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Decide between 35.5 and 37 Legend killdevildave at 5:54am 02.22.09 Big Boats 11/1814 Hi all, Just moved to a canalfront cottage on the Outer Banks. I come from a small boat racing bac
Pressurized water accumulation tank pressure? Hermit Scott at 3:52am 02.22.09 Ask All Sailors 18/6721 My C30 came with a shurflo fresh water pump and what looks to be a 5 gal. accumulation tank or press
UV Inhibitors question Roger Long at 3:42am 02.22.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1483 There is an acrylic polyurethane floor varnish I used on my house floors several times and I love th
Diesel conditioners Mybigblue at 9:35pm 02.21.09 Ask All Sailors 20/4429 How long should diesel be kept before adding a conditioner? Are they really necessary? Is ambient te
Max # of Passangers Don Crowther at 7:31pm 02.21.09 Ask All Sailors 18/3096 Could someone tell me where I would find the maximum # of passangers I can have onboard? I know fr
It happened.. winch handle overboard.. Bobbystone at 6:35pm 02.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2039 I've prided myself for 10 years in not losing my winch handle and today it happened. Anyone know wh
Sailing in Monterey CA NCC320 at 4:12pm 02.21.09 Catalina 22 2/1218 I am thinking of relocating our C22 to either Monterey CA or Moss Landing CA. What are the summer a
Restored 40 legend was submerged, no branded title. luvitt at 3:37pm 02.21.09 Big Boats 4/1321 Hey, ive told my story on here a couple times, but basically I bought a 1986 40' hunter legend that
Has anyone added additional batteries? Santisimo at 3:27pm 02.21.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1096 I am interested in relocating and upgrading my batteries on my 35s5 to under the starboard setee, af
Wind Scoop Question? Bad Obsession at 3:25pm 02.21.09 Ask All Sailors 8/5591 How much of a difference does having a wind scoop make? If you only have one jib halyard can your r
gulf coast raft-up Chuck Creel at 3:00pm 02.21.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1762 As better weather aproaches, we are still planning a raft up around peti-boi island march 20th-23rd.
Stern rail seats phillipsred19 at 2:46pm 02.21.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1490 I have 1993 23.5 Hunter and want to know where I can purchase stern rail seating. I have seen some o
Gas line primer bulb location Florida sail at 1:07pm 02.21.09 Trailer Sailors 17/4726 Tohatsu recently replaced my gas line, under warranty, because of a defective primer bulb. The new,
Provisioning for a cruise Ross at 12:38pm 02.21.09 Ask All Sailors 59/6749 How do you plan for personal food, beverage, and hygene supplies for a cruise of more than 3 or 4 da
easylock rope clutches jgnoccalcio at 10:41am 02.21.09 Smaller Boats 3/1556 i just purchased new easylock clutches, no hardware included. do i have to take the covers off to ge
1986 Hunter 25.5 greatrinaldi at 9:34am 02.21.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/4962 I want to purchace a Hunter sailboat 1986 25.5 and am looking for someone to tell me its sailing
caulking the keel hereford at 8:19am 02.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1517 Hi Iwas Reading A 2 15 09 Post Someone Sent In On The Caulking Arounnd The Keel And In One Of The Re
Renault RC8D transmission/linkage David21149 at 8:08am 02.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1583 Renault diesel engine fans- My transmission has been slipping out of forward to quite a while. Not
P420 cutter rig Russ Simpson at 7:37am 02.21.09 Big Boats 1/1184 Has anyone tried moving the current forestay inward and adding an additional roller for a Screecher?
NOAA charts in your plotter? Hermit Scott at 12:14am 02.21.09 Ask All Sailors 18/5024 This is a question a boat restorer not a actual sailor would have to ask. Are chart plotters for rea

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Relay for always on MC-614 heritage at 5:00pm 06.18.21 No, I do not have a service disconnect switch. Am considering installing one though. The ignitio
UPS must hate sailors dlochner at 4:54pm 06.18.21 Ouch! All the outdoor recreation companies seem to be hard hit in a good way since Covid. Business
1978 C & L 45' Explorer 45 - looking for data specifically the deck build dlochner at 4:45pm 06.18.21 Teak decks are generally installed in one of two ways. They are either glued down to the underlying
Mast step for hunter voyager 17 Crazy Dave Condon at 4:43pm 06.18.21 Hull number, picture, year of boat, construction , etc would be helpful in identifying the boat.
Irwin Virginian at 4:40pm 06.18.21 Thank you all for the feedback. Most appreciated.
Anchor chain joiners Screen Saver at 4:28pm 06.18.21 Yep thanks guys all understood and I think smart suggestions. I typically do 7000-10000 nm a year, 9
West Marine Sold (again) Don S/V ILLusion at 3:47pm 06.18.21 Exactly how it often works. Borrow a lot of cash and add a relatively small amount of your own, to
Boat Explosion in Greenport Rick Webb at 3:34pm 06.18.21 I grew up with a kid, whose dad refilled ammo. Had bags of various powder. I grew up in a family th
Universal M4-30 kloudie1 at 3:26pm 06.18.21 Not endorsing this but : universal marine diesel \| eBay
Lookout for Abandoned Piers Stu Jackson at 3:22pm 06.18.21 WADR, the guy was a nincompoop. Stupid and irresponsible, too. Sure, I sailed SF Bay for almost 20
Lookout for Abandoned Piers (2) Davidasailor26 at 3:19pm 06.18.21 Not too much help from C-MAP or AquaMaps at moderate zoom levels either. Need to know to zoom in and
Lookout for Abandoned Piers sail sfbay at 2:56pm 06.18.21 Davidasailor26.......you are correct!!......one needs to make very certain, when sailing north or so
Keel wench.. Gene Neill at 2:52pm 06.18.21 Not in the long run. ;)
Lookout for Abandoned Piers (2) Davidasailor26 at 2:48pm 06.18.21
1987 Catalina 22 Kick Up Rudder sail sfbay at 2:47pm 06.18.21 Catalina 22 (catalinadirect.com) and Rudder Craft
When 11 knots is really 25 knots Gene Neill at 2:46pm 06.18.21 Was goofing around with the 75 last summer-- didn't know if I could hove to with such a small heads
When 11 knots is really 25 knots ShawnL at 2:46pm 06.18.21 My question is, for those of you that don't have sail slugs, how do you keep the main from thrashing
Tips for finding marinas that accommodate trailer sailors (2) sail sfbay at 2:44pm 06.18.21 Got it!! Do an internet search on "boat launches at xxxxxxxx". Internet search on "boat launches
Sail Cover Between Sailing Days dLj at 2:40pm 06.18.21 Sail down - cover goes on. The only exceptions are coming to like a fuel dock where I may only spend
Tips for finding marinas that accommodate trailer sailors yappasailing at 2:37pm 06.18.21 Do an internet search on "California boat launches" and you will find plenty of them. Where do yo

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