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Engine Hours and RPMs (1) klemsaba at 5:57pm 01.18.12 Engines and Propulsion 12/6882 I bought my first boat last summer. I have a Yanmar YSM8 on my 1978 S2 8.0c. The engine starting pan
feed back please Bog13 at 5:54pm 01.18.12 Smaller Boats 9/1855 Ok after 6 months of looking thinking talking, My wife and I have came down to a 1996 h26, please te
Jib sheet cleating RAD88 at 5:19pm 01.18.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3925 How do you tie off your jib or genoa? Do you use a cleat, jamb cleat or some other kind of snubber
Dodger bobcat30 at 4:56pm 01.18.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1497 I am looking for a good place to get new canvas made. Dodger and wheel cover. Anyone know of a good,
Stuffing Box Repack bobcat30 at 4:52pm 01.18.12 Catalina 30 27/10486 I was told that I need a repack on the stuffing box. I really don't know if if is needed. THe yard
Adjustment Tool For Freiberger Sextant Pagan at 2:14pm 01.18.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1800 Hi, Does ANY one know where I can beg, buy or borrow an adjustment tool that will FIT a Freiberger
lewmar hatches Navicula at 1:45pm 01.18.12 Big Boats 9/2831 where does one purchase lewmar hatches for the best price....defender marine has to be in the runnin
Requested Information (1) BCSOAG3 at 12:29pm 01.18.12 Seidelmann 5/2442 Good Day to all, I'm requesting any information possible on a 295 Seidelmann. It was sunk intentio
Self tending Jib? should I? joes new addiction at 10:34am 01.18.12 Ask All Sailors 14/6709 I read a article in "Small Sailboat Advisory" mag.This guy had built a plywood boat and was telling
Better than 25 years ago! (2) Watercolors! at 10:07am 01.18.12 Catalina 22 7/1915
I miss my Mac, and I miss all of you. JoelHoover at 9:24am 01.18.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 35/7795 Hey Guys, I sold my Mac 2 years ago and bought a Cal 34. 2 weeks later I regretted that decisi
As A Freshman On A Slip, How To Best Not Look Green? Sail123 at 9:04am 01.18.12 Ask All Sailors 84/13092 UPDATE March 20, 2012: Traded to a larger sailboat, from a 25 to a 32. This will be my first year
Keel Bolt Question JoelHoover at 8:55am 01.18.12 Ask All Sailors 7/3268 Hello All, I've been away from the fun for a while (meaning living far inland), and will be retur
Interstate Drag Roger Long at 8:38am 01.18.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2105
Installing Radar Stargazer3 at 8:23am 01.18.12 Big Boats 9/2842 Hi, all! I'm installing a mast-mount radome on my H410 with "classic" (no furling) Selden mast. I'd
Pressure tank All U Get at 8:17am 01.18.12 Ask All Sailors 16/2087 Hi all, Does anyone have a pressure tank in their freshwater system? We usually get a drop in press
Marathon to St. Petersburg captainpat at 7:50am 01.18.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1774 My H44 draws 5' with 61' mast above the water. How about some experienced local knowledge to go from
Bow thruster junovia at 7:19am 01.18.12 Pearson 0/1078 I'm thinking of installing a bow or jet thruster on my 422, any ideas?
Your political clout is requested [URGENT] Phil Herring at 6:58am 01.18.12 Ask All Sailors 22/3307 You've probably heard the terms SOPA and PIPA in the news lately. They're acronyms for bills that t
marine heads redhead78 at 5:36am 01.18.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1194 Are there any good books out there on installation of a complete new marine head system on a sailboa

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transmission when sailing (1) twodzusfittings at 5:45pm 10.01.22 If you sail vast distances and as it's best to have the prop free wheeling is there a way of harness
Adding hard ballast, Perils and pitfalls? dlochner at 5:42pm 10.01.22 Adding hundreds of pounds of weight to a light boat built to a price does not seem to be a particula
Adding hard ballast, Perils and pitfalls? rgranger at 4:35pm 10.01.22 Perhaps a useful weight might be and advised. Lead acid batteries come to mind. At 65lbs or more a
Jacking Hunter 20 off trailer rgranger at 4:32pm 10.01.22
Pleasant Surprise/Docking jon hansen at 4:19pm 10.01.22 my $0,02: prepare, fenders, docklines, boathook. the spring line is most important of all lines
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 4:14pm 10.01.22 Well shucks. I detached the water intake hose at the water pump and water flows freely there unless
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jaysweet at 3:59pm 10.01.22 Good luck, John! We'll be watching this thread.
Finally did it kappykaplan at 3:42pm 10.01.22 2000, A Space Odyssey? 2001??? :beer:
How well does a C-270 trailer? capt_paul at 3:41pm 10.01.22 got it, tandem (double axle) thank you
Finally did it Will Gilmore at 3:32pm 10.01.22 Too funny.. I forgotten Dave was the astronaut in 2001 a Space Odyssey... Just what do you think y
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping Don S/V ILLusion at 3:24pm 10.01.22 I tested my bilge pump today. I took off the hose and placed the pump in water. The pump works; how
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 3:13pm 10.01.22 Sonnet update: Long Island Sound. Please subscibe! NjlgiF6rH2w
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping Tally Ho at 3:11pm 10.01.22 It sounds like the bilge hose must be plugged up or crimped somewhere. As @kappykaplan said, any ch
How well does a C-270 trailer? sail sfbay at 2:40pm 10.01.22 Welcoem to the forum!! Buy one with a tandem trailer............lot easier, more stable and safer t
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping John_F at 2:39pm 10.01.22 No, that is the weird thing. the bilge pump pumped water when I had it in a bucket, but did not pum
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping kappykaplan at 2:13pm 10.01.22 On my pumps, the check valve is within six inches of the pump. When you disconnected the hose from
Ian's third landfall kappykaplan at 2:09pm 10.01.22 Glad to hear your boat weathered the hurricane with no damage. :beer:
Getting cold out here Tally Ho at 2:04pm 10.01.22 And his port side lifeline down. I have to have that lifeline down when I dock. If I forget, some
Where and how do you store your inflatable dinghy nightowle at 1:51pm 10.01.22 Hi Jay. Winters and summers pretty moderate around these precincts west of the Cascades. Prevailing
Adding hard ballast, Perils and pitfalls? HeelBoy at 12:47pm 10.01.22 Cement is generally considered not dense enough to be worth much as ballast, btw. People add lead s

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