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Going for a day sail one November day! (3) estopa at 8:08am 11.28.10 Day Sailers 6/1713 Sailing while its 45 degrees outside and winds gusting to 30mph makes it a very interesting ride. A
1996 461 cutlass bearing bp461 at 6:59am 11.28.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1879 Hello, Has anyone ever changed the cutlass bearing on a 461 without dropping the rudder and pulling
Green line conditioner Quoddy at 5:06am 11.28.10 Ask All Sailors 24/6503 We got some commercial grade nylon line (it was better handling than premium when new) and after 1 y
Hunter 33.5 New Owner Questions ChuckH at 7:48pm 11.27.10 Mid-Size Boats 16/8992 I am a new owner of a 1988 Hunter 33.5. I looking forward to getting her out on the water this sprin
Just bought an O'Day 22' JoeSellsHomes at 4:32pm 11.27.10 Day Sailers 18/3524 Hello All, I just picked up an O'Day 22 and am outfitting a trailer so that I can transport the boat
New Boat Mark Parsons at 4:08pm 11.27.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1894 We live on a small inlet off of Chickamauga lake in Tennessee. I am looking at an Oday 22 as my fir
222 kick-up rudder mm2347 at 3:33pm 11.27.10 Day Sailers 4/2304 the line that holds the kick-up rudder down has come out of the rudder. :eek::eek: What is the best
Broken Boom Gary Kay Taylor at 3:01pm 11.27.10 Big Boats 3/1636 We are sailing our 1999 Hunter 410 along the Pacific coast of Mexico on a long cruise south. We were
My Vacation Captain's log . . . again. Enjoy and relate! (1) dscribner at 2:57pm 11.27.10 Trailer Sailors 6/4054
23 Pop Top to Tabernacle Conversion estubey at 2:46pm 11.27.10 Day Sailers 6/3429 I picked up a 23 this Spring for my first boat. Generally I like to be a self-sufficient person and
adding opening ports to our Beneteau First 29 (4) Still Crazy at 1:28pm 11.27.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1721 We noticed some of the larger Beneteaus have opening ports in the side fixed windows. We are trying
Port Tack/Starboard tack Don Guillette at 11:35am 11.27.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/7999 A beginner sailor from Tucson, AZ called me today and wanted to know the difference between the two
B331 rudder rub, rudder stops Lagniappe at 10:33am 11.27.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2391 Our 2000 B331 has the same rudder rub on the starboard hull near the rudder post as described in som
Raytheon R-20x wufibugs at 9:41am 11.27.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1782 Following my earlier post, I also got the above which has a rather heavy 24" radome. I am wondering
Sharing a GPS Antenna wufibugs at 9:38am 11.27.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1544 I have a Lowrance 3000 GPS antenna that I use with my Globalmap 3300c and wonder if it could be used
Engine Cooling System John Kline at 8:41am 11.27.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1319 I have a Hunter 45CC. I have experienced a major corrosion problem in the heat exchanger. My boat is
Backstay-adjustable bhstech at 8:37am 11.27.10 Catalina 22 6/2799 I have a '77 C-22 with the original one side backstay with pig tail. I always found that the pig ta
Stargazing Stu Jackson at 8:36am 11.27.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1666 I've been looking for a cost effective star program, and just today stumbled upon this little gem:
So who's done the cockpit drainage refit? chumpy36 at 8:17am 11.27.10 Catalina 22 6/2048 My boat has the original plumbing and it sketches me out immensely and will be the first real projec
1990 Hunter 27 Mainsail Slugs (1) Steve Morris at 4:48am 11.27.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/2058 I just purchased a 1990 Hunter 27 located on Kerr Lake on the North Carolina/Virginia border. I live

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H41DS Fluorescent fixture replacement kloudie1 at 7:36am 07.23.22 Welcome.. Looks like two 1 foot long cut strips from the 16 foot long strip will give around 220 lum
Raspberry Pi Boat Monitoring Davidasailor26 at 7:35am 07.23.22 Thanks, @Davidasailor26 ! I have a little bit of experience working with CANbus networks that I hop
Raspberry Pi Boat Monitoring Tedd at 7:20am 07.23.22 Thanks, @Davidasailor26 ! I have a little bit of experience working with CANbus networks that I hope
Raspberry Pi Boat Monitoring Davidasailor26 at 7:16am 07.23.22 What's involved in tying into the NMEA bus? I have a Yacht Devices USB to NMEA 2000 adapter. The a
Raspberry Pi Boat Monitoring Davidasailor26 at 7:10am 07.23.22 I am curious about the sample rate you are doing for the current measurement. I have a now more tha
H41DS Fluorescent fixture replacement Nachismo at 7:08am 07.23.22 Wow! Thanks!
Raspberry Pi Boat Monitoring Tedd at 7:01am 07.23.22 Fantastic! I was planning to make a similar system for our new boat, but perhaps I'll just leverage
Raspberry Pi Boat Monitoring walt at 6:58am 07.23.22 Over my head. but I know just enough to be impressed! I am curious about the sample rate you are do
110 V outlet in lazarette Davidasailor26 at 6:23am 07.23.22 That is pretty tucked away. I can't think of anything that I've ever really wanted to power in a sp
H41DS Fluorescent fixture replacement kloudie1 at 6:13am 07.23.22 Sometimes easier to install some strip LED's inside the fixture. You can get rid of the ballast and
Age 80, O'Day 26 CB, great loop jmczzz at 5:29am 07.23.22 I went over to the cross canal slips to help a sailor step his mast. In the discussions, i mentioned
shaft/coupling hassles changing damn Volvo shaft seal.??"? Tally Ho at 4:54am 07.23.22 So what you're saying is that not much is going to change if you win. The neighbours yes, but you,
Sailing with no furling winch baycloud at 11:22pm 07.22.22 My H41DS had a racheting block and a cleat to tie off the headsail furling line, too. I replaced th
Sanitize/Clean Crusty Ol Salt at 11:03pm 07.22.22 I certainly appreciate all this input. New question; I do not have an electric water pump just the
1995 Hunter 26 Trailer U.S. FMVSS Manufacturing Compliance Letter Tedd at 10:45pm 07.22.22 If it helps, I think the original trailer for the Hunter 26 was a Magic Tilt model BG0089. I think t
1995 Hunter 26 Trailer U.S. FMVSS Manufacturing Compliance Letter Leeward Rail at 10:20pm 07.22.22 Thanks for such a quick and thorough response "Leeward Rail". That's very helpful. Don You're mo
1995 Hunter 26 Trailer U.S. FMVSS Manufacturing Compliance Letter DJKH26 at 10:08pm 07.22.22 Thanks for such a quick and thorough response "Leeward Rail". That's very helpful. Don
1995 Hunter 26 Trailer U.S. FMVSS Manufacturing Compliance Letter Leeward Rail at 9:26pm 07.22.22 "Older vehicles are exempt from complying with the MVSA at importation if they were manufactured mor
It appears that I'm collecting boats. stickinthemud57 at 8:58pm 07.22.22 It's hard to turn ones back on a good boat. Looking at that raising rig it looks to me like the int
It appears that I'm collecting boats. stickinthemud57 at 8:48pm 07.22.22 "Hi. My name is Orbweaver and... I have an addiction." The first step is recognizing that you have

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