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O'Day 23 mast rigging lines specs and hailyard rigging Jclark29 at 7:49am 05.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1724 Hello everyone, I am the proud owner of an 1979 O'Day 23. I am curious if anyone can help me with h
Status of Hunter Marine Hello Below at 7:48am 05.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2562 I understand that Morgan Industries Corporation (a.k.a. Hunter Marine, et al ) has filed for Chapter
First sail shanker at 7:45am 05.21.12 Smaller Boats 1/1095 After months of preparation and anticipation today was the day. Problem happens as I'm getting ready
O'Day 23 mast rigging lines specs and hailyard rigging Jclark29 at 7:35am 05.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1102 Hello everyone, I am the proud owner of an 1979 O'Day 23. I am curious if anyone can help me with h
VHF repair CCHer at 7:02am 05.21.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1183 I want to give a shout out to United Radio of Syracuse, NY. When I de-winterized this spring and fir
Awesome weekend and some upgrades Tim R. at 6:57am 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1076 We had a great weekend here in Maine. Sailed everywhere and the weather was perfect. Good food, go
Speaker mod (1) Texrob at 6:49am 05.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1189 I am a A/V tech when I am not sailing and recently a couple of customers decided the outdoor speaker
Leak into bilge Deadline at 6:47am 05.21.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/1324 For weeks I've been trying to trace a leak into the bilge of my H320. Trial and error have deduced
OB lift davit CCHer at 6:33am 05.21.12 Catalina 310 0/1291 I'd appreciate hearing from those who have installed a lifting davit on their 310. I took the one fr
Jib Sheets SS-Aquilon at 6:15am 05.21.12 Mid-Size Boats 10/2905 I have a C-27 with Lewmar 40 st/ winches. The jib sheets are very large in diameter and the former o
Lee helm, a leak, damn power boater, advice on these. joes new addiction at 5:30am 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 26/4657 Got "Fever Dream" out yesterday, 3rd time and this time there was a good breeze, no "motor-sailing!
Weather forecast inaccurate (4) audriuskanape at 4:38am 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 19/2556 Anybody know the accurate weather app? The ones I got is totaly diferent forecast for the long weeke
Voltage reading Slipin Away at 4:18am 05.21.12 Big Boats 5/1316 Can anyone explain to me why I would get a voltage reading on my starting battery display with the s
Reefing set up Cmp1110 at 3:46am 05.21.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 15/4226 Yesterday we were out in about 15-20 with a reef in the main. My question is, should I lash the clew
prop detached from crank shaft The Very Thought of You at 12:48am 05.21.12 Big Boats 3/1268 My wife and I were cruising this afternoon and snagged a Lobster pod. I immediately shifted into neu
Post Your Sunset / Sunrise (2) Sail123 at 10:06pm 05.20.12 Ask All Sailors 191/36483 Even small bodies of water in land locked locations have great moments. This was at my lake this
Only to a boater Lost Parent at 8:57pm 05.20.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1830 Well it could have been worse . Was supposed to spend a relaing weekend on the boat but Was to get
How young are You? (1) finding41 at 7:36pm 05.20.12 Ask All Sailors 51/5735 I'm kind of surprised. At the Commodores reception, after the sail past, I found out that my family
Changing Outhaul ParamourII at 7:30pm 05.20.12 Catalina 30 1/1419 I am planning on changing my outhaul setup and running it down the mast and back to a clutch. It lo
H26 ceterboard line replacement without removing board? CaptJarrod at 7:27pm 05.20.12 Smaller Boats 4/1412 I purchased my 97 h26 just under a month ago and have been slowly fixing it up. The line to the cent

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Any sailor peppers out there? markwbird at 2:25pm 01.01.23
Older sailers shemandr at 2:22pm 01.01.23 There's a 94 yo skier whose famous quote is " You don't get too old to ski. You get old because you
Com-Pac 16 general questions shemandr at 2:13pm 01.01.23 When I lived in Southold NY you could do this at the dump - ah, transfer station. #3 Stumps me.
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? SV_Gonromin at 1:52pm 01.01.23 All of this will require many boat bucks. Are there any boat bucks that aren't "many"? :oops::D T
Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 1:48pm 01.01.23 Might consider obtaining the following weights at you local moving company truck scale: 1. tow vehi
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions (1) RitSim at 1:33pm 01.01.23 My zinc broke off this year. I removed the center bolt as you did and the cover should be free. Pa
Older sailers dLj at 1:33pm 01.01.23 I just turned 67 - age is more than just a number, there are inexorable aspects of aging that one ca
Older sailers Dalliance at 1:28pm 01.01.23 The previous owner of my boat sailed until he was 83 and I can think of at least 5 sailors I know of
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking kappykaplan at 1:23pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 (1) Hello Below at 1:13pm 01.01.23 Why not consider what I have? A portable, water resistant bluetooth speaker. No holes, take it to th
Boat is Hibernating 2 OLD PIRATES at 12:55pm 01.01.23 I got some feed back about this very subject: Interesting read. https://skippersplan.com/winter-sto
Older sailers shemandr at 12:37pm 01.01.23 You could do what a friend of my father's did. He caught a large swordfish that he couldn't get abo
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? jssailem at 11:58am 01.01.23 Windy weather updates as the data sources are changed. Global models: ECMWF (European Centre for
Older sailers jssailem at 11:54am 01.01.23 They say do not go after a fish that is bigger than your boat. You might catch one. Then what will y
Any sailor peppers out there? capta at 11:40am 01.01.23 Hello again Following geo politics and carefully observing the international political arena there'
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? Project_Mayhem at 11:37am 01.01.23 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Start with DR Marine for parts. :
Older sailers capta at 11:33am 01.01.23 At 76, I'm hard aground as far as ocean sailing and cruising, but day sailing up this way might be f
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? capta at 11:24am 01.01.23 Windy.com wins for me for a APP. Most I've seen seem to do so only once a week, or so. I know ther
Older sailers higgs at 11:20am 01.01.23 Thanks for the comments and suggestions - some of which I have already done. I have a 20 volt right
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 10:38am 01.01.23

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