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Snowbird strategies Raleigh500 at 6:41am 07.25.05 Ask All Sailors 6/1061 This is directed at people who live aboard their boats, basing them in the New England area in the s
Reverse Polarity Fred Gregory at 6:41am 07.25.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1173 I own a 2000 Hunter 420 which my wife
overcharging from Honda outboard alternator Frank Gloss at 6:20am 07.25.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/2502 Hi there.My Catalina 25 has a Honda 8 hp outboard with electric start and a 12 amp alternator. I h
Forestay, Backstay. Are they the same??? Pete at 6:01am 07.25.05 Smaller Boats 3/2336 I'm a new sailor and would like to know if the Forestay and Backstay on my H22 is the same animal. I
Gel, Lead acid or AGM KennyH at 5:51am 07.25.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1127 I have a hunter 25 with a 27 size lead acid battery. The previous owner abused it as it had almost
Boots for a 32'Vision (1992) Janice Davis at 12:34pm 07.25.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/711 Attempting for find a boot for our vision - the mast measures 40" and Hunter has not been helpful in
Alcohol Stove Blues Trevsmit29 at 5:31am 07.25.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1157 The Kenyon Homestrand pressurized alcohol stove model 550A on my recently-purchased '81 Hunter 33 wa
Head sail size Doug at 5:29am 07.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/853 I am currently researching my next winter project and need some input from my fellow sailors. I int
Starter Ron at 5:27am 07.25.05 Mid-Size Boats 2/941 ! Have a 1987 C30 with a Universal M25, 5422 diesel. Does anyone know the equivlent Model # for a K
# of batteries and what type? Tomm at 5:22am 07.25.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1239 I only ever remember two batteries in my boat but the guy at my marina told me that he thought my bo
FYI about my NON saltwater electric motor Travis S. at 5:02am 07.25.05 Smaller Boats 0/786 GangFor all those who question the black Minn Kota trolling motors (non saltwater) for their tende
Opinion on best folding prop Rob Sherrill at 5:00am 07.25.05 Big Boats 6/882 I am in the market for a folding prop (three blade) and I wanted to get the general "opinion" of whi
scafer free flying jib furler Dennis at 4:53am 07.25.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/949 I am a novice sailer and just purchased a scafer roller furler for my 93 26s,I want to use a 150% ge
Lewmar screen popout problem solved JG21847 at 4:45am 07.25.05 Big Boats 0/829 Some of you may remember Toni's and my posts last year regarding the plastic Lewmar screens for the
Duh-Ohh! D@#%!!!!! JohnS12875 at 4:45am 07.25.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1105 As my dad used to say, "No matter how many times I cut this board, it's still too short!"I shoulda
jib halyard on a Oday 22 question. lloyd7284 at 4:34am 07.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/988 I have a 73 oday 22.The jib halyard does NOT simply go around the winch on the mast on my boat.There
Angry Racers Bob at 4:19am 07.25.05 Ask All Sailors 16/1510 I spent a bit of time racing an a 40 foot sailboat. I have noticed that racers are "Type A" people w
Portable AC Update Bob at 4:13am 07.25.05 Ask All Sailors 3/998 The last thread I ran was trying to get feedback on portable AC units. Well we bought our Haier 9,00
Stanchion Repair Michael at 4:11am 07.25.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1059 I have recently aquired a 1974 Paceship PY23 that one of the stanchion was forcibly removed. The ba
chain plates and bulkheads Ian Spooner at 3:50am 07.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1505 I have a 1977 O'Day 25 (newly purchased) with a small bit of dry rot at the top of the port bulkhea

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Managing the Mal de Mer? PaulK at 5:27pm 02.10.21 We thought a big tin of soda bicuits was really handy one time we had to beat up Massachusetts Bay t
Covid-19 Vaccination Maine Sail at 5:26pm 02.10.21 Wow! So sorry to hear that. I pray that she's doing much better now. If you don't mind my asking,
interesting history of the Americas Cup and it's trophy (4) PaulK at 5:22pm 02.10.21 190261190262190263
Masthead real estate fred1diver at 5:09pm 02.10.21
Masthead real estate PaulK at 5:06pm 02.10.21 You're right about spring coming; we're getting ready to tap our maples next week. But to refocus on
3GM30F runs rough when starting chuckwayne at 5:03pm 02.10.21 Perhaps in replacing the Throttle cable the idle point is just a little less then it was before. Th
Covid-19 Vaccination Don S/V ILLusion at 4:12pm 02.10.21 When she tried to report the AE's she was literally brushed off with "oh that's normal".. Missing
3GM30F runs rough when starting jssailem at 4:10pm 02.10.21 I'll try starting it with the throttle up a bit, We are talking a SMIDGE... Just a little bump...
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler MetricMountie at 3:51pm 02.10.21 Good to see that you've made some progress. Instead of WD40, try a 50/50 mix of Automatic Transmiss
Shakleton Expedition cb32863 at 3:47pm 02.10.21 WHY IS THIS UNDER ASK ALL SAILORS, NOT SAILS CALL LOUNGE? No need to shout and also, there's that
Pulls to port under power CDRSkip at 3:45pm 02.10.21 Have owned my 2006 45CC Hunter for about 2 years, previous boats owned were 32' and 27'. I have abou
Covid-19 Vaccination Alan Gomes at 3:40pm 02.10.21 My wife works for a Hospital and was basically forced to get it in order to keep her job. 1st shot
Shakleton Expedition kappykaplan at 3:33pm 02.10.21 I don't think it has legs anyway. :plus:
Covid-19 Vaccination Maine Sail at 3:26pm 02.10.21 No one has died from the vaccine yet. Can't say that for the virus. My wife works for a Hospital
Bowsprit Advice Please Jskosmo at 3:19pm 02.10.21 Thanks Sail Sfbay, Jackdaw and Sailfanatic! All good advice
Shakleton Expedition shemandr at 3:00pm 02.10.21 Maybe the moderators could move it. I don't think it has legs anyway.
Genoa track for O'Day 25 or 26 timlho at 2:01pm 02.10.21 Great. I just got a new furling 150 and think I'd use the forward track for all genoa settings and j
Shakleton Expedition Ron20324 at 1:59pm 02.10.21 WHY IS THIS UNDER ASK ALL SAILORS, NOT SAILS CALL LOUNGE?
Advice on Getting a Boat sail sfbay at 1:48pm 02.10.21 Please let us know what you decided.
Bowsprit Advice Please Sailfanatic at 1:46pm 02.10.21 Be sure you have a true spinnaker halyard, ie a halyard that exits above the forestay, in place to e

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