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Great short book on Kindle about Mac's Hollyweirdos at 7:25pm 04.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1675 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 9/12643 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 7/2568 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 17/4750 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 10/8653 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 12/2370 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 6/3649 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 3/1202 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 19/4709 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 4/1401 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 3/1593 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 9/2180 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 1/1045 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 9/4937 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 2/1340 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 6/1824 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 5/2263 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 1/1608 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 8/2251 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 10/2338 I'm completely refitting a 1981 Venture from the ground up. If you stripped your boat of all riggin

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Evergreen jaysweet at 5:15pm 12.11.22 ... The seaman in this incident brings to mind the cultural deference we ran into during a couple o
Installing Composting Toilet in Oday 35 Tin Kicker at 5:02pm 12.11.22 Have a NaturesHead in the ODay 322, never hooked up the vent, and have never had a smell. One of the
Evergreen Tin Kicker at 4:57pm 12.11.22 Not at all surprised by the findings regarding the pilot being totally inattentive and this happened
Tell-tail windows in genoa BarryL at 4:43pm 12.11.22 Hey, what kind of sail are you buying? With a Dacron sail in a typically see through the sail well
Mixing elbow (yes, another one) Yanmar 3YM20 (2) Tin Kicker at 4:31pm 12.11.22 Never thought about it before but the hot gas flow around the top is terrible from an engineering st
Single handing kappykaplan at 4:27pm 12.11.22 I assume a spring line to prevent the boat from shifting forward and aft while tied to the dock. C
House battery recommendations O�Day 222 at 4:18pm 12.11.22
House battery recommendations Tin Kicker at 4:09pm 12.11.22 Definitely start with a power consumption budget and also would recommend LiFePo4 due to weight for
Single handing WI Rigger at 4:04pm 12.11.22
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 3:40pm 12.11.22
Day Sailer Cabin Modifications for Comfort Timm R Oday25 at 3:15pm 12.11.22 While I agree with all the viewpoints expressed so far, here is my perspective . I'm sensing a hard
Boat Smells! (1) Tin Kicker at 3:12pm 12.11.22 The two biggest things you can do are to get the fabrics and cushions off for the winter, and to kee
Single handing kappykaplan at 2:51pm 12.11.22 If I have my preventer coming down the Starboard side, can I always put the Main on the Port side?
Single handing WI Rigger at 2:30pm 12.11.22
Single handing WI Rigger at 2:18pm 12.11.22
Boat Smells! ggrizzard at 1:56pm 12.11.22 You should read Peggy's book! :facepalm:
Accessing / Replacing Raw Water Impeller Ralph Johnstone at 1:22pm 12.11.22 Replaced that impeller last year with about 2,200 hours on the engine. The old impeller looked just
Oh no, not that sticky! Captain Larry-DH at 1:22pm 12.11.22
Day Sailer Cabin Modifications for Comfort JBP-PA at 1:22pm 12.11.22 Your boat was most likely designed by a marine architect with weight in the proper places to get th
Accessing / Replacing Raw Water Impeller sail sfbay at 1:19pm 12.11.22 Same issue on my Hunter 386. Had to disconnect the transmission and front motor mount, jack the moto

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