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Exterior wood Quoddy at 4:25am 05.16.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1776 Which clear coating for new exterior wood have you had the best luck with?
Animated Oil Spill Shoaldrafter at 4:15am 05.16.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1070 Here is a web site that offers an animation of the oil spill: Scroll down to put picture in middle
Hunter 34 Standing Rigging Tension Roy Page at 4:09am 05.16.10 Big Boats 7/6803 Getting a bit more serious this year and trying to do the Wednesday evening jib and main races in Ve
Manuals any information La Vita at 3:47am 05.16.10 Lancer 0/1389 Any one have any information for a 1981 42 aft cockpit Lancer made by Herb David, manuals, rigging b
AP ST4000MKII behave funny Ken13559 at 2:18am 05.16.10 Ask All Sailors 12/2522 Sometime my Raymarine Autopilot ST4000MKII behaves funny when I put it to AUTO and I step away from
Davits for a 37c Aussie at 1:19am 05.16.10 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2701 Hi everyone, just wondering if someone can help me with a question concerning our 37c. We would like
pics (3) redhead78 at 7:40pm 05.15.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2500 pics
Lines Led Aft Ron M at 7:03pm 05.15.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1823 On our 2003 331 (which we've had for just 3 weeks) there are only four lines led aft to the cockpit.
Clew Outhaul H146 - DYI or FActory Supplied esterhazyinoz at 5:46pm 05.15.10 Day Sailers 6/2847 Clew Outhaul H146 - DIY or Factory Supplied? As the bits of my new H15 (the fibreglass H146) slowly
Wet core.... epoxy NYSail at 5:03pm 05.15.10 Ask All Sailors 9/4918 Hello all..... It's that wonderful time of the year!!!! Was taking deck hardware off the boat, o
Which Battens dscribner at 4:56pm 05.15.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1564 I have two sets of battens. One set appears to be made of PVC or some sort of plastic. They are qu
cheap sailboat trailers digitek718 at 4:46pm 05.15.10 Trailer Sailors 12/6956 I paid $875 for winter storage this year up on the hudson where I bought my 1981 oday 25 cb last fal
Refrig/Freezer control agaliha at 3:00pm 05.15.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2225 My 2002 B361 has a 12 volt Adler/Barbour system with the cold plate in the freezer compartment. The
sticky hatch jcwlbw at 2:32pm 05.15.10 Smaller Boats 4/2045 What do you use to lube up the hatch on a H26?
Mast (base) (1) someday at 2:09pm 05.15.10 Bigger Boats 3/2108 Hi I have a O'Day 30. The mast has been replaced at some point and I seem to be having a leakage p
Mast holder mbreitba at 11:18am 05.15.10 Catalina 22 19/3629 I just became the proud owner of a 1978 catalina 22 swing keel. This boat was given to me (with tra
Holding tank vent Nereussailor at 11:07am 05.15.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2461 How does a holding tank vent work? I was trying to figure it out the other day, and mine doesn't see
Rebuilt my head Nereussailor at 11:01am 05.15.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1669 Ok, Now that I have rebuilt my head, I still have a leak where the line from the bottom on the hold
rigging wrong? geehaw at 10:50am 05.15.10 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2453 Well hello, New sailor, new boat owner. Bought a O-day 25 and trying to teach myself to sail. Had h
fressh water pump problem gopolk at 8:53am 05.15.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1647 Jabsco PAR-MAX 3......about 4 years old. First time using it this season. Turn the breaker switch

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Never thought I'd post this... but I am back in action! dLj at 6:32am 05.26.22 Hi all! I dropped off this site because after purchasing my 1st sailboat (Cal 34) the engine broke
New to forum. Precision 18 splashed! Project_Mayhem at 6:26am 05.26.22 Two more suggestions -Attach fenders to the dock to prevent potential damage -I used to have a Starw
LiFePo4 Refresh Hayden Watson at 6:08am 05.26.22 Yikes! I have an Ample Alternator rated 125A. I have run it continuously (mistakenly) with a 100A
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 6:03am 05.26.22 Is that one of those knew Bio-Optically Organized Knowledge Source devices?:ass:
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 6:03am 05.26.22 Yikes! I have an Ample Alternator rated 125A. I have run it continuously (mistakenly) with a 100A
LiFePo4 Refresh Hayden Watson at 6:03am 05.26.22 Most stock alternators do not have the capability to charge an LFP battery without eventually susta
Never thought I'd post this... but I am back in action! rgranger at 5:59am 05.26.22 You are now an expert.:beer:
Preventer for a Hunter 420 RoyS at 5:57am 05.26.22 Joe, will try your dockside test soon. Good idea. However, for the present, there is no way that I c
Shipping boat from HI to mainland? (1) rgranger at 5:57am 05.26.22 Most of the trip to Hawai'i is downwind. Most of the trip back is upwind. Tough on a 17' boat. Yup
Anyone know what this is? rgranger at 5:50am 05.26.22 Scrap, crap, cap... there's surely an 'ap for that. -Will Oh snap!:biggrin:
can't pump out waste tank Hayden Watson at 5:41am 05.26.22 It should...but there's an easy way to prevent vent blockages: replace the "vent" thru-hull with a
LiFePo4 Refresh (2) Maine Sail at 5:26am 05.26.22 @jviss this video just came up in my YouTube feed and reminded me of this discussion. jgoIocPgOug
Never thought I'd post this... but I am back in action! dLj at 5:23am 05.26.22 Is that a sail drive? Photos make it look like a V drive. I think that's what the Cal's did in the
standing Rigging issue sailme88 at 5:01am 05.26.22 IF the mast IS on the hard and IF there is internal conduit for wiring, you should have a straight f
standing Rigging issue shemandr at 4:23am 05.26.22 I'm not sure about the tube but my initial reaction was that maybe they are compression posts. They
Never thought I'd post this... but I am back in action! shemandr at 4:10am 05.26.22 Is that a sail drive?
Shipping boat from HI to mainland? dlochner at 3:54am 05.26.22 @Epic1969 So you want to sail it to Hawaii and then ship it back? Why not sail it back if it is u
Engine overheats at idle, cools at 15k RPM's. Rocky Coast at 2:48am 05.26.22 Thanks for the reply I can see how it could be a probem if some part of the system is not functioni
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change David in Sandusky at 12:16am 05.26.22 The original assumption that all automotive travel will use fuel cells is an error. Most automotive
Intake Silencer Richard19068 at 9:43pm 05.25.22 Holy cow! It was a joke. Like blinker fluid. :) Refill Blinker Fluid I thought it was more like

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