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Noobs on a 3 hour tour (2) Hermit Scott at 4:48pm 04.12.10 Ask All Sailors 12/2577 For that synthetic line as a backstay, I ended up tying a buntline hitch with half hitches to take u
Bottom-cleaning diver in Solomons? Ivan at 4:31pm 04.12.10 Big Boats 2/2072 I am considering having my bottom cleaned by a diver this year as my bottom paint was always good w
How do you load your boat? Roger Long at 3:16pm 04.12.10 Ask All Sailors 9/1794 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_0-vKJWol0'feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKn1FuB53
Gulfport, FL Sandy Stone at 3:16pm 04.12.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1837 I saw with interest the thread about relocating to the Punta Gorda/Charlotte Harbor area, and the in
Retractable Keel WBruce at 3:08pm 04.12.10 Day Sailers 2/1913 I have a 1984 model, O'Day Day Sailer II. My problem: When I launch the boat, I can not be certain
Stuffing Box, how often should it be changed Scott B at 2:54pm 04.12.10 Ask All Sailors 26/13048 We're heading into our fourth season on our boat, with the engine at 400 hours, is it time to change
Looking for good used mainsail for 1979 Lancer 25 hz293 at 2:38pm 04.12.10 Lancer 2/2345 Does anyone have a good used L25 mainsail, 1979 (P 25 X E 8.5). I've found a new one for $490 but c
Question on discrepancies in C-22 wts listed Smiley at 2:28pm 04.12.10 Catalina 22 2/1422 Question on discrepancies in wts of C-22 listed I'm curious about the discrepancies in weight liste
Set-up on Water? lokiii at 2:12pm 04.12.10 Day Sailers 5/2200 Has anybody tried setting up a H170 on the water?
Lookin For Part BHW at 1:59pm 04.12.10 Big Boats 4/1388 I Have A Hunter380 2000 When I Open My Cockpitseat I Need The Rubber Stopper That The Seat Rest On
Emergency Tiller Hunter 45 CC Jeff20919 at 12:29pm 04.12.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1376 This weekend we tried to remove the Emergency Tiller on our 2006 Hunter 45 CC, because it appeared t
Practice Sessions Don Guillette at 12:19pm 04.12.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/5744 I had an interesting call today from a sailor who wants to start his sailing season off on the right
Hell of a night sailaway78 at 11:17am 04.12.10 Ask All Sailors 23/3438 We finally got what seemed like a decent forecast to leave Tampa Bay and get a little farther south.
No SAILING seadaddler at 11:02am 04.12.10 Big Boats 5/1664 Now I know how you up north sailors feel in the winter when you can't go sailing. I had surgery Mar.
Winter woodworking project (3) MontanaSailor at 10:52am 04.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3604 Weather got nice enough to put winter project onto the boat. Got a super great deal on solid oak at
Leaving center board down while moored... BlueRunner at 10:49am 04.12.10 Day Sailers 2/1858 Is there any downside (other than becoming untied and drifting to the beach) to leaving the center b
running speaker wires to center console MIST ERIE US at 10:08am 04.12.10 Mid-Size Boats 7/2348 I have a Hunter 290 and want to add some cockpit speakers and was thinking in the centre console. I
New Outboard help SweetTrade at 10:02am 04.12.10 Ask All Sailors 14/2769 Hi all, I have a 23' hunter and I am in need of a new outboard. In the past I have used a tohastu 6h
Rubber feet for Swim Ladder? Blue Nose at 9:57am 04.12.10 Ask All Sailors 13/9538 Does anyone know where I can get two white rubber feet for my Stainless swim ladder. It looks like
Water Deck Plate Bruce Tiger at 9:28am 04.12.10 Catalina 30 7/5428 Does any body know when I can get a replacement water deck plate/cap for my 1984 catalina 30. I was

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1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 5:27am 03.03.22 Depends on the particular alloy. Bronze used for prop shafts and struts contains zinc. https://en.
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar dlochner at 5:16am 03.03.22 FYI, bronze is copper and tin, not zinc. Depends on the particular alloy. Bronze used for prop sh
New Battery power flare replacement (1) thinwater at 4:48am 03.03.22 Note that these flares transmit a horizontal beam of light, like and anchor light, and thus must be
New Battery power flare replacement jviss at 4:44am 03.03.22 A distress strobe must be 50-70 hz. 120 hz. is only for signalling attention, Are you sure of thes
New Battery power flare replacement thinwater at 4:35am 03.03.22 Is there something like this that can be mounted on top of the mast, and on the top of the radome?
New Catalina 30 Owner kappykaplan at 4:02am 03.03.22
Vision 32 side ports? zephyr070 at 12:38am 03.03.22
PNW Current Atlas App david.jade at 12:00am 03.03.22 Just note that the borsboom tables do not use official CHS tidal data as the basis of all the calcul
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 10:56pm 03.02.22
PNW Current Atlas App Tedd at 10:13pm 03.02.22 @Hello Below , Those are some great links, thanks very much! I had downloaded the CHS publication b
PNW Current Atlas App Tedd at 9:55pm 03.02.22 Thanks, @david.jade . I probably will buy the app as it does seem to do what I want. Since I'm betwe
New Catalina 30 Owner BigEasy at 9:45pm 03.02.22 Well I took a trip out to see Luna today. She had some water in the bilge that my new bilge pump em
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 9:37pm 03.02.22 True, pure bronze is copper and tin but I think if you look you will see that many shaft struts are
A Windlass for my 28' BigEasy at 9:26pm 03.02.22 Had a similar dilemma when I owned a hunter 33.5. It had a shallow anchor locker and to further com
Any known concerns with this specific motor? jon hansen at 9:17pm 03.02.22 https://www.evinrude.com
Yanmar 3GMF brand new fuel injector question Ralph Johnstone at 9:08pm 03.02.22
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Richard19068 at 8:40pm 03.02.22 FYI, bronze is copper and tin, not zinc. True, pure bronze is copper and tin but I think if you lo
Any known concerns with this specific motor? Benny17441 at 8:37pm 03.02.22 My only comment is that the alternators in these small engines are practically useless, in a sailboa
Engine Oil/ Yanmar 3YM30 Benny17441 at 8:04pm 03.02.22 Look for the date of printing of the manual. There have been great improvements in oils in recent
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning jamesw202 at 7:52pm 03.02.22 Contact Doug dot weakly at yahoo dot com. He's local to CC has been a J24 Texas Circuit guy forever

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