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Great Lakes Starter Boat Rock_Elgin at 9:13pm 06.16.12 Ask All Sailors 57/20529 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 3/1331 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 10/2033 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 1/1385 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 26/3595 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 38/16073 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 5/6088 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 3/1379 Is anybody planning a trip up there this summer ?
Demasted JasonC at 6:39pm 06.16.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 23/4252 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 2/1574 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 8/6287 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 8/6592 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 28/3390 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 11/2384 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 0/731 Duplicate post sorry. How do you remove a post? Bob
Catalina 27 Bayrealtor at 10:51am 06.16.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2772 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 2/1271 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 3/1931 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 3/1498 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 3/1290 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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And this is? (6) walt at 9:16am 01.31.23 Some pictures of our community well in SW Colorado- oddly enough sort of related to the wire brush i
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? Tin Kicker at 9:15am 01.31.23 Starting at $12.95 and you can have one tomorrow. Put one where you charge batteries at home, ESPECI
Oday 302 keel surface (4) Tin Kicker at 9:03am 01.31.23 I spoke with the manufacturer, Marskeels, to do the same repair on mine. It is a solid lead keel and
Hunter Logo Removal Ralph Johnstone at 9:03am 01.31.23 I'd suggest a hair dryer ONLY and grab one edge and start pulling slowly. No heat gun as they put o
Quality Deck electrical connectors (1) Rltgold at 8:59am 01.31.23 Finally stopped raining so I could uncover the boat and take a photo of the new flush mounted CNLink
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? jssailem at 8:58am 01.31.23 With all the interest in Lithium Batteries, perhaps a hi-tech fire blanket should be considered. He
Quality Deck electrical connectors (1) Rltgold at 8:51am 01.31.23 I forgot to mention that even though the CNLinko plug connectors say they are waterproof I have been
Quality Deck electrical connectors Rltgold at 8:44am 01.31.23 Project_Mayhem, Thanks for the link to the study, I looked it over briefly and need to sit down and
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? Tin Kicker at 8:37am 01.31.23 Observations from investigating a lot of car and airplane fires over the years and looking at a few
Cabinet vs Marine Plywood: A showdown! (3) sailcapt340 at 8:24am 01.31.23
And this is? walt at 8:07am 01.31.23 Jim, correct about surge from being plugged into a marina AC. True for your boat or home. This artic
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? Parsons at 7:52am 01.31.23 That is excellent advice. Where should one test fire extinguishers? It feels like a bad idea to disc
And this is? (1) JamesG161 at 7:32am 01.31.23 per a ABYC standard, that has merged with their Electrical Standard. The Potection Zone is this kn
And this is? stickinthemud57 at 7:29am 01.31.23 ^^^ Maybe the most authoritative, evidence-based post on the subject I have seen in this thread. Esp
Mast cleat ckreitlein at 7:26am 01.31.23 I am pleased to report I found the exact cleats ... at US SPARS, Gainesville, Fl...$18 each....
Spinnaker on Hunter e33 rbrentsaunders at 7:03am 01.31.23 Hi @rbrentsaunders Congrats on the new boat! The manual for your boat is here: Link to manual On pa
And this is? (2) walt at 6:51am 01.31.23 My .02 FYI, "grounding" the mast does not mean you need to have a chunk of bare metal in the water.
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? BigEasy at 6:49am 01.31.23 What CO2 extinguishers are you using? Quick search reveals prices over $200 for a 5 lb CO2 model.
Quality Deck electrical connectors JBP-PA at 6:47am 01.31.23 CNLinko looks very promising, thank you. I share your love of the Sea Dog connectors, especially the
Hunter Logo Removal Don S/V ILLusion at 6:35am 01.31.23 Having never done it, I can only defer to those who have described their method which was the pruden

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