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lancer 28 rigging sentientpat at 6:30am 10.30.08 Ask All Sailors 11/3996 I just purchased my first yacht,a 28' lancer ( 1979 ).Have questions regarding the port and starboar
New Owner H23.5 Mark H at 10:56pm 10.29.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1240 1993 H23.5....My first winter sailing....:doh:do I need to cover with tarp for winter in Bella Vista
1993 H23.5 Mark H at 10:33pm 10.29.08 Smaller Boats 9/1822 Question:redface: one; I stepped my mast this morning for practice (novice sailor) and found the for
Space between Rudder & Hull on H-33 ?? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 10:15pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 6/2163 Does anyone have any info on the amount of space between the top edge of the rudder blade and the bo
New Hunter owner has a couple questions tempus fugit at 9:59pm 10.29.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2140 We have just recently purchased a 1986 Hunter 31. Reviewed the existing survey and was impressed wit
Dinghy story paulj at 6:25pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1420 I'm told this was up for the dummy awards.:+1: Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfie
Friday Harbor,Wa paulj at 5:49pm 10.29.08 Catalina 310 2/2004 http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18810 paulj:+1:
companionway doors KD3PC at 5:27pm 10.29.08 Big Boats 7/2648 After taking the companionway three sections out this week numerous times, my wife asked about doors
Cleaning the blue hull from M 26, year2004 Manfred at 5:08pm 10.29.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2511 My MacGregor 26M is 4 years young and "sleeps" daily on a boatlift. We clean the boat after each sai
Hunter 460 - Northern Lights Generator ebpmartin at 5:00pm 10.29.08 Big Boats 4/3437 I have a Northern Lights generator (6KW) that has stalled consistently with just the water heater an
The most definitive and comprehensive paper I have seen for FRP repairs Ross at 4:55pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1550 http://www.ericgreeneassociates.com/images/Repair_of_Composite_Boat_Damage.pdf These are the autho
canvas cptskip at 4:48pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1654 what happens to canvas if you put it in a dryer????:confused:
Anchor and Windlass P36-2 NancyD at 1:46pm 10.29.08 Pearson 7/3143 Looking into the possibility of installing a windlass...does anyone have recommendations or suggesti
LED Light - At Home Depot (2) Bob Poff at 1:22pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 33/9588 I stumbled upon an LED Puck light fixture at Home Depot last night. In single pack: $15. In a three
soft deck blackford21 at 12:36pm 10.29.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1154 dont own a hunter now but am looking at a 89 30',there are some soft spots on the forward deck shoul
Honda generator 2000ui paulj at 12:08pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 4/136 Name of resturant in Friday Harbour,Wa :troll: http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TO
Compression post rot and under mast Noankor at 11:45am 10.29.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1439 I own a 1986 Hunter SL. I have recently discovered that my compression post is in need of replaceme
Yanmar 3GM30F zincs Mysterious Ways at 11:29am 10.29.08 Big Boats 5/6590 Zincs or No Zincs? The Seloc Yanmar Repair Manual shows the zinc locations as 2 on the engine block
Sailing history show on Tv today, Oct 29 Don S/V ILLusion at 10:14am 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1479 Today, Oct 29 at 4p.m. EDT History International channel I have seen this before and if you like sa
Winterizing - Hot Water Tank Question PKFK at 8:58am 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 16/2563 I am having a strange issue winteriizing my hot water tank (a Kuang 6 gallon on a Ticon-30). (I prev

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Looking at a 81 cherubini 30 fred1diver at 1:07pm 01.23.22 well, it's a good thing I got to go see my dad as the boat is 4 hours away, the only good thing on t
Buyer's or Seller's market? sail sfbay at 1:03pm 01.23.22 Same question comes up all the time in the truck and rv market. Hard to say with a depreciable asset
Buyer's or Seller's market? dlochner at 1:00pm 01.23.22 It is a seller's market. Prices for used boats are high and good used boats are hard to find.
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. dLj at 12:55pm 01.23.22 Cross the Irish channel I look forward to seeing that video! dj
O'Day Sprite Rudder. (1) sail sfbay at 12:52pm 01.23.22
Something I found on my computer when copying files to my new one. rgranger at 12:39pm 01.23.22
Oil shortage rgranger at 12:38pm 01.23.22 Thus my engine is Gluten free. Gluten free, chemical free, organic, rain forest aligned, and respo
Raymarine depth transducer Hello Below at 12:20pm 01.23.22 If I were to replace my Raymarine ST40 Depth transducer, can I cut the existing cable and join the
Raymarine depth transducer (1) sail sfbay at 12:06pm 01.23.22 Pretty sure you can as advised by Airmar when I purchased a replacement Airmar speed transducer that
I purchased stock in ITW (maker of Plexus) ... Now What? (7) Scuppers at 12:00pm 01.23.22 Update: I have repaired several cracks with a Locktite brand MMA adhesive called "Plastic Bonder".
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. wobbly at 10:30am 01.23.22 Nice outing. Looks like the right weather would be important. Where do they go next???!! Cross th
Hunter 410 clutch mounting sailing gal at 10:11am 01.23.22 The question is whether there is an alum backing plate molded into the fiberglass. Going to install
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. ifmdalvey at 9:42am 01.23.22 Having had a weeks holiday on a narrow boat, i feel equipped to tell the origin of the name Wobbly.
Oil shortage lehighsail at 9:34am 01.23.22 This one is right up there on my list with items that are listed as "chemical free" My favorites
FUTURE PRICE OF EXISTING BENETEAU BOATS Mechone at 9:24am 01.23.22 Hell, I don't see how you could make money importing boats from Europe.....maybe a chance for other
Hunter 410 clutch mounting Ralph Johnstone at 8:58am 01.23.22 If you do not see a backing plate the clutch bolts might be screwed into an embedded aluminum plate
Something I found on my computer when copying files to my new one. Crusty Ol Salt at 8:56am 01.23.22 "copy and paste" is your friend. it is saved as a word doc as I type.
"Hawkeye" PaulK at 8:49am 01.23.22 Hope they have some zincs attached to that hull!
Oil shortage kappykaplan at 8:45am 01.23.22 Thread drift? We started with a simple question about synthetic vs regular oil and now we're on glu
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. PaulK at 8:41am 01.23.22 Nice outing. Looks like the right weather would be important. Where do they go next???!!

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