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Forestay too long joecool911 at 12:45pm 08.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 50/3996 I have a New to me Hunter H26. The guy I bought it from didnt pay any attention to details. Shroud
Canaveral Lock Closure for Maintenance 1 Dec 2019 - 30 March 2020 ggrizzard at 11:23am 08.09.19 Ask All Sailors 0/520 The above headline was posted today on Cruisers Net.net with the link to the details here: https://w
Hunter 22 Sink Proof? curt in CO at 10:02am 08.09.19 Smaller Boats 2/522 I just bought a 2013 Hunter 22. Has the open transom. Is this boat "supposed" to be sink-proof?
Hunter 410 moisture meter Capt John at 7:25am 08.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1036 Hello all! I'm looking to purchase a 2001 Hunter 410. Its a fresh water boat. I checked the topsi
need Cockpit coaming tread gfroch at 6:47am 08.09.19 Catalina 30 4/790 So, the other night while racing, my starboard side cockpit coaming tread came off and went over boa
What Happens if I Charge MY Batteries Too Hard? jviss at 5:13am 08.09.19 Engines and Propulsion 36/3023 I recently came to the awareness that my battery banks maximum recommended bulk charging current is
Catalina 250WB jonboy20 at 10:43pm 08.08.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2673 Hey folks, New here and to sailing. Looking at getting my first boat soon however is needs to be l
Keel Winch Mount Replacement BravoGolf at 9:03pm 08.08.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/629 So the piece of wood that my keel winch is mounted to is in need of replacing. Is there a particula
New forum preview (website version) (8) Phil Herring at 8:53pm 08.08.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1597 168134 New posts and stuff 168135 Preferences menu 168136
What Makes a Good Anchorage? Kings Gambit at 7:56pm 08.08.19 Ask All Sailors 35/2597
Preview of the new forum app (8) Phil Herring at 7:06pm 08.08.19 Ask All Sailors 9/1292 I am told that the iPhone app will be in the App Store on Friday, August 16. The new app is clean
Advice needed. My rigging is maxed on the turnbuckles and not tight. StarRover21 at 6:05pm 08.08.19 Trailer Sailors 31/4096 Hello all, My name is Zach and my boats name is soon to be StarRover, pending Poseidons approval. S
Fun race delivery (1) Jumpstart at 4:12pm 08.08.19 Racing 1/497 Delivered the boat today 40 miles down the lake for a race Saturday. Lake Erie can kick up pretty q
Sailing in Ontario waters vjasinski at 1:21pm 08.08.19 Catalina 22 2/694 We would like to sail the North Channel in Lake Huron with our Catalina 22, but find they require a
Whingeing about winches (keel) Grotto at 7:15am 08.08.19 Catalina 22 7/1007 So busted the clamp for the keel wire. The winch is/was dodgey but cleaned up well. I could drill ou
Flares. How do you dispose of them? Justin_NSA at 7:11am 08.08.19 Ask All Sailors 29/2466 I was rummaging thru my cockpit bins last night and came across a pack of 3 flares. The expiration d
Nearly two weeks aboard and I got to pull a tool out. TomY at 6:57am 08.08.19 Ask All Sailors 13/887 With our, soon 60 year old boat, that's surprising in my experience. We've been sitting on a moorin
Proud new owner of an '84 O'day 26 :-) (2) out2sea at 6:27am 08.08.19 Ask An Oday Owner 11/1222 I've always loved being out on the water, and definitely think sailboats are the way to go. I final
Whingeing about winches (keel) Grotto at 5:25am 08.08.19 Catalina 22 0/21 So busted the clamp for the keel wire. The winch is/was dodgey but cleaned up well. I could drill ou
Yanmar 4JH2TE eianm at 10:08pm 08.07.19 Big Boats 1/552 I am wondering how much it would cost to buy a digital upgrade box/loom to convert my analog senders

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Just a bit too much heel and helm dlochner at 5:37am 09.23.23 On J boats, flat is always fastest. That sometimes means giving up a degree or two of pointing to ke
Disturbance off Florida kappykaplan at 5:34am 09.23.23 We hope you stay safe @kappykaplan :pray: Tks! Checked docklines yesterday and shortened up the s
Disturbance off Florida JamesG161 at 5:31am 09.23.23 Power Outages starting on the First Day of Fall. At least TS Ophelia brings in cooler weather. We
Disturbance off Florida kappykaplan at 4:04am 09.23.23 Dammit Jim... I failed to use that moniker in my previous post!
Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 3:01am 09.23.23 Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but... I believe using the traveler to bring the sheet to wind
Universal M-18 not starting Davidasailor26 at 2:57am 09.23.23 The engine stop will stop the high pressure pump from pumping to the injectors.. Your injector pump
Disturbance off Florida JamesG161 at 2:51am 09.23.23 Making Land fall now at 60 MPH max winds, near Emerald Isle, North Carolina! Tropical Storm Ophelia
45DS mainsail furling H30sailor at 2:25am 09.23.23 I don't do a lot of single handing, but when the going gets tough and it's just me and miles of oce
Disturbance off Florida (1) JamesG161 at 2:24am 09.23.23 A few Reporting Stations to view. NDBC - Station 41025 Recent DataNDBC - Station 41064 Recent Data
Disturbance off Florida (2) JamesG161 at 2:07am 09.23.23 Tropical Storm Ophelia? Station Home Page - NOAA Tides & Currents Dammit Jim...
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 11:26pm 09.22.23 I still have to say that I would tackle it with a 120v 1200psi pressure washer. There is nothing in
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (8) mikeracca at 10:26pm 09.22.23 So not much to report for this week, I spent most of it in Alaska. Today was the only day I got to w
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water jssailem at 9:59pm 09.22.23 I cannot imagine that the physics is uniquely different between the various seals used and the vario
Deck paint recommendations (7) RSHunter27 at 9:01pm 09.22.23 X3XwvsorsYw220176
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:41pm 09.22.23 Luna has a couple Datamarine instruments in the cockpit area near the companionway hatch. I have no
Yanmar Diesel stalls when underway Techstyle at 8:35pm 09.22.23 I had a similar problem and found that the screen before the first fuel filter was completely clogge
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:29pm 09.22.23 Well by the look of the website they say a lot on one page, then the products page shows one small
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Kelsa at 8:23pm 09.22.23 As a side note, while in school for electrical engineering, I worked at a marine electronics place
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:55pm 09.22.23
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:45pm 09.22.23 These are obviously the instructions for a power boat : ral instructions had additionally included

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