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Winch capacity lbyonkers at 6:57pm 10.14.08 Smaller Boats 6/1217 I have a Ken's Welding trailer. What is the winch capacity? I may have to replace mine. I can't f
Hunter 31 stern pulpit material asmits at 6:36pm 10.14.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1224 My 2006 Hunter 31 has wood strips for the seat part of the stern seats. Are these teak wood or not?
Went to the Boat Show this Weekend (5) ITMaster at 6:06pm 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1635 Saw lots and lots of really nice boats there. Walking around in a dazze (sic)looking at all the glea
Winter Storage Capn Grumpy at 5:45pm 10.14.08 Big Boats 18/3621 :cry: Here we go again. Just had a long conversation with our marina's boat yard manager and he fee
Amendment 6 Seeks To Save Fla. Marine Industry Allan R at 5:44pm 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1235 Looks like this is something that needs to have the vote gotten out for in the sunshine state. Ame
Gunk in diesel fuel...how do I get rid of it? tadd5181 at 4:38pm 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 12/6511 I have discovered gunk in my diesel fuel. I have a Racor R20S filter (plus one other) which reveal
UPDATE: Custom Forum and PDA layout (1) Phil Herring at 4:12pm 10.14.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/2027 Sorry for posting this here. I'll move it in a day or two but I wanted to make sure it's seen. 1.
UPDATE: Custom Forum and PDA layout (1) Phil Herring at 4:12pm 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1516 Sorry for posting this here. I'll move it in a day or two but I wanted to make sure it's seen. 1.
Hunter Owners Don Guillette at 3:28pm 10.14.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/5211 Over the many years that I've been involved with sail trim through this forum and selling my book an
There's always a positive side... (3) Maine Sail at 3:11pm 10.14.08 Musings With Maine Sail 15/6707 While most are worried about the economy, with good reason, I tend to follow the buy low mentality.
A simple man with a simple boat needs help Stevep at 2:39pm 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1469 Hi all -- My Contest 30 sailboat has no hot water heater, no refrigeration, and no pressure fresh wa
CDI Flex Furler Slim at 1:55pm 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 8/2195 Greetings, I have a new CDI on my Rhodes22. The problem I'm having is that when I roll out my 17
Starboard gate stanchion Mary Beth at 1:41pm 10.14.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/997 I have read differing advice for replacing the starboard gate stanchion on a 30' 1988 Catalina. Shou
Lewmar Ports Replacement Gaskets Peter Fridman at 12:47pm 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 9/4473 TRIED THE LEWMAR WEB PAGE AND COULD NOT FIMD HOW TO ORDER REPLACEMENT GASKETS FOR LEWMAR MODEL # 389
SanFran Great Day Oct 12 (3) Jim Seamans at 12:36pm 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1200 Want to thank all you San Fran Bay sailors for providing a great day of sailing on Sunday. Fleet wee
Winterizing my cat 22 nimwegen at 12:25pm 10.14.08 Catalina 22 9/2825 I am a new owner of a 1984 Cat 22. She will be stored inside over the winter (fair ground, Wilmingt
PHII ? for Peggy Tim R. at 12:02pm 10.14.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2356 Hi Peggy, do you know if it is possible to reverse the bowl/pump layout of a PHII? IOW, I want the
Trailer extensions oldiesrocker2001 at 11:51am 10.14.08 Trailer Sailors 18/5444 My V21 is my second trailered boat and both boat/trailer rigs have one thing in common - too short.
Island Girl Cleaners shemandr at 11:41am 10.14.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1317 I have ordered some of this company's products for my non skid. The video and directions that came
Sailboat manuals mcchesney44@earthlink.net at 9:59am 10.14.08 S2 2/2025 I just purchased a 1985 8.6 and wondered if anyone knew whether a manual was issued with boat (not t

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Questions Regarding Electroscan and My Current State of Mystification jssailem at 9:46am 05.30.21 between 20 and 60 degrees Well mostly correct. The air temp below 32 can lead to things freezing.
Got a new sailing dinghy (3) Davidasailor26 at 9:40am 05.30.21 194703 194704 Now I just need to replace the lawn with water.
Questions Regarding Electroscan and My Current State of Mystification Billy_Pilgrim at 9:31am 05.30.21 "What concerned me is it looks like the hose has been wrapped. Is that to stop it from freezing or t
Questions Regarding Electroscan and My Current State of Mystification jssailem at 9:21am 05.30.21 Well hi.. Billy from Sitka. Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have a great adventure ahead of y
Yanmar 4JH4AE Fuel Water Separator question sail sfbay at 9:07am 05.30.21 The first maintenance item on any new / used boat is fuel filter replacement and biocide treatment o
Questions Regarding Electroscan and My Current State of Mystification sail sfbay at 8:55am 05.30.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! I have an Raritan Electroscan on my
Yanmar 4JH4AE Fuel Water Separator question JoeWhite at 8:49am 05.30.21 Yes, there is a filter that should be replaced every other season or 250 hours. Take it apart and se
My dockmate's makin' me look bad! (1) sail sfbay at 8:01am 05.30.21 And you cover your water hose with a vinyl cover, which keeps it clean and always looking attractive
Brightwork Kingjim91 at 7:58am 05.30.21 Here are some before and after photos of my cockpit table. Too many coats of semi-transparent Cet
My dockmate's makin' me look bad! (1) jssailem at 7:44am 05.30.21 you can cover your power cord Looking at a dress up'd power cord looks to me like what they do to
My dockmate's makin' me look bad! Justin_NSA at 7:28am 05.30.21 I have to share this with my dockmate. He is the poster boy for meticulousness. I shall not be intim
H310 heeling Sailfanatic at 7:27am 05.30.21 Generally anything over 20 degrees or so is both slow and uncomfortable. Be sure your sail are flat
My dockmate's makin' me look bad! (1) sail sfbay at 7:16am 05.30.21 Or you can cover your power cord. I have it covering my cruise-out power cord.....always looks clean
H310 heeling sail sfbay at 7:12am 05.30.21 ......... Wouldnt it sail much more efficiently a lot flatter? Yes when sailing upwind. Same questi
Sails - Open Discussion (2) Sailavie1 at 7:05am 05.30.21 I replaced both sails with these from Evolution. Had to enlarge my main sail cover to accommodate th
Brightwork (5) Orbweaver at 6:49am 05.30.21 Thanks all. The teak cleaner was used OFF the boat. I sanded a lot of the old finish off, then hosed
Cleaning heat exchanger Blitz at 6:23am 05.30.21 looks like you changed your original post from mixing elbow to heat exchanger. a year ago I set up
H310 heeling jssailem at 5:56am 05.30.21 Like car racing it may take you a bit of time to learn the art of adjusting your sail to make your b
My dockmate's makin' me look bad! jssailem at 5:44am 05.30.21 I observe that the product has a warning. Regarding using it the, label states, it is an IRRITANT.
My dockmate's makin' me look bad! shemandr at 5:12am 05.30.21 They also make covers for cables. I always thought that was a little precious. Nevertheless, if yo

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