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Buying boat from a charity auction Picflight at 7:37am 10.07.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3906 Is a charity auction a reliable place to purchase a boat that has been donated to charities? Any pe
Replacing Oday 25 transom plate (4) Ritdog at 7:29am 10.07.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1463 One more time: I swore I'd never do it again, but I am- just got a 1979 Oday 25, and like my previou
Ronca DIY clone? jviss at 7:29am 10.07.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1793 Rocna DIY clone? Has anyone else toyed with the idea of adding a "roll bar" to a claw, plow, or del
Mild Steel Limits? Spence at 6:39am 10.07.13 Musings With Maine Sail 28/8841 Can anyone tell me the dead load limits of 3" by 3/16" box mild steel?
Legend 43 Shortened Rig 4arch at 4:08am 10.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/791 This weekend we looked at a Legend 43 that appears to be in excellent condition, is priced well, and
Dangerous Marina Electrical Problem? jimmcgee at 3:37am 10.07.13 Musings With Maine Sail 11/4943
Dual axle aluminum trailer Picflight at 9:33pm 10.06.13 Trailer Sailors 7/2619 How easy or difficult is it to modify a dual axle aluminum trailer for a 17' power boat? Is this som
bottom painting aluminum?? captron at 7:38pm 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1436 Just bought a new AB ultra light Aluminum Rib dinghy, now wondering if I need or should bottom paint
boat weight? sandsailor at 6:47pm 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 15/2876 Does displacement weight include the keel or is that factored in differently
Topping lift mangolatitudes at 6:44pm 10.06.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/1346 Hi gang. I am replacing decayed running rigging on my jag 27, and heck my topping lift(what was lef
1997 Cat 270 instrument panel bawlmer at 4:21pm 10.06.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/3904 Fellow sailors. I just purchased a 1997 catalina 270 with a Westerbeke W20B. The audio alarms do not
Inland Lake Overnighting Questions arlouper at 3:32pm 10.06.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1494 We are not new sailers but are relatively new boat owners and keep our boat at a marina on Lake Trav
Do I need a pedestal guard? fiestaMojo at 1:26pm 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 17/7944 is there a reason, other than mounting instruments or a teak holder of some sort, to install a pedes
depth finder Philip R. at 1:01pm 10.06.13 Bigger Boats 10/1812 Left my depth finder on over night. When I came back it was pegged at one fifty. What can I do to fi
Texas Doc_holiday at 12:10pm 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 13/5279 It hour going into the gory details, I am looking at a potential relocation and they want me to move
HELP! Wiring a Catalina 22 kenai at 11:00am 10.06.13 Catalina 22 5/3808 I bought a Catalina 22 this last season and have enjoyed every bit of every day on the water since.
using pvc as a tarp frame over the lifelines (5) centerline at 10:20am 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 5/3350 a sailboat with lifelines is hard to tarp. but with a frame made from pvc pipe, it is a lot easier
How to rig main sail rope on 26M (2) Yosi at 10:15am 10.06.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2204 I recently purchased this boat and since the PO hasn't sailed it for a while he didn't remember how
An Un-scientific Survey... arlouper at 8:42am 10.06.13 Catalina 22 4/1008 I sail my swing keel 1986 C22, usually single-handed, on Lake Travis in central texas. Typical winds
First winter with a generator morrisn1 at 7:22am 10.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/878 Is winterizing a Norpro onboard generator like winterizing an inboard diesel except smaller? Are th

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When does a screw become a bolt? Tally Ho at 6:19pm 05.11.23 I think this is a great thread! It's like the difference between a ship and a boat. So much so, t
Sleeping on 22 new design LakeShark at 5:49pm 05.11.23 (Either we're bigger than LakeShark and his wife, or we don't love each other as much as they do. O
Hunter 410 door latch sailing gal at 4:51pm 05.11.23 It you say so. It takes a lot of valve to turn a $10 part into $160. Now I realize a lot of that is
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 4:01pm 05.11.23 https://forumstatic.oneplusmobile.com/opforum-gl/upload/image/front/thread/20220615/46854/1089217746
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 3:58pm 05.11.23 From Reader's Digest, "Visiting Annapolis, I noticed several plebes on their hands and knees holdin
Sleeping on 22 new design Gene Neill at 3:34pm 05.11.23 Best solution so far is sleeping alone on the boat :D Yup. My wife sleeps on the port side, I sle
Machine screw for hand rails egreen024 at 3:26pm 05.11.23 Thank you. Did not see them on chart but thing granger might be able to order them for me
When does a screw become a bolt? Kings Gambit at 3:25pm 05.11.23 Hard means to push the tiller all the way over. Facetiousness on my part, of course.
Mast Electric Connector Gene Neill at 3:24pm 05.11.23 Dang. I was hoping this was a thread about the best connector to use. :biggrin:
Dinghy Power Scott T-Bird at 3:18pm 05.11.23 Well, he did say that he sometimes wonders whatever happens to all those people who ask him for dire
Solar panel/battery charger suggestions 1986 C22 Gene Neill at 3:14pm 05.11.23 I'm running 2 Renogy 50W square panels and a Renogy charge controller. Nice! It looks like you ar
Catalina 320: Mystery Motor near Shower Sump Pump Scott T-Bird at 3:06pm 05.11.23 Wow, I don't like that - the shower sump gunk - hair, soap film, etc. - potentially going into the
When does a screw become a bolt? dlochner at 2:45pm 05.11.23 "Hard" is not a part of a boat. What's a hard? Hard means to push the tiller all the way over.
When does a screw become a bolt? Crusty Ol Salt at 2:44pm 05.11.23 So how do you tighten the nut on a bolt of lightning? :huh: Only Zeus can accomplish this task.
When does a screw become a bolt? Crusty Ol Salt at 2:41pm 05.11.23 I think this is a great thread! It's like the difference between a ship and a boat. The navy ans
When does a screw become a bolt? Crusty Ol Salt at 2:39pm 05.11.23 Alright then... next question... are these screw drivers or wrenches.:biggrin: long run.
When does a screw become a bolt? Crusty Ol Salt at 2:37pm 05.11.23
Catalina 320: Mystery Motor near Shower Sump Pump jviss at 2:35pm 05.11.23 The intake thru hull served 3 purposes ... 1) toilet intake (which we have eliminated by using fres
Catalina 350 extended range fuel Cmp1110 at 1:54pm 05.11.23 JSSailem, no disrespect intended but if I enter that performance chart at 2500 rpm then follow to t
O'Day 28'. Davidasailor26 at 1:51pm 05.11.23

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