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Hunter 410 Blower Don Lucas at 1:46pm 11.13.11 Big Boats 3/1097 My 410 has a Blower breaker and there's wires to it. But to date I haven't seen a blower in the boat
H22 asy spi cabbyjprs at 10:43am 11.13.11 Smaller Boats 1/1408 Going 7.5 kts spi, jib and main sail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dnvjKhmPQ'feature=youtube_gd
Preparing to Head South From Puerto Montt Sequitur at 10:01am 11.13.11 Big Boats 0/857 I have just added a new post to our blog at: Preparing to Leave Puerto Montt There is a lot of info
All i want for xmas is 40+ feet of water. gabriel.donnelly at 9:04am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1790 My lake is dry, my marina is gone. The Knotty Girl is somewhere out there down the channel couple mi
Sail types - ratio? voltzwgn at 9:02am 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1443 Ok I'm sure the question will give it away but I'm pretty new to sailing at leasrat at more than a c
SIMONIZ ROYALE MARINE cleaner/wax VBJOEY at 8:59am 11.13.11 Day Sailers 0/2288 Why can't I find one thread on this product? I've kept an old can for many, many years and just tri
Engine odor... Doug/Karen at 7:59am 11.13.11 Big Boats 8/3507 As we prepare to close the boat for the season, we bring home several items of bath and bed linens.
Replaceing halyard mike pace at 7:38am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1983
Cockpit floor repair captdaveglass at 5:52am 11.13.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1843 Having started the job and determining that the plywood under the top surface does not extend to the
Keeping food longer MORNING LIGHT at 4:55am 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 36/9451 In my boat, I only have an ice box, like most of us I guess, but when you go sailing for more than 5
Bilge Compression Block was Mud. (3) BillyK at 4:54am 11.13.11 Catalina 30 41/15422 We dove into the compression block repair yesterday on our 1990. One of the previous owners did a b
Amongst the pain of repairs and maintenance - we have this (17) redunculous at 9:03pm 11.12.11 Big Boats 1/1210 I sometimes find myself wondering if the work on my 40.5 will ever finish Then I look through the p
Salt creep at swageless fitting? Cool Beans at 8:42pm 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1604 Was down at the boat to pull the port upper chain plate. I noticed all the shrouds had dried salt c
Water flow with moyer's bypass kit chiefaponte at 8:33pm 11.12.11 S2 4/1537 My atomic four is equipped with Moyer bypass kit plus a new thermostat. Last time my boat was in the
Westerbeke Universal M30 Oil Pressure Sensor Stan Breaux at 7:45pm 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 3/3823 My oil pressure sensor won't stop alarming. I checked the oil, and it was just 1/2 quart low. I adde
Steering broke JasonC at 4:27pm 11.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1670 Great day sailing, until the steering broke. The boat was coming out next week anyway, but steering
Hunter 140 question bill novak at 4:18pm 11.12.11 Day Sailers 2/2110 I bought a Hunter 140 and have a question about the transom plugs. Are these supposed to be left op
rudder post on 79 33 (3) bugaloo at 3:18pm 11.12.11 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1928 Has anyone replaced the rudder post on a 33, I have the rudder out and the post look's bad bad and b
First Time sailor needs help farstrider at 2:32pm 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3154 I've just started living on a boat and sailing for the first time. I need some help on how to launch
waybad Waybad at 2:32pm 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1767 I am replacing my framing of my wash boards in my hatch. It was angled at about 4 to 5 degrees in a

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Painting old boat. jssailem at 10:36am 10.12.22 Can anyone suggest a paint which can be brushed on and look like it was sprayed on? I would review
Advice on instruments (2) jssailem at 10:29am 10.12.22 The difference is significant if your examine the charts. ENC. Shows depth and contours of the area
Painting old boat. jon hansen at 10:27am 10.12.22 tom young rolls and tips his old boat. ask him
IN Boom Main Sail Furling jssailem at 9:37am 10.12.22 many in-mast furling setups the sail slot is not centered on the mast? That could complicate attach
Advice on instruments Kings Gambit at 9:32am 10.12.22 I like the Raster charts too, for the reasons you mentioned, John. From Cabo San Lucas to Alaska, th
I bought it, now for the cribs... THECUSCUS at 9:28am 10.12.22 Congrats on your 25 purchase. You will enjoy the simplicity of the boat and her sailing ability. T
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. jssailem at 9:28am 10.12.22 You can use the unit in the above reference establishing set up that @JamesG161 describes. Once you
IN Boom Main Sail Furling Hollyberry at 9:25am 10.12.22 IIRC in many in-mast furling setups the sail slot is not centered on the mast? That could complicate
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. SycloneDriver at 9:08am 10.12.22 BoatZincs sells a corrosion reference electrode (A portable silver/silver-chloride electrode for pe
Advice on instruments jssailem at 9:04am 10.12.22 had to get out our paper charts for detail at anchorage sites. This is why I love paper Raster cha
Dual engine controllers confusion Davidasailor26 at 8:59am 10.12.22 If you really want to get confused, know that the transmission is really a marine reverse gear and
IN Boom Main Sail Furling Calif. Ted at 8:57am 10.12.22 An 89 yo friend added a schaefer boom furler on his PSC, it uses a behind the mast track that allows
Dual engine controllers confusion Scott T-Bird at 8:57am 10.12.22 If the position is rotated such that the lever points down, then pushing it forward causes the boa
Advice on instruments Kings Gambit at 8:41am 10.12.22 You have. to practice in clear weather - a lot. Yes. This means that you must have RADAR on much o
Dual engine controllers confusion dlochner at 8:33am 10.12.22 too many terms I don't know :) but thanks, it's good to know there's a solution. Working on my tech
Advice on instruments BarryL at 8:28am 10.12.22 Hey, A few points that haven't been made: -If you go all Raymarine (plotter, autopilot, instruments
Adhesive nuts for deck hardware, what glue for fiberglass? Tally Ho at 8:22am 10.12.22 As I have replaced or rebed deck hardware, I try to use a hex-head bolt rather than a screw. I hav
Dual engine controllers confusion xavpil at 8:11am 10.12.22 The transmission control lever is typically mounted on a splined shaft and can be mounted opposite
Dual engine controllers confusion dlochner at 8:11am 10.12.22 The transmission control lever is typically mounted on a splined shaft and can be mounted opposite
Dual engine controllers confusion kloudie1 at 8:01am 10.12.22 The transmission control lever is typically mounted on a splined shaft and can be mounted opposite t

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