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h26 dodger (3) dewhunter at 8:27am 03.05.15 Smaller Boats 4/956 All I have is inside photos of the dodge at this time. After this summer I'll have some dockside pho
h26 motor mod (6) dewhunter at 8:17am 03.05.15 Smaller Boats 9/1672 :cussing:Seeing as their is some interest in h26 upgrades, I've put together some photo packages to
AC Power Onboard and Dockside Chenega at 8:03am 03.05.15 Ask All Sailors 26/3285 https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player'v=O7-s_mdEPb0 Hot docks, Hot boats and Ele
Amount of strain on stanchion fairleads Bad Obsession at 8:01am 03.05.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1697 I was wondering how much strain/pressure is on fairleads and the terminal cleat. If you route your
Case Ground Question JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 7:13am 03.05.15 Musings With Maine Sail 6/1609 I am getting ready to install my solar controller and something just occured to me. I was about to
Difficulty changing furling headsail YVRguy at 7:03am 03.05.15 Ask All Sailors 27/7608 Generally I am happy with my roller furling system as it makes single handing - and sailing in gener
C&C rudder bushings Captain Smilin Jack at 6:55am 03.05.15 C&C 1/1810 Has anyone replaced the bushings on a C'C 29 mk1, if so where can I get them and how much does the r
Documentation vs. Registration wflowe2 at 6:17am 03.05.15 Ask All Sailors 37/3914 What is the difference between the two? Are there benefits of one over the other. I know that on our
anchor and anchor chain trainmanjess at 7:56pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 21/3758 hello all I am sure this topic has been discussed before but I am not having much luck finding th
Understanding batteries, voltage, amphrs, and etc.. Rick Templeton at 7:55pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 12/2962 Ok, hear it goes. I can design and build massive buildings and infrastructure, but I just can't seem
Popularity of Saildrives Bad Obsession at 7:43pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 38/7142 Someone else mentioned to me, the other day, about how popular sail drives are becoming. I really d
B&G transducer problem Sefuller at 7:21pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 3/3626 I have replaced the depth transducer for our B'G Network Quad a couple of times in the last 4 or 5 y
Hatch Lens color? sailfree20770 at 7:16pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 0/723 Does anyone know what color acrylic to buy to replace the lenses in Lewmar hatches? It seems the ind
What are these wires - Hunter 40.5 (2) smokey73 at 6:56pm 03.04.15 Big Boats 2/913 Attached are a couple of pictures from my 1994 Hunter 40.5 (built in 1993) While getting ready to r
Mast un-stepping cest le bon at 5:05pm 03.04.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2877 We are planning on transiting the Erie and Oswego Canals en-route to a Down East Circle Route this y
Perko fittings for the companionway stairs (1) bugbitten at 2:53pm 03.04.15 S2 10/4104 In addition to everything else, I'm looking at adding a removable plywood extension to the port sett
Spreader work (4) All U Get at 2:12pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 1/807 Hi all, It was warm enough today to work in the garage and the spreaders needed some touching up.
Fin vs Swing ? boblufkin at 1:51pm 03.04.15 Catalina 22 16/2605 Of all the 22's out there, anyone have an idea of what % were made with swing keels ? What % wings?
Whay kind of dog food while cruising Richard Olden at 12:17pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 17/2914 We are in the final steps of starting a cruising life. We will be cruising the Gulf Coast, East Coas
What Paint To Choose stollo770 at 11:30am 03.04.15 The Cherubini Hunters 17/6187 Hello, I have a 1979 H27 and before I launch it this coming spring I would like to repaint the hul

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Mast Trailer duality at 12:27pm 10.20.23 i sold a 52' mast and they brought it back to texas on a mast trailer, thought i had a picture. ill
Odd Sailboat ads (1) rgranger at 12:22pm 10.20.23 ... and this one comes with swiffer pads..... beer::beer::beer::beer:
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 Scott T-Bird at 12:12pm 10.20.23 How is the market for buying a boat that is on Lake Tahoe? It wouldn't surprise me if they cost a l
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup Ralph Johnstone at 12:07pm 10.20.23 It has developed a habit of spewing lots of white smoke on initial cold start up. How long is the
Removing the rudder on my 1986 28 Oday dmax at 11:27am 10.20.23 Put a hydraulic jack under the rudder and you can let it down slowly.
Mast Trailer LloydB at 11:20am 10.20.23 What makes your mast unsafe to leave it with the boat. I ask as a trailer sailor I think my mast is
Removing the rudder on my 1986 28 Oday fourwhitesocks at 10:24am 10.20.23 Ok thank you, I do remember it has to be stabilized to slow the fall for sure. Unfortunately it's
Invest 94L capta at 10:02am 10.20.23 With a little luck, hopefully we can close out the '23 hurricane season unscathed. That's the sor
Its funny Friday! (1) JamesG161 at 9:37am 10.20.23 My wife wanted new lighting fixtures for our vaulted living room fixtures and she bought these.
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? drewlamparello at 9:34am 10.20.23 As a Lake Michigan sailor, I've owned a Capri 22 (tall rig/wing keel) for about 14 years and upgrad
Removing the rudder on my 1986 28 Oday jssailem at 9:25am 10.20.23 Amy There are different designs but generally all follow a similar structure as explained by @dmax .
keel bolts Codybear at 9:20am 10.20.23 I completely understand. It was just curiosity.
Removing the rudder on my 1986 28 Oday fourwhitesocks at 9:14am 10.20.23 Wow, love the circles very helpful!! Thank you so much! This sounds like what I did before, I saw
Spinnaker Blocks (3) jssailem at 9:08am 10.20.23
Removing the rudder on my 1986 28 Oday (1) dmax at 9:07am 10.20.23 Not the same boat but basically the same: You need to loosen the steering cables but don't remove th
Spinnaker Blocks dmax at 9:00am 10.20.23 These guys have lots and will customize if they don't, all for a reasonable price: https://www.garha
keel bolts AUDIS BROW at 8:57am 10.20.23 great question......my dyslexia must have kicked in and I didn't even realize it was the wrong model
Its funny Friday! jssailem at 8:55am 10.20.23 If you were pedantry, you would not feel the need to justify it.... Oh.. Mais non, mon ami. Es muy
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 8:12am 10.20.23 OK, pedantry alert here. If you were pedantry, you would not feel the need to justify it.... :bee
Mast down spreader removals (2) rgranger at 8:07am 10.20.23 I had to replace the bracket on mine... (see pics) I had a dismasting and broke my spreader bracke

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