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cargo ship spilled hundreds of tons of oil NZ Mich222 at 11:29am 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1180 Sad News: http://news.yahoo.com/stricken-ship-cracks-captain-faces-nz-court-114754126.html
Jib Weight and Performance Clark at 11:09am 10.12.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/8042 In the vein of the previous post; what advantages are there in having an ultra-light #1 genoa over a
Casco Bay Sailors dscribner at 11:02am 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 6/1535 What's the 4X4 sticking out of the water east of Chebegue? Undocumented wreck?
About those new DuraCells. (2) Ed Schenck at 10:49am 10.12.11 Musings With Maine Sail 14/7320 As you know I took your advice and went to Sam's. Bought two 6-volt DuraCells rated at 235 amp-hour
Replace interior cushions shoemelbch at 9:09am 10.12.11 Bigger Boats 2/5671 Zippers deteriorated, fabric/foam have diesel smell. Looking to replace. What is the best foam and f
nautical news (1) Shoaldrafter at 9:08am 10.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1067 Some of you guys are not on other forums, so here is a topic of discussion elsewhere: http://photo
Installing A Solar Panel (10) Maine Sail at 9:07am 10.12.11 Musings With Maine Sail 30/19016 I work on lots of boats that are sailed off of moorings and as such they tend to have very short ba
compression post 33.5 Bruce_Rikli at 8:40am 10.12.11 Mid-Size Boats 0/1190 I just pulled mast and checking compression post was a small amount of damage. I noticed post is muc
Furler problems bugsboat at 7:35am 10.12.11 Big Boats 16/7431 My furler is giving us some problems. I am pretty sure the furler is a Pro Furler. The boat is a 199
Height of C22 from Keel Trunk to Pop-Top? GorillaToast at 7:18am 10.12.11 Catalina 22 8/1355 Hi there All, Does anyone know the exact height of the early 80's 22s from the bottom of the keel
Question about my genoa... weinie at 6:43am 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 8/1835 At the beginning of this season, I purchased a 150% genoa for my catalina 27 with roller furling.
October Sail Bill Jones at 6:33am 10.12.11 Smaller Boats 13/2411 I've owned a much larger boat, sailed the waters of Chesapeake Bay, Florida Keys, BVI, but yesterday
Davits for H27 1979. alessandra at 6:10am 10.12.11 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1516 I would like to install dinghy davits on my H27.................. any suggestions ?????????????
Headsail travellers HotChocolate at 4:05am 10.12.11 Catalina 22 2/1284 I was wondering what the general consensus is on headsail traveller location. On my boat they run al
Epic de-odorizing novella (3) Lifeisgrand at 3:43am 10.12.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 24/8379 Hi Peggy, After doing all the logical things we could think of to de-odorize our boat, we finally
center board/swing keel awol1958 at 2:55am 10.12.11 Other Sailboats 1/2797 How do you replace the line on the center board / swing keel?? Is there a manual with all this type
Wonderful Software Interface From iPad Sail123 at 1:09am 10.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1162 I joined from my pc, but I only go to this site from my iPad. Wonderful stuff. The pc experience h
Handling H23.5, 240, 260 in waves Nicky17000 at 12:50am 10.12.11 Smaller Boats 5/1627 We have the 23.5 but I mentioned the others because I know there are a lot of similarities. I know t
Zeehag I hope you are keeping safe. caguy at 11:53pm 10.11.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1632 Are you still in Mazatlan? If so it looks like Huricane Jova may be headed your way. http://www.d
Electrical Question (1) wgkenney at 11:24pm 10.11.11 Ask All Sailors 24/3973 All, I've been working through a simple electical drawing for my boat (Beneteau 473). After going

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Bent jaw toggles on lower shrouds caverun at 9:44am 02.21.22 Very common problem on the Hunter water ballast boats. Make sure the toggle/turnbuckle is standing s
B&G Vulcan 7 help Davidasailor26 at 9:28am 02.21.22
BATTERY BANK SETUP jssailem at 9:18am 02.21.22 Reading this post is kind of like marching into a mine field with no map and no experience defusing
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Orbweaver at 9:14am 02.21.22 While attempting a trailer launch last spring I managed to crack some gelcoat below the waterline. A
Need larger hole in hatch Ralph Johnstone at 9:05am 02.21.22 I don't know the exact mechanism, but I can tell you from experience that machining acrylic, even w
Bent jaw toggles on lower shrouds cb32863 at 9:04am 02.21.22 Use white electrical tape and tape your shrouds vertical to your lifelines. They let go when the mas
B&G Vulcan 7 help dlochner at 8:57am 02.21.22 Are sure you used distance and not distance to waypoint (DTW)? Make certain you clear the cursor or
Bent jaw toggles on lower shrouds (1) RussC at 8:57am 02.21.22 1/4" bolt 2 1/2" long with nyloc nut keeps the toggles from falling over wile raising the mast. to
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping (1) jssailem at 8:56am 02.21.22 Just about enough to do two repacks. ircumference is about 4.3". With 3 turns to fill the stuffing b
Anyone knows anything about Woodster ? Ralph Johnstone at 8:53am 02.21.22 His shore power has been off for a year due to a hurricane last year and he is having to use a port
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:50am 02.21.22 I ended up using the standard inexpensive waxed flax stuffing material. Didn't know waxed was sti
Auto-Pilots jssailem at 8:50am 02.21.22 two of them threaded so that should distribute the load. The either will or they won't. At the lea
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping Ralph Johnstone at 8:40am 02.21.22 just replaced my old traditional stuffing box with a Volvo dripless stuffing box. Talk about luxu
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) jssailem at 8:35am 02.21.22 What did you do @Orbweaver ? no sooner than I started reading your post than the skys opened and rai
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Tom J at 8:33am 02.21.22
BATTERY BANK SETUP Don S/V ILLusion at 8:26am 02.21.22 You currently have about 3.84 kWh (80ah 4 * 12v) at full capacity, a little less than 2kwh usab*
Down windsails. Diablito at 8:13am 02.21.22
Stove Dimensions jssailem at 8:10am 02.21.22 Looks serviceable. I had one in my 1974 boat. Decided I wanted to replace the gas line, regulator, f
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Justin_NSA at 8:00am 02.21.22 We're supposed to reach 70 degrees today but only a high of 20 tomorrow as a "polar pulse comes down
BATTERY BANK SETUP dlochner at 7:54am 02.21.22 I purchased a 10kW motor from a manufacturer. The distance to motor from my slip to open water (Pot

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