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Skipper Bob Hugh McCully at 10:11pm 12.23.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1148 If you have done an ICW or Great Circle cruise you may have used Skipper Bob's publications or met h
Anyone heard from Phil... jackhartjr at 3:16am 12.24.06 Ask All Sailors 0/757 ...last time I heard he was in the ditch hoping to get through the cut in FL, did he make it home?
Outboard Motor Placement on a C27 billybob at 2:17am 12.24.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1894 Need some sage advice here before I start drilling. I have a 1974 Catalina 27' sailboat that has a d
Boom Bails paphman at 2:04am 12.24.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1769 I am thinking of putting a boom bail on to attach my mainsheet block to. I have boom end sheeting, a
motor shifter (1) Ken at 8:42am 12.24.06 Catalina 22 0/1134 I've seen several post about shifter linkage and thought I'd post a picture of the shifter I made fo
Mead Madness Don Chesley at 10:46am 12.24.06 Ask All Sailors 0/843 Has anybody heard about this event? It is held twice a year at Lake Mead NRA in Nevada or Arizona.I
Leaking Starboard Water Tank MRFegen at 9:53am 12.24.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/803 After only 5 years, our starboard fresh water tank on our 2002 Hunter 466 has developed a leak. We
H22 Headroom & Swing keel Richard Bolin at 11:48am 12.24.06 Smaller Boats 11/1751 Questions from a newbie: What is the headroom in the swing-keeled Hunter 22? (Has anybody ever actu
Valve adjustment Glen Hellman at 11:17am 12.24.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/982 Have a 1994 Legend 37.5 with a Yanmar 3JH2E. The engine only has 200 hours on it. I've read lots of
Merry Christmas! (1) ConchyJoe at 12:12pm 12.24.06 Ask All Sailors 2/970 I hope everyone has a magical holiday, with warm breezes in your sail, andclear blue ocean under yo
How much car to pull a 26-D out of the water ? JVB at 12:37pm 12.24.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/1554 I have been storing my Mac 26-D on its trailer at a marina where they use a tractor to take my boat
Keesler Marina (1) Deucer at 1:45pm 12.24.06 Smaller Boats 0/1692 For those of you who inquired about the Keesler AFB Marina, here's the latest pics. The contractor
MERRY CHRISTMAS gpd955 at 10:59pm 12.22.06 Ask All Sailors 3/934 Merry Christmas all. Thanks for all of you help this past year!
Zinc's Allaninct12882 at 11:42pm 12.22.06 Catalina 30 0/1149 I have a 1985 Catalina 30. The boat is staying in the water this winter and I have added an extra Zi
Eastport Pram NautiDuck at 1:40am 12.23.06 Ask All Sailors 7/4175 The Admiral and I will be crusing in the San Juan Islands beginning this spring. We have decided th
what did you forget to bring??? duality at 9:26pm 12.22.06 Ask All Sailors 11/1090 i am leaving monday night to the bvi for a week of sailing! i thought i would ask the experts what t
Battery Charging Nereussailor at 4:14am 12.23.06 Ask All Sailors 9/999 I purchased four 6 volt golf cart batteries last year for my Hunter 30 house bank. After one year, o
What went here???? 1974 Venture 24 at 3:24am 12.23.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1142 The restoration is nearly complete of the old 24. I do have a question about the enclosed photograph
Battery Charging - O'Day 192 Tim at 3:18am 12.23.06 Ask All Sailors 16/1446 In the spring, I'm planning on installing something to charge the battery on my O'Day 192 sailboat.
Correcting somebody Franklin at 3:01am 12.23.06 Ask All Sailors 32/1518 If you knew of somebody who had a very big misunderstanding about their boat, would you tell them an

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1974 Catalina 27 toilet removal tips tricks ? rgranger at 11:12am 02.04.21 Or if you must, will one of those really thin paint rollers get behind it? Or some paint in a gard
Replacing reef and outhaul locking levers on Isomat 26 Boom sail sfbay at 11:12am 02.04.21 Might check with Rig Rite: Isomat NB55 Boom
Boating Card jssailem at 11:02am 02.04.21 Jon I like your Ice Boating. But that means you need to find a place with lots of ice. Perhpas durin
B24 Corsair forward porthole sail sfbay at 10:51am 02.04.21 Can you post a photo of what you are looking for? Maybe you can find one to closely match the desig
HI (1) sail sfbay at 10:43am 02.04.21 Ditto LeeandRick
1974 Catalina 27 toilet removal tips tricks ? Justin_NSA at 10:37am 02.04.21 Will it really matter if you don't paint the difficult-to-reach area? Or if you must, will one of
1974 Catalina 27 toilet removal tips tricks ? 31seahorse at 10:28am 02.04.21 Tip/Trick? Get someone else to do it! We removed a holding tank from an Oday 30 that we had purch
1974 Catalina 27 toilet removal tips tricks ? dlochner at 10:22am 02.04.21
HI (2) LeeandRick at 10:17am 02.04.21 190006
Switching an inboard for an outboard Justin_NSA at 10:14am 02.04.21 I once chartered a Ranger 29. The charter company had done just what you are suggesting and it see
HI LeeandRick at 10:11am 02.04.21 I was wondering from the different main sail Traveller systems and the locations to be installed wh
Crossing the Strait of Georgia (Gibsons to Nanaimo) Hello Below at 10:00am 02.04.21 Depending upon your route, Whiskey Golf Military Test Range may interfere with your crossing. Monit
Hull question sail sfbay at 9:56am 02.04.21 Welcome to the forum!! According to post #2 the hull is solid fiberglas, heavily laid up: 1980 Che
HIN location sail sfbay at 9:41am 02.04.21 The HIN is found on a metal or plastic plate, typically on the transom of the boat, usually on the r
Switching an inboard for an outboard Johnb at 9:25am 02.04.21 For lake sailing an outboard has multiple advantages including cost and simplicity. A diesel repower
HIN location Parsons at 9:06am 02.04.21 Don't know if they did it as far back as mid-80s, but manufacturers "hid" another set of numbers for
HIN location Claude L.-Auger at 8:59am 02.04.21 Agreed with Benny. You may be lucky however as some manufacturers also stamped the HIN in a second l
Navigation Lights Parsons at 8:58am 02.04.21 I'm with @LakeShark - if you don't want fancy or expect to use them much, get portable. Fill the lit
Crossing the Strait of Georgia (Gibsons to Nanaimo) (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:46am 02.04.21 Stay alert, big ships move fast and can can close the sightline distance in a matter of minutes.
Crossing the Strait of Georgia (Gibsons to Nanaimo) Benny17441 at 8:22am 02.04.21 Stay alert, big ships move fast and can can close the sightline distance in a matter of minutes.

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