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Rigging the 22' Hunter? Irene at 2:17am 02.21.03 Smaller Boats 2/919 I have a fixed keel 22' that I have just made a trailer for. It will be faster and simplier for me,
Engine RPM's Brian C. at 2:11am 02.21.03 Ask All Sailors 7/1064 I need to calibrate my tachometer on my Yanmar 3JH3E.. What is the most inexpensive way to do this?
Travel time for ICW? Dennis at 1:52am 02.21.03 Ask All Sailors 3/2382 What is the approximate sailing time from the Chesapeake Bay area via the ICW, stopping off nightly
Holding Tank Replacement Ray at 12:16am 02.21.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1330 How do you replace an aluminum holding tank (in 1992 Hunter 28) when the old tank is too big to fit
Water Heater Allen Schweitzer at 11:55pm 02.20.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/962 Hey Everyone,I'm thinking of installing a hot water heater ' some facuets to use as a shower in th
Bareboat Florida Bryan at 11:32pm 02.20.03 Ask All Sailors 5/929 Looking for help planning a Florida (keys?) bareboat trip in June for a family of 4 (boys 13,14). W
Martec or MaxProp JerryM at 11:08pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1138 Still searching for either a 3 blade or folding prop for my Catalina 30 (Universal 23 hp. diesel).
Cradle for 40.5 Bob Willett at 10:51pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 3/827 Myself and a friend both own 40.5 hunters 1994-1993. We are planning to move the boats to the New Or
'Survivor' restoration (1) Jonathan Rhodes at 10:35pm 02.20.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/838 This is a cry for help from an ex Hobie 16 sailor (25 years) whose wife wants to swap trapeezing and
Suggested source and location for sail numbers Jack Kelly at 10:17pm 02.20.03 Smaller Boats 2/857 We sent our sails out for cleaning and reconditioning - our sails never had sail numbers and I'd lik
'Survivor' restoration Jonathan Rhodes at 9:38pm 02.20.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/838 This is a cry for help from an ex Hobie 16 sailor (25 years), who's wife wants to swap trapeezing an
Brass vs. Bronze? Brian at 9:22pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 9/1187 I recently replaced a sea-water hose for my A/C. Wow, I discovered that the barb (hose connector) fr
Catalina 30 tall rig, cutting off keel 9 inches, John Bruder at 8:42pm 02.20.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1138 This is a question we would like to ask since we are considering buying a Tall rig with a 5'3" draft
BOOM HEIGHT--BIMINI LARRY at 2:17pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 15/3867 I have been considering raising the boom, shortening the height of the sail by about one foot to all
Old Sheaves Peter Lund at 12:49pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/939 My boat is a 1990 vision 32. The deck sheaves are getting old and cracked. Should I use Delrin, or
Shower Doors on a 376 Russell Egge at 12:09pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 1/855 Saw folding shower doors on all the new boats at the boat show. Wondered if anyone had tried to fit
Gori 2-blade folding propeller Russell Egge at 12:07pm 02.20.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1329 Saw the Gori 2-blade folding propeller at the Boston Boat Show and wondered if anyone had any exper
GFO fiber dripless packing Tom Wingo at 11:41am 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/1037 I am thinking about installing the GFO fiberdripless packing on my boat. I was wondering if anyone
new 150 jib or new smaller jib and asymmetrical? Bob Hawkins at 11:18am 02.20.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/995 Help me out guys. I've done just enough reading in the archives to get me into trouble. I have a 1
cockpit sole delamination John at 9:42am 02.20.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/991 I have an area of soft cockpit sole about six inches forward of the steering pedestal. The water ca

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Ranger 12 resurrection (4) PNW Sailor at 8:24pm 05.11.20 Great job (!) on the Gel coat repair - what did you use to paint it? Also, why do you want to rope
Are Saildrives becoming more popular? Barnacle Bill at 8:17pm 05.11.20 Volvo Penta invented the sail drive and I have been dealing with them since I got into this game in
Inverter charger and neutral bus question mermike at 8:13pm 05.11.20 Back to the question I asked, is my design assumption, that the neutral should be isolated, correct?
Inverter charger and neutral bus question mermike at 8:10pm 05.11.20 I borrowed a circuit analyzer and the output from the inverter checked out. Voltage, frequency, harm
Is the more expensive bottom paint worth it? Barnacle Bill at 8:10pm 05.11.20 I have written a lot about this subject, but I guess people are too lazy to search past posts. So,
Supporting Hunter 170 for centerboard removal Project_Mayhem at 8:07pm 05.11.20 @stickinthemud57 DONT USE SILICONE! Use 3M 4200 or Loctite marine sealant instead. The latter is a c
Weld or replace? Project_Mayhem at 7:58pm 05.11.20 I was hoping welding it myself could result in a stronger component but as Jim26m mentioned, it take
Inverter charger and neutral bus question mermike at 7:53pm 05.11.20 Sorry, I was trying to be brief. Yes, I disconnected everything and tested from the inverter. It's o
Window replacement questions Barnacle Bill at 7:46pm 05.11.20 The biggest thing to think about when drilling holes to accept screws in plexiglass is to drill the
Bow thruster - is it a plus or minus? Barnacle Bill at 7:43pm 05.11.20 A Catalina 320 doesn't need a bow thruster, so for me, it wouldn't be high on my list of stuff to bu
Converting a 33.5 from sailing yacht to trawler... DStegs49 at 7:41pm 05.11.20 Along the line of thought that John N. put forth as far a removing the keel. I would think that wit
Socially distant racing? shemandr at 7:33pm 05.11.20 Yeah we're all governed by officials whose edicts may seem arbitrary. But still those are the rules
Funny Friday!!! SFS at 7:22pm 05.11.20 My wife will buy anything marked clearance. Last week she bought an overpass.
TefPack Synthetic Shaft Packing MaineSabre42 at 7:18pm 05.11.20 Thanks for the feedback so far! When you say gore-tex, do you mean the Gore GFO packing? Because it
TefPack Synthetic Shaft Packing Tally Ho at 7:12pm 05.11.20
Socially distant racing? Jackdaw at 7:11pm 05.11.20 In Minnesota we're governed by our Governor's executive order limiting racing that causes a likelyho
Converting a 33.5 from sailing yacht to trawler... Brian D at 7:10pm 05.11.20 Now that the topic has been taken care of, what if, and this is a big what if, what if the new owner
Socially distant racing? shemandr at 7:01pm 05.11.20 Wow, I hope you don't have to do all that. Isn't it enough to vet your crew, who as I understand fr
Funny Friday!!! Kermit at 6:54pm 05.11.20
Socially distant racing? Davidasailor26 at 6:52pm 05.11.20

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