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Your opinion on inflatable floor dinks please..... Bob F at 9:13am 07.21.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1325 I am considering a new inflatable floor dinghy vs. a RIB. Its lighter, stowable. But the RIB has it
Fuel tank Jim at 8:31am 07.21.08 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1082 For some reason I am having trouble locally finding a 6 gallon fuel tank that will fit into the exis
Dining while sailing? Joel at 7:59am 07.21.08 Ask All Sailors 18/1350 This weekend me and my wife went out sailing in the St. Pete basing, our new digs. It was about 6:30
Can't tilt outboard Kevin C 26S at 7:58am 07.21.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1727 Hey all, as stated in a couple of threads here, I just got a new Tohatsu 8 hp outboard. I can't f
Battery comparments for hunter 26 Thomas Holland at 6:49am 07.21.08 Smaller Boats 6/1029 Can you use comparment in deck for gas tank and a battery for the motor. Hunter 26 batteries are har
Leaks and mainsail sliders Sirocco at 6:49am 07.21.08 Bavaria 13/3580 Hi people - we have two major problems here, the first of which is that the starboard side fixed pan
what boat should i buy? sailorKevan at 6:40am 07.21.08 Ask All Sailors 48/3169 hi everyone, im new to this forum but have checked the archives and am confident i have come to the
Mounting Outboard on Transom Kevin C 26S at 5:33am 07.21.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1122 Hey all, I've just purchased a new motor for my 26S, and have some questions on mounting it. T
What kind of flake are you? SailboatOwners.com at 5:30am 07.21.08 Ask All Sailors 34/2081 Mainsail flaking systems have been around a long time. The oyster dredging sailboats of the Che
Remove controls from Edson Ped. Earl Keim at 5:03am 07.21.08 Smaller Boats 6/1084 I have a Hunter 260. I am changing motors and want to remove the controls of a Honda 9.9 from my Ed
lowering dinette table mokum2 at 10:06pm 07.20.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/886 Hope someone can help me. I tried to lower the dinette table on my 90 Hunter 30 and could not get it
Spinnsker Rigging Don Lewis at 9:57pm 07.20.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1100 Need info on blocks etc and postioning for Spinnaker for my 26D all info will be helpful to me. Tha
Batteries and chargers higgs at 9:54pm 07.20.08 Ask All Sailors 10/1288 I have a system where there are two house batteries on a 1/2 switch and a starting battery on its ow
Anybody sail the upper Chesapeake this weekend? Manny at 9:10pm 07.20.08 Ask All Sailors 12/1146 Although it was a scorcher the winds were fantastic yesterday and today. Bug population seemed to be
Anyone have a Yamaha 30 manual??? frodoboy at 8:46pm 07.20.08 Yamaha 4/2113 Does anyone have an owner's manual for the Yamaha 30?? I have everything else but that. Also, how do
Yamaha 30 listing to starboard frodoboy at 8:40pm 07.20.08 Yamaha 6/2532 I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem. My Yamaha 30 in Morro Bay lists about 3-5 degre
Bent Rudder and other novice question Kevin at 5:56pm 07.20.08 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1020 OK...second weekend of sailing my 23 and as we are leaving the dock, I tap a tree stump that "pops"
If you never ............. sailortonyb Allied Mis at 5:29pm 07.20.08 Ask All Sailors 27/2006 fell overboard or never ran aground, then you didn't do a lot of boating. I have done both. Any on
wind generator mount newly anonymous at 5:08pm 07.20.08 Big Boats 0/863 Has anyone got a good design for a stainless wind generator mast that braces to a stainless traveler
Cabin sole Randy Church at 4:42pm 07.20.08 Big Boats 7/2813 Getting ready to start replacement of teak and holly sole in cabin. Instead of 3/4" veneer plywood

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Head Always Full Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:12pm 01.20.22 It's not necessarily siphoning, Greg...water outside the boat is doing what water does: seeking its
ZF 12M transmission 2:1 Joe at 6:00pm 01.20.22 Ordering a new one from the west coast All along the wisdom was to leave the trans in reverse when
Yanmar 3GMF still can't get above 2200 Rpm question ? LDBoats at 5:50pm 01.20.22 Don't get too married to the fuel system. It's also worth a look at the air system. A restricted exh
Frozen Fiberglass - Survey Issue? thinwater at 5:27pm 01.20.22 My surveyor took extensive meter readings on Mirage with a Tramex moisture meter. Temperatures appe
1997 Hunter 336 Keel Question DeniseO30 at 5:22pm 01.20.22 I don't know about your boat but are the transducers ahead of the keel? They usually are, they may
1997 Hunter 336 Keel Question Techstyle at 5:08pm 01.20.22 I totally dried out the keel and then put a paper napkin down. The napkin slowly started getting w
First time out of the water in 8 years sail sfbay at 3:48pm 01.20.22 epoxy barrier coating is a coating............hope that helps.
First time out of the water in 8 years Don S/V ILLusion at 3:40pm 01.20.22
First time out of the water in 8 years sail sfbay at 3:29pm 01.20.22 Sand, apply 7 coats of epoxy barrier coating then 2 coats of antifoulant paint.
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered dlochner at 3:11pm 01.20.22 @dlochner the comment was directed to the statement "Here in NY as well as in most (all) states as
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered Tally Ho at 3:09pm 01.20.22 In Indiana ( we have a shore on Lake Michigan), documented boats still have to pay the state registr
Fairleads Don Guillette at 3:05pm 01.20.22 To add to Joe's and Roy's answers: moving the leads in & out are used for both going upwind to get
First time out of the water in 8 years AaronD at 3:01pm 01.20.22 I'm a C-22 sailor, so I could be wrong about the -25, but I believe most older 25's had a cast-iron
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered smokey73 at 2:53pm 01.20.22 @dlochner - I wonder if we (you and I and others too) are using the word register in different ways
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered smokey73 at 2:48pm 01.20.22 @dlochner the comment was directed to the statement "Here in NY as well as in most (all) states as h
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered sail sfbay at 2:44pm 01.20.22
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered dlochner at 2:43pm 01.20.22 It seems like a good time to mention and re-plug the new mooring field at Jensen Beach. I have com
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered shemandr at 2:38pm 01.20.22 It seems like a good time to mention and re-plug the new mooring field at Jensen Beach. I have comp
Head Always Full Tally Ho at 2:37pm 01.20.22 Is it possible that the tank vent is plugged, preventing the pump out from really pumping the tank
1997 Hunter 336 Keel Question Tally Ho at 2:31pm 01.20.22 I totally dried out the keel and then put a paper napkin down. The napkin slowly started getting w

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