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Race With A Teen Pro (3) Rick D at 8:38pm 02.23.10 Racing 2/2260 I did a three-race weekend series last week. The weather was great. Two of my crew were high school
My 310 Lists to port doctorsail at 8:09pm 02.23.10 Catalina 310 13/2672 I wonder if anyone has experienced this problem. My 310, hull #297, lists to port. The list is abo
2nd reef MLM at 8:07pm 02.23.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1417 I am considering 2nd reef points for our Catalina 25 main sail, Anyone have experience with this.
Potential 323 Owner br111 at 7:00pm 02.23.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1781 Hi All, I have a couple of questions on the 323 I'm hoping you can answer that haven't turned up so
33 ft hunter tide grid capable? Fco at 5:47pm 02.23.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/3111 My girl and I must b in love being happy together living on a 26 northstar for months, but having fo
BVI vs Belise Monamie at 5:04pm 02.23.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2054 We asked for a comparison between BVI and the Bahamas and got some good input. Thanks for that one a
H170 rudder repair question heliBartek at 4:52pm 02.23.10 Day Sailers 1/1314 Did any of you guys ever had to do a rudder repair ? Recently my rudder board took a bit of a tum
hard time loading back on trailor Overtimw at 3:58pm 02.23.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2929 :confused: We have just purchased a used mac gregor 26 love the boat enjoy the times we have been o
Broadband Radar Bob Poff at 1:49pm 02.23.10 Ask All Sailors 16/3504 Has anyone here installed one of the "broadband" (FMCW) radars? What's your opinion of it? Is th
Rope Clutch Install?? rpell46 at 1:45pm 02.23.10 Catalina 30 4/6950 Hi all, I'm planning on installing a couple of rope clutches on the pads located on the cabin top,
Tampa Bay area dry storage? Ed Schenck at 1:18pm 02.23.10 Ask All Sailors 15/4300 Can anyone suggest a haulout location around the bay or between Port Richey and St. Pete? I thought
Binnacle width, center to center? Vegas at 12:59pm 02.23.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1145 My boat's in Michigan and I'm in Florida for the winter. Can anyone advise me the width, on center,
getting pysched redhead78 at 12:15pm 02.23.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1363 Hey, sailors, Sat I am going to Conn to pick up my new 35 HP beta diesel. Lots of goodys also, new p
Rudder post tightness gordhodgson at 11:09am 02.23.10 Big Boats 1/1253 Hi everyone Since I'm on the hard I was wondering how hard it is to drop the rudder post and how
EU Honda 2000 Gabor15908 at 10:07am 02.23.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2276 I am on the market for a EU Honda 2000 generator for my 376 Hunter. So far, the best offer I seen wa
Windlass for Bahama 30 linz1 at 9:47am 02.23.10 Islander 1/2644 I'm thinking about adding a windlass to my Bahama 30. Any suggestions?
Hauling a 25' Hunter mbills2 at 9:30am 02.23.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1388 Hi everyone, I have a 1985 25' Hunter and a 2006 Nisson Xterra. Does anyone know if an Xterra can
bilge draining txtowman at 9:29am 02.23.10 Catalina 22 3/1579 on my 1975 c22 i am wondering if the water that leaks in around the keel lock bolt will end up in th
Rudder post tightness gordhodgson at 9:12am 02.23.10 Big Boats 1/1230 Hi everyone Since I'm on the hard I was wondering how hard it is to drop the rudder post and how
Question on '86 C-22 Sink Drain (1) Sea22 at 9:03am 02.23.10 Catalina 22 17/11375 Hi, I am the new owner of an '86 C-22 swing keel and am in the process of getting her ready for the

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SWINOMISH CHANNEL BNSF SWING BRIIDGE to be closed in APRIL Terry Cox at 7:51am 04.02.22 Happy Birthday to your wife. I'm sure you'll treat her well.
Fender cleanup BigEasy at 7:22am 04.02.22 I use simple green on mine, does a decent job. Have never tried tilex: however, looks good. I woul
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer John Marrone at 7:15am 04.02.22 Is it difficult to get this device out of its position? I'd imagine having to rammer the old unit ou
Hydraulic Lift Arm for Refrigerator PaulK at 7:09am 04.02.22 Try Auto Zone? This sort of thing is used a lot for car trunks, hoods, and pickup covers. Look up
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 6:44am 04.02.22 I suspect that the heavy load on the alternator is causing the issue, but I do not know why the gov
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 6:42am 04.02.22 This gave me an idea. With the engine running turn the key off but do not kill the engine. Try the
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. senang at 6:26am 04.02.22
Bent Wing W.P. Smith at 6:14am 04.02.22 Thank you for your input everyone. For clarification, the keel is lead. Both wings were damaged (t
Reuse shrink wrap? (1) lehighsail at 6:03am 04.02.22 Several years ago I reused my Fairclough cover, originally for my H290, for my H33. I added a secti
Cutlass bearing kappykaplan at 5:51am 04.02.22 @Dave Groshong should be able to help you.
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE Timm R Oday25 at 5:43am 04.02.22 As an owner of a sailboat that has the exact same arrangement ,my suggestion would be to leave it wh
Window Advice Joe at 5:37am 04.02.22 @Joe @Calif. Ted So you both think I should just do a complete reseal of the windows? I assume it's
Fender cleanup RoyS at 5:19am 04.02.22 Never tried Tilex. I use SOS pads.
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE RoyS at 5:17am 04.02.22 For main sail trimming it is best to keep the traveller near the end of the boom, where it is now. T
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE sailme88 at 4:43am 04.02.22 If it were my boat, I'd keep the traveler right where it is.. Moving it forward by 3 or 4 feet will
Fender cleanup (1) rgranger at 8:14pm 04.01.22
Boat Bike "tech support" (1) John Nantz at 8:09pm 04.01.22 Project update: Decided to replace the shifter/brake set. Currently have the shifter/brake (SB-C201/
Bent Wing walmsleyc at 8:05pm 04.01.22 On my '87 Legend 35, one of my wings got bent up. It's made of lead. I tried using sledges and for
Rescue? I must be missing something Leeward Rail at 7:41pm 04.01.22 I'd did a quick scan of the CG twitter feed for at least some photos but didn't see it listed.
Bent Wing Scott T-Bird at 7:29pm 04.01.22 Not related to fixing the keel - but for the life of me if its the starboard wing that is bent down

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