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So this is what sailing is about dlochner at 4:43am 12.03.19 Sails Call Lounge 1/500 CfDAGJ8ZAkI
Anchor Chain seadaddler at 4:41am 12.03.19 Big Boats 9/1144
in the maritime industry, the skipper is regarded as "God". garymalmgren at 4:16am 12.03.19 Ask All Sailors 17/1248 Maybe not an infallible god. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-03/gold-coast-deckhand-guilty-of-ne
Fuse replacement guide for sailing vessels (1) Brian D at 9:05pm 12.02.19 Sails Call Lounge 10/819 172699
How to measure wave height Captain Larry-DH at 8:44pm 12.02.19 Ask All Sailors 40/4609 I have heard sailors debate the proper way to measure wave height. I copied the following from the
New owner of 'Shamanita' Y25 (SF Bay) Weekdaysailor at 6:38pm 12.02.19 Yamaha 6/1535 Hi all, Very excited to have recently acquired 'Shamanita' - looks very clean but the Yanmar flood
C&C 110 Ted at 6:31pm 12.02.19 C&C 0/1268 I know that some of us participate in multiple sailing forums besides this one. There was a C'C 110
Fisher Panda mini12 coolant leak Laid-back at 11:26am 12.02.19 Big Boats 5/754 My Fisher Panda Mini 12 sprung a leak in the stainless steel fresh water cooling pipe coming out of
Rabbit hole BillyK at 11:08am 12.02.19 Catalina 310 156/13490 Hi All, bought our new to us 2004 210 3 months back..And so i've now started down the old rabbit
Disappearing zinc anode - Beneteau 323 chrisbeneteau at 10:28am 12.02.19 Ask All Sailors 54/4846 We attach a new zinc anode to the shaft of our Beneteau 323 at the beginning of every season. When w
garage anchor evolution (4) RussC at 10:20am 12.02.19 Ask All Sailors 22/1943 We spend a lot of time on Lost Creek lake in our "off season" and some years mid season also, due to
Screws at the waterline? EdWeitzel at 10:02am 12.02.19 Ask All Sailors 5/553 I am looking at a 1988 MacGregor 26D that has screwheads showing at the waterline. The not in a per
Gluing cleats stanj at 7:03am 12.02.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/789 The cleats on my Catalina 22 on the bow used for my mooring lines have worked loose. I plan on remov
Stay warm you North Eastern Sailors jssailem at 6:39pm 12.01.19 Sails Call Lounge 2/268 Watching the weather news this it sounds like Mother Nature is planning to introduce Winter to you g
Location of selector valve on Hunter DS 41 Dangerdrm at 6:03pm 12.01.19 Ask All Sailors 3/435
luber spray Dave c30 at 5:55pm 12.01.19 Ask All Sailors 7/552 what is the best spray line for blocks and sheaves metal or plastic
Yanmar 3jh2e shop Manaul barbie at 2:08pm 12.01.19 Ask All Sailors 9/2052 We purchased a 1993 hunter that has the 3jh2e yanmar deisel. We had the yanmar Clymer shop manaul f
Experience with electric repower? Elco vs Electric Yacht vs? sfbaycatalina30 at 1:43pm 12.01.19 Catalina 30 14/5130 Anyone have experience repowering a catalina 30 mk II with an electric engine? Recommendations / pi
Aft Cabin Leak (1) 00SVSoulmate at 10:38am 12.01.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1070 Hi all, Our 2000 Hunter 460 aft cabin that we just purchased appears to have a leak that I noted w
Main sheet configuration on a 216 chard at 9:10am 12.01.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1076 ahoy , on a 2003 Hunter 216 boom there are two blocks going to a single block on the cockpit deck .

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Precision 23 dock size Calif. Ted at 9:03am 10.12.23 Floating docks and long waitlists are the norm here. I was on a 10 year waitlist and got called afte
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? tfox2069 at 7:58am 10.12.23 When I had to remove 4D batteries from my 356 I used a spare 3 part mainsheet with becket and cam.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dmax at 7:47am 10.12.23 Yes, the Duracells are 11" tall - many boxes can't fit them.
Catalina 30 Survey dmax at 7:45am 10.12.23 A 1985 will have a plywood core in the keel stub, where the keel boats are - this is not a problem u
Water tank leak Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:16am 10.12.23 Your tank is polyethylene...and unfortunately there is no "glue" or sealant that will bond to PE per
Perkins M30 Heat Exchanger salt water intrusion into sealed side of system (3) ddines at 7:05am 10.12.23 Congrats on tracking down the problem, good detective work. I am writing to inform other who have th
Precision 23 dock size Scubagirl62 at 6:36am 10.12.23 Yes. I've lived on an inland lake on an island all my life. I never think of tides. Yeah. That would
Precision 23 dock size tfox2069 at 6:15am 10.12.23 The widest part of the boat is at the gunnels and tapers down to the waterline. Currently, at our
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try mermike at 4:13am 10.12.23 I use OCPN more and more, as my Garmin 742 is obsolete and the remote screen function is unreliable.
1975 oday 22 Timm R Oday25 at 4:05am 10.12.23 I wasn't aware the earlier O'Days had no centerboard . That's one thing I really like about this for
yanmar ysm 12 engine and transmission seperation garymalmgren at 2:49am 10.12.23 Hi riverview. Pretty easy. Especially with the engine/ gearbox removed from the boat. Which is what
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try dLj at 2:44am 10.12.23 I started the way most of us start any new project... I did a web search for OpenCPN and quickly fo
Navionics price increasing dLj at 2:39am 10.12.23 I just login and it works. I have an Android phone and tablet, it also works on my iPad and when I
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Setup? Need Help (2) FreedomCrawler at 2:21am 10.12.23 @patbratton @Monsterfish @FreedomCrawler Look at my response in general Hunterowners Looks like a
Topping Lift suggestions for trailerable sailboats FreedomCrawler at 2:19am 10.12.23
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (2) SoSound at 10:26pm 10.11.23 I started the way most of us start any new project... I did a web search for OpenCPN and quickly fol
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Ralph Johnstone at 9:10pm 10.11.23 All my sensors have never worked since I purchased the boat last year. Does your high temperature
Just how big is British Columbia? (1) SoSound at 7:57pm 10.11.23 Sometimes, when Mother Nature throws you a snowball, you just have to do the best you can do with wh
When to tack shemandr at 7:43pm 10.11.23
Catalina 30 Survey RitSim at 7:06pm 10.11.23 Had an '89 C30 TRBSWK model. Also look at door margins to the head. If the margins indicate that t

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