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Skipper Bob Hugh McCully at 10:11pm 12.23.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1167 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 0/785 ...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 5/2049 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 6/1947 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 0/1164 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 0/869 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 6/950 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 11/1820 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 6/1046 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 2/990 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 18/1744 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 0/1705 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 3/957 Merry Christmas all. Thanks for all of you help this past year!
Zinc's Allaninct12882 at 11:42pm 12.22.06 Catalina 30 0/1303 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 7/4434 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 11/1129 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 9/1038 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 6/1199 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 16/1576 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 32/1598 If you knew of somebody who had a very big misunderstanding about their boat, would you tell them an

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Strange starting issue - anyone else experienced? jssailem at 8:30pm 05.26.21 Golly gee it was electrical. Thanks for sharing your discovery. I think you are taking the first st
Simrad WP30 Autopilot Drinking on the Job jssailem at 7:47pm 05.26.21
Best genoa for Catalina 30 jeepbluetj at 7:46pm 05.26.21 My 1980 was also a raw water cooled A4. Not the original, but no idea how long it had been in the bo
Simrad WP30 Autopilot Drinking on the Job Tally Ho at 7:15pm 05.26.21
Shore water feed tkwhalen at 7:10pm 05.26.21 On my shore water input there is a valve on my water manifold that must be switched on in order for
Diesel shutoff question Wm. Gill at 7:07pm 05.26.21 I don't see the bracket for the kill cable on the picture of the regulator lever. When I said a det
Jabsco electric head switch. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:04pm 05.26.21 I can't really tell from that drawing whether it is or not. I found these wiring instructions for i
Catalina 309 charger Tom J at 6:38pm 05.26.21 The particular boat is a 2006 Catalina 309. Am looking to buy, but owner has no clue, and searchi
Furler Twists PaulK at 6:13pm 05.26.21 Stay tension --both too tight and too loose -- definitely has an impact on furling. You may also wan
Furler Twists Sirius Pete at 5:56pm 05.26.21 Yes the foil does twist. I might take a video. Will take a day or so. Do you think forestay or backs
Catalina 275 Rudder float or sink? Cycleox at 5:50pm 05.26.21 A happy end to the story and confirmation that the rudder definitely sinks. Had the guy doing the hu
Last straw Marmalade at 5:49pm 05.26.21
Interior mast cover that is removable to access the wiring Rich Stidger at 5:44pm 05.26.21 I had a similar cover that had a broken corner. What I did was to make a pattern out of cardboard a
Last straw leo310 at 5:18pm 05.26.21 What about adding a field in the classifieds for products that owners have used or know of that we c
Interior mast cover that is removable to access the wiring (1) Necessity at 4:45pm 05.26.21 Does anyone know where I can find this part for the Hunter 310 1999- It may have been fabricated by
Strange starting issue - anyone else experienced? Monheganlover at 4:40pm 05.26.21 BTW - if anyone has already installed a mechanical oil pressure sensor on their Universal M-25 XPB a
Traveler Davidasailor26 at 4:34pm 05.26.21 So, assume the boat is sailing in light air (around 5 knots) and the boat driver calls for a tack.
Mast sheave box - Compatible Ronstan part? Ben16737 at 4:32pm 05.26.21
Looking for cabinet and door latches for '97 Beneteau Oceanis 381 ransarge@gmail.com at 4:14pm 05.26.21 Finger hole plastic parts can be had from Beneteau Parts. I bought a fistful, just in case! Can yo
Last straw Scott B at 4:05pm 05.26.21 :plus: At the risk of getting banned again myself, I agree completely. Sorry, but Jack's right.

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