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Flex-O-Fold Propellers allsail at 9:56am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1468 I am planning a trip down the ICW, from Annapolis to St Marys, Georgia this August/September. In pre
Give me the poop on my vented loop Seattle Scott at 8:42am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1080 I have a starboard side head with the holding tank a foot way with no Y valve, all waste goes into t
Seaward instrument light Jon W. at 9:30am 01.31.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1346 I need a replacement lamp for the volt meter in my Seaward engine instrument panel. Does anyone kno
Icebox drainage agaliha at 8:49am 01.31.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3396 My 361 has an icebox with a 12vold cold plate. There is a thermostatically controlled "hole" which
Carbon vs Aluminum william24424 at 10:25am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1860 Aluminum masts still seem the standard for production sailboats, they probably cost half as much as
Kiwi Prop Vinny at 10:42am 01.31.07 Big Boats 7/1197 Well just a quick note. If the Kiwi Feathering prop works as well as the service from the company i
Hatch Cover leaking Jim at 11:00am 01.31.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1108 I am new to sailing and a new owner of a 1983 Catalina 30 so be gentle if I use the wrong terms. :-)
Is it just me or ??????? Nice N Easy at 11:47am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 18/1137 It seems way to common to read on here of boats sunk, missing or in trouble. Also noticed that on my
Pets on board (1) Manny at 12:31pm 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 17/1288 Hi All,I was wondering if many of you take your pets on board. I have two dogs that I sometimes br
Swim Latter Repair on Hunter 25.5 (1) Robert Reid at 12:38pm 01.31.07 Smaller Boats 3/1083 We have a 1985 Hunter 25.5. One of the swim ladder's mounting blocks is broken. It appears that th
Palmer engines Daryl at 1:25pm 01.31.07 Other Sailboats 0/826 My 1972 P 30 has a palmer motor. I noticed that all Pearsons seem to have Atomic 4s. Was the Palmer
Sailing the Great White North tom at 11:16pm 01.29.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1683 Is pleasure boating pleasurable in the great white north?? Specifically the St Lawerence Seaway??? I
loose shrouds anyone? (1) kunundrum at 2:39am 01.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1124 This is the kind of fun you too can have if your shrouds are nice and loose.
GPS JoeB at 2:00am 01.30.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1059 Just picked up a Garmin GPSMap 76What are my options for downloading maps? and who, or which ones w
What's your worst disaster? Kunundrum at 2:49am 01.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/980 Thought it might be fun to open up this subject as we can probably all learn from others disasters,
Bimini Tops B737 at 3:17am 01.30.07 Ask All Sailors 20/2185 Anyone have any info to get a cheap Bimini for my H34, New or Used???
MacGregor 26 Atlantic Crossings? swk1029 at 4:33am 01.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/21416 Hi, I am new to sailing but looking for a boat to learn on and eventually to port out of Horta in th
How to buy Radar? PrincessoftheLake at 5:11am 01.30.07 Big Boats 23/1593 I would like to add Radar to my 1995 Hunter 40.5. We sail and cruise on Lake Superior in the Apostl
The New kid on the block takes a beating! James R. Machin at 4:49am 01.30.07 Ask All Sailors 53/2887 Dear Benny, Tom, ' some of the rest,Hello! I'm obviously the new kid on this block and am perfec
Holding tank suds22334 at 8:25am 01.30.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/835 This question is for owners of 30 ' 1990 catalinas only I think . I need to buy a holding tank from

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Raw Water Pump Failure JoeWhite at 8:47am 08.12.21 200 hours is a healthy number of hours. You can easily rebuild by replacing its 3 seals with minimum
Rig tuning physics danstanford at 8:36am 08.12.21 That's interesting, thanks. I had been under the impression that some degree of lateral bowing coul
Rig tuning physics Davidasailor26 at 8:30am 08.12.21 That's interesting, thanks. I had been under the impression that some degree of lateral bowing coul
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. isaksp00 at 8:23am 08.12.21 I think you are referring to limber holes. My 23 has them, don't know if it came this way from the f
A few quick battery box questions sail sfbay at 8:03am 08.12.21 Came across this article that addresses many of your questions: Battery Box to keep your boat batter
Rig tuning physics Tedd at 8:00am 08.12.21
Invest 94L --> PTC #6 (1) JamesG161 at 7:49am 08.12.21 Looks like TS Fred got his butt kicked last night, after Hispaniola's mountains spread out the Centr
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook tfox2069 at 7:46am 08.12.21 I'll throw out another alternative here - using batteries which tolerate operating in a Partial Stat
Rode Length All U Get at 7:35am 08.12.21
Hunter 216 Loose Forestay rfgeorge55 at 7:14am 08.12.21 Thanks for the replies. Mike216, one worry I have is that I bought a swivel that is too big. Can y
H34 rig tension Artey1 at 7:13am 08.12.21 Mine is not quite what I would describe as "that" tight in the shrouds .. but mine is tightened to
Hanging Bimini Artey1 at 7:07am 08.12.21 Regarding a hanging bimini; Laura Dekker, the fourteen year old who sailed around the world, had on
Hanging Bimini Artey1 at 7:03am 08.12.21 I have A Hunter 34 and found this one to work and is quite high. You do have to do a little sewin
Hanging Bimini (1) RoyS at 6:57am 08.12.21 Regarding a hanging bimini; Laura Dekker, the fourteen year old who sailed around the world, had one
wing on wing sailing Artey1 at 6:54am 08.12.21 I leave a preventer rigged all season long. It consists of two lines connected about mid boom going
Possible C&C 30 mark 1 buyer looking for advice... kloudie1 at 6:25am 08.12.21
Newish Beneteau 41.1 2017 owner with a few questions bb2021 at 6:24am 08.12.21 The answer on solar and/or generators is always the same, depends. It would be nice if generators ga
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook ice breaker at 6:10am 08.12.21 I have the same Nova cool fridge and freezer. The fridge works great at about a 50% duty cycle, the
Rig tuning physics Davidasailor26 at 6:00am 08.12.21
Rode Length jssailem at 5:47am 08.12.21 In that anchorage the big thing is Tidal current (East-West). Second is wind from the wrong directio

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