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New Rigging for Oday Daysailor I Thrasheraz at 6:05pm 08.10.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/4352 Looking for drawing or pictures of new rigging technique for main sail coming straight down from bo
h26 front window/hatch design Derf123 at 5:55pm 08.10.13 Smaller Boats 20/2187 I have searched everywhere I know to search and looked at as many pictures as I can find about the '
Sea water shut off value Cat36Amoore at 5:18pm 08.10.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/1051 I just purchased a Catlina 27 and going to put it in the water. It has a universal 5411 diesel. wh
Darn water pump froze up on me... KingAirDriver at 5:00pm 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1809 Motored over to local restaurant to meet some friends. Also first time out in 2 months. Needed to
Problems with furling mainsail, update Viktor Eysselein at 4:53pm 08.10.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/844 Hi all: This is an update on my problems furling the main sail on my Hunter 45CC (4 yrs old). My
Restoring my keel...HELP Triple Point at 3:58pm 08.10.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1790 I'm afraid I lost my first posting...I'm a bit of a technophobe :-(. In case it didn't make it to
Pictures of Maine Cruise Roger Long at 3:35pm 08.10.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2778 Pictures of my recent Maine cruise, taken by the official cruise photographer, Barbara Simon, are no
Cleaning the paddle wheel while under way... FourPoints at 12:32pm 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 37/9493 Most people know that cleaning the paddle wheel while moving a couple knots usually results in less
Which filter if any? Ward H at 12:24pm 08.10.13 Engines and Propulsion 3/1414 I have a new Yamaha T9.9 4 stroke, new fuel hose and new tank. Plan to run aviation gas to stay away
New Stickers (1) Doc_holiday at 10:23am 08.10.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2363 I thought I would try my hand at recreating the MacGregor stickers on 'Ohana. The originals were fad
Boat pix (3) hvbaker at 10:13am 08.10.13 Catalina 30 16/2643 Was out the other day and got photographed by boat pix. I am going to get one framed. Which one do y
Pole needs work MLampner at 9:53am 08.10.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/796 The pole used on the jib seems frozen. This might not be a major issue if it was set right but with
Lock a battery to a dinghy? Sailing Vermont at 6:41am 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 11/2871 Has anyone figured out a clever way to lock a battery for an electic motor to a dinghy? I have a ri
SeaDek installation on an O'day 39 (3) Panta Rei at 6:39am 08.10.13 Bigger Boats 11/3840 This turned out very well. The SeaDek product is used on stand-up paddle boards and swim platforms.
replacing lost halyard chrisyse at 6:35am 08.10.13 Big Boats 2/2185 I'm looking for suggestions/thoughts on how to replace a genacker halyard, when the original is no l
Bed hardware for double berth in main salon Sailkaz at 6:31am 08.10.13 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/2683 Hello With my boat 2006 Catalina 309 I received a bag of blocks, clamps and a large cushion, one ha
Dinghy for H42 eianm at 11:40pm 08.09.13 Big Boats 10/2061 I was wondering if it is common for H42 owners to carry their inflatable dinghy on the foredeck duri
satellite phone Monty VM at 8:50pm 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1792 I would like to buy a sat phone and service plan. the purchase is mostly for safety, partially for c
2013 NorthEast C&C Rendezvous Hanuman at 8:40pm 08.09.13 C&C 0/1667 2013 C ' C NorthEast Rendezvous https://www.facebook.com/CcYachtsNortheastRendezvous C'C Yacht
San Juan Islands Recap (12) sinnettc at 8:36pm 08.09.13 Catalina 22 16/2810 Hi all, Thought I'd share some photos from our recent trip to the San Juan Islands. We had a small

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Interesting Article on Lift rgranger at 3:56pm 08.08.22 Yawl haha
ODay 34 refrigeratiom Tally Ho at 3:52pm 08.08.22
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor kendyoozed at 3:45pm 08.08.22 Thanks for the corrections. What do you recommend my boat have? I will be sailing mostly in protect
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Richard19068 at 3:38pm 08.08.22
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:33pm 08.08.22 @kloudie1 took the words right out of my mouth ... adjusting screw may have come loose after the
Flush! Richard19068 at 3:20pm 08.08.22 Dear Fellow Sailors, I have a new-to-me boat with a full head and holding tank. Not sure if I nee
Catalina Fuse Box Richard19068 at 3:12pm 08.08.22 As others have said, a jammed prop and resultant engine stall should not result in a blown fuse.
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor dlochner at 2:45pm 08.08.22 hanks about the small boat yawling with a digital compass. I hadn't thought that it might not be ab
Have you seen a "Shelf Cloud"? jon hansen at 2:34pm 08.08.22 yes
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor kendyoozed at 2:30pm 08.08.22 I understand most of these systems are not needed for the tried and true sailer who has many hours a
Catalina Fuse Box Davidasailor26 at 2:16pm 08.08.22
Catalina Fuse Box Stu Jackson at 2:13pm 08.08.22 Adam, no I don't. Without a wiring diagram of your boat, no one could even begin to guess. Coincide
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor dlochner at 2:12pm 08.08.22 Honestly, the only thing I use the GPS for is curiosity about speed. Some days I don't turn the ele
Flush! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:07pm 08.08.22 What's the make/model/approx age of the toilet? --Peggie
Interesting Article on Lift (1) jon hansen at 1:59pm 08.08.22 half the science is the vessel, the other half is knowing how the air crosses the surface of the ear
Catalina Fuse Box AdamLesper at 1:58pm 08.08.22 Thanks Stu. Do you have any guesses on why the battery immediatly went out when this happened? The b
Catalina Fuse Box Stu Jackson at 1:54pm 08.08.22 Welcome to the forum. Answer: no, it is not a fuse. The engine itself shut itself down because the
Catalina Fuse Box kappykaplan at 1:52pm 08.08.22 Does anyone know if a jammed prop would typically end up in blown fuse? I don't think so. Welcome
Air conditioning thermostat issue senang at 1:49pm 08.08.22 The return air filter is under the seats. You have to regularly clean these filters. If you take the
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor scottscotty at 1:48pm 08.08.22 following intently....

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