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Salt creep at swageless fitting? Cool Beans at 8:42pm 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1611 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 4/1551 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 3/3839 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 6/1686 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 2/2145 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 12/1937 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 14/3182 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 3/1778 I am replacing my framing of my wash boards in my hatch. It was angled at about 4 to 5 degrees in a
cabin doors 409broadway at 1:45pm 11.12.11 Pearson 2/1810 need advise on purchasing cabin doors for 1979 pearson, or how to make new doors. have original tha
Fresh water flushing question chiefaponte at 10:35am 11.12.11 S2 5/1487 My 1976 s2 8.0c has a garden hose connection on deck that ends in the bilge. Additionally it has a t
Corrosion/ stray current location? sailcruiser at 10:27am 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2036 Hello, we are seeing some through hull and rudder paint corrosion and I like to first rule out/cor
Stern bearing too much play Dante1 at 10:04am 11.12.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1224 Hi I have a Hunter 36 2006 . The shaft is too loose in the stern bearing any one can help to tell
Havasu Pocket Cruiser Convention 119 strong CaptDon01 at 9:11am 11.12.11 Catalina 22 1/1361 65 days to go and 119 boats registered with 128 crews attending so far! :eek: Check out the web si
Sand & Buff-Dream Weaver Before and After (5) brian3820 at 7:19am 11.12.11 Big Boats 12/2460 Thanks to MaineSails buffing tutorial, here is a before and after of Dream Weaver, the badly oxidize
US Virgin Islands to BVIs? Steve Liggett at 7:08am 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2887 Getting ready to do our second bareboat charter in the BVIs in February. Has anyone picked up a boa
Is the" Beneteau First235 Forum " still active??first post letoile at 7:07am 11.12.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2865 We are newbies to cruising(not sailing) and the Beneteau 235 . Love the boat. I have tried to join t
150 genny fairlead fitting (1) Capchas at 3:31am 11.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/4270 Where would the fitting for a fairlead go for a 150 genny on a Mac26s? What about for a 135 genny? T
floor board replacement obsailor at 8:42pm 11.11.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1824 Anyone know of a source in the NYC area to fabricate a replacement section of flooring? I have teak/
Holding Tank Vent Length - Peggie redunculous at 8:22pm 11.11.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/6150 Peggie Not sure if you saw my previous post My holding tank vent is around 11ft Whilst I change o
Veterans Day Salute (1) Andy1237 at 7:53pm 11.11.11 Ask All Sailors 18/2423 A special salute to our Veterans on 11-11-11! In February 1942, during World War II, Dad joined t

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Winterizing fresh water system on NW coastal area rgranger at 4:19pm 11.08.22 This won't work for most people but here's what I'm planning to do with my trailerable boat, which
What is the proper response? Stu Jackson at 4:18pm 11.08.22 I reached power pole B first and rounded it and the other boat came behind and was leeward of me. I
Hunter Vision 32 1989 heritage at 4:14pm 11.08.22 Hi under the better late than never, I just installed a bigger anchor roller and a manual winch. W
New toy alert! For those who like to watch their boat/harbor from away. Davidasailor26 at 4:13pm 11.08.22 Now the only problem is to find a Pi. They're pretty sparse, it seems. Indeed. This site keeps tra
Do not lick this Toad! rgranger at 4:13pm 11.08.22 ded the second sign.:biggrin:
7:1? rgranger at 4:11pm 11.08.22 It doesn't take "a very big anchor", it takes a very good anchor and the proper rode. A 140# anchor
Winterizing fresh water system on NW coastal area Marlow Currie at 3:54pm 11.08.22 It's like "someone didn't get the memo" week. :) There was an almost identical question earlier t
New Instruments WayneH at 3:46pm 11.08.22 I have an older Vulcan 7 with built in wifi. We use the shared screen with a tablet in the cockpit.
Hunter Vision 32 1989 Mike 58 at 3:44pm 11.08.22 I just enlarged the photo, its 33 LBs or as John stated 15 Kg.
New Instruments dlochner at 3:42pm 11.08.22 The Vulcan will control the AP computer if it is a B&G/Simrad AP. The drive units are basically agno
New Instruments kappykaplan at 3:41pm 11.08.22 Should I have two chartplotters? One at the helm and one at the nav station When I brought my boat
Hunter Vision 32 1989 Mike 58 at 3:38pm 11.08.22 I pretty sure its 32 kilogram. Im heading to the boat later this week and I will let you know if Im
New toy alert! For those who like to watch their boat/harbor from away. Qorgyle at 3:35pm 11.08.22 A Raspberry Pi 4 is a great option IMO Welp, after a bit more research this does look to be the si
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta kappykaplan at 3:34pm 11.08.22 @jssailem noted today , my humor is back again.:biggrin::biggrin: Happy days are here again! :beer
Any Guesses Hello Below at 3:19pm 11.08.22 I'll pay the shipping if you'd rather it is used than in a dump somewhere. I would love to take yo
European boat owners: Tell me about your holding tank fitting Tedd at 3:13pm 11.08.22 I eventually figured out what the threads are. They are 1-1/4 NPS. I was worried that they might be
Winterizing fresh water system on NW coastal area Davidasailor26 at 3:07pm 11.08.22 And this sticky thread - WINTERIZING PLUMBING
Winterizing fresh water system on NW coastal area Tedd at 3:06pm 11.08.22 This won't work for most people but here's what I'm planning to do with my trailerable boat, which I
Main sheet cleat options- running to rear (1) markwbird at 2:59pm 11.08.22 I did something like what you are wanting to do. My setup is similar to the 6:1 setup shown in Jssa
Winterizing fresh water system on NW coastal area jssailem at 2:49pm 11.08.22 Congrats to you Marlow. Are you thinking to take the boat out of the water or be in the water all w

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