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Stu Jackson at 9:57am 05.04.09
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A friend of mine recently experienced serious performance "issues" with his battery monitor, and is
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I have an '87 C-22 that I am cleaning on and getting rady to splash for the season. I accumulated a
ktbowles at 9:38am 05.04.09
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My wife and I will be in the lower keys the month of June and would like to rent a 25' to 35' sailbo
druid at 9:36am 05.04.09
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Hi Had a kinda busy weekend around the house, and one thing I got "done" was started the old 8hp out
DRSNOOK27 at 9:16am 05.04.09
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I would like to talk to people that have removed their Atomic 4 or universal motors from their 27' o
thagan1 at 8:33am 05.04.09
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Looking for some advice on adding bow cleats to a 1988 Catalina 36. Would like to add them starboar
mfavro at 7:42am 05.04.09
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I just bought a used 1983 Macgregor 25ft this weekend. Does anyone have some good pictures or diagra
BLIGHT at 7:36am 05.04.09
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Does anyone have any "Local Knowledge" of navigation about Gray's Creek which off of the Magathy Riv
H290A at 7:23am 05.04.09
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Hi all you H290 owners, anyone ever run into a leak somewhere on the starboard side in the V berth?
CaptianJack at 6:55am 05.04.09
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Hello all, We had a violent windstorm a few weeks back and my jib (on a roller furl) was not as ti
jack pine at 6:33am 05.04.09
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My Mistral 33 was built in 1972 and has its original hydraulic steering. The steering has been some
PapaJack at 6:23am 05.04.09
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Mast down, need to order main sail cover. Do you know the various standard length and circumferen
Witzend at 4:38am 05.04.09
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I have not filled my water tank yet, since winterization. I'm on my mooring and wanted to run the en
Hermit Scott at 10:18pm 05.03.09
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We made it to the boat today. There was a point in the day where I wish we hadn't. The wind was not
pmitch at 9:45pm 05.03.09
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Does anybody know if the area under the two quarter births have drain holes which route back to the
Pat Hooyman at 9:17pm 05.03.09
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Our furling main jammed - it is a Selden mast with a Doyle vertical batten main on an H38. First it
svwalkabout at 8:49pm 05.03.09
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Well... Where to start... I can't eliminate the lee helm problem that I seemed to have built mys
Marc Bjorklund at 8:47pm 05.03.09
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I have an Islander 32, Robert Perry design, !972. The fuel tank has developed a leak and needs repl
RJMartin at 8:20pm 05.03.09
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I need to add reefing hardware to my V224. I have a reasonably good description of a "jiffy-reefing
C30 3058 at 7:04pm 05.03.09
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I have a short in my electrical system that is causing severe battery drain whenever the battery swi

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Sail question
shemandr at 4:25pm 02.25.22
I tied to make it as flat as possible. Maybe that makes a difference.
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Tally Ho at 4:12pm 02.25.22
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Tom J at 4:02pm 02.25.22
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jssailem at 3:46pm 02.25.22
Why David. That sure looks viable. Selden Engineering comes through again.
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Terry Cox at 3:36pm 02.25.22
Especially the aft one. Has anyone done that, or does the shipyard have some magic trick to do the
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topcat0399 at 3:34pm 02.25.22
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Salt26 at 3:13pm 02.25.22
Finally got this together, it's a still from a video I did that too long to upload to the site. We
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Davidasailor26 at 3:06pm 02.25.22
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jviss at 2:58pm 02.25.22
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New Fire Extinguisher Regs
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A non-damaging extinguisher for electronics? Even pressurized distilled water or a pyrotechnic sort
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I have a1993 Hunter 30T. I may have to replace my holding tank. I have looked online for what siz
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Maine Sail at 2:49pm 02.25.22
The balance issue is real but extremely rare if the batteries are properly commissioned. Thes is as

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