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Loose footed mainsail Nodak7 at 1:09pm 10.20.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 33/13701 Don, my main is furling so it is loose footed. If I understand the dynamics correctly is light winds
Running Boom Vang to cockpit Sea22 at 12:14pm 10.20.11 Catalina 22 8/3836 I have an '86 boat with the factory boom vang with a built in cleat on the lower fiddle block. I wo
Interactive Marine Forecast Map geoffschultz at 12:11pm 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 42/8196 I've just finished implementing an interactive marine forecast map at http://www.geoffschultz.org/w
Raising the mast drock10 at 11:14am 10.20.11 Catalina 22 16/3506 Hey there I was wondering if anyone had any tips on maybe raising mast single handedly. Right now I
Pressurized Water On A Small Boat John Stevens at 10:14am 10.20.11 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2567 Thought I'd post this if anyone is interested in having pressurized water on their small boat.
New sailor experimenting with sail trim Ross S at 9:50am 10.20.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 21/6852 Hello everyone! I've been lurking in this forum for some time trying to gain some sail trim knowle
Centerboard Rope Replacement tgrass462 at 9:39am 10.20.11 Smaller Boats 2/2511 This weekend our 1999 260 is in a sling being powerwashed ... a good time to change out the centerbo
AIS is very cool Tim R. at 9:34am 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 18/3583 I was messing around with my AIS transponder(Amec Comino 101) this morning and wanted to test the ch
Repower H 33 cernest at 9:26am 10.20.11 Engines and Propulsion 5/2674 Hello I am in the repower mode. I am looking at replacing the 2qm15 with a 2YM 15 Or a 3YM 20
Update: 101 Boats Signed Up For Havasu CaptDon01 at 9:22am 10.20.11 Catalina 22 1/996 Still 4 months away and there are 101 boats signed up for the event. Sadly, in those numbers, only
Ethanol additives sailaway78 at 9:10am 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1300 Has anyone tried some of the newer additives for ethanol fuel yet. I see more and more adds for the
Best material for companionway hatch bin boards jeferie at 9:02am 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 14/10786 Hello, all. We plan on having 3 new bin boards made this winter to replace the three oem boards that
boatpix dlewis812 at 8:43am 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 15/3015 the boatpix helicopter was flying at the recent whitebread. haven't bought any yet as they're quite
Dingy Ideas / Suggestions? CrawJac at 8:25am 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 15/2490 Now that summer is winding down and winter is coming fast I have been thinking about trying to snag
Schaefer block (2) All U Get at 7:58am 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1323 Hello all, I just wanted to pass on the good work by Schaefer Marine on a snatch block that needed h
Prop cleaning All U Get at 7:37am 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1410 I was looking for a method of cleaning my prop when the boat is hauled. My search didn't get me to t
Replace centerboard line-how to? shake55 at 6:40am 10.20.11 Day Sailers 3/2370 My centerboard line is starting to fray and I would like to replacd it. I am not sure exactly how to
Stiff steering on 1991 H42 eianm at 5:53am 10.20.11 Big Boats 5/1310 After sailing on a friends Jenneau 41 recently I have realised my steering is pretty stiff/tight. I
Matter Of Time (1) Jkenny13 at 4:30am 10.20.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1664 I went for my first solo sail last night. While I was out the previous owner of the sailboat motored
1978 Hunter 27 water in bilge Traylor67 at 9:46pm 10.19.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2903 Realizing this may be a futile question I shall ask it anyways. I own a 1978 Hunter 27, relatively r

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Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 Jim Ferguson at 6:02am 02.23.22 This video from my Youtube page show a bit more detail for the Rudder Reference installation -> uXDT
USCG Registry versus State jviss at 5:49am 02.23.22 Texas and I forget the others require outboard motors to be registered (taxed). That's essentially
USCG Registry versus State Rick Webb at 5:12am 02.23.22 It's not unusual, in fact there are 19 states that don't require registration of USCG documented ve
USCG Registry versus State jviss at 4:47am 02.23.22 Unusual that MA would not require registration of boats that are operating in state waters. Not on
Gel battery update All U Get at 4:40am 02.23.22 It looks like the boat was built around the batteries. How did you get them out? There were some
USCG Registry versus State jviss at 4:38am 02.23.22 Unusual that MA would not require registration of boats that are operating in state waters. Not on
USCG Registry versus State BigEasy at 4:36am 02.23.22 It is not necessary to register a boat in Massachusetts if it is USCG documented. Unusual th
Gel battery update jviss at 4:23am 02.23.22 installed in 2007 15 years! Wow.
Gel battery update shemandr at 4:22am 02.23.22 It looks like the boat was built around the batteries. How did you get them out?
Starwind 19 project boat SailingLoto at 4:20am 02.23.22 Looking great already! Where do you intend to sail it? Lake of the ozarks. I live there and sail
Starwind 19 project boat SailingLoto at 4:19am 02.23.22 You must own a fleet of sailboats by now! My last boat was a Starwind 19. Great little boat. There
USCG Registry versus State jviss at 4:17am 02.23.22 The tax scheme on boats in Massachusetts is virtually identical to Maine. Sales, excise, registrati
USCG Registry versus State jviss at 4:13am 02.23.22 ALL the above being said, you are in Taxachuttes... They might just have a special tax for document
USCG Registry versus State sailme88 at 4:09am 02.23.22 ALL the above being said, you are in Taxachuttes... They might just have a special tax for documente
USCG Registry versus State jviss at 3:37am 02.23.22
USCG Registry versus State Plymouth Sailor at 2:10am 02.23.22
Starwind 19 project boat BigEasy at 9:32pm 02.22.22 Looking great already! Where do you intend to sail it?
Battery options BigEasy at 9:25pm 02.22.22
Starwind 19 project boat Benny17441 at 9:22pm 02.22.22 Great boat, we had a Starwind 223 with the short keel center board combo. We sailed it in the Long

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