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Candles Franklin at 1:35pm 10.19.06 Ask All Sailors 26/1880 Does burning candles produce CO2?
How to define boat size exactly to separate size? Marcus at 3:05pm 10.19.06 Other Sailboats 2/889 Am only trying to ask but this one single question to determine how to define boat sizings! What I w
Mainsheet Traveler VT Fitz at 3:16pm 10.19.06 Smaller Boats 1/1029 Greetings 23.5 owners. We're on the verge of completing a deal for a '95 model, stepping up from a 1
Source for carpet lstyles at 2:28pm 10.19.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1219 Hi,Can anyone give me a good source for carpet for the inside of my new to me Mac 26S? It was taken
POWER CABLES Wallace Shakun at 7:49am 10.19.06 Big Boats 2/864 Have a power cable for RC520 need input.Two cables black and red are for power (large diameter)Now
Hunter VIsion 36 crosses the Pacific! Sean Johnston at 3:48pm 10.19.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1118 Okay, it hasnt yet but the trip is in the works. Departure from Vancouver in August 2007, destinatio
Santa Monica Bay Sailing Big Joe at 5:12pm 10.19.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1121 Ahoy Mates! If you are bored, here is a YouTube link of my September 10th solo sail. A gift of en
Y25, Yanmar YSM 8 engine mount replacement Henry Fung at 8:00pm 10.17.06 Yamaha 0/2434 The engine mount of my Yanmar YSM 8 on my Y25 are too old and need replacement, does anyone know wha
Centerboard holes and drying time Brianl at 11:10pm 10.17.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/819 I put my 25 on the hard for a bottom job on the 6th and removed the centerboard. On the 9th there wa
Boooooooooored sailaway78 at 11:33pm 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 10/994 Boy am I bored. Just sitting here waiting for the fog bank to roll out. Or burn off, which ever co
VHF Radio cable location in Mast ?? Rik19504 at 12:06am 10.18.06 Smaller Boats 2/1304 I have a new 22 Mark II and want to install a mast mounted VHF antenna - where do you chase the VHF
Peter from Little Silver NJ Rcihard at 10:24pm 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1014 Peter please contact me about your friendes boatSkycowboy@gmail.comRegardsRichard
shaft strut/ rudder post Daydreams at 12:35am 10.18.06 Seidelmann 6/2040 Can I get some feedback on shaft strut movement. Pullout at the end of the season revealed some pla
Oceanis 400 keel width chamac at 2:42am 10.18.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/986 Hi AllDoes anyone have their Oceanis 400 out of the water and nearby? I am building a trailer for
Why own a boat if you are certified to Charter? JB at 3:09am 10.18.06 Ask All Sailors 29/2113 Question for those of you that own your own sailboat. What's the benefit to you of owning your own
Adding a 155 head Sail Shaun at 3:29am 10.18.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/867 Just finish my 1st season in this great boat. The size ,the handling and the ample room below decks
Leaking Bilge grr RICK57 at 4:07am 10.18.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/965 My 88 Hunter 26.5 has two separate bilge sumps over the keel bolts. They are not connected as water*
Still looking for crew Fri. Brooklyn to Manhattan Mike at 4:42am 10.18.06 Ask All Sailors 2/928 I am moving my Oday 322 Friday Oct. 20th at noon from Gateway Marina in Brooklyn (near JFK) and movi
keel bolts carp at 5:01am 10.18.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 14/3232 I've got a 1977 Catalina 27 and the keel bolts are obviously not stainless- they're really funky wit
Sliding Companion way hatch broken ... walmsleyc at 5:06am 10.18.06 Big Boats 4/1186 The sliding plexiglass/lexan companion way hatch on my 1987 Legend 35 broke recently. It now slides

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Which winch bolts will work for me new winches? JohnShannon at 4:32pm 08.07.21 There are virtually no marks in the fiberglass on the winch that popped off! They're Harken 32's f
Troubleshooting LP on 343 Oceanis jssailem at 4:27pm 08.07.21 You may need a big battery bank to go electric. There is also a diesel stove option.
1998 Hunter 340 jssailem at 4:25pm 08.07.21 Solo sailing is a blast. Recommend you get properly sized self tailing winches for your combing ins
Which winch bolts will work for me new winches? jssailem at 4:21pm 08.07.21 I just installed a pair of Lewmar 45ST's on my boat. 6 bolts. 5/16 flat head 2 inches long. thru the
Which winch bolts will work for me new winches? dlochner at 3:56pm 08.07.21 SS 316 bolts, backed up and torqued should be fine. My Lewmar 48s have 316 SS 5/16" and they take m
Shroud on deck Crazy Dave Condon at 3:54pm 08.07.21 Once the mast is up and want help, I tuned too many of the 240 rigging as a dealer selling nearly a
Gulf Off Shore Binocular Suggestions Gene Neill at 3:49pm 08.07.21 7x50 works well for me. I had to lobby Santa Claus for some Steiner Navigators which, for me, were p
1998 Hunter 340 sailcapt340 at 3:05pm 08.07.21 I have a friend who just sold his 1998 340. He had 2 smaller winches just forward of the fiberglass
Which winch bolts will work for me new winches? Project_Mayhem at 3:02pm 08.07.21 There are virtually no marks in the fiberglass on the winch that popped off! They're Harken 32's fr
Gulf Off Shore Binocular Suggestions Benny17441 at 3:00pm 08.07.21 A 10 magnification factor will render a narrower field of view. It will be much narrower than your
Which winch bolts will work for me new winches? JohnShannon at 2:52pm 08.07.21 O day 25 and a Lewmar 40? I can't imagine they wouldn't be. The winch can exert something like 3
Sailing or not jssailem at 2:40pm 08.07.21 Russ, thoughts are with you. It is tough to loose your best crew mate. Be strong guy. She would like
Gulf Off Shore Binocular Suggestions jon hansen at 2:30pm 08.07.21 i have these and like them very much on a moving vessel. https://www.samys.com/p/Compact-Binoculars
Gulf Off Shore Binocular Suggestions kloudie1 at 2:27pm 08.07.21 Usually, 8x50 is recommended because of the boat motion making it difficult to track targets. But so
Sailing or not jon hansen at 2:22pm 08.07.21 sorry to hear of your loss
Identify this sailboat? LeeandRick at 2:06pm 08.07.21 Complex rig. Jumper up top, looks like a Solent rig with running backstays also. Got to be French.:)
NOT buying H34 kloudie1 at 1:58pm 08.07.21 Not trying to convince you to buy the boat, just offering comments ..
Sailing or not RussC at 1:51pm 08.07.21 because my wife died this May from stomach cancer, a lot of my enthusiasm for sailing has diminishe
1998 Hunter 340 sail sfbay at 1:49pm 08.07.21 Consider installing an autopilot, then you would not need to relocate the cabin winches to the coami
Hunter 27 Bimini Crazy Dave Condon at 1:13pm 08.07.21

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