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Bummer sailaway78 at 8:53am 04.14.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1717 Had planned on making my first offshore trip of the year in the next few days. Have just learned I
1979 Speed and depth readout Captainron1 at 8:20am 04.14.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1311 Hello My 1979 O'Day 30ft is missing the speed and depth readout. I guess the previous owner removed
1984 H27 Transmision Bigjer40 at 8:13am 04.14.12 The Cherubini Hunters 0/791 Am pretty sure I have tranny Westerbeke #30949 2:1 BW3. Anyone know what kind of fluid this takes?
1979 Speed and depth readout Captainron1 at 8:12am 04.14.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/889 Hello My 1979 O'Day 30ft is missing the speed and depth readout. I guess the previous owner removed
Engine Alignment Ron Roman at 8:08am 04.14.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1011 My engine needs to be realigned. As of right now my yard is going to do it. There saying it should
2 Battery connections Captainron1 at 8:04am 04.14.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/868 Hello, My 1979 O'Day 30ft Has only one battery at present but is set up for two, what it the correct
Boom position mac 25 Terry Potvin at 7:46am 04.14.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1710 With the pop top up my boom rubs on it under light sail. Anyone have photo's and dimensions of boom
Propeller specs for Pearson 27 rjones at 7:31am 04.14.12 Pearson 3/3022 Just purchased a 1988 Pearson 27. The original 2 blade prop was replaced with a 3 bladed prop not
Identifying a finish and repairing CuriousChris at 7:31am 04.14.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1095 Im new to hull maintenance. I have a very small area of rust on my keel and would prefer to patch ra
Loose bow eye where winch connects Ward H at 7:27am 04.14.12 Trailer Sailors 14/7003 My Newport 17 has only been off the trailer once, for a trial sale, since I bought it. Now I am gett
Replacing a porthole SHADS at 6:53am 04.14.12 Smaller Boats 3/1035 I need to replace a porthole. Has anyone replaced one? Is it hard?
SPOT On Roger Long at 4:36am 04.14.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/1954 I keep forgetting to turn on the SPOT in my current bumbling around cruising mode. I'm also finding
Y25 lower shrouds angled chainplates dee.yeah at 3:46am 04.14.12 Yamaha 1/1244 The original ones show some tiny cracks, possibly due to extensive racing by the previous owners. B
Engine compartment thermal pads Endurance2010 at 12:13am 04.14.12 Big Boats 4/1394 Does anyone know where to buy the thermal insulation pad which lines the engine compartment in the H
Ultimate Head (2) Sail123 at 9:25pm 04.13.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1364 Have a sailboat that is 32 feet long with an aft cabin and a center cockpit. Currently the factory p
Rocna, yes or no? Florida sail at 7:07pm 04.13.12 Ask All Sailors 57/12969 Does anyone know if the inferior steel problem with the Rocna anchor has been remedied? I notice th
What have you paid for a 3 sided enclosure RWSlater at 5:47pm 04.13.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1006 Hi everyone I recently purchased a really nice Hunter 42 CC and it came with a Bimini. I want an
Marathon Harbor (5) seadaddler at 5:32pm 04.13.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2520 Well we pickedup a mooring in Booth Key Harbor today and went ashore for a party with about 20+ boa
need a charger and monitor Bob 04 H260 at 5:08pm 04.13.12 Musings With Maine Sail 10/4791 We just bought a H356 that needed batteries. We picked up 4, 105, AGM's at Sam's, but now our old 30
First impressions - Seahawk Silver Bullit bottom paint (1) Juice6576 at 4:52pm 04.13.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/1549 A lot of firsts today. Cut off the shrink wrap. Pain in the >>>>. Glad I won't be doing that again.

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H19 (1994) Standing Rigging - Mast Foot Not Level (1) OceanAnarchy at 2:40pm 10.21.22 Here is the fore-aft level picture as a JPG.
Recycled rope (lines) ? BigEasy at 2:38pm 10.21.22 My original halyards lasted 10 years; think I will stick to a proven product.
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? Hollyberry at 2:01pm 10.21.22 Not as user friendly as today's typical twin-aft-facing grooves, but a narrower crossection foil...
Bed-It Tape is back! ggrizzard at 1:47pm 10.21.22 OUT OF STOCK???? :cuss: NOOOOOOOO!
Alternator (1) Hello Below at 1:38pm 10.21.22 tfox2069 , from the Balmar Max Charge MC614 Manual page 3 describing Terminal 9: "9. POSITIVE VOLTA
CDI FF2 patbratton at 1:34pm 10.21.22 The part shown is a T ball top portion on the forestay. It goes through a black cap that is affixe
Alternator Stu Jackson at 1:28pm 10.21.22 In this diagram it appears to go to the external regulator and then to the house bank (switch is mi
Alternator Maine Sail at 1:21pm 10.21.22 So here's the wiring diagram for a Balmar external alternator regulator from the Balmar manual. Its
H19 (1994) Standing Rigging - Mast Foot Not Level Crazy Dave Condon at 1:03pm 10.21.22 Could not open. Four pictures needed 1. Pictures of port and starboard chainplate Shroud tu
CDI FF2 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:51pm 10.21.22 The part shown is a T ball top portion on the forestay. It goes through a black cap that is affixed
H19 (1994) Standing Rigging - Mast Foot Not Level (1) OceanAnarchy at 12:51pm 10.21.22 Hi All, Thanks for your responses and questions. @CrispyCringle : Since you did not replace the c
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot Tedd at 12:30pm 10.21.22 But as that says... Ask the manager. As I mentioned earlier, that's not really necessary because t
Recycled rope (lines) ? thinwater at 12:11pm 10.21.22 This is also why the sunburned, brittle bottles you find on beaches go in the trash, not the recycle
Recycled rope (lines) ? JBP-PA at 11:59am 10.21.22 Does anyone really know what rPET is ? Seems to be something more than just polyester when you di
Recycled rope (lines) ? thinwater at 11:53am 10.21.22 I've been using recycled PET from Marlow for ~ 4 years. No problems. The specs are somewhat lower.
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft Timm R Oday25 at 11:52am 10.21.22 Scott ,that's damn fine boat for the money. If i was closer ,I just might have to go take a look .
Alternator (1) tfox2069 at 11:23am 10.21.22 So here's the wiring diagram for a Balmar external alternator regulator from the Balmar manual. Its
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? jssailem at 11:21am 10.21.22 On Sailing Anarchy in the gear forum there are a number of posts that describe the company and produ
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? jssailem at 11:17am 10.21.22 Company Name: STEARN SAILING SYSTEMS, INC. Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Fi
Recycled rope (lines) ? jssailem at 11:16am 10.21.22 Well it is not your dog and cat... Ground up, recycled pop bottles is the description on the tech s

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