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Bullet Dodged Roger Long at 8:14am 03.20.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/2722 But not the mortar round. I've just been over to sign the paperwork for hauling at the only yard th
Lower shrouds and spreader brackets (1) RHigh at 7:24am 03.20.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2029 I am hoping someone can give me some advice. I recently purchased a Catalina 22 #874. I want to re
Rubber Washers rgranger at 6:23am 03.20.12 Trailer Sailors 5/2187 Hello All I need to replace all of the rubber washers on my keel bolts and the bolt my keel cable p
Finally installed our 4 ports! JimLor at 6:23am 03.20.12 Pearson 0/1296 Bottom line up front, we got the ports (4) into the boat on Saturday with very little fanfare or pro
hinged mast step ishmael antar at 5:59am 03.20.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/9452 does anyone know if the venture 21 came with a hinged masted step or if one can be fabricated to fit
Which Anti-Fouling Paint for West Florida carboman at 5:43am 03.20.12 Smaller Boats 9/2006 So I have done a ton of reading and talked to the SeHawk rep in the Tampa area. He has a good story
Great Boat in This Movie GorillaToast at 5:17am 03.20.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1390 I stumbled across an old movie on Netflix last night. It's called Crosswinds. Rather generic south
Mastervolt Generators RHUMB RUNNER at 11:18pm 03.19.12 Big Boats 1/1346 Does anyone have comments on the 8kw Mastervolt generator, good or bad and if you prefer the Fisher
macgregor 25 head enginerd at 10:10pm 03.19.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/9616 I love my 25 and it does almost everything I need. Its not that the boat is too small, the problem i
Who is liable? Sail R at 9:42pm 03.19.12 Ask All Sailors 19/3881 Ahoy Mates. I am hopefull that I can get a question answered on the subject of insurance liability.
Spreader bases. gr8_2_av8 at 8:17pm 03.19.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/753 I am wondering if anyone has ever replaced the welded on spreader bases on their mast. Just wonderi
When things go wrong CaptGregg at 8:08pm 03.19.12 Catalina 22 31/3295 I was on such a roll, two weekends ago, drove a friend's pickup to Gloucester, VA and bought a 22, s
Passageway curtain doors puflinger at 7:52pm 03.19.12 Smaller Boats 6/4729 I am interested how people with a Catalina 25 replaced the passage way curtain doors between the hea
Exhaust hose recommendation rhythmsurfer at 7:43pm 03.19.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1729 I just bought a new muffler (vernatone inline) for my Hunter 1981 36. I am astonished at what West M
racing prop for Ericson 35-2 Dennis Dudley at 7:41pm 03.19.12 Ericson 0/3392 I want to replace my 3 blade cruising prop with a 2 blade racing prop. I have a 28hp Yanmar Diesel e
Need BBQ advice for 25.5 Hunter Canonshooternb at 7:06pm 03.19.12 Ask All Sailors 10/1635 Hi Folks I am a newbie on this site and looking for any help from the mor experienced. With the
Compression post replacement for 1977 Pearson 30 machadojum at 6:56pm 03.19.12 Pearson 2/3383 I am looking to replace my compression post (made out of oak) for a pearson 30 1977. The post is f
Hunter 410 1998 model -Owner manual Tantor at 6:53pm 03.19.12 Big Boats 6/2835 This is a great site. I hope to close deal on this boat soon and I am searching for manual everywher
Javelin O'Day 1983 Sprucing Up, Some Questions (3) corc631 at 6:42pm 03.19.12 Day Sailers 13/16836 So I am prepping our newest member of the fleet for me and my junior sailors. Bought a Javelin with
Traior tire pressure DAVA390 at 6:15pm 03.19.12 Trailer Sailors 23/6201 P18 single axle trailor, 12-5.5 load "C" i belive. Tires say such and such weight at 80PSI, but el

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Evergreen jon hansen at 8:08am 12.12.22 an able bodied seaman and a ships officer are two totally different jobs. one is licenced the othe
Evergreen Tin Kicker at 8:07am 12.12.22 with no gps/radar screens, charts, binoculars, common language, visibility, view, local knowledge,
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.

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