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Rudder Repair - looking for hints, tips, gotcha's, etc. RonRelyea at 10:22am 03.25.16 Ask All Sailors 3/636 I had the divers over last week to clean my bottom. They discovered that the bottom 12 inches (or t
Looking for Colorado Sailing Expertise Greengas at 10:02am 03.25.16 Ask All Sailors 5/754 Hi I own a Macgregor 25 and keep it at Aurora Reservoir. 90 percent of my sailing is done at Aurora
Which keel archimedes at 9:22am 03.25.16 Catalina 22 41/9665 I'm looking to buy a Catalina 22. But I'm confused about which keel would be best. I live and will
Keeping my favorite crew member safe (4) Bad Obsession at 9:07am 03.25.16 Ask All Sailors 6/831 I made a cover for my tiller pilot today. It is made of sunbrella and also a small piece of plastic
Spring is here time to work on the boat. (2) Karyon at 7:04am 03.25.16 Trailer Sailors 10/1483 Well spring has arrived in Alberta, snow has melted, so it is time to start tinkering with the boat,
Sail numbers flynhi4u at 5:40am 03.25.16 Smaller Boats 3/596 With our new sails ready to fly for the first time I am reconsidering my idea to not have the h20 pu
Attaching A Mast Hound Greengas at 5:24am 03.25.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2494 I am attaching a mast hound to lower the point where I attach my mast raising system. My thought is
Through hull opinions Jammin jr at 3:59am 03.25.16 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1215 Ok, one of the last things to fix on the 25 is a 1" hole that someone drilled in the hull. It is nex
Spider Cracks On Each Corner on H15 Dam - Advice on Repair? esterhazyinoz at 3:29am 03.25.16 Day Sailers 8/1395 Today I noticed that there are quite a few spider cracks on the outside corners of the rear dam of m
Single line reefing ISIS at 2:57am 03.25.16 Big Boats 14/12892 does anyone know how the reefing lines are set up on MK I I 42 .Catalina. As far as I can see there
Battery box for 6 V Golf Cart batteries davidkahn53 at 8:18pm 03.24.16 Ask All Sailors 8/1259 Recently purchased a Pearson 33, with a house bank of 4 6V golf cart batteries wired in parallel and
Electrical Controversey BigEasy at 5:22pm 03.24.16 Ask All Sailors 15/1219 I am having a back and forth debate (amicable) with a friend on measuring voltage drop along a 62ft
Redid my floors on a C&C 32 (1) wojtek86 at 1:37pm 03.24.16 Ask All Sailors 21/2092 I recently got a C'C32 and the floors were horrible. I decided to make my own anad here is the end r
Wire gauge for DC wiring lights on 1983 H31 SFS at 12:48pm 03.24.16 Mid-Size Boats 19/2520 I'm preparing for the replacement of all the cabin lights in my H31. I've read Mainesail's articles
New navigation and mast head lights for '74 Catalina 22 polarbrer at 11:32am 03.24.16 Catalina 22 14/5634 I would like to update the wiring and nav lights for my '74 22. I've been sailing my 2002MKII, so
What size dingy? njlarry at 10:11am 03.24.16 Ask All Sailors 14/864 We are considering two inflatable floor boats. The West Marine PHP-275 and the PHP-310 for use with
Crack repair (4) rade0041 at 9:20am 03.24.16 Smaller Boats 11/2743 Me again... I have this damage to the bottom of the transom on my boat (26' water ballast Hunter).
Carpet liner bfriolet at 7:53am 03.24.16 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1337 Thinking of removing the smelly carpet liner on my Oday 240, the headliner seams to be fine, but the
Pictures Needed of Throttle Lever for Universal Diesel Newport 28 MK II (1) bmacphee at 7:41am 03.24.16 Engines and Propulsion 17/4368 I need someone to take a picture of their throttle lever for their universal Diesel from a Newport 2
Facebook C-22 Racing and Regattas (1) CaptDon01 at 5:48am 03.24.16 Catalina 22 1/476 We have plenty of information on repairing our beloved C-22, but how about racing? Many of us are al

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so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s danstanford at 12:11pm 01.05.24 Not the best photo but close to the condition I was describing. This looks like the flat top is 75 d
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s (1) danstanford at 12:09pm 01.05.24 222338
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Richard19068 at 12:02pm 01.05.24
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Caboteur at 11:30am 01.05.24
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light dlochner at 9:58am 01.05.24 Yes. If it was designed as a racing boat, it would unlikely to be out cruising and anchoring. Withou
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead (1) G Newboat at 9:29am 01.05.24 I decided to follow your guys' advice and get a sheet of 1/2" marine plywood. I traced the old one,
Catalina 16.5 spinnaker PaulK at 8:46am 01.05.24 You could certainly hoist a 420 spinnaker on a Catalina 16.5, but it might be too small to function
Display engine instruments on Raymarine C120 chart plotter. BarryL at 8:41am 01.05.24 Hey, That looks great. Very clean installation. Nice job. Barry
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 8:16am 01.05.24 "Comfort ratio" is a calculation that does not actually reflect how a boat really behaves in bouncy
Display engine instruments on Raymarine C120 chart plotter. (2) RoyS at 6:45am 01.05.24 Yes, the Noland rs11 worked for me. The rs11 will convert analog sensor outputs to NMEA sentences. T
Winter checkup sailme88 at 6:33am 01.05.24 I went to the lake yesterday and found the power off to the Wet Dog. It turned out to be a bad powe
Winter checkup American_Mainsail at 5:57am 01.05.24 Those Marinco fans are such a great concept but a huge pain in practice. They use a NiCad battery, s
I aim to give 100%. Will Gilmore at 2:04am 01.05.24 Does that give your son more or less leeway to perform? I'm guessing he feels a lot less pressure w
Towing options Blitz at 9:14pm 01.04.24 For what it's worth: The Boat US saltwater unlimited gold membership does pay for dock to dock tow f
Display engine instruments on Raymarine C120 chart plotter. joelm100 at 9:02pm 01.04.24 How did this go? I'm redoing my panel and thinking to go digital on the instrumentations on my 2001
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! joelm100 at 7:57pm 01.04.24 Following up... Pulled the boat last spring for routine love. Moved the "tool closet" to the SB si
Towing options Kings Gambit at 7:50pm 01.04.24 I doubt that any towing insurance would cover (pay for) taking a boat from a safe slip, the home sli
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help joelm100 at 7:49pm 01.04.24 think. Occasionally my breaker will trip (not the one on the panel but the big one under my na
I aim to give 100%. MikeHoncho at 7:20pm 01.04.24 I prefer the word "best" its more subjective....in a sentence I routinely deliver to my 22y/o son...
Its funny Friday! leo310 at 5:54pm 01.04.24 Joe tripped on the cat

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