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A question of fabrication? Dennis at 6:29am 12.26.05 Trailer Sailors 13/1942 Has anyone had the fortitude to attempt to put an electric starter on a small hp outboard not equipt
Cal 28 outhaul rigging Boat Babe at 6:22am 12.26.05 Ask All Sailors 7/1541 I need to remove the outhaul on my cal 28. anyone know how the internal rigging si arranged and how
washing running rigging Boat Babe at 5:41am 12.26.05 Ask All Sailors 8/2597 any advise on washing the sheets and running rigging which I just took off of the used boat I just b
Leaking Port Mike at 5:26am 12.26.05 Big Boats 3/1019 OK, how do I keep me Lewmar ports from leaking? Is there an after matket source for replacement gask
Put it on my tab ex-admin at 5:23am 12.26.05 Ask All Sailors 61/4503 It's hard to pick up a boating magazine these days and not see an article about someone who set out
owned a O'Day Mariner about 23 yrs. ago South Jersey Chuck at 4:57am 12.26.05 Day Sailers 1/1212 Hi, I owned 6 different sailboat in my life. Smaller and bigger then my Mariner, the Mariner being
Roller Furling Charlie at 4:22am 12.26.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1190 Roller Furling: First time owners of a Beneteau with a roller furling need advice on maintenance , s
engines tom miller at 3:44am 12.26.05 Bavaria 11/2860 I am purchasing a bavaria 46 and wonder about whether the standard 55 hp volvo sail drive has enough
Roller furling kemxt at 2:24am 12.26.05 Columbia 0/1388 I have a rollerfurling system that is cracked but is useable. but my jib is not a rollerfurling jib
Replacing Rope Clutches MMueller at 12:16am 12.26.05 Hallberg-Rassy 0/1528 I recently purchased a new set of rope clutches to replace the worn clutches on the port side of my
3 blad prop - Hunter 340 Jim at 10:31pm 12.25.05 Big Boats 9/2922 I ned some help on switching out the standard Hunter 2 blade to a 3 blade due to manuvering issues a
Cutlass Bearing Frank Weeks at 9:37pm 12.25.05 Ask All Sailors 8/1132 Cutlass bearing. Hi Sailors, The cutlass bearing on my boat is located at the end of the shaft t
Smooth Bottom Kerry at 9:03pm 12.25.05 Ask All Sailors 7/1205 A this years haulout I noticed that the so called serious raceboats had really smooth hulls. They sa
Crazy guy Franklin at 12:13pm 12.25.05 Smaller Boats 6/878 Notice the boat in the pic looks like a hunter 25...also notice all the water and fuel jugs and also
Reason to like that slick, no keel bottom..... Night Sailor at 10:18am 12.25.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/923 Today, Christmas Day, it hist 70 degrees and was sunny, so we took the boat out on Lake Lewisville.
Water tank Vents TMT23074 at 9:39am 12.25.05 Other Sailboats 6/1331 Hi everyone I,am new to this forum. I,ve owned a 1981 Irwin 37 center cockpit ketch for 15 yrs. and
Merry Christmas DaveP at 4:28am 12.25.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1043 Merry Christmas Everyone. I wanted to take this time wish everyone a Merry Christmas an a Happy New
business cards fred at 4:12am 12.25.05 Ask All Sailors 10/1230 Occasionally I meet fellow sailors who, when introducing themselves, hand you their neat business ca
perko fitting Chester at 2:51am 12.25.05 Other Sailboats 2/925 Does anyone know where that Perko fitting gets hooked into the fresh water system. People have them
air conditioning/heat Norm Pettett at 2:35am 12.25.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1313 Are there options and/or aftermarket air conditioning systems that can be installed in a Catalina 27

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Traveler Don Guillette at 3:15pm 05.24.21 Thanks Don , I loosen the vang and move the traveler to windward. Rgranger: The key word is VANG
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive (2) dleckenby at 3:14pm 05.24.21 I had the boat out last week and checked the internal anode and it looked OK to me. Some loss visibl
Help with lost Beneteau swing keel jon hansen at 3:11pm 05.24.21 the center board needs to weigh enough to go down, not float. it's not ballast like in the keel
Help with lost Beneteau swing keel twistedskipper at 3:08pm 05.24.21 Does the Beneteau 311 really carry ballast in the retractable appendage? In other words, is it a swi
Sherwood Raw Water Pump Leak Ralph Johnstone at 3:02pm 05.24.21 That is the weep hole you see the water dripping from. It looks as if the mechanical seal of the p
Capri 18 Reefing Assistance Sought - Any pictures? (1) sail sfbay at 3:00pm 05.24.21 You have described your set up very well but a few photos of the reefing lines and hardware might he
How to calibrate Raymarine i60 wind instrument markwbird at 2:52pm 05.24.21 Do you mean both the apparent and true are 15% different from a known wind speed in your location?
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit (1) Thaniel at 2:45pm 05.24.21 Look what showed up today. An upgrade for the boat! d work. But in initial testing it looks like it
Help with lost Beneteau swing keel jon hansen at 2:38pm 05.24.21 so, a bud had the same issue on his bristol 40. contacted the designer, got the blue prints. resear
Traveler rgranger at 2:22pm 05.24.21 Thanks Don Helpful post. I think I figured out how to use the Traveler by trial -error-&-observat
Deck wash AEarnshaw at 2:01pm 05.24.21 One of the various kits available will meet your needs, but if you'd like so save a few sheckles, C
How to calibrate Raymarine i60 wind instrument shemandr at 1:55pm 05.24.21 Kinda makes you pine for a pencil with a bit of cassette tape tied to it.
Full size porta potty? (1) tfox2069 at 1:47pm 05.24.21 There are at least two different sizes of "standard" marine head bowls - compact and regular. My gu
Behavior of marine batteries Fredct at 1:44pm 05.24.21 I mean Lithium polymer battery.
How to calibrate Raymarine i60 wind instrument sail sfbay at 1:27pm 05.24.21 The calibration process can be found in Chapter 7, section 2, entitled ALIGNIING THE WIND TRANSDUCER
First Day on the Water! JonnyEp at 1:26pm 05.24.21 Thanks! Tape has been removed!
Defender Marine got hacked Bob S at 1:21pm 05.24.21 Defender doesn't keep your card on file. You have to enter it for each transaction. I too got this e
Deck wash (1) tfox2069 at 1:05pm 05.24.21 Thank you tfox2069! I do plenty of plumbing and electrical so this is a simple one. I installed
Length of stock winch handle Parsons at 12:57pm 05.24.21 I assume you know you can easily calculate how much (read - how little) mechanical advantage that ex
How to calibrate Raymarine i60 wind instrument Davidasailor26 at 12:54pm 05.24.21 Do you mean both the apparent and true are 15% different from a known wind speed in your location?

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