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Do you close your seacocks?? Maine Sail at 4:52am 08.19.08 Ask All Sailors 29/3277 Hi All, It's funny that just last week someone posted about folks asking questions then not liste
The Boat Babe is GONE letterman at 2:26am 08.19.08 Sails Call Lounge 16/4286 Where is the post?
Schooner Maggie B LooseDiamond at 1:57am 08.19.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1162 Destroyed by fire! "Tuesday, August 12, 2008 I regret to report that the Schooner Maggie B was
Brand new to the open water stultoviro at 12:59am 08.19.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1284 Hello there, I am brand new to sailing; or rather, I should say that I am desperately trying to be
Brand new to the open water stultoviro at 12:56am 08.19.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/896 Hello there, I am brand new to sailing; or rather, I should say that I am desperately trying to be
A moment of inattentiveness... Manny at 8:34pm 08.18.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1385 led to what I assume is the overheating of my 1998 Honda BF8 outboard. I after pulling into my slip
Splicing anchor chain Lyle at 8:04pm 08.18.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1139 Has anyone had experience with splicing 2 lengths of chain together using a connecting link? I would
Help, please! BAJ at 5:19pm 08.18.08 Day Sailers 4/1660 I hope someone can help me out (and I hope I'm asking in the right place!) This weekend I bought
Rules Hermit Scott at 2:04pm 08.18.08 Ask All Sailors 2/972 I am not sure what the rules are on this site. Are there things we are not allowed to discuss on her
Clogged Head Galveston Beach Bum at 11:00am 08.18.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1132 My wife recently went to use the head on our 1977 Catalina 27 and the water flushed up onto the star
test Phil Herring at 10:52am 08.18.08 Pearson 0/1152 .
test Phil Herring at 10:31am 08.18.08 Pearson 0/1081 .
Looking for a boom David Taub at 10:26am 08.18.08 Seidelmann 2/1720 Looking for a boom for S25 (1979; E dimension 9.00'). Any suggestions for finding suitable replacem
Location of starting battery on 361? Luftig at 10:22am 08.18.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2253 I know this is a stupid question, but does anyone know the location of the starting battery on a 361
ericson 25' project boat 24632 at 6:24am 08.18.08 Ericson 1/2171 Acquired a project boat and need as much info as I can gather. Boat was in a hurricane (knocked ove
Need to replace lower stay, can I do it at the mooring? Dave Cole at 5:21am 08.18.08 Catalina 22 6/1477 Yesterday I noticed one of the lower rear stays is fraying (becoming undone) so it needs to replaced
Mcgregor 25 Instructional lmanual popstoy@aol.com at 4:15am 08.18.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1060 Need owners manual Instructions for a Mcgregor/Venture 25
Guns at sea Hermit Scott at 12:58am 08.18.08 Ask All Sailors 12/1513 I live in Texas, where they issue you a hand gun with your drivers license permit. Does any know the
Engine compartment coating? Hermit Scott at 12:53am 08.18.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1235 I pulled the engine in my Catalina 30 and I am rebuilding it now, and applied a baked on engine pain
Sailing to Catalina for Labor Day, caguy at 11:01pm 08.17.08 Ask All Sailors 10/2119 I was hoping to leave Friday morning for Avalon, however I am concern whether this would be early en

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Charter Sailing In Miami dlochner at 5:02pm 12.14.21 Look at the competition and see what they are charging. Charge accordingly.
310 DC Current Draw Chart Tom J at 4:43pm 12.14.21 Barefoot is having her batteries drain. Mainly while starting the engine. What kind of batteries?
Found this lurking in my files and can't resist sharing it (1) JamesG161 at 4:17pm 12.14.21 Add this to your list of tools needed. . Jim...
I purchased stock in ITW (maker of Plexus) ... Now What? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:15pm 12.14.21 On the hunter 170 cockpit floor which has separated with voids noted. First there is marine ply un
deck craze lines JamesG161 at 4:13pm 12.14.21 Some Of those cracks were DEEP! Sorry, all were surface stress cracks, none were ever deep. Only
12v system rewire including Balmar SG200, ACR, Solar, 1/2/B Switch and On/Off Switch MikeK2B at 4:09pm 12.14.21 I can't remember exactly. I believe the starter is a 250 or 300 amp and the ACR a 120 or 150. The r
WHAT TINT FOR FIXED PORTS Hayden Watson at 4:08pm 12.14.21 I replaced mine this spring and did a writeup on the process. One of the best tips is to create tap
deck craze lines Tally Ho at 3:55pm 12.14.21 My boat Gel Coat Stress Cracks GCSC are being done now. My 1998 H430 GCSC's were associated with C
Can't find the leak Tally Ho at 3:41pm 12.14.21
Found this lurking in my files and can't resist sharing it Tally Ho at 3:31pm 12.14.21 A fun (and painfully accurate) read! Greg
Mods to our 35s5 kappykaplan at 3:03pm 12.14.21 Very nice! :beer:
Hunter 34 engine alignment (2) Tally Ho at 2:59pm 12.14.21 As stated prior, slip shaft coupling, PSS dripless. Yes, I have removed bolts between coupling.
Mods to our 35s5 (2) Hollyberry at 2:43pm 12.14.21 In a bit of a pre Christmas slowdown these days, but we keep chipping away at the details... This w
Beware of flopping jib sheets sail sfbay at 2:42pm 12.14.21 Not sure if this helps............but we always take the slack up on the "lazy" sheet on a winch.
Single handing WI Rigger at 2:25pm 12.14.21
deck craze lines dlochner at 2:19pm 12.14.21 I called a broker to schedual an appt to see a 1990 boat listed for sale. The broker said the boat
deck craze lines PaulK at 2:16pm 12.14.21 On Long Island Sound you would probably want Pilot's Point in Westbrook for a job like this. You mi
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 1:58pm 12.14.21 Is there a way of finding out the outline of the ballast tank? I am looking at install an in-hull t
310 DC Current Draw Chart DArcy at 1:57pm 12.14.21 Barefoot is having her batteries drain. Mainly while starting the engine. Did you check the state
Outboard size for 23.5 patbratton at 1:50pm 12.14.21 If the 2006 Honda 8 is like my 1992, check the low speed jet first. On mine you can unscrew it from

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