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Storm tactics Hollyweirdos at 9:39am 06.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/3358 Just finished a book called Storm Tactics. Very informative. Have any of you been out in storm con
Cockpit Table (2) bigpapaporsche at 8:22am 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3967 I just finished making this 12X24 Teak Cockpit Table and install it yesterday on our Seaward 23, can
Solar System Completed (4) Deadhead at 8:01am 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 8/3566 I finished the install a couple of Sunday's ago before heading down the Bay to meet the tall ships.
Inspecting H34 to buy. Any advice? Jennys Dad at 7:10am 06.22.12 Big Boats 4/1273 Hello all. I'm new to this forum, and to boat ownership. My last boat was a Santana 22 some 20+ ye
Battery switch?? Cmp1110 at 6:51am 06.22.12 Musings With Maine Sail 4/2952 An in the process of adding another battery to my boat. I was looking at Batt selector switches and
Creating bilge sump access patrscoe at 6:04am 06.22.12 S2 3/1816 Has anyone created a bilge sump access panel on a 11.0a? The manufacturer access is actually in fron
Bilge pump instalation Benjamin Disralei at 6:00am 06.22.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1918 Hi fellow sailors, My Beneteau currently has an manual electric and an hand pump bilge. I wish to i
ac compressor jphud at 4:32am 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2357 Hi There, Has anyone replaced a compressor on a marine air unit? Were there any unexpected problems
Any suggestions for putting opening windows on a 23 (Or abou OS2Dude at 4:00am 06.22.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2078 I would REALLY like to replace my fixed foreward ports with ones that open and drain. I can't have
Shipping a mast and boom Georgieboy at 11:24pm 06.21.12 Big Boats 5/3577 I thought I would reach out and ask if anyone has experiences shipping a mast (53ft) across the coun
Need some input on the Mac21 BB62 Sailor at 9:35pm 06.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2112 Hello all, I am looking at picking up a Mac21, and start learning to sail, so any input about the
Fuse sizing (1) DannyS at 9:00pm 06.21.12 Musings With Maine Sail 1/2219 Hey Maine Sail, I want to add a Blue Seas terminal block fuse to my house bank. I'm pretty competent
how to run wires through bow pulpet?! Jared1048 at 8:30pm 06.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1495 My bow running light wiring is corroded and needs to be replaced. I tried to tie a message line to
prop wallke george blau at 7:59pm 06.21.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1809 hi all, i have a new Catalina 44.5 and i have some difficulty when mooring the boat in reverse. i fi
Spouse needs a little "reassurance" Rocket1 at 7:32pm 06.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2867 Hey All- I'm hoping y'all can chime in here and set the Admiral's mind a ease a bit. First, a litt
Popping the dodger Sirius repair at 7:18pm 06.21.12 Sirius 21/22 3/4901 I am interested to know how the dodger is supposed to stay up. do i have to raise the boom slightly?
Lights Doc_holiday at 7:17pm 06.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1731 I hate to start two threads in one 24 hour period but this seemed hard to absorb. Ok so we know w
Cheap trailer maiettan at 7:01pm 06.21.12 Catalina 22 12/1965 http://annapolis.craigslist.org/boa/3092261113.html Looks like a Cat 22 trailer, definitely needs s
Slow speed '76 Hunter 30 Yanmar YSE 12 J Hunter at 7:00pm 06.21.12 Engines and Propulsion 3/5926 I usually use the aux Yanmar YSE12 as little as possible, and don't usually depend on it for speed.
Swing/Kick-up Rudder weh5748 at 6:59pm 06.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 31/19786 I just bought a used O'Day 19 with the swing rudder. I'm not sure what the purpose is. I see that pu

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Boat Smells! Jerry Nevins at 8:09am 12.12.22 Our Hunter 356 still has it's original sanitation hose. We bought the boat 2 years ago and it came
Evergreen jon hansen at 8:08am 12.12.22 an able bodied seaman and a ships officer are two totally different jobs. one is licenced the othe
Evergreen Tin Kicker at 8:07am 12.12.22 with no gps/radar screens, charts, binoculars, common language, visibility, view, local knowledge,
Hunter 140 - gunwale stay attachment compromise Crazy Dave Condon at 8:02am 12.12.22 Take a photos of the top and underneath. I will try to help. Former Hunter dealer who introduced yo
Evergreen jon hansen at 8:01am 12.12.22 I think that last bit is the part that fills me with questions, and a bit of dread. The implication
Boat Smells! Ralph Johnstone at 8:00am 12.12.22 I didn't install the old stuff, just removed it. I figured as much. What a relief to see the rep
Single handing kappykaplan at 7:49am 12.12.22 Course, speed, position, hoist sails, douse sails. start engine, stop engine, putting reefs in the m
It counts, right?! jssailem at 7:36am 12.12.22 You are a differentt folk north of the 49th... I was in a snow channel like that twice. Once after
CDI FF2 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:35am 12.12.22 Yesterday, I saw another hunter 240. I did not have my cell phone with me but I am correct on the
Boat Smells! Scott NIelsen at 7:24am 12.12.22 My experience is if the water used for flushing the toilet is salt or lake water it is loaded with n
Evergreen Will Gilmore at 7:22am 12.12.22 The Korean example of cockpit culture has made it to Healthcare. My wife attended numerous seminars
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings dlochner at 7:21am 12.12.22 One drawback to using the ball bearing sheaves is it will necessary and an OSHA requirement that cre
Single handing WI Rigger at 7:17am 12.12.22
Evergreen Tin Kicker at 7:02am 12.12.22 Malcolm Gladwell wrote a piece about this in The Atlantic.... I think it also appeared in one of h
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings Hayden Watson at 6:58am 12.12.22 I switched to the Garhauer ball bearing sheaves years ago and they are a great improvement over the
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot rgranger at 6:49am 12.12.22 Broadly speaking, what you all are referring to is the practice of "boondocking", or "stealth campi
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot Hayden Watson at 6:47am 12.12.22 ... There's actually a spot in the South Dakota badlands I's love to go back to with my Mac, just t
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt rgranger at 6:45am 12.12.22 GUILTY ! that's right... I'M guilty of NOT reading all of the previous posts...:eek: BTDT:cool:
It counts, right?! (1) rgranger at 6:42am 12.12.22 I drove my stink pot to work last week. :dancing::poke:
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings Justin_NSA at 6:40am 12.12.22 Sigh. That was the one thing I did not do when my mast was down a few years back.

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