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installing st 5000 autopilot nicholas at 12:01pm 10.23.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/837 Can anyone tell me what size the sprokets will be on the steering shaft and the drive motor?
H23 on Trailer Location Joel at 10:19pm 10.23.01 Smaller Boats 7/1008 Just hauled my H23 and have it sitting on the stock trailer nice and straight with the bow flush aga
SeaFin Greg aboard "BlueBerry" at 8:19am 10.23.01 Big Boats 6/1007 Earlier this year, a couple of months before purchasing my newest boat, a 1988 Legend 37, I had scou
Blisters Ron Newton at 5:53am 10.23.01 Ask All Sailors 15/1464 What causes blisters on the bottom of the hull? What can you do to repair them? Dose it affect the v
Bill, need advice Daniel Jonas at 4:24am 10.23.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1049 I have a RL70CRC and I'm contemplating changing the RL520 to a RL530 that is currently hooked togeth
Lazy Jacks Doug Washburn at 3:21am 10.23.01 Mid-Size Boats 8/906 One of the off-season projects I am considering is installing lazy jacks. I have heard mixed review
On or Off Steve Winkle at 1:27am 10.23.01 Other Sailboats 6/754 When I leave my boat for the weekend, I turn off the refrigeration and open the freezer and refriger
Baltimore Site ? John Averell at 9:48pm 10.22.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/981 I recently logged onto a site describing a Mac25 ported in Baltimore, with great pics of the boat an
ST 50 Please, Please Mark juetten at 12:01pm 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/857 Even though I am still in love with my ST 50 knotlog it has been unfaithful freequently showing cond
Raychart waypoints list? John Visser at 11:41am 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 10/974 Perhaps I'm confused on this topic, please help. I have a Raychart 425. This is my first GPS/Chart
Raychart 425 user interface bug John Visser at 11:21am 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/917 I have a new Raychart 425 chart plotter. It is a good value, with a WAAS receiver and Navionics char
bottom paint craig shaw at 10:00am 10.22.01 Ask All Sailors 6/1079 I need to paint the bottom of my 23 oday it is on a bunk trailer how do you raise it to paint? or do
Compression Post Repair Feedback Michael O'Mara at 9:43am 10.22.01 Mid-Size Boats 11/1606 I'm a reporter in Cleveland and owner of an H31 for the last 16 years. I'm doing research on whether
Book Recommendation Gary Wyngarden at 9:10am 10.22.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1104 If you are looking for a great sea story to read by the fire on a cold fall evening, pick up Nathani
Tim Schaaf where have you been! Steven Dion at 12:24pm 10.28.01 Ask All Sailors 0/1032 Tim:Where have you been? I was wondering how you made out during the hurricane in Cabo. Glad to
Nesting Hard Dinghy Debra Blatnik at 10:08am 10.28.01 Ask All Sailors 2/1229 Last year I bought a 'cheap' (not that cheap) inflatable, and a year later I am disappointed.I ref
Dodger for Hunter460 Anna Sabree at 5:48am 10.28.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1095 We recently purchased a 460 and have not yet found a dodger design that is both functional and aesth
What size fuse Angie at 12:11am 10.28.01 Smaller Boats 1/1023 I recently changed the mast head light on my Catalina 22 because the old one was missing the top/ins
How old is old? Betsy at 3:38am 10.22.01 Day Sailers 1/1160 I have a 1965 Rhodes 19 (centerboard). It's been on a trailer in a garage and hasn't been sailed in
Swing Mooring is it good idea? Alison Sarkozy at 5:35am 10.27.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1301 We left our new 19 on swing mooring with the keel down. When we sailed it again we discovered that

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Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Self-Corrosion (Collier 5) JamesG161 at 2:45pm 02.26.20 The region you are in will have well aerated fresh water @Witzend might try the special Alloy wit
dLj at 2:30pm 02.26.20 Love the spelling checker comments - you all seen the Ode to Spell checker poem? You have to read th
high water? sailme88 at 2:28pm 02.26.20 On a more serious note the high water levels in the Great Lakes basin is perhaps the least of our w
H 41 CHAIN REPLACEMENT jssailem at 2:25pm 02.26.20 When I installed my windlass I bought chain that matched the spec on the gypsy. Pretty easy.
high water? jssailem at 2:20pm 02.26.20 It is after all SWAG @DArcy.
high water? DArcy at 1:56pm 02.26.20 Without a crystal ball to predict weather for the next few months, I would think trying to keep the
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Self-Corrosion (Collier 5) dLj at 1:53pm 02.26.20 It has to be a very dry August to get any salinity this far up the Chesapeake. A rare event in the
H260 MaxinCalgary at 1:44pm 02.26.20 Yes looking to sell and move up . Not many for sale so getting a fair bit of interest. As I shop f
OT Question about rope condition jssailem at 1:44pm 02.26.20 It looks scary to me and if on my boat I would be replacing said rope. I wonder what the OSHA requ
high water? jssailem at 1:37pm 02.26.20 OUT FLOWS.. You got to dump the water sometime. It is a guess. Will the April Showers and bring May
high water? (2) Hunter216 at 1:28pm 02.26.20 IJC announcement today https://ijc.org/en/loslrb/record-outflows-continue-through-february-maximize
HELP NEEDED-Finally getting around to removing my main side polycarbonate/perspex panel that ports are set into to re-seat it. Secret sail at 1:25pm 02.26.20
OT Question about rope condition thinwater at 12:18pm 02.26.20 a. What is the size? Often they are oversized to allow for this, often 2x the required strength. b.
OT Question about rope condition dlochner at 12:07pm 02.26.20 I wouldn't hang from that rope. If it is used to support a hose or buckets, fairly lightweight stuff
Beneteau 311 std prop specs Ron20324 at 12:04pm 02.26.20 I have the original Michigan Wheel 2 blade and it is a 16 x11 sitting on a shelf. I had a 16 x 14
S2 11.0 cutlass bearing joul at 12:00pm 02.26.20 Thanks !
OT Question about rope condition Tom J at 11:59am 02.26.20 It looks degraded alright. Maybe the window cleaners are depending on their safety harnesses to kee
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Self-Corrosion (Collier 5) JamesG161 at 11:43am 02.26.20 Stainless Steel becomes the electron source to Graphite, instead of your Without the Zinc. Good job
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Self-Corrosion (Collier 5) Witzend at 11:19am 02.26.20 It would be very surprising if not. The graphite would likely only breakdown from mechanical proces
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Self-Corrosion (Collier 5) Witzend at 11:17am 02.26.20 I would look carefully at all the wiring - make sure you don't have any breaks in insulation that m

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