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222 vs a 25 mccadamsoday at 5:12pm 11.27.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/856 Can anyone tell me the galley/cabin height of a 25 compared to a 222. My 222 is around 4 feet. Wond
hunter 23 / Jib sheet cam cleat size drewsyntax at 4:26pm 11.27.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/383 Hi All I am looking to replace the original 2 cam cleats on my h23 - I didn't see a set available i
How much distance from forestay to asymmetrical tack? danstanford at 11:56am 11.27.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 18/2932 Currently my boat does not have any rigging for a Code 0 sail and I am trying to get ready for event
Screws into deck pulled out... Allowishish at 10:27am 11.27.17 Ask All Sailors 44/5822 The dodger on my catalina 27 was screwed into the deck (fiberglass only and not very thick) and has
Super Cheap Yachting fritz3000g at 10:05am 11.27.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 67/6092 I've been reading lots of articles on affordable cruising which seem to suggest that $15,000 is an "
Which deck organizer for B361 Ben4195 at 8:12am 11.27.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1488 Hello folks, does anyone happen to know what a good option for a three-line deck organizer would be
Companionway skylight Hunter 29.5 Odyssey lll at 6:37am 11.27.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/366 would appreciate any recommendation on how I can clean the skylight above the companionway way. Ther
Removing Standing Rigging from the Mast (1) SawyerCurt at 5:07am 11.27.17 Catalina 310 1/716 So the current cover I have for my C310 is a mast-down cover (hopefully this is the last year I'll b
Testing The Waters Scallywagger at 5:00am 11.27.17 Ask All Sailors 15/800 Hello everyone. My daughter is at the George Washington University DC and both my wife and I would l
Telescoping whisker pole verses spinnaker pole Ninsar at 3:38am 11.27.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/8059 Can sailors that have used both whisker pole and spinnaker pole please give some pros ' cons for eac
Heaving to BobbyFunn at 8:09pm 11.26.17 Day Sailers 22/3105 It was a calm day on the water 8mph with gust to 15mph, a perfect day to try out new things. Today
Sad day for a 222 (3) AWalker at 6:16pm 11.26.17 Ask An Oday Owner 6/989 143992 Went out to the lake today for a sail on my 23. This was in the boat yard. Looks like the bun
Cushion Covers Waandderer at 5:44pm 11.26.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2980 Hello everyone, I am redoing a 38 ft Citation and would like to hear from as many people as will pos
Main sheet length? Lisa at 5:38pm 11.26.17 Catalina 310 26/4188 Can anyone tell me the length and diameter of the main sheet? We have in the mast furling if that ma
another Reverse Polarity light question Charlie98117 at 4:34pm 11.26.17 Ask All Sailors 10/1684 I recently replaced the burned out 110V indicator light on my panel and after doing that the Reverse
Cleaning aluminum mast jmce1587 at 2:29pm 11.26.17 Ask All Sailors 20/13907 have mast down and want to clean up and remove black marks, etc. Any recommendations on products an
What's under H34 Starboard Cockpit Locker Shelf? danm1 at 2:06pm 11.26.17 Big Boats 20/2898 Got stuck head down in the starboard locker reaching for a battery yesterday on my new to me Hunter
Leaks in my little 'ol Mac 25 arknoah at 1:46pm 11.26.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/3130 Hi, Got some problems with leaks in my 1984 Mac 15, or more specifically with water in the bilge an
Winterize with city hookup njlarry at 11:21am 11.26.17 Ask All Sailors 7/1906 Searched but no luck on this. Helping a friend winterize his power boat for the first time. (Searay)
Drawer slides (3) marchem at 11:15am 11.26.17 Catalina 310 4/1010 I read a write up in an old MainSheet magazine about replacing the slides on the drawers under the b

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I think my problem is just a bit obvious. The good news is that at least a fair amoint of threads still remain in the bottom bolt hole. Any ideas on h Project_Mayhem at 6:03am 02.12.24 Is the silver area a plate that needs to be sealed to the block or is there another piece that bolts
Dock and Go Override How-to RichKS at 5:34am 02.12.24 Thanks for posting your troubleshooting Brock. I hope you are back up and running now. I am having
stripping cetol from teak FastOlson at 4:40pm 02.11.24 I have used "Te-Ka" for decades. Cleaner Kit - 1 Quart Each A & B \| West Marine I have a blog entry
Salon table 37c Johnb at 3:25pm 02.11.24 The top of the table on my boat is 29.625 inches off the sole
Salon table 37c Cocoa Beach Sailor at 1:41pm 02.11.24 The original table is solid teak in the middle with teak veneer plywood for the flip ups. There i
stripping cetol from teak ggrizzard at 1:33pm 02.11.24 Thanks jssailem. I saw this response on the thread you referenced: Re: Removing Sikkens Cetol or HL
I think my problem is just a bit obvious. The good news is that at least a fair amoint of threads still remain in the bottom bolt hole. Any ideas on h (1) jssailem at 11:23am 02.11.24 Is this the area at issue? This looks like the base of the water pump, is that correct?
I think my problem is just a bit obvious. The good news is that at least a fair amoint of threads still remain in the bottom bolt hole. Any ideas on h Project_Mayhem at 11:11am 02.11.24 I'm not sure what area needs to be repaired in your pic but I had shockingly good results wrapping t
stripping cetol from teak jssailem at 11:01am 02.11.24
stripping cetol from teak Stu Jackson at 10:50am 02.11.24 I used both gel paint stripper and a heat gun later to get the rest.
New Main Sail dlochner at 10:26am 02.11.24 Thanks Dave, good info. You answered the loose foot question. Bear in mind, this was just an educ
stripping cetol from teak Mark Maulden at 10:09am 02.11.24 Heat gun and a scraper. Finish with a sanding
new mulitbank battery charger experiences Davidasailor26 at 9:31am 02.11.24 Do you have a sense for the state of health of each of the batteries? Having both Flooded Lead Acid
New Main Sail PhilaSailor at 9:04am 02.11.24 Thanks Dave, good info. You answered the loose foot question. Any thoughts on spending more for mo
New Main Sail dlochner at 8:34am 02.11.24 Loose Foot - LF are current wisdom. Do older boats like the 37 Cutter have a tracked foot for bette
Adding a solent sail or staysail to a B&R rig Windpilot at 8:33am 02.11.24 I guess it all depends on how and where you sail regarding the inner forestay "problem" If you do a
The Show Must Go On DArcy at 8:26am 02.11.24 The Toronto boat show has an entire room for cottage stuff. Water toys, docks, dock furniture. I bou
new mulitbank battery charger experiences LydieBP at 8:26am 02.11.24 Thanks everyone for the input. There seven batteries in the boat, 4 together regular lead acid, 2 to
Salon table 37c PhilaSailor at 8:24am 02.11.24 The original table is solid teak in the middle with teak veneer plywood for the flip ups. There is
New Main Sail PhilaSailor at 8:13am 02.11.24 Thanks for way more replies than I expected. The discussion is helpful. I'm double checking measur

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