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Hunter 140 question bill novak at 4:18pm 11.12.11 Day Sailers 2/2158 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 12/1964 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 14/3196 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 3/1784 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 2/1815 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 5/1490 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 3/2052 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 4/1226 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 1/1367 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 12/2488 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 10/2891 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 8/2907 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 13/4281 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 3/1827 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 14/6183 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 18/2426 A special salute to our Veterans on 11-11-11! In February 1942, during World War II, Dad joined t
Cockpit Dimensions Lost Parent at 7:28pm 11.11.11 Ask All Sailors 6/5797 :confused:I have a 1982 catalina 30 and my boat is 800 miles away and I am building a cockpit table
Yanmar exhaust question Ted at 5:50pm 11.11.11 Ask All Sailors 14/8425 I have two questions regarding a Yanmar 2GM engine. 1. Is the "U" shaped mixing elbow the same pa
2 Questions For Peggie Fred Villiard at 5:19pm 11.11.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2311 Peggie, please excuse me I know that you have answered this question but I can not find it. What bra
Yanmar oil pressure readings fluctuating artboas at 5:02pm 11.11.11 Big Boats 0/1168 On my Hunter 49, I noticed that the oil pressure would constantly fluctuate between very low to high

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De-powering water heater for winter dlochner at 3:30pm 11.21.22 Thank you! There is a breaker for the water heater but it is a push button panel allowing only and
De-powering water heater for winter Leeward Rail at 3:28pm 11.21.22 Fwiw I would install a better circuit breaker so that you can simply turn it off in the future. Hope
Keel crack Davidasailor26 at 3:22pm 11.21.22 If you are lucky, what you have is just failed fairing compound. If so, the repair will be fairly e
Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:18pm 11.21.22 FUJIMO, famous 50' FRER'S RACER with a red hull. detroit racer came home and told his wife, Jane th
Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:12pm 11.21.22 Erie feeling
De-powering water heater for winter D. Inscho at 3:05pm 11.21.22 Thank you! There is a breaker for the water heater but it is a push button panel allowing only and "
Racing rule questions Davidasailor26 at 3:03pm 11.21.22 So, the takeaway for me is to always try to pass to windward of a boat on an upwind leg. As long as
De-powering water heater for winter JoeWhite at 2:57pm 11.21.22 There must be a circuit breaker on the panel. If not, disconnect the shore power then disconnect the
De-powering water heater for winter dlochner at 2:53pm 11.21.22 Welcome to SBO. There should be a breaker on the main breaker panel for it. If not you need to inst
Clever Boat Names Wyo George at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Keel crack dlochner at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Racing rule questions stickinthemud57 at 2:39pm 11.21.22 Great responses! It's interesting that the "give way" boat (in this case boat A) can force the "stan
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:37pm 11.21.22 Annapolis buoy reports water temperature of 49.5. Air temperature for the last 24 hours ranges from
Keel crack dlochner at 2:36pm 11.21.22 Wavy Gravy comes to mind! Now there's a reference the young folks won't know! There are many you
Starboard & Port tack confusion! dlochner at 2:35pm 11.21.22 This is easy to verify. The World Sailing Association, the governing body for international sailing
Starboard & Port tack confusion! kappykaplan at 2:33pm 11.21.22 Interesting, but it wouldn't surprise me at all that the Brits are contrary to the continent. As I
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Davidasailor26 at 2:25pm 11.21.22 Interesting. The Racing Rules of Sailing are published by World Sailing, not just a US organization,
Keel crack Scott T-Bird at 2:20pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed. ung folks won't know!
Starboard & Port tack confusion! JamesG161 at 2:16pm 11.21.22 Geeez guys I know , I know... Titanic Sunk, 15 April 1912. Things have changed. Like Lifeboats.:f
Keel crack (1) JamesG161 at 2:12pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed.

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