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My Christmas Card to All (Especially Casco Bay) (1) dscribner at 8:12am 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2115
Yacht Club Membership Rules Stretch at 7:52am 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 20/6323 Dear Readers; I am asking for your opinion for a resolution to this club rule that a member brought
Fuel Pump Mystery Roger Long at 6:35am 12.17.11 Musings With Maine Sail 33/14702 I accidentally ran my main tank dry, fortunately while charging batteries instead of underway. Afte
Painting Bilges Mick143 at 6:08am 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3264 Any advice, thanks. Never done it, but the bilge could use some work...thanks
Amazing Morning Roger Long at 5:17am 12.17.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2467
Charlestown jibes138 at 4:31am 12.17.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/1617 Roger, You can anchor on the South side of the city in the river right across from the marinas. The
Lighting issue...please help! MentalPatience at 11:38pm 12.16.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2328 I recently purchased a 1972 catalina 27. Im trying to address a few issues before i take her out aga
need info on shipping H27 89-94 MikeV at 9:12pm 12.16.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/1216 I recently bought the H27 and need to have it transported from the Dallas area to the Texas Gulf coa
Main sheet traveler (5) Chris Patterson at 6:14pm 12.16.11 Catalina 22 7/2059 Finally addressed this mainsheet traveler monstrosity. I have this pitiful little bar on the stern,
Cutting Access Port in Fuel Tank Ajay73 at 5:59pm 12.16.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/7958 I want to cut an access port in my stainless steel fuel tank. I want to be able to clean the tank ou
Yanmar 57 HP, max rpm 3200 therobesons at 5:50pm 12.16.11 Big Boats 6/5920 I have a 1999 Hunter 420 with a turbo Yanmar, I was told it is rate around 57-62HP. What is a good
Flop-Down Swim Platform 97fxdwg at 2:16pm 12.16.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/2837 My swim platform that flops down from my First 41S5 reverse transom is great, but getting it to flop
swing keel concerns 85/Mac/25 at 2:01pm 12.16.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2608 I have a 1985 Macgregor 25' with a swing keel. I have replaced or service just about everything on t
Securing Mast Step (1) Viesail at 1:29pm 12.16.11 Smaller Boats 12/4831 Have a question about the attachment of the Mast Step for an H22 Mine is bolted through the deck
New V-Berth Shelves (1) med2463 at 10:41am 12.16.11 Ask All Sailors 18/5877 Always happy to get more storage. Had someone make shelves for both sides of the v-berth.
Thanks! lillia28 at 8:56am 12.16.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/3153 Thanks to all for the great amount of information here. I was reading through the sail trim forum. I
Solar panel delema sailor5017 at 8:52am 12.16.11 Ask All Sailors 7/8588 I am in the process researching solar panel set ups for my boat (H 41DS) .I looking on Ebay and fou
Keel Bolt tightening on the hard (3) simmonct at 6:55am 12.16.11 Ask All Sailors 7/10880 Hello, I recently picked up a 1979 C'C 34' and am in the midst of getting her back into shape. As w
Stuffing box size 31-2 toby too at 5:48am 12.16.11 Pearson 1/1630 Hi - I have an 1987 Pearson 31-2. What is the size of the packing and how many rings will I need ? W
Inverter Long Story at 4:40am 12.16.11 Catalina 310 4/2180 Has anyone added an inverter to replace their charger? Is it pretty straight forward on the 110v si

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Styrofoam in the storage compartments?? Siamese at 2:47pm 08.07.22 You want to be careful adding styrofoam to a boat to lighten it. Add too much, and you'll have to a
Stepping the mast for the first time - Scary!! and confusing brockangelo at 2:38pm 08.07.22
Need Owners Manuals rgranger at 2:20pm 08.07.22 Here is the FB site https://www.facebook.com/groups/1638696823054315/about
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor rgranger at 2:15pm 08.07.22 I've done a lot of coastal crusing on a Mac 22 and on a Hunter 26. In the early days, the handheld
Time for my 2006 Hunter 25 to go to a new home Crazy Dave Condon at 2:10pm 08.07.22 @caverun 250. reminds me of a Catalina 250. Hunter never had a boat refereed to as 250
Raymarine Wind failure Tally Ho at 2:05pm 08.07.22 It will not be as accurate with SOG vs. STW. I do have speedo in the water, but not sure I can can
Raymarine Wind failure kappykaplan at 1:45pm 08.07.22 It will not be as accurate with SOG vs. STW.
Raymarine Wind failure Tally Ho at 1:42pm 08.07.22 Vector math will explain all . . . So, my True wind calculation is off (or wrong)? Greg
Need Owners Manuals dlochner at 1:42pm 08.07.22 Welcome to SBO. First search the internet for an owner's group. If one exists it is likely someone
squeaking on mast connection Tally Ho at 1:40pm 08.07.22 In addition to keeping my mainsheet tight and my traveller all the way over to one side, I have a sh
Interesting Article on Lift (2) rgranger at 1:40pm 08.07.22
Raymarine Wind failure kappykaplan at 1:36pm 08.07.22 Vector math will explain all . . .
Raymarine Wind failure Tally Ho at 1:34pm 08.07.22 True wind speed calculation requires speed through the water, not speed over the ground. GPS speed
Stepping the mast for the first time - Scary!! and confusing Jamesiv1 at 1:23pm 08.07.22 I'm going to take the deafening silence to mean, "Just throw it up a couple times, Newbie, and learn
Nonsuch 22 outboard size rgranger at 1:22pm 08.07.22 The nonsuch displacement is 5,000lbs. By comparison, the Hunter 26 displacement is 4,600lbs. I mak
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor BarryL at 1:20pm 08.07.22 Hi, Since you mentioned tiller pilorr, I am only familiar with pilots from raymarine and Simrad (si
Raymarine Wind failure kappykaplan at 1:03pm 08.07.22 True wind speed calculation requires speed through the water, not speed over the ground. GPS speed
squeaking on mast connection shemandr at 12:52pm 08.07.22 Wouldn't the main sheet be tightened while at the dock? For perhaps that reason but also so that th
Raymarine Wind failure NCBrew at 12:43pm 08.07.22 I have an I60 with wind detector on top of mast, it is a wired unit. I can read relative wind but if
New to us Hunter 40.5 (3) SV Maverick at 12:41pm 08.07.22 I used the Ambassador Marine Trinidad Head Shower Combo with Classic Sprayer. You will also need the

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