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BOAT BUYING SCAM/FRAUD Steve at 6:34am 05.24.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1168 I recently had my sailboat for sale and received one of the scam/fraud emails that we hear so much a
rudder tube and stuffing box carl at 6:10am 05.24.06 Other Sailboats 1/982 Are the rudder tubes on an 81 Citation 30 glassed in real good? The reason I am asking I wonder if
Head leak? mturner at 6:47am 05.24.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/1244 I put a blue dye in my head to see of the smell in the bildge was from the head. It was. I have repl
cutter staysail - how to rig tom h at 8:04am 05.24.06 Ask All Sailors 9/8630 The staysail runs up the forestay. The head of the boom for the staysail is about a foot and a half
Electrical Spaghetti RockinD at 7:28am 05.24.06 Mid-Size Boats 1/915 O.K. I finally got aroung to hooking up the new 5 wire Romex that I installed from the mast head dow
rudder tube, stuffing box carl at 8:24am 05.24.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1063 I tightened my rudder stuffing box nut a quarter turn because i would get a seep when sailing or mot
Attn: Lake Erie/Islands Sailors... Tim McCarty at 8:23am 05.24.06 Ask All Sailors 2/964 I will be making a trip back to my marina (from Vermillion, OH)in June and wondered if anyone has an
Help! Mast raising problems... Chris & Lenore at 10:37am 05.24.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/829 Tried to raise the mast on our 26S tonight. Followed the instructions except for using the main haly
Brian & Steph are Famous! Captain Bob at 10:28am 05.24.06 Smaller Boats 0/834 Brian and Stephanie were featured in the June edition of Cruising World.Can I have your autographs
Electrical panel Tom at 12:13pm 05.24.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/863 need to work on and replace the electrical panel and switches. Need suggestions, and some input abo
lead Main Halyard to Cockpit jerrygg@eathlink.net at 12:06pm 05.24.06 Catalina 30 1/1399 How can I lead he main halyard back to the cockpit? Would I run double block with the main sheet or
Hunter 25 Wedge Top Specs? Ray Montondo at 1:00pm 05.24.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1444 Just bought a Hunter 25 Wedge Top. The main, made to fit a Hunter 25 Box Top, leaves about 18 inches
Bottom Blisters Bing. at 1:16pm 05.24.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1075 Hi thereWe have been looking at purchasing a 10 year old Beneteau 351. The last prospective purch
Water Balast leak into bilge scott at 1:45pm 05.24.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/659 The water balast is leaking into the back bilge of my 26X. I attached vaccuum cleaner to gate valve
Vented loop access Alan at 8:28pm 05.22.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/691 In the 35.5, the vented loop for the head is located behind the wall in the shower next to the showe
Sailboat recognition cheat sheet muised at 7:40pm 05.22.06 Ask All Sailors 2/3190 I was in the boatyard yesterday (I feel like I live there now) and saw a boat for sale which I thoug
That Sinking Feeling..need HELP! BruceK at 10:22pm 05.22.06 Mid-Size Boats 13/1108 OK you guys with all those 89-94 H30/33/35's built similarily... just commissioned the boat and foun
Swing Keel on 1988 CAT 22 kevin.holmes@gt.com at 10:53pm 05.22.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1274 My boat has a swing keel. I am uncertain how to secure it once it has been lowered. Is there a loc
A curious idea... Tim McCarty at 11:17pm 05.22.06 Ask All Sailors 8/1060 Without going into too much detail...our boat is docked about 40 minutes from our house on the west
Locations for Flux Gate Compass - Auto Pilot firehoser75 at 12:25am 05.23.06 Bavaria 6/4964 Please give me some guidance. Where have you successfully installed the flux gate compass for a Raym

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Anchor chain for Catalina 440 (2005) sail sfbay at 9:03am 04.15.21
Repowering Islander 36 Rick D at 8:55am 04.15.21 Why go with the yard? Think a Beta Marine install by an independent jobber. Also, blocks can be repl
Yanmar 3YM30 fails to self prime Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 8:44am 04.15.21 You might have an air leak - at the strainer, ,maybe at the pump gasket, or your impeller may be bad
Zeppelin RIBS sail sfbay at 8:34am 04.15.21 Relatively newer comany, made in France with no US dealers based on this link The brand - ZEPPELIN
Please explain self bailing for me (1) Justin_NSA at 8:26am 04.15.21 Self bailing illustrated ;)
Please explain self bailing for me dpekala79 at 8:10am 04.15.21
First-time Sailbaot Owner - Hunter 240 Swing Keel Question familyrapp at 8:07am 04.15.21 Thanks @rgranger. I'm still curious if OP can post the results of his problem from last year. I al
Oday 27 stepping the mast? (1) sail sfbay at 7:54am 04.15.21
First-time Sailbaot Owner - Hunter 240 Swing Keel Question rgranger at 7:54am 04.15.21 The H240 is water ballast. The keel probably only weighs 60#. If the paint is dried up in the kee
Capsized transport in GOM. rgranger at 7:50am 04.15.21 They will. It's part of the game of any of that type of show. The first season of ice road trucke
Where to next? rgranger at 7:42am 04.15.21 John, have you forgot our PNW narrative...it always rains, the sun never shines and the wind is alw
Time for New Insurance rgranger at 7:41am 04.15.21 Does that make sense? Makes sense to me... I'd add to your analysis liability. If an old boat sm
Hull to Deck Joint Repair and Filler dlochner at 7:37am 04.15.21 :plus: ... and 5200 is a one and done option. You can't undo 5200 without a lot of work. If you
Swing keel vs Dagger ? rgranger at 7:37am 04.15.21 The mac 25 keel is also the ballast. If memory serves me right it is 800#. It is not going to swi
The Dinghy Diaries dlochner at 7:34am 04.15.21 Aluminum hull RIBs seem to be popular. The aluminum bottom will stand up to the barnacles, the RIB m
FRANCESPAR BACKSTAY ADJUSTER - HANDYLOCK SS DUAL HANDLE (1) sail sfbay at 7:32am 04.15.21 Is the one in the photo below the one you are looking to purchase and how do you plan to rig it? Su
Hull to Deck Joint Repair and Filler rgranger at 7:28am 04.15.21 I really don't see this as an application for 5200 as 5200 is more of an adhesive than a caulk or s
First-time Sailbaot Owner - Hunter 240 Swing Keel Question familyrapp at 7:27am 04.15.21 Is there any follow up to this thread? I'm having the same problem. Launched last weekend, and the
H41 stern tube diameter and pss dripless shaft seal (1) sail sfbay at 7:15am 04.15.21 You can purchase on from this site: Dripless Shaft Seal (sailboatowners.com) From PYI Inc. \| PSS P
Universal M25-XP Broken Engine Mount L Bracket JRT at 7:07am 04.15.21 Hey @Ward H looks like you are on your way, I was curious about that bracket, it is pretty simple a

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