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Late season sailing in Maine Tim R. at 7:25am 11.21.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1504 Sailed to one of our favorite spots this weekend in Casco Bay and spent the night. Awesome sail DDW
Reseal keel on Seidelmann 25 ematheus at 7:04am 11.21.11 Seidelmann 20/11202 Ahoi everyone: I have my Seidelmann 25 on a trailer at home. I'm basically refitting the whole boat
Rigging for a 1983 Hunter 20 Pegfrayne at 6:20am 11.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1154 My Husband and I have been sailing a 1983 Hunter 20 for four years now on the Upper Barnegat Bay in
Rust Marks jorgefife at 6:18am 11.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1637 I have a sail for a Pearson 35 which I got, early days, before I knew the difference from port to st
Water in compression post on 29.5 GrantZ at 6:17am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/1874 Recently, I have noticed water leaking out of the bottom of my steel compression post and collecting
Coin in hull of O'Day Sailboat (1) Shoaldrafter at 5:17am 11.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 48/7671 Rich, You said that you had been all over the hull of the boat while rebuilding. So was I. I did
Flotation in an O'Day dkahley at 3:44am 11.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/5286 I'm rebuilding an O'Day 20 and looking for a better alternative for interior flotation than the styr
1980 hunter chainplate glenn mosley at 2:43am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 8/1746 looking for a chainplate for a 1980 hunter 33
Compression post surgery (5) Jared1048 at 12:52am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 17/5869 I've been kicking around different ideas on how to fix this and finally took some action. Placing a
Packing Ralph Johnstone at 8:00pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 0/2 For a number of years I have been chiming in here on packing glands and the fact I have run mine bon
Singlehanded Deck Hardware Removal GorillaToast at 7:04pm 11.20.11 Catalina 22 7/1680 Anyone got any tips and tricks on how to get at the nuts and bolts of deck hardware from both sides
S2 8.5 question fiatracer163 at 6:35pm 11.20.11 S2 5/2531 Is there access to the keel bolts on the 8.5? I looked into the hatch below the stairs, and tried to
Good Old Boat Magazine Article Mainsheet99 at 6:20pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1503 In January of this year Good Old Boat Magazine hired me to cover the 2nd Annual Good Old Boat Regatt
Life line installation kits Florida sail at 4:14pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2789 Does anyone have any experience with the available kits for lifeline installation? Input greatly app
mast rigging question chiefaponte at 3:58pm 11.20.11 S2 0/945 while reading a post on stepping the mast, I came accross an interesting stament. The person stated
loose rudder eberns at 3:55pm 11.20.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1495 Rudder vibration due to a loose rudder post in the sleeve, which appears worn. Yard recommends dropp
looking for some info tattooworm at 3:37pm 11.20.11 Islander 1/4224 I just bought an islander bahama 24, and looking to findall I can about it
Attaching an assymetrical spinnaker to a Hunter 33 bow jbrelin at 2:48pm 11.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2103 Hello, I have been trying to understand the assym spinnaker tack attachment for a Hunter 33, 2004.
Lewmar Winch for O'Day 23 sba55 at 2:05pm 11.20.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1059 Was out sailing today when the port side winch literally exploded and came flying off the mount. Pre
H36 Prop Size? Spcharby at 1:08pm 11.20.11 Big Boats 7/1567 After one and a half seasons of use, I am now suspect that the prop on Belle is not correctly matche

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Mast with weld repair - stay away or worry not? Benny17441 at 12:46pm 03.01.22 If the weld was well done that mast may break at any other point but where that weld is. That is be
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 12:39pm 03.01.22 I will defer to others with more expertise, but I personally wouldn't worry about that. I'd clean i
O'Day 39 owners manual Rgluv2sail at 12:33pm 03.01.22 That was my first thought as well. I have assembled everything from original brochure to the newly
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar (2) Robertelee1031 at 12:31pm 03.01.22 Couple of pics
Catalina 27 sanitation system rebuild Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:18pm 03.01.22 I do have quality self-contained toilets on my other sailboat and in my camper, but the wife does n
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) sail sfbay at 12:07pm 03.01.22 jssailem proposes a good plan, lower cost and does not add additional hardware in the cockpit.......
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) DannyO at 12:00pm 03.01.22 Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, I have two ratchet blocks ready to go - I completely agree with
Morse or no morse jssailem at 11:45am 03.01.22 It feels like a boater that does not understand a distress signal is like a car driver that does not
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 11:44am 03.01.22 Yep, sorry, the strut No need to apologize! I figured that's what you meant. I do that at times,
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) (1) jssailem at 11:39am 03.01.22 Danny, Do you need winches for this task? On some 50' boats the spinnaker can pull on the sheet with
Morse or no morse (1) Parsons at 11:39am 03.01.22 One other distress signal that is often missed by the average joe is the simplified 3 flashes or 3 b
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 cagreen75 at 11:31am 03.01.22 Nice installation. Does the rudder reference show on a monitor at the helm. Nice to have, if so.
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 (1) cagreen75 at 11:24am 03.01.22 After searching for several days, I was unable to find any suggestions for installing a rudder refe
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 jssailem at 10:45am 03.01.22 Jim You may be able to tighten the steering even further buy adjusting the software. Autopilot resp
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Robertelee1031 at 10:43am 03.01.22 Yep, sorry, the strut
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 10:24am 03.01.22 Hi all, first time poster. Bought a Newport 30 Mark iii a couple of years ago. Just pulled it out
Saying hello jviss at 10:22am 03.01.22 I really would like a good cover. The tarp that came with it is huge, absolutely massive. It comple
Saying hello (1) pclarksurf at 10:22am 03.01.22 For storage I find a 25' x 12' industrial tarp is an excellent annual investment (the desert SE of W
Catalina 22 Sport Mast Repair? Jacktar at 10:04am 03.01.22 If it works two possible fixes, 1 make nifty canvas mast base cover and hide it. 2 put mast on anoth
Saying hello brockangelo at 10:03am 03.01.22 I really would like a good cover. The tarp that came with it is huge, absolutely massive. It complet

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