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Plum-fun weekend planned KandD at 9:54am 04.03.09 Big Boats 4/1269 Here is my overly-ambitious weekend to do list; if anyone has any words of wisdoms, don't do this, d
two questions accroy at 9:35am 04.03.09 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1293 one is what is the best way to seal the through-hull where my drive shaft used to go? The shaft's st
Hunter/Legend Keel Attachment Story Al - s/v Persephone at 9:00am 04.03.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 6/4110 Glenn - I don't like to pass-on urban legends, but Jack Tyler, who seems well regarded on Seven Se
Trip Report and Photos BVI March 2009 PrincessoftheLake at 7:05am 04.03.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2136 Captain Grumpy and I spent 9 days in the BVI's in early March while we celebrated our 25 year annive
Beneteau 40cc Dodger Help Dave19853 at 6:34am 04.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2183 Hi, bought a sailrite sewing machine and I'm trying to make a dodger. My boat is on the hard without
Wanting to add a stereo to my 222. Where? 48dodge at 6:25am 04.03.09 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1823 I'm thinking about putting it in the cockpit right above the step to the left and right below the se
Electrical Question - Grounding The Auto Pilot Joe Mullee at 5:40am 04.03.09 Ask All Sailors 27/4878 I'm almost done installing my auto pilot and have two questions right now. The instructions state th
Rudder design Quoddy at 5:16am 04.03.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 8/4549 How important is the rudder design and position in obtaining good windward performance?
spinnaker hardware placement ken durbin at 4:54am 04.03.09 Cal 0/1457 Wanting to fly a spinnaker can anyone tell me on a fractional rig how far above the forstay to attac
B & R Quoddy at 4:42am 04.03.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/2572 On a B 'R rig should shroud tension be near the upper limits rather than the lower limits to reduce
Installing boat on lift egates at 3:52am 04.03.09 Bigger Boats 3/1478 I have a O'Day 272LE and would like to put it on a lift. But the manual says to disconnect the drive
Shroud tension ruipina at 12:36am 04.03.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/4283 I was wondering if anyone would Know the shroud tension values for the rigging on a Beneteau Oceanis
Where to haul a boat in LA area Todd37 at 10:25pm 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1741 I need to haul my Hunter 37. Its berthed in Wilmingtion. Any recommendations?
Lancer sastanley at 9:41pm 04.02.09 Lancer 9/6812 I am looking for a larger boat and am considering either a Lancer 36 or a Lancer 42. I am wondering
Charging with shore power need zinc? Mac 22 at 9:19pm 04.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2299 Hello, I have a 1982 MacGregor 22 and I am slipping her this year. I want to charge the battery usin
Hello's and a Gas Tank problem SEADANCE at 9:11pm 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 20/6768 Hi all! How is everyonne..missed you all! You know I usually write when I have a problem so here is
VC17m question (1) sinnettc at 8:33pm 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 10/4273 Since the weather's still crummy and we don't much like sailing in the cold ' rain I think I'm going
hunter 34 owners, check this out duality at 3:43pm 04.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1126 i see someone has a dorade vent on ebay. if i still had my 34 id buy this for a spare.
Americas Cup - GGYC right challenger Cpt. Jon at 1:20pm 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1663 So, this should make things interesting, what are your thoughts? Maybe the Americas cup competition
packing gland for 320 Ron at 1:08pm 04.02.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1461 Could you plese tell me the size of packing material I need for the stuffing box of my 1994 C320 ?

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1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar dlochner at 5:16am 03.03.22 FYI, bronze is copper and tin, not zinc. Depends on the particular alloy. Bronze used for prop sh
New Battery power flare replacement (1) thinwater at 4:48am 03.03.22 Note that these flares transmit a horizontal beam of light, like and anchor light, and thus must be
New Battery power flare replacement jviss at 4:44am 03.03.22 A distress strobe must be 50-70 hz. 120 hz. is only for signalling attention, Are you sure of thes
New Battery power flare replacement thinwater at 4:35am 03.03.22 Is there something like this that can be mounted on top of the mast, and on the top of the radome?
New Catalina 30 Owner kappykaplan at 4:02am 03.03.22
Vision 32 side ports? zephyr070 at 12:38am 03.03.22
PNW Current Atlas App david.jade at 12:00am 03.03.22 Just note that the borsboom tables do not use official CHS tidal data as the basis of all the calcul
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 10:56pm 03.02.22
PNW Current Atlas App Tedd at 10:13pm 03.02.22 @Hello Below , Those are some great links, thanks very much! I had downloaded the CHS publication b
PNW Current Atlas App Tedd at 9:55pm 03.02.22 Thanks, @david.jade . I probably will buy the app as it does seem to do what I want. Since I'm betwe
New Catalina 30 Owner BigEasy at 9:45pm 03.02.22 Well I took a trip out to see Luna today. She had some water in the bilge that my new bilge pump em
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 9:37pm 03.02.22 True, pure bronze is copper and tin but I think if you look you will see that many shaft struts are
A Windlass for my 28' BigEasy at 9:26pm 03.02.22 Had a similar dilemma when I owned a hunter 33.5. It had a shallow anchor locker and to further com
Any known concerns with this specific motor? jon hansen at 9:17pm 03.02.22 https://www.evinrude.com
Yanmar 3GMF brand new fuel injector question Ralph Johnstone at 9:08pm 03.02.22
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Richard19068 at 8:40pm 03.02.22 FYI, bronze is copper and tin, not zinc. True, pure bronze is copper and tin but I think if you lo
Any known concerns with this specific motor? Benny17441 at 8:37pm 03.02.22 My only comment is that the alternators in these small engines are practically useless, in a sailboa
Engine Oil/ Yanmar 3YM30 Benny17441 at 8:04pm 03.02.22 Look for the date of printing of the manual. There have been great improvements in oils in recent
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning jamesw202 at 7:52pm 03.02.22 Contact Doug dot weakly at yahoo dot com. He's local to CC has been a J24 Texas Circuit guy forever
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