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Drydock codfather at 2:21pm 01.13.10 Pacific North West Cruisers 3/21901 Well my boat is home in drydock and so am I after my second knee replacemnet. Looking forward to bei
Fly Fishing for Bass MoonSailer at 2:19pm 01.13.10 Sails Call Lounge 3/4268 I started out fly fishing for trout a long time ago. But since living in Alabama most of my FF has b
What are these? (1) chefmike at 2:16pm 01.13.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1529 http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/4563:920841349112/jpeg/SM/async Does anyone kn
Hunter vinyl logos... sailingchefs at 12:42pm 01.13.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/5 Does anyone need a set of red vinyl Hunter logos? I had them custom made to replace the worn off log
Wtf? Why? Really? Unbelievable! pkdailey4 at 12:15pm 01.13.10 Destinations 12/5684 So I'm planing a trip out to the Farallon Islands and doing some research on the net. Its an amazing
Pre-86 C22 fuel locker modification malyea at 11:38am 01.13.10 Catalina 22 6/5364 C22's older than 1986 have the fuel can sittin' under the port aft cockpit seat - connected and expo
Sailboat Paint dscribner at 10:44am 01.13.10 Trailer Sailors 10/6387 I bought a 25' Lancer last year. She's in pretty good shape but could benefit from a coat of paint.
Want to learn sailing tooled84117 at 9:37am 01.13.10 Ask All Sailors 16/2776 Hello all! I'm new to the site so forgive me if I'm not up on the lingo or formalities. I recently f
C-22 Roller Furling Questions (1) Aldo at 9:19am 01.13.10 Catalina 22 4/11937 My wife came into a little money at Christmas and wants to get roller furling for our C-22. My son h
Why are no owner manuals available for download? ShaktisBoy at 8:40am 01.13.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1680 Greetings all. Last summer my wife and I purchased a 1993 Hunter 30T and so far we love the boat.
Hood LD furler upgrade sol y mar at 7:32am 01.13.10 Catalina 30 0/1561 I wanted to check on the furler upgrade for my 1988 cat 30 TRBS so I called Pompanette (Hood furler)
Cat320 Refrigeration replacement James J. Ricciuti at 7:29am 01.13.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1749 1994 Cat320 has a tired Adler/Barbour refrigeration unit that came with the boat. Have had many prob
Cabinet sliding doors med2463 at 5:51am 01.13.10 Ask All Sailors 19/912 Bought a Hunter 37C recently. Previous owner had elastic cords across the 2 open cabinets in the ma
cutlass bearing replacement ekkeb at 5:03am 01.13.10 Catalina 30 4/2542 Hi, I need some advice. My boat is Catalina 30 '89, standard rig, wing keel, Universal Diesel. I'm p
Hunter 14 Rudder vy8000 at 4:34am 01.13.10 Day Sailers 1/2174 Where can I get a new upper fitting for the rudder assembly? This is an older boat (1986) and I have
26X sail near Ft Pierce FL Jan 16-18? TedFromAtlanticCity at 11:55pm 01.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1238 Friends- I am a long-time owner of a Mac 26S, and I'm thinking hard of buying a 26X. However, I'
What about Battens? JMonda at 7:50pm 01.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1613 Hi Folks, Two of my battens were missing (I thought all three were at first). So I cut two batte
Bottom and prop paint for Chesapeake (Hampton Roads) mark_swart at 7:34pm 01.12.10 Big Boats 6/3772 Hello Bay sailors, I am moving this spring from a freshwater lake to the Hampton Roads area of the C
We need your help! Nereussailor at 6:36pm 01.12.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1878 I'm not sure if any of you out there in cybersailing land have heard of a guy named David Smedley,
Cutlass bearing replacement ekkeb at 4:56pm 01.12.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1443 My boat is Catalina 30 '89, standard rig, wing keel, Universal Diesel. I need to replace Cutlass bea

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H260 in Upper Potomac and Chesapeake Bay Davidasailor26 at 7:42am 05.07.22 I don't know of any great wave prediction tools for the Chesapeake other than the National Weather S
Sailing the Heel JBP-PA at 7:13am 05.07.22 Stress on the rig is not a big concern in normal conditions (assuming the rig is in good condition).
H260 in Upper Potomac and Chesapeake Bay Caption James T at 7:01am 05.07.22 @Davidasailor26 Thanks you for responding. I still don't have a strong understanding of the weather
Replace Volvo Penta Shaft log seal with a PSS from PYI shaft seal on my 1990 41S5? also retention collar? Mechone at 6:46am 05.07.22 5 years ago I replaced mine not a drop of water , PSS too much money and I can tell you working in t
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine kloudie1 at 6:24am 05.07.22 The problem with channel locks and vise grips is that there is a large amount of bending applied to
Hunter 410 cutlass bearing sailing gal at 6:08am 05.07.22 Well it took a hydraulic press for the yard to press out the old cutlass bearing (was less expensive
Pedestal Compass, True North? dlochner at 6:07am 05.07.22 Which brings up my conversation with Homeland Security when we were doing a check in after crossing
Pedestal Compass, True North? All U Get at 6:03am 05.07.22 Another GPS anomaly: You can see the boat icon is several hundred feet west of the bayou.. and a pr
H410 distance prop shaft to rubber sailing gal at 6:02am 05.07.22 The only reason for the question was so I could calculate whether if the cutlass bearing was removed
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater (1) baycloud at 5:58am 05.07.22 Here's an image I found that looks (as per the manual above) to be setup correctly.
Beneteau 36 cc autopilot installation kappykaplan at 5:52am 05.07.22 A wheel pilot on a 36' boat will only work well in the most benign conditions, when the going gets
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine dlochner at 5:40am 05.07.22 There is a method, however I have never tried it, where a battery is used to heat the bolt. You'll n
Barnacle Buster seadaddler at 5:31am 05.07.22 I did circulate into ac unit with barnacle buster and it worked real good and will try same thing wi
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater baycloud at 5:29am 05.07.22 If anyone else has a 4jh2e, can you post a picture of this same location of the engine? And what is
Is My Main Furled Backward seadaddler at 5:28am 05.07.22 Try pulling the sail out and pull the furling line in the way it should be and try grease I got the
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine StanleyJ at 5:20am 05.07.22 Fellow Sailors: I have been attempting to correct the alternator belt alignment on my Universal M-
Roast my boat! 1994 Hunter 26 shemandr at 4:57am 05.07.22 Once it's cleaned up I'd consider a suit of sails to use up that extra money. But a cautionary note
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine RoyS at 4:52am 05.07.22 Channellocks should work better than vice grips.
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine dlochner at 4:41am 05.07.22 Try heating with a propane or MAP torch.
Beneteau 36 cc autopilot installation dlochner at 4:38am 05.07.22 Below deck APs should connect directly to the rudder post. Edson makes a short tiller arm for this p

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