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Depth sounder vs. fish finder Chris I. at 11:47pm 04.18.05 Ask All Sailors 14/15131 Hi all,I just bought an '87 Catalina 22 that I'll use here on the west coast of Florida. It's a gr
Placing Bilge Pump JFS at 11:46pm 04.18.05 Smaller Boats 10/936 I want to put an electric bilge pump in my '84 Hunter 25.5, but I do not know where it should go (i.
Cameron's 1970 Mac Venture 24 Camerons Macgregor at 11:42pm 04.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1056 Brion,Without using a gauge or special tool, how can I make sure the tension for my forestay and s
Tuning a Catalina 27 Dan B at 11:37pm 04.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1776 Had a dealer install a new roller furler this winter. I believe that had to include a new forestay
Running Jib Sheets on an H22 tbarnby at 11:37pm 04.18.05 Smaller Boats 5/1128 I have just started sailing my H22 this past weekend and seem to have a problem with proper jib shee
My rigging is "thumping"!! windchaser22 at 11:24pm 04.18.05 Chrysler 8/2177 Hi,I have had several suggestions on how to remedy this situation, but so far, no results.My 197
Mast rack Big Al at 10:54pm 04.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 0/902 This mast head rig performance cruiser has single swept back spreaders
Poliglow Bob Teasdale at 10:50pm 04.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1008 Just tried Poliglow on my 1987 Catalina 30 ' there is no comparison to Island Girl as I have tried b
Mast pre-bend Monty Miller at 10:45pm 04.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 9/1214 Hi Brion,I appreciate all of the rigging information that you are giving us. The Hunter B'R system
Tiny Tach Rick Warner at 9:31pm 04.18.05 The Cherubini Hunters 2/936 Has anyone out there installed a diesel Tiny Tach for their sailboat? I have a 1981 H30 and would li
Fuel Tank O'23 Jonathan at 8:57pm 04.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/893 What is the largest fuel tank that will fit in the fuel locker of an O'23? My 3 gal. is too small.
Dry Bilge Sean at 8:38pm 04.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/757 I've finally got a dry bilge. I installed the GOF Teflon packing that I purchased from emarine.com.
Screens for portals Belle at 7:25pm 04.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/935 We are looking for screens for our 1985 Catalina 30 for the portals over the head and wet locker. A
standing rigging question Rich at 6:06pm 04.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1174 The shrouds on each side of my H35 attach to a plate on deck which somehow further connects to a rod
Taking a Bearing (not accurate) WJ at 3:29pm 04.18.05 Ask All Sailors 27/2123 I am practicing taking a bearing and my accuratcy is way off by approx 5 points on the compass.I am
What should be the life-expectancy of anchor chain Rich Stidger at 3:07pm 04.18.05 Ask All Sailors 3/3249 This topic has been discussed briefly before, but now that the season is upon us I am looking at my
sea water flooding toilet H2Odreamer at 2:43pm 04.18.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/8244 Hi, I'm a new boat owner of a 1982 27' foot Hunter. I'm guessing my sanitation system is not set u
Is a vented loop necessary for the MSD III? Dave at 2:05pm 04.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1021 I'm installing a marine sanitation device type III (holding tank, then Y-valve, then (a) macerator p
trailer rust Boat Babe at 1:22pm 04.18.05 Trailer Sailors 5/1549 I have a Capri 16 which I keep on a trailer. I've found that the trailer is rusting badly and I n
REALLY need advice on max prop adjustment!!! Gary at 1:16pm 04.18.05 Mid-Size Boats 5/1591 1984 H31 2GMF13 YanmarI'll make this as short as possible. Bought the boat and the 16 inch, 2 bla

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Hunter 33 - batteries jssailem at 7:57am 02.19.21 Congrats Two Sails on your new Hunter. You have likely heard this suggestion, but it is a good one.
MOB1 type device Vs Portable VHF with panic button stephen_i_w at 7:26am 02.19.21 It sends the location of the boat, not the person overboard. It depends, if the radio happens to b
41 DS. window leak repair jssailem at 6:45am 02.19.21 That sounds like the right path. I have been putting off windows for a year with a tarp over the cab
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! dlochner at 6:44am 02.19.21 A give away as. to CG or private entity is the number of yrs that you can document. CG is yr to yr
dried up lake bed/ rover II jssailem at 6:43am 02.19.21 Jet Propulsion Lab humor....:laugh:
dried up lake bed/ rover II (1) Brian D at 6:39am 02.19.21 190493
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Justin_NSA at 6:22am 02.19.21 A give away as. to CG or private entity is the number of yrs that you can document. CG is yr to yr
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! sailme88 at 6:18am 02.19.21 A give away as. to CG or private entity is the number of yrs that you can document. CG is yr to yr
1976 Santana 21ft mhancock3123 at 6:15am 02.19.21 That is this weekend's job. I will grind more around the pin and see if that helps. There is alway
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Justin_NSA at 6:10am 02.19.21 I still don't know why we've kept up our documentation. Just because it was when we bought here? I d
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! tfox2069 at 6:05am 02.19.21 Whatever you do, do NOT let your documentation lapse. It is a giant PITA and takes an uncomfortably
1976 Santana 21ft SailingLoto at 5:44am 02.19.21 It's time for getting serious with the pin. Grind around the head of the pin both sides to clear sur
Beneteau 343 head rebuild question dlochner at 5:22am 02.19.21 Yes, I understand where the vented loops have to go, my question was about whether problems could b
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Justin_NSA at 5:20am 02.19.21 There have been a few discussions on these fake sites. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/doc
MOB1 type device Vs Portable VHF with panic button dlochner at 5:17am 02.19.21 Anyway, I believe the panic button on a newer DSC enabled VHFs essentially do the same thing as the
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! ifmdalvey at 5:14am 02.19.21 I get bogus reminders every year and even though i know about it have completed what looks like genu
South Coast 22 SailingLoto at 4:48am 02.19.21 i can get a pic this afternoon.
South Coast 22 rgranger at 4:44am 02.19.21 Well if the keel has a hole in it that is not being used... and the hole is up near the pivot pin ar
Stroke of genius or act of lunacy? rgranger at 4:36am 02.19.21 So getting back to something semi-serious... some sort of line launcher might be better. I don't f
South Coast 22 LakeMan at 4:16am 02.19.21 jack and block the keel in place and pull the bolt and see what is going on with it. If it wasn't

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