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Locked Prop vs. Freewheel vs. Boat Speed (1) Maine Sail at 12:35pm 01.08.09 Musings With Maine Sail 95/29144 What say you guys? I know what I do with my prop but I'm curious to see the varying opinions on this
Trident San Shield Sanitation Hose #102 ricklaflamme at 11:07am 01.08.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3107 I have been all over the web trying to find a relativly inexpensive web site to purchase the Trident
Under power johnb15 at 10:19am 01.08.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2011 I have a macgregor 22. Should the keel be down when under power?
Radar Tower for 40.5 tvangrove at 9:58am 01.08.09 Big Boats 6/1542 I wish to add a radar tower (pole) to my 40.5 and would like to see what other 40.5 owners have done
Beneteau or Hanse? hearthstone1 at 9:29am 01.08.09 Ask All Sailors 42/31368 I'm new to sailing and expect to buy a 31 to 35 ft. sailboat for the spring. I've narrowed my choice
Hand held wind speed - weather Skipper at 9:03am 01.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/4713 With masthead wind sensors and mounted displays running $1,000 plus and requiring difficult (or expe
Anyone with a 1987 31' Specs diagram? DawgDaze C-17 at 8:11am 01.08.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1412 I am wanting to sell my 31' Hunter and am looking for a picture of the vessel as it shows in the man
Need Mast Foot Z-1112. Crazy Dave Help? Rallen5 at 7:46am 01.08.09 Smaller Boats 5/1738 I need a new mast foot for my Hunter 18.5. It is a Z-Spar Z-1112. I have called US Spars and they
Avon transom motor mount mmooreim1 at 7:22am 01.08.09 Ask All Sailors 3/7278 Does anyone have or know where to find one of these mounts??? I have a inflatable and no mount. it w
Boom sail bag Sea Cup at 6:55am 01.08.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1223 Has anyone got any suggestions on how to stop rain water getting into the "boom stowagebag". and/or
Installing a Clinometer .... what's level (1) Scott B at 6:33am 01.08.09 Ask All Sailors 38/16833 I'm looking to install a clinometer this spring, but what do I use as an accurate level point. My b
Mirror Replacement Vandalay at 6:20am 01.08.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1632 I plan on replacing the mirrors in the heads of my Beneteau 523. Any tips / techniques? The old on
1974 schock santana 25ft christians1600 at 4:32am 01.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/6414 Im looking at a 74 25ft santana with a 10hp briggs and stratton engine, i didnt know that they made
Good article on keel rebedding on a C&C Tim R. at 4:04am 01.08.09 Ask All Sailors 2/3754 http://www.wbryant.com/StellaBoat/hauls/0811/index.htm Not my boat. Copied from a post on ericson
Step installation on the mast... reserche at 1:37am 01.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1372 Okay - next item! I spent today sanding and bringing back the aluminum hatches on the boat.. very v
Add a stay sail to 1984 Hunter 25,5 Shoal Keel JoeWhite at 9:17pm 01.07.09 Smaller Boats 3/3077 I am thinking of adding a stay sail to my 1984 Hunter 25.5. I wanted to know what experience you hav
Less Portside steerage mac1840 at 7:22pm 01.07.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1047 I seem to remember some discussions on this earlier but would appreciate any advice for my 2004, 331
Small Is Beautiful (3) Trinkka at 7:14pm 01.07.09 Trailer Sailors 47/14834 I've posted a link entitled "Small Is Beautiful" by Larry Brown. It's kind of a long read, but once
Y-valve plumbing problems gettinthere at 5:12pm 01.07.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2724 I need to make a very sharp turn out of my new Jabsco Y-valve. Jabsco says I cannot glue a 90degree
Broken bolt removal Seattle Scott at 3:58pm 01.07.09 Ask All Sailors 17/5279 Well the good news is the heat exchanger core (Yanmar) came out easily and didn't need unclogging (

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Tow Vehicle Question. Benny17441 at 7:34am 02.12.22 I could tow that with a Fiat, you will have no problems with any Bronco.
Tiller .vs. Wheel Hayden Watson at 7:32am 02.12.22 I have never understood all of the anguish I hear over steering either with a wheel or a tiller. I
Raw water intake strainer jviss at 7:17am 02.12.22 You should have both; an exterior thruhull strainer and a Groco interior type like the one on Dalli
Items to fix for insurance, Pearson 30 Rich Stidger at 6:28am 02.12.22 I read the link provided by Len above and with all of the comments trying to explain the situation,
Raw water intake strainer RoyS at 6:15am 02.12.22 You should have both; an exterior thruhull strainer and a Groco interior type like the one on Dallia
Galley Stove Gimbals jviss at 6:07am 02.12.22 Could also put a little level on the range somewhere, to make adjustments before you crack the egg!
Galley Stove Gimbals jviss at 6:03am 02.12.22 Exactly! Height adjustment only needs to be on one side. Something that the gimbal attaches to and
Galley Stove Gimbals RoyS at 5:57am 02.12.22 It would be cool to have a hand screw on one side of the stove to adjust the height of the stove in
Tiller .vs. Wheel kappykaplan at 5:46am 02.12.22 stand in front of helm to back :plus:
Tiller .vs. Wheel patbratton at 5:45am 02.12.22 My only issue with a tiller is the space it demands. A wheel takes up a lot of room but it doesn't r
Galley Stove Gimbals RoyS at 5:42am 02.12.22 Greg, The fore and aft incline on any boat, including mine, is affected by the interior weight distr
To oil or varnish?! shemandr at 5:35am 02.12.22 The rails in the OP don't look too bad to me. They are restorable without sanding that would compro
H240 Rudder Questions (1) patbratton at 5:21am 02.12.22 I have been sick for about ten days with some kind of cold (not Covid 19) and only got up to the lak
Haul out the water sailme88 at 5:11am 02.12.22 That's a great price. Unstepping alone was quoted at $700 at the only place that I could find out h
Aux fuel tank on H50 artboas at 5:00am 02.12.22 In theory, but if the other tank is full, where is the return line going to go? Maybe I am not unde
Ford 20 information shemandr at 4:48am 02.12.22 The Flying Scot has an similar mainsheet system except the double blocks are forward instead of aft.
Tiller .vs. Wheel Will Gilmore at 4:44am 02.12.22 I'm a very visual person. I think I can remember a time I had trouble with the whole steering from
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke BigEasy at 4:41am 02.12.22 Had a 2GM20F that suddenly produced heavy black smoke on startup. Ran fine with no smoke after it w
Mercury 3.3 Runs Then Stalls Tater at 4:31am 02.12.22 Thanks Benny. I only run E0 premix. This thing had two problems. A dirty fuel filter and an intermit
Tiller .vs. Wheel BigEasy at 4:28am 02.12.22 Trained on tiller boats and it became a natural thing. When switching to a wheel had no difficulty

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