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Hatch Screens Roxanne Cooper at 6:13am 08.01.05 Other Sailboats 0/824 My husband and I bought this well made hatch screen off the internet last month. This company has a
Tacktick instruments Gary8065 at 5:40am 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1429 I am looking to replace the instruments on my Catalina 27. I was thinking about using tacktick wind
Source to replace cracked hinges on opening ports Adelante at 5:17am 08.01.05 Hallberg-Rassy 1/1728 IF anyone knows a source to replace cracked hinges on the opening ports of a 1982 Hallberg Rassy ket
Can you help diagnose this charging issue? Les Murray at 4:58am 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1025 I have a pair of 4-year old group 31 AGM batteries for my house bank charged by a 3-way smart regula
Tension for Oday Mariner '69 Matt at 4:56am 08.01.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/695 Does anyone know what tension I should put the shrouds, mainstay and backstay. Currently the outer
Air conditioning Robert 19994 at 4:47am 08.01.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/963 Does anyone know the square feet and/or cubic feet area of the '83 O'Day 30 cabin or have a website
Air Conditioning Robert 19994 at 4:44am 08.01.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1487 Does anyone know the square feet and/or cubic feet area of the Catalina 30 cabin or have a website w
INSTALLING DODGER WITH COMPANIONWAY TRAVELER JACKIE at 4:42am 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 5/2788 Hi All,I would like to install a Dodger on my 30 foot sailboat but I seem to have a dilemma....the
Bay Area Hunter 25 Owner? kai13227 at 4:23am 08.01.05 Smaller Boats 0/679 If you have a Hunter 25 aound 1978 or so, and live in the Bay area, could I see your boat? I just
Governor's Cup Race to St Marys Jim Seamans at 3:45am 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1033 Who's going?Don - Mark either of you racing down the bay this coming Friday night?As of this morn
battle of the head bobcat17801 at 3:39am 08.01.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1301 Good morning Peggie,I have had a three to four month on going battle with the head in my cat 30. It
Need a battle plan for adding "the works" rsn48 at 2:35am 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1142 An older boat I recently purchased (27 Catalina) is bare bones when it comes to electrical; one deep
Anchorage Anatoly at 2:28am 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 1/931 This weekend, we anchored overnight a couple of miles from our marina. This was my first night on t
How is alternator connected William Proctor at 1:57am 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1072 I purchased a 28' Irwin project boat. The alternator was not installed when the boat was purchased
Water heaters John Richard at 1:24am 08.01.05 Big Boats 15/1122 I have been having a lot of water creeping into the bilge and attributed it to what I though came in
anyone out there Ron at 1:15am 08.01.05 Other Sailboats 2/975 Hi, I am Ron Simmer owner of Goodnight Moon a 48T.... anyone interested in talking HC topics please
Fuel Filter Capt JON at 1:10am 08.01.05 The Cherubini Hunters 7/972 Have a 30 hunter 79,need to change my fuel filter because i am not getting full power from engine.I
Moody 42 - Starting PY handicap Nigel at 12:55am 08.01.05 Other Sailboats 1/1129 Looking for a starting PY handicap for a Moody 42.Can anyone help ?Nigel
Draft gop711 at 12:42am 08.01.05 Smaller Boats 2/1052 This past weekend I was helping a friend load his C250 wing keel on his trailer. He told me his draf
What is the Balboa 20 good for Storm22292 at 12:32am 08.01.05 Balboa 1/18640 Just before this new site opened, there was a question and answer on the email net that is worthy of

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Gauges! twodzusfittings at 2:53pm 02.11.21 I hope this helps someone! :) It really doesn't help me. It just makes me jealous. Ha ha. Serious
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat Ken Cross at 2:31pm 02.11.21 In my old powerboat days, I had a 115 and a 4 hp kicker for fishing. The only time I needed a second
Texas January Racing PaulK at 2:24pm 02.11.21 Maybe you could rig up some running backstays for days like that. Ours have 4-part tackles that we b
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat LeeandRick at 2:08pm 02.11.21 For a 20' boat your water line length is about 19' so your hull speed can be estimated as HS = 1.
H26 Battery Panel / Wall Crazy Dave Condon at 2:02pm 02.11.21 If you are talking about the rear berth wall with the two opening panels one of which is the starboa
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat PaulK at 1:46pm 02.11.21 It sounds like the OB salesman may be concerned about LeeandRick's point about the mounting and tran
Transom shower Beneteau 323 sail sfbay at 1:32pm 02.11.21 transom shower without cover: Whale Swim N Rinse cover: suggest measuring dimensions and purchansi
Video of cargo ship launchings... rgranger at 1:30pm 02.11.21
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat SailingLoto at 1:29pm 02.11.21 i ran a 3.3 merc on my little 21. more than adequate. i run a 9.8 merc on my 22. it is overkill,
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat rgranger at 1:28pm 02.11.21 Forgive me if I got this wrong but it seems there is a fundamental missunderstanding about the diffe
H26 Battery Panel / Wall Chiriqui at 1:12pm 02.11.21 . No that panel isn't structural. I had lost most of its strength from exposure to water sitting ba
Shakleton Expedition rpwillia at 1:08pm 02.11.21 The book "South" is a good read.
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat Daveinet at 1:01pm 02.11.21 I have a suggestion, since you have considered 2 outboards, I would suggest getting a 24 volt trolli
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat chasfrank at 12:42pm 02.11.21 Years ago in a galaxy far far away, my father ran a Townie in the Merrimac with a 3hp seagull, and i
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat LeeandRick at 12:10pm 02.11.21 One point appears to have been missed on HP rating and that is your engine mount. Most have weight a
Steering Backwards dlochner at 12:05pm 02.11.21 For sure, but sadly ZERO helm feel. And that's why rack and pinion and worm gear steering is seld
Video of cargo ship launchings... daviddp at 12:04pm 02.11.21
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat dlochner at 12:03pm 02.11.21 I figured that taking the mast and boom down, in the case that I had to motor to shore from the isl
Covid-19 Vaccination (1) Justin_NSA at 12:02pm 02.11.21 190290
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat Justin_NSA at 11:57am 02.11.21 At least you have sails to get you home. Imagine if you were in a stinkpot and it quit

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