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Hi, new guy on a new forum! Technodad at 5:10pm 09.30.09 Sirius 21/22 6/4730 Hi there, I am new to this forum, I see it has been up and running only a short time. I have a Sandp
life is a bitch (1) Jim Seamans at 5:06pm 09.30.09 Ask All Sailors 47/7427 90 more days until retirement. Go ahead hate me....
26.27n 81.57w sailaway78 at 5:01pm 09.30.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1939 Going to make it to the Tortugas this time. Last attempt was interrupted by the daily thunderstorm
US Sailboat tickets:got mine. You? fifedog at 3:50pm 09.30.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1814 Smooth sailing ordering online. The Admiral and I are going Friday. Really looking forward to this
winterize my water system Bob 04 H260 at 2:36pm 09.30.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2000 I have a simple fresh water system. A 20 gallon tank and two manual whale pumps in galley and head.
cost of bottom paint sand sailor at 2:04pm 09.30.09 Ask All Sailors 11/9666 what should it cost to remove and repaint the bottom of a boat per ft??
Looking for trailer papafets at 1:14pm 09.30.09 S2 0/1175 Looking for trailer to move 6.9, S2
Hunter 23 spreader boot size C Jones at 12:57pm 09.30.09 Smaller Boats 2/1776 I ordered a new 135 Genoa from Gus Sails for my 1986 Hunter 23. This will fit my new CDI 2 roller fu
maximum sailing speed the novelman at 11:54am 09.30.09 Lancer 7/2748 We sailed for three days last week and on one day we had 15+ knots wing-on-wing (DDW) winds for seve
Need O'day Swift Centerboard to buy or build...HELP!!! Randyray at 10:48am 09.30.09 Day Sailers 1/1502 Greetings fellow sailors! I just bought a 1967 Oday Swift yesterday for my Grandson without the cen
Need O'day Swift Centerboard to buy or build...HELP!!! Randyray at 10:47am 09.30.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1625 Greetings fellow sailors! I just bought a 1967 Oday Swift yesterday for my Grandson without the cen
290 winterization tipr misterieus at 10:12am 09.30.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1172 I am in the process of winterizing my 2000 Hunter 290 for the first time. Are there any tricks or de
Best Course? WJA302 at 9:47am 09.30.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/3761 I purchased a '88 Cat 27 in August. It has a Jabsco manual head. The former owner had some health i
Hand pump faucet in 23.5 R.S.Cape at 9:34am 09.30.09 Smaller Boats 6/2057 Just wondering if anyone has had any issues getting their hand pump on the faucet of a 23.5 to work.
winterizing 2 stroke outboard R.S.Cape at 9:28am 09.30.09 Smaller Boats 3/1279 This is our first year winterizing our boat, we've been reading lots of posts but still not sure on
power panel LEDs KD3PC at 9:22am 09.30.09 Big Boats 3/1520 looking for red LEDs to replace the non-working ones on my 1991 Hunter P42....either NOS or a part n
Adding Tankage/Fuel & Water Rambunctious at 9:10am 09.30.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1025 Has anyone added additional tankage for fuel and water for a deck salon 44, or similar design vessel
Last day of Canvas Sale Phil Herring at 6:19am 09.30.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1604 We're going to spare y'all an extra email this week by posting here that our canvas sale is in it's
H216 winter storage djamied at 5:46am 09.30.09 Smaller Boats 3/1998 I am thinking ahead to my first winter with a 2008 H216. My plan is to store it on the trailer in th
Intermitent Alternator problem AlexLopez at 4:54am 09.30.09 Ask All Sailors 13/3133 I am having an alternator problem and was hoping for some advice/help. When I start the engine I w

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SWINOMISH CHANNEL BNSF SWING BRIIDGE to be closed in APRIL jssailem at 8:18am 04.02.22 Thanks Terry. Some days it is all Love and Kisses... Some days it's a maelstrom... Kind of like s
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE PaulK at 8:02am 04.02.22 It can be done, but as others have mentioned, the cure might be worse than the disease. Moving the t
Beneteau 473 Dripless shaft seal Alex S at 8:00am 04.02.22 I believe the 'working' email for Ward is.. ward.richardson@beneteauusa.com I'm considering re
Bent Wing smokey73 at 7:55am 04.02.22 What is an "unprotected trailer?" If it was a professional boat shipping company that had it on its
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

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