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Economic pain hits home T37 Phil at 3:34am 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2499 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/business/01boats.html?_r=1'partner=rss'emc=rss I suppose the prac
H33 Headsail mods nickc at 7:58pm 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/1951 Hi Glenn, Great to be able to access your knowlwdge. I race my 2004 H33 in club events and more o
Rub rail track zedwin at 7:38pm 04.01.09 Catalina 30 2/2546 I'm trying to restore a 1984 Catalina 30 and have done some extensive deck/ hull repair. All I need
Bottom Paint WellerH at 6:47pm 04.01.09 Catalina 310 0/1378 Does anybody have experience with "Interlux Micron Extra with Biolux" as a multi-season bottom paint
Fractional Rig Tuning oreana1234 at 5:26pm 04.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 23/9960 In the interest of better performance, I offer the following guidelines. I freely admit that the fol
Wing keel higgs at 4:39pm 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/2444 I chartered a Hunter 38.5 - it may not be your design - but was very puzzled by its design. It had
Rigging a spinnaker James19955 at 4:36pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2061 I need some advice about spinnakers and small boats. I have a 1982 Oday 23 and am now comfortable
Hunter 49 Sequitur at 4:14pm 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 8/2531 Hello Glenn, Thank you for taking the time to respond to our questions. I am the very proud owne
BVI Trip Photos (1) Tim R. at 3:26pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2342 I just finished sorting, editing and uploading my BVI Photos. See the first photo for a map and iti
1985 Catalina 30 shaft length jaydog5000 at 2:11pm 04.01.09 Catalina 30 3/1941 Does anyone know the prop shaft length for a 1985 Catalina 30. I have the original M25 universal di
boatersworld sale changing tomorrow. luvitt at 1:32pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1457 im workin now. they just told me iit goes to 20% ' up tomorrow. everything shifts up by 10% elect
retorque the keel callejo at 1:23pm 04.01.09 Big Boats 7/1749 My 1997 passage 450 has never had the keel tightened. Is this a big deal? Can I just retorque the
Single Line Reefing Diagram Mike H. at 1:04pm 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 9/8557 Glenn: We just bought a 94 Hunter Vision 36 with the stayless rig. The previous owner had done
knotmeter paddlewheel Banooma at 1:03pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 33/12744 After spending my first season convinced my knotmeter display or transducer had failed, I discovered
Deckhand Chokes To Death On Baitfish Soundbounder at 1:00pm 04.01.09 Sails Call Lounge 1/3407 Boy,.....talk about a freak accident.....:confused: This is really bizarre. http://www3.signonsand
Auto pilot or Tiller pilot Esat Hadimli at 12:15pm 04.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1752 Can anyone give me an idea about an auto or tiller pilot to be used on my 1998 26X?:)
Newbie wanting some experience Slim pickins at 12:05pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2119 I am a total newbie so forgive if I am posting this wrong. I have been reading ALOT on this forum (u
need advice for loading Mac 26x+Trailer on flatbed... phyrefighterjay at 11:55am 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1778 Yep, I'm going to do it this way...Travel to galveston tx load it on a flatbed trailer and tow it ho
1985 Hunter 40 - Keel NYSail at 11:00am 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1864 Hello Glen! A friend of mine has a 1985 Hunter 40 and says that his keel wobbles slightly. He als
Mast Gooseneck compressed into mast lhodge at 10:56am 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 22/6287 Glenn I have a 2006 H36 that my wife and I have been sailing since 2006 along the east coast and t

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Help! Identify Antenna's Crazy Dave Condon at 4:50am 01.14.22 Do birds like to perch there and drop poop on the boat? Remember the Poop Deck naval term
What is this? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:29am 01.14.22 Doubt transducer. Can you trace the wire back all the way. Never saw anything like that
Help! Identify Antenna's rgranger at 4:13am 01.14.22
Steven N Wesleymi at 2:38am 01.14.22 I had the same problem. Replaced door seal and tried different thermometers. Replaced thermostat and
Steven N Steven N at 8:53pm 01.13.22 mine is mounted on the evaporator I will try moving it thanks
dis-continuous standing rigging on a 1996 beneteau oceanis 400 replacement ? bwagner187 at 7:47pm 01.13.22 Could not agree more! plan for the worse at sea and hope the best. Redundancy is key ! Im going to
Comparing 30s chrome700 at 7:43pm 01.13.22
Four Masted Barque rounding Cape Horn 1928 - Captain Irving sail sfbay at 7:08pm 01.13.22 Great find.........very interesting!!
dis-continuous standing rigging on a 1996 beneteau oceanis 400 replacement ? jssailem at 7:03pm 01.13.22 Ben. I bought my boat when she was 42 years old. While not a World Blue water cruiser, she is a stou
New sail for sale sail sfbay at 6:45pm 01.13.22 Might list it on this site for sale: Used gear for sale (sailboatowners.com)
Throttle Position while Sailing jeepbluetj at 6:06pm 01.13.22 .... I have gotten used to the separate controls on my Catalina, and prefer them now. Sorry about
Help! Identify Antenna's Don S/V ILLusion at 6:05pm 01.13.22
Help! Identify Antenna's Brian D at 6:02pm 01.13.22 The "swrily" antenna is, as mentioned, a satellite antenna. It could be archaic GPS or weather satel
Help! Identify Antenna's dlochner at 5:58pm 01.13.22 Most if not all of those antennas could be sent to a recycler. 20 years ago the technology was not g
Which Battery is better? jeepbluetj at 5:58pm 01.13.22 Yup. Lotsa manufactures/retailers (I'm looking at you WM) have figured out if you stick a label on t
Help! Identify Antenna's kloudie1 at 5:57pm 01.13.22 Swirled thing is an old sat nav antenna, before GPS. Two GPS antennas and a radar maybe.
Help! Identify Antenna's Ecosta at 5:49pm 01.13.22 Wow, that is a plethora of electronic thingies! Not sure about most of that stuff, but I think the
Help! Identify Antenna's Tom J at 5:37pm 01.13.22 Wow, that is a plethora of electronic thingies! Not sure about most of that stuff, but I think the
Point to ponder: furling the jib Dalliance at 5:29pm 01.13.22 Keeping tension on the furling line is key. I have learned the hard way to not let guests/crew fur
dis-continuous standing rigging on a 1996 beneteau oceanis 400 replacement ? bwagner187 at 5:14pm 01.13.22 Thanks for your reply.I understand what you are saying .. Im going to have my rigging inspected . I

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