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Check Your Motor Mounts Bob Bass at 5:40am 06.02.05 Big Boats 1/895 I recently changed my motor mounts on my 4JH2 Yanmar. The rubber appeared to be distorted and a mec
Solar Panel John S at 5:16am 06.02.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1126 I have plugged in a solar panel on my boat. I also have a sensitive voltmeter that checks its effect
Swinging Tula's Autohelm Compass Tsehum Pete at 5:07am 06.02.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1115 My Beneteau Oceanis 390 Tula has an Autohelm ST4000+ fitted. The heading on the helm display is way
Galley and Refrigerator Latches Essence at 4:41am 06.02.05 Big Boats 3/1367 I am needing to replace the latches on the galley cabinets and also on the doors to the refrigerator
North Seas Franklin at 4:33am 06.02.05 Big Boats 1/784 For all those who want to sail the north seas, check this (http://tv-antenna.com/heavy-seas/) out.
Reef Lines through Boom Bob C at 3:48am 06.02.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1043 Need some suggestions on how to properly setup the reef lines on a Cal24. I have two lines (red and
Crazy Dave David DiProfio at 3:34am 06.02.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1561 Can anyone out there give me the low-down on Crazy Dave at American Marine ' Sail? I'm interested in
Javelin GJLORAX at 3:34am 06.02.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1153 I am about to travel to look at a Javelin that is for sale. I am 67 years of age anf before age sets
New Bedford to Martha's Vineyard Ameribritalia at 3:33am 06.02.05 Ask All Sailors 8/2420 Anyone dock their boat in New Bedford. Have you sailed to M.V.? Is there passage through the Eliza
Mooring Question Crusader at 3:16am 06.02.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1151 Hello, looking to determine how to moor my boat to a mooring. Sounds simple ok, but I have never mo
Leak Survey Sine Nomine at 3:12am 06.02.05 Ask All Sailors 4/928 I'm relatively new to sailing and wanted to get an idea what to look for when launching a small sail
H31 Cupboard installation??? Gary at 3:09am 06.02.05 Mid-Size Boats 4/895 Had to rebuild the cabinets and face panel in the galley. Now it's time to install and for the life
37 O'day water leak forward of the keel Joseph May at 2:49am 06.02.05 Bigger Boats 2/1371 Does any one know how the Keel is attatched to the O'day 37? I have located two bolts in a floor pan
Jib Sheets - need advice Roy Udwin at 2:29am 06.02.05 Ask All Sailors 5/935 I need to replace the jib sheets on my Hunter 27. Since I am a new sailor I would like advice on wha
Understanding Auto Pilot texastom at 1:54am 06.02.05 Ask All Sailors 19/1864 I have a ST 4000 Auto Pilot installed on the Hunter 37.5 we just bought. I'm having trouble understa
O'day 22 w/ O'day 20 mast... Steve at 1:35am 06.02.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/987
Battery, wiring, and charging question... Steve at 1:29am 06.02.05 Ask All Sailors 19/1185 This weekend I am going to be wiring my boat with new Nav lights, an anchor light, a GPS and a compa
Sensor Plug reinstallation cellomanjack at 12:29am 06.02.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/924 I am new to boat ownership and need to clean and reinstall the depth and speed thru-hull sensors. O
Confidence Needed Geo at 12:14am 06.02.05 Day Sailers 16/1667 I have a strange request. Last fall, we down sized from a 23.5 to a 170. We have sailed the boat twi
Spinnaker Rigging Tips Needed- 35.5 Legend Charlie3504 at 11:13pm 06.01.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1590 I have recently purchased a UK Flasher (asymmetrical spinnaker) and wondered if anyone has tips or a

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Telltales Sailfanatic at 7:22am 01.27.21 @Don Guillette - Do you have suggested locations and how many on a Genoa and a Main? I have 3 on m
Barbecue Beefs sesmith at 7:16am 01.27.21 I just never could throw live lobsters into boiling water myself, but I'll eat someone else's cookin
Barbecue Beefs dmax at 7:10am 01.27.21 asking you NE guys. what is the best size lobster for eating? i just don;t know. I think 2 - 2.5 l
12 volt charging at marina Terry Cox at 6:47am 01.27.21 economical marina. An oxymoron?
Wallas Diesel Heater help Terry Cox at 6:45am 01.27.21 Thanks Terry, will give them a call! Appreciate it! You're welcome. Please let us know how your q
Ugly, Ugly Sailboats Captain Larry-DH at 6:00am 01.27.21
41' AC and DS Hunter owners ice breaker at 5:58am 01.27.21 Dockhand it is the same hull as 2005, through when ever they quit making the AC and DS 2010? The gr
Looking for a C250 for sale sail sfbay at 5:52am 01.27.21 There are a number for sale on these sites: https://www.sailboatlistings.com/cgi-bin/saildata/db.cg
Video Blogs - which do you watch and why? Sailm8 at 5:50am 01.27.21 MJ Sailing I followed them since they rehabbed and aluminum boat in Indiantown and then sailed acro
Vend�e Globe? Scott B at 5:40am 01.27.21 Also looks like Louis Burton crossing the start line early and taking the 5 hour penalty was not suc
Ugly, Ugly Sailboats DougM at 5:21am 01.27.21 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The 2021 Beneteau First 53 is a beauty. However, I do prefer
12 volt charging at marina dlochner at 5:14am 01.27.21 The tech guys are a bit optimistic. At higher levels of SOC charging efficiency drops due to interna
A good first sailboat? Justin_NSA at 5:08am 01.27.21 There's a nice review of them in PS. It doesn't sail well into high wind https://www.practical-sail
Telltales kappykaplan at 5:07am 01.27.21 'Hair telltales stalled' Liked! :thumbup:
Telltales (4) TomY at 4:41am 01.27.21 I just typed telltales in my finder, and several of my photos came up. A knockabout out of Woods H
Barbecue Beefs (1) TomY at 4:24am 01.27.21 Ha! It's funny but I love the fact that the magma regulator just sort of swings with the 1 lb bottle
A good first sailboat? Whatfiero1 at 3:30am 01.27.21 Check sails as most valuable part lay out on ground see how flat they lay look at all 3 corners make
Telltales Whatfiero1 at 3:25am 01.27.21 As a kid, I grew up in 80's I'd use a little piece of duct tape and vcr tape or even cassette tape t
Telltales danstanford at 3:04am 01.27.21 Lots of telltales on the main of the America's Cup boats. I found it interesting that the rows have
Telltales Joe at 2:36am 01.27.21 I just call 'em "Tells". As far as location.... headsail luff and mainsail leech are absol

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