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Sailboat washes up on Florida beach Wanderer138 at 1:46pm 01.16.07 Ask All Sailors 35/2413 I heard a rumor at work today that a really nice sailboat had washed up on the beach south of Melbou
Beneteau First Sieries Question Paul at 1:26pm 01.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1252 When do Beneteau change their "First" designs? I would be grumpy if I purchased my new 40.7, only t
Too many options Manny at 12:26pm 01.16.07 Ask All Sailors 20/3796 Hi All,I need to replace the jib sheet and the main sheet on the old girl. The jib sheet is 67' of
beaching your boat Hollywood Chia Pet at 11:52am 01.16.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1434 i am renting a house in eureka that has a private dock. the problem is, that when the tide is at ex
DaySailer 16 Bill22305 at 11:19am 01.16.07 Day Sailers 8/1509 OK. Let me try this here. I've been boating - all kinds except sail - for 30 years. My wife and I wa
Preventing non skid chalking Mike8245 at 10:06am 01.16.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1021 Anyone have any suggestions on a product that would work to prevent the non skid part of the gel coa
Re-powering a Bristol 24 (1) Richard at 9:40am 01.16.07 Bristol 6/6228 Its time to re-power my Bristol 24 and wish to buy a new 9.9 outboard motor. My question is will a 4
Sea of Cortez Tommy B. at 8:20am 01.16.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1004 I am planning to sail down the Sea of Cortez in the spring. My plan is to stay fairly close to the
seidelmann 37 review and seaworthy pete at 6:46am 01.16.07 Ask All Sailors 3/8898 does any one know how sea worthy seidelmann sailboats are? can you coastal cruse or just stay in the
zinc deteriotation Steve at 3:24am 01.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1573 When I hauled my boat in the fall of 05 my zinc was just about gone. Other boats at the dock had re
zinc burnout Steve at 3:08am 01.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/998 When I hauled my boat, the Fall of 05, my zinc was completely worn away. I believed the problem to
First Series Question Owen at 3:08am 01.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/950 After how many years/seasons do Beneteau retire a First Series design. I would hate to purchase a 36
First Series Question Owen at 3:08am 01.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/830 After how many years/seasons do Beneteau retire a First Series design. I would hate to purchase a 36
First Series Question Owen at 3:07am 01.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/820 After how many years/seasons do Beneteau retire a First Series design. I would hate to purchase a 36
hull specifications Ernst at 2:56am 01.16.07 Newport 0/1589 Two questions: I need the hull specs, ie. displacement volume, and which kind of self steering rig h
Globe Impellers allsail at 2:29am 01.16.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1296 Looking for some feedback regarding Globe Impellers for raw water pumps. I have a Universal M-35B en
Bavaria 31 Kava Maru II at 2:03am 01.16.07 Bavaria 1/2061 Hi!I am intending to buy a Bavaria 31 (2001) for cruising in the portuguese coast and to go to Made
Laying down a 4-stroke outboard - Oil in Carb? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 1:34am 01.16.07 Ask All Sailors 8/25108 We are looking at getting a 6hp Tohatsu outboard (2003) for the dink. Prev.Owner had run it in a ba
Low HP inboard engined C27s - prop size/pitch plea Paul Meyer at 10:23pm 01.15.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1694 I'm hoping to get a sense of how our two blade, prop size/pitch (12/8), and tranny ratio (2:1) compa
New sail boating owner needs help. Kyventure 222 at 10:15pm 01.15.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1325 I recently purchased a MacGregor 22-2.I have begun taking sailing lessons and have found that I love

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Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. (1) Brian M H23 at 9:25am 08.18.21 197301
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Brian M H23 at 9:21am 08.18.21 This is not a water ballast boat but a wing keel fixed boat. The first 10 boats was a swing keel w
Hunter 420 Passage trip on the ICW geek_guy at 8:48am 08.18.21 As I stated on an earlier post. We just came up from Marathon to Port Canaveral and all the bridges
Need source for boat plumbing parts Dr. D at 8:20am 08.18.21 After examining all the plumbing again, I'm going the simpler route. The sink drain hose is too shor
Dish Soap Rinsing Deleted member 117556 at 8:04am 08.18.21 On all my other boats, I did as Rich did and had a raw water pump to the sink for washing dishes. I
Beneteau 361 new owner JamesG161 at 7:53am 08.18.21 D. Any info on changing batteries to lithium Make sure your Battery Charger can be set to Lithium
Beneteau 361 new owner JamesG161 at 7:50am 08.18.21 Mine is Z-Spars and the label is on the boom. Jim...
Border Crossing Into BC Tedd at 7:36am 08.18.21 Now we need to get the border working in the other direction!
Wooden shemandr at 7:35am 08.18.21 . ...Based on the small photo, what is there appears to be hexagonal ? I am guessing that that is s
Wooden Tedd at 7:11am 08.18.21 Do they still do that project with new machinists ? I had a machinist working for me who trained i
Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass Issues (5) Nodak7 at 7:10am 08.18.21 OK! Just wanted to give you all a heads up regarding the windlass! After researching the cost of a n
Beneteau 361 new owner (1) sail sfbay at 7:10am 08.18.21 Does the inmast furler look like the one in the photo below? If it is it is a US Spar (part of Z-Sp
Catalina 25 trailer help. Project_Mayhem at 7:07am 08.18.21 I thought there was some info in the owner resources but I stumbled upon this when looking for it Ca
Anemometer repair upper Barnagate bay sail sfbay at 7:02am 08.18.21 Might climb the mast and check the connection first. Friend's anemometer recenly became unplugged so
Beneteau 361 new owner RitSim at 7:01am 08.18.21 Mast could also be US Spars. Typically has a adhesive tag on the mast base or on the boom.
Dish Soap Rinsing Project_Mayhem at 6:55am 08.18.21 The frying pans and pots are the problem Learn to season your pots and pans just like you would sk
Anemometer repair upper Barnagate bay Art12050 at 6:53am 08.18.21
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook (3) Nodak7 at 6:52am 08.18.21 Nodak, I thank you very much for your detailed response here. As we have the same boat I may try to
Wooden Leeward Rail at 6:45am 08.18.21 So you could definitely get quite a good flat, true surface on a bronze cast cleat, that way. Yup.
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook sailtheworld79 at 6:35am 08.18.21 The batteries are Trojan T105 Deep Cycle Golf Cart Batteries. Half the size of a 4D. Four (4) will

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