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H22 Rain Leak Viesail at 4:32pm 03.18.12 Smaller Boats 16/3656 Water filling up in bilge after rain. Sat in cabin and watched for leaks during storm, nothing visib
question rudder post jhenderson at 4:27pm 03.18.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/988 How do you take the play out of the rudder post I have a Beneteau 400 Oceanis... Do you know where
Prop shaft coupling philliz at 4:21pm 03.18.12 Catalina 30 2/2232 Hi I am in the process of replacing my cutlass bearing. I have taken the prop shaft coupling apar
Centerboard Cable Help dsciba at 4:20pm 03.18.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1849 Hi, I have a 1974 Essex 26 and my centerboard cable broke. The boat is out of the water now, and I
Commissioning Hunter 39 canuck at 3:47pm 03.18.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1547 Any thoughts on the size of fenders that should be used on this 18,000 lb displacement boat? In th
Mobile Marinas JohnnyMac at 3:04pm 03.18.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1460 Does anyone have any insight into marinas around Mobile? The likely candidates I found on the Intern
84 Hunter 34 Refit - First group of pics... (14) brian3820 at 11:51am 03.18.12 Big Boats 22/6556 OK guys, I have finally went through some pics and have a small batch to post... I have a ton and am
Smoking Yanmar under load Dubai at 10:43am 03.18.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 23/11986 Haven't taken my Hunter 326 out for a while but have started the Yanmar 2GM20 engine ' run for 15 -
Yanmar 2gm20f build year jphud at 10:21am 03.18.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/7136 I have a 2gm20f # 14713. Can anyone tell me the manufacture year? I believe it is 1995. Thanks
Some jerk stole them! 9.2C Calypso at 10:10am 03.18.12 S2 4/1843 Launched the boat yesterday. Put headsail up and discovered the turning blocks for the jib sheets ar
H-26 Best Battery Location Chiriqui at 9:50am 03.18.12 Smaller Boats 5/1760 Since purchasing my 1996 H-26 about 2 years ago the batteries have served me well. I started having
Rigging question Bonzai at 9:04am 03.18.12 Ask All Sailors 43/10532 Hey guys, am having work done in preparation to move my newly aquired old boat closer to home. Riggi
Volvo Ocean Series Game inarathree at 8:17am 03.18.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1061 While I am fortunate enough to live in Fl where I can sail most of the year, I unfortunately do work
2006 H33 3 batteries 2 isolation transformers tbert at 7:56am 03.18.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1667 I have just bought a 2006 H33 that was previously a "Sail Time" boat. It's equiped with 3 batteries
Promises made jorgefife at 7:29am 03.18.12 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1176 In this forum, I mentioned I had an extra chain plate, for the sake of me cannot remember who; I kno
Fresh water y valve replacement sailorjoel96 at 7:13am 03.18.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/988 HELP! The y valve for my water tanks to the fresh water pump has finally broke and I am in need of
What's on your arm? BobM at 6:44am 03.18.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1756 Question from my Wife this morning. My response, since she knows I was working on the boat yesterda
Yet Another "Lack of Fusing" Story Maine Sail at 6:36am 03.18.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2715 Just yesterday I as talking with a customer at the Maine Boat Builders Show who this winter, with h
Nautical Flea Markets Ron20324 at 6:34am 03.18.12 Ask All Sailors 4/2081 On the Florida Coasts: http://www.flnauticalfleamarket.com There will be a flea market at Fawcett
It's official! BobM at 6:18am 03.18.12 S2 2/1246 Spring is here. If Mother Nature is going to take it easy on us in New England whom am I to complai

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Orca Davidasailor26 at 3:41am 12.31.22 Interesting idea. Looks like basically a hardened tablet with a sun-readable screen, with some softw
Orca dLj at 1:19am 12.31.22 I haven't installed not used this, but looking it over, it would not serve my needs. dj
Pesky Otters Ralph Johnstone at 11:09pm 12.30.22 A perforated bag of moth balls has kept the otters away from under the dodger for many years. Start
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) All U Get at 10:54pm 12.30.22 Aqua maps.
Older sailers Paul Mermelstein at 9:39pm 12.30.22 I am going to be 72 this summer and my wife is 73. We still sail the Chesapeake Bay, sometimes just
Older sailers Calif. Ted at 9:34pm 12.30.22 Yeah, I'm just a couple years behind you, year-round season here but my temperature tolerance is get
Older sailers MFD at 9:31pm 12.30.22 I am only in my fifties but have a couple of neighbors in their 70s that still go out quite often.
Just wanted to say hi Baja bash at 9:14pm 12.30.22 Hi, I am 75 and have done 2 puddle jumps in the last three years. Next fall joining the Baja Haha f
Just wanted to say hi higgs at 8:33pm 12.30.22 Tally Ho: I am 73 and still sailing. Not as bold as I used to be, but still enjoying the boat.
Completely "Non Boat" related Electrical Issue... higgs at 8:25pm 12.30.22 I did not read all replies so maybe this suggestion was already offered. First thing I would do is
Best place to start sailing my c25 in saltwater higgs at 8:21pm 12.30.22 Don't ignore the Great Lakes. Very good cruising on Lake Michigan especially along either shore. I
Any sailor peppers out there? higgs at 8:10pm 12.30.22 Some would survive and it would be achieved through multiple avenues. Life finds a way to go on aga
Any sailor peppers out there? (1) garymalmgren at 8:06pm 12.30.22 On the Beach was written by Neville Shute. He also wrote a great sailing adventure book, Trustee fro
Pesky Otters higgs at 7:48pm 12.30.22 I had an otter living under the steps down to my boat. He would leave scraps of fish around that re
Pesky Otters PaulK at 7:01pm 12.30.22 Don't the guys in SFO use sea lions as otter deterrents? Seems to work for them.
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast All U Get at 5:56pm 12.30.22 So just balancing the curve for us really smart sailors, eh?
Completely "Non Boat" related Electrical Issue... Tater at 5:27pm 12.30.22 "severely pulled chest muscles. " This speaks loudly to me. I pulled mine a few weeks ago startin
Legend 40.5 (and likely others) - Princess stove 3372 grates (2) fero at 5:25pm 12.30.22 Update: I was ready to order the stst replacements but balked on ridiculous shipping cost over 200$
Any sailor peppers out there? FastOlson at 4:43pm 12.30.22 Might want to read the book by N. Norway, "On the Beach". Reasonably good movie was made from it, t
Hunter 376 Wing Keel Width sail sfbay at 4:00pm 12.30.22 OK...........consider designing the cadle with a slot to move the wing cradle support in the desired

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