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Brooks & Gatehouse VHF Brent Headberg at 8:32pm 02.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/1730 My Hunter 33.5 was equipped with B'G Instruments including a flush mount B'G VHF at the helm. Just
How big of a pole do you need? Brandon at 7:29pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 4/810 Whisker pole, that is. I want to get my dad a pole for his bday - what size do I need? Any reccome
Lesson in San Diego? Darline Spring at 2:20pm 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1025 I'm planning to be in San Diego on March 20th and would love to take a sailing lesson that day, if a
Tiller autopilot installation Robert England at 1:39pm 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 3/2332 My boat is a C'C 27 MkV, with a tiller. The rudder is transom hung. I installed an Autohelm ST 2000+
Need to replace fixed portlights on H-260 Pat at 12:59pm 02.06.03 Smaller Boats 1/936 Last fall I tried to back my H-260 into our boat slip with gusting 20 knot crosswinds in the dark si
Fore and aft trim Robert Dean at 12:33pm 02.06.03 Racing 2/1496 Question:When I'm racing - how do I know when I am in trim - fore and aft ??What are the indicat
PHRF Rating Robert Dean at 12:27pm 02.06.03 Racing 11/6387 Was asked in the last post as to my (PHRF) rating. This is a new put as we need thread traffic to ma
Kentucky Lake Chris Haake at 9:59am 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 7/1450 Can anyone recommend a nice(clean is important)resort and sailboat marina on Kentucky Lake? We are p
1982 Hunter 22 Diagrams Travis at 9:56am 02.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/2508 I am looking for some resources on where and how to obtain diagrams and blueprints for my boat. I ju
Check out this cool trailer mod! Chip Giles at 9:49am 02.06.03 Trailer Sailors 2/1606 Check out this cool trailer mod. If you trailer a sailboat, DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT!
Water in galley floor after hard rain Jim Wolfe at 9:38am 02.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 7/1153 Whenever there's a moderately hard rain, the galley floor in my 1994 33.5 becomes covered in water.
Hunter 40 Tony at 9:21am 02.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/934 I am going to look at a Hunter 40, 1984, anyone have any comments on what they think of the boat and
Accu-Gage for H'31 Holding Tank? Michael O' at 8:53am 02.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 21/2277 Has anyone ever added an Accu-gage tank monitor to their holding tank? If so, where was the module m
Voluntary Elimination of Y-Valves Jay Eaton at 8:17am 02.06.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1263 Peggy,I received an e-mail from a colleague. Attached to it was a letter written by the NMMA suppor
South Shore LI- Electrician and gel coat work Ed Fluss at 6:07am 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 2/1099 Hi there,Im looking for a good boat electrican on the South Shore LI.I wanna have a LINK 20 instal
Catalina 25 Autboard Motor lift bracket Karl H. Heydeck at 4:43am 02.06.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1268 My Chrysler 9.9 hp. with remote electric start, shift ' one lever control in the cockpit is hooked u
ST40 SPEED Miguel at 4:37am 02.06.03 Big Boats 2/818 Hola!!! The st40 speed on my H356 stop working. I have check the conections behind the display, powe
26M No Show Bill J at 4:15am 02.06.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1088 On 2/1/03 my wife ' I went to the Sail Only boat show in Chicago on Navy Pier specifically to see th
UPC Mike Casucci at 3:57am 02.06.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1159 I have a Catalina 30. I have a gennaker I have never used. Don't know how to rig it or run with it.
Need Masthead Sheaves for a Hunter 25 Mark H. at 3:52am 02.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1096 I need to replace two masthead sheaves on my Hunter 25 and I am having difficulty locating any repla

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Light CarlN at 8:35pm 09.16.20 "Moorings" and "Anchors" are not the same thing. And being tied to an approved permanent mooring is
C30 MKiii length over all - how did the addition of the sugar scoop swim platform affect length? Stu Jackson at 8:32pm 09.16.20
Repair to hull / deck seal berner73 at 8:17pm 09.16.20 Congrats on the new boat and Oneida Lake is nice place to sail her. Don't worry, it can be fixed.
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings smokey73 at 8:06pm 09.16.20 You're reporting something very unusual. Usually, the local officials (and local boaters) treat an
TS Sally WayneH at 7:43pm 09.16.20 The finger pier did indeed have a piling at the end. See the roller on the end of the pier in the st
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings berner73 at 7:29pm 09.16.20 Fellow sailors' All of my sailing experience has been based on the boat beings docked in a marina.
C30 MKiii length over all - how did the addition of the sugar scoop swim platform affect length? (1) weekendrken at 7:26pm 09.16.20
Just a quick hardware swap he said...... Grotto at 7:15pm 09.16.20 The organic ridge is obviously designed to disturb the laminar flow across the rudder creating less
Adding a spinnaker boom topping lift Jackdaw at 7:13pm 09.16.20 OK first. A topping lift should be at least a pole length above the ring. Higher is better. The load
Loos Gauge near Canyon Lake? Grotto at 7:10pm 09.16.20 <p>
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Tally Ho at 7:09pm 09.16.20 Has anyone ever figured out a clever way to tighten or loosen nuts for stanchions or other deck har
A Chesapeake Bay Pilot's video... jssailem at 7:06pm 09.16.20 Enjoyed both of the videos. Cool.:beer:
Torqeedo on C22 Grotto at 7:00pm 09.16.20 New motors are expensive, just got a Tohatsu sail pro propane. Looked at the torqeedo, great idea b
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person shemandr at 6:44pm 09.16.20 When I finally crawled back into the nether regions of my Mark 25 I found one of the backing plates
Yanmar 35 Hp Engine Owners Manual (1) PAC3142 at 6:39pm 09.16.20 Panama Jack, I have loaded a PDF of the manual below. Although I don't see anything on the impeller
Cal 29 - loose rudder post blackdove1256 at 6:27pm 09.16.20
Main sheet twist Ken13559 at 6:25pm 09.16.20 My Traveler is on Bimini top and Mainsheet do ocassional gets twisted as shown by Mark M. Not really
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Close Call at 6:24pm 09.16.20 Vise grips often work.
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Alan Gomes at 6:22pm 09.16.20 I just did mine by myself. What helps is if you replace the bolts with hex heads. This makes it eas
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Captain Larry-DH at 6:09pm 09.16.20 Thanks @Kings Gambit - I posted without directly referring to the COLREGs so used an incorrect term

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