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sky light John11936 at 3:41pm 01.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 5/1822 I have broken (cracked) the plexaglass that pulls over the companion way on my 28.5. Anybody repaire
Finding Fuel Tank Pinholes robertsapp at 3:01pm 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 16/8291 I pulled my aluminum fuel tank to clean it, and discovered a small amount of diesel fuel sitting und
New Boat & Bottom Paint, How Often? sigbear at 2:49pm 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 7/13901 I bought a 2009 catalina 309 (demo) and had the hull painted with 2 coats of Trinidad Black in Aug.
Multiple Through-Deck Fittings, Power, Ethernet, VHF estopa at 2:21pm 01.18.11 Day Sailers 5/3202 Hi folks, hope the winter is keeping you guys busy. I wanted to begin some research on putting a
island trader 41 capt B. at 2:19pm 01.18.11 Big Boats 1/3906 I own a 41' center cockpit Island trader 1984. I was looking for more specs or info.(heigh of masts,
What Solar Panels Are You Using? JoeD at 1:19pm 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3216 Looking to add solar panels to the hard Bimini I am building. Looking for some input on what you are
More Compression Post Questions (4) RTB at 1:11pm 01.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2468 I have searched what is available here (100+threads), but can't find the answers I need. It was disc
Single 12VDC Marine Battery Chargers carboman at 1:05pm 01.18.11 Smaller Boats 6/2129 Just a quick note to see what people are using on DC only systems. I take my battery off the boat a
More rigging horror. (3) Roger Long at 10:57am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 36/7272 I decided that I'd better take a look at my lower tangs as well since I'm going to all this trouble
Macgregor 22' 1981 Manual? saileclipse at 10:29am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/11655 We are looking at buying a 1981 Macgregor 22 swing keel. What do you think of this model? Does an
Adding pumpout and Uniseal port (1) mike75bug at 10:10am 01.18.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/5145 I am working on getting my boat ready for this summer and need to update my sanitation system. Curr
Best Handheld GPS? r.oril at 9:18am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3210 Searching the site, I see the Garmin GPSMAP 76 (CSX) as the choice of many. I would like to buy a u
winter cover rich5665 at 9:00am 01.18.11 Pearson 1/1756 Hi I am a new pearson owner, 7-10, and was wondering if there is anyone who knows about a winter cov
272LE Running Rigging Captn Mapache at 8:34am 01.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1661 Does anyone know the length of the original furler line on a 1987 O Day 272LE with the original furl
Using Garmin Forerunner for boatspeed mark_swart at 8:21am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1810 I live in salt water and my knotmeter transducer fouls due to growth. Cleaning it is a pain and I'm
Winter on the middle Cheasapeake Bay (10) Ian McGain at 7:43am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2027 couple of pictures at Tolchester Marina Eastern shore Maryland
Sumners Anchor sail walt at 7:11am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 36/5184
Mac 26M CDI furler bottom clevis pin size Billiam at 6:49am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1599 I lost the clevis pin that attached my CDI flexible furler to my boat. When I went to my supply box,
Google Earth Fun - Too Cool. Roger Long at 6:37am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1972 As we learned in the SPOT thread (after a little thread drift), it's possible to have Google Earth f
Proper way to climb the rigging. Roger Long at 5:50am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3092 Note that the hands are gripping the shrouds and not the ratline battens. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.n

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Need a boat for my sail! dlochner at 12:41pm 06.23.22 I have an 8 hp I could slap on it, An 8 HP outboard would be way too much power for a small dingh
Need a boat for my sail! dlochner at 12:35pm 06.23.22 I beg to differ ... a gaff rig has a 4-cornered sail, where the gaff is a spar that controls the fo
Fridge time-on measurement dlochner at 12:22pm 06.23.22 The refrigerator will always be drawing some current when it is on. The thermostat will draw some tr
Fridge time-on measurement jviss at 11:33am 06.23.22 Looking at the Adler Barbour schematics, you can just run the Hobbs meter off the "Powerduct" termin
Fridge time-on measurement jviss at 11:28am 06.23.22 The above will actually indicate the time the compressor is not on - so two meters, one for raw powe
Fridge time-on measurement jviss at 11:10am 06.23.22 I knew it, I knew it, I knew it :doh: ! Even though you probably just made a slip of the fingers o
little egg inlet nj Davidasailor26 at 11:08am 06.23.22
Need a boat for my sail! Baydog at 11:07am 06.23.22 The Dyer Dhow resembles my recollection of the origional boat almost exactly, I think thats it. The
Need a boat for my sail! PaulK at 10:57am 06.23.22 The overlapping DD symbol most likely stands for Dyer Dhow. We use them for Frostbiting at our club
Need a boat for my sail! (1) jssailem at 10:50am 06.23.22 Congrats to you. Perhaps your find is talking to you. You asked about the application of this sail
I sailed a Sunfish! (1) Will Gilmore at 10:44am 06.23.22 206599 Silly Ribbit, lasers are for kids. -Will
Fridge time-on measurement Ralph Johnstone at 10:43am 06.23.22 No, they are not the same thing. Somehow I know I'm going to regret asking this :facepalm: . I
Need a boat for my sail! (1) Baydog at 10:31am 06.23.22 The symbol is two D's overlapping each other. My father sailed it on a little fiberglass dingy (call
Tass fittings and sea water..... Rick D at 10:30am 06.23.22 Could those be red brass?
Need a boat for my sail! Scott T-Bird at 10:29am 06.23.22 That is a gaf rig. The upper spar is the gaff, the lower the boom, and the vertical one is the mast
Need a boat for my sail! justsomeguy at 10:26am 06.23.22 the symbol at the top of the sail. Looks like DD.
Need a boat for my sail! Rick Webb at 10:25am 06.23.22 I totally get the sentimentality but the grommets on that sail look like they do not have much life
Fridge time-on measurement justsomeguy at 10:24am 06.23.22 The fridge is either drawing amps, or it ain't.
Fridge time-on measurement (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:24am 06.23.22 This gets cheaper all the time. u refrigerator's TIME ON during the day for only $3.41 CAN. At tha
Outboard Battery Charging kloudie1 at 10:23am 06.23.22 Lots of the older regulators cannot reduce their open circuit output voltage; they need a load to be

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