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Sail Battens Sailing Poodles at 8:51am 07.05.15 Big Boats 7/1115 I'm looking for a new set of battens for my Doyle main. Two split on crossing of the pond. Can't f
Holding tank Gabrielwes at 5:34am 07.05.15 Big Boats 13/2077 I have a Catalina 390, 2002 with a Raritan SeaEra Toilet that pulls sea water verses pressurized fre
Main sail Willemvan at 10:49pm 07.04.15 Smaller Boats 3/724 I'm looking for a main and genny for my 1995 h26. Ant ideas.
Hunter 27 (89-94) Battery Charging MarkW11 at 5:26pm 07.04.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/2147 Hello, I'm a new owner of a Hunter 27-2 (1990) and trying to understand when batteries are being ch
Moving diesel tank above decks in oday 26? jfschena at 5:04pm 07.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/795 According to records I can find, it's been about a decade since the fuel tank in our boat has been p
Parasitic current through outboard motor Fred at 1:36pm 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 7/933 I have been having problems with my battery running down over time. I have discovered that my stereo
ODAY DSII small cracks in hull patriciasailing at 1:25pm 07.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 22/3973 We just purchased an ODay SDII and did not notice until we brought the boat home (inexperienced boat
dingy jmczzz at 1:12pm 07.04.15 Catalina 22 26/2310 My long range plan for an extended cruise with the economics of anchoring out makes me think a Dingy
New Heat Exchanger c130king at 12:36pm 07.04.15 Catalina 310 4/1325 Full coolant loss Thursday evening. Looking things over on Friday discovered "weak" spot and crack
Stepping The Mast Manually FlimFlamII at 12:21pm 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1131 The other day I helped another sailor step his mast using a gin pole he had built. I'm wondering wha
looking for a good gas engine mechanic in Annapolis/Baltimor stx203 at 10:44am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/771 Hope everyone is out enjoying the 4th.....my 1977 Oday 25 with VIRE 7 inboard is sitting in the slip
gas engine mechanic in Annapolis/Baltimore area stx203 at 10:40am 07.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/729 Hope everyone is out enjoying the 4th.....my 1977 Oday 25 with VIRE 7 inboard is sitting in the slip
Delivery Captain Wmbrewer at 10:28am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/818 Sailing Lake Michigan I just purchased a 1994 27' Catalina in Waukegan IL and need to sail it acros
Heads-up: server change this weekend Phil Herring at 10:05am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 25/1835 Happy 4th, everybody! This weekend we're migrating the sites to new server hardware. We do this
Cutlass Bearing Set Screws Tucson Sailor at 9:42am 07.04.15 Catalina 30 6/2828 In preparing to change the cutlass bearing on 1996 C30, we discovered the set scews on the prop str
Sailing Lake Superior KenG at 9:17am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1463 I plan on sailing for a couple of weeks this August on Lake Superior on the North West part of the l
Facet Fuel Pump Filter DannyS at 6:29am 07.04.15 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2431 Simple question: I read your tutorial on replacing the filter in the Facet fuel pump with the NAPA f
Edson Throttle lehigh375 at 5:25am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 1/656 At the center of my throttle is a black cap with the neutral lockout button inside. It keeps coming
Rigging tension Clydo at 10:44pm 07.03.15 Catalina 310 9/3598 Does anyone have Loos Gauge numbers for our rigging? Clyde Thorington C310 # 245 ILEAN TOO
Red letter day Jacomo Sailor at 10:01pm 07.03.15 Catalina 22 7/942 Well tomorrow is the red letter day! I finally got a chance to put in some work on my C22 over the

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Cockpit Cover jviss at 7:36am 07.15.23 I am looking for a company that would make a waterproof cockpit cover for my 1960's 17 ft Oday days
simple wind/weather app for iphone Davidasailor26 at 7:00am 07.15.23
simple wind/weather app for iphone Hello Below at 6:44am 07.15.23
Cockpit Cover Rich Stidger at 6:25am 07.15.23 Can't help with the cover, but a small solar panel, deep cycle battery, and a small bilge pump with
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May Davidasailor26 at 6:08am 07.15.23 Also with heading or course up you can set the plotter to keep the boat on the bottom third of the s
Broker related question Don S/V ILLusion at 6:03am 07.15.23 Any contract lawyer will suffice. Boat purchases are far from complicated and boat purchase contract
Broker related question dlochner at 5:17am 07.15.23
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May (1) dlochner at 5:07am 07.15.23 I'd betcha that the age of folks using N up is beyond oh say 60 or 65 because most of us old geezer
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May kappykaplan at 5:03am 07.15.23 N up for me, all the time. :plus::plus::plus:
Broker related question xavpil at 4:51am 07.15.23 It was a valid question. What is it that YOU want your broker to do for you on this sale? @Joe
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May Johann at 4:47am 07.15.23
I60 wind dlochner at 4:11am 07.15.23 I do like not having to 'guesstimate' the wind speed The Beaufort Scale provides a good and accur
simple wind/weather app for iphone garymalmgren at 3:39am 07.15.23 How much information is too much? :huh: gary
Reef points Joe at 2:09am 07.15.23 I thought one of the advantages of a furling mainsail was the flexibility of setting the reef points
Broker related question Joe at 2:04am 07.15.23 Folks........ brokers don't automatically split their fees with cooperating brokers unless there it
310 main out haul disconnected inside boom Joe at 1:41am 07.15.23 Here's a link to the Catalina 310 owner's manual. You can thank SBO for that. Anyway, see page 34
Broker related question BigEasy at 10:42pm 07.14.23 Try an internet search of Maritime Lawyers for your area. There are plenty herein Florida. Wha
Broker related question BigEasy at 10:31pm 07.14.23
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May thinwater at 9:37pm 07.14.23 N up for me, all the time. I'd betcha that the age of folks using N up is beyond oh say 60 or 65 b
I60 wind Hollyberry at 9:32pm 07.14.23 We are on our 6th boat after 40 years of sailing, this is the first boat with functioning wind instr

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