1986 sailboatdave at 5:47pm 06.15.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1897 we are looking for manuals for a 1986 hunter 31. all we can get would be helpful, pluming and all
Bene First 38 fuel consumption jgurley at 5:41pm 06.15.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2790 Just on the chance there's someone here that has a First 38 with the Perkins 4-108M and a Kiwi prop,
Great day of sailing on Lake Lanier (1) Cabasa 83 at 4:03pm 06.15.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/975 I had a great day of single handed sailing today and wanted to thank all those who answer questions
ericson 30+ GrampaArt at 2:01pm 06.15.12 Ask All Sailors 4/2740 Would appreciate info/opinions on the ericson 30+. This one's a 1980, shoal draft and I believe a ta
C27 Drawings jGo at 1:57pm 06.15.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/4599 Hi all, I am looking for an AutoCAD (or other vector format) or scaled/dimensional drawings of th
Now thats a yacht... (1) kpgraci at 1:48pm 06.15.12 Ask All Sailors 17/3172 Went out to the marina last week and this was parked at the visitors dock... It's 168 feet. I fel
Tool for opening water tank? FirstSummer at 11:27am 06.15.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/6492 Does anyone know if there is a special tool for opening the water tank? I just purchased a 2006 Bene
boom bail screws stripped Michael Tannehill at 10:38am 06.15.12 Catalina 30 1/1530 I am using a friends 30' Catalina sailing on Lake Tahoe. The middle boom bail screws on the port si
Newport/Bermuda Race underway Alan at 10:09am 06.15.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1231 Well the race is on and they're expecting record times for this one. Wind out of the NE at 16 to 20

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Black Widow vs VC-17M? Davidasailor26 at 2:57pm 11.10.22 Already he has told me that going from a genoa to the 102% jib would only buy me three seconds. See
Black Widow vs VC-17M? stickinthemud57 at 2:47pm 11.10.22 It is a system that is good in theory however in actual practice it would hard to think of worse ra
Black Widow vs VC-17M? Davidasailor26 at 2:43pm 11.10.22
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? (1) Hollyberry at 2:40pm 11.10.22 I think 3/8" would be overkill the windows are fairly small on the C 27 ... finally found a pic of t
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater mermike at 2:37pm 11.10.22 I have an insulating sock from a deisel heater I replaced. I instaled the new heater about 3' from
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 2:10pm 11.10.22 HollyBerry is right on. Plexiglas is a trade name for acrylic. The optical best kind is the cast st
Sick JRacer at 1:11pm 11.10.22 Glad to hear you are doing better, Dave.
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Head Sail at 12:59pm 11.10.22 Like most DIY projects, I checked with some of my cruising friends and found a heater offered by Am
Sick patbratton at 12:50pm 11.10.22 I am so sorry to hear that you were ill. I am glad that you are feeling better.
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot (1) Tedd at 12:49pm 11.10.22 Where are the pictures so we know this actually did happen?? (show some pictures of your new toy!!
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Head Sail at 12:47pm 11.10.22 With great difficulty. Plan is to run 30mm exhaust tubing in a heavy insulating sock to the transom
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 12:38pm 11.10.22 Another trick is to dry-fit the new window, mask the outline and paint the overlay surfaces black b
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Parsons at 12:35pm 11.10.22 So you had that four-blade bronze prop on your Catalina 32? Go ahead and pull the other one. I'll b
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Hello Below at 12:35pm 11.10.22 Adjust the pitch, remove one blade and you'll be fine.
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? kloudie1 at 12:33pm 11.10.22 HollyBerry is right on. Plexiglas is a trade name for acrylic. The optical best kind is the cast stu
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! kappykaplan at 12:29pm 11.10.22 What a difference it makes when my stern isn't dragging! Or squatting! That's a huge prop if the
Replacing frameless acrylic fixed ports xavpil at 12:26pm 11.10.22 Awesome post!!!!!! The plexiglass is color tinted so the pigment is IN the whole plexiglass. Howe
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (1) kappykaplan at 12:25pm 11.10.22 Captain and Engineer Again,
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 12:18pm 11.10.22 We used normal 'plexiglass', 3/16 or 1/4 (was a while ago, sorry) (not cast) typically available at
CENTERBOARD WOES kappykaplan at 12:18pm 11.10.22 I'll circle back with a full report. That's if anyone really cares.... But we do care! :beer:

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