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S2 8.0 Hardware (2) stryderr at 3:15pm 11.15.10 S2 1/1697 Good evening, I am in the process of restoring an S2 8.0 with full keel and inboard. Unfortunately
Engine starting in neutral franst8 at 3:09pm 11.15.10 Pearson 5/2053 I have installed a new starting battery in my 1977 365. As I have not personally started the engine
O'Day 39 Windlass Brahm at 3:07pm 11.15.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1192 Hi All I'm new to this forum and new to our 1985 O'day 39. We got the boat in the Spring and spent
Mainsheet Article Deadline December 10th bobjames at 2:11pm 11.15.10 Catalina 310 0/1303 Hi Captains and Admirals: Now that the northern boats are on the hard it is time to start thinking a
Inspection of the centerboard pin hellerjo at 1:10pm 11.15.10 Smaller Boats 4/1684 How do you get at the centerboard pin on a '84 Hunter 22 to inspect it and/or change it. The boat is
Tiller pilot paphman at 12:38pm 11.15.10 Smaller Boats 2/1248 My wife and I have thought about getting a tiller pilot for our boat. We have looked at the Simrad
Extreme reverse chafe Tim R. at 11:24am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1550 A friend of mine who works at a boatyard that received 60mph winds last Sunday in our most recent st
Dennis-How Is Boat Remodeling Going? texas4 at 11:19am 11.15.10 Catalina 22 2/1514 Hi- Chuck from Brownwood. Is your boat ready for prime time yet? My wife and I will be in Corpus Ch
keel damage (2) dlewis812 at 11:01am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 11/4408 wondering what caused this and how best to repair?
Bartow 16 winch disassembly Irwin41Ketch at 9:56am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2982 I have one Bartow 16 winch on my mizzen. It's the only one on the boat. I need to grease it howeve
Sail shape and control sailorjerrytoo at 8:51am 11.15.10 C&C 2/2475 I have a 1978 26' C ' C yacht. I have struggled with batten adjustment on the sail, and have a hard
Shared Thru-hull fitting tfoster at 8:40am 11.15.10 Mid-Size Boats 9/4792 I am contemplating adding air conditioning to my 1990 Hunter 30g. To avoid the expense of a haul-out
Selden Furler - jib jam (2) Carl12686 at 8:21am 11.15.10 Big Boats 5/5166 The headsail on my Hunter 340 is jammed on the furler track. When I initially released the halyard
Heeling knotalot22 at 7:22am 11.15.10 Catalina 22 59/17796 Does anyone have any first hand knowledge about heeling in a cat 22 or 25? I am new and heeling i
Mainsail switch to square top Quoddy at 7:02am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2971 What is the purpose of the square top sail? It seems it would raise the COE. I would think this wou
What is this called? (1) rgranger at 6:51am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 14/5302 Hey All I need help finding a piece of hardware and I'm having trouble because I don't know what it
measuring height Ross at 5:36am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 29/4145 I have the need to determine the height of some light fixtures inside a large building and have in m
Silicone removal ffaubert at 7:44pm 11.14.10 Ask All Sailors 15/3463 Does any one have any ideas of how to remove silicone from fiberglass, metal and plastic? The PO
Refrigeration hunter43sail at 7:17pm 11.14.10 Big Boats 7/1836 It's time to replace my refrigeration on my 42. Has anyone installed the Cool Blue? Everything I hav
cockpit drain on tempest upei1 at 6:56pm 11.14.10 Day Sailers 5/2934 Hello everyone, I am new to sailing, and to this site. I tried to do a search on my topic, but to no

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There goes the neighborhood! rgranger at 8:16am 07.18.22 I think we are not too far away from some really interesting cruising boats. I can imagine a tug l
There goes the neighborhood! Kings Gambit at 8:13am 07.18.22 There are also Cutwater and American tugs. A friend recently chartered an American Tug for 3 wk out
Electric Horn (1) rgranger at 8:07am 07.18.22 144 dB. That would hurt. Do you issue ear plugs to your crew or just sign them up for hearing exam
Electric Horn jssailem at 8:01am 07.18.22 144 dB. That would hurt. Do you issue ear plugs to your crew or just sign them up for hearing exam a
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware Brian D at 7:55am 07.18.22 I cannot say that all stores are like this. It just so happened that the store I got the batteries f
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:53am 07.18.22 It looks like he collects any and all floating bumpers that drift by. I'll try to get a picture
Catalina 315 Quick Genius 600 Windlass Anchor Rode jssailem at 7:48am 07.18.22 Bob, I look at the windlass as part of a system for the boat and the waters I will sail. Ralph is
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 7:45am 07.18.22 . Maybe the homeless person is considerate enough to try and keep the dirt from rubbing off on the
Formal Nautical Education patagoniadave at 7:44am 07.18.22 This is what I am talking about, to which you have been duly referred as to one possibility thereof
Hunter H240 trailer sway problem. rgranger at 7:43am 07.18.22 If you are pulling with a truck, put the O.B.in the bed of your truck. I have had the same problem
Formal Nautical Education patagoniadave at 7:35am 07.18.22
Electric Horn (1) rgranger at 7:32am 07.18.22 I have a plastic pump horn like this for a backup up my canned air horn. Really loud. ne.com/dual
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 7:22am 07.18.22 207409 I'm kinda wondering what the bumpers are for. Maybe the homeless person is considerate enoug
Dipstick for Hurth HBW 50 transmission on Universal M18 dmax at 7:20am 07.18.22 It's probably pressed in - a little JB Weld would probably hold it back together once you've figured
New (to me) International FJ, drainage + repair questions PaulK at 7:19am 07.18.22 My father's center-console skiff had foam "floatation" poured into the bilge up to the cockpit sole.
There goes the neighborhood! rgranger at 7:18am 07.18.22 I would love to do the great loop in something like that.
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:18am 07.18.22 Rice water
Formal Nautical Education jssailem at 7:17am 07.18.22 Ahhhhhhh
There goes the neighborhood! jssailem at 7:16am 07.18.22 The Ranger Tugs are a popular cruising vessel up here in the PacificNW.
There goes the neighborhood! rgranger at 7:14am 07.18.22 I have a soft spot for trawler yachts. When I'm too old to sail I'd like to have a trailerable traw

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