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Mac 26M and Heavy stern. Cameo380 at 8:49pm 05.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/4464 A beautiful sailing trip with a routine pit stop at the gas station on the way back to the marina tu
FlexoFold - Shaft / Hub Nut Torque # Chuteman2 at 8:19pm 05.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1510 Did a forum search but did not find any specific references. FF Instructions say "very tight" bu
Standing rigging-est. How much. Cpt. Jon at 8:04pm 05.18.11 Ask All Sailors 11/5547 My boat budget is getting less by the day. My 1980 hunter 30 we bought a couple of years ago is get
Automatic Bilge Float Switch Location in B323 Orion323 at 6:45pm 05.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2596 Hi.....we've recently purchased a 2004 B323. The manual indicates that the bilge pump operates autom
Throttle and Shifter cable replacment engdude62 at 6:35pm 05.18.11 S2 2/1787 Does anyone have some experiance to share in replacing the throttle and shift cables within the bini
Emergency Tiller S2 9.2C engdude62 at 6:28pm 05.18.11 S2 7/2828 I recently purchased a 1987 S2 9.2c and can't find any sort of an emergency tiller set up. I did fin
Anchor Sailing g.lovell at 6:25pm 05.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1868 I have a Hunter 310 which Anchor Sails. As the wind increases the sailing angle can be as much as 13
Two holding tank vent lines? gac1982 at 6:00pm 05.18.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/4637 Peggy, In an old post I read, you said "Nor do I even recommend two vent lines in all installatio
Enclosures for Aft Cockpit Hunter 460 kshaffer77 at 5:59pm 05.18.11 Big Boats 1/1475 We have a 2000 Hunter 460 with a Dodger with a full bimini. We love our boat and would like to hav
Port brand for 83 Oday 25? ebsail at 5:33pm 05.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1608 I'm guessing that the two opening ports (1 port, 1 starboard) on my 83 O'day 25 are Beckson? Anyon
Tuning the rig on an H27 jfgy at 5:28pm 05.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1936 I plan to tune the rig on my new (to me) 1989 H27. The shrouds are pretty loose at the moment. I wou
masthead, main halyard question mark goggans at 4:18pm 05.18.11 Day Sailers 1/1327 I inherited a daysailer and after sailing it for the last year decided to repair some things. I repl
Hunter 26 Ground? firewater at 3:19pm 05.18.11 Smaller Boats 3/1661 I have got a 1997 Hunter 26, and I'm in the process of installing a charger/inverter and shore power
Fresh water tanks AADIVER at 2:54pm 05.18.11 Catalina 30 11/10466 My '83 has two fresh water tanks, one under the V berth, the other under the starboard settee. May
Deck paint question jfrench at 2:11pm 05.18.11 Catalina 22 1/1415 A sailing instructor mentioned that the surface of the Catalina we were on was painted with a flat-w
Wanted: trailer inarathree at 1:32pm 05.18.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1603 Dont know if this is the right place to as this, but I am looking to rent or borrow a trailer for a
AC installation on Catalina 310 Sailing Emporium at 12:59pm 05.18.11 Catalina 310 14/5404 I have a 2002 Catalina 310 in the yard that the owner wants us to install a 9000 BTU air conditioner
Annapolis Nautical Flea Market Marc Bergmueller at 12:55pm 05.18.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2026 Has anyone attended the Annapolis Nautical Flea Market in the past? It's in its 3rd year and I wond
Original 2QM15 mixing elbow source? Stephen Trapani at 12:39pm 05.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1743 I have the original style mixing elbow (NOT U shaped) which is corroding badly from the outside and
Anticipation Roger Long at 11:37am 05.18.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/3639

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Now that's a thunderstorm. PaulK at 4:56pm 09.11.22 You try getting three levels of the French government (Federal, Regional and Departmental) together
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 4:32pm 09.11.22 I'll echo David ... Guy will certainly want to travel Delaware Bay on a flooding tide (current runn
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 4:30pm 09.11.22 This link to Cruiser Wiki shows the east west passage of the ICW in southern VA and Northern NC. h
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Scott T-Bird at 4:24pm 09.11.22 Delaware Bay is also known for having the potential to be pretty rough, especially if the wind is b
DC Circuit Breaker Failures Tally Ho at 4:02pm 09.11.22
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida shemandr at 3:48pm 09.11.22 ...Our greatest concern turned out to be getting a pompout. On the GDS route there are no pompout s
Anchor Chain 4Winds at 3:43pm 09.11.22 LOL....obviously not your first time on an online forum.:biggrin: I got no smacks for you but woul
DC Circuit Breaker Failures quadrille38 at 3:39pm 09.11.22 Random thought here as I seem to remember occasionally reading in the installation instructions som
H36 2008 holding tank issue Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:20pm 09.11.22 It won't work for a few reasons: 1. A successful weld requires melting quite a bit of new PE toge
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Davidasailor26 at 3:06pm 09.11.22
Ticklers Siamese at 3:03pm 09.11.22 Yeah, like that. Three pairs along the leach. It's not rocket surgery. You can pretty much eyebal
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida kappykaplan at 3:00pm 09.11.22 There are a lot of picture junkies on this forum. :beer: :plus::plus::plus:
Underrated marinas (1) rgranger at 2:59pm 09.11.22 @dlochner You are correct about depth.... but I sail a retractable keeled boat. I've stayed the
Jabsco Head Wont Pump In Seawater Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:58pm 09.11.22 The tank on our 1989 H28 was located behind a bulkhead, stern side, in the aft cabin. You also had
Anchor Chain Davidasailor26 at 2:57pm 09.11.22
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida rgranger at 2:56pm 09.11.22 Ask Guy to post pictures. There are a lot of picture junkies on this forum. :beer:
Underrated marinas dlochner at 2:52pm 09.11.22 Whittaker Pointe Marina in Oriental NC https://www.whittakerpointe.com Nice people, nice location
Anchor Chain (1) rgranger at 2:51pm 09.11.22 If I have made an uninformed or incorrect statement, please smack me down with an explanation! LO
Holding tank odour (Peggy ?????) Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:50pm 09.11.22 Vetus sanitation hose is decent...never noticed it looks plastic covered. It's double walled hose
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dlochner at 2:48pm 09.11.22 This link to Cruiser Wiki shows the east west passage of the ICW in southern VA and Northern NC. h

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