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Taking Venture 2-22 off trailer for paint...questions... tidal9 at 7:04pm 05.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1366 I plan on taking my Venture 2-22 off of her trailor for bottom paint. The plan so far is to bring h
SOS light Ken Cross at 7:01pm 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 19/4695 Our current USCG regulations now allow USCG approved (SOS flashing) lights for night use. (And an S
Spinnaker Set Up Tobydaisy at 6:52pm 05.03.14 Catalina 22 4/1003 The lake is still frozen, but, I am beginning to rig my new to me '74. I bought an asymetrical spi
Hard Starting Yanmar Rich M at 6:43pm 05.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 9/2183 I have an 85 28.5 with a 2gm Yanmar that is starting the apparently typical starting issues of an ol
Radar installation help wcletien at 5:57pm 05.03.14 Catalina 30 18/2568 I recently purchased a Raymarine a78 chartploter/radar/sonar system for my 1983 Catalina 30. I have
Sold my O'day GeorgiaBII at 5:13pm 05.03.14 Day Sailers 0/735 Thanks for all the help gents and admirals. But today I sold my first sailboat to another new sailor
bilge floor board cover floating in water! sdstef at 5:13pm 05.03.14 Day Sailers 1/879 I launched last Sunday and returned to the boat last night. Found the bilge overflowing and half in
Anchor Light Bulb Chuck Magee at 4:30pm 05.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/1021 Looking to change a anchor light bulb on a Hunter 33.5 over to a LED. Since I haven't been up the ma
thru-hull issue? Maybe not! Pat at 4:24pm 05.03.14 Bigger Boats 5/1019 Went to the boat and spent the night....when I opened the thru hull for the Raritan PHII head, water
compass balls rgarrison@gmail.com at 12:45pm 05.03.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/649 Has anyone out there used compass balls to help their fluxgate compensate for other ferrous interfer
Swinh keel connection amisinc at 12:45pm 05.03.14 Catalina 22 1/665 1974 catalina 22 swing keel The cable connection point has a crack Need to fabricate a new connectio
Replacing Thermostat in Northern Lights Generator agaliha at 12:31pm 05.03.14 Sabre Express 2/7132 After un-winterizing my boat this spring, my generator (Northern Lights 673) started overheating. I
Power & Batteris Doc_holiday at 12:19pm 05.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1057 I chose to move some weight around and make space more useable. I made a frame and mounted the two (
Gps nav on ipad Larry D Calander at 12:09pm 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1253 Nobody have any good aps for navigation?
Replacing Burnt Salon Bulbs canuck at 12:01pm 05.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1070 We have a 2012 Hunter 39. How do we remove the round circular salon light fixture cover to get at th
Seldon GX15 SheridanMae at 11:51am 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 0/705 We recently installed a Selden GX15 Top Down Furler on our Catalina 36 with a Selden retractable spr
Selden GX15 Top Down Furler SheridanMae at 11:15am 05.03.14 Big Boats 1/2221 We recently installed a Selden GX15 Top Down Furler on our Catalina 36 with a Selden retractable spr
New guy here (1) vthardhatdiver at 11:11am 05.03.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1162 Hello forum folks! This is my first post but I have been lurking for a while now. Wanted to say hi,
Oversize masthead sheaves for all line external halyards (2) $tingy Sailor at 10:44am 05.03.14 Catalina 22 2/1933 If you're going to replacing your external wire/rope halyards on your first generation C22 for all r
is this correct for the front and rear stay pins? (1) gitpicker2007 at 9:26am 05.03.14 Catalina 22 8/1455 This is the pin rigging system that came with the 22 I just bought. These pins are holding both the

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Spinnaker sailing JBP-PA at 5:23am 06.26.23 You can do it. Don't be in a hurry, stop and think about each step. You will get some things wrong,
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Breezy1 at 5:15am 06.26.23 Well.....It's been a while but I have had good results. To summarize - the prop and shaft were all g
Racing Handicap shemandr at 4:51am 06.26.23 The handicapper may be starting you with a rating favorable to the rest of the fleet since you are a
Some KIB well spent artboas at 10:54pm 06.25.23 They look great Art ... to bad they don't actually vent anything Well aware of that. I guess it w
Raw water system issues. ToddH at 10:12pm 06.25.23 Hey all thank you so much for y'all's input it was very much appreciated. Again thank you and happy
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 8:57pm 06.25.23 This one really tickled me. I think it's the highly perceptive logic behind it. Boudreaux and Thib
Spinnaker sailing garymalmgren at 8:25pm 06.25.23 What should I expect? Well, I expect you to think, "That's not as hard as I though. Why on earth h
Some KIB well spent tkwhalen at 7:53pm 06.25.23 They look great Art ... to bad they don't actually vent anything
Jabsco Electric "Quiet Flush" Toilet NYSail at 7:36pm 06.25.23
Lazy Jack Separators Tally Ho at 7:24pm 06.25.23 With the EZJax system, I uncover the main, attach the halyard and untie the sail ties so that the m
Leroy Somer windlas repair denasena at 7:08pm 06.25.23 I replaced with Lewmar H3. I am not going to deal with that motor again. I took the whole motor to a
Spinnaker sailing jssailem at 7:08pm 06.25.23 Fun, exciting colors in the sky, speed. Oh wait that might be LSD on July 4th. Never mind.
Spinnaker sailing BigEasy at 7:07pm 06.25.23 Hello all. Will be trying my spinnaker tomorrow morning, not going to lie, a bit stressed, never tr
5 Days in Canada (1) jssailem at 6:59pm 06.25.23 I have heard from a local that there is anchorage in the inlet just NE of Ganges Harbor. You can get
Diesel on Hunter won't start Rich Stidger at 6:58pm 06.25.23 Good info, Rich. So you'd have to also jumper the fuel shutdown solenoid to get it to run with the
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Crusty Ol Salt at 6:26pm 06.25.23 NOT PC: I always thought sailboats should come with a midget contortionist with 10 inch fingers. I
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 6:01pm 06.25.23 I found a new Boudreaux joke, just for you, Rob. Boudreaux goes to the brand new chemical plant lo
5 Days in Canada Terry Cox at 5:58pm 06.25.23 Also, of the Ganges docking locations, the government dock is the least expensive. Of all the anchor
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 5:46pm 06.25.23 Get'n close, John. Hoping for a varoom when you splash...soon.
Ranger 11' (3) TamBamK at 5:15pm 06.25.23 I've taken the boat out a few more times since and practiced capsizing and recovery. A few notes: *

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