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Masthead Lite Alan Douglass at 1:58am 10.25.02 Smaller Boats 7/1146 Is is appropriate to keep the masthead light ON while sailing at night?I want to light up my winde
Masthead Lite Alan Douglass at 1:58am 10.25.02 Ask All Sailors 8/1334 Is is appropriate to keep the masthead light ON while sailing at night?I want to light up my winde
Don't do this! Bill O'Donovan at 1:24am 10.25.02 Ask All Sailors 2/923 On my Yanmar 18, the fuel hoses are so short that the bolts get loose every time I go out. My mechan
Port ource other than Thrify Mariner or Sailnet Jim Logan at 1:10am 10.25.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1259 I've been trying to get some of the Gray marine (Bomar) plastic ports to replace those in a 1980 H33
Catalina 350 Owners Association Andy at 12:12am 10.25.02 Big Boats 10/5413 Hi Folks...Just a quick update...-Catalina has orders to hull #97... there bouts maybe more by n
Galvanic Isolator Russell at 11:54pm 10.24.02 Smaller Boats 1/812 I recently purchased an H-260 with the shore power option. The shore power was not working properly
Ericson 27- 1977 Steve Horswill at 9:37pm 10.24.02 Ask All Sailors 4/5257 Can anyone give me some general impressions of an Ericson 27 (1977). I am thinking about buying one
sail cleaning billy at 9:15pm 10.24.02 Smaller Boats 10/2774 I need to clean my main sail this winter. Is this a job I can do myself or do I need to have it prof
Oday 30 manual Rick Boaden at 1:22pm 10.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/930 Thanks to all the oday owners who responded to my request for info on the chainplate / stay problem.
Slide out gallery James at 12:25pm 10.24.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1162 I saw this photo of a slide out gallery and just knew it was something we had to have. Does anyone
Broken C22 winch Bob Rutland at 12:06pm 10.24.02 Smaller Boats 2/1037 I broke a winch on a friend's 1979 C22. The winch is stainless steel, but it's base(which broke)is f
Oday 27 refit featured in DIY Boat Maintenance Julian Hood[author] at 11:27am 10.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1460 First I'm not trying to toot my on horn, but, if someone can get help redoing their boat from my exp
Forced air heating Ron at 11:10am 10.24.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1206 Hello All,Has anyone installed a forced air heating system on this boat. I'm looking into purchasi
Homemade holding tanks Mark Sanford at 11:04am 10.24.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 23/5458 I am considering building a custom waste holding tank using plywood and epoxy. This would allow me t
To 26x or not to 26x............ Phil at 10:46am 10.24.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1108 That is the question............. I am thinking of buying a sail boat. This is my first and I will b
vire 7? Steve at 10:37am 10.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2591 Is this a reliable engine? I know from this forum that it is expensive to repair but I want to know
Metal Holding Tank Jim at 10:02am 10.24.02 Big Boats 9/924 What works best as a sending unit for a metal waste water holding tank?
Bi-Fold Shower Door (1) Bob Miller at 7:50am 10.24.02 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1118 Check the Photo Forum for my installation of the shower door.Bob MIller"Gusty Getaway"
Shaft Tube for PSS Dripless Shaft seal on a 33 Brad at 7:20am 10.24.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1113 Does anyone know what size stern tube (for prop shaft) exists on the 1980 Hunter 33? This is for a
rudder gudgeon pins for 25.5 Dan at 6:24am 10.24.02 Smaller Boats 2/990 Does anyone know where I can get some new rudder gudgeon pins. Mine have some wear on them and allow

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hull speed, what it means. shemandr at 6:04am 08.31.20 He said "Reynolds Number." Is there an emoji for sticking my head in the sand?
hull speed, what it means. Joe at 5:59am 08.31.20 The "Theoretical Hull Speed" formula was based on a full displacement hull's inability to progress w
Forepeak Bulkhead Castrilper55 at 5:47am 08.31.20 That is what I intended to do originally but as it turns out -not so simple. The bulkhead is struct
Windward sheeting cars (1) Jackdaw at 5:38am 08.31.20 Yeah... https://image.fisheriessupply.com/f_jpg/f_auto/t_Legacy-250x250/v1/static-images/192687-har
hull speed, what it means. dlochner at 5:33am 08.31.20 Interesting question. After an early morning shallow dive (deep enough to gain some understanding, n
Wire size from Battery ON/Off switch to Electrical Panel smokey73 at 5:33am 08.31.20 I'm probably overthinking this which is par for the course. @Davidasailor26 - Thanks for correctin
Main sheet cleat location Joe at 4:26am 08.31.20 Talk about your rube goldberg solution. But as long as it works for you, why change it? You can ea
Backstay Failure Apex at 4:18am 08.31.20 Good point. I follow up on a lot of stuff I read in here. I haven't looked for a maintenance book
37C fuel tank size Manny at 4:14am 08.31.20 Thanks to everyone. I have a feeling 45 +/- is about right. While I have no idea if the fuel gauge i
hull speed, what it means. Will Gilmore at 4:07am 08.31.20 So far, this is the simplest explanation of the Froude Number, that I can find. Froude number \| phys
Wire size from Battery ON/Off switch to Electrical Panel Davidasailor26 at 3:51am 08.31.20 OP Here: I did some digging and measuring and came up with some surprising information. Here are t
Funny Friday!!! rpludwig at 3:41am 08.31.20 we guys have a simple choice.....to either be right or happy....I have chosen the latter....
Starting a B331 Bluenose at 3:38am 08.31.20 Yes, Yanmar 3GM30F
Problems with my 2003 Beneteau 411 Refrig and Freezer NYSail at 3:26am 08.31.20 For the door latch go onto the beneteau Parts web site.... they may have it. Good luck
Main sheet cleat location (1) jonelli at 11:57pm 08.30.20
hull speed, what it means. Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 11:23pm 08.30.20 It still most definitely applies It's 1.34 times the square root of the waterline length in feet .
Main sheet cleat location weekendrken at 11:12pm 08.30.20
hull speed, what it means. jon hansen at 11:04pm 08.30.20 what i understand about hull speed i read in frank bethwaite's book, high performance sailing. mayb
Stray Current? jonelli at 10:21pm 08.30.20
When and Where is the Sale, Sale, Sale MikeHoncho at 10:19pm 08.30.20

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