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Mainsail trouble on Beneteau First 33.7 Paul Chung at 3:38am 04.25.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2325 I cannot hoist the mainsail right to the top of mast. The clew of the mainsail is only attached to t
Dinghy Questions (not again) Towing on a C22 Nbot at 11:21pm 04.24.12 Ask All Sailors 10/5963 I searched around and found some good info, but am looking at buying one of two dinghies to occasion
Spinnaker rigging... (1) Eman at 9:29pm 04.24.12 Catalina 22 0/1084 Hey Gang, As I plod along replacing and rebedding deck hardware on my '76 C22 I'm thinking of upgra
Cutting up my V224 topcat0399 at 9:08pm 04.24.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1970 ....today on our V224. Ever sit in your boat for hours on end and just stare at things? Anyway it
Prop Shaft Bracket loose PeterHoelzel at 8:26pm 04.24.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1698 There is about 7 millimeter sideway play on my prop shaft bracket (First 310, 1992 vintage). Seems t
Stowe Navigator2 Windspeed display Mskoki at 7:39pm 04.24.12 Parts Search 5/3343 I am looking for a Stowe Navigator2 windspeed indicator display either to replace my faulty one(numb
Stowe Nav2 Anemometer repairs Mskoki at 7:01pm 04.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1157 I have a stowe Nav2 anemometer that needs a new display, the numbers are barely visable,all else wor
traveler collie at 6:22pm 04.24.12 Smaller Boats 1/945 i have a rutgerson traveler on a 1986 25.5ft hunter. Has anyone had to replace one yet, and what br
Pointing issues with a 85 swing keel Diamondjet at 5:06pm 04.24.12 Catalina 22 17/3091 I'm interested in hints and personal experiences with pointing capabilities on the Catalina 22. Las
Sailing Seadragon ed stack at 5:03pm 04.24.12 Pearson 0/1289 For anyone who might like to see a nice P36 site. I've benefitted from this site and thought for tho
Approach to Jib Replacement treeman at 4:50pm 04.24.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1614 So after having the sails up for the first time, it was easy to recognize that my furling jib has a
Fractional rig emergpa1 at 4:21pm 04.24.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2849 Am reading a good old boat article about the caliber 28. It says that it was offered with the option
M25 Rubrail insert jsbetty at 2:39pm 04.24.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1339 Does anyone know the replacement type and/or distrubutor for the vinyl rubber rub rail insert for a
Converting a dual lever control to single lever joey55 at 12:33pm 04.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2770 I have a 27 Hunter (Cherubini) with 13HP Yanmar that has dual engine controls, (one lever for Trans
Whisker pole on my Hunter 26 DovetailNJ at 11:55am 04.24.12 Ask All Sailors 6/3571 I'm building an inexpensive whisker pole from an extendable paint pole and Forespare end fittings. I
Muffler for Palmer 60 on Islander 30 (2) Lohrisch at 11:09am 04.24.12 Engines and Propulsion 5/3476 My muffler has developed a rusty leak. I cannot find anything like it online - looks like a 4-inch
wire halyard fix redhead78 at 10:53am 04.24.12 Ask All Sailors 17/3383 Hi all, I am working on my mast and I have a wire main halyard that is coming apart in the center. I
Insuring a Catalina 310 c130king at 10:11am 04.24.12 Catalina 310 6/1829 I am looking into a purchase of a 2002 Catalina 310. For use on the Mississippi Gulf Coast area.
Jib rail attachement r.bostic356 at 8:20am 04.24.12 Catalina 22 6/1818 I have a 1976 22 which i am restoring decks. The jib rails are mounted on the toe rail. I am remov
autohelm 4000 goes to standby Doc4527 at 7:50am 04.24.12 Big Boats 3/1589 Just got my Catalina 36 tall in the water last weekend. Everything seemed to be working, so we were

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Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 3:46pm 01.01.23 The method above is how I determined the pin weight (weight of the loaded trailer king pin on the to
Any sailor peppers out there? (1) Tally Ho at 3:41pm 01.01.23
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? (1) SailKozy at 3:40pm 01.01.23 :plus: The owner of this outfit used to be the parts manager for O'Day. He has a wealth of informat
Older sailers stickinthemud57 at 3:18pm 01.01.23 Health is a crap shoot. We each have our genetic make-up and none of us know what that has in store
Towing a dinghy shemandr at 3:15pm 01.01.23 Of course there are going to be contradictory views. I used to sail to Block Island with my Peanut
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking BigEasy at 3:11pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Towing a dinghy Sailfanatic at 2:43pm 01.01.23 Check this source USt2sCT6W5Y
Older sailers Captain Larry-DH at 2:29pm 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 yo
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

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