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27 footer - sea-kindliness, comfort TN at 7:34am 07.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 4/1340 I'm interested in perspectives on comfort ' sea-kindliness in boats in the 27-foot range. I'm also i
Caution to all on this site! Jacques LeBlanc at 8:52am 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1224 Be very careful when buying somthing on line. I sent a check for $100 to Garry Cripps a month and a
Oil presure light sapadeni at 9:49am 07.06.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/813 Ahoy fellow O'Day owners;I've finished all the major repairs on my O'Day and have had some fine sai
oh to travel by sail what a dream! rich18884 at 11:03am 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1316 Has anyone sailed to the far away port of Dana point? I have yet to do a stayover night on My MAC26C
Whale Quick Connect Water Systems Paul (Affinity C320) at 10:45am 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 0/1032 One of my water tank shut-off valves has failed, the selector lever is loose and will not open the v
Hatch sizes david at 6:55am 07.06.07 Big Boats 2/877 I have a 1984 Hunter 34. Does anyone know the various hatch dimensions and/or is there a site for t
Removing Older Alder Barber Refrigeration? rardiH36 at 12:37pm 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1222 Dear Mariners:I wish to remove entirely from my 1980 Hunter 36 an older Alder Barber refrigeration
Panda 4200 Generator Problems MikeWilkinson at 2:25pm 07.06.07 Big Boats 1/1670 Has anyone had problems with their Fischer Panda 4200 Plus generator. I have had continuous problem
Outboard weight Jeff B at 2:33pm 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1314 I have a 2001 Johnson 6hp 2 stroke @ 58lbs on a Hunter 25. Im looking to buy a 2001 9.9hp Tohatsu 4
Depth Finders LeRoy Nooter at 2:32pm 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 12/1675 I've been reading some not too favorable reviews. It seems the more affordable ones, $100-$150, don'
help for sprite owner Montana Jim at 12:38pm 07.06.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/858 need to contact sprite sailors present and past; ???????'s regarding rigging and parts[in need of a
Heave to Smitty at 10:13pm 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1853 My wife and I decided to practice heaving to in our Cal 28-2. We have a 150% roller furled Genny.
VHF question dale17781 at 10:05pm 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 18/2160 We will be getting a new vhf radio for next year. We now have a handheld, but we need more range th
1 week to the 5th annual rOnDAYvous mike C16582 at 10:58pm 07.06.07 Ask An Oday Owner 11/1005 what a great weekend coming up......all the final details are being worked out and we should have th
Our Lovely Government At Work.....Again........ Dick Dixon at 11:51pm 07.06.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1177 Boat U.S. Magazine, Volume XII, July 2007, page 6, has an interesting article, "Congress Tackles Dis
keel wire Isnibs at 11:45pm 07.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1616 I have a Venture 25.The keel and winch are not 'in line'.Does anyone know what prevents the keel
Beneteau After Sales Support Claudius at 2:30am 07.07.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2605 (Opps! I placed the topic in the wrong spot before...)What is the general experience of owners rel
SOLAR VENTS? dpatrick at 1:40am 07.07.07 Ask All Sailors 5/2028 Has anyone had success with solar vents? I am looking for a thru deck application that can also be
winter storage in the Chicago Area Tim B at 3:16am 07.07.07 Ask All Sailors 0/1247 looking at East Chicago Marina for my winter storage. any opinions out there from Lake Michigan Sai
Rick, Whiskey Chaser , Et al dwain6805 at 5:41am 07.07.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1228 how about meeting up for dinner/drinks at "The Harbor Reef" the week of August 20th? We are plannin

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Replacing passive skimmer with electric field pump and automatic switch Ralph Johnstone at 12:06pm 09.17.21 Depends on what you want. An electric pump is made for dealing with small leaks at the dock. Small
H41DS. What is a cut wire doing under galley? ice breaker at 11:52am 09.17.21 I nabbed that from the hunter site before they were sold. It was an additional manual beyond the no
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 kodiak1120 at 11:52am 09.17.21 Yeah you could. But worse than the size of the top itself is the size of the wooden box supporting
Faded Sunbrella (or equivalent) Boat Canvas Project_Mayhem at 11:45am 09.17.21 Well I don't have any first hand experience with dying a dodger but I have dyed a navy blue sail co
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? Stu Jackson at 11:30am 09.17.21 On a masthead rig the most important telltales on the jib are the middle ones - not sure on a fract
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? Stu Jackson at 11:26am 09.17.21 Unless you're using the lazy jacks to hold up your boom, you can loosen them up to the point where
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? Stu Jackson at 11:20am 09.17.21 5/16 was my thinking too. I keep trying to research anchor windlass installs on the H34 but find v
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? Don Guillette at 11:07am 09.17.21 On a masthead rig the most important telltales on the jib are the middle ones - not sure on a fracti
1997-H410 Stay chainplate cracks !! (1) BobH57 at 11:07am 09.17.21 Sorry for the late response. The forestay chainplate on my '99 H410 has crescent-shaped "ears" welde
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? jeepbluetj at 11:03am 09.17.21 Can't move to the mast with a stack pack. dmax is right, adjust em to where you can sail just fine w
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? jssailem at 10:52am 09.17.21 Ease the lazy jacks and snug them along the boom and mast while sailing. Release the lazy jacks and
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? jssailem at 10:44am 09.17.21 Ultimately I want the trimmers to make their own judgements using the various cues available to the
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Bluenose at 10:38am 09.17.21 Good ol' Beneteau designers. I'll bet you boat designers have never used their boats nor have they d
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? danstanford at 10:27am 09.17.21 Will start to look at the telltales in the body of the main Don, it has not been something we have r
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? dmax at 10:26am 09.17.21 Unless you're using the lazy jacks to hold up your boom, you can loosen them up to the point where t
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Davidasailor26 at 10:25am 09.17.21 OMG! It's enormous!! You could land a helicopter on it! Yeah you could. But worse than the size of
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? DeniseO30 at 10:24am 09.17.21 They should be somewhat slack just like your topping lift. I've read but not seen , people use bunge
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? DeniseO30 at 10:19am 09.17.21 5/16 was my thinking too. I keep trying to research anchor windlass installs on the H34 but find ve
Beneteau 41.1 2017 autopilot compass failure intermittently Davidasailor26 at 10:15am 09.17.21
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? Don Guillette at 10:07am 09.17.21 danstanford: Thank you for purchasing my book. Now buy it's companion, the SAIL TRIM CHART, which is

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