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Keeping food longer MORNING LIGHT at 4:55am 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 36/9766 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 41/15836 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 1/1237 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 4/1616 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 4/1561 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 3/3847 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 6/1692 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 2/2162 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 12/1966 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 5/1491 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 3/2053 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 12/2489 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

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40 ft hunter electrical Tally Ho at 4:16pm 11.22.22 Remove the black wire from 1 battery bank, turn the battery selector to 1 and see what works (house
Winterizing the A/C artboas at 4:05pm 11.22.22 I have used a 5 gal bucket with a drain installed to winterize both my engine and my AC. I place th
Oday 25 portlights terry_buda at 3:47pm 11.22.22 Just wanted to update this a bit. The rest of life has affected any time we've had to sail or work
C315 engine model and transmission gear reduction data question Davidasailor26 at 2:42pm 11.22.22
Racing rule questions stickinthemud57 at 2:27pm 11.22.22 In the first sketch, how is boat A to windward? Thanks for pointing out that inaccuracy. In fact,
C315 engine model and transmission gear reduction data question VFR750 at 2:21pm 11.22.22 Thanks John This is just what I needed. unfortunately, the 2.62 transmission is different than w
Looking for expert Bene opinions! Mechone at 1:55pm 11.22.22 I'd go out on limb that the rigging has been over tightened , which can cause stress cracking and
40 ft hunter electrical Davidasailor26 at 1:51pm 11.22.22 Ok How can i determine if battery connection that is on # 1 is the started battery right now i l
Warped Rudder rgranger at 1:16pm 11.22.22 Check out what Jamestown Distributors recommends, they have a lot of products intended for wood. :pl
40 ft hunter electrical Rick.johnson at 1:10pm 11.22.22 Ok How can i determine if battery connection that is on # 1 is the started battery right now i l
Racing rule questions Stu Jackson at 12:33pm 11.22.22 and offer any commentary or advice you feel is appropriate. In the first sketch, how is boat A to
Bent Roller Furler / Storage for winter Barnacle Bill at 12:31pm 11.22.22 Looks like in the photo, that only one of the extrusions is bent and so you should be able to buy on
33.5 fuel tank leak dmax at 12:02pm 11.22.22 Here is a picture of the new tank installed. I bought an off the shelf 15 gallon plastic tank from
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 11:58am 11.22.22 Dutch can be really tricky, language-wise, so it is quite possible your Magic Carpet friends were c
Need pics of rigging the back of the sail to the back end of the boom. Mac V222 1976 Slavik at 11:48am 11.22.22 That's great thanks. I think it'll work. The nomenclature I'm good with but there have been severa
Clever Boat Names (1) senang at 11:41am 11.22.22 This one is "Plan B".
Starboard & Port tack confusion! PaulK at 11:28am 11.22.22 No, they actually made a point of describing the difference. I'll have to find the episode again.
Original Oday Upholstery Fabric GregL564 at 11:04am 11.22.22 I think Sunbrella makes a marine upholstery that is pretty close, if not spot-on: https://www.sun
Key issues with C275. Souellette at 10:57am 11.22.22 If it's going from fresh water to salt water, you might want to find out what type of bottom paint i
De-powering water heater for winter Scott T-Bird at 10:55am 11.22.22 Yes, all of my AC circuits are push on / push off. I don't like them and am intending to change the

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