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Black and Decker "Mouse" sailaway78 at 4:16pm 10.22.08 Ask All Sailors 12/1977 If you have never used one of these, just want to report that they really do a good job. Not a big
hot water for the h30 sailhunter1945 at 3:11pm 10.22.08 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2508 still working on the 1978 h30. Discovered what was left of the hot water heater(I think) in the star
Power outage today Phil Herring at 2:53pm 10.22.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/1798 Our internet service provider lost power today for -- get this -- one second. That's actually much
sailing in San Diego Bay Steph at 12:38pm 10.22.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1427 I'll be on a business trip in San Diego, staying on Coronado. I'd like to charter a 32-40 foot boa
Replacing rub rail on Morgan 30 bluewaterryder at 12:06pm 10.22.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1669 I have a 1970 Morgan 30, I am in the process of replacing my rubrail which runs the length of the bo
electric fee Mark15231 at 11:40am 10.22.08 Ask All Sailors 17/1880 I'm looking for information on what your marina charges extra (or doesn't) for shore power. Thanks
Pearson Ariel 26 - Good buy or Huge project? Pearl1288 at 10:01am 10.22.08 Pearson 8/28922 Hello! I am in search of a bit of advice from those wiser than myself on the potential purchase of a
Santa Anna winds at Catalina (2) Rick at 9:36am 10.22.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1561 Just thought I would share these. Over cruiser's weekend at Catalina, the weather turned a bit wors
To Phill Herring cscott at 8:47am 10.22.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1437 To Phill Herring -- wrong reason Hi Phill, My name is cscott and this is a complant about a post
slow spinnaker halyard cindy15934 at 8:07am 10.22.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1647 Hi, We have a 1988 First 285. We are barely able to raise our spinnaker halyard, and it is just as
Advice Picking Boat Yard Prime Time at 7:35am 10.22.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1385 Hi, I'm looking for advice in choosing a boat yard to do major restoration of a 35 yr old fiberglas
Leaking holding tank langg at 7:30am 10.22.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1176 On the hunter vision 32, if the alum tank is totally enclosed and hidden how do you know if it is le
Crunching sound on deck langg at 7:18am 10.22.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1458 We are considering purchasing a 1989 Hunter Vision 32. I noticed while looking at the boat and walki
Pre-drilling holes in fiberglass for screws Snotter at 5:47am 10.22.08 Ask All Sailors 31/22123 For the past few weeks I've been working on replacing the teak trim on my boat that covers the hull-
time for new tv ktm500mx at 8:57pm 10.21.08 Mid-Size Boats 4/1896 hi I am trying to figure out where and what to install in my boat. I had a 9" vcr/tv but it just die
Impressed with my Boat! (1991 26S) (3) SeacretSailor at 7:28pm 10.21.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1229 I just returned to Houston from Maine with my 26S in tow for the 3rd summer and I have to say, I've
h30 documentation sailhunter1945 at 6:37pm 10.21.08 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1474 I just purchased a 1978 Hunter h30. One of the things that needed to be done was to clean the runnin
Sailing characteristics of 44ds and 45ds rayjanine@aol.com at 6:00pm 10.21.08 Big Boats 2/1482 I am very interested in buying the new 45DS and would like to know of those that already bought one
Zinc Question Rich (P303) at 5:59pm 10.21.08 Ask All Sailors 8/2807 Fellow zinc-o-phobes... Quick question for you... being the second season with a boat and zincs.
Problem with replacing boom outhaul line jwoodard at 5:18pm 10.21.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1212 I recently purchased 84 Hunter 22 and I am replacing the Halyards, lines and sheets. I ran into a pr

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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
Tiller .vs. Wheel jssailem at 4:25am 02.12.22 Sailing I started with tillers. It was simple instruction in the water. Pull the bow falls off the w
Ford 20 information (1) jssailem at 4:13am 02.12.22 Here is the classic style shown in the first image I posted. block with sheaves vertically positione
Ford 20 information jssailem at 3:47am 02.12.22 This set up would give you adequate purchase to control the main. Note each block you run through he
Tiller .vs. Wheel kappykaplan at 3:44am 02.12.22 just steer it like a car :plus: But when I had to use the emergency tiller to get back into my sl

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