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flush-mounted angled brackets fiestaMojo at 8:04am 01.30.12 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3284 The post's title is a bit obtuse, but the question is simple - I have a flush-mount flag staff brack
PDF Manual for Sentry SM Series charger luken7 at 7:37am 01.30.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/7833 Good day all, I'm looking for the online or PDF manual for the Sentry SM series 20 amp battery charg
Fuel Polishing rbmcintire at 6:56am 01.30.12 Catalina 30 6/3089 I read an article in the Dec. Sail Magazine about diesel polishing. The Parker set up is nice, but s
Chartplotter goes dead when engine is cranked. Euphoria2011 at 6:17am 01.30.12 Bigger Boats 10/2197 I guess the DC load for the starter is so much that the voltage drops down below the minimum for the
Mast wiring problem newboatowner at 6:11am 01.30.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/4152 Good morning: I own a 1980 Catalina 30 that was purchased three years ago. The mast light and ancho
Cruisers say good by to swimming in Florida Keys (1) Shoaldrafter at 6:07am 01.30.12 Ask All Sailors 19/3546 Snow birds and cruisers can say good by to swimming in Florida Keys. See this post: http://for
Decommissioning and Moving a Passage 450? Bowedtoothdoc at 5:26am 01.30.12 Big Boats 3/1360 I am planning on decommissioning and moving my Passage 450 next month from the coast up to my local
Toilet Replacement JimLor at 5:21am 01.30.12 Pearson 21/5810 I'm back! The toilet on our new to us Pearson 28 (1986) is a Groco HF (upgraded I belive from an HC
Charger or inverter msailorsteve1 at 5:15am 01.30.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1634 Has anyone replaced the inverter with a charger. I havea Hunter 36 with a bad inverter. Don't ever
Re paint or Re gelcoat AtlanticAl at 1:39am 01.30.12 Ask All Sailors 11/6017 I have been stripping the paint off the hull of my boat. It had bad paint job, on top of a good one
Attn All Hunter 27 Owners FourPoints at 5:00pm 01.29.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/89 Since there really isn't any user groups out there for our boats, I setup a Hunter 27 Owners list on
New 22 gal Holding Tank Install (1) H33CRich at 8:43pm 01.29.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2454 There are a lot of lines in a proper holding tank install. I will have used about 19 feet of new hos
cracking on an H23 jkrug at 7:56pm 01.29.12 Smaller Boats 5/1994 I am looking at a possible purchase of a 1995 H23.5. Today, when looking at the boat I noticed a lo
H34 Shower Sump Bilge Pump Joe Mullee at 7:33pm 01.29.12 Big Boats 4/1883 Can someone familiar with the H34 shower bilge pump tell me where it's grounded. My pump wasn't work
I find myself... GEM555 at 6:35pm 01.29.12 Catalina 30 11/2641
RONSTAN Series 60 Gennaker Furler jimfrankelly at 6:24pm 01.29.12 Smaller Boats 5/7352 Does anyone have experience with this furling system? Good price just over $300. I am looking for a
"TheWirie" wifi setup Jared1048 at 5:40pm 01.29.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1874 Has anyone used this device to get a better wifi signal? There site is at http://www.thewirie.com
pictures teacher63 at 5:38pm 01.29.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/967 I would greatly appreciate it if someone would explain how to put pictures on a post. I have some p
What's involved in rebuilding a winch? jfrench at 5:34pm 01.29.12 Catalina 22 7/5583 My maintenance literature recommends periodic disassembly, inspection, greasing, and reassembly of t
Trailer Project Reeving Device at 5:25pm 01.29.12 Catalina 22 4/1479 Just purchased a 76 Catalina 22. I am in the process of cleaning it out and prioritizing projects. M

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Clever Boat Names Wyo George at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Keel crack dlochner at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Racing rule questions stickinthemud57 at 2:39pm 11.21.22 Great responses! It's interesting that the "give way" boat (in this case boat A) can force the "stan
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:37pm 11.21.22 Annapolis buoy reports water temperature of 49.5. Air temperature for the last 24 hours ranges from
Keel crack dlochner at 2:36pm 11.21.22 Wavy Gravy comes to mind! Now there's a reference the young folks won't know! There are many you
Starboard & Port tack confusion! dlochner at 2:35pm 11.21.22 This is easy to verify. The World Sailing Association, the governing body for international sailing
Starboard & Port tack confusion! kappykaplan at 2:33pm 11.21.22 Interesting, but it wouldn't surprise me at all that the Brits are contrary to the continent. As I
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Davidasailor26 at 2:25pm 11.21.22 Interesting. The Racing Rules of Sailing are published by World Sailing, not just a US organization,
Keel crack Scott T-Bird at 2:20pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed. ung folks won't know!
Starboard & Port tack confusion! JamesG161 at 2:16pm 11.21.22 Geeez guys I know , I know... Titanic Sunk, 15 April 1912. Things have changed. Like Lifeboats.:f
Keel crack (1) JamesG161 at 2:12pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed.
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 2:10pm 11.21.22 Having spent around eight weeks sailing on Nicholson 55' sail training cutters in UK, I don't recal
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 2:07pm 11.21.22 This was shown in the sinking of the Titanic movie. They ordered "Hard a Port" to avoid the Iceber
Starboard & Port tack confusion! kappykaplan at 2:04pm 11.21.22 Having spent around eight weeks sailing on Nicholson 55' sail training cutters in UK, I don't recall
Starboard & Port tack confusion! JamesG161 at 2:02pm 11.21.22 This was shown in the sinking of the Titanic movie. They ordered "Hard a Port" to avoid the Iceberg
Keel crack Scott T-Bird at 2:00pm 11.21.22 See my trailing keel edge in my post #8 above. Easy to fix with right tools. Heat and Pounding. Ji
Clever Boat Names thinwater at 1:58pm 11.21.22 A local joke (or practice) amoung watermen is to name the boat after their daughter rather than thei
Keel crack JamesG161 at 1:54pm 11.21.22 lead, but that split looks fairly serious to me. See my trailing keel edge in my post #8 above. E
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Crusty Ol Salt at 1:51pm 11.21.22
Painting over sanded non-skid surface JoeWhite at 1:37pm 11.21.22 And; testing it on a piece of plywood would provide how the fished result would look before performi

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