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This Forum Roger Long at 6:06am 03.27.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 20/5518 This forum was supposed to be the inspiring blog of a strange old guy sailing around on a shoestring
cal traveler parts islandgirl58 at 6:03am 03.27.12 Cal 1/2922 Hi, I lost an end stopper and slide stopper from my traveler last fall. Where I begin to find new p
a/c seawater thru-hull jdgrnt66 at 5:02am 03.27.12 Big Boats 5/1302 Look at installing an a/c on a 340. Looking for where everyone has placed the intake thru hull.
CB 10 degrees-Keel 20 degrees Quoddy at 4:37am 03.27.12 Ask All Sailors 17/3731
Hibiscus Cup Small Boat Regatta Tiki Jeff at 4:29am 03.27.12 Smaller Boats 0/797 Notice of Regatta Hibiscus Cup Small Boat Regatta May 19th, 2012 On Charlotte Harbor at Sailing Cent
Hunter 54 Owner Manual Scubanut at 1:48am 03.27.12 Big Boats 0/757 I am looking for a 1981 Hunter Owner's Manual.:confused: I recently purchased and am looking for th
Beneteau 461salt water damage near starter motor Mike Sutcliffe at 10:15pm 03.26.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1449 I'm seeking advice from other Benny 461 owners. My 1998 model has some salt water damage on the left
Ship A Boat With UShip? (1) Sail123 at 7:55pm 03.26.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3004 Problem: Purchasing a 32' sailboat, 7500 pounds, 8' beam, on 6 wheel trailer. Boat sits on the trail
Compression Post Wood - Hunter 25.5 (2) JKCMBOAT at 7:29pm 03.26.12 Smaller Boats 1/2543 We just removed the bulkheads from our 1984 Hunter 25.5 due to severe rot caused by water water pene
Cost of replacing sacrificial fabric on jib Larry D West at 7:27pm 03.26.12 The Cherubini Hunters 3/2341 Need to replace the sacrificail fabric on my jib that has a 50' luff . Would like to have advise on
Speed sensor Captainron1 at 7:06pm 03.26.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1271 Hello, On my recently purchased 1979 30' O'Day I found the speed sensor laying beside a tube which g
Attwood Bilge Pump cbourne200 at 6:53pm 03.26.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1644 I recently bought an O'Day 272, Bilge pump is Attwood, but could find no model #. Is this the 'sta
Spreader Questions (2) JKCMBOAT at 6:45pm 03.26.12 Smaller Boats 2/1205 After unstepping the mast the other day, I decided to pull off the old spreader boots as they are he
Autopilots for tillers. Anybody? Chris Patterson at 6:06pm 03.26.12 Catalina 22 31/4933 Well, as the title sorta implies, the warden says I gotta have an autopilot. And while I deeply do n
Our new Mac25 annellewillard at 6:00pm 03.26.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1548 We purchased a 83 Mac 25 about a month and a half ago. Upgraded from a American 14.5. Right now we a
A good night for stargazing Ross at 5:54pm 03.26.12 Ask All Sailors 10/1776 Looking to the western sky tonight finds the moon and Jupiter in close conjunction and Venus about a
ballast on a 26' "outlaw" bernardpacific at 5:52pm 03.26.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/938 My hull #15 has the lead ballast bolted on from the outside rather than encapsulated inside. Were a
Marine Diesel vs Regular Station Diesel OceanCzar at 5:42pm 03.26.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2511 Thinking of buying Gas Station Diesel which is much cheaper than buying at Marina...but is Marine Di
Buff and Wax - Completed! (2) jsalley at 5:17pm 03.26.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2659 Finished the second coat of wax today. My boat is only six years old, but was showing significant ox
Battery float current Andreas T at 5:09pm 03.26.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1312 There is so many threads on batteries but I didn't find this one: I wonder what a typical float curr

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North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast PaulK at 7:56am 12.15.22 Catalina 30. Seems they left in clear weather and a storm surprised them. Ran out of water, though?
Anchor Bridle tfox2069 at 7:53am 12.15.22 Other than one catamaran rental in the BVIs, I'm new to this subject. I've always had rode that was
Anchor Bridle jssailem at 7:41am 12.15.22 Will is absolutely correct. The all chain rode you get a catenary effect. The challenge comes as the
Caframo (2) jssailem at 7:29am 12.15.22 I have the camframo ceramic heater on the boat to keep the cabin above 32 during the winter chill. a
Anchor Bridle Will Gilmore at 7:25am 12.15.22 Note that JS's chart does not mention all chain anchoring. That is one of the advantages to chain.
Hunter 41DS auto-pilot 'brain' install location and other questions Rjm st.petersburg at 7:25am 12.15.22 Definitely not the case on my 2005 41DS. One is labeled from the factory for the propane, the other
Caframo sesmith at 7:17am 12.15.22 Concerning the peltier dehumidifiers, my solution for one of our boats located in SC is to use a sm
Hunter 41DS auto-pilot 'brain' install location and other questions ice breaker at 7:16am 12.15.22 Those are bilge pump exits. One is for the manual pump, the other is attached to the hi water 2nd b
Anchor Bridle jssailem at 7:16am 12.15.22
Legend 40.5 leak in aft cabin Don S/V ILLusion at 6:58am 12.15.22 So is the water leaking in from the cup holder area leaking into the binnacle? yes There is a drai
sails Justin_NSA at 6:00am 12.15.22 You mean Rolly Tasker Sails right? Just so your readers know...
Boat Smells! obxjeff at 6:00am 12.15.22 if you have ever opened a house septic tank you will know freshwater doesn't smell too nice and prom
Legend 40.5 leak in aft cabin obxjeff at 5:13am 12.15.22 new owner of 91 43, the boat sat for a year, storage box on binnacle was full of water, pulled the p
Cabin water leak john2 at 5:07am 12.15.22 Could be one of the T connections under the head sink, they were leaking in our 310. John.
Caframo thinwater at 4:19am 12.15.22 Nope. Everyone in our marina has something like a small Caframo which they use to raise the intern
Caframo Mark Maulden at 3:34am 12.15.22 As the OP, all I'm after is some convection current of air. Not trying to heat the boat. Not tryin
Need perkins prima M50 fuel line replacement??? jssailem at 3:18am 12.15.22 These are the high pressure lines from the HP pump to the injectors.
Need perkins prima M50 fuel line replacement??? (1) jssailem at 3:16am 12.15.22 Check here are these the parts you seek. https://www.shipoutletstore.com/en/fuel-injection-line-set-
Boom Vang specs? Joe at 1:29am 12.15.22 First of all, here's a link to a page that might help visualize what I am about to suggest. You alr
Legend 40.5 leak in aft cabin baycloud at 10:46pm 12.14.22 never did come up with a solution. Had a large waterproof pedestal cover made to prevent water entr

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