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Quesions for Catalina 470 owners Dick McKee at 10:58am 01.01.01 Big Boats 1/2287 My wife and I sail a 95 Hunter 430 out of San Diego. Now that we are close to retirement and inten
Need Key West Race week Ride Bob Willett at 10:53am 01.01.01 Ask All Sailors 1/1134 I have a place to stay and a plane ticket but dont have a ride. Dont care what kind of boat or what
Sail/Rigging plan- Hunter40 Sloop Fred Hecker at 10:52am 01.01.01 Racing 1/1384 I have a Hunter 40 ft sloop set up with old UK sails(main and 110 Genoa). With that configuration,
Spinnaker halyard setup Richard at 10:48am 01.01.01 Mid-Size Boats 3/1376 When I put the boat ('87 TR)away this winter I took the mast down to replace the halyards, electroni
Key West Race Week Ride Guest at 10:46am 01.01.01 Big Boats 0/1016 Have plane ticket and place to stay but need a ride for 2001. Thought that someone might know a skip
Looking for words of wisdom David at 10:24am 01.01.01 Mid-Size Boats 6/928 Well, I've gone and done it! I've put in an offer on an 86 tall rig! The boat has been in fresh wa
C30 Companionway hatch drains? William rogers at 10:05am 01.01.01 Mid-Size Boats 4/1298 Question. I just bought a C30. It is a great boat but it has one obvious problem already. After a
Furling Questions Rob Colbert at 9:01am 01.01.01 Big Boats 5/1144 Hi guys we are saving up to buy a Cutter and saw one with roller furling on all three sails. Is this
Trailering O'Day 25 Malcolm MacFarlane at 8:53am 01.01.01 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2468 I am considering buying a boat for crusing this summer, and the O'Day 25 is one of the boats I am co
Cruising the east coast Brunson at 8:06am 01.01.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/971 My wife and I are planning a 4-6 week criuse down the east coast in our 1979 Catalina 27. We are lo
The Race Gary Wyngarden at 8:01am 01.01.01 Ask All Sailors 2/1171 So who do you think is gonna win The Race? Choices are Play Station, Club Med, Innovation Explorer,
mast down, now what? Bob Peters at 7:23am 01.01.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/889 My 336 is on the hard for the Winter. I had the mast taken down this year and will inspect and do m
3-Bladed Prop for a YSM12 Phil at 5:26am 01.01.01 Other Sailboats 4/1513 Would you recommend a 3-bladed prop for a Yanmar YSM12 diesel? If so what size prop would you recom
Thanks from new H460 owner. Mike Dawson at 4:36am 01.01.01 Big Boats 0/948 Thanks guys for your replies to my earlier inquiries.It sure helps to be able to talk to owners on
My HOW Forum Phil Herring at 4:22am 01.01.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/3366 My HOW Forum uses a cookie to identify you when you come to the HOW site. Unfortunately, those cook
Y2K and 1 Phil Herring at 3:59am 01.01.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1025 The data wasn't really lost, it was just hiding.I think everything is restoreed, but if you find t
Peggie, would you repost answer to rules Q? Been There at 3:27am 01.01.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1483 I suspect you posted it yesterday. Many of us did not read it. It was the New Year, after all. And t
What happened to all the posts from the last week? Peggie Hall/Head Mistress at 3:26am 01.01.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1132 We made it through Y2K...but doesn't look like anything made it to Y2K+1
Please, please, don't think of it as lost data.... Steve Dion at 2:50am 01.01.01 Ask All Sailors 0/1202 think of it as a re-fresh for the new millenum. 01-01-01 What a relief! All that old stuff is behi
sailing time? Tom at 2:34am 01.01.01 Destinations 3/1370 I will be sailing from Clearwater FL to Pensacola FL next week. I'm new to sailing and would like to

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Animal poop shemandr at 4:51am 03.25.20 The Animal Technician that caught my Raccoon the first round used that tried and true remedy. Worke
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Protection (Collier 13 - 15, 18) DArcy at 4:49am 03.25.20 If you search for electromotive series you will find quite a few versions of this table but they all
Canvas winter cover dlochner at 4:43am 03.25.20 Canvas is not your best idea for a cover. Others here would make better suggestions, and lighter we
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Protection (Collier 13 - 15, 18) Will Gilmore at 4:16am 03.25.20 Thanks DArcy. I haven't seen that chart before. Where did it come from? Chart 4-1 on page 20 of C
SS U-Mixing elbow (2) Ken13559 at 3:39am 03.25.20 See the brownish water mark on both sides of the U. That's wet rust sipping out from very very fine
Battery Mixing integrating Lithium Lifepo4 AGM or Gell Hayden Watson at 11:36pm 03.24.20 I am not too convinced that eliminating the BMS is a great idea. My thinking is that the primary pu
Canvas winter cover Ron20324 at 9:36pm 03.24.20 Canvas is not your best idea for a cover. Others here would make better suggestions, and lighter wei
Boatyard shut down due to COVID Ron20324 at 9:28pm 03.24.20 Maryland ordered all non-essential businesses closed yesterday. Shortly after that we got a notice
Animal poop Justin_NSA at 9:10pm 03.24.20 Sorry Justin... just reread yours... funny as hell The English language can be fun :p
Battery Mixing integrating Lithium Lifepo4 AGM or Gell Screen Saver at 9:03pm 03.24.20 I also believe we have been conditioned to the requirement of a BMS, which is effectively what takes
Dodger Ron20324 at 8:40pm 03.24.20 SOMEBODY AT YOUR MARINA MAY HAVE TRIED IT AND EVEN HAVE THE SAILRITE MACHINE? The bows you will rece
Need some advice on the best way to prevent condensation inside the boat, which mainly occ Jim26m at 8:16pm 03.24.20 @mnmpizza, Sorry you had that experience. Dessicants are fine if you live in a place that doesn't h
Stop rebuilding my Universal m25XP or keep going? Michael Davis at 7:58pm 03.24.20 If you take the pistons out you should replace the rings. I couldn't find a ring compressor small en
Stop rebuilding my Universal m25XP or keep going? pathfndr at 7:51pm 03.24.20 I'm leaning toward removing each of the pistons, and measuring the bore in the liners per the instru
Mac 26D Bilge/ Laz Question ScourgeOfTheHudson at 7:41pm 03.24.20 I've got to take out a well designed and installed propane system and a way bigger than I'll need fu
Need some advice on the best way to prevent condensation inside the boat, which mainly occ mnmpizza at 7:39pm 03.24.20 My Damp Rid Story: I was regularly using a damp rid catch container with the DR bag inside. Would pl
Battery Mixing integrating Lithium Lifepo4 AGM or Gell Hayden Watson at 7:36pm 03.24.20 Hi Hayden, ...Its hard for me to be accurate but from what Im seeing no more than 10% possibly 5% o
HUNTER 41 DIRECT TOILET DISCHARGE QUESTION Terry Cox at 7:34pm 03.24.20 Different model boat here, but does your boat have a macerator pump to discharge the holding tank ov
Starting your engine on dead batteries. Terry Cox at 7:27pm 03.24.20 If I could make a suggestion, based on what your pics show, maybe try leaving the inverter select s
Pro Furler jssailem at 7:10pm 03.24.20 Happy for you. Always good to save a 74yrs old sailor from having to climb the mast.:stir: You just

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