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No lube HAL at 8:50pm 03.25.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1375
10/4 chainplates lastbark at 11:12pm 03.25.08 Irwin 1/1975 Thi below decks securing divice,structure.om my 10/4 has rusted out and needs replacing.I need plans
roller furling getting difficult to unfurl and furl boblitbird at 12:04am 03.26.08 Catalina 30 4/4310 my roller furling has become stiff and I don't know the proper lubrication to maintain it. Is there
Cockpit table leaves Sailspro at 12:15am 03.26.08 Big Boats 3/1684 Recently, we have seen pictures of 387's and actually saw that the new C375 has teak cockpit table l
Back to Future higgs at 12:08am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1034 Interesting article about new developments for oil tankers.http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-989834
Ebay NOAA RNC Chart Collection with SeaClearI MoonSailer at 1:36am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 10/1797 The chart collection offered on ebay seems like a great deal. Supposed to be all of the charts with
BOW THRUSTER INSTALLATION JIM HAMILTON at 1:28am 03.26.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2433 I;M INTERESTED IN INSTALLING A BOW THRUSTER IN MY 460. HAS ANYONY ATTEMPTED THIS ON THEIR OWN? I W
Forward / Reverse Tom at 1:00am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 20/3642 I'm new to sailing (not boating) and was wondering about the forward / reverseorientation on my boa
holding tank Serendipity at 7:51am 03.26.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2686 When I turn on the macerator pump, which is working, and I have the sea cock valve open the holding
Is this a good deal?: Aquarius 21 (2) CPTCarl at 7:36am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 40/18998 I am looking to buy my first sailboat and have found a 1973 Aquarius 21 that I am interested in. It
Wiring questions Mark at 7:08am 03.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1486 I have a 26S and have rewired the boat. I have gone from one battier, to a two battier system. I put
Log Shaft Captdgl at 7:02am 03.26.08 Big Boats 0/1186 The log shaft around the propshaft Will Leak when we are in reverse. I have PPS system and its not l
Look at this for referance paulj at 6:20am 03.26.08 Catalina 310 5/1742 ChrisCheck this site out.I have a RWB sym.paulj
Waterproofing prior to painting 48dodge at 6:01am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1229 I am stripping all things off the boat preparing it for paint. It's probably going to take me sever
swing keel shane wall at 5:58am 03.26.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/916 I have an O'day 25 with a swing keel. The Keel needs to come out and be replaced, does anyone have
Paint removers. The friendly type Ken13531 at 5:15am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1047 A couple of months ago I read a piece of research that someone had done on paint removers used to ta
Lovejoy coupling for damping and ease of engine alignment Paul M. at 5:00am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1859 Does anyone have any experience using a Lovejoy coupling instead of a standard coupling between thei
MacGregor 26c Chris Williams at 4:52am 03.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/852 Thank you all for the information ref to centerboard on my mac 26c (yassou )most helpfullBest Regar
anchor chain storage to small,chain is piling up h.j.driesen at 4:50am 03.26.08 Other Sailboats 4/1489 i have a moody 38 built 1993, problem is that the 8 mm anchor chain approx 50 meters is piling up an
Replace Cockpit Coaming on DS-1 Colorado ODay at 3:58am 03.26.08 Day Sailers 3/1218 The 1964 wood coaming is at the end of the road and needs to be replaced. Information about possib

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1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging Benny17441 at 10:22pm 08.24.21 In my humble opinion, this is a mistake. Batteries are heavy. If one battery won't keep up, I say g
Midship cleat on toe rail? VT Fitz at 10:01pm 08.24.21 Truth be told, John, it's normally the Admiral who forgets, and I don't want to be sent to the brig
wing on wing sailing VT Fitz at 9:54pm 08.24.21 Udi, I need to modify my comments somewhat, as when I reacquainted myself with a whisker pole setup
Midship cleat on toe rail? jssailem at 9:33pm 08.24.21 except when I forget to fold one down and stub my toe anyway! There are some things that can not b
wing on wing sailing Udi at 8:58pm 08.24.21 I'm not sure about the H45DS, but on our H27-3 -- and the H23.5 we had prior -- I installed a whisk
Sometimes you get lucky - a Meges M-20 that hasn't seen the light of day since 1998 and only light use before Captain Ron 18 at 8:39pm 08.24.21
1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging Gene Neill at 8:10pm 08.24.21 Makes total sense. Do you ever have to charge with a 120vac charger to supplement solar power ? H
Raw water cooling system question Benny17441 at 8:03pm 08.24.21 Bronze.
1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging Gene Neill at 7:52pm 08.24.21 Many opt for adding additional batteries. In my humble opinion, this is a mistake. Batteries are
1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging Leeward Rail at 7:46pm 08.24.21 Our autopilot is our #1 power hog. And the worse the conditions, the more it uses. Makes total sen
Near Miss in Port Huron DayDreamer41 at 7:43pm 08.24.21
1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging Gene Neill at 7:28pm 08.24.21 The VHF, wifi NMEA repeater, Lowrance depth/GPS unit and waterproof Android tablet (running Navioni
wing on wing sailing sail sfbay at 7:13pm 08.24.21 Did you encountered any 45s or other hunter around those sizes with B&R rigs, using a whisker pole w
Near Miss in Port Huron Tally Ho at 7:13pm 08.24.21 @Tally Ho Yep been there done that to, the South end of Huron is nice, especially when the Canadian
Near Miss in Port Huron DayDreamer41 at 7:08pm 08.24.21 @Tally Ho Yep been there done that to, the South end of Huron is nice, especially when the Canadian
Near Miss in Port Huron JohnShannon at 7:01pm 08.24.21
Hunter 265 w/Nissan throttle/shifter problems Orbweaver at 7:01pm 08.24.21 I can't help with the Nissan (mine has a newer Yamaha) but wanted to say that it's nice to see anoth
Near Miss in Port Huron (1) Tally Ho at 7:00pm 08.24.21 @Tally Ho the river is a mile wide with most of that width being able to support navigation for lak
1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging danooxnard at 6:30pm 08.24.21 I did hav teak laying around for the block. I dont start up to charge batteries, but I usually head
wing on wing sailing VT Fitz at 6:11pm 08.24.21 I guess the best solution is the preventer, because as far as I know till now, a whisker pole is no

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