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Stainless Shackles on Galvanized Anchor Chain Hermit Scott at 2:09pm 04.04.09 Ask All Sailors 36/15477 I bought 30' of hot dip 5/16" high strength chain at Home Depot. I also bought a couple of stainless
Hunter 260 water ballast Roxie6 at 1:55pm 04.04.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/6350 Glenn, Sorry, novice here. I've started to sail on inland waters and have been out in 35 mph gusts
Design Factors Affecting Reverse Prop Walk (1) rardiH36 at 10:03am 04.04.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/3433 Dear Glenn: Thanks for your participation on the forum. I've been reading and learning! I tho
Hunter 310 (wheel brake rack and pinion) Alain at 9:46am 04.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1414 I would like to know from someone who change the wheel brake on a hunter 310 1997, if you had to re
Hunter 310 (windlass) Alain at 9:40am 04.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/3231 If you owned a hunter 310, can you tell me what kind of windlass is installed in your boat, and if
Tabernacle vs. Mast Hinge mpmurray527 at 9:21am 04.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/3731 I'd like to install a device to enable me to raise my mast solo (Venture 17) without using winches,
Jib Quoddy at 7:24am 04.04.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/2117 Is the design of the B'R rig substantial enough to sail on jib alone? Specifically theH260 with boom
Adding Jeanneau as a specific ..... sailing now at 6:50am 04.04.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/2161 Manufacturer... Is is possible?? Thanks
Testing Battery State of Charge / Volts Only (8) Maine Sail at 6:32am 04.04.09 Musings With Maine Sail 30/11127 I have seen the discussion many times here where folks say they monitor their batteries state of cha
Crew Wanted in Florida ggrizzard at 5:35am 04.04.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1723 It's prime sailing in Florida now and I would like to share the opportunity with local sailors befor
VPP & Ratings in Design 356_Steve at 5:29am 04.04.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1580 Glenn, When you do a design, do you normally do the VPP or polars as part of the process? I have c
Sounding stick Roger Long at 4:34am 04.04.09 Ask All Sailors 2/3383 The lady with the tape in the tank reminds me that I should mention my better sounding tube. This i
Self tacking jib Quoddy at 4:34am 04.04.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1864 Would a self tacking jib on a track be a design improvement for the H260 as far as ease of sailing?
Inmast furling Outhaul replacement on B321 cymeyer at 4:32am 04.04.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2157 Our boat is 10 years old and have not replaced any of the furling lines. I saw some time ago how to
26s height for shed Jansen at 8:19pm 04.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1642 I am away from my 1992 26s and my son asked me how much clearance he needs for a shed to put the boa
steering David21856 at 6:58pm 04.03.09 Morgan 1/2343 We have a 33 O/I with hydraulic steering . How do you bleed the system? I have noticed some noise li
Springs for a Drydock trailer for Mac25 Mack Toles at 5:59pm 04.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1216 Need to replace the springs on the trailer. Can't find the capacity of the trailer. Would like to
Polishing SS (2) Tim R. at 3:13pm 04.03.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2288 Why buy new when all it needs is a little polishing. Here are the 2 pedestal guard bases from my bo
Remote Security Cameras? NotCook at 2:48pm 04.03.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1644 Like the idea of being able to check on my boat at the marina while I am at home. When we were at Ba
replacing upper shroud Hunter 20 1983 DaveHunter20 at 2:29pm 04.03.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1905 I live in N. Carolina and need a replacement upper shroud. Does anyone know the length or rigging s

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New Fire Extinguisher Regs mikeracca at 8:31am 02.26.22 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to inflame passions on this topic! I'm learning every day. I though dies
Hunter 340 salon table specs dimensions, design etc (1) John T1594 at 8:29am 02.26.22 2000 H340: I don't know the exact dimensions but much of the table was designed to fit into a groove
New Fire Extinguisher Regs (1) jviss at 8:26am 02.26.22 I'm thinking of something like this: rners - 7/8" x 2-1/2" $15 each. I think it would look nice
326 Head Door Retaining Clip Quasimotor at 8:23am 02.26.22 This is the part that broke off. There are two of these on the door retainer clip and the remaining
New Catalina 30 Owner jeepbluetj at 8:21am 02.26.22 I am a much better gasoline engine mechanic than I am diesel mechanic, but I am also a very capable
326 Head Door Retaining Clip (1) Quasimotor at 8:21am 02.26.22 Could you post a photo?
Which odor control product for holding tank urine thinwater at 8:18am 02.26.22 I hope you aren't recommending "setting up" a sea water toilet to connect to the boat's fresh water
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 jviss at 8:15am 02.26.22 Nice job! Thanks for sharing the pics. 1996, but there's still debris from its building in the bil
New Fire Extinguisher Regs thinwater at 7:55am 02.26.22 I have always marked them with a small (about 2" x 6") sign (on my cruising cat there were two in ca
Yanmar 2GM20F cooling problem (1) Tally Ho at 7:39am 02.26.22 Looks like my experience is not that unusual! Yanmar water-pump priming \| YBW Forum Probably down
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 Tally Ho at 7:27am 02.26.22 Looking good. Nice work getting the old coupling off. How did the shaft look? I like the split
315 Sail Insignia Size Capt Robbie at 7:22am 02.26.22
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 7:17am 02.26.22 No, I was still digging. In 2016 the USCG addopted NFPA 10 portable fire extinguisher requirements
Water level Tally Ho at 7:16am 02.26.22 As long as that water tank is dedicated to toilet flushing only and is entirely separate from the f
Battery options SycloneDriver at 7:15am 02.26.22 I've been working with flooded batteries almost ever day for the last 12 years. 24 cells wires in s
315 Sail Insignia Size Joe at 7:00am 02.26.22 You might give the sailmaker a call. It could have been ordered like that. Did you purchase the bo
Water level Capt Robbie at 7:00am 02.26.22 Halvern, Does your head have a shower head, if so just use the shower to fill the bowl and flush.
Hunter 23.5 - Tiller Extension size kloudie1 at 6:59am 02.26.22 I used one of these for 8 or 9 years on my Spirit 23. It was very nice to have the telescoping featu
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 rajhnsn at 6:52am 02.26.22 Here is a link to a few photos of the project. Not quite as clean and painted as other bilges that
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 6:51am 02.26.22 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to inflame passions on this topic! I'm learning every day. I though diese

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