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Our Summer 2010 Photo Montage gpd955 at 6:52am 12.11.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1623 Our summer 2010 photo montage video is complete. Check it out at this YouTube link. http://www.
Boat sinks at sea. SURVIVAL QUESTION Johan S. at 6:12am 12.11.10 Ask All Sailors 44/8229 So, your sailing in the tropics and hit a whale and your boat sinks. Quickly, you manage to get a 6
Engine for Hunter 23.5 jaynsc at 4:26am 12.11.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1752 I bought a 1994 Hunter 23.5 2 years ago, and it came with an electric motor that ran off 3 12v batte
Winterize outboard MABell at 11:02pm 12.10.10 Smaller Boats 9/1661
Looking for old boat plans... nick_ander at 10:37pm 12.10.10 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/1954 Looking for 15' or less plywood or strip built boat plans. If the plans are larger and you just want
O'Day 22 Boon Vang AndyS22 at 5:51pm 12.10.10 Day Sailers 2/4343 I'm going to fit a Boom Vang to my 22. I cant see any sign of one being been fitted before. Does an
Winterizing on a budget njmedic3306 at 2:43pm 12.10.10 Smaller Boats 8/1601 So my new H23 is on the side of the house and because of the slope is just about level. Now I can'
DIY wind generator RECESS at 1:48pm 12.10.10 Ask All Sailors 22/11274 Has anyone attempted this DIY build. I think I am going to take the plunge and give it a go. Wanting
Head sail downhaul replacement Mike H. at 1:12pm 12.10.10 Big Boats 2/1186 Our 1994 Hunter Vision has a CDI Flexfurler headsail furler. The downhaul is a mickey mouse worn out
Keeping an Oday 222 in the mud Freeblowing at 8:55am 12.10.10 Day Sailers 15/3685 Hello, I'm looking at shallow draft boats to put into a slip that goes down to 1'9" (or less) at low
Intake and outflow valves ukrsindicat at 8:17am 12.10.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/3093 Good morning everyone! My head intake and outboard hull fittings have no valves. I guess previous
A Visit to Machu Picchu (1) Sequitur at 7:52am 12.10.10 Destinations 7/3294 We have just returned from a week travelling inland from Callao, Peru to Cuzco, the Sacred Valley of
Replacing H26 standing rigging - barrier coat tkaser3210 at 7:51am 12.10.10 Smaller Boats 3/1529 Recently bought a '94 H26 that is in pretty good shape, but I am considering replacing the standing
Seen at the Paris (FR) boat show! FroggyAZ at 6:20am 12.10.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1604 44' boat for less than 100k Euros. That's around $132K. What about that!!! Check out the Varianta
Heading to the South Island of New Zealand. Day sail? deacm at 3:33am 12.10.10 Destinations 4/3170 Four of us will be spending a few days in the Marlborough Sound area in early February and would lik
sidestay tension Ricky at 11:35pm 12.09.10 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2384 Hi, all I'm planing to renew the studs because the sidestay got too long and no space to adjust the
Shoal Draft Free Spirit at 10:52pm 12.09.10 Catalina 30 11/3519 anyone ever have any issues with a shoal draft, since im buying a vessel that has a shoal draft, i a
Chart Plotter/Sounder Jalepeno at 10:40pm 12.09.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2080
just 2 more repairs..... zeehag at 10:30pm 12.09.10 Ask All Sailors 19/3616 i have just 2 more repairs to solitary bird to complete before i leave san diego in february 201
same model mac 26d. any diffs from 1 year to the next kosborn at 9:51pm 12.09.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/4176 hi all just was woundering if the macgregor 26d had any differences from one year to the next or was

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Re Yanmar 4JH2TE/ H 42- fuel in bilge??? jssailem at 9:37am 11.22.21 Eian. Your observation of diesel on the surface of the engine would lead me to clean/dry the engine
Dinghy storage NYSail at 9:30am 11.22.21 Thanks all!
OK... it isn't a boat, but... jssailem at 9:30am 11.22.21 I think the body is an extruded plastic not a fiberglass. Have you sought out an autobody shop? Susp
Single handing WI Rigger at 8:39am 11.22.21 When you sail, do you take along an area chart or do you use an app on your phone or some other devi
Catalina 30 Terminal block? Joe Perez at 8:35am 11.22.21 Thanks Mike. Yeah, that's what I'm looking for. I haven't gotten back to working on that. This is th
Catalina 30 Terminal block? Mikes 87 at 8:30am 11.22.21 I have an 87 and the AC distribution is in the power distribution panel. Looking at the front of th
La Ni�a jssailem at 8:01am 11.22.21 Haver you tried the Haulover Inlet? FrDl810m2s0:124
La Ni�a jssailem at 7:59am 11.22.21 Water releases of the great freshwater lake, the Okeechobee, that makes up a big part of the fresh r
Which LED bulbs for masthead, stern, and bow lights on H240? chriscampbell at 7:25am 11.22.21 Update: It turns out the stern and bow nav bulbs are 42mm, and the mast bulbs are 31mm.
Stray Induced Current walt at 7:13am 11.22.21 Just to get nit picky.. LOL.. Since that clamp on meter looks like it only measures AC current, it
Teak darker than expected after refinish? randerson5726 at 7:08am 11.22.21 Sounds like the consensus is I needed to use some kind of cleaning product after stripping the old v
Single handing (1) patbratton at 6:58am 11.22.21 Thank You both for your answers!!!! I also have a telescoping from West Marine. I will try across t
Single handing Will Gilmore at 6:56am 11.22.21 Pure aesthetics. -Will
Single handing WI Rigger at 6:53am 11.22.21 Thank You both for your answers!!!! I also have a telescoping from West Marine. I will try across th
Raising the Mast Project_Mayhem at 6:51am 11.22.21 On my 19' I swapped a few of the pins for PTO pins. They're much easier to remove and install. If yo
Single handing (3) patbratton at 6:39am 11.22.21 Here I am again, with a seemingly trite question. Where do you store your boat hook so it is handy
Stray Induced Current dLj at 6:22am 11.22.21 Some DC ampmeters do show you the direction of current flow. I have always wondered if you could
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 6:18am 11.22.21 Please note that @kloudie1 gave the correct reason first. To answer @dLj question about distance f
Replacing the Exhaust Hose - 41DS chuck anderika at 6:13am 11.22.21 Replaced mine last year H410. Once you get the old hose out you should probably change the the engi
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 6:01am 11.22.21 "Yuengling Effect" Some DC ampmeters do show you the direction of current flow. I have always wo

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