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Furling A-symmetrical Spinnaker stephen Penny at 4:07pm 01.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3157 Considering a furling a-symmetrical spinnaker for my 386. Can anyone offer recommendations on which
I Finally Join a Yacht Club (2) Roger Long at 3:36pm 01.21.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2710 For all the variety in my live on the water, there are some surprising gaps in my experience. As so
Autohelm 3000 won't 'Set'. Ideas? Thyme1 at 3:33pm 01.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1229 Howdy gang, It seems my old analogue AH 3000 wont extinguish both the red and green lights in th
in boom furling-retrofit amr828 at 3:17pm 01.21.12 Big Boats 5/1998 for a '96 h430, would be grateful for any advice. Current full battern main is still in good shape.:
Strip a lead keel.... NYSail at 3:01pm 01.21.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2558 One of my projects is to strip my lead keel and refare and paint. When I purchased the boat, the hul
Replace windows with Ports An anonymous user at 2:43pm 01.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/4698 Has anyone or does of anyone know of anyone who may have replaced the windows on a 26S with opening
Another antenna question??????????? bornin59ca at 2:00pm 01.21.12 SSB and Ham Operators 5/7582 Hello All I am in the final stages of installing my Icom SSB radio and need some feed back on my ant
What Boat To Buy? Mr Bill at 1:48pm 01.21.12 Ask All Sailors 14/4100 I'm hoping to retire towards the end of this year and would like to get a sailboat. Retirement incom
C310 Bow Light peter_ms at 12:38pm 01.21.12 Catalina 310 5/2568 I am looking for a replacement bow fixture or lamp to upgrade to an LED lamp. Anyone there know for
Dodger/Bimini finished... (3) Sumner at 10:36am 01.21.12 Ask All Sailors 1/2621 Well actually I finished the dodger and bimini back in Oct./Nov., but have just got around to postin
PC Interface Beneteau40sailor at 10:22am 01.21.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1268 I have a PC interface option on my 2011 Beneteau 40 with Raymarine Instruments including a E90W. D
\|Backing Plates Don Crowther at 10:15am 01.21.12 Musings With Maine Sail 12/8018 Mainsail I've been planing on replacing my thru-hulls this spring. I was wondering if I could use
Difference Between Cherubini 25 and H25 ChiTownSail at 9:46am 01.21.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2388 Hello, Recently purchased a 1978 Hunter 25. Curious to see how to tell if its a 'Cherubini'? Wh
Keel Bolt Socket BillyK at 9:32am 01.21.12 Catalina 30 4/2726 Hi all! I need to pull the nuts off the keelboats to clean up the rust and re-torque.. the iss
Marine Stereo merlinuxo at 9:26am 01.21.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2814 Through a link posted by another member I stumbled accross what I think is a good deal on a marine s
Energy Audit Squidd at 8:50am 01.21.12 Ask All Sailors 19/3014 Looking to "power up" my boat, buy batteries and thinking solar charger but not sure how to do an en
Floor Plan Picture for 37 ODay chrisfoyston at 8:07am 01.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1601 Hello fellow owners of a great boat I am looking for a picture of a floor plan for a 1980 (or ther
Ven25 (1975) questions anthony at 7:15am 01.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1249 Good day all. Two questions for consideration. 1. I have a block on the fore deck about 6 inches in
New Companionway Doors (3) med2463 at 7:03am 01.21.12 Ask All Sailors 10/3846 Hired a guy to create folding companionway doors to replace hatch boards. Entire door section slips
New Sail - h27 amcmahon at 6:49am 01.21.12 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1688 Hey, just got a used mail in 'excellent' shape from Bacon Sails in Annapolis for my 1984 h27. The ne

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De-powering water heater for winter jssailem at 6:55am 11.22.22 Push button breakers. They pop out when tripped. You push it in to correct. You should be able to
Furler recommendations for Sirius 21 sailboat Leeward Rail at 6:52am 11.22.22 We had a CDI flexible.furler on our Catalina 22. Worked well. has its own internal halyard. No issu
Outboard for Sirius 21? SiriusCanada at 6:51am 11.22.22 Actually I bought a 6Hp Sail pro last week from Bridge Yachts in Port Dover...black Friday sail..19
Outboard for Sirius 21? Leeward Rail at 6:49am 11.22.22 https://www.onlineoutboards.ca Looks like their warehouse is in Oakville
Outboard for Sirius 21? Leeward Rail at 6:46am 11.22.22 If you haven't bought the 6hp motor yet. Onlineoutboards Canada is also a brick and mortar marine de
23.5 bottom paint question Crazy Dave Condon at 6:22am 11.22.22 I can answer that from many 23.5 sailboats I painted, usually I painted two inches above that scribe
260 roller jib removal Crazy Dave Condon at 6:17am 11.22.22 On the FF2 CDI furler the black top piece does wear ouy
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Brian D at 6:17am 11.22.22 Some more research shows that what I thought about the way the wheel is connected to the rudder may
Three way electrical connections RoyS at 6:07am 11.22.22 I would think that you could double up the wires in a single ring terminal inside the light fixtures
Painting over sanded non-skid surface JBP-PA at 6:05am 11.22.22 If you try the easy route, e.g. just put on another coat of paint in the correct color, and it fails
Painting over sanded non-skid surface RoyS at 5:49am 11.22.22 Yes.. sound advice. I hear that is more expensive than buying her a new boat. And unlike boats a n
Key issues with C275. shemandr at 4:57am 11.22.22 A surveyor worth his salt will know where to look. Let him do what he does. If you are going to be
First time sailboat owner Davidasailor26 at 4:23am 11.22.22 3)We are thinking of backing the boat into the slip due to the fact that the dock does not run the
First time sailboat owner kappykaplan at 4:22am 11.22.22 3)We are thinking of backing the boat into the slip due to the fact that the dock does not run the
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 3:35am 11.22.22 Thanks, guys! The valves are under the port settee :) and you are all correct; I need to spend some
New friend is a crow? Gene Neill at 8:27pm 11.21.22 That kind are fun to drink with. :thumbup:
Looking for a captain to sail my boat higgs at 8:24pm 11.21.22 I am thinking that at this time of the year you are a little late to make the trip. From those I kn
New friend is a crow? Leeward Rail at 7:57pm 11.21.22 We have two crows, the fish crow and the American crow. I think this one was an American Maybe it
Clever Boat Names higgs at 7:46pm 11.21.22 I tend to dislike cutesy names and especially names with the word "wind" in it. I did see a gracefu
Winterizing the A/C TimFromLI at 7:41pm 11.21.22 From outside the boat, I use a small HF pony pump and pump the AF through the raw water discharge u

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