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Outboard Motor Placement on a C27 billybob at 2:17am 12.24.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2141 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 6/2190 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 0/1205 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 0/905 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 6/1001 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 11/1899 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 6/1096 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 2/1009 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 18/1981 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 0/1725 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 3/989 Merry Christmas all. Thanks for all of you help this past year!
Zinc's Allaninct12882 at 11:42pm 12.22.06 Catalina 30 0/1340 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 7/4833 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 11/1195 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 9/1088 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 6/1270 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 16/1707 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 32/1719 If you knew of somebody who had a very big misunderstanding about their boat, would you tell them an
Slack Stays and sunken mast step Paul at 8:34am 12.23.06 Catalina 30 1/1454 My 1986 catalina rigging is new, but have noticed over the past few years that the leaward stays hav
propane tank S2pete at 9:51am 12.23.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/904 My propane tank rusted out, and have been unable to find one to fit inside the 12" x 12" x 8" high v

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Invest 94L --> PTC #6 kappykaplan at 6:31am 08.11.21 TS Fred will strengthen when it enters the Gulf. Jim, do you have the Gulf heat graphic? Tks.
How does the Hunter 240 sail? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:24am 08.11.21 The number of water ballast sailboats were built and sold for various reasons to include less weight
Invest 94L --> PTC #6 (1) JamesG161 at 6:23am 08.11.21 Tropical Storm Fred is trying to close up and form an Eye, but none found by the Hurricane Hunters.
Need source for boat plumbing parts (1) Dr. D at 6:21am 08.11.21 Here is the head under sink space. I think rotating the sink drain hose attachment to the sink, then
Rig tuning physics (1) jon hansen at 6:16am 08.11.21 197070 if you like knowing the why and how of this sport, read this. you wana tune a rig, well, fo
Hunter 26 Inspection Port Water Basin Thingy?? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:15am 08.11.21 On your boat , that Served mostly as an inspection port which was not needed. This was addressed wi
Stanchion Modification Joe at 6:02am 08.11.21 Backing plates are preferred, but you may be able to get away with over sized fender washers. I h
Beneteau courtesy light controller kodiak1120 at 5:57am 08.11.21 Thanks everyone. I'll check with the DVM when I'm down at the boat later this week and post the res
Sailing or not jssailem at 5:56am 08.11.21 not having time to live mt dream before age catches up to me. I have not been nice to my body over
Deck Light Switch on a 2009 36 Hunter Crazy Dave Condon at 5:52am 08.11.21 A former 356 owner was Jim Seamans whose 356 was called Java. You can find many articles on the work
Rig tuning physics Joe at 5:48am 08.11.21 There's a good article on the how's and why's of mast tuning in www.cncphotoalbum.com. which is the
Rig tuning physics jssailem at 5:43am 08.11.21 Great ask. Buzz Ballenger at Ballenger Spars in Watsonville CA has made Spars his career. He has sev
Rig tuning physics shemandr at 5:37am 08.11.21 There is a book "The Physics of Sailing" which touches on some of these issues. I don't remember th
Rig tuning physics danstanford at 5:22am 08.11.21 Having followed the settings outlined in guides for my various boats, my understanding is a synthesi
Raymarine Ray 55 Transmits but Won't Receive Sun Catcher at 5:19am 08.11.21 Hi.. I wondered about the same thing and so walked a fair distance away to check with the handheld,
Chain snubbers (1) thinwater at 5:10am 08.11.21 Originally the columns were labeled 15 knots, 30 knots, and 42 knots, but that designation was chang
Stern Railing Beneteau First 285 John Dibb at 5:01am 08.11.21 Our 361 port rail was damaged in hurricane Isaias last year. Local fabrication was not easy to get s
Chain snubbers dLj at 4:11am 08.11.21 This raises a point that has always been unclear to me. How does one know what forces are placed on
Sailing or not SailingLoto at 3:43am 08.11.21 As a new sailor, only on my second season, but 40 years old. I am working towards retirement in a d

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