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Long Beach to San Diego Border Run Race (16) CaptDon01 at 9:05am 07.04.12 Catalina 22 0/1074 Attached are some photos taken during last weekends "Border Run-2" race from Long Beach to San Diego
Getting out of the shallows. mrharris@rogers.com at 9:03am 07.04.12 Day Sailers 3/1332 Novice sailor needs advice. Purchased Rhodes-19 with drop keel last year. My dock is in a bay with s
Holding A Rudder In (2) tfluce at 8:54am 07.04.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/987 Holding A Rudder In packing gland-Locknut Anyone? I hav
new owner questions lcook at 8:20am 07.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2295 I have recently bought a 2002 26X and I have some questions: 1) when leaving boat at a mooring, shou
First 38 transom locker jgurley at 7:49am 07.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1056 Can someone describe the stock mechanism used to secure the fold down locker in the stern of the FIR
Macgregor 25 Upstate NY, Newbie wants to see one. ccraigmile at 6:03am 07.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/835 Hey all I'm a newbie whom just got a 1976 Mac 25 that hasn't seen the water in 15 years. Got the K
Keel pin johnkodl at 4:56am 07.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/914 recently purchased a 1986 McGregor 25' which did not come with a keel locking pin. Anyone know the d
H42 fuel tank inspection ports?? eianm at 11:50pm 07.03.12 Big Boats 4/1744 Now that I have finished the inspection ports to water tanks, I am now considering doing the same to
Hunter 356 3-blade cruising prop size? Solemn Silence at 9:20pm 07.03.12 Big Boats 0/1494 For those of you with a Hunter 356 (27 HP Yanmar) and a 3-blade cruising prop: what size prop are yo
new owner (1) dalekidd1956 at 9:11pm 07.03.12 Smaller Boats 10/2121 Hello, all. I have just purchased a 1988 Hunter 18.5. Plan to pick her up this Friday. This will be
Happy Independance Day everyone! Ken Cross at 8:54pm 07.03.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2627 Happy Independence Day everyone! Well our friends from Canada still get to wait. And the weather is
C-22 Owner's Handbook TJM8187 at 8:40pm 07.03.12 Catalina 22 1/1554 Does anyone know a good way to get ahold of an Owner's Handbook for a C-22? I ordered one through C
Masking Tape Lost Parent at 5:58pm 07.03.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1763 I am hoping to paint my nonskid deck this weekend and was wondering would be good tape to use for a
propane tank solonoid John at 5:42pm 07.03.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2794 Question: Can the solonoid valve at the propane tank leak/not seal up tight? I refilled my propane t
Marine surveyor Peter M at 5:09pm 07.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1500 Need to find a surveyor in Portland Maine for a 37' sailboat I made an offer on . Any suggestions
New Tiller and Windows for 26D came in (1) dawg2 at 3:57pm 07.03.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2413 These look great!!! I have been dealing with Rudder Craft ( www.ruddercraft.com ) and they have som
Wet core? Jared1048 at 3:48pm 07.03.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1463 Hello, I recently had to replace my bow light wiring since it was corroded and not working. I ende
Garman 230 G-Chart GUS516SM xcyz at 3:03pm 07.03.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1281 I think my G-Chart GUS516SM for SoCal is bad. My other G-chart for NoCal is working. Does any one kn
MOB solo with jack line question r.oril at 2:32pm 07.03.12 Ask All Sailors 17/3471 Now that I am venturing out into the big blue solo:eek:, I have a question: If the rudder is locked
Windless Failure hcapo at 2:24pm 07.03.12 Big Boats 1/969 I had and interesting problem with the windless on my 2005 Hunter 36. I anchored by powering out th

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Contessa 32 Owners ... Tally Ho at 8:12am 01.08.23
Contessa 32 Owners ... jssailem at 8:07am 01.08.23 These are interesting traits. A Contessa 32 was the only yacht in the small boat class to finish the
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement kappykaplan at 7:45am 01.08.23 Greg, the part is in Denmark.
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement Tally Ho at 7:25am 01.08.23
Hi All, Anyone replaced the shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 have any suggestions? thinwater at 7:04am 01.08.23 If you know the length, you can often pull the new cable using the old cable and a coupling nut.
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement (1) frimi_captain at 7:02am 01.08.23 Defender has this bit of info. https://www.defender.com/pdf/ReplacingOldRayInstr.pdf That is help
Contessa 32 Owners ... dlochner at 6:47am 01.08.23 The Class Association will be your best source. https://www.co32.org
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement frimi_captain at 6:45am 01.08.23 https://www.ebay.com/p/552261714 CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 6:13am 01.08.23
Think your PO made mistakes? (1) Hayden Watson at 5:49am 01.08.23 I still contend that the real sin of the PO was allowing it to partially sink or flood with rainwate
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 5:12am 01.08.23 Still check the mast mfg As there were different masts at the end of the Hunter 26 production line
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 4:31am 01.08.23 I like tillers in boats under 30'. But I don't think that is that bad. It puts the helmsman in th
Set screw.... sailme88 at 3:49am 01.08.23 Consider yourself lucky....Murphy's first rule states, " Objects dropped or falling on a sailboat w
Set screw.... artboas at 11:17pm 01.07.23 Upper swivel furler set screw? Have you used binoculars to check your rigging? Many years ago, On
Single handing Will Gilmore at 10:22pm 01.07.23 take a ;picture for me to regenerate my brain please, You are on th I hope you meant to type that
Think your PO made mistakes? Calif. Ted at 8:44pm 01.07.23 Biggest chore with many boats is fixing the "Improvements" made by a previous clueless owner.
Dingy conversion (1) rgranger at 7:27pm 01.07.23 I'm envisioning a duct tape seam popping open while planing across a bay.... dj Lol
H26 Main sail rigging twalker H260 at 6:42pm 01.07.23 According to OP profile they have a 26, not 260.
Dingy conversion dLj at 6:09pm 01.07.23 On the other hand you can always hang the dingy up by its stern and cut the ends off the tubes as i
Rain water through the mast JoeWhite at 4:28pm 01.07.23 On my c36, water was leaking into the bilge from leaky windlass shaft seals aswell.

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