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Catalina 27 transom, o/b motor Breezy Chris at 11:36pm 09.10.08 Mid-Size Boats 6/3468 Noob powerboater crunched my Catalina 27 (outboard model) transom pretty good at the slip a couple w
Boat Flip Barry B. at 10:45pm 09.10.08 Catalina 22 3/2151 A couple months ago I was getting ready to flip my C22 over to re-core the fore deck and refinish th
Boat Flip Barry B. at 10:44pm 09.10.08 Catalina 22 0/3 A couple months ago I was getting ready to flip my C22 over to re-core the fore deck and refinish th
Boat Flip Barry B. at 10:38pm 09.10.08 Catalina 22 0/3 A couple months ago I was getting ready to flip my C22 over to re-core the fore deck and refinish th
Hunter-36 Adding a spinnaker Pole and Preventer seadaddler at 4:26pm 09.10.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1925 I am getting my Hunter 36 ready to sail down to Florida. I have a spinnaker pole and want to add a
ORACLE boat made front page of Seattle paper Seattle Scott at 11:03am 09.10.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1095 Forget orca whale watching, this is way cooler.
Timo42 lobster season opens soon! :D caguy at 10:33am 09.10.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1095 Let's make plans for opening day (night). Frank
Anchorage Cup rodsailshunter5020 at 10:07am 09.10.08 Racing 3/1888 Hunters Rock This last week we raced in the Anchorage cup a 23 mile point to point race out of Gran
Ice Chest frank balcer at 9:25am 09.10.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1564 I have been thinking about building a custom fit ice chest to fit a spot in my boat that is currentl
Residual Head Odor Jim Ormond at 9:21pm 09.09.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1903 When we discovered a leak in the sanitation line where it attaches to the holding tank, we went ahea
Block Island seadaddler at 8:57pm 09.09.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/820 Just got back from block Island today and had a great sail most of the trip was 6.5 on the knot me
Looking For A Rudder Or A Plan Joe McGinty at 8:10pm 09.09.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/4830 I'm sure those Idasailor rudders are worth every penny, but one on my '79 would be a bit much. Do a
Lake Huron Cruise - Once Again tgrass462 at 7:06pm 09.09.08 Smaller Boats 1/1090 About a month ago I posted a thread regarding cruising the North Shore of Lake Huron. One of you go
Inflatable Battens ITMaster at 6:51pm 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1229 Anyone try inflatable battens in either the head sail or the main for furling systems? I have heard
Winter Storage on a Cradle With Mast Up T O'Malley at 6:39pm 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 21/3359 In parts of Canada, it can be cold and windy during the winter. I want to leave the mast up, mast s
WINDLASS INSTALLATION SIMPLICITY CAL35 at 5:22pm 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 1/968 I am restoring a 1984 CAL35 and want to install a windlass. Has anyone done this and if so, can you
Bloody Dacron dancing bear at 2:19pm 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1441 I really gashed my finger today on the boat, and unfortunately stained my mainsail. What's the be
Wing Keel coating damage TomC23572 at 10:11am 09.09.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1169 I have a Catalin MKII and it sat in shallow water for awhile waiting for a lift to be installed. Wh
Fairing up swing keel on Venture 25 that is in NEED Gregg9020 at 10:00am 09.09.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1975 As the sailing seaon wraps up for 2008 (sometime after November) I will be looking at a huge project
First Dock Bite cry Scott B at 5:15am 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 13/1205 Tried docking at the pump-out dock on Saturday in a strong cross wind blowing off the dock and manag*

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Hunter 410 Air Con Seawater flow Don Lucas at 7:55am 05.25.21 Since doing the cleaning I can not believe how much colder the air coming out of the air conditioner
Pop quiz Justin_NSA at 7:54am 05.25.21 ften? The strangest sight we can expect are Cheney are seaplanes. I've yet to have a sighting
H38 - Is there an aux solenoid in the starter circuit? Don Lucas at 7:51am 05.25.21 I replaced my Yanmar relay with a $5 automotive one years ago and the engine has never had a start p
DC Wiring Orbweaver at 7:48am 05.25.21 yes, but the more important question is how much of an effect? not enough to worry about.
Pop quiz Mikem at 7:43am 05.25.21 Not all that familiar with the area but I would say sub due to restricted in ability to maneuver.
Length of stock winch handle twistedskipper at 7:37am 05.25.21 Are you raising the mast right? The H26 system is designed to not need a winch, let alone a bigger w
Behavior of marine batteries Fredct at 7:33am 05.25.21 @dlochner Point taken. Main concept : NEVER run selector on ALL unless charging (via shore or engine
Capri 18 Reefing Assistance Sought - Any pictures? (5) JonnyEp at 7:31am 05.25.21 Thank you Sail sfbay, The drawing you posted (the one on the right) is what I see in my owners man
Traveler Don Guillette at 7:13am 05.25.21 Hmmm I'm not sure if we are both talking apples or not. I think of the vang as mostly a down win
Pop quiz Will Gilmore at 7:01am 05.25.21 That's because the guy in pic#2 has more air support. Just look at his inflation level. He's maxed
Shore water feed Don S/V ILLusion at 7:00am 05.25.21 So at least for me, looking at the 'shore water' attachment, and also understanding that it is best
Hunter 23.5 Headsail performance kloudie1 at 6:59am 05.25.21 It will be OK if the sheet tracks can handle the difference.. Unless you are seriously racing, you
DC Wiring Ron20324 at 6:55am 05.25.21 AS A "KNOW-NOTHING ABOUT IT".... WILL THE manetism of the speakers have any effect on current flow i
Hunter 23.5 Headsail performance rgranger at 6:48am 05.25.21 If you are sailing with the wind abaft the beam... the short sail might have a better shape as it w
Help with lost Beneteau swing keel Eleven at 6:48am 05.25.21 Thank you all for your help. Yes, Beneteau calls it a lifting keel but in reality it is a swing keel
Behavior of marine batteries dlochner at 6:47am 05.25.21 Thanks for all the help. I am lost on one point. We are NEVER running both batteries at the same t
My sons $1 Dollar sailboat, gets a re-fit. rgranger at 6:46am 05.25.21 Sweet!:beer:
Pop quiz (2) rgranger at 6:42am 05.25.21
Traveler (3) rgranger at 6:33am 05.25.21 Hmmm I'm not sure if we are both talking apples or not. I think of the vang as mostly a down wind
DC Wiring Orbweaver at 6:33am 05.25.21 Those fuses/terminals are already on the way, although I'm going with 40A for the house and 50A for

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