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DSC radio check Bob F at 5:09am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 2/969 Just installed a new Icom DSC VHF last weekend. According to the display all is OK and it is reading
Which way do you point your fly? (1) Scott at 5:15am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 5/906 I just purchased a new Simrad wind instrument but have not installed it on the mast head yet. Is it
Provisioning Food for 5 days Katlin at 5:20am 03.26.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/5648 My husband and I just moved up to a 41 and will be bringing it up from Portland, OR to our home port
272 Stuffing Box Flax size Rich at 5:22am 03.26.07 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1237 Finally got my stuffing box opened! Does anyone know the diameter of packing used on a 1986 272? M
Pulling in new spinnaker halyard . . . . Clark at 5:37am 03.26.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/879 I have a 1996 H280 with Z-Spar mast and would like to install a spinnaker halyard. There isn't an o
H30 ('93) Main Roach & Backstay Interference Scott Stevenson at 5:55am 03.26.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/1205 Just got a new main from Banks and discovered that there is an overlap between the backstay and main
Outhaul upgrade RickS at 6:27am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1214 Since we are putting an a new loose footed main this season, I am contemplating upgrading the outhau
1983 27ft hunter scottish at 6:36am 03.26.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1296 Sailors, I have to demast my hunter to relocate it in Long island my questions:Does anyone k
New Canadian made Atomic 4? JB at 8:19am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1910 I been told by a mechanic here in the Marina that a Canadian company has designed and is manufacturi
Can't point very high into the wind Hunter 23 Gary Bowers at 7:55am 03.26.07 Smaller Boats 3/1216 I don't have any resources locally to ask this question to, so please bear with me.I have been sai
Marking your rode. Ross at 7:36am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1788 I have often wondered how others mark length on their anchor rodes. I know the length of my chain
Spinnaker Sailing 26D John S at 11:06am 03.26.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/848 I crewed on the Idasailor research boat this weekend. It has a lot of gofast accoutrements installed
leaking packing David at 11:20am 03.26.07 Morgan 1/1679 We have a leaky packing on the prop shaft. Would anyone know were I would go to find out the size a
Survey, Short Haul Out, Norfolk, VA Steve_Catalina at 11:29am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1207 I am trying to purchase a boat 34' sailboat located at theNorfolk, VA Naval Base. Willoughby Bay Ma
Comments on Catalina 380? Edward 14244 at 10:47am 03.26.07 Big Boats 18/16949 I am looking at possibly 'moving upwards' to a 38ft boat. I have been looking at a 1997 Cat 380. The
Epic Conditions Tim R. at 10:14am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 1/999 Great episode of Epic Conditions on the Weather channel this week. Recorded it last night and just
Mariner weeping water from bilge but on the hard! makanihula at 10:04am 03.26.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/941 I'm restoring a '72 mariner and all seems original and fixable, but I've got a 'leak' and the boat h
2007 36 chain & Rode seadaddler at 9:12am 03.26.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2057 I want to add more chain to my new 36 with windlessand defender told me they can remove the chain f
Shoreline Trailer BAHoff at 11:48am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 3/4788 I just purchased a 1984 Oday (Anniversary Edition) 222, on a Shoreline trailer. I need to weigh the
Another diesel question higgs at 12:05pm 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 13/1317 We are told that diesels are good for 10 - 20, 000 hours. Yanmar tells me my 3QM is good for 40,000

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No-see-ums All U Get at 12:23pm 09.08.21 Once saw a photo of Prince Charles (I think) on safari. He and his companions had brimmed hats with
SPLASH! Captain Larry-DH at 12:17pm 09.08.21 Congrats!
SPLASH! 31seahorse at 12:08pm 09.08.21 Well deserved time on the water! Congratulations on returning to the helm.
Lost Prop Beneteau 473 JoeWhite at 12:05pm 09.08.21 I can't help with the prop size, I am just wondering how one loses a prop? did it just fall off? I
If you had one of these... Richard19068 at 12:02pm 09.08.21 I don't remember the TV repairman coming to the house by the time we had the "clickers". Before th
New to me O'day 28 - Getting into the water, re-rigging and running lines Richard19068 at 11:49am 09.08.21 If you don't get any photos you might try searching the internet for O'day 28's for sale and look at
Lost Prop Beneteau 473 smokey73 at 11:47am 09.08.21 I haven't heard of a zinc on a prop. Mine is on the strut and drive shaft. I would think a zinc o
Lost Prop Beneteau 473 Head Sail at 11:05am 09.08.21 Yes that is a great question!!!!! Diver put new zinc on prop then next time I took it out I lost
Mast bracket question (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:42am 09.08.21
Main sheet rigging jeepbluetj at 10:29am 09.08.21 <snip> You have a bowline tied in the line to hold it on the block. I would change that to an eye s
I just bought a C30 yesterday!! jeepbluetj at 10:16am 09.08.21 The USCG record is definitely a C-30, manufactured in July 1985, 1986 model year, hull #4313. (Likel
New to me O'day 28 - Getting into the water, re-rigging and running lines Stu Jackson at 10:14am 09.08.21 After the marina team gets me in the water and has stepped the mast back in, I have a limited amoun
Lost Prop Beneteau 473 DayDreamer41 at 9:57am 09.08.21 Yes that is a great question!!!!! Diver put new zinc on prop then next time I took it out I lost
Engineers - Thermodynamics Exam Bonus Question rgranger at 9:57am 09.08.21 @rgranger I understand "Delta - G". What is with the crescent moon and star in the lower right corn
Engineers - Thermodynamics Exam Bonus Question jssailem at 9:51am 09.08.21 @rgranger I understand "Delta - G". What is with the crescent moon and star in the lower right corne
Mast bracket question sail sfbay at 9:49am 09.08.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new dailboa6!! Ask away. Another use is a safe
Mast bracket question jssailem at 9:48am 09.08.21
Apostle Islands Charter (8) jaysweet at 9:29am 09.08.21 Some pictures: ip of Presque Isle peninsula. 198082 Raspberry Island light. 198083 A salamander on O
Lost Prop Beneteau 473 HMidkiff at 9:24am 09.08.21 Yes that is a great question!!!!! Diver put new zinc on prop then next time I took it out I lost
Mast bracket question SeaDogRun at 9:23am 09.08.21

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