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Music to Sail By SailboatOwners.com at 12:27pm 03.02.03 Ask All Sailors 100/4122 Do you listen to music when you sail? Does Jimmy Buffet accompany you when you go out on the boat
Battery Charging Tony at 11:45am 03.02.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/910 Hi All,Just replaced the starter battery (1 x 12 Volt) on our '91 H30T...As I was replacing it,
Gibbs winches Bob Tucker at 11:44am 03.02.03 Smaller Boats 0/3649 I have a 1974 Hunter 25 with Gibb 7STA self tailing winches, one of which needs repair. Any suggest
Angle of heel Danny Arditti at 11:28am 03.02.03 Smaller Boats 3/931 I'm a new sailor and I'm doing pretty well. I have a swing keel Catalina and sometime I get outside
Looking for a Hunter 23 Jim Baggs at 10:48am 03.02.03 Ask All Sailors 1/909 I am looking to buy a Hunter 23. Does anyone know of one for sale in the Northwest?
Best way to clean oily, dirty lines? Chip Giles at 10:47am 03.02.03 Ask All Sailors 2/1072 We have started spring cleaning of the boat, and discovered many of our spare lines have got oily an
Disassemble furling gear before unstepping? Martin Cole at 10:26am 03.02.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1007 I need to have the local yard remove my deck-stepped mast for some work. I'm concerned about possib
Tell me about your Sail Cover Jeff Wingo at 9:56am 03.02.03 Smaller Boats 2/777 When I put the sail cover on my sail, I noticed that it fit very loose. It is loose around the mast
Lazarette Leaks John Manzano at 9:29am 03.02.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1244 Fellow Sailors:I keep finding a small leak in my port and stern lazarettes. The rubber weather-str
DIESEL ENGINE TEXT BRUCE CUTCLIFFE at 8:48am 03.02.03 Ask An Oday Owner 4/913 Can anyone recommend an exceptionally basic text providing instructions for the maintenance of sma
Help! Opinions Needed Jim Seamans at 8:44am 03.02.03 Big Boats 3/745 Opinions Needed - Step and Deliver...I just posted five pictures to the photo forum and the though
steppin the mast...oops tom b at 8:01am 03.02.03 Trailer Sailors 21/2327 okay, so i tried puttin the main up on my cat 22 today..what a pain... no i didnt succeed. i even h
Battery Chargers Jeff at 7:22am 03.02.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/941 I currently day sail my Mac 26x and have a single deep cycle battery. I am putting the boat at a sl
older MacGregor's 77' & 78' 22ft James Vance at 6:33am 03.02.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1159 are there any 1977 / 78 22foot MacGregor boat owners out there?
C34 repower M25XPB Frank Kulscar at 6:16am 03.02.03 Big Boats 2/1206 We're in the process of repowering our 1986 C34 with a Universal M25XPB; the work is 1/2 done by the
12 Volt Tap for Instruments fred miller at 5:54am 03.02.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/958 I'm adding a new wind instrument to my complement of a depth and a speed ST 50s. It will be mounted
Winter Project - More usable space in Galley (1) Jim Durrett at 4:55am 03.02.03 Smaller Boats 3/832 There is never enough space in the galley. I have just installed a 24" x 10" drop leaf shelf to ex
Modified Outhaul Joe DiCianni at 4:19am 03.02.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1500 I have a 1990 C30. Has anyone modified their outhaul by eliminating the poor original internal outha
yanmar 2gm tachometer Steve Voyce at 3:32am 03.02.03 Mid-Size Boats 4/2008 The tach on my 1989 hunter 30 stopped working. Can anyone give me advice how to troubleshoot or how
Navman Instruments Tim at 3:30am 03.02.03 Ask All Sailors 2/1226 Anyone have any experience with Navman instruments?I'm looking at the 3100 Series sailing instrumen

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Jammed Purge Pump dlochner at 4:30am 05.13.20 Thanks. Yes we have seen that kind of build-up as well. I guess maybe we need to just keep replac
Socially distant racing? shemandr at 4:15am 05.13.20 Newsday, a paper for Long Island primarily, is running an article about how Covid-19 is going to cha
high water? (2) TomY at 4:04am 05.13.20 nice dog picture Tom That was quite a launch. Here's a serious hydraulic trailer: Here she was
high water? TomY at 3:54am 05.13.20 Is this low tide you picture a really rare event? Not particularly, but they are in stark contras
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin Joe at 3:45am 05.13.20 The way I see it (be it right or wrong :)) : TWS and TWD is what you need to know in order to sail.
How to remove 30 yr. old tape. lehighsail at 3:38am 05.13.20 What is your source for the new stripes?
Shower Sump Pump valcour at 3:35am 05.13.20 For troubleshooting it is easier to put some water in the shower sump. As you reposition the y valv
Ranger 12 resurrection Will Gilmore at 3:15am 05.13.20 Thanks PNW Sailor, those blocks are an inspiration. I'm jealous of the Marple chisel. I have a set
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin LloydB at 11:55pm 05.12.20 Thanks Joe well said :snooze: Dr Judy thanks for the diagrams and I think you're right about meteoro
Theres a hole in my boat! Richard19068 at 10:56pm 05.12.20 I'm also curious about @Richard19068's observation. If the thickness is 1/2" and ratio is 12 then
Ranger 12 resurrection (1) PNW Sailor at 9:28pm 05.12.20 Thanks Will! The chisel is a vintage W. Marples & Sons (1920-1940). A good friend of mine got it f
Socially distant racing? Bill19233 at 9:03pm 05.12.20 Sadly Bill, I fear you are. All my TX friends are sailing and want me to fly down to race. No. Frea
Theres a hole in my boat! (1) Project_Mayhem at 8:57pm 05.12.20 Here is nearly the same scenario that I'm dealing with. Epoxyworks is published by West Systems Rep
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Chainplate Eyebolt question pclarksurf at 8:46pm 05.12.20 thanks for that-- was wondering out loud if "hogging it out" made more sense than actually over dr
C310 Bulkhead replacement cost? leo310 at 8:34pm 05.12.20 Catalina Yachts will have the temp plates for the bulkheads and cost that you are looking for.
True Wind Discussion Redux Stu Jackson at 8:27pm 05.12.20 The problem I have with that is even the article says that if the paddlewheel speed is off by just
Socially distant racing? Jackdaw at 8:26pm 05.12.20 I feel like I'm in a completely different world here in Texas. We raced until Harris and Galveston
Bottom Paint Sanding dlochner at 8:24pm 05.12.20 Check with the manufacturer's website for prep before painting. Ablative paint often needs a quick s
Socially distant racing? Bill19233 at 8:23pm 05.12.20 I feel like I'm in a completely different world here in Texas. We raced until Harris and Galveston C

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