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H216 Spinnaker Bill Perry at 2:35pm 06.01.09 Smaller Boats 6/1939 Hello, I am contemplating adding a spinnaker to my boat. Is this something that a reasonably
SR Mariner Knotmeter kk23 at 2:31pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/3762 Hi, Quick question - the knotmeter has a three wire system...red, black, green. Just want to mak
Splice on halyard or not? Victoria28 at 1:39pm 06.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1728 I have a 1992 Catalina 28 with single spreader mast that is 35'3" from mast step to masthead. The ma
Prop size rules of thumb ? cbinfl at 1:22pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 14/4056 My memory is not what it used to be, but I seem to remember there were rules of thumb for changing d
Looking of Data Marine Depth and Knot Meter Manuals Nelsonhow at 12:44pm 06.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/2390 Both the dpth and knot meter on my old H-30 stopped working at the same time. I'm getting power to t
26M with ICOM 706 captjimholley at 12:25pm 06.01.09 SSB and Ham Operators 5/5698 I've been on Macgregor owners for about 3 years now, but have never noticed this group. I just put m
pfd's on airplanes? John at 12:22pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 12/1871 I will be catching a plane to S. California to help a guy bring a boat up the coast. I'll be bringin
how come my boat is lighter than most??? sand sailor at 12:21pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1350 its a santana 27' its got a thicker hull (single layer not cored) than any I've seen,its got a bigge
Spiders Again !! George H260 at 11:57am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1327 This is a continuation of a previous thread on Spiders. A friend alerted me to an article in the la
Ancor light Larry14133 at 9:04am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1340 The anchor light on my 87 O'day 302 ha failed. Does anyone know or have a best guess what bulb it u
Adding automatic bilge pump float switch Vegas at 11:41am 06.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1881 I'm surprised my 1992 38s5 does not seem to have an automatic bilge pump. A switch has to be manuall
What sanitation hose do you recomend? Nelsonhow at 11:30am 06.01.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/14479 Peggy, Well the time has come to replace the old head in my Hunter 30. I should have done it when
26S fwd hatch dimensions (1) Justin_NSA at 10:22am 06.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1710 I have a strut on my forward hatch and I'd like to get a bug screen for it. Does anyone have the hat
Best cleaning product I found- Marine Spray Nine breweraz at 10:14am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 9/9397 We recently purchased a boat that had been sitting for some time. I had small black spots all over t
Squeaky Wheel Mark3755 at 10:13am 06.01.09 Big Boats 3/1559 The wheel steering on my Edson pedestal has a squeal that I can't seem to tame. The only thing I had
Compounding & Waxing - Sailors Helping Sailors (6) Maine Sail at 9:53am 06.01.09 Musings With Maine Sail 13/4699 This past weekend Tim R. organized a work party for a friend of ours who's lifelong sailing companio
Boom Vang during Jibe oldiesrocker2001 at 9:02am 06.01.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/6972 While looking at a post regarding using the Vang as a jibe preventer a question for me came to mind
25 ft oday, center board stuck dennyg4 at 8:41am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 15/8171 Purchased this boat this spring, have it in water, but center board is stuck, how do I free it up, c
Signal Flags Nodak7 at 8:25am 06.01.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1710 I recently purchased a couple of signal flags from West Marine. When I went to attach them to my fla
Foam in forward bilge garylinger at 8:23am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1515 A PO apparently sprayed or had sprayed a dense foam in the blilge beneath the access panel located u

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Dark Days Leeward Rail at 6:51am 07.11.21 All good. She goes out for the weekend in a rental PWC (cheaper to rent for the few times a year) an
New boat owner... need help... fresh water not working jssailem at 6:48am 07.11.21 Man that is a success. Follow the water flow and find the clog... Novel concept. Well done. Works f
New boat owner... need help... fresh water not working cymeyer at 6:38am 07.11.21 Excellent!
Do we have a Battery or a Fridge issue? GreatLakes2Sea at 6:22am 07.11.21 That is an interesting post. At first I thought that I wrote it!! It's almost identical to what has
New boat owner... need help... fresh water not working (1) kodiak1120 at 6:16am 07.11.21 Hot water is fixed. Thank you everyone for the help. I disconnected the hose where it goes into the
Dark Days (1) jssailem at 6:02am 07.11.21 @rgranger What if you went Airborne.
Sheets for Beneteau mattresses cymeyer at 5:59am 07.11.21 Just got a set for the V-berth in our first 38 from Sea Dog. Sea Dog makes nice stuff but very ex
Hurricane Prep - What do you do? Captain Larry-DH at 5:50am 07.11.21 My father us to take his head boats out into the Gulf of Mexico and ride the hurricane out in open
Dark Days shemandr at 5:44am 07.11.21 I agree about getting bored with them. It won't last. And, you'll be back to sailing PDQ.
Diesel fuel question DougM at 5:18am 07.11.21
Diesel fuel question sailnski at 5:13am 07.11.21 Thanks, Benny, I appreciate our reply.
Work Load Advise - Damper, Motor Mounts, Exhaust Elbow Sailgunner at 4:23am 07.11.21 I question why there is more load on the engine. Can you still reach your max RPMs? If not your prop
Work Load Advise - Damper, Motor Mounts, Exhaust Elbow RoyS at 4:20am 07.11.21 I have a similar boat. Have you considered removing the plywood enclosure surrounding your engine? O
Too much mast rake Will Gilmore at 4:08am 07.11.21 I think I'll have to play with the babystay more as I see how the whole rig sails. That's the part
Wireless System Effectiveness in Northern Climes? AlastairLC at 3:20am 07.11.21
Do we have a Battery or a Fridge issue? Davidasailor26 at 2:52am 07.11.21
6" round fluorecsent Udi at 1:09am 07.11.21 Well! unfortunately those kind of round lights are not in the market. so my option now is to have t
H34 lifeline jssailem at 10:11pm 07.10.21 If installing them on a boat with none, as @Johnb provides, locate them where they serve your needs.
Running Rigging (1) jssailem at 10:04pm 07.10.21 Leastman.. It is fairly straight forward... Running rigging - Basic Halyards Main Jib Spinnaker
Dark Days jssailem at 9:51pm 07.10.21 Paul... Sidewinder? Do PWC's put our enough of a heat signature to make that even practical?

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