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461 - fwd cabin outside water leak dhawley102 at 10:09am 02.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1245 I have a fwd cabin leak above the headliner and would appear to not come from the toe rails as it dr
WANTED: 3-blade fixed prop- Hunter 386 MIkeHedge at 9:30am 02.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1354 I have a 2002 Hunter 386 equipped with the standard two-blade prop. I think I'd like to go to a 3-b
Cruising the Maine Coast Roger Long at 8:17am 02.08.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3626 In response to a question in a thread below, I found myself writing most of this during the horrible
Serious list of 411 prroots at 7:17am 02.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2445 Our 2001 new-to-us Beneteau 411 (2 cabin/shoal draft) has a serious list to starboard (ie, the water
Traveler Mods rpwillia at 6:37am 02.08.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3412 At the Atlantic City boat show last weekend I noticed that the traveler on the Catalina 355 had both
FREE Newport 27 Stillwater, Oklahoma philwsailz at 6:18am 02.08.11 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/6232 I have a 1979(?) Newport 27 that is free to the first taker who will show up with a trailer and haul
Fiber Glass Sanding jorgefife at 5:31am 02.08.11 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1792 My boat was damaged from Ike especially on the roof top, which I had repaired The man who did it did
Our Journey to find our " Good old Boat" Keiffer at 2:03am 02.08.11 Ask All Sailors 16/2881 March of last year after months of searching the internet and local marinas we narrowed our choices
Upgrade to an H41DS Nodak7 at 8:31pm 02.07.11 Big Boats 8/1968 Today was a fateful day. We upgraded our 2009 H33 to a 2006 H41DS. Loved our 33 but we just wanted m
my oday 25 (5) itracs5 at 7:49pm 02.07.11 Day Sailers 4/2080 Just finished 4 months of work on my 1978 centerboard O'Day 25, with a 15hp Mariner. Beefed up trans
Ice and snow in Dallas C Jones at 6:33pm 02.07.11 Smaller Boats 6/1573 We had one boat sink a Hunter 28.5 due to a open seacock to the engine and a leak at one engine hose
Flying an Asymetrical Spinaker Nelsonhow at 6:11pm 02.07.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 14/9262 Don, I've been sailing for years with a genny and main on my 27 footer. Last year I got a new to
42' Passage refrigeration info request lgprovence at 5:39pm 02.07.11 Big Boats 7/2300 We recently purchased a '96 42' Passage with an eye to (primarily) coastal cruising (in the near fut
Will bleach harm the gelcoat dtdsail at 5:39pm 02.07.11 Catalina 22 3/5887 Will a 10 to 1 soluiton of water and bleach harm the gelcoat on my catalina 22,tryed a small spot it
Boat transport Sandy Stone at 3:45pm 02.07.11 Ask All Sailors 14/9038 We are very close to being the new owners of a Beneteau 375, unfortunately some 1,000 miles from our
Greenport NY rcangemi at 3:30pm 02.07.11 Ask All Sailors 12/5868 Hi - I am new to this site so if this is not the correct forum for the question, I would appreciat
Hand rail rebedding Seattle Scott at 1:03pm 02.07.11 Ask All Sailors 10/6337 I removed the hand rails to refinish the teak. I thought they were screwed through the cabin top int
butyl Tape & Silicone shemandr at 12:37pm 02.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1630 I've reviewing MS's thread on butyl tape and am trying to get an order up among my local sailing thr
Shifting Through The Sail Trim Gears Don Guillette at 11:08am 02.07.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 27/11774 If you ever drove a stick stick shift car did you ever downshift? Of course you did and the reason w
Help me solve a problem Tim R. at 11:01am 02.07.11 Ask All Sailors 23/4890 We have a wind generator(Air Marine 403) that is mounted on a 1.5" SS pole. Every winter I want to b

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Solar Voltage Project_Mayhem at 8:33pm 07.31.22 It has a PWM controller
Any Hawaii Big Island sailboat owners here? rgranger at 8:33pm 07.31.22 My brother lives on Molokai and sails a hobie mirage the currents between the islands is very stro
Solar Voltage JamesG161 at 8:22pm 07.31.22 You need a voltage regulator versus letting Sun Energy on the panel doing the regulating. Jim...
Fuel Vacuum Gauge JamesG161 at 8:17pm 07.31.22 Answer is NO. Pressure at any point in the fuel line, requires a knowledge of fuel flow rate. Here
Wobbly wheel. Rattlenebang at 6:08pm 07.31.22 Who made the pedestal? Our 2014 has a Lewmar pedestal that has just recently started wobbling just
Winch replacement Joe at 6:07pm 07.31.22 I think you may overestimate the convenience of self tailing winches an a small boat. But.... that c
Wobbly wheel. Davidasailor26 at 5:47pm 07.31.22 Who made the pedestal? Our 2014 has a Lewmar pedestal that has just recently started wobbling just a
Windicator for Escape Mambo (1) wrsayers at 5:45pm 07.31.22 NorCalSail, have you found an Escape windicator? I am looking for one too. Parts are hard to get! T
Wobbly wheel. Rattlenebang at 5:35pm 07.31.22 I suppose its possible with POs; you never know what they're capable of. Funny how everything else i
Wobbly wheel. JoeWhite at 5:12pm 07.31.22 It seems to me that someone replaced the bushing with a wrong one.
Any Hawaii Big Island sailboat owners here? Ralph Johnstone at 5:12pm 07.31.22
Stinky Bubbly Hot Water JoeWhite at 5:07pm 07.31.22 also check for a deteriorating anode in the tank which would cause what you described. Unfortunate
just sailing Crusty Ol Salt at 5:00pm 07.31.22 Very cool
Hunter H240 trailer sway problem. (1) Revv up at 4:50pm 07.31.22 I made a mount that holds two 5 gallon cans and keep them full of water during the summer season, ma
Alternator upgrade thoughts for Yanmar (2) Davidasailor26 at 4:38pm 07.31.22
Any Hawaii Big Island sailboat owners here? Tally Ho at 4:05pm 07.31.22
just sailing jssailem at 3:15pm 07.31.22 Nice Jon. Thanks.
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) jssailem at 3:09pm 07.31.22 Both @dlochner and @shemandr give good advice. There is no ready to go, every day advice to leave o
Reparing fix keel Crazy Dave Condon at 3:08pm 07.31.22 Photos are needed but if water is coming through the keel boats, it sound like the wing bulb keel wi
Hunter H240 trailer sway problem. Crazy Dave Condon at 2:14pm 07.31.22 @GL-WindPower The bunk board position on the hull cannot be moved much as they were designed to f

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