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Is this the shape of boats to come? (3) sea_casper at 11:31am 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 22/8985 Boat #747 in the video won the Mini Transat. YouTube Video The Mini Transat 6.50 also known as Tra
Baltimore Harbor Festival Warren Milberg at 10:26am 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2567
Danger at Boot Key Sailm8 at 10:21am 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1107 There are sagging power lines at the entrance to Book Key. Hopefully this is a temporary situation.
Owners Manual gkboomtown at 9:51am 03.21.12 Pearson 1/5051 I have a 31-2 and am in need of an owners manual. Open for suggestions My email is gkboomtown@gmail.
Anybody know the maker of... ewoden1 at 7:41am 03.21.12 S2 4/1672 the original throughdeck fuel, water and waste fittings for S2's? They have a bigger four-screw fla
Solar panel placement RECESS at 6:43am 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2209 I know this has been discussed ad nausium but there are a few considerations I wanted to ask about.
Saloon Table Mike Culik at 6:11am 03.21.12 Mid-Size Boats 7/2112
Winch Maintenance Beneteau 321 at 4:45am 03.21.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2352 We have a 1997 Beneteau 321 (new to us) The primary winches are Lewmar Ocean series 2 speed self tra
Bow sprit bgoodoooo at 3:33am 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1334 Good morning , looking for information of construction of bow sprit on my 1975 Irwin 10-4, when re
So now what do I do? centerline at 9:49pm 03.20.12 Trailer Sailors 28/6953 I sold my powerboats and bought a sailboat..... A '77 Mac21. I know a lot about power boats and boat
corrosion issues packman at 7:06pm 03.20.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1335 I'm finishing up my new mast and concerned about corrosion issues between the tabernacle bolt and th
Burgee Cabasa 83 at 6:40pm 03.20.12 Ask An Oday Owner 21/6518 I want to fly my burgee correctly, but the line is not tight so the burgee doesn't fly right. What i
WiFi kit from IslandPC arrived Bonzai at 6:28pm 03.20.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1562 Has anyone had experience with these "bullet" set ups? Good for up to 2 miles out I hear. Planning t
Reassembling companionway RHigh at 6:26pm 03.20.12 Catalina 22 18/2944 Does any one have a detailed picture of the companionway assembly? I believe I have the pieces to re
Electrical grounding strip for flexible shaft coupling Kite Runner at 6:12pm 03.20.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/6512 I'm installing an R ' D flexible shaft coupling to a Yanmar 3MY30 on my 2009 Hunter 36. My question.
I-Pad as GPS ??? GreenLight at 6:04pm 03.20.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/2275 I recently received an ad for the new I-Pad which looked like it might have the capability to work a
trailer 22-25ft stubullet at 6:02pm 03.20.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1002 Will a 22 ft trailer for a catalina 22 work with a 25 swing keel?
Seafarer 30ft plowdude at 4:35pm 03.20.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1953 We are novice sailers and just bought a 1978 Seafarer 30 ft would like to hear from owners and how t
hunter 30 strut gawrondouglas at 4:00pm 03.20.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1246 Greetings I need to find a strut for my Hunter 30 - 1978. Or the specs. Also need specs on spreade
Bottom Job: How much paint? blueribbon at 3:57pm 03.20.12 Mid-Size Boats 13/8029 Hi, I'm a new owner of an older Catalina '27 that's well overdue for a bottom job. I was wonderin

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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.
Wacky Wednesday comes early.... Justin_NSA at 6:35am 12.12.22 LOL. It's a classic. I had it posted at work for years. Made a great conversation piece.
Evergreen rgranger at 6:32am 12.12.22 The seaman in this incident brings to mind the cultural deference we ran into during a couple of ma
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings Project_Mayhem at 6:10am 12.12.22 It's been about three years since I opened up the masthead. The bushings were shot then but worked s

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