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rigging mainsail sheet cb3296 at 5:05am 05.04.08 Day Sailers 1/1322 Just inherited use of Daysailer. I would like to know the configuration for the main sheet. Dead
Removing water from diesel tank. Dennis W. at 12:34am 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1768 Just finished 3-days at Two Harbors, but, had engine trouble developed on the way over. Rough runnin
Halyard mystery NorfolkRagbagger at 7:11am 05.04.08 Catalina 30 0/1296 I am one of those infamous people who used a messenger (despite my better judgment)to replace my mai
Fred- the Avatar is attached (2) Dennis W. at 7:51am 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1209 Fred, This photo shows 4th of July cove looking East across Isthmus cove into Big Fisherman, Santa C
Deck Soft Spot. What the....? Gary at 5:46am 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1482 87 Hunter 28.5Have a small (~14"x14") soft spot starboard of the mast. The area flexes about 1/4 in
Head sails dale at 9:41am 05.04.08 Catalina 22 4/1347 I would like to know what everyone has for head sails. On our 22 we have a 1.5 oz. 150% drifter, a
pressure sink Louis at 10:00am 05.04.08 Smaller Boats 1/905 Finally took the boat out into the water today. After a winter or fixing up and cleaning it felt gre
Rewiring Mast Jim22491 at 11:19am 05.04.08 Other Sailboats 2/1199 I am rewiring my mast, My problem is all the wires ar just through the deck and siliconed. This cann
Head Lighting Greg W. at 11:28am 05.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/941 I have two wires entering the ceiling of the head on my boat just above the mirror. I thought they m
Short changed ? Canukwi at 12:27pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1058 I don't know if I missed something in the past several years that I've used Interlux VC-17m for my b
Raymarine ST 69's or Tacktick? palacegrand at 12:40pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1093 Recently purchased a Yamaha 30 which while overall in good shape, features some rather old instrumen
Favorite sailing music Dave at 12:12pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 15/2663 I'm working on filling up my iPod, and have lots of varied music. I decided to work on a sailing tun
pictures tpolo at 11:58am 05.04.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1076 I was able to post pictures in the past but for some reason it does not work anymore for me....this
marina Real, gyuamas MX monty at 11:34am 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1471 Can anyone give me lat. long. for marina real? I am moving there next week during hurricane season a
does any one know the first outlets on the circuits? I'm bob at 1:18pm 05.04.08 Big Boats 2/859 adding or rather have added a Freedom Marine inverter/charger and now have to change the first outle
is Home Depot GCFI the same as marine GCFI? bob at 1:07pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1020 it costs twice as much at west marine ?????
Dagger board stop rope length needed..... Nik at 2:07pm 05.04.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1473 My 26D didn't come with the safety line to prevent the dagger board from dropping too low. how much
Hard water deposits Brian at 2:13pm 05.04.08 Big Boats 1/1013 I just looked into the aluminum water tanks on my 10 yr old liveaboard boat and saw lots of calcium
Captain Pigot... or Captain Kangaroo? SailboatOwners.com at 2:21pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 13/1414 There really ought to be only one captain at a time aboard a boat; often there isn't time for a deci
oil change windsmaker at 1:55pm 05.04.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/6264 Ok I'm perplexed? Changed the oil in my perkins 4 108 this weekend. pumped out ~4 quarts. and put

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Flawed Logic? rgranger at 11:28am 12.21.21
Flawed Logic? Calif. Ted at 11:18am 12.21.21 As an "older" native California sailor I started wearing my flannel lined chinos last week when the
Am I crazy to buy a 23.5 project boat waterman30 at 11:10am 12.21.21 Thanks for the responses guys. I really like design of this boat for my little lake. Will let you kn
Stern structure for solar panels Leeward Rail at 11:05am 12.21.21 A local guy here sourced his tubing from a metal supplier with an office here, not a marine specific
Flawed Logic? Leeward Rail at 11:01am 12.21.21 ..you all think Jan. is a fine time to swimming. Brrrr! :) I suspect most of them must be from Que
Hunter 45CC, 2007 Anchor light bulb tfox2069 at 10:35am 12.21.21 Some mast lights are dual purpose - anchor and steaming lights, with two bulbs. If that's the case
Flawed Logic? Roland5048 at 10:19am 12.21.21 With all due respect, 67F is still shorts weather... true Big boy pants are for -20 and colder...
Flawed Logic? Leeward Rail at 9:39am 12.21.21 Time to break out the big boy pants. With all due respect, 67F is still shorts weather... true Big
Flawed Logic? Roland5048 at 9:37am 12.21.21 The temp outside as I write this is 67F. Sure feels like the first day of winter to me. Time to bre
Heave To Question JamesG161 at 9:30am 12.21.21
I made a major mistake, I chopped off the cable to the control head of my Autopilot. snoopy_ at 9:29am 12.21.21 Ward, Thanks for the cover up, but I certainly had a lapse in judgement and thinking when I lopped
Flawed Logic? JRacer at 9:27am 12.21.21 First day of winter is whatever day I pull the boat! :biggrin:
Flawed Logic? Leeward Rail at 9:20am 12.21.21 Arbitrary' is the word that comes to mind. Sorta. The time of a solstice is easy calculated.
Flawed Logic? Will Gilmore at 9:16am 12.21.21 Is my logic flawed? Yes! Your logic is perfect if your premise is true. However, just cyclical
Flawed Logic? Leeward Rail at 9:02am 12.21.21 Meh. The 1st day of winter is the first time I shovel snow after all the leaves have fallen. For
Heave To Question Kings Gambit at 8:46am 12.21.21
Anyone thinking of selling their 275? drewlamparello at 8:36am 12.21.21
Chart Plotter Location drewlamparello at 8:30am 12.21.21 On my boat you reach the unit from the tiller, but on your boat, the long cockpit and relatively s
Heave To Question Kings Gambit at 8:21am 12.21.21
Replacing a rudder - H35 - is bigger better? sail sfbay at 7:34am 12.21.21 Your Hunter Legend 35 came with a large spade rudder. Suggest replacing with original size to reduce

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