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portsmouth rating doug miller at 5:00am 08.15.05 Smaller Boats 2/2454 i've learned that the portsmouth rating is 92 for the Hunter 216.do the offer another rating if on
Bristol30 Patrick at 4:28am 08.15.05 Bristol 0/1566 I have purchased a bristol30 and will be putting it in the H2O next year. In the mean time I am doi
Farymann 1A30 Earl at 4:26am 08.15.05 Other Sailboats 1/1062 I just purchased the Gulfcoast 29 and the first thing I am looking at is the Farymann A30 Diesel. T
Vac u Flush Gregg Jordan at 4:24am 08.15.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1350 Has anyone changed to vacuflush heads and how do you like them. Our they worth the cost?
It never fails - almost got run over! Jim Seamans at 4:08am 08.15.05 Ask All Sailors 52/3216 Here I am a nice HOT (96) day to be sailing on the Potomac river, moving along a 5kts. Watching a la
Help replacing a sheave Bob at 3:39am 08.15.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1100 I need to replace the sheaves in my genoa track blocks (Merriman) and also the deck organizer for ma
Wind Tom Hamilton at 3:11am 08.15.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1124 Does anyone know of a site where I can find historical daily average wind speeds for the area betwee
Simrad WP30 - Otto drives drunk T J Furstenau at 3:09am 08.15.05 Ask All Sailors 12/3442 I got the Simrad WP30 over the winter to assist in some of the longer cruising that I did this summe
Awlgripped Hull aquaholic1 at 3:04am 08.15.05 Big Boats 2/9583 While reading sailboat listings on for sale sites, I keep seeing the term "awlgripped" usually refer
homemade split backstay radar mount George Kosta at 2:55am 08.15.05 Ask All Sailors 2/2088 Hi, I want to make a mount that will go on my split backstays to hold an 18 in radome facing aft. Ha
jib cars made adjustable Capt'n Steve at 2:43am 08.15.05 Other Sailboats 2/917 We would like to adjust our jib sheet traveler cars from thecockpit. Where can I get necessary hard
holding tank design Sherry at 2:32am 08.15.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2620 I have Peggie's book on order that discusses all this I'm sure, and I'm probably getting the cart be
Placement of Jib Blocks on an E-25? Craig at 2:30am 08.15.05 Other Sailboats 1/833 A question for all you E-25 owners out there, where do you place the Jib blocks on the toerail for
Capsize Screen # Verismo at 2:26am 08.15.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1720 Can anyone explain capsize screen to me which is better a higher number or lower number? Thanks!
Chain Plate inspection Scott R21226 at 2:20am 08.15.05 Day Sailers 4/2126 Hello all. I recently purchased a 1977 O'Day 25. I did this after sailing a grand total of 3 times
Schaffer traveller car Briann at 2:18am 08.15.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1069 We have a 1985 Hunter 31. The main traveller car is worn so that it only drags instead of sliding. I
Anyone AIR CONDITIONED a 26S ??? Louis B. Holub at 2:01am 08.15.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1008 Just wondering...anyone air conditioned a Mac 26S ? Ive seen some small portable units that would s
Boom Vang Reema at 1:50am 08.15.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1142 Good day,I have a 26M I don't have a boom vang, would you recommend it, you comment is appreciated
Conversion of Running Lights to LED John S at 1:49am 08.15.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/903 I have converted my navigation lights to LED, reducing current flow compared to the stock incandesce
Leave rudder down? GregS at 1:16am 08.15.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/943 What's the downside to leaving the rudder down between sails? It's a Ida rudder with no bottom pain

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Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina PaulK at 7:12pm 05.02.21
Got a new sailing dinghy dLj at 7:06pm 05.02.21 One heck of a fine job! dj
Transfer of Beneteau 31' from FL -> NY Tom J at 7:05pm 05.02.21 One data point is to learn if you can make it under the Indiantown bridge. That would determine if
Stem/Keel Repair - Update PaulK at 7:05pm 05.02.21 You might want to grind back a little bit of a taper (perhaps 3"?) and then lay a fiberglass strip u
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina Kings Gambit at 6:50pm 05.02.21 When we last visited Florida, we noticed that the state parks seemed to be self-funded. You paid a
What happened here... PaulK at 6:50pm 05.02.21 You guys have no imaginations. It is obviously one of those liveaboard boats that Florida is known
Got a new sailing dinghy SFS at 6:46pm 05.02.21 Lookin' good!
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina PaulK at 6:40pm 05.02.21 When we last visited Florida, we noticed that the state parks seemed to be self-funded. You paid a
Imagin my surprise stickinthemud57 at 6:35pm 05.02.21 +1 on Blue Water Yachts. www.bwyachts.com. Todd McChesney and company are great folks, and are gener
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina shemandr at 6:34pm 05.02.21
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina Don S/V ILLusion at 6:31pm 05.02.21 Remember the Pier? How that went out. It was more crowded during the Covid peak than it is now. An
Racor Fun Yesterday rukidn at 6:22pm 05.02.21 Sorry Curt, I'm sure it was chaos for a while! You sure have troubles with stinky stuff. Some of us
How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? matts997 at 6:19pm 05.02.21 Update: As everyone on this thread expected, putting another 2-3 hrs on the rebuilt engine did nothi
Got a new sailing dinghy (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:17pm 05.02.21
Main 110 breaker like never seen on this planet??? (1) twalker H260 at 6:16pm 05.02.21 After Looking at the rest of the diagram for your boat in the manual. it looks like the third compon
Several more hours of cleaning/scrubbing Orbweaver at 6:12pm 05.02.21 And my wife has started a group on MeWe, with a fair number of pics: Click here for link to MeWe
What happened here... NYSail at 6:08pm 05.02.21 Sunk
Polaris Compass / no fluid (1) PaulOtt at 5:49pm 05.02.21 Thanks for the reply It is bulkhead mounted beside the hatch on the port side. The bulkhead is at
Install an anchor Windlass Dale Haz at 5:39pm 05.02.21 No worries, it will get resolved. Now I just need to get through the survey, then some fun. Thanks f
Smart Plug Installation KZW at 5:35pm 05.02.21 Out of curiosity, have you touched base with your insurance broker to see if there is a discount or

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