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MacEnc +GRIB Weather Feature? Ducati at 3:55am 02.19.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2005 Just purchased MacENC navigation software which has something called GRIB. What is GRIB and will
Anyone tried dodger? prroots at 1:33am 02.19.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1206 Our new-to-us 2001 Beneteau 411 came with what they referred to as a bimini with windshield. We don'
Yacht Pirated Rick D at 6:52pm 02.18.11 Ask All Sailors 44/8158 A yacht on a circumnavigation was hijacked with four US citizens aboard. There is a SoCal connection
More Zincs? lehigh375 at 6:47pm 02.18.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2761 I was reading about the bag of pennies and have what might be another dumb question. At the end of
Irwin 28 swing keel broken DonReuter at 5:54pm 02.18.11 Irwin 4/5936 The swing keel on my irwin 28 has disconnected from the delrin rod does anyone know of a fix short o
Custom pilothouse Hunter (1) Ken Honeycutt at 5:43pm 02.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1954 Snapped this picture while at Cooper Island BVI's last week. The home port was Key West. Not sure th
Enkes AR8 Winches (1) Famos_Amos at 3:56pm 02.18.11 Ask All Sailors 1/3842 I'll admit I may have fallen prey to the "Ebay Special".. I purchased a pair of used Enkes AR8 winch
Want to buy/ install new forward hatch w/ window gabriel.donnelly at 3:50pm 02.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1242 Is there a resource y'all can recommend ( shop or online ) for a new hatch that'll fit my O'25?? ha
Catalina 28 slack in the rudder sjaakklein at 2:17pm 02.18.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1585 Best catalina sailors I am the proud owner of a Catalina 28 1991 Unfortunately there is slack in
For Sale Stuff & Havasu Pocket Cruiser Convention Don Guillette at 1:13pm 02.18.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/5210 Just got back from the above convention. My wife and I had a great time and meet some wonderful pock
3rd Reef in main needed for Pacific NW Cruising ? Stretch at 10:37am 02.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1916 I am planning to purchase a new main and wondered if anyone coastal cruising up here ever uses a 3r
Don't know what's wrong, just that I'm having issues... WayneH at 9:34am 02.18.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2489 With the chandlery. On my work computer which keeps a black hole under the case sucking in informati
Tartan 30 Folding Prop Dan9356 at 9:19am 02.18.11 Ask All Sailors 1/2086 Does anyone have any experience with a folding prop on a Tartan 30? The shaft exits out of the keel
Really cheap sacrificial anode JVB at 7:27am 02.18.11 Ask All Sailors 17/6718 Since the U.S. 1 cent coin is made of zinc sandwiched between copper I'm going to try using a bag of
Schaefer Snap Furl Buzzlovelace at 7:25am 02.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 0/1734 For a catalina 27 Yes , No , Mabey So ???? Anyone have one? How do you like it?
How to best support H23 mast when raising/lowering isaksp00 at 7:25am 02.18.11 Smaller Boats 6/2414 When I lowered mine at end of last summer, my helpers did not support side sway properly, and when a
Water Tank LZay at 6:05am 02.18.11 Pearson 2/1506 Looking for a new water tank for a '86 Pearson 33. It is the 30 gal. tank which is in the bow. Anyon
User's Manual Oceanis 393 Clipper Alegria II at 5:48am 02.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/7611 Dear Beneteau Owners, I've bought a Beneteau Oceanis 393 Clipper, built in 2002. The owner was span
Owner Reviews post rejected Stretch at 5:43am 02.18.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2518 I tried twice to file a review and both times it told me the fields were incomplete and to go back,
Gen set auto start? eianm at 2:41am 02.18.11 Big Boats 0/998 Has anyone fitted a gen. set autostart module?I understand there are now systems that will monitor b

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Wouldn't it be cool... Justin_NSA at 6:36am 06.30.22 If I remember correctly, the integrated regulator on my '99 Cadillac was water cooled.
ATOMIC 4 OWNERS? jviss at 6:33am 06.30.22 You do - but remember you will not be going at power boat speeds. A grounding in sand or mud will
Wouldn't it be cool... jviss at 6:32am 06.30.22 :badbad: That makes too much sense:hook2: Well, that's what is essentially happening anyway, as th
ATOMIC 4 OWNERS? shemandr at 6:27am 06.30.22 You do - but remember you will not be going at power boat speeds. A grounding in sand or mud will n
Hello Justin_NSA at 6:20am 06.30.22 Welcome! I agree. Get it sailworthy and get on the water. Offseason is the time for working on her!
Wouldn't it be cool... rgranger at 6:19am 06.30.22 The best bang for your buck for alternator cooling may be to have a the air flow for the engine com
Vagabond 17 - (Standing Rigging Unknown) rgranger at 6:17am 06.30.22 Congrats! Please share a pic when you splash.
Mystery beneath my prop strut dlochner at 6:11am 06.30.22 Is that silicone being used as bedding material? Yes, it appears so Scrape it off and use a mo
Mystery beneath my prop strut Justin_NSA at 6:09am 06.30.22 I thought it was part of a treasure map. :tongue: Glad it's okay. Wise to change the bearing.
Wouldn't it be cool... dlochner at 6:09am 06.30.22 Mount the regulator outside of the engine compartment, that will address the cooling it. Keeping th
Push button switch for starter jssailem at 6:07am 06.30.22 Ahhh the fresh marine air. Breath in. A good deep breath. If it can do that corrosion stuff to your
Push button switch for starter sailcapt340 at 6:00am 06.30.22
Mystery beneath my prop strut vwjim70 at 5:58am 06.30.22 Yes, it appears so
Hello shemandr at 5:55am 06.30.22 Welcome too! That should make a fine trainer. If you want to learn to sail I'd suggest that you do
Wouldn't it be cool... jviss at 5:48am 06.30.22 Aren't they (and the engine) designed to operate at higher temperatures because they are close to t
Wouldn't it be cool... PaulK at 5:43am 06.30.22 Aren't they (and the engine) designed to operate at higher temperatures because they are close to th
Push button switch for starter jviss at 5:40am 06.30.22 Might be a good idea to have redundant starter buttons - maybe one (in parallel) down below, out of
Push button switch for starter sailcapt340 at 5:35am 06.30.22 I did the same with mine old starter button. Inside was more corroded than I would have ever believ
Push button switch for starter sailme88 at 5:27am 06.30.22 The rubber weather proof cover is subject to failure.. Both from dry rot and usage cracks that are n
Push button switch for starter (4) sailcapt340 at 5:03am 06.30.22

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