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Removing headliner on a H38 Pat Hooyman at 10:33am 05.13.10 Big Boats 2/2174 I have a stain coming through the vinyl coated fabric headliner in the main salon of my H38. I want
Single Handling for a V-21 jkrug at 9:24am 05.13.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2223 I am in the process of replacing my halyards on my V-21 and would like to get ideas, schemes, sugges
Battery state of charge by measuring voltage Bill Roosa at 8:30am 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2284 Who says you can't tell the battery State of Charge (SOC) by looking at the voltage? All you need t
Cylinder Head Nuts Won't Tighten geoffschultz at 8:29am 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2986 I guess that I broke the cardinal rule of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." In doing some PM on
Water temp guage reads hot gordhodgson at 8:26am 05.13.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1203 I wondered whether anyone has experienced having their temp gauge start reading at 180 and go up fro
Freshwater capacity zrolimt at 7:26am 05.13.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1521 I have 2 freshwater tanks on my b361. Will someone explain how the freshwater pump takes water from
water leak laughing chance at 6:51am 05.13.10 Smaller Boats 3/2012 I have a '84 Catalina 25. Every time it rains I find a cup or so of water under the Vee berth....It
Reseal port windows? bigsick at 5:48am 05.13.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/2482 I have a 2003 H326. Windows are smoked glass with exposed sealant. Their is no aluminum trim aroun
Dutton-Lainson DLB800A in Canada Temiskaming at 4:00am 05.13.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2069 I am in need of a brake winch for my 1980 MacGregor 25 and can't seem to locate a source in Canada.
Reefing lesson learned Deadline at 3:59am 05.13.10 Mid-Size Boats 3/1606 Winds blew steadily 15-20 mph on Saturday, May 8, all along the York River off the Chesapeake Bay.
Alternate idea to splitting my anchor rode capejt at 1:23am 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2179 Not so long ago I posted my idea to cut my anchor rode at the 50 foot mark since it's mostly chain t
Center Board Question... BlueRunner at 9:55pm 05.12.10 Day Sailers 1/1780 The manual on page 35 says in BOLD PRINT to inspect the centerboard assembly ONCE a year. I'm wonde
Hunter 31 - adequate for coastal cruising? NickH at 8:21pm 05.12.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/2856 Hi folks, I'm seriously considering buying a 1984 Hunter 31. It looks good and is in my price rang
Singlehanded anchoring strategies mcaswell at 8:02pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 31/9870 Our usual anchoring drill is for me to be at the helm getting the boat into position, with my wife o
Centerboard help on an O'Day 22 1977oday22 at 7:22pm 05.12.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1747 Hope everybody is doing well! It seems that my centerboard rope is frayed very bad, Is this an easy
Points of concern on Yamaha 25 footer? themadscientist at 7:10pm 05.12.10 Yamaha 3/7641 Hello everyone. :) I have come across a 1979 Yamaha 25 foot "fixxer upper" for an inconveniently b
Victory at sea? Steve Dion at 6:45pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2745 http://www.solentwaters.co.uk/Videos/roughseas.html Enjoy!
Valiant 40 finish.. (8) CharlieCobra at 6:36pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 7/5058 We splashed the Valiant today and I gotta say, she looks better outside then she did in the shop. h
Main Halyard Replacement Endurance2010 at 6:24pm 05.12.10 Big Boats 4/1703 Skippers: I have successfully removed my existing halyard and ran a feeder line which is now eagerl
boats are expensive! digitek718 at 5:33pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 121/22490 So I am getting a little overwhelmed at boat ownership and I have come to a realization....bought od

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Boat sinks unexpectedly SFS at 3:10pm 05.17.22 Well there were a bunch of Marines having fun yesterday at Camp LeJuene, made me wait for 90 minute
Asymmetrical spinnaker sheets catch on bow pulpit. Hayden Watson at 3:09pm 05.17.22 Since your sail is tacked aft of the stemhead, you might consider reverting to jibing inside the f
MRBF Fuse Required Nichole340 at 3:06pm 05.17.22
'73 Javelin Rotting Cuddy Floor dmax at 3:04pm 05.17.22 Looks like it's glassed in plywood. If it were mine, I would replace with marine grade plywood, epox
Bottom Paint? dlochner at 2:59pm 05.17.22 Dave, based on that price I can afford to sail my boat from San Francisco to the Florida Keys to ge
'73 Javelin Rotting Cuddy Floor (3) NeilboBaggins at 2:54pm 05.17.22 205413 205414 205415
Hunter 41DS Hydronic Heater Location Geoff E at 2:48pm 05.17.22 The two systems are interconnected but there are solenoid valves that I just haven't found yet. W
Insurance stickinthemud57 at 2:43pm 05.17.22 If you took people out and called it "Sport Sail", intro to sailing, whatever, is that different th
An Announcement About Catalina Parts. A Big One. ggrizzard at 2:43pm 05.17.22 How does one "sign up" for the news letter?
Bottom Paint? sail sfbay at 2:37pm 05.17.22 Dave, based on that price I can afford to sail my boat from San Francisco to the Florida Keys to get
Is this a terrible idea ggrizzard at 2:36pm 05.17.22 Nail in the Coffin: It could cost $5000 just to get it to a flat, dry place to work on it!
Electrical Question (Advice Needed) ShawnL at 2:36pm 05.17.22 I did a RPI with OpenCPN and a small GPS dongle and a separate depth sounder on mine. I put them on
Asymmetrical spinnaker sheets catch on bow pulpit. Sailfanatic at 2:35pm 05.17.22 Since your sail is tacked aft of the stemhead, you might consider reverting to jibing inside the fo
MRBF Fuse Required Charlie98117 at 2:35pm 05.17.22 Mainsail has an excellent article on this, Battery Banks & Over Current Protection - Marine How To .
Transferring from Blaine to Everett colb218 at 2:32pm 05.17.22 Perfect! This is nearly the exact route I had planned, though for some reason had charted myself cut
Hunter 41DS Hydronic Heater Location dkinzer at 2:25pm 05.17.22 the hot water and the cabin very quickly. My hydronic heater installation only heats the cabin -
Bottom Paint? shemandr at 2:02pm 05.17.22 First check to see if your yard even allows DIY bottom painting or prep. Sanding dust and paint chi
Transferring from Blaine to Everett (1) jssailem at 1:54pm 05.17.22 I just played with DeepZoom.com trip planner. 28th at 07:15AM arriving in La Conner 15:20 (3:20PM) C
Hunter 41DS Hydronic Heater Location Geoff E at 1:50pm 05.17.22 FYI, here's what I did. I removed the unit and took off the 2 tops. One of the tops is the water p
Boat sinks unexpectedly dlochner at 1:46pm 05.17.22 You guys are cruel. Can't a Marine have a little fun. LOL Well there were a bunch of Marines havi

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