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Absolute necessities for sailing in the Bahamas? Flo at 3:31pm 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 57/13947 I'm new to this, so bear with me please! My boyfriend of 5 years has recently come across a very
Battery Acceptance Observations (7) Maine Sail at 1:10pm 11.24.09 Musings With Maine Sail 21/5551 The subject of battery acceptance comes up quite a bit so I wanted to do a bench top experiment to s
how sale a BVI registered boat in USA? miguelgdelrey at 12:51pm 11.24.09 Big Boats 2/1536 Hello!! I would like to sale my sailboat in USA. The boat is registered in BVI. Does anyone knows
Can't get the hose back on thru-hull - HELP! dennisp at 11:21am 11.24.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/5400 Help! (It's probably listed as a tip somewhere in this forum, but after looking for an hour or so,
How do i hook up a two bank battery charger emergpa1 at 11:20am 11.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2333 HI, right now i have my charger hooked up to one battery. I want to connect two batteries in parall
Time to think about skiing (2) Tim R. at 10:54am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2180 Well, I finally hauled Cordelia for the season todayhttp://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/images
1979 Cherubini prop q (yet another prop q) darkwingduck at 10:48am 11.24.09 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2474 Hi folks, I've got a '79 30' with original yanmar one lung diesel. No complaints on the diesel, s
Florida....Keys....Bahama info needed..... Sumner at 10:18am 11.24.09 Destinations 10/6936 Florida....Keys....and (maybe Bahama) info needed..... .........everglades, 10,000 islands.........
South Florida...Keys....Bahama Info needed... Sumner at 10:05am 11.24.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 45/6162 South Florida... ' ..Keys....Info needed... .........everglades, 10,000 islands.......... (that are
Question about Jib and Genoa winches sandycohen at 9:17am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 11/3435 Hi - I recently purchased a 23' marconi rigged sloop. The boat has tracks and leads for a jib
Wire Gauge? Snotter at 8:47am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1544 I want to add a 1-2-B switch between a dedicated engine bank and the 2-bank house batteries. There
Bad jib sheet clutches on Hunter 350 gddill at 8:37am 11.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1534 I have a 1997 Hunter 340. The Spinlock manual clutches that hold the jib sheets are a poor design.
DS Centerboard removal SmoothSailVT at 7:34am 11.24.09 Day Sailers 6/10212 I inherited an O-Day Day Sailor (DS) that needs to have the centerboard assembly removed so that I
Univ. 12-2 Engine Removal from 1988 P27 JetStream at 7:32am 11.24.09 Pearson 1/1567 I'm about to remove the Universal 12-2 diesel from my '88 Pearson 27 because the boat has never been
H23 Outboard Question Pete from Long Island at 5:38am 11.24.09 Smaller Boats 10/2143 Hello Hunter Owners. I'm new to this forum and glad I found you all. Having owned a Hunter 22 swin
Jib sheet Quoddy at 4:29am 11.24.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/4035
Ocean Acidification Roger Long at 4:23am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1587 Today's (Nov 24) Portland Press Herald has a front page story about the issue I did water sampling f
Rich B asked, " Is this ... Shoaldrafter at 4:19am 11.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1161 Rich B asked, "Is this the same stuff they use for decking?" I cannot answer your question in all
12 volt battery overcharged to 24 volts ryanmohr at 3:31am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 36/16033 I bought a new battery and on-board charger yesterday from West Marine. The charger is the ProSport
Catalina 30 Running Rigging 101 sean0965 at 1:52am 11.24.09 Catalina 30 1/6246 Hello All, I've just moved up from a Paceship P23 to a Catalina 30. Can anyone recommend a refer

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H26 Centerboard Play (2) Chiriqui at 4:55pm 02.03.22 202340202341
H26 Centerboard Play Chiriqui at 4:51pm 02.03.22
mast raising (10) patrickfarley at 4:15pm 02.03.22 Mass raised and ready to go 38 minute from arrival time at water. I'm located at Aqualand Marina on
Swim ladder Mark Maulden at 4:14pm 02.03.22 I would drop it off the side..stay away from the prop
Why some boat owners should never attempt DIY repairs Calif. Ted at 4:10pm 02.03.22 Could have been a union plumber under government contract. Worked in a newly built Fire Station once
Swim ladder (2) Sola Gratia at 4:02pm 02.03.22
Oh My the Moorage Costs TimFromLI at 3:50pm 02.03.22 I wonder what his phrf is?
H240 mast type (1) sf50 at 3:49pm 02.03.22 Thanks for the help. Can you tell mast type from this photo? Mike
M-25 engine issues Stu Jackson at 3:46pm 02.03.22 Are you SURE, really sure, that it is not from the weep holes on the raw water pump?
Hunter 216 Centerboard sailtec hydraulic ram Crazy Dave Condon at 3:45pm 02.03.22 Check the archives as you should find some respo
Genoa question Sola Gratia at 3:45pm 02.03.22 good on ya for getting the drifter out rather than firing up the iron jenny! :facepalm:
Just found out my strut is severely compromised. dmax at 3:43pm 02.03.22 You can likely find a used one in decent shape for significantly less than a boat buck, here's a pla
Genoa question justsomeguy at 3:17pm 02.03.22 Capta's right about rgranger being right.
Oh My the Moorage Costs capta at 3:14pm 02.03.22 At least this one has some grace to it. So many of the Nouveau riche have absolutely no class or ta
Genoa question capta at 3:09pm 02.03.22 rgranger has it right. I had at least 3 of different weights on my first boat. The sail maker (Peter
mast raising stickinthemud57 at 3:07pm 02.03.22 While I prefer to raise and lower the mast on the trailer, I do think it is important to have a way
Just found out my strut is severely compromised. hollyclouse at 2:59pm 02.03.22 Thanks Denise for your response. It's a conundrum for sure. Not looking forward to it and what my o
mast raising MacBeane at 2:58pm 02.03.22 Thanks for the advice guys. Topc I have seen your previous posts and looked at your drawing previou
Help to ID this type of windlass cmachlan at 2:42pm 02.03.22 That's where I was leaning with it. Thank you so much guys. Now the problem is it's obsolete
Genoa question rgranger at 2:36pm 02.03.22 A drifter is a genoa made from lighter than typical materials. It is used when the wind is very li

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