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Great short book on Kindle about Mac's Hollyweirdos at 7:25pm 04.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1613 http://www.amazon.com/Sailing-Misadventures-Wild-Hair-ebook/dp/B0039IT8OE/ref=pd_sim_kstore_6?ie=UTF
Yanmar 3jh4e Oil Change Help Needed sailingguy2005 at 7:14pm 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 9/12121 I have a 40hp Yanmar 3jh4e which I will be changing the oil. I've never done this on this engine. Th
Best antifoul for a trailerable? southernsailer at 7:13pm 04.21.12 Smaller Boats 7/2344 What is the best antifoul for a trailerable. I have a 94 23.5 cruise pac. I want to leave it in the
Curley Mast (2) finding41 at 6:12pm 04.21.12 Trailer Sailors 17/4557 I raised my mast in the driveway yesterday for the first time. I just lifted it my self and was surp
Whisker Pole Length Question kpgraci at 6:03pm 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 10/8112 I've always read that a whisker pole should be 100% the length of the foot of the jib. But accordi
Help lost key Lost Parent at 5:36pm 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2304 1982 Catalina 30 diesel It has 4 plug in spades on the back and one screw terminal . It looks orig
Assistance with Bow Eye Replacement. Leak prob. too abk at 2:52pm 04.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/3522 My 1984 m25 bow eye ihas slid out and moves back and forth as it is loose. I removed the rig covere
Wheel Bent Any ideas? PGIJon at 2:43pm 04.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1168 While tying to install the raymarine wheel pilot on my h34, I have discovered that the wheel is lops
Bunks - for my Cat 22 to sit on - trail rite trailor (2) Sailor boy at 2:33pm 04.21.12 Catalina 22 19/4502 I could use some words on replacing my bunks ... best wood - sealing it - bending it - covering - et
Volvo Ocean Race, who is watching? RECESS at 1:53pm 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1335 Their coverage this year is outstanding. When they are out away from shore they load a 3 - 5 minute
Storm Jib Chris Bogle at 1:29pm 04.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1545 Just tried the sails that came with recently purchased Oday 22 ' found that the jib is a storm jib '
Some happy All U Get at 12:28pm 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2122 Yahoo, I started two outboards today and only had to remember what that turtle means. The two-strok
hunter centerboard removal motdem at 11:16am 04.21.12 Smaller Boats 1/1025 hi, does anyone know how to remove the 212 hunter centerboard? tom
oday 25 mast step hinge pins tigereye37 at 10:29am 04.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 9/4835 Does anyone know of a good source for replacement hinge pins for a 1976 oday 25? Also, if anyone kn
Broken stays in sail RDS2012 at 8:42am 04.21.12 Day Sailers 2/1260 Another newbie question. I just bought a '88 Hunter 18.5 and the stays (?) in the mainsail are brok
No Drain To Bilge In Forward Compartment healeyman at 8:08am 04.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1705 Recently repaired a water leak in the bow berth. (The bow compartment where the fresh water tank sit
Questions on Jib Handling and Reefing treeman at 8:03am 04.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2220 Hello: This is my first season with an O'day 222. At this point, I've got 2 hours of sailing exp
Downwind Surfing Sailm8 at 6:58am 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1583 Just returned from a two week trip and I was wondering. I had to motor sail to keep up with our gro
h-34 mast unstepping JFitz at 6:55am 04.21.12 Big Boats 8/2181 I'll be unstepping my H-34 mast for the first time. If I recall correctly, I attach the the crane lo
What would you improve? Maury Wray at 6:44am 04.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2257 I'm completely refitting a 1981 Venture from the ground up. If you stripped your boat of all riggin

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Catalina 18 - Advice on mast raising? (1) MarkHejtmanek at 9:04pm 09.08.22 Does the forestay have a turnbuckle? And is the backstay adjustable? The backstay has a turnbuck
What am I looking at here (surveying a C30)? Qorgyle at 8:59pm 09.08.22 commonly used with dodgers Ah, that makes sense, there are other dodger fittings around that area.
How worried should I be about the Home Depot technique for crimping stainless wire? jssailem at 8:32pm 09.08.22
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history Rick D at 8:26pm 09.08.22 Suffering with you! As Peggie Hall would tell you, I have had Jabsco (manual) heads on my boats for
New Mailsale jssailem at 8:24pm 09.08.22 Find a loft who will help to measure your boat and build sails to your boat and a type of sailing yo
Traveling alongside Crusty Ol Salt at 7:56pm 09.08.22 Funny topic. I couple of years back I had a guy that decided to witness my work instead of verifyi
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:33pm 09.08.22 It is telling that the Jabsco rebuild kits are almost as expensive as a new Jabsco toilet. At leas
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:31pm 09.08.22
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:23pm 09.08.22 I find it remarkable that you are unaware of her steady and persistent encouragement to boaters tha
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:18pm 09.08.22 As for never buying another Johnson product, I think you will find that in most case Jabsco is far
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history dlochner at 7:11pm 09.08.22 Agreed; Raritan, a NJ company, has been the Cadillac of boat toilets for as long as I can remember.
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:06pm 09.08.22 I threw out every brand but Raritan for consideration. Agreed; Raritan, a NJ company, has been the
What am I looking at here (surveying a C30)? dlochner at 6:27pm 09.08.22 Walk away. The first picture is a really poor attempt to stop a chain plate leak. Leaks can not be
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history Scott T-Bird at 6:00pm 09.08.22 I've been to Defender's brick & mortar store numerous times and been on the phone with them as well.
Legend 40.5 - what length hose for forward head replacement? artboas at 4:28pm 09.08.22 Or you could just buy a PVC "hose mender" fitting (male-male) and "cement" the hoses onto it using
Another Auto-Pilot Accident Tater at 4:25pm 09.08.22 This reminds me of a time fishing. The boat was a 30? runabout with big twins. Once we cleared the b
New Mailsale Crazy Dave Condon at 3:53pm 09.08.22 Depends on the loft but generally the company is respected. Is the loft near Oriental?
Internet entrance test Will Gilmore at 3:42pm 09.08.22 And I think you'll have to admit that THAT is truly amazing ! And not just kind of unique, but "ve
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history Stu Jackson at 3:40pm 09.08.22 Realized this toilet will never be reliable, removed it, photographed it for this post, and will sh
Traveling alongside Stu Jackson at 3:34pm 09.08.22 Everybody responding so far has made their fair share of derogatory comments about numerous trades

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