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Advise a Newbie npettett at 5:34pm 01.01.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/1795 After sailing classes, what practice should my wife and I have to feel comfortable sailing coastal t
Purchasing a Beneteau 393 Pat T at 4:14pm 01.01.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/2335 My friend is considering a 2004 Beneteau 393, 3 cabin design. It has air conditioning and furling ma
Cockpit mic butchrobbins at 3:15pm 01.01.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1801 I have a remote mic in the cockpit, but the chord is shot. Can I just replace the chord or do I hav
Microsoft Visio Question Maine Sail at 3:02pm 01.01.10 Ask All Sailors 3/4348 Does anyone have a general marine wiring diagram they have made up in MS Visio they could send me? I
BVI charter questions Pat T at 2:06pm 01.01.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1896 Admiral ' I planning BVI charter for last week of February with another couple. #1) Is air condition
buying a Pearson 26 ronaldwredman at 12:10pm 01.01.10 Pearson 2/2024 I have never been on a Pearson, but am considering buying a '71 Pearson 26. It has a soft spot in t
The Rose Parade timebandit at 9:51am 01.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/3035 If you are watching the Rose Parade don't be fooled by the weather in Southern California. It's fa
Boat wiring wflowe2 at 9:27am 01.01.10 Ask All Sailors 10/2210 My 1989 Hunter 30 is on the hard for the winter and the mast is down. I'd like to add a wind transdu
New Hunter 27 owner rickardcl at 9:14am 01.01.10 Mid-Size Boats 8/2504 I just bought a 1980 hunter 27. For the most part the boat is in great shape, inside and out. My on
Catalina 25 roller furling Ted Thompson at 8:58am 01.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/6895 I need to replace an obsolete Hood Seafurl 705continuous line roller furling system on my Catalina 2
Bimini Info for a Hunter 29.5 1994 Travis at 8:14am 01.01.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/5651 Does anyone have any experience with putting an Aft Bimini intallation on a 29.5? We are looking to
P39-2 Windlass Install ablegen at 7:58am 01.01.10 Pearson 3/2219 My back tells me I need to install a windlass on my P39-2. The small shallow anchor compartment make
Boom rigging? old guys sail at 6:26am 01.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/7806 I have a question on my rigging. I am just about complete getting my 1980 V22 ready for the water. H
need WS45, WS50, WS100, or WS150 display tapaki at 6:02am 01.01.10 Ask All Sailors 1/3115 Had my WS45 display taken out by lightening and would like to replace it with something compatible,-
Happy New Years! BobM at 5:30am 01.01.10 S2 1/1269 I hope alll my fellow S2 owners have a happy and healthy year full of sailing.
Removing Genoa C320 Brahmany at 12:18am 01.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1553 We sustained some genoa damage to the uv strip in a recent storm and have to remove it as soo as the
Dinghy Davits on a C&C 32 / Owners Manual kenletson1 at 12:12am 01.01.10 C&C 2/5584 Hello all, I have a C'C 32 that I would like to have Dinghy Davits installed on. I have a 8' Dinghy
Newest Topics BroadReach at 9:23pm 12.31.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/2861 Phil, I recently replied to a topic listing on the front page of your home page. Did not copy do
Anyone been to Whiskey Town Lake in CA wonthaggi at 8:07pm 12.31.09 Trailer Sailors 7/3274 I'm thinking of taking my Mac 26 C to Whiskey Lake in Northern Calif. Has anyone been there and sail
Biminy Top for my cockpit. gabriel.donnelly at 6:36pm 12.31.09 Day Sailers 3/1578 Any one know where to get a 'budget friendly' one of these ? its not that im cheap, its just that my

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Near Miss in Port Huron Scott T-Bird at 7:06am 08.24.21 I'm not going to give the sailboat captain too much grief. First, it looked like the laker would cl
anyone ever hire a tow truck to lift a boat? Leeward Rail at 7:02am 08.24.21 The biggest advantage of doing what @dlochner and @rgranger suggest is that you then have the gear t
Engine size sail boat. Help please. rgranger at 6:43am 08.24.21 You are going to be fine. I've been sailing 46 years and I learn something new each time I go out s
H41 aft shower sump-out time? DayDreamer41 at 6:35am 08.24.21 Have you cleaned the pump inlet strainer?
1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging Leeward Rail at 6:28am 08.24.21 Here are some pics of my solution Nice job. Looks great and would be cheap if you had the wood lyi
H41 aft shower sump-out time? Laid-back at 6:26am 08.24.21 Art, did you plumb both showers to one pump using the 2 input head, or use 2 pumps?
Coolant Change for a 4JH2-TE Yanmar sailor420 at 5:54am 08.24.21 You should have a drain cap on the hose leading from the engine just before the hot water heater and
Near Miss in Port Huron DougM at 5:48am 08.24.21 Looks like the freighter was upbound on the St Clair river below the Bluewater Bridge. The Catalina
Galled stanchion removal RoyS at 5:46am 08.24.21 Screw drivers provide little torque. Battery driven impact driver may work. The weak point with remo
1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging (7) danooxnard at 4:38am 08.24.21 Here are some pics of my solution. I also ran the wires under the lazerrete to the battery under the
Near Miss in Port Huron dlochner at 4:36am 08.24.21 Whew, hard to tell what really happened. Could be the carrier thought he'd turn to avoid the sailb
Alternator problems Maine Sail at 4:19am 08.24.21 responses in bold above What size was the breaker? Brand & model? Fuses should be used for this ap
Wooden All U Get at 4:18am 08.24.21 I just thought I could do what Slocum did in his book, build a boat to bring my family home from Sou
O'day 28 Access to FWD Shroud Padeyes & Stanchion Bolts Clutch Cargo at 4:05am 08.24.21 Thanks for the replies. Greg, the 28 is definitely different than the 322. Apex, where is the firs
Near Miss in Port Huron Marmalade at 3:34am 08.24.21 Can add some context to those not familiar with the area. The camera is on the American shore, Cana
Near Miss in Port Huron Apex at 3:15am 08.24.21 looked to me like Cuyahoga made severe course corrections to allow the sailboat to escape. Note the
Near Miss in Port Huron BigEasy at 2:48am 08.24.21
Near Miss in Port Huron garymalmgren at 2:28am 08.24.21 OK I'll be an armchair captain. To me, it looked as though the ship "Cuyahoga"turned to starboard to
Engine size sail boat. Help please. stricklandmma at 11:30pm 08.23.21 We had the dagger board version of your boat which was built prior to yours. We had a 9.9 Honda on t
How to rig outhaul on O'Day 272? The manual doesn't show the outhaul. Revolutionary at 9:44pm 08.23.21 Here are some diagrams. I couldn't copy them individually. So look at the Harken 2:1 or the Ronst

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