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Tornado pictures walt at 7:05am 11.21.08 Sails Call Lounge 11/3865 This last August, I had a rare sailing encounter with a tornado and I finally organized some picture
Chesapeake Hunter Rendezvous for 2009 Jim Seamans at 5:19am 11.21.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1086 Has any dates been set and where it will be held this coming year? I'm trying to make plans. Have a
Jib Power HAL at 4:57am 11.21.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/4358 How far can you roll the jib and still expect some reasonable amount of power for the square footage
Botttom Paint in Florida seadaddler at 4:35am 11.21.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1586 OK my boat is now in Florida east coast and she is on the hard waiting to make the trip to the west
Thanks, Phil Mac Bentley at 12:19am 11.21.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1525 In the survey I said it was very important to me that you indicate which posts in the 'new posts' fo
Survey, RE: new site Phil Herring at 10:14pm 11.20.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 12/3106 We built a short survey in an attempt to structure the input on the site... we'd sure appreciate it
Missing cabin table Allegra at 10:10pm 11.20.08 C&C 1/3557 We own a 1979 C+C 36 without the folding cabin table typically found along the cabin floor centerlin
Reputation? j_schoenfeld at 8:42pm 11.20.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1087 Anybody know how the reputation button works? Mine is solid green, which I believe means my reputati
Lancer 25 doesn't come about readily MSK at 7:52pm 11.20.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 14/10424 I was out a couple days ago in maybe 10 knots and could not get my Lancer 25 to come about. I'm admi
Mobile - New posts Bob Poff at 6:03pm 11.20.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2243 Using the Mobile interface, I'm assuming the New posts" button shows posts not read. Am I correct?
Magnetic deviation with compass jknappsax at 4:58pm 11.20.08 Ask All Sailors 21/4243 I'm planning on installing a Garmin GPSMap 498 on my 1978 O'Day 32' CC, and I'll install a pedestal
Alcohol stove All U Get at 3:40pm 11.20.08 Ask All Sailors 14/2585 I have an pressurized alcohol stove in my boat and would like to know what type of fuel line I'll ne
Pearson 303 Holding Tank Cappep at 1:48pm 11.20.08 Pearson 1/2447 I want to replace the 19 gal bladder that came with my 1986 Pearson 303 and hope to place a hard tan
Davits elcriollo at 1:27pm 11.20.08 Big Boats 7/3316 I am considering installing davits on my Hunter 40.5 Any advise from owners who had them installed.
How much hp does a dinghy need to tow a Catalina 30? Phaedra43 at 12:48pm 11.20.08 Catalina 30 2/1865 Thanks for any advice! We're bringing home our new Catalina next month and are concerned that the e
Need to replace jib halyard (3) Pitman at 12:47pm 11.20.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1628 Need to replace my jib halyard. Was thinking of purchasing the following from westmarine. Trying t
Need a stanchion base for a hunter 40, 1984 marc dupre at 12:06pm 11.20.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2101 I am looking for a source for an aluminum lifeline stanchion base for my 1984 H 40. i understand tha
USCG Six Pack Course Broke Sailor at 11:19am 11.20.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1916 I was interested in attending a school during the off season. Anyone recommend one in the MD/Va are
Sealing The Deck Core From Moisture (how to) (6) Maine Sail at 10:29am 11.20.08 Musings With Maine Sail 41/10835 Hi All, For years I have been trying to describe, as have others, in words, how to "pot" or fill
No Rudder control! TealDreamin at 9:25am 11.20.08 Day Sailers 0/1106 That was rudder control NOT rubber control! Sorry, Brain fart!

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Rookies first outing, hunter 260 Ottdreamer at 5:33am 10.25.21 The RUST series is a great way to get into racing and Konrad is a very experienced sailor. Agreed.
Why are marine toilet bowls so small? Justin_NSA at 5:19am 10.25.21 Could it be that sailors of old had tight butts?:biggrin: You don't see many big butt pirates in t
Rookies first outing, hunter 260 DArcy at 5:16am 10.25.21 The RUST series is a great way to get into racing and Konrad is a very experienced sailor.
H280 (1996) Survey Questions Keel Bolt Torque and Inspection Tally Ho at 4:59am 10.25.21
Why are marine toilet bowls so small? dlochner at 4:48am 10.25.21 Thanks Peggie. That's what I thought. Last year I did swap out the bowl. lt was an expensive but wel
Thanksgiving and Christmas Will Gilmore at 4:19am 10.25.21 The Boy Wonder was obviously a Fly Boy, not Marine. And shouldn't there be an apostrophe in 'corps'
Heat exchanger temperature reduction amount dLj at 3:13am 10.25.21 I kept waiting for the punch line - did this fix the problem? I'm assuming it did, but I hate to ass
What is this? Davidasailor26 at 2:56am 10.25.21 Is an isolator necessary? There's a perko off/1/all/2 switch and the charger is for multiple batter
Port leaks CliffM at 2:29am 10.25.21 The seals are probably original, so 21 yrs old. Defender has seals for the older Lewmar ports (pre
Rookies first outing, hunter 260 Ottdreamer at 1:44am 10.25.21 I'm glad to hear you got out there, and didn't go down the rapids ;) Racing with experienced crew i
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed jssailem at 10:01pm 10.24.21 the boat was a knot faster with the old baggy sail When you were tacking, seeking VMG to a point
Happy 246th Birthday, U.S. Navy! Mikem at 9:19pm 10.24.21 Happy 246th US Navy! And thanks to all who have served in that service over the 246 years. For th
I need help Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:56pm 10.24.21 While you may have eliminated most of the smell, your cushions (fabric & foam) are probably permeate
Another plumbing question? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:15pm 10.24.21 It works great but I'm pretty sure I got one thing wrong. I didn't install a loop from the toilet di
Heat exchanger temperature reduction amount (7) Skipper at 8:03pm 10.24.21 Update: I replaced the heat exchanger. It was $100 to acid wash the old one and repair a couple of t
H280 (1996) Survey Questions Keel Bolt Torque and Inspection DArcy at 7:55pm 10.24.21 Wow, that's a new one. I've never heard of dropping the keel as a regular maintenance item before.
Flushing Outboard at Salt Water Slip Joe at 7:52pm 10.24.21 Well, it has taken many trips to mechanics, dealers and the internet to finally find a device that
Why are marine toilet bowls so small? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:51pm 10.24.21 Head compartments on most recreational boats used to be quite small before "cabin" boats became floa
MEDICARE SFS at 7:41pm 10.24.21 SBI does exactly that.
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed Mechone at 7:06pm 10.24.21 How much weight are you carrying ? I have seen this people living on the boat have it loaded down wi

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