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Mal de Mar Windborne at 4:22am 03.30.15 Ask All Sailors 13/1642
Antares 9 Owners Manual Riske at 2:00am 03.30.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/4046 Hi, I have recently purchased an Antares 9 and need an English manual. The French manual gives th
Wheel lock Richandhelen at 8:39pm 03.29.15 Big Boats 10/1587 Every time I sail I have to screw down my folding wheel locks over and over. I am speaking of the la
The Dogs of SBO: Shadow (2) Phil Herring at 8:06pm 03.29.15 Sails Call Lounge 1/1877 SailboatOwners.com is a dog friendly office and on any given day there are two to four mutts hanging
Weekend Pre-season Projects Accomplished - With Pics (7) entmejia at 8:00pm 03.29.15 Smaller Boats 7/1501 I took a day of leave to get the boat ready for the first sail of the season. Here is a list of the
Trailering Problem docschreiber at 7:25pm 03.29.15 Trailer Sailors 7/1742 Hello All, New to the site and sailing. I recently bought a Coronado 23 mkII. When inspect
Electrical problem snadd1s at 5:58pm 03.29.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2250 Hello, I have a Bene 473 and this is what happens; When under motor or inshore el power connected
1971 Columbia 22 Mast (2) pratleyjay at 5:46pm 03.29.15 Columbia 4/4625 As a new owner, can someone tell me how to lower the mast? I do not see any pivot point, appears to
Trailer for WING Keel w4swk at 3:28pm 03.29.15 Catalina 22 56/12293 Hi all After years of various boats, I have finally purchased a Catalina 22 WING Keel. The purchase
Well enough alone?? SPLETS at 3:20pm 03.29.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1832 I have a Catalina 30 with a 25xp motor, I had noticed that it wasn't starting as fast as I thought i
O'Day 34 water in bilge Yellowjeepman at 2:27pm 03.29.15 Ask An Oday Owner 11/4333 I have a 1984 34 O'day, is it normal to have an inch or so of water in the bilge ? It's not enough f
Wetting out horizontal holes George Da Porge at 1:59pm 03.29.15 Ask All Sailors 3/848 So, we are replacing the rubber in our rub rail. Before inserting the new rubber I am going to remo
Wind Speed Indicator drdanj at 12:54pm 03.29.15 Big Boats 7/4707 I retired and plan to sail more on my Catalina 36 -- example, a coastal cruise this summer, from Cha
New style tricks Watercolors! at 9:42am 03.29.15 Catalina 22 3/841 When I first purchased my used boat and the factory vinyl pop top cover was fairly new, I noticed th
Rudder Movement declan at 8:22am 03.29.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1553 I have a Hunter 430,1996. I am concerned about the movement at the bottom of the rudder when I "wig
New Owners! (3) Greengas at 7:04am 03.29.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/4423 Hi I'm Ronn and my wife and I, along with our kiddos and grandkiddos just purchased our first eve
Companionway board storage chrisings at 6:30am 03.29.15 Catalina 30 12/2340 With spring promising to arrive eventually.............. One of the admirals projects is to sew cov
Replacement Cockpit table for Beneteau -331-2003 normant at 6:17am 03.29.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/7013 We want to replace our cockpit table with a folding one. Looking at this one and wondering if the
Shaft coupling question. DougM at 4:44am 03.29.15 Engines and Propulsion 2/1087 There is probably a good reason, but I have always wondered.... Since engine to shaft alignment seem
Do you Heave to, between races? SailorTom at 4:03am 03.29.15 Racing 12/4915 Is there any problem with heaving to? Yesterday we had 5+hour series of 4 races. Between on one occa

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Alternatives to NER Salsa (better price, less ugly) thinwater at 2:58pm 09.21.23 Gloves. Personal preference, I dislike fuzzy lines. I like the feel and cleating of a smooth polye
Alternator output to..... Tally Ho at 2:54pm 09.21.23 Justin, have you ever played with one of these : /ref=sr_1_11?crid=3Q6Y5DU4LBJYO&keywords=circuit+
I've raised Macgregor 26c mast just by hand, why need gin pole for smaller Hunter 23 or 26? labrmnus at 2:15pm 09.21.23 Sorry to ask questions but that seems why the internet exists. The problem with many opinions if p
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument John6212 at 2:04pm 09.21.23 I had a similar issue and it turned out to be a poorly terminated connection on a wire that connect
Need Guidance - Which trailer sailer fits? FreedomCrawler at 2:03pm 09.21.23 It's been a while and I wanted to not only follow up but revisit this as I'm hoping to pick up somet
23.5 unsinkable??? (2) massnspace at 1:59pm 09.21.23 2000 lbs. of closed cell foam floats, too. As does 2000 lbs. of air. 2000 lbs of solid fiberglass s
I've raised Macgregor 26c mast just by hand, why need gin pole for smaller Hunter 23 or 26? isaksp00 at 1:58pm 09.21.23 To me, the issue with the H23 mast isn't so much the weight of it as it goes up or down (the 4-1 blo
23.5 unsinkable??? (1) rgranger at 1:53pm 09.21.23 A 2000 lb tree floats....
Problems with cdi furling jib (1) joel@CDI at 1:49pm 09.21.23 Hi there, this is an older design likely from the 90s. Here is a photo showing how to secure your li
Disturbance off Florida kappykaplan at 1:48pm 09.21.23 Tropical Storm Ophelia? Fri night NE winds 25 to 35 kts with gusts to 50 kts. Sat NE winds 30 to 40
I've raised Macgregor 26c mast just by hand, why need gin pole for smaller Hunter 23 or 26? (1) rgranger at 1:46pm 09.21.23 so I do wonder is the H 26 gonna be hugely different. YES! It is.... Just wondering.....If
2010 Honda 9.9 with new impeller doesn't "pee". thinwater at 1:46pm 09.21.23 Also common, if bits of the old impeller came loose, they can plug passages, including the pee passa
In hull transducer MHauser at 1:39pm 09.21.23 Just thought I would complete this post about in hull transducers. I went ahead and installed the G
Rudder counterbalance? HeelBoy at 1:38pm 09.21.23 Preface: Apologies to the OP for thread drift... You assume I'm not enjoying this.
Deck paint recommendations jviss at 1:38pm 09.21.23 I hear that Awlgrip is the best - that's what's on my boat's topsides, and it's held up well and loo
23.5 unsinkable??? massnspace at 1:29pm 09.21.23 The foam in my boat is in excellent condition. Not degraded or waterlogged. But I am not believing
I've raised Macgregor 26c mast just by hand, why need gin pole for smaller Hunter 23 or 26? labrmnus at 12:52pm 09.21.23 But surely people can LOWER the Hunter 26 mast by selves without gin pole. At no point is there not
HELP.....Steering System Maintenance H 29.5 (4) Bentsailor at 12:42pm 09.21.23 Well.... pics attached of the binnacle on our 1994 H 29.5. It came apart simply and exposed all of t
Third Reefing Point patbratton at 12:29pm 09.21.23 @patbratton Do you have a solid boom kicker that works as a boom vang and holds the boom up in l
Alternator output to..... jssailem at 12:21pm 09.21.23 Justin. There are many ways to structure your electrical system. I dished the 1/2/Both switch in fav

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