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Your Year In Review (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 12.30.19 Ask All Sailors 26/2005 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foo
Slap, Crackle, Pop (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 22/4608 Is your boat noisy? Between slapping halyards, gurgling drains, a clanking keel, popping stringers,
2020 Photo Contest Winners (3) Phil Herring at 4:10am 01.20.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1964 The 2018 Photo Contest is in the books and here are your winners... 3rd Place goes to Mikem, a memb
Time to Vote for Photo Contest Winners (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 01.13.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1524 The photos are posted, the servers are warmed up, and the time is now to vote for your favorite Phot
2020 Photo Contest (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 01.06.20 Ask All Sailors 112/10592 Its that time again, so drop your undeveloped film at PhotoMat... oh, right. Find your Flickr passwo
Hunter 240 jetboatn at 3:14pm 12.17.19 Smaller Boats 1/769 I'm considering the purchase of a Hunter 240. Would it be foolish to keep it on a sling lift? If I r
Boat lift jetboatn at 3:02pm 12.17.19 Trailer Sailors 5/1121 I'm considering the purchase of a Hunter 240. Would it be foolish to keep it on a sling lift? If I r
Bristol 24 (6) Member 131497 at 1:13pm 12.17.19 Bristol 6/2095 Here's the story: Just went to west marine to inquire why tbe rigging shop hasnt call me regarding r
Universal 25xpA ? rpell1@msn.com at 12:32pm 12.17.19 Catalina 30 7/1091 Hi all, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. I have been researching for the actual difference
Boats of the Year cb32863 at 8:36am 12.17.19 Ask All Sailors 1/544 Cruising World ' Sail magazines have their pics for 2019. Pretty much the same boats between them. P
Sound proofing..... NYSail at 6:41am 12.17.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1538 Hello all So I am sound proofing a small cabinet that houses a couple of pumps. I don't want to us
Lost a good friend Mark Maulden at 11:01pm 12.16.19 Ask All Sailors 14/1030 We lost a good friend and club member a few days ago. He lived on his boat in Anacortes. He was in
Christmas Cruise 2019 Terry Cox at 7:30pm 12.16.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 9/987 Christmas (winter) break fast approaching and this skipper will be away from work between 12/21 thro
Compatible NMEA200 connections and transducers TimFromLI at 7:27pm 12.16.19 Ask All Sailors 10/5275 I recently picked up a B'G Vulcan 9 and I'm in the process of converting my wind, depth and speed ov
I'm not seeing the light bulb like icon on my iPad. DrJudyB at 4:19pm 12.16.19 Forum Help (Site Talk) 11/1024
Bimini practical for a Hunter 22 ? ? curt in CO at 4:10pm 12.16.19 Smaller Boats 17/2014 I have a Hunter 22, 2013 model with the open transom and long cockpit. Would it be practical to ins
Tall Rig Identification crackerJackNY at 3:27pm 12.16.19 Catalina 30 4/1328 Hi All, I'm looking to purchase a 30 from 1985. The charity from which I would be purchasing does n
Replacement of Wastewater tank Dibid at 3:22pm 12.16.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1643 Has anyone changed their wastewater tank on their Hunter 310 (2000)? How to remove the old tank and
Parts and costs of adding an outboard to a 1990s 26X (1) ALMacShopper at 2:23pm 12.16.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1973 Hi folks - I'm looking pretty seriously at a 1998 26X. The one issue is - it doesn't have an outboa
Have you checked your rigging lately? eherlihy at 1:55pm 12.16.19 Bigger Boats 1/924 This fall I had to drop the Isomat NG51 mast on my O'day 35 so that I could replace the wiring for t

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Backstay Split Rigging? (1) Claude L.-Auger at 1:19pm 08.09.24 The backstay is a split design, there are 2 chainplates to tie too at the stern. The problem i have
Reading the SI's JRacer at 1:02pm 08.09.24 Yeah, GJ wasn't paying attention either. And, not the first time that boats have "followed the leade
Backstay Split Rigging? lrogers57 at 12:42pm 08.09.24 Not familiar with your boat but it does look like the cable on your picture 8840 is your backstay.
New to me 216 - Cabin Seal - Deck Rot / Repair dmax at 12:37pm 08.09.24 You can use a vacuum pump, you need to leave it running for a while (hours). Works best when the dec
Backstay Split Rigging? lrogers57 at 12:34pm 08.09.24 My lower shrouds (on a Catalina Capri 22, Selden mast) have that end on them and they pass through
Backstay Split Rigging? lrogers57 at 12:33pm 08.09.24 The two short, and possibly smaller gauge wires, mount to two holes on the plate with u shaped conn
New to me 216 - Cabin Seal - Deck Rot / Repair Adam.Butler636 at 12:29pm 08.09.24 Appreciate the intel. I did hold my wet dry vac on it for a while and have been extreamly careful t
Reading the SI's Davidasailor26 at 12:25pm 08.09.24
What is this thing? Stu Jackson at 12:20pm 08.09.24 No, except that the Link 2000R has battery monitoring features, like Amp-hour counting, etc. I sho
Solar Voltage American_Mainsail at 12:10pm 08.09.24
New to me 216 - Cabin Seal - Deck Rot / Repair dmax at 12:08pm 08.09.24 You're going to want to get all of the water out of there before you start doing any kind of repair.
Concerned about keel bolt of Siren 17 Timm R Oday25 at 11:45am 08.09.24 Removing the pivot bolt , will require pulling the boat .. On every boat I've ever worked on , once
Small brass screw jssailem at 11:09am 08.09.24 I'll take a real close look at everything when I de-rig for winter. I might be worthwhile to take
Stepping a mast on a Hunter 33 Claude L.-Auger at 11:05am 08.09.24 Taking a mast down or up is relatively simple. Double spreaders and B & R rigging make it a little b
Small brass screw Johnb at 11:04am 08.09.24 If that brass screw is actually bronze then it could have come from the sail head reinforcing plate.
Alternator heat - how serious? jviss at 10:51am 08.09.24 That's not right or normal, in my opinion, Scott. What's causing the heat? It must be current flow
Small brass screw TackandJibe at 10:50am 08.09.24 Are you certain that it appeared on your deck during a sail? Could it have been there since you we
Concerned about keel bolt of Siren 17 PaulK at 10:50am 08.09.24 You are right about using the wrong terminology. The Siren 17 has a centerboard, so has no keel bol
Small brass screw Stu Jackson at 10:39am 08.09.24 You may be confused, because those pictures seem to show that screw on the floor of your house, not
Backstay Split Rigging? Claude L.-Auger at 10:37am 08.09.24 Not familiar with your boat but it does look like the cable on your picture 8840 is your backstay. O

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