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Rudder Blisters (1) Jeremy Keene at 1:51pm 05.27.08 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 0/2042 I'm considering making an offer on a '78 Ranger 33 thats been sitting in dry dock for 7 or 8 years.
Time to replace Stereo rfrye1 at 2:49pm 05.27.08 Ask All Sailors 17/1519 My stereo/CD is giving me problems that I can only assume are age related. The unit is 10 years old
Wichard "gyb-easy" boom brake rfrye1 at 2:40pm 05.27.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1388 Has anyone used or had experience with this boom brake. I sail shorthanded quite a bit and the simpl
Gas Locker Les at 5:19pm 05.27.08 Big Boats 1/835 Hi thereCurrently trying to purchase a Secondhand 426DS here in the UK, I believe she is the only
Bimini Pictures? Shoaldrafter at 9:16pm 05.25.08 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1745 Does anyone have pictures of Bimini in use? All pictures disregarding following question.Does anyo
Hood Seafurl swivel not swiveling James Borges at 10:26pm 05.25.08 Ask All Sailors 4/4990 My Hood Sea Furl (model 700, 800 or 900, not sure)had lots of friction when furling and unfurling th
Interior Paint LordNelson at 10:37pm 05.25.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/860 My oday 20 has an old vinyl interior liner that is rippled and coming off. i would like to paint it.
Boom - Mast Connection Bracket on 18.5' RJParker at 11:40pm 05.25.08 Smaller Boats 2/1799 While setting up the mast this weekend, the bracket connecting the boom to the mast broke. The meta
Engine electrical problem Tom23400 at 11:57pm 05.25.08 Smaller Boats 6/983 I have a 12hp Westerbeke Diesel. Last week when I energized the glow plugsit would pop the 20AMP ci
Groco HF head backfilling James at 12:47am 05.26.08 Ask All Sailors 11/5662 Groco HF head - The toilet seems to flush and pump-dry OK but, after I pump dry, the bowl backfills
Pressure Washing Deck (topsides) Greg W at 1:22am 05.26.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1026 Would power washing the deck help take care of some of the chalking going on with my older boat or s
bimini dimensions jimforest at 1:25am 05.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2092 I am about to buy a new bimini and I just want to check to confirm the dimensions. The width and he
Mainsail Installation Assisatnce Greg W at 1:14am 05.26.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1609 OK - I need some help! I am in my second year of sailing. I had a sail friend help me last year with
Spinnaker Rigging & Use David Wylde at 1:37am 05.26.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/965 The owner's manual was an after thought, so I ask, how do you rig the spinnaker on this boat?I hav
Need running rigging diagram(s) for Cat 30 montenido at 5:15am 05.26.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/2677 Hi all. I am currently shopping for an early model Cat 30 as my first sailboat. Most of the boats
Pressure Washing the Deck Russell at 4:43am 05.26.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1165 Pressure Washing the Deck. I saw the previous post and it fell along the same question I had of pre
maiden voyage Blue noser at 4:05am 05.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/795 HI to everyone here, thanks for all the trailer advice throughout the winter. Well the trailer is bu
Replacing teak deck step steve at 3:59am 05.26.08 Mid-Size Boats 6/1093 I've refinished the teak deck steps on my 1980 Hunter 33 to the point that it may be time to get a f
HIN # question Fredbrillo at 3:24am 05.26.08 Mid-Size Boats 4/1100 Im looking at a 1978 H30 for sale but Im curious bout something.....How can one tell from the HIN of
Boat vs. "yacht" Bob F. at 3:10am 05.26.08 Ask All Sailors 28/4291 I know of a powerboater who owns a fifty something footer in S. Cal, spends most of the time at the

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Single handing Crazy Dave Condon at 4:12pm 11.21.21 Good boy. Hope all is well. Anytime you come back this way. Plan on staying with us. Happy thanksg
H26 Hole in mast cap Crazy Dave Condon at 4:07pm 11.21.21 The photo was of the aft mast carrier I think. You are correct the three inch hole was for the mast
Single handing (1) Will Gilmore at 4:02pm 11.21.21 200356 Get your wires stripped in a unit that weighs only 20 lbs. -Will
Single handing Crazy Dave Condon at 4:02pm 11.21.21 Stripper in my books refers to stripping old varnish off teak. A stripper material takes off varnis
La Ni�a jssailem at 3:59pm 11.21.21
La Ni�a shemandr at 3:55pm 11.21.21 Weather gurus: What is the connection between our rainy day here and Nino/Nina? And looking at Joh
La Ni�a (1) jssailem at 3:49pm 11.21.21 Tom you have weather. You may have a window Tuesday the 23rd. when the winds shift and come out of t
Single handing Will Gilmore at 3:47pm 11.21.21 @CrazyDave - You said 'stripper' but I think you meant 'striper'. I'm in Vegas and all of our strip
The ENSO Climate affect on our Weather.... dLj at 3:27pm 11.21.21 Just spent a bit of time going through the attached links - extremely interesting! Thank you very mu
La Ni�a shemandr at 3:03pm 11.21.21 Yeah this PM wasn't a lot better than this AM. A lotta rain. But at least from what I can tell fro
La Ni�a All U Get at 2:57pm 11.21.21
Single handing CaptainRan at 2:48pm 11.21.21
Single handing CaptainRan at 2:45pm 11.21.21 Here is an inexpensive tiller trick I used on my newport 30. Tie a line off on the port side rail, p
H26 Hole in mast cap CaptainRan at 2:34pm 11.21.21 I'd be more worried about hornets than water. Funny you should mention that @rgranger, There is a 3"
What brand of charger do you use to equalize batteries Benny17441 at 2:32pm 11.21.21 Yep, that is a battery "eliminator", literally. What you have is a manual bulk charger that unles
Re Yanmar 4JH2TE/ H 42- fuel in bilge??? Benny17441 at 2:10pm 11.21.21 Who changes your fuel filters?
deck stepped mast delamination concave repair jssailem at 1:48pm 11.21.21
H26 Hole in mast cap rgranger at 1:45pm 11.21.21 I'd be more worried about hornets than water.
Will this buff out? (1) rgranger at 1:43pm 11.21.21 Perhaps a Makita buffer and wool pad saturated with Round Up or DDT could polish it right up. :bee
deck stepped mast delamination concave repair brian cc27mkiii at 1:15pm 11.21.21 thank you all for your input my concern with solid glass is will it withstand the compression load o

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