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Backstay tensioner redmarsail at 12:04pm 12.20.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1860 Hi all, Anyone fitted a backstay tensioner on a Beneteau Oceanius 323 with twin backstays. I need to
Would you rent your trailer for $400? for 2 days? ebsail at 10:37am 12.20.10 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2251 I recently bought an O'day 25 (center board) and need to move it from Chesapeake City, Md to Nyack N
Installing Spinlocks on a 23.5 fokker416 at 10:17am 12.20.10 Smaller Boats 6/1682 Hello all, I'm awaiting delivery of two swiveled spinlock cam cleats to replace my stock cleats for
Mixing Elbow Rick D at 9:39am 12.20.10 Big Boats 8/4513 So, I have 2100 hours on my 4JHE in my 1994. But, I have never replaced nor cleaned the exhaust elbo
Storage locker doors (1) gmac1220 at 8:04am 12.20.10 Pearson 0/1316 I have a 1971 Pearson 33. Does anyone know where to find repalcement sliding doors (faux grasscloth
Apparent wind and my A-Ha! moment kpgraci at 7:50am 12.20.10 Ask All Sailors 31/10530
XM weather in Bahamas? Sailor Sue at 7:30am 12.20.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1975 I'm wondering if any one has first hand knowledge if XM weather will work through the Bahamas? A se
Guess the PHRF rating of this boat RichH at 6:58am 12.20.10 Ask All Sailors 28/5099 http://www.gizmag.com/love-love-part-boat-artwork/16928/picture/124351 related article and other
Winter in the water or out Plankton at 2:01am 12.20.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3147 I sail in the mid Chesapeake bay. Over the years I've heard numerous arguments over whether it's be
Yanmar exhaust mixing elbow-service Endurance2010 at 10:36pm 12.19.10 Big Boats 7/6247 Skippers: I recently traced a raw water failure to my exhaust mixing elbow. Apparently there was
Bermuda rgranger at 8:50pm 12.19.10 Ask All Sailors 10/2919 I got to thinking about something. I've read so many books on ocean crossings, I have World Cruisin
Battens jetboatn at 5:36pm 12.19.10 Smaller Boats 7/1598 New to sailing. Replaced all rigging that was needed. Stepped mast and partially raised mainsail for
Got Lucky Mick at 5:20pm 12.19.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2208 Last week I happened to be riding my bike down to the lake Marina when My bot got hit with the torna
Raymarine Radar Pod installation Bobbaynton at 5:09pm 12.19.10 Bavaria 6/4791 I am considering the addition of a Raymarine RD218 radom radar scanner to my classic C70 chartplotte
Source for Silent Blue Blades for Air-X Marine?? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 4:45pm 12.19.10 Ask All Sailors 0/4 We have just seen ' heard the difference in sound when the Air-X Marine is equipped with these blue
Sails, sails, sails.......... old guys sail at 2:38pm 12.19.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1412 Okay. Taking inventory of my Mac 22 sails. I dont really know sails from.............but wanted to d
Rudder length on shoal draft 33s fiestaMojo at 2:27pm 12.19.10 The Cherubini Hunters 27/3870 I have read comments and stories here attesting to the fact that the rudder on the shoal draft Cheru
Winterize roller furling jib, or leave up? Islander36Kairos at 2:26pm 12.19.10 Ask All Sailors 22/10612 We are 1st year sailboat owners and are debating between us (my wife and I) of the need to remove ou
San Diego-Two Harbors??? dstaylor95 at 12:48pm 12.19.10 Catalina 30 6/2197 I have a Cat30 equipped with Garmin Chartplotter and no Radar. Can you please pass along best pract
Winter Docking Mark Parsons at 10:01am 12.19.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1521 I am getting ready to buy an Oday 22. In the summer, we have good water and a dock. In the winter,

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How soon is to soon? dlochner at 11:09am 07.25.22 In my experience, it doesn't take long to find a suitable boat unless you are extremely picky. So t
How soon is to soon? Calif. Ted at 10:57am 07.25.22 Is it correct to assume you want the larger retirement boat in a place other than Colorado ? Paying
Catalina 380 lift/Davit for Dinghy dlochner at 10:56am 07.25.22 550 lbs is pretty heavy, it will require a really beefy davit system and probably a power assisted h
Spinnaker Halyard. dlochner at 10:51am 07.25.22 I was out the other day - let out the Genoa but the didn't come out all the way looked liked a coup
Catalina 380 lift/Davit for Dinghy shea0613 at 10:46am 07.25.22
Stopping engine jviss at 10:45am 07.25.22 Definitely shut engine down before turning the key. Have you killed the diodes in your alternator
How soon is to soon? Don S/V ILLusion at 10:32am 07.25.22
Sailing from Potts Harbor to Ports Harbor (approx. 160 nm) on the 1975 30 ' Albin Ballad DArcy at 10:31am 07.25.22 Years ago we made this trip in the heat of summer. We found good relief by blocking the cockpit sc
2022 PacificNW Weather Update jssailem at 10:20am 07.25.22
Lake Montauk NYSail at 10:13am 07.25.22 Anchored there many times when I lived in NY. You have to follow a channel when you first enter, th
Raspberry Pi Boat Monitoring mgrouch at 10:01am 07.25.22 You can give a try to BBN Marine OS. There are more options for monitoring dashboards. Via NodeRed,
Spinnaker Halyard. Scott T-Bird at 9:57am 07.25.22 That is halyard wrap and the only way to prevent it is to keep the halyard away from the halyard swi
How soon is to soon? Hollyberry at 9:47am 07.25.22 If your interim 'storage' location is remote from where you live, on-the-hard makes more sense once
Stopping engine kappykaplan at 9:44am 07.25.22 I don't think it's a decompression handle - rather a fuel stop handle. I have one that I pull, then
Stopping engine Scott T-Bird at 9:44am 07.25.22 Definitely shut engine down before turning the key. Have you killed the diodes in your alternator y
Sailing with no furling winch tfox2069 at 9:44am 07.25.22 I couldn't find a single device that is all of a ratcheting block with stantion mount and ratchetin
How soon is to soon? Scott T-Bird at 9:39am 07.25.22 In my experience, it doesn't take long to find a suitable boat unless you are extremely picky. So t
How soon is to soon? Scott T-Bird at 9:23am 07.25.22 It's never too soon! It's almost always too late! :biggrin: I don't really understand your intent
stormy chi=mac jon hansen at 9:17am 07.25.22 well, now that j111 is not the winner. not anything. and so it goes:banghead:
How soon is to soon? dlochner at 9:12am 07.25.22 It is never too early to look for the retirement boat. You may start today and find it tomorrow or i

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