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Keeping food longer MORNING LIGHT at 4:55am 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 36/9768 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 8/2908 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 13/4282 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 4:42am 11.23.22 Uhm, that might not work. Because even with two banks, the negatives are combined back to the engi
Racing rule questions Apex at 3:20am 11.23.22 rule 13, while tacking....after a boat passes head to wind, she shall keep clear of other boats unti
Racing rule questions danstanford at 2:25am 11.23.22 Two scenarios - both boats on same tack, not overlapped and overlapped. Per rules 11 and 12, in bo
De-powering water heater for winter NYSail at 11:34pm 11.22.22
Do you like Pocket Yachts jssailem at 9:38pm 11.22.22 When we talk about Pocket Yachts, there are the every day variety and then there is the Townsend-Ter
Buying used C22. Fresh vs salt water boat? Grotto at 7:33pm 11.22.22 dry stored vs slipped : dry stored Fresh vs salt: fresh, trailer vs no. trailer this is the kick
Holiday Decorations Crusty Ol Salt at 7:16pm 11.22.22 211109 211109 Very cool
40 ft hunter electrical DayDreamer41 at 6:40pm 11.22.22 Good luck on your searches, we have a 41 07 model year and have yet to find any meaningful EL drawin
Key issues with C275. Mike8074 at 6:16pm 11.22.22 It's going from freshwater to freshwater, so not a huge deal...but it does have that VC17 on it whic
40 ft hunter electrical Stu Jackson at 6:00pm 11.22.22 Remove the black wire from 1 battery bank, turn the battery selector to 1 and see what works (house
Racing rule questions Stu Jackson at 5:56pm 11.22.22 Sorta kinda... A boat can be to windward of another while still being clear astern (or clear ahea
Racing rule questions PaulK at 5:24pm 11.22.22 Thanks for pointing out that inaccuracy. In fact, boat A is clear astern in the first sketch. It is
Warped Rudder sbrogden at 4:50pm 11.22.22 Just shopping for wood in case I need to make a rudder. Cannot find anything suitable that is 1 inch
Oday 25 portlights Project_Mayhem at 4:31pm 11.22.22 I've repaired cracked frames with fiberglass and paint. They looked decent at 5ft away. I can elabor
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

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