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rigging MCQMGA at 10:39am 06.27.14 Ask An Oday Owner 3/921 Hi Guys - - I am new to sailing. Just purchased 16.9 ft 1968 daysailer I - Needs new shrouds - A
How to clean carb while on outboard Chief RA at 10:02am 06.27.14 Ask All Sailors 23/2905 As I have mentioned, i have raced and tuned off road motorcycles for many years. I double checked h
1983 cal 35 aluminum toe rail stancion bases john nightwind at 9:09am 06.27.14 Cal 1/1597 hey older cal 35 boat owners.thats older cal boats ,not owners,...i have a '83 35' that has 2 alum.s
Boat boarding CCrane2299 at 8:47am 06.27.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1531 I have a 1979 O'Day 25. It is currently in a slip with side access. It is easy to board, but the sli
Catalina 22 Mods some apply to all small boats (1) dgreen1991 at 8:40am 06.27.14 Smaller Boats 0/1093 Just thought I would share some of the mods I have done to my Catalina 22 with other small boat owne
Navpod for my Catalina 30 (1) Jeunesse27 at 8:37am 06.27.14 Catalina 30 12/2697 I started building a Navpod a couple of months ago and I'm almost done, it's been a really fun littl
motoring above 10mph jaycrawford97 at 8:33am 06.27.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/759 New Macgregor owner. Wondering is it better to lift keel/rudders and dump ballast when motoring?
Catalina 22 Mods dgreen1991 at 8:18am 06.27.14 Catalina 22 3/1935 I have added a bunch of pictures of all the many mods I have accomplished on my C22. Many I have pos
Lower keel on an 86 Thomasjbrothersjr at 6:47am 06.27.14 Catalina 22 8/1205 How many turns of the crank does it take to lower YOUR keel? I counted 29 full rotations before I h
O'Day 25 Reefing cb32863 at 6:23am 06.27.14 Day Sailers 1/1308 I bought a brand new shiny main sail last fall and have yet to set up reefing as I just got her spla
Wood floor for Sea Eagle tender Genkigary at 6:16am 06.27.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1005 I was wondering it there would be any downside to making a wood floor for our Sea Eagle PVC tender.
New sailor meets the omc saildrive bwons at 5:30am 06.27.14 Day Sailers 5/1332 I am new to sailing and just bought a 1980 25 foot oday with an OMC sale drive. It took three days o
Boom attachment (2) txblackjack at 5:10am 06.27.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/861 Hello, I am in need of information on a Hunter 28 circa 1990: During a recent sail, had a jibe, an
What constitutes a dinghy? How big a furling drum? Jerry Shenkman at 4:47am 06.27.14 Ask All Sailors 3/877 I have gotten lots of good info ' support re my O'Day 192 jib/furler problem. My question now is ho
Spare prop (1) Bob 04 H260 at 4:25am 06.27.14 Big Boats 7/952 Our boat came with an Autoprop feathering propeller. It has worked very well but felt I needed a spa
Remote shift/throttle agprice22 at 4:10am 06.27.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1503 Hi All; I am looking for opinions on switching my shift and throttle controls from the tiller of my
Another can someone tell me what I have thread... (4) finding41 at 9:28pm 06.26.14 Engines and Propulsion 7/2432 I purchases what I thought is a Elgin 2Hp. And it says Elgin 2 on the side... The guy that sold it t
Manual bildge pump replacement njlarry at 9:26pm 06.26.14 Bigger Boats 2/815 Anyone ever replace their manual bildge pump? What brands/models fit or don't fit? Hate to drill m
bow cleat Hunter 23 teacher63 at 9:19pm 06.26.14 Smaller Boats 7/2207 I am looking to a put a bow cleat directly behind the anchor locker. I was looking at a disappearin
Circuit Breaker Sofocles Arquimides at 7:55pm 06.26.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/699 I own a MacGregor 26M sailboat. While docking I connected the boat to a 120V power source to get lig

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Mast rewire jssailem at 6:22pm 06.01.23 :plus: for MarineBeam LEDs.
First Boat Purchase stickinthemud57 at 6:00pm 06.01.23 I had a Hunter 170 for a while and loved it. Roomy cockpit, so plenty of room for friends. Roller fu
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 5:57pm 06.01.23 Terry thanks but you might want to be careful with that IPA stuff. I was advised that IPA is Cyril
Macgregor 26 stickinthemud57 at 5:55pm 06.01.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 5:13pm 06.01.23 Does anyone have a good elixir to regrow HAIR? Heard a rumor that Bodhizafa might work. Could take
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Richard19068 at 5:02pm 06.01.23 Does anyone have a good elixir to regrow HAIR? No, but if you keep drinking that good wine you won
2002 Volvo Penta heat exchanger bypass pipedream at 4:56pm 06.01.23 Take a minute. Start at the exhaust elbow and verify raw water traverses the system. four bolts to
Anyone know where I can find one of these? rpwillia at 4:54pm 06.01.23 According to this website... it is not produced in the US but they can order you one from overseas
Center Board problem Will Gilmore at 4:21pm 06.01.23 That explains a lot. Thanks Sunbird22358. -Will
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 3:51pm 06.01.23 Does anyone have a good elixir to regrow HAIR? Unfortunately, no! My water pump bearing seized tw
Macgregor 26 Justin_NSA at 3:51pm 06.01.23 BWY may have an old Mac mast to sell. Shipping is a killer though.
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report Hayden Watson at 3:36pm 06.01.23 That is what the boat that was in front of me at the windward mark said the first time I flew it in
1984 Catalina 27 floor board under the stairs. Mine is missing. Ideas for replacement? Thanks. Alansails at 2:47pm 06.01.23 Sounds Like a Great Workable solution, Much Thanks John
Non working microwave Alansails at 2:43pm 06.01.23 We replaced ours a year ago... Easy Out.. Easy In.. Screws in the bottom holding it in and cord was
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report jssailem at 2:40pm 06.01.23 That is one ginormous sail... And you got that qualified to race... That looks like the size of the
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem Rich Stidger at 2:38pm 06.01.23 Guessing does work.;) Jim... All of the connectors are clean. I measured zero ohms across all of
New owner of C310 Hull#23 Alansails at 2:34pm 06.01.23 The seat was originally designed to be stored as a seat or there are cutouts on ours where I have se
1984 Catalina 27 floor board under the stairs. Mine is missing. Ideas for replacement? Thanks. jssailem at 2:32pm 06.01.23 I recently bought a product in Seattle from Crosscut Hardwoods. They call themselves the Woodworker
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem JamesG161 at 2:24pm 06.01.23 Wild Azz guess... Clean that connector. Guessing does work.;) Jim...
Considering a Catalina 27... jssailem at 2:22pm 06.01.23 I just got back from racing a Catalina 30 Mk 2 23 hours 65nm around Whidbey Island with 4 other sail

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