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Need your help. I have no experience with moorings dennisv at 9:46am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 49/4109 Fellow sailors' All of my sailing experience has been based on the boat beings docked in a marina.
SV Preston Point rescue IASailor at 8:50am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 24/2340 As a lake/river sailor, this story has many lessons for myself and probably others. What do we think
Torqeedo on C22 Tfahey at 7:18am 09.15.20 Catalina 22 3/770 Has anybody replaced their outboard with a Torqeedo ? If so what has been your experience
87 Hunter 28.5 reefing the jib Shaw_2112 at 6:44am 09.15.20 Mid-Size Boats 4/858 I'm new to this so please bear with me. Can another 28.5 owner explain to me how to reef the jib? I
Frigoboat Brahmany at 9:56pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 4/1215 Hi, I think the Frigoboat compressor speed controller has failed. Currently the compressor is runnin
Main sheet twist (1) Mark Maulden at 9:00pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 51/4202 This is my main sheet. How would I keep this from twisting around itself? I have taken the line out
Replace Marine Radio Coax & Mast Lights... (1) SirMichael at 5:01pm 09.14.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1091 I have a 78 Hunter 28.5. It's about a 40' mast, plus the mast step in the cabin. 1. I found that
Wanted Hunter 36 Vision, ready to buy now judybuddy at 4:24pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 11/939 Hello everyone! Just moved to Florida and want to buy a 36 Vision. I've looked everywhere on the in
Crack in Keel, serious? (4) Life2besimple at 3:04pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 18/3479 Hi, I am looking to purchase a 1994 hunter legend 375 a d after haulout, found a crack in the keel a
Hunter 49 Solar Panel Installation Advice (1) Daze at 2:13pm 09.14.20 Big Boats 26/3719 I have a 2007 Hunter 49 that I purchased recently. I am planning to install rigid solar panels on t
PHRF Rating H41 DS Tim Mills at 1:40pm 09.14.20 Big Boats 7/1010 Does anyone know what the PHRF rating is for a H41 DS. I was in my first event this weekend and we c
Measuring masthead mast rake. Drinky Crow at 12:51pm 09.14.20 Racing 5/1213 To the deck or level with boom?
Where to register my boat timover5969 at 12:00pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 25/2658 I currently live in Buffalo, NY and I am buying a Westerly Konsort located in Florida. I plan to ke
refrigerator drain jhickner at 8:17am 09.14.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2127 The refrigerator drain in my 35 ft. Beneteau Oceanis is clogged. I cannot find the outlet of the dra
Frigoboat woes revisited Phil Mac at 8:14am 09.14.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/719 We seem to have managed to get the air cooled Frigoboat refrigeration on our Beneteau 323 working ag
sailboat outboard motors robert scholtes at 7:32am 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1088 I have a Caralina25 and looking for an outboard motor for this boat. Looking at Tohatsu or Mercury m
ICW, December south to North dLj at 7:13am 09.14.20 Destinations 34/3666 I'm contemplating coming up the ICW from the Keys to somewhere much further north - exactly how far
head question Dil at 6:47am 09.14.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/567 new to marine heads having an issue with the water in the toilet filling back into the bowl. I do
O'day 222 Mast Base Plate (2) anyhony at 8:44pm 09.13.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1642 Hello everyone, Just managed to damage the loop at the mast foot hinge. The base plate at the boat i
What's in a name? (1) Brian D at 8:40pm 09.13.20 Sails Call Lounge 7/650 184919

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Invest98L The next storm front crossing the Atlantic. Don S/V ILLusion at 6:34pm 08.10.24 NWS predicting a fish storm
PROP BLADE PREP jssailem at 5:56pm 08.10.24 It shows in the areas of cavitation on my hull. This would be what challenges paint on props. Th
PROP BLADE PREP Ralph Johnstone at 5:29pm 08.10.24 I painted blue over red March of 2018. Just starting to show.
PROP BLADE PREP (2) jssailem at 5:20pm 08.10.24 I painted blue over red March of 2018. It is when I installed my new prop. to paint the bottom and
New to me 216 - Cabin Seal - Deck Rot / Repair Adam.Butler636 at 4:54pm 08.10.24 thank you! out of town for a week but I will send Once back home
Anchor windlass rode bunching, 376 capta at 4:37pm 08.10.24 Has the line become stiff? If so, you could try washing the salt out of it w/fresh water. However if
Anchor windlass rode bunching, 376 superiorsailor at 4:30pm 08.10.24
PROP BLADE PREP (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:54pm 08.10.24 After discussing this with my prop manufacturer, I too went naked YIPES :yikes: ! Ralph, I beli
PROP BLADE PREP jviss at 3:44pm 08.10.24 I never used anything before, other than cleaning the prop every year, but this year I sprayed it wi
Solar Voltage Johann at 3:33pm 08.10.24 The part that is not evident in your analysis is the battery's resistance. There is still 500 watts
PROP BLADE PREP BigEasy at 3:21pm 08.10.24 Ralph, I believe we live in a promised land regarding many things, including sea temperature, espec
Plumbing adaptor Whale to Scandvik LloydB at 3:12pm 08.10.24 Take a picture
PROP BLADE PREP (1) jssailem at 2:50pm 08.10.24 Ralph, I believe we live in a promised land regarding many things, including sea temperature, especi
Stepping a mast on a Hunter 33 Tally Ho at 2:19pm 08.10.24 Double. At least the 2005+ models. Greg
PROP BLADE PREP (3) Ralph Johnstone at 1:48pm 08.10.24 Yipes ! With all that work and expense, I find it far cheaper and easier to have someone standing
Anchor windlass rode bunching, 376 Ralph Johnstone at 1:05pm 08.10.24 Same as I do for my first 250 ft. of nylon rode. Keep sweeping it from side to side to help it dow
Get my engine running. isaksp00 at 1:00pm 08.10.24 Nice alliteration. Yeah, I spent about an hour working on that one. AI finally authored it ;)
Get my engine running. Ralph Johnstone at 12:57pm 08.10.24 Maybe fat fingered on the phone. Nice alliteration.
Get my engine running. isaksp00 at 12:41pm 08.10.24 Hmm, didn't consciously post that. Not sure what happened... Maybe fat fingered on the phone.
New to me 216 - Cabin Seal - Deck Rot / Repair Crazy Dave Condon at 12:30pm 08.10.24 A few pictures pleas would help I introduced that boat years ago. When you post pictures, post

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