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Hood Seafurl 3250 Sabor! at 4:26pm 01.17.10 Big Boats 1/3656 Greetings, I have a 19 year old Hood Seafurl 3250 on my genoa. It is time to replace the line coming
maintenance of lifting keel on Beneteau 311 Island Star at 3:59pm 01.17.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/4112 Does anyone have experience servicing Beneteau's lifting keels. I have a 2001 Beneteau 311 that liv
Reefing Lines in the Boom alexharris at 2:58pm 01.17.10 Pearson 4/3439 1986 Pearson 33 -- I am trying to run the lines thru the boom for the reefing system for the mail s
A new S2 9.2A owner joeb423 at 1:28pm 01.17.10 S2 6/2101 Hello all, My wife and I recently joined the ranks of S2 owners. She's a 1986 9.2A and in great co
Man Overboard Question Ducati at 12:20pm 01.17.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2106 Early in my sailing education I remember my instructor showing a lesser known "man overboard" proced
Working Jib vs Reefed Genny druid at 12:17pm 01.17.10 Ask All Sailors 28/9327 Hi I'm having problems getting enough "punch" upwind in 25 knots or so on my Crown 28. My old Cal 2
Hello....and What's Going on with My Keel? (5) csibert at 11:42am 01.17.10 Day Sailers 2/2109 Hi everyone, I've not been active in sailing for the last five years or so. I lost my free mooring
Flattening Reef RBone at 11:22am 01.17.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/7810 Is it worth it to rig up a flattening reef on my Oday 25? I already have the cringle above the clew.
repair of cockpit deck newboatowner at 8:06am 01.17.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1471 I have a 1980 Catalina 30 with need of a repair to deck in the cockpit. There is a circular soft so
Battery Charge question sullyj020 at 8:05am 01.17.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3449 I have 2 battery's controlled by a Perko battery switch. Thinking of installing an onboard 2 bank ba
all lines back to cockpit ?????? koolfrog at 6:46am 01.17.10 Ask All Sailors 52/18283 I have been mulling the idea of leading all the control lines back to the cockpit of my Allied Seab
mast light deck dimple txtowman at 9:47pm 01.16.10 Catalina 22 3/1543 I can't seem to locate the dimple for the pre fit wire for the mast light on my 1975 c22 anyone got
Sail Drive Gasket change out lancer30lngbch at 8:17pm 01.16.10 Lancer 5/3563 What is the time frame that the gasket should be replaced? Years? Boot required?
Oday 22 wanted auto-nuuts at 6:04pm 01.16.10 Day Sailers 2/1435 Wanted Oday 22. Please email autonuuts@yahoo.com I am in the West Coast.
Teak & Holly for the walls bobsellie at 6:03pm 01.16.10 The Cherubini Hunters 17/5646 Hello again, I've redoing the '76 H30 I just bought and the carpeting on the walls is in rough shap
ideal heel angle jeffery burghardt at 5:54pm 01.16.10 Ask All Sailors 22/16630 looking for a chart of heel angle for various wind speeds and points of sail for a catalina 30. an
Re-rigging Newport 23 from Cutter to sloop with roller furling genoa oystah23 at 5:22pm 01.16.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/8284 Hello, I have a Newport 23 that I want to re-rig with one roller fuling genoa in place of the Cutter
Best Size for outboard WaveSlapper at 4:50pm 01.16.10 Mid-Size Boats 0/1483 Our 8 hp outboard seems tired and has trouble pushing us into a 3.4 knot tide. Should we have a stro
Masthead Light wiring WaveSlapper at 4:46pm 01.16.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/2507 There is an open between the DC panel and the masthead light. Does anyone know how the wires are rou
Pearson 35 windchime_25 at 4:39pm 01.16.10 Pearson 0/1763 I have found a 1978 Pearson 35 that appears to be in fair condition but w/o a motor and trans, my qu

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Binoculars shemandr at 4:09pm 04.16.22 Maybe too literal, John. My reading is that he just never used them when it really mattered. I th
A Technically Sophisticated Repair kappykaplan at 4:04pm 04.16.22 I'm really not sure there wasn't a shoe phone.... Maxwell Smart had one. :beer:`
A Technically Sophisticated Repair shemandr at 3:57pm 04.16.22 I'm really not sure there wasn't a shoe phone....
Brass tube Paulam at 3:57pm 04.16.22 there is wring on the left end
Brass tube Paulam at 3:51pm 04.16.22 Thanks Stu - looking forward to getting out there.
Hank on vs Furler Help/Information Wanted FastOlson at 3:45pm 04.16.22 When you see shredded sails on a boat after a high wind event, it's because the owner left it poorly
KISS Wind Generator Problem dlochner at 3:43pm 04.16.22 Bad bearing?
Boating Flares Disposal - My new pet peeve WayneH at 3:11pm 04.16.22 I bought an electric flare a couple of years back. So I am not buying more "disposable" flares. I ha
Water intrusion at rudder stock. bdincer at 2:43pm 04.16.22 The seller fixed the leak. We were really concerned about the support role of structure. They are
Water intrusion at rudder stock. (1) bdincer at 2:41pm 04.16.22 I don't have a 27, but it looks like marine ply glassed in to support the top of the rudder tube.
Managing the water ballast in my Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 2:39pm 04.16.22 Regarding the water ballast tank to fill and empty, it takes about 2 1/2 minutes
Managing the water ballast in my Hunter 240 (1) Crazy Dave Condon at 2:37pm 04.16.22 Common sense for safety. I sold appx 20-25% of the production line.
Hank on vs Furler Help/Information Wanted BarryL at 2:34pm 04.16.22 Hey, Furling units have been mostly bulletproof for over 20 years. Yes, after a storm you will find
Adding a third battery to the system BarryL at 2:22pm 04.16.22 Hello, So right now you have two flooded lead (FLA) 12V batteries, and the basic off / 1 / both / 2
Adding a third battery to the system Don S/V ILLusion at 2:19pm 04.16.22
Adding a third battery to the system jssailem at 2:15pm 04.16.22 Is space a consideration? What if you just add the 2-6volt batteries in series and put the 2-12vol
Adding a third battery to the system (1) DArcy at 2:10pm 04.16.22 I would suggest getting rid of one of the batteries, keep one for the starting battery and then add
Tahatsu 6hp Sailpro for my Hunter 240 (2) patbratton at 1:50pm 04.16.22 Does anybody have advice whether the Tahatsu Sailpro 6hp will be adequate for my Hunter 240? It is s
Water Heater Discharge DeniseO30 at 1:12pm 04.16.22 Heres a " marine" type. Whale Seward https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SF78N5V/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_4T4RC
Water Heater Discharge DeniseO30 at 12:56pm 04.16.22 My lifetime has been in HVAC so it's second nature for me to search in those areas. Engine coolant

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