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water in stern lockers rtmccue at 4:48pm 05.31.10 Big Boats 4/1548 Anyone with a 450 or 456 have water in the stern lockers? I think it is fresh water? Has anyone d
H34 foil size mark_swart at 4:44pm 05.31.10 Big Boats 5/1500 Quick question -- I have a H34 with a Harken Series 1, probably the original equipment furler. Anybo
Bimni Ron10139 at 4:44pm 05.31.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1675 I am thinking about adding a bimini to our Oday 272LE. Has anyone ever used one of the Biminis from
Navigation lighting for night sailing (1) mdmitch at 4:30pm 05.31.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1422 To the usual suspects with Mac 26 (d,s,c)'s While I am in to the DC electrical system and wiring
Is this safe? (1) Hermit Scott at 3:36pm 05.31.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2277 I hooked up a disposable 1 lb. tank to test out this propane conversion alcohol stove. IT looks fine
Adjustable topping Lift on a Hunter 23 Tallgrass Sailor at 2:44pm 05.31.10 Smaller Boats 5/2921 The 'topping lift' I have is a ratty fixed length of line (1/4 or 5/16") running from the end of th
Feathering prop for 1980 11.0A with Volvo Penta 17C Spike033 at 1:29pm 05.31.10 S2 1/1763 I have a 2 bladed fixed prop at the moment. It has been suggested to me by several people that a 3
Engine Temp Mystiko at 1:22pm 05.31.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1710
Life lines jorgefife at 12:52pm 05.31.10 The Cherubini Hunters 21/5407 This last week I finally installed the 4 stanchions on my boat (H33-1982) on the starboard side that
Unusual salon arrangement on Cat-25 Catalina25 at 12:18pm 05.31.10 Smaller Boats 4/2871 I have a 1978 Catalina 25 with an unusual salon arrangement. The starboard setee runs the length of
New O'Day Boat Owner pjburke at 12:05pm 05.31.10 Ask An Oday Owner 17/3191 I purchased a 1979 22ft O'Day sailboat last fall and am now getting ready to put it into the water.
Sail Repair Barry14722 at 12:02pm 05.31.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1448 I managed to tear my headsail today. It has a long, vertical rip about 8 inches long, as I was feedi
Lap Fitting A Prop To A Shaft (8) Maine Sail at 11:27am 05.31.10 Musings With Maine Sail 51/25923 The process of lap fitting your prop to the prop shaft taper makes certainj both the shaft and pro
to swing, or not to swing CG Sailing at 8:51am 05.31.10 Smaller Boats 5/1607 Hello felow sailers, I just sold my 25' Megregor with a swing keel ' am going to buy a 2000 to 2006
Beneteau 373 House Battery rick3 at 8:24am 05.31.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1654 Does anyone know the type of house battery that a Beneteau 373 has?
D-Star sullyj020 at 8:20am 05.31.10 SSB and Ham Operators 0/4553 anyone operating on D-star? I monitor 30C. running a Icom 880 in the mobile and in the shack. als
First Sail - Finally - Hunter 15 (1) esterhazyinoz at 7:36am 05.31.10 Day Sailers 16/6475 I launched my boat, Tallulah - a new Hunter 15, for the first time this weekend on the Swan River in
Halyard abuse? Jack at 7:33am 05.31.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1174 For those of us with in mast furling and roller furling head sails. Let's face it we all love the c
Can anyone verify DRAFT? luvitt at 6:10am 05.31.10 Big Boats 3/1522 I have a 1986 H40 on ebay, and i have caused a bunch of confusion in the listing, and may have hurt
Another electronic chart system problem Roger Long at 6:09am 05.31.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1831 From: First Coast Guard District LNM Notification mailto:first-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil Sent: Monda

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Newport 28 mk2 battery condition indicator (2) adamv at 12:56pm 05.19.22 Thanks again Barry, very helpful! I'll looking to battery powered lights. Seems a useful backup. I j
320 Deck/Mast wiring connection Jwhy at 12:48pm 05.19.22 Thanks. It looks like I have design 2 so the plug is not accessible without pulling the mast.
Survey Survey Survey (2) sailcapt340 at 12:40pm 05.19.22 If I could add. My 2000 340 are not flanged either. Still working smoothly and solid to the hull.
Boom end cap kappykaplan at 12:39pm 05.19.22 I use an OilSorb mat folded over to keep birds out of my boom.
Best way of getting a rudder for an O'Day 15 kappykaplan at 12:37pm 05.19.22 Reach out to Rudy at D&R Marine. Welcome to the forum. :beer:
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta kappykaplan at 12:35pm 05.19.22 We like seeing progress, Jim! :beer:
Bare lead revealed on keel NYSail at 12:21pm 05.19.22 What year beneteau? Thought they all had steel keels
Survey Survey Survey FastOlson at 12:02pm 05.19.22 My '88 boat was built by Ericson. They were using all Marelon thru hulls at the time. That was good;
Boom end cap dmax at 11:54am 05.19.22 Assuming it is open from the factory (and you're not looking for a new factory cap), I would fashion
Thru-Hull Stats capta at 11:44am 05.19.22 Frankly, sinking because of a through hull failure is even farther down my list of worries than bein
320 Deck/Mast wiring connection (4) jssailem at 11:43am 05.19.22 Your boat may be factory installed or Previous Owner modified. There are 2 basic methods frequentl
Survey Survey Survey dmax at 11:40am 05.19.22 O'Day originals were not flanged, all replaced with flanged ones with new backing plates. Eliminated
Where do you keep the booze? dLj at 11:18am 05.19.22 WE just discovered....:biggrin: Pronouns.... dj
Thru-Hull Stats JamesG161 at 11:10am 05.19.22 I presume if they are all bonded ? No need to bond the Marine Grade Bronze valves inside the boat
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 11:02am 05.19.22 I don't have a 3d printer so my thought always to cutting down from solid stock. Starboard machine
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (4) JamesG161 at 10:51am 05.19.22 Progress, Progress... now installed, with Quadrant, in the boat! Bolt hole, thru the new Schedule
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Martin-Galini at 10:51am 05.19.22 Thanks, will try that. I did write to Hunter but not got any response yet but definitely will try t
Thru-Hull Stats Bob S at 10:39am 05.19.22 I remember reading Rodd, Maine Sail, posting about the importance of exercising your thru hulls. It
Survey Survey Survey (1) Davidasailor26 at 10:18am 05.19.22
Thru-Hull Stats Ralph Johnstone at 10:17am 05.19.22 then your Shaft Zincs protect the Marine Bronze I presume if they are all bonded ?

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