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Just committed to an 82 C22. Light air at 1:20pm 01.06.22 Catalina 22 16/1155 I backed out of the purchase of a Hunter 25.5 due to a convoluted ownership issue. Just as well. I
I still don't quite get rule #2... Tally Ho at 11:42am 01.06.22 Ask All Sailors 88/7868 Here is a good little reminder video from Progressive Insurance about boating safety. qqFKUaMpdXA
Beneteau 41.1 O - AC / Heater winterize AwwShucks at 5:35pm 01.05.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/800 All - new to the Beneteau family (2018 41.1 Oceanis) and having an issue with final item in winteriz
Convoluted Light air at 2:35pm 01.05.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1147 My avatar and in my previous posts, I talked about the '85 Hunter 25.5 that I was getting ready to f
Cloth bag for my Garmin (2) patbratton at 2:35pm 01.05.22 Ask All Sailors 5/518 My Hunter 240 came with an installed mount for a Garmin ECHOMAP Plus 44. I am still in a learning mo
Does any body recognize this and where to replace (1) sailermaned at 12:42pm 01.05.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1175 201504
Is there access to nut for bolt that holds the headsail traveler track? fullbore at 12:17pm 01.05.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/921
Greetings, does anyone know what make of manual windlass this is ? It's similar to a Sea tiger 555 but has the letters "GD" on the side. Thanks . (1) Mike Dee at 11:36am 01.05.22 Ask All Sailors 2/609 201502
Low Profile mattress sunlover at 11:21am 01.05.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1557 Man, my bunk is so hard. I'm a big guy and I'm actually getting bruises on my hips from hips from
Second Battery drewlamparello at 9:47am 01.05.22 Catalina 275 14/2456 In the Pimp thread Cody discusses adding a second battery. I'm starting this focused thread to get
ocean proofing a Legend 41AC? leemarkadams at 9:34am 01.05.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/720 Hi all, Possibly looking to cross the Atlantic later this year in the 41AC we have (Canary Islands
Safest knot for dock line on a o ring... Daryl V at 9:25am 01.05.22 Ask All Sailors 18/4240 Tying off to a dock ring, Safest knot to use... my boat ( 24.5' ) may sit up to a week without me
Jibing The Mainsail Don Guillette at 9:08am 01.05.22 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 38/6833 This subject is dear to my heart because it almost seriously injured or killed me. I was on a Newpor
1" waste tank vent fitting Captain America Steve Rogers at 8:10am 01.05.22 Ask All Sailors 7/639 Hello Everyone In the process of replacing all the waste hoses on my tank, and after reading Peggie'
Shroud Protector Installation (1) SirMichael at 7:49am 01.05.22 Ask All Sailors 25/2151 I bought some new Davis Shroud Protector Covers for the lifelines on my boat. The cables underne
Classic or external bow thruster for Hunter 38 Legend? (3) MarcinS at 10:55pm 01.04.22 Big Boats 13/1621 On the previous two boats I had classic tunnel rudders, they worked effectively, maybe they were a
Custom full boat cover BC Bernie at 9:09pm 01.04.22 Catalina 310 10/1459 It's rare to have full on snow here that lasts for over a week, but luckily, I had the good fortune
O'Day 20 - new member 73Oday20 at 7:31pm 01.04.22 Day Sailers 4/717 I just wanted to say Hi. I bought a 73 O'Day 20 yesterday, looking to learn more about the boat. I m
Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses - Beneteau 44cc Dcashman2 at 5:59pm 01.04.22 Ask All Sailors 11/842 Can anyone provide guidance as to how to replace the cockpit drain hoses on a Beneteau 44cc? The ho
Catalina 30 exhaust flow Chris Blubaugh01 at 4:45pm 01.04.22 Ask All Sailors 11/911 My Cat 30 has an engine exhaust flow that is not consistent. I see regular jets of water with relat

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Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" dLj at 12:31pm 07.15.24 Well, the above does depend upon application. There are dictionaries that are used as definitive sou
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Foswick at 11:54am 07.15.24 Not that it's relevant to the topic, but my background is in linguistics, so please forgive the digr
charging problem with new batterie dlochner at 11:44am 07.15.24 Problem found...main charging system breaker tripping. Gonna replace it. House bank is 630 AH.
A technique for replacing lines thru line organizers and sheaves thinwater at 11:33am 07.15.24 Good post! It has the advantage of being novel. Up the mast I think I still prefer the absolute sec
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" thinwater at 11:21am 07.15.24
charging problem with new batterie richk at 11:11am 07.15.24 Problem found...main charging system breaker tripping. Gonna replace it. House bank is 630 AH. T
Exhaust elbow riser needed? (1) Calif. Ted at 10:38am 07.15.24 Yanmar refers to it as an "optional" part, called the "L" type, as opposed to the "U" type we are mo
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Hayden Watson at 10:00am 07.15.24 Thanks, but can you net it out for me? Not in the mood to watch a 21 minute, over-produced anchor
Exhaust elbow riser needed? Ralph Johnstone at 9:48am 07.15.24 And the reason you want to use the tall riser is because you can get water backed up into the exhau
Windlass woes as a result of anchoring woes Ralph Johnstone at 9:30am 07.15.24 Complications upon complications have used up all the time I've alloted for this project, by a fact
Sticky wheel after disengaging autopilot on Hunter 33 JoeWhite at 9:07am 07.15.24 It sound like the problem that I encountered on the water. I had to remove the ring attached to the
Electric Head conversion (1) Scott B at 8:58am 07.15.24 As a follow-up, I ended up going with the Jabsco Quiet Flush E2 Regular Bowl. Big advantage to this
Cockpit table project. Still looking for a part. (1) RobG at 8:51am 07.15.24 Thanks @SoSound for the reply. I'm using the Sucor flush table hinge so I won't need the extra route
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 8:45am 07.15.24 Re veering, the OED again has an answer. If you veiw the entries you get the complete history of us
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" jviss at 8:21am 07.15.24 e7o30hOvuHk Thanks, but can you net it out for me? Not in the mood to watch a 21 minute, over-pro
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Hayden Watson at 8:14am 07.15.24 That is an oversimplified model of how a rode or chain falls. It actually falls as a cateenary, an
Oday 23 Windows Reseal Project Project_Mayhem at 8:09am 07.15.24 This is one of the few applications where you do not want to use butyl. With one layer of butyl it w
Toyota Rav 4 for towing Project_Mayhem at 8:02am 07.15.24 Highlander will be much better. I would've tried towing with the Rav4 at slow speed, with plenty of
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" dLj at 7:58am 07.15.24 I'm sorry. I guess the firewall got it. The nice thing about the on-line version (free through you
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 7:56am 07.15.24 San Juan Charter company in Bellingham recommends (requires?) at least 4:1 scope for charters on its

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