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deflecting spreader Kenlee at 3:10pm 10.24.12 Bigger Boats 0/951 Re: 1978 O'day 30. One of the spreaders deflects slightly fore and aft when I vigorously push/pull
Lemonaide Bill1565 at 2:46pm 10.24.12 Ask All Sailors 12/1679 The old good news bad news. 30 year old Adler Barbour refrigeration failed. Not gonna try to resurec
Moving on (2) sesmith at 2:45pm 10.24.12 Smaller Boats 20/3944 Well folks, it's been a fun couple of years or so on this forum while we sailed out 23.5. I'm movin
Heritage West Indies West Indies 38 at 2:33pm 10.24.12 Morgan 3/6256 Are there any here? We have a 1980 38 center ketch.
Floor Lost Parent at 2:32pm 10.24.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1176 Has anyone ever changed the inside sloped floor on the 1980's 30 ft to a flat cabin floor , have had
Heritage West Indies West Indies 38 at 2:29pm 10.24.12 Other Sailboats 0/9340 Are there any Heritage West Indies here? We have a 1980 38 center ketch
bottom paint peeling (1) Bob 04 H260 at 2:09pm 10.24.12 Ask All Sailors 17/11017 I live in Canada and bought a boat last Feb in Florida. We had it hauled and put on stands down ther
Bosun chair divermon at 2:08pm 10.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1852 I have a 1985 hunter 25.5. I need to replace the anchor light at the top of the mast and was wonderi
Service light N28678 at 12:16pm 10.24.12 Catalina 30 9/1910 I have an 83' C30. On the electrical control panel there is a little service light that came on whe
Black plastic slider removel lbyonkers at 11:43am 10.24.12 Smaller Boats 9/1412 How do you remove the black plastic slider? I need to reseal or replace the wood at the back of the
Islander 28: port settee length? John1534 at 11:31am 10.24.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1203 I was wondering if anyone knows how long the port settee is on the Islander 28? I can't tell by the
Emergancy Tiller Don Guillette at 10:24am 10.24.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 23/9234 I was cruising around on one of my favorite sites -- Hunter - and a shipmate there was commenting on
Antifouling Paint Removal smoothsailing at 9:10am 10.24.12 Morgan 3/4195 Hi all you Morganites, I have a 1969 Morgan 30 and I am planning to strip my hull of antifouling
Comment on Purchasing supplies for my keel repair job bffatcat at 8:55am 10.24.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2249 West marine has a store in my town. I went down there hoping they would have the supplies in stock
Raw Water Cooling Schematic (1) philwsailz at 8:41am 10.24.12 Musings With Maine Sail 5/5768 Okay, so as not to completely hijack Rodd's thread re: drilling/opening clogged external strainers,
Keel Repairs completed bffatcat at 8:36am 10.24.12 Ask All Sailors 1/922 Using advice on the board I first scraped and chiseled off all of the old fiberglass crap on my Ir
Unsteppjng Mast on 37c BayMan at 8:08am 10.24.12 The Cherubini Hunters 16/2493 I am going to take down the mast this winter on a 1981 Hunter 37. First time it will be down in who
Hurricane Sandy? Gunni at 7:44am 10.24.12 Ask All Sailors 31/4410 FYSA; A little too early to tell for sure, but a potential Hurricane situation is setting up for th
Boats on lifts higgs at 6:55am 10.24.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2539 I have always operated on the premise that a keel boat is stored with the weight on the keel to avoi
Capsize Factor Discussion Joe Mullee at 9:21pm 10.23.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1851 Is a boat with a higher capsize factor than another boat of similiar size more likely to roll over i

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Selden self tacking jib system John Montgomery at 8:02am 11.14.22 DIY my own selftacker. Not to hard to do. FYI my boat came with a Solent stay so I can still hank on
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum JamesG161 at 7:58am 11.14.22 Countdown to launch started today!! The two-hour window for launch opens at 1:04 a.m. EST Wednesday
Engineless.... jssailem at 7:40am 11.14.22 Oh DJ... Applying logic to an illogical query... :biggrin:
Buying used C22. Fresh vs salt water boat? (1) ambler at 7:27am 11.14.22 I've got to agree with Gene. My 1983 C22 spent it's entire life in a freshwater lake and this is wha
Engineless.... dLj at 7:27am 11.14.22 Seems to me you are all missing the point here. The OP said - I'll paraphrase here - due to time c
Engineless.... rgranger at 6:58am 11.14.22 There's a famous sailor(he's name escapes me) that has been sailing almost forever without an engin
Engineless.... Dave Groshong at 6:36am 11.14.22 I sailed my 1963 Cal 28 over 15,000 open ocean miles without an engine or desal system, I feel like
Engineless.... JBP-PA at 6:35am 11.14.22 This couple sails a Cape Dory 25 with no engine. https://www.omick.net/adventure/sailing/engineless
Engineless.... Scott T-Bird at 6:34am 11.14.22 James Baldwin comes to mind sailing on his boat Atom, a 28-foot Pearson Triton. But he has put an o
Engineless.... AlastairLC at 6:19am 11.14.22 Check out the How to Sail Oceans series on YouTube. No engine. He uses a sculling oar to get in and
Older Car 27: any ideas on how to open up the space? Scott T-Bird at 6:04am 11.14.22
Engineless.... jssailem at 5:59am 11.14.22 Sorry - I call foul. The posted query presents a conflict between disassociated items. Would you
Galley table question. KevinKirby at 5:50am 11.14.22 Thanks Kellerd! That's the exact way I was going to approach it if I ended up purchasing the boat. M
Engineless.... dLj at 5:35am 11.14.22 Ok... This is going to be VERY controversial a theme here with gazillions of why I should and anoth
Pleasant Surprise/Docking CaptainStan at 5:35am 11.14.22 I have a line from the mid point back to the cockpit with a loop on the end. When I come in I drop t
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 5:34am 11.14.22 You're going to love the P42. Great boat, easy to sail, stiff and fast. We purchased our 1991 model
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 5:26am 11.14.22 Thank you, John for updating the forum for me. We are in our designated slip in Cape Marina, finally
Engineless.... stickinthemud57 at 5:04am 11.14.22 Terry's comments are spot on. I look back on the days I sailed my dad's boats in and out of their s
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. Crazy Dave Condon at 5:00am 11.14.22 @isaksp00 is correct using the location of baby stay. Catalina Sport 22 had a mast raise system alo
Galley table question. kellerd at 4:58am 11.14.22 Had the same problem on my Hunter 35.5. The rust was on the lower sleeve that travels the post at th

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