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Failure to launch - with a happy ending. kpgraci at 7:29am 07.15.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/975 So much for my planning skills. Got everything ready, checked tides, checked weather, packed up the
G-10 Meriachee at 6:55am 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 12/1421 Last week I sent an inquiry to McMaster-Carr about obtaining a piece of G-10 so that I could build a
Trident 101 vs. Shields 101 Sanitation Hose Rick D at 6:19am 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 10/7357 I am replacing my aft sanitation hoses since they have become calcified too bad to redeem. The origi
Sailing pictures (2) jorg027 at 6:06am 07.15.13 Smaller Boats 2/917 My son took a great photo of our 23, Teachers Pet, yesterday from his jet ski. I figured I could use
Loose Footed Rigging DockH at 6:02am 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 0/796 Acquired a Rhodes 22 1978 with in mast furling loose footed. Might have been an upgrade. No instruct
Broken Mast Foot bischopj at 5:58am 07.15.13 Day Sailers 4/1133 Hi, I have a broken Z Spar mast foot on my 1988 O'Day 222. The broken Z spar has 3 directional block
Pearson 303 AC Panel jrezab at 4:55am 07.15.13 Pearson 3/1883
240 broken mainsheet block (1) caverun at 4:17am 07.15.13 Smaller Boats 4/1526 The lower mainsheet block on my 240 failed yesterday during a great sail- it is a Schaefer 504-51 fi
Magnetic stainless All U Get at 4:16am 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 22/2747 Hi all, I had been working on our boat bottom sanding and painting in anticipation of a launch thi
Steeping Mast on 25' Oday marc.moore01 at 2:09am 07.15.13 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1691 Hello im Sure this May have Been Asked but my Search of the Fourum Turned up No Results..Im New to S
Engine Problems a Mystery wsouza at 10:55pm 07.14.13 Big Boats 8/2326 Took our MKII 36 out over the weekend for a sail to the Channel Islands. As usual, she started up f
Water seeping from underneath freezer H45DS at 9:28pm 07.14.13 Big Boats 1/760 I'm hoping this is a relatively simple issue someone can guide me with before I begin removing thing
Changing forward hatch on my Cat 38 Urbansailor at 8:53pm 07.14.13 Big Boats 4/1940 I'd like to change out my d
motor/motor mount questions Finz08 at 8:15pm 07.14.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1564 hey My 26d had a 4hp motor. my dad has a newer 9.9 yamaha he gave me but it doesn't exactly fit i
Me and my wife Panta Rei at 7:50pm 07.14.13 Bigger Boats 5/1658 http://youtu.be/h-kBA-zZZG8
do do i know year mpatpt at 6:13pm 07.14.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/899 I am looking at an older MacGregor 25 but the current owner is not sure of the year of the boat. How
Anyone Actually DIY'd Drop/Raise Furler With Mast Up? rardiH36 at 5:38pm 07.14.13 Ask All Sailors 10/5883 With a dock mate of two, I am determined to DIY drop my existing headstay/furler assembly. Then ins
Boat/Yacht? Ken Prichard at 5:38pm 07.14.13 Ask All Sailors 29/3742 I've sailed boats up to 60' all over North America,Caribbean and Mexico. Some had values close to an
hunter 216 dkjsparky at 5:04pm 07.14.13 Smaller Boats 2/1095 Can a hunter be hoist launched using the port, starboard, chain plates and stern cleats?
CB movement at the slip Adana at 4:56pm 07.14.13 Smaller Boats 6/1122 After owning my H23.5 for 4 years and only taking her out 3 times,last summer I decided to paint the

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2007 H38 - Wiring diagrams (1) jssailem at 8:21am 08.01.22 The world of boat electrical is just not to the level of standard that you desire. Having the poor
Tools (1) jon hansen at 8:14am 08.01.22 207845
Tools rgranger at 8:08am 08.01.22
In mast furling? flightlead404 at 7:46am 08.01.22 I had a lot of problems with my old baggy main jamming going in and (mostly) out When I did the pre
2005 Hunter 36 Shorepower drm1 at 7:34am 08.01.22 Yea definitely! Thank you!
Solar Voltage Davidasailor26 at 7:29am 08.01.22 I have one of these lying around but not connected quite yet. Did you have proper sized fuses on th
Link 2000 amps function bittern at 7:21am 08.01.22 Sorry, forgot e-mail: jacmac (at) kawartha.net Thanks!
Tools JamesG161 at 7:14am 08.01.22 Buy Stainless or Titanium Tools. or one that offers free exchanges, if rusting, like Kobalt and Craf
Link 2000 amps function bittern at 7:14am 08.01.22 That's because that reading is not a Function. I have a Link 2000. I also have a little known fact
swing keel will not drop on Santana 21 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:03am 08.01.22
Tools kloudie1 at 7:02am 08.01.22
Fuel Vacuum Gauge (1) JamesG161 at 6:58am 08.01.22 A vacuum gauge is installed in the fuel output hose That is a indicator of "clogging" only if you
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) jssailem at 6:56am 08.01.22 Good solution in you situation Eddie.
General upgrade Info jssailem at 6:53am 08.01.22 propane for a point of use water heater Initially this sounded like the optimal system, when I ad
Solar Voltage Project_Mayhem at 6:48am 08.01.22 Almost lost my boat when I chose a budget controller a Renogy. I have a Victron now. Renogy never
Tools dlochner at 6:46am 08.01.22 I put a piece of Corrosion Inhibiting paper in the tool box. https://www.mcmaster.com/rust-preventa
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) Eddie C at 6:44am 08.01.22
Shore power battery charger isn't charging? jssailem at 6:31am 08.01.22 Dave you indicate you have a DMM. Is it designed to measure DC amps? Here ia a link to Fluke meters
Hunter H240 trailer sway problem. Crazy Dave Condon at 6:28am 08.01.22 That is a temporary situation which I have seen before falling off damaging trailer and in one case
1975 Cat 22 Chainplate Location C_Level at 6:13am 08.01.22 Tie along piece of string to forestay fitting and stretch to chainplate location on one side until

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