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Dinghy Theft.... Sumner at 4:37pm 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 21/5503 Not to screw up Ed's thread on davits I'll ask this question here. On that thread and others I've s
what is the range of My C-27 ? (1) Jkenny13 at 3:18pm 01.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 8/2969 I am looking for advice and or experience on sailing a C-27. Although this is going to be my first
Croatia charter... Doug/Karen at 1:32pm 01.28.11 Big Boats 2/1606 If you have chartered in the Dalmatian coastal area, I would be interested in talking with you. We
Mold on Dodger GingerP at 12:48pm 01.28.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2285 My husband and I are about to purchase a beautiful 2004 386. The boat is in pristine condition wit
Yanmar Engines Paul and Judy at 11:31am 01.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1959 YANMAR SERVICE AND OWNERS MANUALS The following link may be used to access many Yanmar service
Selden Mast Survey John Frankel at 10:50am 01.28.11 Big Boats 12/3710 I recevied a letter from Selden Mast, regarding extrusion deformation of the furling mast on selecte
Deck Leak!!! dermotmccann at 10:12am 01.28.11 Columbia 0/2521 I have had a deck leak on my Columbia 41 that I have tried to conquer for 4 years. It drives me craz
A Question For Mainesail - Soldering? sailaway78 at 9:59am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 13/7502 Maine, I read your crimper tests, and am as always impressed with the way you go about your tests.
Thermal Expansion of Rigging jibes138 at 9:54am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2490 I wrote this on another forum but food for thought, comments? That brings up another subject. How
Removing mineral deposits from hull at the waterline hsims at 9:37am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2898 Hello, The hull of my Ranger 28 has an accumulation of minerals at the waterline. The boat has been
Local Knowledge - Tampa area Sailors BStevenson at 9:34am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3481 We are looking at a move to the Tampa area, specifically Apollo Beach, and are currently planning on
Transatlantic Advice??? Exiles at 8:55am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2579 Hello all, I am sailing a boat from Sweden to Greenland Nuuk via. Scotland and Iceland to reach the
Feb 2011 Issue of Practical Sailor Head Master at 8:10am 01.28.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2905 I wish to point out an error in the article on electric marine toilets, published in the February 20
One Of Those (1) kloudie1 at 6:56am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1838 Winter morning.. 29F at the marina yesterday but worth poking my head up .. it was 65F by noon.. nic
The first sign of spring! PrincessoftheLake at 6:52am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 14/2198 Forget hopping robins or blooming tulips-for me the first sign of spring is when my first shipment o
NMEA 2000 Drop Cable med2463 at 6:41am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 20/9308 Installing Garmin GWS 10 wind sensor. Connector on drop cable is too big for hole in pedestal botto
40.5 prop shaft Zinc Wayne Dengel at 2:41am 01.28.11 Big Boats 7/2100 So, I have to get a new one. My new boat does not have one at all. What size. I think the saft i
Catalina Fleet Clubs in Florida Bob Watts at 6:49pm 01.27.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/2004 I live in Palm Coast, FL and want to know where the 22 Fleet Clubs (No II or Sports) are located thr
H356 Saloon cushions... (4) Doug/Karen at 1:47pm 01.27.11 Big Boats 0/9 As part of an overall redecorating project, we are replacing our fabric saloon cushions with leather
deck hull flange keao at 11:40am 01.27.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1383 My 1991 43' hunter legend has an outward deck to hull flange. under the toe rail there seems to be

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Sailing the Heel Crazy Dave Condon at 6:02am 05.10.22 The past few responses reflect the same sentiments of Warren Luhrs who founded Hunter
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine StanleyJ at 5:36am 05.10.22 Thanks Folks! After using a combination of your solutions, I finally was able to remove the broken
Sailing the Heel shemandr at 5:19am 05.10.22 In the OP the main looks pretty deep to me. Once you get to 15 Kts. the outhaul should be tight to
Mast wiring access bil1215 at 5:18am 05.10.22 Some builders use a wire connector on the deck. They are convenient yet they experience corrosion is
How can I protect this terminal block? jviss at 5:11am 05.10.22 If you don't care to eliminate it as others have suggested, you can try Corrosion-X.
Newport 30-3 grab rails bil1215 at 5:03am 05.10.22 Looks really nice! Greg Thanks Greg, it was about 4 hour labor to make the 2 of them. I messed up
SWEET GALE has left a trail of broken dreams from Texas to Maine that has spanned more than 70 years. TomY at 5:03am 05.10.22 Interesting that you should bring this up after 2-1/2 years! @TomY what has become of Sweet Gale?
Sailing the Heel jviss at 5:01am 05.10.22 Depends on the boat. Consult your naval architect! Some boats were designed to go faster at steep
how to take down mast for trailering Crazy Dave Condon at 4:57am 05.10.22 As a volunteer and owning a sailboat dealership, I took care of one such boat for the Boy Scouts @D
Which antiseize on injectors? kloudie1 at 4:45am 05.10.22 Since there are a bunch of copper crush washers in the system, I don't think there'd be a problem wi
O'Day 40 traveler?? LouisMK at 4:45am 05.10.22 Point well taken, thank you
Loose shrouds? sailme88 at 4:39am 05.10.22 Your answer is in those pics... Yes there may be stretch in the rigging... but the support of the m
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) danooxnard at 4:18am 05.10.22 I did the same install last year. I left the bolts in place and trimmed in place using a dremel t
Loose shrouds? Will Gilmore at 4:14am 05.10.22 Okay good, thanks for the pictures. They clarify a lot. I thought you had written the compression
O'Day 40 traveler?? RoyS at 4:13am 05.10.22 May not apply in your case but sometimes using a smaller gauge control line helps. Many people autom
How can I protect this terminal block? RoyS at 4:07am 05.10.22 You could abandon the block and just use heat shrink covered butt splices. Terminal block is not rea
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) brockangelo at 1:05am 05.10.22
First there was Marinco then SmartPlug and now VoltSafe??? I'm not totally convinced mikeracca at 9:31pm 05.09.22 When it comes to the Apple MagSafe we are talking of roughly 12v and maybe around 5 amps max. With R
PNW flooding, terrible.. mikeracca at 9:24pm 05.09.22 Well we get fires, floods (sometimes at the same time) and earthquakes. We usually get a big quake e
Transmission Cable mikeracca at 9:18pm 05.09.22 Mike, thanks for clarifying. Looks like you are right and new cables are needed. I wonder if there

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