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First race of the winter season Mr.Ernie at 1:25am 01.06.08 Smaller Boats 1/872 Did you ever have a day that, in hind site, you realize was created just for your crew and boat and
Purchase Advice on 1996 Oceanis 321 Harold18495 at 1:12am 01.06.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2767 I am considering purchasing a 1996 Beneteau Oceanis 321 that looks to have been well maintained. I
trim tabs Mark Steiger at 5:09am 01.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1071 Has anyone used trim tabs on a Mac 26x? It seems the boat would plane under power better if you cou
Oven Parts paul4424 at 7:01am 01.06.08 S2 1/1516 A year ago I re-purchased a 1982 S2 9C which I had sold in 1996. I am unable to heat up the oven, a
SSB antennas John D.12763 at 6:44am 01.06.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/937 Since we have no backstay has anyone tried using a shroud with an insulated dipole antenna such as t
Fake plastic cabin sole laminate in rolls. Where to buy? brobins75 at 5:25am 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 25/4510 Ive been searching all over the web. I need to replace my sole. The plywood is ok, its the veneer
lifelines jay cramer at 7:28am 01.06.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/947 am replacing lifelines, are the lower ones crimped in to a stanchion about halfway back from the bow
spinnaker size recommendations karmaf16 at 7:35am 01.06.08 Big Boats 7/2919 I have the opportunity to acquire a slightly used asymmetric spinnaker and sock. It is a great valu
Excessive anode degradation in marina tuddy at 8:44am 01.06.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/4101 I have had my Oceanis 311 for 4 years, and change the shaft anode annually. Three months ago I start
Anchor Locker becoming water ballast Eric on Board selah at 8:20am 01.06.08 Big Boats 5/893 On my Hunter 380, the drain for the anchor locker is about 1". The entry point, under the bow end o
rOnDAYvous 2008 bzz RAD at 8:59am 01.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 110/4663 OK its Jan 6th and I just got back from sunny warm Florida and now want to know about my next vacat*
Sail choice T37 Phil at 11:24am 01.06.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/4161 Drifters (free flying) and asymmetrical spinnakers, while cut differently, seem to be used mostly in
Where it's at SailboatOwners.com at 11:50am 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 57/3412 Where do you keep your boat when you're "home?" Do you have a permanent slip, a subleased slip, a
headroom john mckerlie at 12:19pm 01.06.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1822 i am considering buying a hunter 33...i am 6'4" and the headroom is listed as 6'4"...i know that som
2 sailboats colide near Elizabeth City, NC, one missing. jackhartjr at 12:09pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 27/2073 Hi folks, just saw this in the Chalotte, NC online addition.Jack
Honda BF8 Impeller Manny at 12:34pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 9/4743 By chance, does anyone know where the water pump is located on a Honda BF8 outboard? If it helps it
replacing a broken or cracked thru hull 666 sand sailor at 2:25pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 23/1782 your boat is in the water, a thru hull is leaking what do you do???o.k. its broken before the valve*
Burgee winner Phil Herring at 2:14pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 33/2261 You voted, and the winner was clear: the last of Bob Poff's designs, shown below.Congrats to Bob,
Atomic Four woes Devian at 3:20pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 90/5583 Greetings all. So here's the deal. I have a 1969 Columbia 28' that needs some work. Mostly cosmetic
Deck Hardware Base Tim at 7:53pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1056 I am installing some new deck hardware and want to put them on a base of some kind. This is to rais

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Hanging Bimini Artey1 at 7:07am 08.12.21 Regarding a hanging bimini; Laura Dekker, the fourteen year old who sailed around the world, had on
Hanging Bimini Artey1 at 7:03am 08.12.21 I have A Hunter 34 and found this one to work and is quite high. You do have to do a little sewin
Hanging Bimini (1) RoyS at 6:57am 08.12.21 Regarding a hanging bimini; Laura Dekker, the fourteen year old who sailed around the world, had one
wing on wing sailing Artey1 at 6:54am 08.12.21 I leave a preventer rigged all season long. It consists of two lines connected about mid boom going
Possible C&C 30 mark 1 buyer looking for advice... kloudie1 at 6:25am 08.12.21
Newish Beneteau 41.1 2017 owner with a few questions bb2021 at 6:24am 08.12.21 The answer on solar and/or generators is always the same, depends. It would be nice if generators ga
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook ice breaker at 6:10am 08.12.21 I have the same Nova cool fridge and freezer. The fridge works great at about a 50% duty cycle, the
Rig tuning physics Davidasailor26 at 6:00am 08.12.21
Rode Length jssailem at 5:47am 08.12.21 In that anchorage the big thing is Tidal current (East-West). Second is wind from the wrong directio
Catalina 315 Refrigeration compartment air flow? jsalley at 5:45am 08.12.21 When I owned my 309 hull #14, I had problems with the fridge compressor overheating, as there was no
Rig tuning physics jon hansen at 5:22am 08.12.21 ralph, lay you mast on it's side. you pick it up from the area around the spreaders while wifey pick
Profurl C320 furling line size DougM at 5:18am 08.12.21
Rig tuning physics jon hansen at 5:15am 08.12.21 fair enough, shrouds. they are all stays i think. shrouds are the side stays and then there are fore
Battery Gremlin Maine Sail at 4:18am 08.12.21 Blue Seas switch, about 5 years old. noise coming from VHF speaker A Blue Sea switch at year 5 wo
Rode Length All U Get at 3:15am 08.12.21 He must have read your original post. Time moves on.
Rode Length justsomeguy at 1:16am 08.12.21 I have dropped my scope to 3:1 in sheltered areas. You may be the deciding factor here.
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook MikeHoncho at 10:18pm 08.11.21 Make sure your charger is set for LA . I question if the batteries are getting a full charge giving
Rode Length MikeHoncho at 10:01pm 08.11.21 So after a couple years of experience at this topic and sitting on the hook in Sucia for the past 3-
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook jeepbluetj at 9:06pm 08.11.21 Uhh.. Y'all know that all AGMs ARE lead-acid batteries, right? Gels, AGMs, flooded are all lead acid
Marine grade solar sailingsoon at 8:56pm 08.11.21

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