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Marinas near mouth of Patomac R. on South side Bill Roosa at 4:52am 09.05.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2115 Hey everyone. I'm looking to change marinas and need some advice on good marinas on the south side
240 Broken Rudder Bracket hunter240 at 4:45am 09.05.10 Smaller Boats 2/1460 Yesterday was out sailing in 15-20 knt wind when I heard a loud crack. Long story short the stainle
Maiden voyage sharps4590 at 4:36am 09.05.10 Catalina 22 4/1950 I didn't have anything scheduled for Friday past so I asked my guys if they wanted a 4 day weekend.
Barnacle on Prop Grateful Dad at 8:37pm 09.04.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1540 Barnacles on Prop I know it's been covered on here because that's how I knew what to look for but w
Lady J, week six, seams, seams and more seams.... (5) CharlieCobra at 6:33pm 09.04.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1747 Another week gone by, mainly on finishing the seams, well, almost. We ran out of seam compound when
Boarding ladder for Hunter 376 EdwardinSTX at 6:30pm 09.04.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2227 I'm in the process of buying a Hunter 376. It needs a boarding ladder. I see several types in the ca
Ice box in my '82 H30 malyea at 5:58pm 09.04.10 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2142 I usually take coolers aboard my '82 H30 for day sails and overnight trips but would like to use t
Cabin water pressure failure-but the pump works Endurance2010 at 5:34pm 09.04.10 Big Boats 8/2403 Has anyone had the problem where their fresh water pump for the cabin works, but for some reason the
Raw water failure-lesson learned Endurance2010 at 5:29pm 09.04.10 Big Boats 7/2546 I recently had a raw water failure and spent substantial time starting with the primary suspect - my
Lee Helm and an old Main sail MikeNieto at 5:22pm 09.04.10 Catalina 22 7/5228 Hey all, I posted a thread a while ago about having trouble pointing on my old fixed keel 22. Afte
boat speakers mere at 4:58pm 09.04.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2984 hey guys, Im an industrial design student and our latest project is to design a left and right spea
Palmer 60 Transmission godot at 4:33pm 09.04.10 Islander 0/2463 Confused by owners manual as to the level and exactly where to add 30wt. oil to transmission. I unsc
Mac 22 Safety Rails? nemosuit at 3:46pm 09.04.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1763 Hi! My 1978 Mac22 project came without stern safety rails or side wire stanchions. Anybody have a
Coronada 32 info/opinions or Cat30 or SanJuan Bryan C at 2:42pm 09.04.10 Ask All Sailors 10/5481 Hello all , My wife and i are getting close to buying our first boat and had pretty much narro
rigid boom vang question drnabanyama at 2:12pm 09.04.10 Mid-Size Boats 1/2561 I bought a 1972 Catalina 27 2 years ago. It came with a fully battened mainsail and has a topping l
Spam / Report Posts (2) Maine Sail at 1:24pm 09.04.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2986 Hi Guys, When you see an obvious spam post please use the report post button, it looks like this ht
Finally Got TO Use My New 309, Engine Question. sigbear at 12:21pm 09.04.10 Catalina 309 Group Forum 5/2732 I bought my 2009, Catalina 309, hull #168 on July 16th, 2010 and finally got to use the boat for the
Headroom, 336 vs. 35.5 rachelmackenzie at 11:39am 09.04.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/3865 We are in the process of upgrading from a 1977 27' to either a mid-90s 336, or 35.5. My husband is 6
brave men/man "needed"/sought.... zeehag at 11:23am 09.04.10 Sails Call Lounge 8/4485 for helping me sail to puerto escondido, mexico this december..... i hope in december--if is later,
Hunter 23.5 (1) RocklockI at 10:45am 09.04.10 Trailer Sailors 8/4653 Hello all ,I just purchased a 1993 Hunter 23.5 sailboat yesterday ! Shes in great shape , cant wai

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Starwind 19 project boat (2) SailingLoto at 3:11pm 05.25.22 She looks good on the water
New to forum. Precision 18 splashed! (1) SailingLoto at 3:08pm 05.25.22 I have a similar boat, starwind 19. Just redone, but you know... scratches happen. My approach i
Power cord conversion to 12V dlochner at 2:58pm 05.25.22 Opps, I meant fuse. Thanks for catching the booboo. We all make them. Any post I make with math i
Power cord conversion to 12V JoeWhite at 2:53pm 05.25.22 If the input for the TV is 12 v and the output from the panel is 12 v why the resistor? Opps, I me
Intake Silencer jviss at 2:51pm 05.25.22 Read this through with the usual cautions about forums. https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f54/c
Life Jacket recommendations Jacktar at 2:36pm 05.25.22 All my lines are "jack" lines cause my name is Jack, ha ha
Power cord conversion to 12V Maine Sail at 2:32pm 05.25.22 Be careful some TV's routers etc. have a very narrow voltage tolerance window. Meaning they will han
Intake Silencer Ralph Johnstone at 2:29pm 05.25.22 Read this through with the usual cautions about forums. https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f54/co
Power cord conversion to 12V dlochner at 1:24pm 05.25.22 So it is safe to connect to house batteries with a series resistor of appropriate size. If the in
Power cord conversion to 12V JoeWhite at 1:19pm 05.25.22 The input of most electronic devices that uses external power supplies has a diode across the DC inp
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change (1) JamesG161 at 1:18pm 05.25.22 I am even more concerned that a hydrogen economy will result in the extinction of most life on this
2004 Hunter 33 - Need a windlass fix or replacement (1) Scott B at 12:37pm 05.25.22 I installed the Lewmar VX2 couple years back.
Power cord conversion to 12V dlochner at 12:33pm 05.25.22 Only problem I know of doing that is the unlikely potential of a voltage spike frying the power boa
Power cord conversion to 12V Don S/V ILLusion at 12:25pm 05.25.22 Only problem I know of doing that is the unlikely potential of a voltage spike frying the power boar
Power cord conversion to 12V Scott B at 12:19pm 05.25.22 I've done that with 2 TV's I bought. Had the brick from 120v to 12v. Cut the wire and wired direct
Life Jacket recommendations brockangelo at 12:06pm 05.25.22 Thinking about falling overboard as a 500 ft cliff vs just "oh, I'll just swim back into the boat" i
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change (1) rgranger at 11:51am 05.25.22 H2 + O3 ? H2O + O2 Yes, that reaction is correct. It is important to understand that 50% of the
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change smokey73 at 11:51am 05.25.22 The Cal Tech article is interesting and confirms the recombination of H2 with O2 in the atmosphere a
MacGregor 25 Classification Giro at 11:43am 05.25.22 I would like to thank RichNils for the thoroughly thought-out feedback. His contribution to this for
Life Jacket recommendations Parsons at 11:41am 05.25.22 Agree with the comments and brand recommendations above, and I wear a Mustang HIT with harness. To s

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