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Front Hatch 0 tornado 1 cfd2bc at 6:50pm 03.05.12 Chrysler 0/5839 Hello all. I have a 77 C26. My marina had a small tornado go through and it ripped my front hatch of
Bulkheads- bolts or just the same skimpy screws? Indysailor at 5:15pm 03.05.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1337 I'll be putting my new bulkheads in next week and have been wondering whether I should attach the bo
Tiller extention for C27 Joel H. at 4:36pm 03.05.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/964 I want a Forespar tiller extension to use with their "Lockbox". Do any C27 owners here have this? If
BOX RIG TUNE - Brion Toss, get on board for seminar svdefiant at 4:10pm 03.05.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1695 Howdy, My wife and I own a 430 (1996). Last weekend we attended an auction/fundraiser for PSCC (Puge
FWIW Recycled Storm Sail... (5) Squidd at 2:46pm 03.05.12 Ask All Sailors 15/2928 When I got my boat the 150 Genny was trashed at the head for a good 10'...looked like it had caught
H356 dorade cowl Bob 04 H260 at 2:12pm 03.05.12 Big Boats 2/1125 I need a dorade cowl for a 2003 H356. The pipe it sits on is 4.25" OD. Has anyone replaced one of th
Sequitur Heads North Sequitur at 2:07pm 03.05.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1740 I have just added a new blog post at: North From The Falklands
Re-Bedding Windows Allen8700 at 1:09pm 03.05.12 Smaller Boats 7/1529 The larger (long) windows on the port and starboard sides of our 1994 23.5 have some areas along the
non-skid decks Bob J. at 1:08pm 03.05.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2647 Has anyone re-painted their upper deck ' if so how did you approach the non-skid portion of the proj
Digital TV antennas /outside vs. inside SS-Aquilon at 12:54pm 03.05.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/2572 I have a Catalina 27 and would like to install a small TV to watch while in the slip. I have looked
Hunter 216 Sails Abernathy at 12:33pm 03.05.12 Smaller Boats 4/2896 I have just aquired a 07 Hunter 216. The hull, rig, and lines are in very good shape. While the sa
Dinghy on top of a 32 foot RECESS at 12:14pm 03.05.12 Ask All Sailors 9/8712 We recently purchased a Pearson 323. Over the years I have really grown tired of towing our 9.4 Wate
Fun With Anchors (2) Roger Long at 11:41am 03.05.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 14/4907 I left Washington in the rain but with a promise of clearing that was gradually fulfilled as I ran d
Poly Glow jblane56 at 11:07am 03.05.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2064 I looked through prior threads on the subject of Poly Glow and it was closed with the last comment m
speaker pod in arch garethreeves at 10:07am 03.05.12 Mid-Size Boats 7/2305 Hello The h320 i am considering has a set of speakers with a light fitting new in a box, but no i
LED Updated Source Sailgunner at 9:36am 03.05.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1301 I have experimented with different LEDs and purchased several on EBay from China. I learned most LE
Van Sant's "Gentleman's Guide To Passages South" Chuckbear at 8:49am 03.05.12 Destinations 1/3650 I just received am email from Bruce and he has indeed done a 10th Edition. It is being processed by
Could It Be The Tach Sensor?? Joe Mullee at 7:32am 03.05.12 Ask All Sailors 13/10723 My tach has never worked correctly in the eleven years I've owned my boat. Steadily it's been gettin
More Sail Area (1) oreana123 at 7:26am 03.05.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1079 Here is a photo of my 26D set up with maximum sail area. The inside genny is a 135 and the foremost
Squaring the head of the Main (1) oreana123 at 7:20am 03.05.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1447 I am getting to the end of my sliding gooseneck set up. The sliding gooseneck from a Hobie 18 makes

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Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:31pm 11.29.22 Thank you DayDreamer41! I live on the water in a floating home, so the boat is ready to go when the
Warped Rudder sbrogden at 1:11pm 11.29.22 Please post pics of your build. That approach works well for tillers as well. Here are some pic
Side Stay Tension DayDreamer41 at 12:20pm 11.29.22 If too floppy and you end up with an accidental jibe you could be without rigging all together. Bein
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard thinwater at 11:37am 11.29.22 Outboard = solar. Unless you run the engine all day and full rpms, not enough to amount to anything.
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? DayDreamer41 at 11:35am 11.29.22 Ah the challenge of a furling mainsail, with (2) persons one in the cock pit and one on the mast mou
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Hollyberry at 11:03am 11.29.22 ..... Given the age (guessing it is OEM from 1984), I'm thinking it will be easier just to replace
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Hayden Watson at 10:57am 11.29.22 The best option I have seen to avoid the dump load to the diodes due to HVC is to lower the regulato
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Leeward Rail at 10:55am 11.29.22 lithium battery bank should not be charged by an unregulated alternator. Aww come on... Let's d
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:41am 11.29.22
Single handing (2) Davidasailor26 at 10:27am 11.29.22
Boat is Hibernating Justin_NSA at 10:26am 11.29.22 We had to haul out early (October) due to the low lake level and the reach of our crane. The predict
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 10:21am 11.29.22 Thanks to rgranger and Calif. Ted for comments. I did not have the owner's manual, so I really appr
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? JamesG161 at 10:18am 11.29.22 @ckreitlein and I finally had our phone call last night. We discussed Terminology and focused on hi
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:10am 11.29.22 Is there a color preference? Can the lettering be reflective?
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Elite29Owner at 9:52am 11.29.22 Thank you both for your responses. Fortunately, the mechanical linkages are working fine. The prob
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Stu Jackson at 9:48am 11.29.22 house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. While the discussion
Boat is Hibernating SawyerCurt at 9:34am 11.29.22 Just curious, why did you take the mast down? The cover that came with the boat when I purchased h
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit Zencra at 9:33am 11.29.22 IMPORTANT thanks Art I took that advice from you previously. the machine is actually quite a tight
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 9:31am 11.29.22 Is there a specific letter size, must the hailing port lettering match the size of the boat name?
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard dlochner at 9:28am 11.29.22 Time to ask Tohatsu support, instead of speculating :biggrin: Aw, come on. You're taking all the

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