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Leak at hull/deck joint; how to repair prroots at 3:02am 03.29.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/2949 A squall passed through yesterday and we were able to spot several more leaks on our new-to-us Benet
Aircon on 50hz Jim 23067 at 12:52am 03.29.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1567 I Have a Bene 473 and it has a Marine Comfort System aircon Model No. PH16 IL-D my question is does
Capsizing a Cat 30 dstaylor95 at 8:59pm 03.28.11 Catalina 30 5/4084 A boat capsized in SD bay yesterday. Rumor has it that the keel was not down in the MacGregor 26 and
Whisker Deployment riverjames at 8:48pm 03.28.11 Smaller Boats 5/2756 78' Cat with hank-on foresails. I recently purchased a 7-14 whisker and am having issues with deploy
H42 - water into under master bed compartment (1) eianm at 7:59pm 03.28.11 Big Boats 3/1612 when you lift the matress and access the rear most compartment under the bed- where the auto pilot s
Macgregor Leak JimJ at 7:21pm 03.28.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/8102 I have a 1991 Macgregor 26S sailboat with a swing keel and water ballast. Over the past several year
life raft mounting for 33 Hunter gtessier at 6:42pm 03.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1848 I own a 2006 Hunter 33. I will be purchasing a Revere Rescue Racer 4 man life raft. I am trying to
steering Mark Guthaus at 6:40pm 03.28.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1383 I have A 1981 Hunter 30 and it will not point and hold a line she wants to round up with 12 knot of
need advise on Chartplotter & Radar combo skoub at 6:23pm 03.28.11 Ask All Sailors 12/6310 hi everyone! im a new sailboat owner and i would like to buy a chartplotter ' radar. There's so man
Rich asked Shoaldrafter at 5:47pm 03.28.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/979 Rich asked, "What is hull made of?" FRP, wood does not hold up south of the Mason Dixon line. W
Knots?? Captnkev25 at 5:46pm 03.28.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3379 What's the best knot for rigging my bow and spring lines to the pilings at my slip? The slip is two
Mast mounted radar scanner petegill at 4:58pm 03.28.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/3538 I'm considering mounting a radar scanner on the mast of a 36 foot Hunter. Has anyone had bad experie
Sad day for my 40.5 Wayne Dengel at 3:45pm 03.28.11 Big Boats 21/4063 Hmm, after just purchasing EsCaPay, and spending the last few months getting her really clean, and r
Tribute to Vernon Kinslow and this forum LDM at 3:03pm 03.28.11 Smaller Boats 0/1417 When I first got my H22 (two years ago) I saw the mast holder project by Vernon Kinslow in the owner
Removing my centerboard Robert Epps at 3:01pm 03.28.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2209 Ihave a 23 ft O'day with a crank down centerboard.....seems to have a 1 inch pin through the cast ir
bottomsider cushion or sunsure fabric bellsailing at 2:52pm 03.28.11 Catalina 22 3/1905 I am looking to purchase cockpit cushions for my Catalina 22. Currently, I am undecided as to "bot
In mast Furling Question joker460 at 1:45pm 03.28.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/4750 I've seached the web and have found contradictory setups of the following. I have an in mast furli
autopilot refit seabee1 at 12:40pm 03.28.11 Other Sailboats 1/2105 I will be installing a new Raymarine smart pilot X-5 wheel as a replacement for my old ST4000 that h
Tiller to Wheel Conversion windcat at 12:39pm 03.28.11 Catalina 30 22/20218 My husband wants to convert our 1978 Catalina 30 from a tiller to a wheel. The boat has always been
Missing Styrofoam in bulkheads yzfr1 at 12:38pm 03.28.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/2738 Hello everyone. I am new hear and I have a question. I am looking at a 1980 MacGregor 22 to buy an

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squeaking on mast connection Tally Ho at 1:40pm 08.07.22 In addition to keeping my mainsheet tight and my traveller all the way over to one side, I have a sh
Interesting Article on Lift (2) rgranger at 1:40pm 08.07.22
Raymarine Wind failure kappykaplan at 1:36pm 08.07.22 Vector math will explain all . . .
Raymarine Wind failure Tally Ho at 1:34pm 08.07.22 True wind speed calculation requires speed through the water, not speed over the ground. GPS speed
Stepping the mast for the first time - Scary!! and confusing Jamesiv1 at 1:23pm 08.07.22 I'm going to take the deafening silence to mean, "Just throw it up a couple times, Newbie, and learn
Nonsuch 22 outboard size rgranger at 1:22pm 08.07.22 The nonsuch displacement is 5,000lbs. By comparison, the Hunter 26 displacement is 4,600lbs. I mak
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor BarryL at 1:20pm 08.07.22 Hi, Since you mentioned tiller pilorr, I am only familiar with pilots from raymarine and Simrad (si
Raymarine Wind failure kappykaplan at 1:03pm 08.07.22 True wind speed calculation requires speed through the water, not speed over the ground. GPS speed
squeaking on mast connection shemandr at 12:52pm 08.07.22 Wouldn't the main sheet be tightened while at the dock? For perhaps that reason but also so that th
Raymarine Wind failure NCBrew at 12:43pm 08.07.22 I have an I60 with wind detector on top of mast, it is a wired unit. I can read relative wind but if
New to us Hunter 40.5 (3) SV Maverick at 12:41pm 08.07.22 I used the Ambassador Marine Trinidad Head Shower Combo with Classic Sprayer. You will also need the
Rodkicker boom mount adjustment jdrutten at 12:34pm 08.07.22 After a bit more searching, I found this at Practical Sailor: oo permanent. Especially when your tir
running lights keeps getting knocked off (2) Tally Ho at 12:26pm 08.07.22
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor kendyoozed at 12:14pm 08.07.22 Im use to having charplotters on my other pleasure craft boats. I like having all the info to base m
What's this hole in the shelf for? Crazy Dave Condon at 12:05pm 08.07.22 It has been a long time since introducing the boat but I think Peggy is right
Styrofoam in the storage compartments?? Jamesiv1 at 11:55am 08.07.22 It's insulation. For whatever he stored in the cabinet. Insulation also helps lower humidity...st
A jib and a genoa? jon hansen at 11:48am 08.07.22 so is an asymetrical spinnaker a headsail? ...... is it a jib?
A jib and a genoa? kappykaplan at 11:40am 08.07.22 a genoa is a jib. Or a headsail . . .
What's this hole in the shelf for? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:19am 08.07.22 I'm guessing that it was intended to hold some kind of container for food scraps too large to send d
I installed a super convenient latch this weekend brockangelo at 11:16am 08.07.22

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