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sym spinnaker question- pls forgive my ignorance LANCE ON CLOUD NINE at 9:23am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1580 I am getting ready to experiment with using a sym spinnaker on an O'Day 23. The sail has a single "h
Lightening Dangers? Skipper62 at 9:12am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3399 I am a coastal sailer in SE Texas. We have storms come up quicker than I can get off of the water so
21' Macgregor - 1969: Broken Mast, What to Do? Sail77 at 8:44am 07.24.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3360 New to the site... My Dad and I bought a 1969 Mac 21' from a family friend about 12 years ago. Hav
Costa Rica - Panama anyone? destinationcostarica at 8:39am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1204 Hi all, I'm not sure if this is where i should be asking this sorta question. I'm actually looking f
Oday 25 Centerboard Mec. itsagoodthing at 7:31am 07.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2379 I just purchased a 75 ODAY 25 CB, the cable line is located in center of the boat, in a post that
Tach does not work at start up Mike G. at 6:47am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2101 The last two times out, the tach did not work at engine startup (Yanmar 3GM30). It operates fine af
Composting toilets Icetug at 6:22am 07.24.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2295 Does anyone have any experience with a Sun-Mar Mobile composting toilet? It may be nice to not worr
Batteries and power in general BobM at 5:59am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2368 Forgive me if this brings up a lot of stuff that has already been said. Lost my house battery, an I
Possible Battery selector switch/charger problem Hugh4753 at 4:45am 07.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1603 Just replaced my old AGM group 24 batteries with AGM 31's. Since the boat had the original "frytech
Weather in SW Florida seadaddler at 4:06am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1246 Hey what's the weather like in Port Charlotte like these days. Been raining like crazy here on Long
Help Identifing a sailboat (3) dan8089 at 1:55am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1778 Can someone out there please tell me what kind of boat this is. Thanks sorry the pic's are crappy Da
drill it dont chuck it (1) AndyR at 9:58pm 07.23.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/995 Hi guys I havent posted in a while we obviously havnt had had too many problems lately or esle I sol
Catalina 25 Keel Leak Paulpit at 9:06pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 3/3340 I am new to sailing and have been restoring a 1979 Catalina Fixed Keel boat. Took her out today for
Replace Uni-Solar Battery Charger mosella1 at 8:13pm 07.23.09 Big Boats 3/5389 I have a 1999 Hunter 410 and the Uni-Solar Battery Charger which came standard with the boat is brok
Main Sail will not go up all the way Mougly at 8:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 19/9660 Hello again I seem to be having difficulty lifting the main sail all the way up, it lifts up easi
Dropping the forestay-norseman fitting-short halyards (2) Hermit Scott at 7:55pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 33/5466 I went up the mast today to drop the forestay. A dock friend helped crank me up to there but the wi
Crab cakes Broke Sailor at 7:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1732 I'm in St. Michaels, Md. and my wife wants to know where to go for the best crab cakes. Please help
Fridge is Over Cooling bnort3 at 7:04pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1836 Got a used Beneteau 361 with a top loading fridge/freezer and a front door fridge, both of which qui
fuel lines legacychris at 5:48pm 07.23.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1307 My 1993 Hunter 40.5 has the original equipment fuel lines for the diesel engine. I inspect them regu
New hatches for Oh Joy (4) CharlieCobra at 5:40pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1273 I started working on the hatches for Oh Joy. I picked up a 9'X14"X1-1/4" board of Honduran Mahogany,

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A lost art: Conserving ice. TomY at 6:54am 01.01.22 Interesting project. The loop in the drain doesn't need to be very big, just enough to allow some
CENTERBOARD HELP (1) twodzusfittings at 6:48am 01.01.22 201384 I can get it down another 3 inches at the front, but still can't get it out. The Yard's equi
WHAT'S IN YOUR STOCKING (WALLET)? twodzusfittings at 6:33am 01.01.22 Happy New Year to all. Santa must have forgotten I had a boat this year, but he did do well with giv
Winter Cruising Question Kings Gambit at 6:31am 01.01.22 Hello All- I posted previously about transferring to Everett from Blaine, but it appears that the
34/35 Prop Shaft Strut? twodzusfittings at 6:26am 01.01.22 @ Alan 2210. Thanks for the great picture of your finished shaft/strutt/anode set up. My question to
A lost art: Conserving ice. dlochner at 6:18am 01.01.22 Interesting project. The loop in the drain doesn't need to be very big, just enough to allow some w
Beneteau First 41S5 in mast conduits??? georgetheleo at 6:10am 01.01.22 I have a '99 B411 and there are two conduit, one for the deck light and one for the mast head. YMMV
Inflatable tender Tater at 5:44am 01.01.22 I am on the electric side. My 30# Minn Kota pushes my 170 just fine. Outboards are fine things but t
It just keeps going... Ward H at 5:30am 01.01.22
It just keeps going... jssailem at 5:21am 01.01.22 Water intrusion is a pain. Having started the project it is always a question where do I stop. d by
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 (1) eherlihy at 5:14am 01.01.22 I believe that I was the target of the stop collar suggestion. These are used as a backup to the sta
It just keeps going... Davidasailor26 at 4:40am 01.01.22 I'm considering redoing the area around the gudgeon in heavy fiberglass without wood because it's c
Inflatable tender Terry Cox at 11:08pm 12.31.21 Good luck on your resolutions for the New Year and Happy New Year to all. Happy New Year to you an
Winter Cruising Question Mikem at 10:46pm 12.31.21 Hello All- I posted previously about transferring to Everett from Blaine, but it appears that the
Inflatable tender Mikem at 10:32pm 12.31.21 Have obtained a new 8 foot inflatable tender and would like suggestions on what outboard to use. T
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric (1) DArcy at 8:56pm 12.31.21 We start breaking out the calculators and looking at sailing?? That way madness lies,
Key West activities. Kings Gambit at 8:37pm 12.31.21 I had that in mind, but my thought is that I would prefer to make that trip for the first time on m
Inflatable tender Charles Erwin at 7:40pm 12.31.21 These ideas are great. Most appreciated. This place is right good. I value you folks - and my ove
Inflatable tender Terry Cox at 7:25pm 12.31.21 When we purchased our boat in 2002, it came with a five horse 2 cycle Mercury and an eight foot infl
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric JohnShannon at 7:19pm 12.31.21 IMHO, one can not justify replacing an existing diesel engine, that is functional, in a boat that'

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