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hidden windlass iwillmott at 11:24am 01.04.12 Big Boats 18/3495 My windlass has failed-it died a slow death. Now the question is:how do I get at it to check connect
6 Year WalMart Battery Observations (7) Maine Sail at 11:08am 01.04.12 Musings With Maine Sail 35/19892 UPDATED 11/13/12: Changed the title from 5 Year to Year and added to the thread. Behind the scene*
stability of 23 2caccia3 at 11:00am 01.04.12 Smaller Boats 34/6102 I recently got a 1986 23 foot hunter with a wing keel. The boat is very soft, requiring reefing ove
window replacement and sealing anthony at 10:32am 01.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1430 Now that Nanna is all tucked in for the winter, I am planning all the spring general maintenence. Lo
Selden forestay fitting recall (1) Phil Herring at 5:54am 01.04.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/6622 This is currently known to effect the Hunter 49 and 426. See pdf attached.
Trailer refit ballance question impulse II at 4:55am 01.04.12 Day Sailers 3/2013 Thanks all for the forum, this is an invaluable resource. With that being said and all the assis fro
1992 Catalina 36 vs. 1994 Catalina 320 chuckbuck at 3:58am 01.04.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/7360 Hi Folks, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great Holiday. I'm looking at two Catalina's - both
H31 Keel Shifted (3) sail902 at 11:42pm 01.03.12 Mid-Size Boats 18/3324 H31 Keel shifted? Anyone ever had this problem and what's the fix? Or leave it alone? Boat was pulle
Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook Kings Gambit at 10:35pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2371 Has anyone here read all or much of Calder's Cruising Handbook (2001)? I have not read widely cruis
Servicing Spinlock XA clutches? (1) egodsey at 9:09pm 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/4631 Does anyone know how to disassemble the double-wide Spinlock xa clutches used for the halyards on th
Selden Mast issues recall of forestay fittings jimnlin at 8:37pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 4/3580 Contact Selden for replacement before your boat is sailed again. We provided our mast serial number
Winter electrical plans, looking for feedback luken7 at 7:29pm 01.03.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1883 We have a Beneteau 361 with a Yanmar 3GM30, 27hp engine with the stock Hitachi 60amp alternator. For
adding a second house battery therobesons at 5:43pm 01.03.12 Big Boats 7/4959 My boat has 1-4d house battery. There is a second one just sitting there and I would like to hook i
Flexable holding tank Jackdaw at 5:26pm 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2220 Peggie, My new-to-me Beneteau First 260 comes factory equipped with a flexible (bladder) 10G hold
Where to get the small insturment lights therobesons at 5:18pm 01.03.12 Big Boats 4/1076 I have 4 gauges on my ships panels, ac amps and volts and the dc amps and volts. 2 of the bulbs are
General Rigging Question CPseudonym at 2:58pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2073 As a newby to sailing sifting through the information on this forum I've seen posters relate owner
Squirrels swimming? Trinkka at 2:35pm 01.03.12 Day Sailers 10/4055 Has anyone ever seen a squirrel swimming in the river or any body of water? A friend of mine who is
Tuning Jib Furling John1534 at 1:00pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2022 I am having a problems get the front edge of my 1995 Hood jib furling sail to line up right. The fro
Moving Boat with Sheared Shaft Strut tomgrigsby at 12:36pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 18/3942 My 1979 H30 has a sheared shaft strut (sound of weeping here). It sheared off clean at the hull. T
Seepage from Waste Line Vented Loop... JoyRide28 at 11:56am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2761 Hi Peggy, et., al., Happy New Year. I have what I hope is a fairly simple question. I have noticed t

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Refurbishing an Kenyon alcohol stove rotartiller at 4:12am 11.20.22 No stipulations like that on my policy. This stove has worked like a champ since I first cleaned it
Refurbishing an Kenyon alcohol stove sailme88 at 3:59am 11.20.22 Years ago my insurance refused to provide coverage IF I kept the alcohol stove in working order. Th
Refurbishing an Kenyon alcohol stove (1) rotartiller at 3:41am 11.20.22 If you can post pictures of the stove. The linkages, and all that. I will probably remember at leas
Do you like Pocket Yachts Will Gilmore at 11:47pm 11.19.22 Sorry Dave. Perhapse it's just me, but I think another, unspoken, criteria to a pocket cruiser, and
Dyneema for furler line Project_Mayhem at 9:27pm 11.19.22 Warpspeed is kind of stiff as I recall, but it has been a while. Kind of stiff is a good descripti
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose artboas at 8:13pm 11.19.22 I think the idea with these is that you can loosen the. With a pair of pliers, from underneath.
Refurbishing an Kenyon alcohol stove dLj at 7:40pm 11.19.22 If you can post pictures of the stove. The linkages, and all that. I will probably remember at least
new jersey, the best sailing on earth :) rhodes1776 at 6:43pm 11.19.22
Do you like Pocket Yachts rgranger at 6:27pm 11.19.22 No, I don't think so. A pocket yacht doesn't have to suitable for blue water. Actually, I think I
Do you like Pocket Yachts rgranger at 6:21pm 11.19.22 I really like the Seawards. They are very much the boat I would design myself. Prefect for traile
Bent Roller Furler / Storage for winter rgranger at 6:15pm 11.19.22
Are you ready to go to sea? Crusty Ol Salt at 4:30pm 11.19.22 That is some scary stuff. I have been on a destroyer and a couple of aircraft carriers in some nasty
new jersey, the best sailing on earth :) Tally Ho at 4:29pm 11.19.22 Why no PFDs? Especially in a race. I assumed it was because the water is only waist deep :poop: G
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose Tally Ho at 4:24pm 11.19.22
40 ft hunter electrical Tally Ho at 4:13pm 11.19.22 will ok that is a start on the electrical diagram looking for a more detailed on an also one on the
Old Barient winches binding Tally Ho at 3:59pm 11.19.22
Catalina 30 MK2 rudder quadrant replacement kappykaplan at 3:28pm 11.19.22 Having gone through this several years ago, I can tell you that there are no inexpensive alternative
Are you ready to go to sea? kappykaplan at 3:26pm 11.19.22 Tks for sharing, John.
Do you like Pocket Yachts (1) Crazy Dave Condon at 3:15pm 11.19.22 211040 Would this be considered a pocket sailboat?
Do you like Pocket Yachts Roland5048 at 2:57pm 11.19.22 I'm thinking the definition, if there even is one, of a pocket cruiser is all in the mind of the beh

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