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Sea smoke (2) Tim R. at 2:50pm 01.17.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1740 Saturday morning greeted us with 10 degree temps and sea smoke rolling by. This is very similar to
Free Rigging ifmdalvey at 2:18pm 01.17.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1667 Hello folks, I don`t know how long this has been running or whether Dyneema really will rig 20 boat
Owners directory kpgraci at 2:07pm 01.17.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/3326 I was milling around the owners directory, seaching for Oday 22 owners, found a bunch, but my name w
Sails for 66 Tempest Tempest66 at 1:47pm 01.17.11 Day Sailers 3/1627 The old girl has now been totally refurbished and is enjoying a winter rest. I now need to find a m
Autopilot cable splicing Mike H. at 1:37pm 01.17.11 Big Boats 3/1523 My fluxgate compass on my Autohelm ST4000+ autopilot won't calibrate. I can't get the deviation bel
Captiva 240 paddler79 at 1:06pm 01.17.11 Trailer Sailors 0/4588 Any one ever re-build a Captiva 240? I am nearly done doing one but need to know what is in the swin
Wire or Dyneema lifelines? druid at 12:50pm 01.17.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3357 I'm looking at replacing my lifelines - should I go with (uncoated) SS or Dyneema? I local friend re
Bottom Paint?? Wayne Dengel at 12:32pm 01.17.11 Big Boats 3/1222 So, I am sure this has been talked to death on the forums, but as a BigBoat newbee, I have to ask ag
Freedom 21 kaikouravoyager at 11:18am 01.17.11 Other Sailboats 0/1228 New to this forum..looking for fellow Freedom 21 sailors/owners
Freedom 21 kaikouravoyager at 11:13am 01.17.11 Ask All Sailors 5/6275 New to this forum.. Looking for fellow Freedom 21 sailors.
Making aft berths into one? SNOWCROW at 11:01am 01.17.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1350 Many Beneteaus, especially from charter fleets, come with divided (2) aft berths. In the longer 40's
Water Collecting in the Cabin Floor "Tub" rardiH36 at 10:16am 01.17.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1424 Hi All: I will eventually discover the solution to the below, but perhaps someone on the Cherubini
designer location paddler79 at 10:09am 01.17.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1619 Previous msg crashed. Anyone know whether O.H. Rodgers or Walter Scott are still living and if so ho
designer location paddler79 at 10:05am 01.17.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1104 Any one know how I can get ahold of O.H Rodgers or Walter Scott. Not sure they are still living but
ODay 22 Interior work (3) kpgraci at 8:58am 01.17.11 Day Sailers 6/10671 I plan on pulling the boat out of the water soon for some scheduled maintenance - hull paint for one
Willard Beach Dory (1) Roger Long at 8:45am 01.17.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1968 Here's the final rendering of the 12 foot dory skiff we're having built for Barbara this winter: ht
Catalina 22 Fin keel with a possible "Catalina Smile" (6) Nautical1974 at 8:23am 01.17.11 Catalina 22 1/2652 After receiving great feedback from CaptDon01, paphman and txtowman. on my previous post called Cat
Battery Switch Hookup (1) BrianW at 7:48am 01.17.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2733 I have a Hunter 26 with a Honda 9.9 outboard (electric start). The Honda has a 12-amp battery chargi
Batten on full roach Mains Ken13559 at 12:41am 01.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1276 Can anyone tell me how stiff or soft should a batten be on a full roach Mains? My top most stock fib
Need a Cat 22 Rudder me262 at 9:56pm 01.16.11 Catalina 22 3/1477 I recently acquired a VERY neglected Cat 22......flat tires, rusted bearings, a foot of water inside

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Ammeter replacement questions (1) jonelli at 7:31pm 05.07.22 Okay I replaced the 12ga negative that went from the battery to breaker panel with 8ga, rewired some
Pedestal Compass, True North? Will Gilmore at 7:20pm 05.07.22 and yet, TRUE north has not moved an inch Not so fast. "The Chandler wobble... amounts to a chang
Generator shanker at 6:44pm 05.07.22 Thank you everyone for your responses. I'll be a weekend sailor for most of the time. Gunkholing aro
New S2 ( to me :) Scot Yount at 6:40pm 05.07.22 This sailing channel (which is now defunct) was on a 9.2a and they had a Bimini...you can see it in
Beneteau 343 Wire Rigging Specs? kellyr073 at 6:20pm 05.07.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! If your mast is Z spar US Spars, c
Sailing the Heel Brian D at 5:36pm 05.07.22 Just go for a broach. Then you'll understand too much heel. LOL
Sailing the Heel (1) Tally Ho at 5:13pm 05.07.22 I sailed my old boat (Hunter 280) a bit hard from time to time. In this case, I was over-canvassed
Rescue off New Jersey coast on Friday evening FastOlson at 5:11pm 05.07.22 Glad to see the successful rescue. I do wish the "media" would stop characterizing grounded sailboat
Tacoma Narrows MikeHoncho at 5:06pm 05.07.22
Quick Windless heritage at 5:02pm 05.07.22 I installed a Quick windlass on an O'Day 37 a few years ago. It was from an Italian company and se
Two sides to 3jh3e engine coolant pump? Tally Ho at 5:00pm 05.07.22 Thank you all for your skepticism--it encouraged me to dig a deeper. I traced each line fully and
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater baycloud at 4:48pm 05.07.22 You said that you removed the hydronic heater and plugged the hoses. The cabin and water heaters n
Rescue off New Jersey coast on Friday evening jviss at 4:47pm 05.07.22 My view is that when things get shitty it's better to head offshore, to deep water, than to try to*
Pedestal Compass, True North? dlochner at 4:42pm 05.07.22 56 hours from Great Sail Cay and DHS had problems with their foolproof program. 54h 29m from Grea
Pedestal Compass, True North? All U Get at 4:36pm 05.07.22 You waited until Georgetown to check in? No wonder CBP was keeping an eye on you. 56 hours from Gr
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine Rick Webb at 4:29pm 05.07.22 Pipe wrench works better than vice grips BUT you don't want to break the bolt further down. Spend s
Pedestal Compass, True North? dlochner at 4:19pm 05.07.22 I think you mean the North Pole, not Magnetic North, no? Did you read the article? At the beginn
Cracked hull SailorHunter at 3:53pm 05.07.22 Forgot to mention, the inner core appears to be intact, from whatever was visible in between cracks.
Builder's Plaque Sean K at 3:52pm 05.07.22
Builder's Plaque jviss at 3:49pm 05.07.22 I had a rigging guy replace the port and starboard lines on my Traveller. The way he rigged it the

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