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Checking Radio Ariel James19955 at 1:37pm 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1262 The boat is in the water and the mast has been raised.I am now doing all the other things to get t
Seaworthy Ship? Ericson 25+ (1) vinnividdivicci at 1:51pm 05.31.07 Other Sailboats 8/14072 Is the Ericson 25+ Seaworthy to be in the ocean? My new one, which is actually an 81' in great shap
DRY DOCK IN LOS ANGELES AREA? Whitey at 11:19am 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 7/3730 Just curious if anyone knows of a good place to store a trailerable boat in the L.A. area? Marina s
seacock through hull for holding tank Ed Munson at 12:16pm 05.31.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/989 this week I tried to open my through hull bronze seacock for the holding tank and apparently broke t
Installing a bilge pump SHADS at 12:17pm 05.31.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1664 I planning to install a bilge pump and reading around. To attach the pump and float you have attach
Transmission and stuffing box woes Manny at 1:07pm 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1849 Over the winter I rebuilt my Renault transmission (reversing gear as it's called in the manual) on m
Bilge pump 25' O'Day renom2 at 3:12pm 05.31.07 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1342 HelloI have an O'Day 25 with a swing keel. I am looking to replace the manual punp in the bilge w
CHARGING BATTERIES W/1000 WATT GENERATOR? dpatrick at 2:27pm 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 12/4986 Operating instructions for a mitsubushi generator states that the 12 volt outlet is designed for ope
Garhauer replacement sheaves for deck organizer Chris Tunstall at 8:54pm 05.29.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/4689 I have a three sheave deck organizer on my 1987 Oday 272. The sheaves are worn down and greatly det
Yanmar 4jh 50 hp best or suggested shop manual Kotua at 11:08pm 05.29.07 Big Boats 2/1495 Hi...we just sailed out from Martinique our newly acquired 1986 hunter 40.5 and moored it back home
Main halyard Doug Washburn at 10:41pm 05.29.07 Mid-Size Boats 4/1066 My main halyard is showing signs of wear. I believe it may be the original item. In the past 20 ye
Fresh water pump always running cmorin at 12:18am 05.30.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1780 I have an 89 Catalina 30 with a hot and cold pressured water system. I don't know the brand of the
Battens for a mainsail JustinG328 at 1:05am 05.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1108 What is up, I am very new to the world of sailing and by saying that I mean I have no idea of how to
Rudy Bob M at 2:01am 05.30.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1043 need to contact Rudy anyone have his phone#
Bilge Pump power Roger F at 2:37am 05.30.07 Mid-Size Boats 2/916 From the experimentation I just did, the bilge pump in my H306 is not hard wired into battery, so wh
Cradle Nicky8493 at 1:52am 05.30.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/990 We are interested in finding out the correct dimensions of our 1991 37.5 Hunter (which we recently p
Rudder delamination Tim at 5:02am 05.30.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1269 If you read the Foss Foam website they advise painting the rudder white to lessen the chance for the
Coast Guard Inspections RickS at 5:14am 05.30.07 Ask All Sailors 70/7477 This past weekend the Coast Guard was out in force stopping, boarding and "inspecting" ALL watercra
AUTO PILOT NEMA 0183 ? MARK at 5:51am 05.30.07 Ask All Sailors 4/2082 I HAVE A CETREK AUTO PILOT ON MY CATALINA 40. ALL MY OTHER INSTRUMENTS ARE RAYMARINE . DOES ANYONE K
170 Roller Furler Problems TimHayes at 5:44am 05.30.07 Day Sailers 6/1895 All,On my Hunter 170 the jib will not un-furl all the way. It will make it to what should be the la

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wing on wing sailing VT Fitz at 6:11pm 08.24.21 I guess the best solution is the preventer, because as far as I know till now, a whisker pole is no
Midship cleat on toe rail? VT Fitz at 5:46pm 08.24.21 I like midship cleats. Allows me to single hand my docking without any one needing to "Jump" to the
Help Identifying my Furler 31seahorse at 5:45pm 08.24.21 Just wondering.....I think the block on the forward stancion (probably the bow pulpit) seems too clo
O'Day 20 in Narragansett and Buzzard Bays HanksDad at 5:40pm 08.24.21 Great thanks, any ideas if that ramp has overnight parking? But yeah for sure will be trying a day s
How to remove rusted stut bolts ('81 33) Tally Ho at 5:19pm 08.24.21
Near Miss in Port Huron DayDreamer41 at 4:46pm 08.24.21 @Tally Ho the river is a mile wide with most of that width being able to support navigation for lake
O'day 28 Access to FWD Shroud Padeyes & Stanchion Bolts Clutch Cargo at 4:40pm 08.24.21 Thanks for the images Apex, that is most helpful. Did you find much bad core? What are your plans
Henri JamesG161 at 4:39pm 08.24.21 we had a roof leak that damaged some sheetrock and paint over our bathroom door. My guess. Look at
Henri Scott T-Bird at 4:34pm 08.24.21 Well, we didn't escape Henri. In the wee hours of Sunday / Monday, he backed over New Jersey after
Shipwrecked: A Shocking Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Deep Blue Sea dlochner at 4:28pm 08.24.21 One thing not made clear in the article is the time the event, it appears that it occurred in the ea
Rumba Escape help sail sfbay at 4:25pm 08.24.21 ........the mast seems like its missing a small piece at the very top, and there is no sail or riggi
Near Miss in Port Huron kappykaplan at 4:12pm 08.24.21 stay well clear of anyone that big regardless of how right you think you are :plus::plus::plus:
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! BarryL at 4:05pm 08.24.21 Hi, Troubleshooting overheating can be complicated because there are two separate water systems and
Near Miss in Port Huron DArcy at 4:04pm 08.24.21 so who has the right of way? The big guy. Any argument in the moment would not end well for the li
Shipwrecked: A Shocking Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Deep Blue Sea shemandr at 3:52pm 08.24.21 My eldest bro Rx's this book by Steven Callahan, Adrift. My second bro said it was so depressing he
Near Miss in Port Huron Tally Ho at 3:33pm 08.24.21 Maybe the yacht club should end the race on the lake instead of a busy shipping channel. The crew
Near Miss in Port Huron dlochner at 3:31pm 08.24.21 so who has the right of way? No one. One boat is the stand on vessel and one is the burdened vess
1987 Catalina 22 Outboard Battery Charging ShawnL at 3:30pm 08.24.21 I installed a 10 watt solar panel and a cheap charge controller on amazon. It works well for my boa
Help Identifying my Furler Tally Ho at 3:29pm 08.24.21
Near Miss in Port Huron jon hansen at 3:21pm 08.24.21 so who has the right of way?

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