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Reefing the main on a 2003 26M Kirk M at 10:50am 10.04.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/877 I was out today and the wind was really blowing. A couple of times I developed really bad weather h
Bottom Cleaning intervals - S.Calif Bob F at 7:34am 10.04.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/813 Can anybody give me a recommended bottom cleaning interval for S. Cal?? The guy I've been using om m
Purchasing a 37' Cutter Walt Dudley at 4:59am 10.04.03 Big Boats 10/686 I am in the process of purchasing a 1981 37 C. It has a few problems. The first is it shakes like cr
Hong Kong Sailing? TJ at 4:45am 10.04.03 Ask All Sailors 4/1002 Has anyone every sailed in and around Hong Kong? I'm flying there early November and I'm anxious to
Top lift options (1) Barry Considine at 3:39am 10.04.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1127 Help, I am very new to sailing. I have a 1976 Venture 21'. The book Sailing fundamentals recomends h
Top lift options (1) Barry Considine at 3:28am 10.04.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/749 Help, I am very new to sailing. The book Sailing fundamentals recomends having an adjustable top lif
macgregor 21 swing keel chris at 3:17am 10.04.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1564 We are new owners of a macgregor 21. Reading other articles, it appears that most models have acces
272 wing keel - feedback request bud at 2:32am 10.04.03 Bigger Boats 1/971 Greetings all,Looking at a 272 Oday, for some shallow water cruising. Does the wing keel offer gre
smoke gray plastic fixed ports turning white Robert Sagebiel at 11:59pm 10.03.03 Other Sailboats 1/788 I have purchased a 1986 O'Day 322 this year. The smoke gray plastic fixed ports on the boat have tu
Moving without my boats Shane at 11:33pm 10.03.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1126 I have just sold both of my sail boats (c15 and a c22) in preparation for a move. I will be in Wash
Visiting west coast florida nick maggio at 11:24pm 10.03.03 Ask All Sailors 11/1203 I will be visiting my aunt in ft myers beach in dec. and while Iam there we will be looking around a
Differences from 1999 Model 170s Jim Richardson at 11:17pm 10.03.03 Day Sailers 2/1409 Hi All,Are there any major differences between a 1999 model 170 and the newer ones?Thanks,Jim R
Sail slides William Niessen at 11:07pm 10.03.03 Big Boats 8/845 Something to consider: A month ago or so I had one sail slide break on my 37 Legend, I replaced the
Icebox Conversion Richard Stanley at 10:31pm 10.03.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1043 HAs anyone done an icebox converion to refrigeration on a Hunter Vision 32. If so what are the issue
Exhaust question Ghislain at 9:24pm 10.03.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/855 I recently noticed a leak at the bottom of our aqualift muffler and of course, I started searching
Sailing in the FL Keys George H260 at 8:16pm 10.03.03 Other Sailboats 0/697 Planning to take our H260 to the FL Keys this March. I think two weeks of cruising would be about ri
Illumination of Tachometer Moe Horenfeldt at 12:31pm 10.03.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1038 Does anyone know if the tach for a Yanmar 2GM has night time illumination?
Night illumination on Tachometer Moe Horenfeldt at 12:26pm 10.03.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/855 Does anyone know if the tachometer from a Yanmar 2GM has illumination for night viewing?
help david at 12:12pm 10.03.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/842 can someone please show me how to run my main sail line to the cock pit so i wont have to go out o
Florida gulf coast anchorages Don K. at 11:13am 10.03.03 Ask All Sailors 5/4450 My boat is docked in Hudson and I would like to sail down to Tampa Bay for a cruise. I like to anch

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In honor of Paul Kresge jviss at 7:46am 06.19.20 I'm not a racer, but I'd have to say that that rule is defective. It would only allow a single prot
An adventure with my mast light j_schoenfeld at 7:46am 06.19.20 Not to be picky... but I think that is a barrier strip with one pair jumpered. A bus bar is one whe
An adventure with my mast light j_schoenfeld at 7:37am 06.19.20 That blows my mind. Are there sailors that actually don't care about functioning navigation lights?
Dinghy Equipment? hawk232 at 7:28am 06.19.20 I can attest to a danforth "flying"! A couple of years ago i was out scalloping in my flats boat wh
Lenard Main Sail Car SV At Last at 7:23am 06.19.20 This is the Catalina Direct for the car only. Looks different than yours. https://www.catalinadirect
USING A BOAT LIFT ON A SAILBOAT HMT2 at 7:20am 06.19.20 So, it strikes me that if your boat is up on a lift and dry. Then you will need to use a different k
An adventure with my mast light Jackdaw at 7:18am 06.19.20 On my boat that top light is 360 degrees and labeled the anchor light, used at anchor only. The mi
Help with old plumbing jviss at 7:15am 06.19.20 @MightyMike I'm going to place an order with US Plastics, if you want anything and want to share shi
changing that AIS boat name jviss at 7:11am 06.19.20 Whoops, our posts crossed. Yes, you are on the way!
changing that AIS boat name jviss at 7:10am 06.19.20 I have the SIMRAD NAIS-400 Class B transciever. All help appreciated. You can reprogram the vessel
An adventure with my mast light odaydokay at 6:58am 06.19.20 On my boat that top light is 360 degrees and labeled the anchor light, used at anchor only. The mid
Big Boats: Harken Mk. II Unit 2 Furler - Raise Drum? Joe at 6:54am 06.19.20 Unsure about harken specifically, but my profurl came with a choice of "tangs" that allowed you to
Head Happiness Terry Cox at 6:53am 06.19.20 I use a beer cup 20-30 minutes before. Requires careful timing.:beer: Two beer cups works even be
An adventure with my mast light Benny17441 at 6:43am 06.19.20 An update. It failed again... . In order to get to the deck plug I will have to lower the mast.
Newport to Bermuda Race Jackdaw at 6:43am 06.19.20 Indeed. Unless there is a MAJOR weather system (or semi-permanent weather feature) that comes into
Newport to Bermuda Race Jackdaw at 6:35am 06.19.20 Last year during La Vagabonde's crossing @JamesG161 and I and some others had some good discussions
Where is the SonicHub? JasonFromJersey at 6:35am 06.19.20 Fantastic. I'll be on the hunt this afternoon. I'll post here if I can find it.
changing that AIS boat name JasonFromJersey at 6:34am 06.19.20 Hey, it looks like if I can find the damn NAIS 400 unit, I can reconfigure it thru a USB cable with
changing that AIS boat name JasonFromJersey at 6:27am 06.19.20 That is inaccurate. I have had two USCG documented vessels, MMSIs associated with both, and both w
changing that AIS boat name jviss at 6:26am 06.19.20 If CG wanted to encourage the use of AIS and corresponding MMSI #'s they could do a lot to simplify

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