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Tiller Tamer Location newsailor06 at 2:30am 02.26.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1297 I know better than to spend time looking through sites with marine equipment. It just empties my wa
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Catalina 28 mkII, spinnaker sheet winch placement Dave Groshong at 5:51am 02.26.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2192 Does anyone have any recommendation for placement of spinnaker sheet winches on this boat? Also, pla
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Proper Wire Crimping = STRONG! (2) Maine Sail at 8:24pm 02.24.08 Ask All Sailors 26/2834 Hi all,I'm currently in the process of writing another article for my web site about crimping mari
dodger/sprayhood for first 40.7 sal at 9:35pm 02.24.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2555 Hi to all,i have just taken delivery of a new first 40.7 and was considering having a dodger. the
Seidelmann S25 Krs at 10:30pm 02.24.08 Seidelmann 0/1632 I need a rudder handle for a S25 ?Dose anyone know how it is to remove the mask on that boat for t
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ION Guard Jim Innes at 12:42am 02.25.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/999 Does anyone have any experience with this product?
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Adding kayak to sailboat (1) JamesG161 at 7:15am 09.30.21 I was right Polar Storm Lilly hits Alaska. Good news is winds slow down in next 12 hours.
Adding kayak to sailboat kappykaplan at 7:12am 09.30.21 PS: Guess what John's new puppy is named? Why, Lilly, of course!
Galvanic Isolators - take in handluggage? sail sfbay at 7:12am 09.30.21 Do not see why not if it will pass a metal detector?
Adding kayak to sailboat jssailem at 7:00am 09.30.21 Day light breaks time for coffee.
Adding kayak to sailboat jssailem at 6:59am 09.30.21 Perhaps just under their naming threshold.
Adding kayak to sailboat jssailem at 6:58am 09.30.21 Wish I were there. Was an interesting night. First lines were double braided nylon. Second lines
Adding kayak to sailboat JamesG161 at 6:57am 09.30.21 Point Wilson weather station reports 37 mph gusting to 56 mph. I am surprised NOAA did not "Name"
Yet another LiFePo4 query IStream at 6:39am 09.30.21 @LeslieTroyer are you planning to roll your own, buy an engineered system with an external BMS, or u
Tempest International BigDream at 6:29am 09.30.21 There used to be an International Tempest at a club where I taught sailing. I don't think they hav
Fuel Filter Replacement Hello Below at 6:28am 09.30.21 Any thoughts on how vacuum impacts water removal ? No chance of the water vaporizing at 10" Hg (tem
Changing Hoses Sailfanatic at 6:14am 09.30.21 To flush a holding tank, you just need to run a section of garden hose as from the bottom of the ta
Tempest International BigDream at 5:43am 09.30.21 You may have already reached out to these folks: Welcome I owned one for a few years then sold it
Leaking Boat Stanchions sunlover at 5:42am 09.30.21 Always hate to see that kind of shoddy engineering where one has to tear stuff apart to get to a
Beneteau 323 shaft lock nut RitSim at 5:31am 09.30.21 My B411 shaft is 30mm diameter. The coupling nut thread is M14-2. Your shaft may be smaller. The
Leaking Boat Stanchions DougM at 5:05am 09.30.21
Adding kayak to sailboat Terry Cox at 5:04am 09.30.21 The wind is certainly testing the rigging as it sings and moans in the dark. A sleeping pill for s
Exhaust Steam Terry Cox at 4:49am 09.30.21 Or is it just a long exhaust from the engine and I just need to ignore it? Different engine here,
Changing Hoses dlochner at 4:46am 09.30.21 Typically at pump out stations there is water. Pick a slow day at the marina and fill and pump the h
O'Day 26 - Didn't sell, but now what? Will Gilmore at 4:23am 09.30.21 How are you getting the boat out of the water? Crane, travel lift, trailer/ramp, ways? If you're u
Indoor/Outdoor marine speakers dLj at 3:50am 09.30.21 These are identical speakers except for the grills. $100 price difference for the pair. The grills

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