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New Rigging for Oday Daysailor I Thrasheraz at 6:05pm 08.10.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/5162 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 20/2497 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 1/1192 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 9/1916 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 2/930 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 11/2263 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 5/2955 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 37/11141 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 3/1552 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 11/2946 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 16/3237 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 3/864 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 11/3475 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 11/4705 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 2/2436 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 1/2947 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 10/2308 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 6/1861 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 0/1782 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 16/3093 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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I am still hove-to in the marina Terry Cox at 5:57pm 06.06.23 Hove-to in our marina as well, John. But that is about to change. June 23 is our last school day wit
Tropical Depression 2 jssailem at 5:49pm 06.06.23 I like your wish list. Here is a simple route from Sydney to Wellington NZ. The planning feature is
Engine Control Tally Ho at 5:37pm 06.06.23
Glow Plug Push Button O'day 28 1985 Tally Ho at 5:34pm 06.06.23
Tropical Depression 2 Screen Saver at 5:25pm 06.06.23 Yep Windy is a great tool for sure. But it needs an offline PC version. Like what they did with Goog
How important is the sunguard on a roller jib? Do I need it for day sailing? Tally Ho at 5:19pm 06.06.23 Yes, UV protection is always on foot and leach. If the sail stays on the furler, and exposed to su
Doesn't hurt to ask eherlihy at 5:05pm 06.06.23 Just contact Garhauer +1 (909) 985-9993 info@garhauermarine.com - CALL THEM.
How important is the sunguard on a roller jib? Do I need it for day sailing? kappykaplan at 4:58pm 06.06.23 The UV cover is always on both foot and leech. :plus:
How important is the sunguard on a roller jib? Do I need it for day sailing? Hollyberry at 4:44pm 06.06.23 The UV cover is always on both foot and leech.
How important is the sunguard on a roller jib? Do I need it for day sailing? shemandr at 4:11pm 06.06.23 I'm not clear on if the sun guard is on the foot, if I'm reading the OP correctly. Usually it's on
Xanbus System Control Panel Freezing JamesG161 at 3:21pm 06.06.23 Any chance you remember the factory reset? Look on the back of your manual. But here is their Addr
Doesn't hurt to ask (1) Sunbird22358 at 3:17pm 06.06.23 But honestly, I have no idea what "arched" track is... is it curved or something? "Arched Track
Jabsco volume per stroke jdrutten at 3:11pm 06.06.23 Just further reading: The geek in me popped out so I measured stuff. It turns out that for every st
How important is the sunguard on a roller jib? Do I need it for day sailing? dlochner at 2:28pm 06.06.23 UV is really damaging to sails. If the sail is going stored outside in the sun, then by all means ke
Advice before I buy C30 Ward H at 1:59pm 06.06.23 Note that not all 88's are plywood free. My 88 hull #5134 has a plywood core in the stub. Yes, Imp
Glow Plug Push Button O'day 28 1985 BKParks at 1:54pm 06.06.23 Hello all thank you, the part they sell on amazon is $7 so if it works but its over kill that is fin
How important is the sunguard on a roller jib? Do I need it for day sailing? Hollyberry at 1:46pm 06.06.23 If the sail is not going to spend considerable time rolled up in the sun, there's no need for a UV c
Dissimilar Metals Dalliance at 1:19pm 06.06.23 :plus: have a lifetimes supply. Me too. One little 3 or 4 ounce tub of Lanocote goes a long way.
LED lighting. capta at 12:41pm 06.06.23 Ah @capta Age is just a number.... Your not old, you're Maturing.... Like fine wine. Getting better
Glow Plug Push Button O'day 28 1985 capta at 12:36pm 06.06.23 I would imagine that the glow plug button activates a solenoid, so 50 A is rather overkill. However,

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