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mac venture 24' sail question sailnewbie at 1:15am 02.22.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2624 this may sound silly but to someone who knows nothing about sailing it doesn't. im looking for a use
Sail Trim Versus Rudder Deflection larrywalk at 9:04pm 02.21.16 Racing 7/1901 Having calibrated the rudder deflection of my Oceanis 381, I was wondering how much weather helm one
Vital Oxide?????????? sail_MN at 5:49pm 02.21.16 Ask All Sailors 4/1154 Anybody ever use this stuff? I am on a serious mission to rid my boat of the infamous "Boat Smell"!
Getting out allen-deckard at 4:34pm 02.21.16 Catalina 22 12/1306 well guys after 6 years of enjoyment I believe I'm going to be letting go of my 1987. Not sure if I
Bored Winter Sailors...Graphic Challenge (2) BlowMeAway at 4:31pm 02.21.16 Ask All Sailors 33/1794 Hello Fellow Bored, Winterized, Sailors, with graphic art experience... I'd like to offer a challeng
Good Old Boat Windtherapy at 4:22pm 02.21.16 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1024 Got my Good Old Boat March/April yesterday. Read through it and found two things that came into que
Westerbeke 10-2 won't start cbourne200 at 3:48pm 02.21.16 Engines and Propulsion 33/7048 Make that Westerbeke 10-2 - can't find a way to change Subject... 72 yesterday. Plans to spend aft*
vinyl windshield repair sailsail at 2:59pm 02.21.16 Ask All Sailors 2/519 we need to repair two slits in our vinyl windshield.....and also add a piece of vinyl to the existin
Aluminum Anodes Alec at 2:34pm 02.21.16 Engines and Propulsion 12/3046 I recently moved my boat to a new marina where the water is brackish and it seemed logical to switch
Solar panel (5) Deleted member 117556 at 2:13pm 02.21.16 Catalina 310 22/5876 Several months ago I posted a question about solar vs a generator and got plenty of opinions which i
Engine Instrument Pod Replaceme Jtacqua at 1:19pm 02.21.16 Catalina 310 6/3359 Hello all, Hope 2016 brings you a happy and safe boating season. This past weekend I noticed that
forestay length and ballast tank mod on 26M fortunare at 12:41pm 02.21.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/847 I'm looking for a used genoa for my 26M. It has a new furling jib but thought a genoa might be nice
Supporting O'Day 23 for painting ClintonLakeSailor at 12:13pm 02.21.16 Day Sailers 3/1676 Hi all, I have a 23 O'Day and I want to paint the bottom. I plan on parking it in the driveway and w
Seaward Chainplate Leak Repair Jolly Seaward at 11:49am 02.21.16 Trailer Sailors 25/3651 Hello . . .new to the forum. Looking for anyone who has repaired their Seaward 25 chain plates . .l
H306 Aft Cabin Leakage Bedouin at 8:30am 02.21.16 Mid-Size Boats 4/869 Good morning! So, while checking on Bedouin while she's on the hard I noticed some leakage in the a
Seaward Slipper 17 pre-purchase ?? Donovan at 7:45am 02.21.16 Day Sailers 2/2812 Looking at a first boat. It is a 1984 Slipper 17 with shallow fin keel. Boat seems to show well. Min
Need to find this fuse...lost it so don't know type... (1) Boatman1710 at 5:38am 02.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1663 I have a 1989 Hunter 34'. There is a 120 VAC Load Center control panel just above the chart table on
Replace fixed salon portlights with ones that open. daviddiscenza at 4:56am 02.21.16 Newport 2/1588 Hello. I purchased a 1985 33' Newport late last year. She's in great shape but I'd like to make some
Celestial Navigation, part2: Sextant Apex at 4:44am 02.21.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1336 Based on the previous thread, I wonder about the various sextants out there. Besides the Plastic Da
Let's plan a 2016 Spring Rendezvous on Lake Murray Lew Love at 4:18am 02.21.16 Lake Murray Catalina Owners 4/14533 calling all Catalina boat owners on Lake Murray, send me an email letting me know you wish to partic

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CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 6:42am 08.21.23 Removing the stern sounds a bit extreme, but it makes a lot of sense. It may not work here, because
H49 Selden Furling Mast Base Plate replacement kloudie1 at 6:38am 08.21.23 Strange, looks like "corrosion jacking" from a piece of iron or steel between the two plates.. the
Sails up at the dock ? kappykaplan at 6:35am 08.21.23 Can I raise the sail for a short period while I am tied to the dock in light wind? Can I let the he
Sails up at the dock ? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:30am 08.21.23 Yes.
New owner! PMK at 6:18am 08.21.23 She is in the water at Safe Harbor Pilots point hull #11 Quite an ordeal getting boat and trailer h
Hunter 23 Keel Crazy Dave Condon at 5:29am 08.21.23 It must be one of the first winglet with a centerboard attached. If the poster could supply the hu
H49/50 battery replacement Don S/V ILLusion at 5:21am 08.21.23
Advice for a Solo Sailor? smokey73 at 4:40am 08.21.23 I guess I'm missing something in the "hove to" to raise the main. How can you hove to when the main
Expectations from solar Captain Larry-DH at 4:08am 08.21.23 The MPPT works more efficiently with one per panel, if there is any shading or difference in panel
Hunter 23 Keel shemandr at 4:03am 08.21.23 I couldn't tell from the original post that the centerboard is housed in a wing keel (At least that'
Wema tank level sender jssailem at 3:52am 08.21.23 I installed one of these sensors in my diesel tank. If I was going to cut the donut off I would try
Hunter 23 Keel caverun at 3:49am 08.21.23 While we wait for Crazy Dave to chime in, check out this previous thread- apparently an early versio
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Hayden Watson at 1:05am 08.21.23
Capri 22 How does it race with a bit larger boats? Drinky Crow at 12:21am 08.21.23 . If the spread is too much, groups of boats can see a very different race -wind, tide and shifts.
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Alan Gomes at 10:30pm 08.20.23 So can leave the helm to go to the mast to hoist; heave-to sustains the boat relative to the wind;
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Kings Gambit at 10:26pm 08.20.23 Why would one want to go heave-to to raise the main? So you can leave the helm to go to the mast t
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (5) mikeracca at 10:19pm 08.20.23 Things are starting to look much better. I spent several hours with a bottle of Simple Green and som
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Alan Gomes at 10:13pm 08.20.23 to hoist the main, Why would one want to go heave-to to raise the main?
OGO Desiccant Install and Experience jssailem at 10:11pm 08.20.23 It did not smell foul when you showed me the system. I would keep doing what you are doing. It appea
Fabric for boom tent? gulfcoastsailor at 9:27pm 08.20.23 I have been doing much the same thing. TEMU.com these are the Chinese guys killing competition on l

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