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Sailing Performance of the Venture Newport 23 Lost Horizon at 9:28pm 03.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/38365 Actually- I'm not sure if this has been posted here yet. I had spoken to Mike Inmon a couple years
2001 Hunter 240 Tiller handle? best place to find? mspiers at 8:05pm 03.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1460 Buying a 2001 hunter 240 which has a badly delaminated tiller handle... not sure why the original m
Outboard nbryant at 7:15pm 03.03.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1297 Any recommendations about outboard size for 10.5ft Caribe? New 9.9hp or 15hp? Does anyone know the
Rudder build Right On! at 7:01pm 03.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/6487 Just thought I would post some info on my rudder project. I don't have a bunch of extra money right
Scumbags & Thieves.. Maine Sail at 6:25pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 65/9684 What is with the world today. Over the last few days I have come across multiple instances of my cop
Rudder post evaluation-vetoed Endurance2010 at 5:49pm 03.03.11 Big Boats 9/2169 Rudder post evaluation-vetoed. Skippers, what do you think? My surveyor noted that the rudder
Kudos for Maine Sail and a Question Prime Time at 4:25pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2524 Thanks Maine Sail for the great pictorial on how to convert a Leece Neville Alternator from internal
40.5 Cutlass Bearing Replacement Frank P at 4:08pm 03.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2044 Can anyone tell me if I need to drop the rudder to remove the shaft on my 1995 40.5? I am getting r
2 blade v 3 blade Mike8221 at 4:02pm 03.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/4338 I have a 1980 H30, a Yanmar 2QM15 with a 2 blade prop. My problem like most, is the port walk whene
Time Lapse Haul out Andy1237 at 3:46pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2162 Early this year someone posted a link to a time lapse film of a marina hauling all the boats in one
newbie question noanker at 3:38pm 03.03.11 Bigger Boats 2/1709 i have recently purchased a 1985 oday 31....among many other things i am replacing the batteries. t
PN 3106 - 30A Double Pole Residual Current Circuit Breaker ( bria46 at 3:25pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2559 I just got off the phone with Blue Sea Systems about AC master panels. They highly recommend a resid
transducer location redhead78 at 3:09pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1343 Hi, all were gettin short..... One of my spring time jobs is a new transducer. Is there a specific p
H37C furler options. Ed Schenck at 2:14pm 03.03.11 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2032 I hope I am not asking a question already answered. I did review the "Evolution" document and also d
Macgregor 26S trailer info, sailmaine at 2:07pm 03.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1222 If anyone has a trailer that still has a readable GVWR tag. I would appreciate the information that
240/Heavy Weather mitchelldranow at 1:56pm 03.03.11 Day Sailers 8/3603 How secure is the 240 if one is out in it and it starts to blow 20 -25 knots? Also, would one feel
New paint (1) bowlinguy800 at 1:54pm 03.03.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1636 I just purchased an 85 Catalina 22 and was wondering about having the boat repainted. I see where so
Changing Oil in the Yanmar 40 shoeless at 1:50pm 03.03.11 Big Boats 12/2903 Instructions direct the user to draw old engin oil out throught the engine's dip stick pipe. This u
Help with teak maxxx at 1:28pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 10/5181 I'm doing research but have found yall to be such a good resource, hear goes! I'm starting to both r
Velux 5 Oceans race photo finish Scott B at 12:42pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1741 Velux 5 Oceans Open 60, 5 legs around the world, 3rd leg from Wellington NZ, thru the Southern Ocean

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10 guage to 16 guage? SailingFree44 at 6:50pm 07.03.22 Well, the operation is about to begin. Question came to mind, does it matter if the bilge pump disc
Ignition Switch Boomer2it at 6:50pm 07.03.22 You've posted this three times already. You don't need to. Why? Because many of us read the new
Windlass on an 11A Mark Maulden at 6:08pm 07.03.22
10 guage to 16 guage? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:01pm 07.03.22 Califonia and the earthquakes shook the house, damaged the wiring. I'm sure wave action on your h
10 guage to 16 guage? jssailem at 5:56pm 07.03.22 Your fine Greg. You were likely connecting solid copper wires with the wire nuts. That is what they
10 guage to 16 guage? Ralph Johnstone at 5:43pm 07.03.22
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? (3) Ralph Johnstone at 5:27pm 07.03.22 Originally I had no exhaust fan and the engine compartment heated to over 175 F. This was way too h
knot ID sunlover at 5:21pm 07.03.22
knot ID Davidasailor26 at 5:18pm 07.03.22 Looks like a halyard hitch - Halyard Hitch
10 guage to 16 guage? Davidasailor26 at 5:15pm 07.03.22 Not to get us too deep into this, but I just wired up a new ceiling fan at home, and the wires to t
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? dlochner at 5:13pm 07.03.22 I never do either. That's why I asked. I hadn't thought of the alternator though. I think I'll run
Newport 28 mk2 masthead fittings (1) adamv at 5:11pm 07.03.22 206883
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tim Mills at 5:01pm 07.03.22 I never do either. That's why I asked. I hadn't thought of the alternator though. I think I'll run s
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tim Mills at 4:59pm 07.03.22 I never run the blower fan, it serves no purpose and its noisy. I am intrigued by @Ralph Johnstone
knot ID (1) sunlover at 4:51pm 07.03.22 this app sucks. I had a photo attached, now lost. I tried my best to reproduce, but I think I ne
Any ideas, better A/C drainage? capta at 4:43pm 07.03.22 I've had this problem quite a few times. Most often it is the lint from the coils dripping off with
knot ID Tally Ho at 4:29pm 07.03.22 anyone know what this knot is? they are used on clasps on my Beneteau. I know exactly what it i
Ignition Switch Tally Ho at 4:27pm 07.03.22 Are you sure you wired the switch exactly as the old one? Is the switch the same (Same connections
10 guage to 16 guage? Tally Ho at 4:17pm 07.03.22
10 guage to 16 guage? Ralph Johnstone at 3:35pm 07.03.22 I use wing nuts to join 2 stranded wires. OOOOOOH ! ! ! ! ! That's about as popular as a turd in

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