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Sailed on a Bigger/Newer Boat Yesterday >> Our Cherubini Hunter Is Still Plenty Fine rardiH36 at 7:36pm 05.03.10 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1179 Yesterday was the annual open house for the sailing club/school that hails out of our marina and the
Yanmar woes markc1976 at 4:04pm 05.03.10 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 3/2011 Have a Yanmar 2QM15 that had a brush with gravity and concrete. I need to replace the exhaust elbow
Cat-22 Wing Keel and Capri-22 Wing Keel (1) CaptDon01 at 6:54pm 05.03.10 Catalina 22 2/4331 There is a Capri-22 with a wing keel at our club, and it sure looks the same keel used as our 2002 C
Spreader/Steaming Wiring question... (1) Team118 at 6:29pm 05.03.10 Catalina 30 12/3673 At the end of last season, the spreader/steaming light stopped working. When I originally rewired
Waxer Polisher Option jibes138 at 6:15pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 15/2687 I see a new Dual Action Polisher made by Shurhold for 149 bucks in the new BoatUS magazine. How doe
Coolant Over-Temp Sensor for Perkins 60 hp (2) Evening Star at 6:15pm 05.03.10 Morgan 4/6968 Our 41' has a Perkins 4.154 and the coolant over-temp sensor has a terminal broken off. It trips at
Replacing the main halyard Endurance2010 at 6:13pm 05.03.10 Big Boats 10/2137 The rope on my halyard is frayed and needs replacing. It's a cable/rope hybrid. My idea is to pull
Sailing Today in Charlotte Harbor seadaddler at 5:54pm 05.03.10 Big Boats 9/1798 I can't believe what a great day sailing today. I am not trying to rub it in or any thing just can't
Catalina 30 cockpit redesign ray guy at 5:43pm 05.03.10 Catalina 30 1/2442 The cockpits on the pre-1988 catalinas are lacking the T-cockpit design that many other manufacturer
Help needed. J Alfred Prufrock at 5:30pm 05.03.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3027 I am a complete novice and dumber then dirt when it comes to boats. I recently purchased a 21ft Mac
42 passage prop and stuffing box Matt at 5:25pm 05.03.10 Big Boats 12/3780 I have read the past posts on the props. I have a 1990 42 passage and would like to move form the 2
Water Tank Guage med2463 at 5:12pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 4/510 Water Tank Gauge The water tank gauge on our 1979 Hunter Cherubini 37c isn't working. Need to repla
weather helm piedpiperIII at 5:06pm 05.03.10 Catalina 22 16/3235 I did adjust my mast to 8" rake as I read to do. I was sailing in 20 mph winds and a gust took us to
Rudder Tube Bluechart at 4:51pm 05.03.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1399 I have a question on my Beneteau First 42 based in San Francisco. I have a leak around my rudder tu
Stanchion Base for 2004 Hunter 36 piper1277 at 4:48pm 05.03.10 Big Boats 3/1880 Looks like the Lake Michigan winds + Heavy winter cover has caused one of my lifeline stanchion base
Let the painting begin! (12) emkay at 4:41pm 05.03.10 The Cherubini Hunters 17/3727 This has been a busy week, I stripped the bottom and boot stripe, faired and barrier coated the keel
First Hunter (2) robert6749 at 3:03pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1699 I have been helping my friend work on a 1979 Hunter Cutter. He passed away and left me this great bo
Erie Canal mast raising & lowering Sailor Sue at 1:45pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 0/1743 I'm wondering if any of you eastern Lake Erie sailors know of any yacht clubs or marinas near Buffal
Water and unknown fluid in bilge sloop6312 at 1:29pm 05.03.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1531 1995 C-30 with PSI dripless stuffing box. cannot determine where how water mixed with a petroleoum-
C30 Illustration (1) SailingWebGuy at 1:19pm 05.03.10 Catalina 30 3/2285 Another cleaned up illustration. This one is a side profile.

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How do you keep the birds at bay? Rich Stidger at 8:04pm 06.18.22 I have had some horrible years with the birds. I was always on a mooring and I think that the flyin
Emergency Monty 17 (pretty rough shape!) need guidance. HEINZIR at 7:43pm 06.18.22 Here she is! Congratulations! I see you joined the Montgomery listserve, lots of good information
Knotmeter Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 06.18.22 https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/gps/en/#:~:text=GPS%20is%20a%20system%20of,figure%20out%20where%20you%2
SOLAR Forecast by STCE BigEasy at 7:17pm 06.18.22 All I know is that it is hot! Damned HOT!!:cool:
Boat Needs A Little Work (1) rgranger at 7:09pm 06.18.22 Very cool find. I see this guy at low tide
SOLAR Forecast by STCE JamesG161 at 6:52pm 06.18.22 Even NOAA understands that the Sun effects our Weather. SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER We have a
Knotmeter PlaneTom at 6:20pm 06.18.22 https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/gps/en/#:~:text=GPS%20is%20a%20system%20of,figure%20out%20where%20you%20
SOLAR Forecast by STCE (1) jssailem at 6:15pm 06.18.22 It has been awhile since we posted Solar Weather pictures. This past week the sun, considered to be
AC (1) jssailem at 5:52pm 06.18.22 Welcome Sandbar. Seeing as your from Down Under and from our perspective (standing on your head) hav
Cristec battery isolator possible failure SycloneDriver at 5:30pm 06.18.22 I just replaced the isolator and now I'm seeing 13.95 volts at the batteries. It's time to do some
Epoxy questions dlochner at 5:00pm 06.18.22 Thanks, Dave. I ended up buying a gallon of 105 and the corresponding size of 206 slow hardener, pl
Epoxy questions ShawnL at 4:54pm 06.18.22 You can do what's called hot-coating -- while the epoxy is still tacky, you can apply another coat.
AC Don S/V ILLusion at 4:52pm 06.18.22 Where is the ac circuit breaker Which one? Most boats have two - one close to the shore connection
AC kappykaplan at 4:44pm 06.18.22 Do you have any photos of your circuit breaker panels?
Epoxy questions jaysweet at 4:18pm 06.18.22
Looking for tubing bender (1) dLj at 3:38pm 06.18.22 I have a totally different kind of tube bender. Mine has a hydraulic piston that pushes a mandrel fo
Knotmeter kappykaplan at 3:37pm 06.18.22 But the instantaneous speed is more accurate than just distance divided by time. :plus:
Knotmeter Davidasailor26 at 3:26pm 06.18.22 A GPS displaying speed that has not been artificially smoothed can display a speed while sitting on
Introduction-New Member to Forum hceajudah at 3:23pm 06.18.22 No, the centerboard is in the up position in the slip. Just signed today with a sailing club that h
Introduction-New Member to Forum bmorr at 3:21pm 06.18.22 is the center board down in the slip? If its the line, board should be down. To raise it if rope is

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