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This only happens to me a couple of times a season. Zaphro at 6:26pm 06.13.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1693 It's 8 o'clock, do you know where your kids are? How about the wife? http://www.thelocal.se/34148
Mega Mistake Deann at 6:12pm 06.13.11 Big Boats 4/2863 I am so upset with myself! Our companionway is pretty much to bare teak. I sanded OFF the protective
mounting a gas grill on a 26S ? (3) doehunter at 6:05pm 06.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3435 Finally adding a grill. I was wondering if anyone mounted one like this. I bought a mount to put it
Pine Island Sound HernandoBeacher at 6:04pm 06.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1307 Sailing south from Tampa area to Pine Island Sound next Monday for a week aboard Incommunicado. Any
Refrigeration problem Tom23352 at 5:51pm 06.13.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3126 Went to the boat this weekend and found the A-B Super Cold Machine not making super cold. Plate was
anchor winches and ideas therefore... rochesterdriver at 4:53pm 06.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1158 Rather than putting forth an exorbitant amount of dollars for an electric windlass, why not use som
Anchoring a V22 Faris at 4:52pm 06.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/4360 So, we're just finishing up those things that need to get done for summer sailing/camping in the San
O'day 192 woes.... MGoBoat at 4:33pm 06.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/8009 O'day 192 woes....all for not, but ty for the help We just purchased an '87 192. The boat is in go
The Canvas Store footerdog at 4:03pm 06.13.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3761 I read here of problems that people had with the Canvas Store over the years. I have been dealing wi
Lowering the Mast JasonC at 2:29pm 06.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/8373 How hard is it to lower the mast on the MacGregor 26?
Hatch Boards... GEM555 at 2:20pm 06.13.11 Catalina 22 2/1802 Somebody nicked my weather boards. I find that replacements are very hard to come by. Considering I
2001 Hunter 410 electrical charging circuits Don Lucas at 2:15pm 06.13.11 Big Boats 6/1886 Near as I can tell from voltages is that my 2001 Hunter 410 connects the start and the house batteri
New 281 Scornell at 1:51pm 06.13.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1344 Just acquired a 1998 B281. Need some recommendations She needs new instruments ie wind, gps, auto pi
Pump or blockage RiBurton at 1:24pm 06.13.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/6316 I have a Jabsco pump with the twist and lock feature. It started becoming very hard to pump out and
Storm Damage Bad Obsession at 12:53pm 06.13.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3095 Yesterday a HUGE storm blew through the area where I keep my boat. I worked all night last night an
Universal M25XP secondary fuel filter Bad Obsession at 12:40pm 06.13.11 Ask All Sailors 7/5293 A few years ago I replaced my secondary fuel filter on my Universal M25XP. It was a Kabota part and
Cleaning an Ericson's bilgey bits... jmcelwee at 11:56am 06.13.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1438 Hi all, I just bought a 1984 Ericson 28+, and am having a devil of a time trying to get the bilge
Bilge cleaning a 1984 Ericson... jmcelwee at 11:54am 06.13.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2693 Hi Peggy (et al), I just bought a 1984 Ericson 28+, and am having a devil of a time trying to get
Does your marina care about you?! (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 11:46am 06.13.11 Ask All Sailors 20/4467 I am starting to question how much our marina cares about us and our boats. The picture I have atta
Annapolis Sailrite store. Ron20324 at 10:30am 06.13.11 Ask All Sailors 2/3275 I was just at the Sailrite store. The Eastport store, closing for business ( at some as-yet unknown

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Which Battery is better? jeepbluetj at 5:58pm 01.13.22 Yup. Lotsa manufactures/retailers (I'm looking at you WM) have figured out if you stick a label on t
Help! Identify Antenna's kloudie1 at 5:57pm 01.13.22 Swirled thing is an old sat nav antenna, before GPS. Two GPS antennas and a radar maybe.
Help! Identify Antenna's Ecosta at 5:49pm 01.13.22 Wow, that is a plethora of electronic thingies! Not sure about most of that stuff, but I think the
Help! Identify Antenna's Tom J at 5:37pm 01.13.22 Wow, that is a plethora of electronic thingies! Not sure about most of that stuff, but I think the
Point to ponder: furling the jib Dalliance at 5:29pm 01.13.22 Keeping tension on the furling line is key. I have learned the hard way to not let guests/crew fur
dis-continuous standing rigging on a 1996 beneteau oceanis 400 replacement ? bwagner187 at 5:14pm 01.13.22 Thanks for your reply.I understand what you are saying .. Im going to have my rigging inspected . I
Unknown Part and function jssailem at 5:01pm 01.13.22 I would remeber that this is a "compression" post for a 17ft sailboat. Making sure that the deck is
2 digit Hobbs Meter Catalina 27 Calif. Ted at 4:57pm 01.13.22 In the process of prepping to sell people keep asking how many hours on the engine, there is no way
dis-continuous standing rigging on a 1996 beneteau oceanis 400 replacement ? jssailem at 4:46pm 01.13.22 Dyneema is being used as a product for rigging boats. It is not what you get off the shelf at West M
110v into boat (1) grangehill at 4:39pm 01.13.22
Unknown Part and function Jimc91 at 4:32pm 01.13.22 Yes, I know what is above: the Mast is within a few inches hence my comment that bracket bolts do no
Which Battery is better? jssailem at 4:26pm 01.13.22 Trojan T-105, sold as a Marine/RV battery, is "...more of a middle of the road battery design betwe
H36 Boom Vang Attachment to Boom chichiflys at 4:24pm 01.13.22 DoB, Thank you for the reply. Yes, went to Rigrite because they are the only people that carry the s
2 digit Hobbs Meter Catalina 27 oceanside27 at 4:20pm 01.13.22 OK - there are indeed 4 more digits. Unfortunately the meter is not working so the same numbers stay
Steven N Tom J at 4:06pm 01.13.22 It may be too close to the freezer evaporator compartment and shutting off prematurely move it away
Throttle Position while Sailing Tom J at 3:59pm 01.13.22 Confused by this statement (assuming you meant "confusion" when you wrote "conclusion"). I edited
Steven N DeniseO30 at 3:23pm 01.13.22 Sure wish you gave us more information, in the meantime, check the thermostat sensor, it looks like
What is this? Ingram at 2:55pm 01.13.22 look like it goes forward maybe foot or so, in front of the bilge pump. Their a round pod at the end
Tired Winches sailinmikenaz at 2:50pm 01.13.22 West Marine's BOGO sale on winches should be coming up soon. I used it last year to upgrade to self
New to me C42; need autopilot and new Radar Ward H at 2:40pm 01.13.22 @2:16pm today2pm today Just purchased a used Raymarine RD424HD 4KW 24" digital radome from MaxMarine

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