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08-08-2011, 14:15
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How to Use Simpson-Lawrence Windlass
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How to Use Simpson-Lawrence Windlass
I have a model 180 Simpson-Lawrence electric windlass on my J/40. The 180 has a vertical spindle, with a drum on top (like a standard winch) and chain gypsy on bottom. My anchor is 55# and, with...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
10-07-2010, 10:35
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Electrical - Engine Starting Question
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Electrical - Engine Starting Question
The battery box in my "new" J/40 is large enough to hold four batteries. For the past month, while I've been working on the boat (since it was launched from winter storage in Maine), I have had two...
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Anchoring & Mooring
20-04-2010, 18:10
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How to Mark a Braided Rode?
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How to Mark a Braided Rode?
I just replaced the nylon part of my anchor rode with braided line. I have always used the flag markers commercially available to mark off lengths of 3-strand line, but I don't see how they would...
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Atlantic & the Caribbean
08-02-2010, 13:40
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Maine in the Spring
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LennyR
Maine waters in May
I've been sailing out of Rockland, on Penobscot Bay, for 20 years and can tell you that May on the water tends of be very cool (read "cold"), sometimes wet (from the sky, that is), and blustery. ...
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Challenges
14-01-2010, 11:25
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Challenge: When You First Started Sailing...
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My father and I learned to sail together on an...
My father and I learned to sail together on an old wooden Lightning when I was 15, using the Glenan's manual. In regard to sail trim, we soon learned, "When in doubt, let it out." That was good...
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Anchoring & Mooring
26-12-2009, 10:13
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Why Are Next-Gen Anchors Considered 'Better' ?
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What's in a name?
Does anyone know what the name Rocna stands for or means?
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Anchoring & Mooring
17-12-2009, 09:30
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Why Are Next-Gen Anchors Considered 'Better' ?
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West Marine has recently lowered its prices on...
West Marine has recently lowered its prices on Rocna anchors, although they are still expensive. I just purchased a 25 kg (55 lb) Rocna for $700, which is $100 less than West was getting previously.
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Europe & Mediterranean
21-10-2009, 08:43
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Cruising Rallies from NE US to Europe?
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Thanks...but
Thanks, but I knew about the ARC Europe, which departs the Virgin Islands and Florida--a little out of the way for a Maine sailor. I'm looking for a group that sails to Europe from the northeast US,...
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Europe & Mediterranean
18-10-2009, 16:29
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Cruising Rallies from NE US to Europe?
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LennyR
Cruising Rallies from NE US to Europe?
Does anyone know if there are any annual cruising rallies (or groups of boats who sail in company) leaving the northeast US bound for Europe--maybe Newport to Kinsale, Ireland, or something along...
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