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rardiH36 at 7:36pm 05.03.10
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Yesterday was the annual open house for the sailing club/school that hails out of our marina and the
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Have a Yanmar 2QM15 that had a brush with gravity and concrete. I need to replace the exhaust elbow
CaptDon01 at 6:54pm 05.03.10
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There is a Capri-22 with a wing keel at our club, and it sure looks the same keel used as our 2002 C
Team118 at 6:29pm 05.03.10
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At the end of last season, the spreader/steaming light stopped working. When I originally rewired
jibes138 at 6:15pm 05.03.10
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I see a new Dual Action Polisher made by Shurhold for 149 bucks in the new BoatUS magazine. How doe
Evening Star at 6:15pm 05.03.10
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Our 41' has a Perkins 4.154 and the coolant over-temp sensor has a terminal broken off. It trips at
Endurance2010 at 6:13pm 05.03.10
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The rope on my halyard is frayed and needs replacing. It's a cable/rope hybrid. My idea is to pull
seadaddler at 5:54pm 05.03.10
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I can't believe what a great day sailing today. I am not trying to rub it in or any thing just can't
ray guy at 5:43pm 05.03.10
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The cockpits on the pre-1988 catalinas are lacking the T-cockpit design that many other manufacturer
J Alfred Prufrock at 5:30pm 05.03.10
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I am a complete novice and dumber then dirt when it comes to boats. I recently purchased a 21ft Mac
Matt at 5:25pm 05.03.10
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I have read the past posts on the props. I have a 1990 42 passage and would like to move form the 2
med2463 at 5:12pm 05.03.10
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Water Tank Gauge The water tank gauge on our 1979 Hunter Cherubini 37c isn't working. Need to repla
piedpiperIII at 5:06pm 05.03.10
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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
Bluechart at 4:51pm 05.03.10
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I have a question on my Beneteau First 42 based in San Francisco. I have a leak around my rudder tu
piper1277 at 4:48pm 05.03.10
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Looks like the Lake Michigan winds + Heavy winter cover has caused one of my lifeline stanchion base
emkay at 4:41pm 05.03.10
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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
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I have been helping my friend work on a 1979 Hunter Cutter. He passed away and left me this great bo
Sailor Sue at 1:45pm 05.03.10
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I'm wondering if any of you eastern Lake Erie sailors know of any yacht clubs or marinas near Buffal
sloop6312 at 1:29pm 05.03.10
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1995 C-30 with PSI dripless stuffing box. cannot determine where how water mixed with a petroleoum-
SailingWebGuy at 1:19pm 05.03.10
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Another cleaned up illustration. This one is a side profile.

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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
Selling a Boat Without a Broker
Benny17441 at 2:36pm 06.18.22
It just depends how valuable is your own time; for an absentee owner it can be a no brainer.
New Catalina 30 Owner
Mikem at 2:27pm 06.18.22
Looks like you are making good progress toward your goal of underway for July 4.
Selling a Boat Without a Broker
dlochner at 2:23pm 06.18.22
If a Broker can get more for the boat than you think it is worth, then the Broker is worth his/her
Knotmeter
PlaneTom at 2:19pm 06.18.22
Good story anyway... :) The way to tell the difference between a fairy tale and a sea story; A fai
Pop top trouble
rogerbalz at 2:16pm 06.18.22
Any pictures of where to clip on the mast?
1994 33.5 Recessed Hood Furling system rubbing
Crazy Dave Condon at 1:46pm 06.18.22
Over the years I have seen the rake too far back. I readjusted the tuning like @dsalvail suggested w
Looking for tubing bender
jssailem at 1:37pm 06.18.22
I have not had any experience bending SS 316 steel. Found this UK Youtube showing their tube bender.
Looking for tubing bender
MikeHoncho at 1:31pm 06.18.22
Interesting thread - I'm actually in the process of rebuilding my old tube bender - it's probably 5

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