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Vinegar + Baking Soda As A Deck/Teak Cleaner? Ducati at 9:06am 07.02.12 Ask All Sailors 3/7164 I use a product called Roll Off for simple weekly deck cleaning. It does a good job especially when
topping lift macneilga at 8:36am 07.02.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1083 Can someone provide a location where I can purchase a topping lift for a H26.
Raymarine ST2000 Autotiller grantar2 at 8:24am 07.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1305 Made my first trip to Catalina our local Island located 31 miles from my home port of Dana Point. Wa
Fischer Panda Service Jeff Jellick at 8:15am 07.02.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1050 I am looking for a Fischer Panda Service Tech. in the Orange County / Los Angeles County area. My b
dingy engine chuckhrbek at 7:57am 07.02.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1416 I have an 8 ft. fiberglass, 3 seat, round nose dingy. Anyone know the minimum/maximum h.p. engine t
Looking for OLD FRIENDS CD60 at 7:31am 07.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/962 I am new to this HO.com, and I want to ask all sailors for a bit of help: I have my wonderful, 31.
H34 Something leaking Mark48 at 7:27am 07.02.12 Big Boats 5/1297 I have a 1985 H 34 and recently noticed that when I am on a port tack and 10 - 15 degree or more hee
Anchoring anchored at 6:37am 07.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/1316 I would be grateful for any advice on fitting a windlass on a Catalina 28 MkII. Many thanks. M
Loooking for used tiller and rudder Bill Coughlin at 6:28am 07.02.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1115 Looking for tiller and rudder for Catalina 22.
need new-used tiller and rudder Bill Coughlin at 6:06am 07.02.12 Catalina 22 2/1089 If anyone has a tiller and rudder for my 83 Catalina 22, please let me know. Mine just sank!
Huge Keel ISSUE!! ccraigmile at 5:45am 07.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3294 Morning All, I just came into a 1976 Macgregor 25 that hasn't been sailed in 15 years. It was f
Could not believe it Tim R. at 5:29am 07.02.12 Ask All Sailors 24/4181 But yesterday I saw a sailboat running under genny only, towing a center console powerboat. :thumbu
What a storm! Marc Bergmueller at 4:49am 07.02.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1161 Visiting in New Bern NC this weekend and last evening, out of nowhere, one HL of a storm came thro
Bareboat Charter Deals In Greece? Ducati at 4:29am 07.02.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1301 Was wondering if the lousy Greek economy will translate into some good deals for bareboat chartering
Rig Tension Long Story at 4:27am 07.02.12 Catalina 310 1/1184 The yard that put my mast back up this spring noted that it was not straight side to side, and made
Model No. abbreviation letters. Ross Gard at 3:53am 07.02.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1486 I recently purchased a Beneteau 456cs, and am wondering what the "CS" stands for.It is a 1984 First
Just for fun... SVPardonMyFrench at 12:00am 07.02.12 Big Boats 17/2333 Here's a short video of this weekend on my newly acquired 40.5. Still work to do but she's getti
Brightwork sander Mark Maulden at 8:57pm 07.01.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1450 Bought a Bosch detail sander and started brightwork today. It has several different shapes of heads
h376 - h420 Potholders (2) xcyz at 8:44pm 07.01.12 Big Boats 6/1578 I recently purchased my 98 h376 and I believe it is equipped with a Seaward Princess 3-burner LPG st
Spreader Tips rpwillia at 8:40pm 07.01.12 Catalina 310 2/1930 Anyone replaced these? I have one missing and another is ripped and on its way out. On Catalina Dire

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Installing a Spinnaker sail sfbay at 9:32am 10.08.22 On a masthead, the spinnaker halyard top block is very close to where the forestay attaches to the m
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 8:56am 10.08.22 Thanks, @mermike . My boat already has the masthead block for the spinnaker halyard installed, along
Installing a Spinnaker mermike at 8:50am 10.08.22 The spinnaker halyard should run through a block attached to an extension of the masthead called a c
Alternator Bracket Tedd at 8:47am 10.08.22 It's easy to make your own adjustable link like the one in @RoyS 's picture, if you're so inclined,
40 ft O Day winterizing water system eherlihy at 8:45am 10.08.22 Drain all of the freshwater from the system. Run each tank empty, then open the drain the hot water
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 8:22am 10.08.22 No, it is because the spinnaker halyard is forward of the jib forestay and will not foul it. So, o
Alternator Bracket sailcapt340 at 8:21am 10.08.22
Installing a Spinnaker sail sfbay at 8:01am 10.08.22 No, it is because the spinnaker halyard is forward of the jib forestay and will not foul it.
Happy Birthday to John Shepard Tedd at 7:53am 10.08.22 Just seeing this now, John. Happy birthday! Thanks for all your great ideas.
Alternator Bracket dlochner at 7:51am 10.08.22 A "belleville" washer will also help resist loosening from the vibration. That would also work, t
Alternator Bracket Tedd at 7:47am 10.08.22 If the alternator is slipping, try using a double thick fender washer under the adjusting bolt head.
Alternator Bracket (1) dlochner at 7:40am 10.08.22 The attached photo shows an alternator jack I built a few years ago. Once the alternator is in close
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 7:38am 10.08.22 With a fractional rig you should not need a tacker. Is that because the block for the spinnaker haly
Installing a Spinnaker sail sfbay at 7:36am 10.08.22 With a fractional rig you should not need a tacker. My Hunter 386 was fractional and I attached the
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 7:34am 10.08.22 Thanks, @sail sfbay ! I'll experiment with it. The article on the Tacker web site seems to suggest t
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping John_F at 7:26am 10.08.22 Try checking to see if the impeller is slipping on the motor spindle under load. Thanks,, it defin
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping John_F at 7:24am 10.08.22 I agree with Ralph. I have work on and tested pumps for over 40 years and the first thing I ask whe
What wind forecast turns you away? danm1 at 7:05am 10.08.22 Good plan. Same theory when skiing. "Never call last run."
What wind forecast turns you away? john6206 at 7:02am 10.08.22
Alternator Bracket (1) sailcapt340 at 7:02am 10.08.22

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