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Playing favorites ex-admin at 1:16am 01.02.06 Ask All Sailors 36/2044 Sail through a good size boatyard, marina, or mooring field and you'll see boats of every size and t
Affordable Refrigeration Elcheapo at 12:53am 01.02.06 Ask All Sailors 16/1831 My boat has an icebox that is on my list to convert after a few other expensive projects. I installe
Bilge Pump location Bruce at 12:28am 01.02.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/879 While I'm sure this question might have been answered before, I haven't found it on any of the archi
water in engine compartment Tony F at 10:16pm 01.01.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/3293 After a recent rain I noticed water in the engine compartment. It diden't seem to drain. Should ther
Lost, Help sailor420 at 10:01pm 01.01.06 Other Sailboats 0/765 On Jan 1 I lost all activity from the end of Dec as well as my thread tracker. Why? In addition I c
Response to Pirates Harold at 9:20pm 01.01.06 Ask All Sailors 20/2043 Have heard lots of talk about so called pirates who board and cause trouble. How common is this issu
stopping the main halyard rattling around rols at 6:02pm 01.01.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1677 The 343 isn't completely set up yet, but I went down to see her today. They've installed the lazy ja
Battery charging with AC genset grant544 at 2:04pm 01.01.06 Big Boats 0/735 was never very good with my original Passage 42 Heart EMS 1800 inverter/charger. The best I was ever
bilge water - leak? Sherry at 12:54pm 01.01.06 Ask All Sailors 19/1205 I got my new to me 1992 Hunter 30 in July. This is my first winter of ownership. When I bought the
sail for CDI Flexible furlers bob griffin at 11:23am 01.01.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/866 I am installig CDI Flexible furler this winter. I have a 150 head sail, is that to big? Should I use
Mast Paint Colors Rob19574 at 10:58am 01.01.06 Ask All Sailors 6/3836 Hi all,I am prepping my mast and boom for an Awlgrip paint refinishing on my Catalina 30. I plan
Catalina vs Ericson ble at 10:27am 01.01.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/4970 What a cool site! I am new to sailing after years of canoes and small speedboats. I went through
Gas or diesel generator BuddyE at 10:14am 01.01.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1083 Trying to put a 110 volt system to power kitchen appliances, refrig, ect. Have a 33 Univrsal diesel
engine compartment on the Islander 28' Jack at 9:53am 01.01.06 Islander 3/1999 I recently purchased an Islander 28' and the previous owner said he had a mechanic work on the engin
Boise Sailing John S at 9:47am 01.01.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/785 Well we had a weather window here in Idahop, it quit raining for the day. Splashed my boat and saile
Cunningham vs halyard Bill Leathen at 9:40am 01.01.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/3766 I just read your book and can not wait for the winter to end so I can start sailing again. Is there
Help - need ideas to save boat - low water level Kay13287 at 8:38am 01.01.06 Ask All Sailors 13/1547 I am looking for some help on possible actions I can take. The lake water level has dropped so low,
Thinking of a new rudder..... La Boheme at 8:35am 01.01.06 Smaller Boats 3/1066 We are thinking of changing our rudder. Any positive experiences and negative one.Please let us kno
Ben 36S7 info needed Loren at 6:38am 01.01.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1156 We are considering a move to a larger boat, but the new boat market is made up (mostly) of "RV's."R
Double Braid end splice tim1424 at 6:36am 01.01.06 Ask All Sailors 4/2416 Can someone recommend a good web link with instructions on how to do an end splice for double braide

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H260 Diesel v. Outboard Tedd at 8:28pm 05.27.21 @caverun , I hadn't considered that the diesel might only be available in the fixed-keel version of
Marking anchor rode DianaOfBurlington at 8:17pm 05.27.21 Chain or line? Zip ties for the chain and I used red whipping thread on my line. Single bar is 25ft
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 8:10pm 05.27.21 I think the guy tied the ladder down using diagonal lashings and the ladder spun sideways in the win
prefrontal kloudie1 at 8:09pm 05.27.21 It is tough to be in a trough?
garmin NMEA 2000 backbone and Ray EV100 wheel pilot HMT2 at 7:57pm 05.27.21 There is not much info on what data can be shared between the two systems. Can the pilot follow a
garmin NMEA 2000 backbone and Ray EV100 wheel pilot (1) leo310 at 7:50pm 05.27.21 The ACU N2k is wired not a plug so all I did was cut the end off the Garmin N2k and wired it with th
Adding a microwave to a Beneteau 37 TimFromLI at 7:32pm 05.27.21 If you have an inverter on the boat, when you select your microwave oven make sure that it is compat
Rule gusher pump Cypressman at 7:18pm 05.27.21 It is a manual.
Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker Ralph Johnstone at 7:10pm 05.27.21 Ah. Yup, seems my multimeter is only rated to 10A. I will give it a shot and see what numbers I can
Water Pump Gasket Terry Cox at 7:04pm 05.27.21 If it were my boat I would seek technical advice either from the vendor where you purchased the pump
Adding a microwave to a Beneteau 37 kodiak1120 at 7:02pm 05.27.21
Adding a microwave to a Beneteau 37 kodiak1120 at 7:02pm 05.27.21 ask the seller? Sellers are elderly and have dimentia. Sale is being handled by their children who
Replacing spreader mount on a H19-2 ChaseRokitt at 6:59pm 05.27.21
prefrontal JamesG161 at 6:49pm 05.27.21 You are in the Trough between HIGH to the North and LOW to the South. Thus the brisk PINCH. Polar
How to "back" fittings used to route halyards to the cockpit? glaufman at 6:49pm 05.27.21 PS has a great article on backing plates of various materials... I highly recommend buying G10 and b
Rule gusher pump sail sfbay at 6:42pm 05.27.21 Welcome to the forum!! There are many models (1) rule emergency gusher bilge pump - Bing - Shopping
H260 Diesel v. Outboard caverun at 6:34pm 05.27.21 I'm pretty sure the fixed keel/diesel version has more headroom in the cabin since there is no balla
Adding a microwave to a Beneteau 37 Davidasailor26 at 6:29pm 05.27.21
Using a trolling motor on small boat Philly2DC2LBI at 6:28pm 05.27.21 Thanks WayneH - yeah, ended up with a saltwater one. The difference was like $100, figured it was wo
Using a trolling motor on small boat Philly2DC2LBI at 6:26pm 05.27.21 Thanks very much George_NJ! Looked around for used but ended up having to buy a new one - at this po

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