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Stripping the paint from the haul (1) Whim Sea at 5:29pm 10.16.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1247 I need some ideals on removing the paint from the haul. This is a 1974 23', it been out of the water
Cleaning Rub Rails? KFLOATER at 4:45pm 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 4/2033 I have gray rub rails that need cleaning (Rails have black scuff marks). Anyone have a good solutio
Seattle winterizing Aircooled at 1:37pm 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 8/3165 This is my first winter in Seattle. Do we need to drain onboard fresh water tanks in the winter, or
Roller Furling pin won't go back in chinamanblue at 12:03pm 10.16.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1098 Hello - I've got a 26x and I opened up the roller furling assembly to ensure it was attached. I had
CO detector Tim R. at 11:41am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1470 I just bought a Heater Buddy portable propane heater for my boat to help take the edge off these cri
B&R Rig Franklin at 11:36am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 13/3564 One day I was at a local sailor hangout and discussing the Regatta de Amigos race. One sailor who h
Bees in Mast Magothy Boy at 11:35am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 14/4549 Hello Everyone: I have got an interesting situation. I have a Morgan 321. There is a bees nest
Off season electronics deals? SoSound at 11:02am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1419 My wife and I are new boat owners this year, relatively speaking - still "novice" sailors, primarily
Winterizing - link to website Ken Johnson at 10:45am 10.16.08 Bavaria 0/72 For those of us who must winterize our boats: Here's a link to a winterizing issue of Seaworthy (
Civil War Ship (4) sailaway78 at 10:31am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 13/2254 Went over yesterday to look at this old civil war ship, that was uncovered by hurricane Gustav close
Trailer M_Gordon at 9:21am 10.16.08 Day Sailers 0/1136 My trailer was stolen while my 1979 O'Day 19 was in the water for the summer! Does anyone have hull
bulkhead compass MAC915 at 8:42am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1616 Have the hole cut and am ready to mount the bulkhead compass. Question is: exterior side has a rubbe
Winter Storage, 40ft Boat Capn Grumpy at 5:39am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2575 :cry: Here we go again. Just had a long conversation with our marina's boat yard manager and he feel
356/36 What Spinnaker seadaddler at 5:37am 10.16.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1332 Hi all you 356 /36 Hunter owners. I am wondering what size spinnaker did you get for your boat,I am
Hunter 356 lehigh375 at 4:51am 10.16.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/2122 Does anyone know if the Hunter 356 has a engine hour meter somewhere on the boat? If not, how come?
Where can you get a stern rail for a 92 mac chaseorion2002 at 4:32am 10.16.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2062 Where can I find a stern rail for a Mac 26.... 1992 model winston
Gonna buy a boat...Park it on the dock or anchor in the marina? futureboatownerindc at 8:15pm 10.15.08 Ask All Sailors 17/2745 I am putting a kitty together to buy a boat in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. In my area I see a choic
packing size forPearson 303 Cappep at 7:41pm 10.15.08 Pearson 2/1973 Does anyone know the size of the packing for the drive shaft on a Pearson 303? The drive shaft is 1"
mast light wiring Globe Trotter at 7:32pm 10.15.08 Columbia 1/2387 Hi all, Just wondering if anyone can help.... Our Columbia 27 mast lights are not working we have g
In-boom mainsail furling ? Allan Frey at 7:11pm 10.15.08 Big Boats 10/2683 Does anyone have experience using the in-boom mainsail furling systems that have been developed in t

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Software and Data base update Udi at 5:37am 01.14.22 Thanks! I'll try that.
Outboard interna fue tank Udi at 5:36am 01.14.22 THANKS !!
Software and Data base update sailme88 at 5:35am 01.14.22 Try popping out the card and inserting it into your PC....then go to Raymarine. Hopefully it is stil
Help! Identify Antenna's jssailem at 5:26am 01.14.22 The big one on the left is radar :plus: The large cable indicates an analog radar The one if fr
Steven N DeniseO30 at 5:20am 01.14.22 This may depend on the unit. On mine, the sensor is mounted on the evaporator (freezer box) to sen
What is this? Parsons at 5:13am 01.14.22 ... maybe old depth finder transducer? Even new transducers are quite a bit larger and thicker than
Which Battery is better? justsomeguy at 5:10am 01.14.22 if you stick a label on the battery with the word "marine" on it you can double the price. Even mo
Four Masted Barque rounding Cape Horn 1928 - Captain Irving jssailem at 4:58am 01.14.22 Interesting video. A glimpse into the nature of sailing a grand ship in foul weather.
Help! Identify Antenna's ifmdalvey at 4:50am 01.14.22 Is that really all mounted on a sailboat? One of the gps receivers could be a Sirius receiver, i had
Help! Identify Antenna's Crazy Dave Condon at 4:50am 01.14.22 Do birds like to perch there and drop poop on the boat? Remember the Poop Deck naval term
What is this? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:29am 01.14.22 Doubt transducer. Can you trace the wire back all the way. Never saw anything like that
Help! Identify Antenna's rgranger at 4:13am 01.14.22
Steven N Wesleymi at 2:38am 01.14.22 I had the same problem. Replaced door seal and tried different thermometers. Replaced thermostat and
Steven N Steven N at 8:53pm 01.13.22 mine is mounted on the evaporator I will try moving it thanks
dis-continuous standing rigging on a 1996 beneteau oceanis 400 replacement ? bwagner187 at 7:47pm 01.13.22 Could not agree more! plan for the worse at sea and hope the best. Redundancy is key ! Im going to
Comparing 30s chrome700 at 7:43pm 01.13.22
Four Masted Barque rounding Cape Horn 1928 - Captain Irving sail sfbay at 7:08pm 01.13.22 Great find.........very interesting!!
dis-continuous standing rigging on a 1996 beneteau oceanis 400 replacement ? jssailem at 7:03pm 01.13.22 Ben. I bought my boat when she was 42 years old. While not a World Blue water cruiser, she is a stou
New sail for sale sail sfbay at 6:45pm 01.13.22 Might list it on this site for sale: Used gear for sale (sailboatowners.com)
Throttle Position while Sailing jeepbluetj at 6:06pm 01.13.22 .... I have gotten used to the separate controls on my Catalina, and prefer them now. Sorry about

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