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problems backing up jeanh1259 at 7:07am 10.02.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2536 :confused:We have a 1986 Irwin Citation 35.5 that backs like a tractor trailer. Not only does it pul
Securing excess sail on reefed main kpgraci at 6:04am 10.02.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2662 My mainsail has one reefing point, it seems to be placed where the second reefing point would be on
oday 23 centerboard stuck odog at 6:03am 10.02.10 Ask An Oday Owner 15/5368 Can anyone share the best way to get the center board free? It was pulled up by an over stimulated
How mch is too much? Ken13569 at 5:45am 10.02.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3281 Yesterday we turned around and headed back home. We were bound for Kingston WA from Everett WA. We h
Hunter 42 Legend 1945d73t at 12:06am 10.02.10 Big Boats 1/1666 hi, I'm Currently Looking At Buying A Hunter Legend Ranging From Years 1984 To 1998. I've Heard
What's in your first aid kit? Roger Long at 3:11am 10.02.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2126 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/10/01/baby.born.on.sailboat.WPBF?hpt=T2
Y Valve and overboard discharge Scotian at 3:09am 10.02.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/8693 I sail only in the Atlantic where one can do overboard discharge. Existing system goes into holding
San Diego Harbor Slip Fees set to increase Brian D at 12:54am 10.02.10 Ask All Sailors 15/9841 http://thecoastnews.com/view/full_story/9731755/article-Harbor-slip-fees-set-to-increase?instance=co
An Interesting Holding Tank Rick D at 7:18pm 10.01.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2895 ...at least for smaller to mid size boats is on page 66 of the Sept/Oct "Good Old Boat" magazine, h
wire to rope?????? woodster at 7:04pm 10.01.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2787 my mast has wire to rope haylards......and i am wondering if there is any advantage in this arrangem
Spreader Location pencema at 6:16pm 10.01.10 Catalina 30 5/2591 How important is the vertical location of the spreader brackets on the mast? I ask because my very
Chain Plate lifting, dimple in hull Hoelzel at 5:15pm 10.01.10 S2 1/1882 I have a S2 7.3 1978 vintage. The starboard chainplate has lifted about 1/4 inch. Looks like it has
Rudder kdmjme at 5:04pm 10.01.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1413 I had my rudder stolen out of my car during hurricane Earl. Does anybody in the Boston area know of
No traveler? rtaylor82 at 4:50pm 10.01.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/6373 After spending a large part of my day reading all the topics in this section, I am dying to get out
Universal M30 Diesel zinc John1534 at 3:08pm 10.01.10 Ask All Sailors 1/3368 I was looking over my 1994 Catalina 320 m30 engine and I couldn't find any zinc. It is a fresh water
prop shaft movement (1) tho52mas at 2:24pm 10.01.10 Ask All Sailors 10/2835 I have NOT looked at this myself yet. Recently I hit a submerged piling with the prop on a 20,000 l
Primer on Manual Toilets Head Master at 1:36pm 10.01.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3510
Whadaya know!! (2) Alan at 12:46pm 10.01.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/4037 Hunter is FINALLY thinking about performance in their sail plan. "Working closely with Steve Pet
Size of Aluminum Holding Tank rusbet at 11:12am 10.01.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/6221 We just bought a 1986 Monk 36. It was advertised as having a 30 gal. holding tank. The survey indi
"Moaning" Mast in Wind waterview at 11:11am 10.01.10 Ask All Sailors 9/4484 Hi. My neighbor has a large French (not Beneteau, but can't remember which one) sailboat in the wate

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Good exercise of older boaters Justin_NSA at 6:41am 06.24.22 Man... you guys know how to kill a joke. That is SOOOOOOO Depressing. I might just get a potato lau
Fridge time-on measurement JBP-PA at 6:36am 06.24.22 For $30 you can get a cheap charge monitor and it will log how much power you use, but not cycle tim
Starting my LFP build. (2) jssailem at 6:28am 06.24.22 You think it looks like a model? You been reading the wrong magazines.... Battery Magazine oks very
Good exercise of older boaters jssailem at 6:23am 06.24.22 Maybe it just took too long to develop and some folks stopped reading before the end ;-) :kick: Jo
Fridge time-on measurement dlochner at 6:05am 06.24.22
Tass fittings and sea water..... NYSail at 5:59am 06.24.22 Thanks all.... you know to be honest I did not even think about the zinc as I am so use to my zinc-l
helm canopy Justin_NSA at 5:58am 06.24.22 IMO, rail mounted biminis are limited in length by the rail it mounts to. You just don't have enough
helm canopy Ward H at 5:50am 06.24.22 You won't know the cost until you give them the measurements. As to tiny, you give them the measure
Great Lakes Maiden Voyage Help claskey at 5:44am 06.24.22 We are heading that way the first week of July if you want to tag along. we are on a 4 to 6 week vac
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? Ward H at 5:42am 06.24.22 I agree with webbing loop should be fine. If you do want to added a grommet check out this video on
helm canopy gypsywind1980 at 5:30am 06.24.22 i dont understand? you no of a place ?
helm canopy Justin_NSA at 5:24am 06.24.22 That's a tiny bimini. And you get to pay more for it!
Good exercise of older boaters Tally Ho at 4:58am 06.24.22 Man... you guys know how to kill a joke. That is SOOOOOOO Depressing. I might just get a potato lau
Fridge time-on measurement mermike at 4:57am 06.24.22 This gets cheaper all the time. AN. At that low price, better get several because the meter isn't
Need a boat for my sail! (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:47am 06.24.22 +1 for that being a Dyer Midget sail. The logo is definitely Dyer, and the number of panels is less
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? Joe at 4:27am 06.24.22 This will help. Posted by RussC, April 30, 2016. Flying Cringles Have a sailmaker put it in
helm canopy gypsywind1980 at 4:16am 06.24.22 YES EXACTLY ! cool i will go down and get measurements thank you so much!
Need a boat for my sail! shemandr at 4:16am 06.24.22 Why not build a boat to fit the sail? A stitch and glue pram isn't that hard to do.
helm canopy gypsywind1980 at 4:15am 06.24.22 I think this is what you are looking for. https://shop.sailboatowners.com/cu/detail-railbimini.php
Fridge time-on measurement jviss at 4:00am 06.24.22 A data logger would be useful here, and one with enough channels to also measure outside temp, cabin

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