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What Books Info Heading South seadaddler at 11:41am 02.19.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1072 I am hoping to Sail my boat To Florida next fall.I am constantly reading other forums and listening
mainsail track kasey3309 at 3:56pm 02.19.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/799 I have a 84 hunter 27 and when we put up the mainsail the last few sliders come out of the track. I
Cleaning Sails hodge3000 at 5:27pm 02.19.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1328 It is time to clean up the boat for the coming season, and I need to get a bit of dirt and mold off
Boat wax revisited- again EvenKeel at 11:46pm 02.17.08 Ask All Sailors 20/2845 I was checking out various websites and these forums for recommendations on waxes. There were severa
Freezer Retrofit Keith13361 at 11:41pm 02.17.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2072 Has anyone replaced the ice box in the Hunter 33 with the top load freezer WAECO CB-40?I am planni
KIWI or FLEX O FOLD seadaddler at 11:31pm 02.17.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1109 I narrowed down my choice to either the KIWI or FLEX O Fold.What made you decide which prop for y
32 ft Ketch Rig Joe at 1:29am 02.18.08 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1377 Looking for info/input on the Oday 32 Ketch rig. Interior pictures; problems; hints; etc. Probably
Wondering about in mast furler jamming Ken Honeycutt at 1:40am 02.18.08 Big Boats 26/2340 Was reading a discussion on another board about why a singlehanded sailor shouldn't have in mast fur
Spring Engine Reminder !! Maine Sail at 3:40am 02.18.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1064 I thought this quote would be appropriate with spring right around the corner!Quote:"so...there I
WAter in crankcase Glenn Ellis at 2:08am 02.18.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/996 Now that I cleaned the heat exchanger and reinstalled it, I began the process of purging the air in
$10 Rudder for H260 (1) George H260 at 6:14am 02.18.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/950 Recent discussion about the H260 rudder got me thinking.Losing a rudder on the H260 is really not
Rudder Removal Stu T at 7:04am 02.18.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1701 Has anyone tried to remove the rudder from an Oceanis 321 or 323? I have removed all of the bolts f
Trailer Surge Brakes cscott at 7:07am 02.18.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/4051 Question for all MacGregor 26 sailors that tow their boats. Especialy the 26C towers.Do you have
Steering without a rudder NH at 7:09am 02.18.08 Ask All Sailors 25/1972 I'm writing a book (fiction) which involves a sailboat that loses it's rudder and I'm trying to reme
Grampian 26 Trailer Arno Markus at 7:40am 02.18.08 Grampian 0/3420 Looking to rent or buy a trailer for my Grampian 26, need to move it from Massachusetts to Toronto.
Bird Poo Sunaroo at 8:44am 02.18.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1095 So I have a Catalina 22 stored in a 12'x26' canopy, the other day after some rain and high winds cam
Cleveland Marinas JohnnyMac at 10:45am 02.18.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1886 The Admiral is thinking about taking classes at the Cleveland Clinic this summer and wanted to move
Winter Blues breadman at 11:05am 02.18.08 Day Sailers 22/2581 Anyone working on their boat in the off season if so what are we doing?
Broken Bolt (1) Manny at 11:04am 02.18.08 Ask All Sailors 42/3233 Hi All,I was trying to replace the impeller on my '98 Honda BF8 and while removing the bottom port
Need to fix my rudder play on H336 Antoine at 11:23am 02.18.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1048 Hi everyone,I need help about a 1/16" play in my rudder.http://www.bellavance.net/rudder.jpg > t

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Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:36am 11.13.21 LA is only number 17 on the list of busiest ports. Investing in companies which make very long ancho
Stray Induced Current JoeWhite at 7:34am 11.13.21 Place an LED in series in the green wire. If it lights up there is current in the wire.
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Alan Gomes at 7:33am 11.13.21 No, they are not going to have them "anchor" 150 miles offshore. They are going to have them cool th
Sail cover repair question Tally Ho at 7:18am 11.13.21 I took my Genoa to North Sail a couple of years ago because I noticed that the cloth at the bottom h
Keel to hull joint DeniseO30 at 7:00am 11.13.21 It's almost always a case of keel bolt attachment, torque, age, and decomposition, of the bolts and
2004 41 AC Hex key size for Tiller lever sail sfbay at 6:47am 11.13.21 Long shot............contact the pedestal manufacturer (Lewmar?) for the dimension OR buy a few size
Stray Induced Current kloudie1 at 6:46am 11.13.21 @dLj Yup The reading will vary with position around the generator housing as more or less of the
Stray Induced Current sailme88 at 6:32am 11.13.21 The QED to determine proximity stray field energy is to remove the testing equipment from the area.
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 6:13am 11.13.21 @dLj Agree. I intend to try a few of those things since they are easy and an interesting experime
Replace Traveler on 35S5 sail sfbay at 6:10am 11.13.21 Suggest contacting the Beneteau 35S5 owner in post #7 in the SBO thread below to find out how he rep
Stray Induced Current dLj at 6:09am 11.13.21 Interesting theoretical discussions. When I first measured the current at the location near the ge
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 6:02am 11.13.21 Interesting theoretical discussions. When I first measured the current at the location near the gen
Stray Induced Current dLj at 5:57am 11.13.21 That reading is a result of the magnetic field from the generator affecting the measuring sensor of
Stray Induced Current kloudie1 at 5:39am 11.13.21 That reading is a result of the magnetic field from the generator affecting the measuring sensor of
Keel to hull joint Don S/V ILLusion at 5:29am 11.13.21 We did ours that way. We got tired of looking at the crack at the junction that would seep rust sta
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 5:29am 11.13.21 Did you try just putting your meter right next to the green wire near the generator to see if it ga
Stray Induced Current dLj at 5:23am 11.13.21 Did you try just putting your meter right next to the green wire near the generator to see if it gav
Wiring Raymarine Digital Radar with new and old cable RitSim at 4:44am 11.13.21 Try posting on their forum https://forum.raymarine.com I had good results there
They made the cover of People Magazine Will Gilmore at 1:05am 11.13.21 Right beside one the hotels we stayed in, was a drydocked submarine that was unfortunately closed f
Wiring Raymarine Digital Radar with new and old cable Captain Larry-DH at 10:34pm 11.12.21 I think your assumption is correct. Green is often used for ground. Braided shield is always ground.

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