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Bilge Pump Jack at 6:24am 09.23.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2123 After a day sailing we were going to drain the bilge by hitting the bilge pump switch but the pump d
Hunter 23 WK Mainsail jonathanAdams at 6:15am 09.23.10 Smaller Boats 1/1590 Anyone know where I can find a used mainsail for my Hunter 23 WK?
WM in Chicago Ken13559 at 5:23am 09.23.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1175 I've a business trip to Chicago this December (gonna be pretty cold by then) and intend to dropby WM
shower sump GarEi at 1:56am 09.23.10 Pearson 7/3870 I have a 1985 Pearson 303 and need to do something about the shower sump mainly the boat does not ha
Yanmar diesel - fuel line problem, lesson learned Endurance2010 at 11:53pm 09.22.10 Big Boats 7/4299 Loose banjo fitting sucking in air. After spending numerous hours on my fuel system and consulting
Overheating engine and leaking pedestal Bing at 11:08pm 09.22.10 Bavaria 9/5627 Has anybody else had a problem with their Volvo saildrive overheating? Ours is a D1-20 in a Bavaria
Bow stem; ALL ripped the heck out BrotherB at 9:30pm 09.22.10 Catalina 22 10/3512 Apparently I was too fixated on my amazing approach while motoring to a slip to notice that the spot
Cruising Mexico's Pacific Coast wb6jao at 8:32pm 09.22.10 Destinations 3/4485 Hi Folks! Mary and I have spent 6 years cruising on the Pacific Coast of Mexico and wrote up our re
Hunter 310, water under the engine ? Alain at 7:29pm 09.22.10 Mid-Size Boats 5/1963 Hello, my questiion is for hunter owners 310 or 326. Under my engine there is always stagnant water
New sail cost alanr77 at 7:18pm 09.22.10 Catalina 22 12/3722 Hello everyone, I'm getting close to sail replacement time. While pricing sails from different sail
Speaking of gauges guidera48 at 7:16pm 09.22.10 The Cherubini Hunters 7/4072 I am also working on my Tach. I found a new Yanmar tach the P.O. had purchased and installed. Did no
Hull Cracks jfrench at 6:45pm 09.22.10 Catalina 22 0/2 While pulling out the interior cushions on my newly acquired '86 Cat 22, I noticed substantial crack
Need a port foolproof at 6:30pm 09.22.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1720 I want to put a port the forward wall of my cockpit, next to the companionway, where there was once
Sailing stories on PBS jimmyb at 6:28pm 09.22.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2529 Couple of good sailing stories on Public TV lately. One about the first non stop race around the wor
Volvo Penta double-action engine controls Gunni at 5:56pm 09.22.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2141 I hate them. Never liked them on a motor run-about, and they have no place on an ocean-going sailbo
BVI's 6-7 Day Sail Plan-Including Anegada? Ducati at 5:31pm 09.22.10 Ask All Sailors 9/6077 We are trying to plan our 7 days sail in the BVI's that includes Anegada. Got any suggestions?
replace factory installed ice box wrlong at 4:41pm 09.22.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2007 I have a 2006 Hunter 33 and find the factory installed ice box very small and ineffective. I want to
Deck cleaning Peter Ennis at 2:50pm 09.22.10 Ask All Sailors 14/3565 I'm geeting a little tired of scrubbing bird and spider detritis, dirt and scuff marks from my deck
low pressure psi for Perkins 4-108-50hp m1ke at 2:50pm 09.22.10 Columbia 0/3050 I recently purchased a 1972 Columbia 45 with an original Perkins 50 hp marine engine 4-108 I want t
Towing With A Car bbqdude at 2:31pm 09.22.10 Trailer Sailors 16/7684 As you might have seen I am looking at small boats in the 15-16' range. Should I be concerned about

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A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Scott T-Bird at 8:07am 07.13.22 A lot of speculation there Scott. Might better wait until there are more facts. The boat was "char
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Scott T-Bird at 8:03am 07.13.22 Pleasure craft under 20 feet have to have a max capacity stated on a plate; over 20 feet the calcul
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Leeward Rail at 7:59am 07.13.22 It certainly seems like a lot of people on a boat that size, but not in excess of design if I read
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? rgranger at 7:53am 07.13.22 I don't agree. First, I don't buy that human-caused CO2 emissions are contributing measurably to t
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Leeward Rail at 7:52am 07.13.22 it is sad and not surprising Unfortunately so. It is mind boggling how often you see overloaded po
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... (1) tfox2069 at 7:52am 07.13.22 Pleasure craft under 20 feet have to have a max capacity stated on a plate; over 20 feet the calcula
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... dlochner at 7:51am 07.13.22 Looking at the Yamaha website, their 27ft models are big enough that they only state them being "Ya
Low battery warning on ev1 autopilot (1) Hayden Watson at 7:47am 07.13.22 My previous autopilot was an AH4000 and it didn't "show" anything. just four buttons and a "sensiti
Low battery warning on ev1 autopilot jonelli at 7:35am 07.13.22 You know that the old ST models showed "Low Batt" for just about any internal error condition, right
Low battery warning on ev1 autopilot Hayden Watson at 7:24am 07.13.22 I think it must be excess resistance in the power wiring to the EV1. Do you have a way of monitori
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Leeward Rail at 7:23am 07.13.22 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woman-and-child-killed-in-hudson-river-boating-accident-identifie
Beckson Replacement Lens Tp3 at 7:11am 07.13.22 One option is to purchase the larger lens and have a local plastics company, like Taps Plasric cut
Spinnaker sheets jssailem at 6:54am 07.13.22 Fred. One possible option. Ask to sail on another boat that has a spinnaker and a skipper who likes
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... dlochner at 6:52am 07.13.22 By my count there were 13 people on a 27' boat and few if any wearing a life jacket in an area with
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... cb32863 at 6:43am 07.13.22 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woman-and-child-killed-in-hudson-river-boating-accident-identifie
dingy oar length HiTechBiniou at 6:43am 07.13.22 Thanks SFS. I forgot to mention this Saturn MC330 is my main boat. I use it for snorkel diving amon
Spinnaker sheets kappykaplan at 6:28am 07.13.22 Just to keep things confusing, after a jibe the guy is the sheet and the sheet is the guy. Some boa
Beckson Replacement Lens sail sfbay at 6:25am 07.13.22 One option is to purchase the larger lens and have a local plastics company, like Taps Plasric cut i
Spinnaker sheets dlochner at 6:10am 07.13.22
Groco or Apolo thru hull Vaves? jviss at 6:04am 07.13.22 The ball in the Groco valve is chrome plated brass. So it appears that at a lower price the Apollo

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