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Day Sailer Self Bailer or Boom Tent? RhodySail at 12:37pm 02.28.13 Day Sailers 6/7118 Hi All, I am finishing up a 2 year project re-building an 1960's 18ft Oday Daysailer and have com
Frustrating start to spring Bad Obsession at 12:05pm 02.28.13 Ask All Sailors 11/1892 So I decided to go down to the boat to get the jib so that I could take it to the sail maker. The s
Wiring an autopilot (1) Bob S at 11:55am 02.28.13 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2869 Maine, I've been reading a lot about an upgrade I am doing and as always you've been there done that
Another WM Thread (5) philwsailz at 11:13am 02.28.13 Ask All Sailors 46/6483 Just kidding.... :D Made ya look though! Hopefully it is taken Tongue-in-Cheek as I meant it. It i
B331 Microwave Cwoody at 10:50am 02.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1082 Has anyone ever removed the Microwave from a B331. Never use it and looking for a little more stor
Skid-No-More dscribner at 10:36am 02.28.13 Ask All Sailors 10/2856 I'm looking into non-skid paint and I'm considering Skid-No-More as a low cost alternative to KiwiGr
Need Size For The H34 Genoa Track Joe Mullee at 9:02am 02.28.13 Big Boats 3/1020 Can someone give me the size of the genoa track for the H34? Is it 1' or 1.25"? I won't be able to g
Sheet Bags OfflineTN at 8:53am 02.28.13 Ask All Sailors 10/8228 Does anyone use a sheet bag like this one from Ronstan.... http://www.ronstan.com/marine/product.as
Can I move these halyards? (1) atroon at 8:29am 02.28.13 Bigger Boats 4/1329 Last summer we bought our O'Day 28 and are making preparations for splash day...looking like late Ap
Genoa car adjusters wflowe2 at 6:41am 02.28.13 Ask All Sailors 13/4234 My Catalina 320 is set up with all lines leading to the cockpit except the genoa cars. I'd like to a
Stern Rail for V25 Tsatzsue at 6:11am 02.28.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2770 I have a 1977 V25 with no stern rail. I would love to have it there not only for the safety but for
One Last Wiring Question on Alternators and Starters (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 6:10am 02.28.13 Musings With Maine Sail 7/2763 I apologize for the poor drawing but I did this real quick this morning. (it is not my entire wirin
New Sole (8) Styx at 5:40am 02.28.13 S2 8/1673 I put a new sole in my 8.0c last fall. I thought some pictures might help others know what is under
jib sheet in/outboard advantage Quoddy at 3:51am 02.28.13 Ask All Sailors 4/2886 What are the advantages of sheeting the jib inboard or outboard of its normal position? Upwind /down
79 L25 Rot in Anchor Locker (1) Steve22116 at 8:24pm 02.27.13 Lancer 4/1950 Good evening all. It's been a very long time since posting. While scraping the anchor locker I disco
Getting ready to buy csd0606 at 8:11pm 02.27.13 Smaller Boats 14/2209 New here but... We have been looking for a sailboat for a while. Started with one in a slip and th
companionway slide & forward hatch on S2's (2) timtim at 6:13pm 02.27.13 S2 7/2346 Need a little info. On the forum, http://www.sail79s.org A member can make new CW hatch for the S2 7
Headliner Schematic (1) Double Fun at 5:55pm 02.27.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/814 Searched a lot on this forum on tips for removing the headliner from Hunter sailboats. Most were ver
Question for Hunter 49-50 owners RHUMB RUNNER at 5:03pm 02.27.13 Big Boats 1/823 I'm thinking of making a change to the new Southco cabinet latches. These are the one that our turn
Compass Marine, Defender and Genuine Deals all rock (1) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 3:13pm 02.27.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3215 I ordered from all three on Sunday and I came home to all the orders today. I couldn't be more happ

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Rigging and furler 1990 Hunter Legend 35.5 pics or diagrams jssailem at 5:25pm 04.04.23 1990 boat. That is 30 plus years on the standing rigging. Likely you are sailing in the Great Lakes.
FET Battery Isolator and Different Charging Voltages heritage at 5:07pm 04.04.23 I installed a Balmar APM when they first came out last year. I have conservative settings for the B
Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed william24424 at 4:42pm 04.04.23
1977 Pearson 27 keel bolts heritage at 4:41pm 04.04.23 dressler17... You can use oil or wd40 to clean the bolt threads, just make sure that the bolts are n
Swing Keel Dimensions and Weight for Oday 22 abrown at 4:27pm 04.04.23 What I have so far is the trunk space has a 2 inch wide opening. The overall length is 53 inches but
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question Crazy Dave Condon at 4:16pm 04.04.23 I am sending you a private message.
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question JES7 at 4:05pm 04.04.23 @JES7 Look in the storage locker of the boat to see if anything is there. If not, call the owner i
Re-rigging running rigging - source suggestions please dLj at 3:45pm 04.04.23 Thanks for sharing the outcome and resource DJ. The plot thickens, West Marine just told me they d
Recommended maintenance/checks during haulout? Hello Below at 3:34pm 04.04.23 clean and check all thruhull transducers, speed log, Just a suggestion, is to remove the transduce
Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed BarryL at 3:09pm 04.04.23 Hey, How many crew will you have when you fly the gennaker? The set and douse are usually different
AITA? Racing situation that came up BarryL at 3:05pm 04.04.23 Hey, As you (and everyone else) noted, the other boat was in the wrong. What you need to do in that
Furling Line Options BarryL at 2:57pm 04.04.23 Hello, As mentioned, you certainly can to a smaller diameter line, like 3/8". You just need to be s
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question Crazy Dave Condon at 2:55pm 04.04.23 @JES7 Look in the storage locker of the boat to see if anything is there. If not, call the owner if
FET Battery Isolator and Different Charging Voltages Maine Sail at 2:34pm 04.04.23 That does present a conundrum doesn't it. The alternator output would go first to the LFP house ban
S2 9.2C wire/plumbing diagrams jrussnogle at 1:48pm 04.04.23 You are dead on, Mark. But, hat tip to Tiara. Jeff Rowan, Marine Technical advisor for Tiara, respon
Catalina Smile - keel repair or engineered fix on Catalina 36 kappykaplan at 1:38pm 04.04.23 Please merge the two threads - same OP. Tks. :beer:
Furling Line Options kappykaplan at 1:16pm 04.04.23 Stripping the core is common practice. :plus:
Zinc on strut? JoeWhite at 1:13pm 04.04.23 Good point Rich. My C36 has a 2" disk zinc on the strut. It does become eaten away and I replace it
Recommended maintenance/checks during haulout? Don S/V ILLusion at 1:00pm 04.04.23
AITA? Racing situation that came up Leeward Rail at 12:35pm 04.04.23 I read all these comments before my morning coffee, and wonder.. why would anyone race and deal with

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