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Great Lakes Starter Boat Rock_Elgin at 9:13pm 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 57/20064 I'm looking for advice on a good starting cruiser for the Great Lakes (Milwaukee). I found a Catalin
Dinghy Lost Parent at 8:41pm 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1324 I have a 2003 Zodiac inflateable , does anyone know what it is made of ?
Not free... but close! jfrench at 8:01pm 06.16.12 Catalina 22 10/2024 http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/boa/3074896485.html Here's a $1000 boat with an outboard a
Correct position of transmission when sailing Captainron1 at 7:30pm 06.16.12 Bigger Boats 1/1353 Hello everyone. (Re 30' O'day) I wonder what is the correct position to place the transmission of my
Single handing and injury Mark Maulden at 7:25pm 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 26/3577 With "all" our Problems behind us we decided to leave Fri am for a sail somewhere and back on Sat.
Snake on my boat. rgranger at 7:18pm 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 38/15848 Hey All Something strange happened today. The family and I went sailing today at Smith Mountain La
Boom setup slowtype at 6:52pm 06.16.12 Catalina 22 5/6058 I am having a difficult time figuring out how to set the boom on my 1987 catalina 22. Mine seems rea
Desolation Sound Lost Parent at 6:44pm 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1371 Is anybody planning a trip up there this summer ?
Demasted JasonC at 6:39pm 06.16.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 23/4192 My forestays snapped at the top today while sailing Chesapeake Bay. In case you want to know you ca
just bought first boat 1973 catalina 22 TLUNLIMITED at 6:19pm 06.16.12 Catalina 22 2/1561 Would love to find a manual that shows manufactured specs for this boat, wiring, plumbing, trailer e
R/V Tioga Video (2) Roger Long at 5:51pm 06.16.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/6216 13.6 Meg Windows Media Video of the R/V Tioga's trip yesterday to service the Martha's Vineyard Coas
Stern Tube/Stuffing Box Hose Failure pencema at 4:14pm 06.16.12 Catalina 30 8/6542 I had a near-catastrophic failure the other day while motoring my '75 Catalina 30. Found several in
Throttle lever and demolition! DarylA at 3:40pm 06.16.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/3298 I'm delighted to say we took our Mac 26m to the coast ' got it wet. Apart from one or two small is
h420 perforance therobesons at 11:29am 06.16.12 Big Boats 11/2333 We are new to hunters as this 420 is our first one. In light air, under 8 kts this seems to be a sn
Removed Factory Genset, Now inverter does not work. therobesons at 11:11am 06.16.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/727 Duplicate post sorry. How do you remove a post? Bob
Catalina 27 Bayrealtor at 10:51am 06.16.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2760 Hi all! I recently purchased a catalina 27 dinette model. Wondering if anyone can give me directions
Spot Free Rinse (De-Ionizer) xcyz at 10:42am 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1261 Much of my time while on the boat at the slip is washing, waxing or wiping the boat. I can only wash
Extending Seatalk Cable Mad Dog at 9:50am 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1903 Hi folks, I apologize if this has been asked before, but a search didn't yield anything. I just
Getting Hunter 216 to head up into wind or irons Ed_S at 9:47am 06.16.12 Smaller Boats 3/1488 Hi, I'm new to the Hunter 216 but have sailed other boats. My experience is you get the boat to he
Windless and chain size? therobesons at 9:25am 06.16.12 Big Boats 3/1277 We have a 1999 h420cc. The chain that is on the boat is to small to fit the windless. Does anyone

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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
Older sailers jssailem at 11:54am 01.01.23 They say do not go after a fish that is bigger than your boat. You might catch one. Then what will y
Any sailor peppers out there? capta at 11:40am 01.01.23 Hello again Following geo politics and carefully observing the international political arena there'
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? Project_Mayhem at 11:37am 01.01.23 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Start with DR Marine for parts. :
Older sailers capta at 11:33am 01.01.23 At 76, I'm hard aground as far as ocean sailing and cruising, but day sailing up this way might be f
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? capta at 11:24am 01.01.23 Windy.com wins for me for a APP. Most I've seen seem to do so only once a week, or so. I know ther
Older sailers higgs at 11:20am 01.01.23 Thanks for the comments and suggestions - some of which I have already done. I have a 20 volt right
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 10:38am 01.01.23
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) All U Get at 10:31am 01.01.23 Our friends crossing today.
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:24am 01.01.23 When you cut the Sk-78, do you use hot knife. I found, that when I tried to cut the Dyneema with a s
Any sailor peppers out there? jssailem at 9:32am 01.01.23 But Lloyd, you have nearby caves you could hide in. Of course there is the likelihood that when the
Any sailor peppers out there? LloydB at 9:19am 01.01.23 'Level 7' by Mordecai Roshwald no zombies here Ma and I don't recall him mentioning they were playin
Older sailers Jacktar at 8:17am 01.01.23 74 and a half, single handing except for odd trips since learned to sail on Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria
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Jabsco Bilge pump on 373 Don S/V ILLusion at 7:25am 01.01.23 Among the guesses - bad pump, bad check valve if one exists, weak pump, low voltage to pump, obstruc
Older sailers (1) Captain Larry-DH at 6:30am 01.01.23 Coming up on 80 and still going strong. Enjoy solo sailing as well as with crew. Grand kids really
Older sailers Crazy Dave Condon at 5:55am 01.01.23 I enjoy sailing on trailerable sailboats on inland lakes.
Installing a Spinnaker sailme88 at 4:16am 01.01.23 The ATN Tacker wraps around the furled headsail. the tack of the spinnaker attaches with a quick rel
Installing a Spinnaker (1) Bosman at 3:12am 01.01.23 What you have is a genaker, if this is a factory one. It is a poor quality photo, but if you zoom in
Older sailers Rick486 at 2:51am 01.01.23 We sold our Hunter 44 DS "Maxine" in 2020 after 14 years of great sailing from Maine to NYC. She was

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