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Distance to Horizon Mergatroid at 1:00am 11.28.07 Smaller Boats 4/849 I remember someone talking about your hight above the waterline/sealevel and the effect on the dista
Bow Propeller Hunter 410 from 1999 Dear Hunter at 12:46am 11.28.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/1360 Hi,Is it possible to get some help, maybe you have already done it, we would like to get a bow prop
Transmission Leak KC13291 at 1:36am 11.28.07 Catalina 30 1/1172 My 1981 Catalina is equipped with a fresh water cooled Universal 5411.My problem is a transmission
What do we do now? SEADANCE at 2:39am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 30/1705 With sailboats all snuggled up in their cradles for the winter what are you guys and gals occupying
Recreational Boating Act of 2007 Warren Milberg at 2:54am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1157 I'm not a flak for BoatUS, but having just received the below note, I thought it important to pass i
Bottom Paint (1) Jim Seamans at 3:39am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1270 What a difference a year makes. For the last two years we have had to repaint the bottom due to the
sailboat for 10 to 16 year olds walt at 4:14am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 19/3213 Id like to get something fun to sail that my boys age 10 and 13 will enjoy for a few years sailing o
Sails on in New England Winter? Al - s/v Persephone at 6:12am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 13/1903 Once again, I'm faced with unbending my sails for Winter storage, flaking and scrunching them into p
Hand Carved Nameboard for Transom (1) Rubicon 1983-31 at 7:00am 11.28.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1154 An article in Good Old Boat magazine motivated me to make a new ribbon board for the transom of my 1
North coast weather T37 Phil at 7:15am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 12/1269 I am considering buying a boat half way up Lake Michigan and bringing it back to Erie by going aroun
Bequeathed a Catalina 27... How do I sell it? bc bach at 7:37am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 27/1864 Hello Catalina Experts! Thank you for reading my post. Do to unfortunate circumstances, I will soon
Great tips for cruising Captain E at 10:07am 11.28.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/858 Ok since sailing season is over for most of us, I guess I should start a tip topic for everyone to p
Entry-Level Sailing Careers? Michael Sindelar at 10:01am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1820 I have been in the hotel management business for all of my working life (about 30 years). I am tota
Frig System Jim Booth at 9:58am 11.28.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1010 My boat has only one house battery (4D) which I am going to replac and add a second. My question is,
Don't try this unless you need to:). r.w.landau at 10:36am 11.28.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1012 My brother sent me this link. He just bought a large cat and said I wish I could do this.http://ssc
Requesting advice on boat mods Blake at 10:43am 11.28.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 30/1787 I have a couple of off season boat modifications planned and would appreciate advice and comments. S
New Player In The Market? Rick D at 10:43am 11.28.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1258 Peggy, this is just a curiosity post. I see Johnson Pumps is putting out a line of heads and pumps t
Cabin woodwork ndaoway at 10:43am 11.28.07 Other Sailboats 6/855 Can anyone tell me what kind of wood may have been used in the cabind of 1972 Contest 31, Hull #51?
343 frig James Fawcett at 12:24pm 11.28.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1319 I have just purchased a 343. I love the boat, but have reservations about the frig/freezer system.
my Xmas list. Comments welcome Justin at 12:12pm 11.28.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1012 I plan to run my main halyard aft and eventually new lazyjacks. I don't like my SailCare SailCradle

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B323 Head CapitalistSailor at 9:39pm 04.05.21 Fullbore, I have a Beneteau 311, very similar to your Beneteau 323. I too have a smaller jib, 116%
Tracing Ownership marke14 at 8:51pm 04.05.21 I've always wondered how to even try ... I'm not sure I have the info from the guy I bought it from.
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 8:23pm 04.05.21 192427
Close call? Jackdaw at 8:19pm 04.05.21 Just reporting what happened. The Bavaria 38E is definitely a cruiser. But, good points. I totall
Close call? Kings Gambit at 8:18pm 04.05.21 Sorry but thats just making sour grapes. Of course mistakes can be made on any boat, but the best w
Close call? Jackdaw at 8:12pm 04.05.21 The brake has helped more than I thought it would. I can tension it on each side at the spinnaker w
Close call? Kings Gambit at 8:04pm 04.05.21 yea I get that for sure. The other culprit here are these mid-boom- cabin top mounted main sheets
Flexible Solar Panel on Bimini - Backing? (2) DArcy at 8:04pm 04.05.21 [URL='https://forums.sailboatowners.comhttps%3A//forums.sailboatowners.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/2
Cutlass bearing strut set screws Steve_Catalina at 7:39pm 04.05.21 I'm going to be attempting to change my cutlass bearing out in a few weeks. I've read that some st
Exciting and potentially expensive day yesterday ( drivetrain & window) SycloneDriver at 7:32pm 04.05.21 I know I'm not the first guy to forget something important on boat, but this is really going to eat
Close call? DArcy at 7:27pm 04.05.21 People do let their guard down after a race. A few years ago we were heading in on a blustery evenin
Exciting and potentially expensive day yesterday ( drivetrain & window) WayneH at 7:22pm 04.05.21 When we first got our boat, the Admiral created a startup/shutdown checklist. It got laminated and h
1983 H30 Chainplates sail sfbay at 7:01pm 04.05.21 You were specific enough. I would get repair estimates from boat contractors ASAP to make an informe
1983 H30 Chainplates Lance324 at 6:57pm 04.05.21 Thank you! Maybe I should have been more specific, but on this "83 Hunter 30, the chain plates on th
Close call? Jackdaw at 6:45pm 04.05.21 The new tack was quickly higher than the one we came over from; kind of a hard left from a broad re
Flexible Solar Panel on Bimini - Backing? sesmith at 6:40pm 04.05.21 We used 3M dual lock on our panels the last couple of years. My wife sewed the non stick dual lock
Engine block de-rusting question dmax at 6:40pm 04.05.21 A new pan would be simpler and better, you could also try to locate the drain at the rear of the pan
Cutlass bearing strut set screws Hayden Watson at 6:21pm 04.05.21 My 88 did not have set screws... but it does now!
Thinking about painting my hull SailingLoto at 5:48pm 04.05.21 I forgot the pic
Thinking about painting my hull (1) SailingLoto at 5:47pm 04.05.21 Stripes are off, ready to pull hardware and start wet sanding tomorrow.

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