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Fill holes in the deck redhead78 at 6:05pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4350 I am in the process of rebedding all fixtures on my deck. I have several approx 1/2" holes where thi
How to get out those centerboard screws? ebsail at 5:36pm 12.04.11 Day Sailers 8/2724 Need to remove the centerboard on my 25 and dug through 10 layers of paint and found the 4 screw in
Strange head in Bristol Yacht Skipper at 5:19pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2806 Hello, This might be more for the Head Mistress forum, but I'm hoping someone else had this issu
Dinghy Repair Dennis Honeycutt at 4:52pm 12.04.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1064 I have a Mercury hard bottom inflatable with (unfortunately) PVC for pontoons. The problem is that
Stepping and Unstepping Deck-hinged mast anchorh at 4:33pm 12.04.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/4598 We have an O'Day23 which has a deck-stepped (hinged) mast. Any special tricks and / or additional eq
Another source of odor Prime Time at 4:28pm 12.04.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3335 This yr we rebuilt both WC SKipper II, replaced all hoses with the best Trident, replaced the vent h
Dry dock Balboa22 at 2:00pm 12.04.11 Balboa 1/2756 My land yacht (Airstream) got priority over my sail boat the past few months. Today I constructed a
This was floating around at sea?! Jared1048 at 1:57pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 20/7053 http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/12/02/mammoth-piece-of-driftwood-washes-ashore-in-la-push
De rigged JasonC at 1:12pm 12.04.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1338 Just finished de-rigging the boat. I bought the speedy rigger videos, they helped. Going to take th
Hurth tranny colinhulse at 12:27pm 12.04.11 Bigger Boats 6/1843 I am pulling the transmission from my 1983 30 O'day. It is mated to a Universal 16 Hp diesel. The t
Battens toddco at 12:14pm 12.04.11 Day Sailers 3/1645 Hello All, I've been looking at the sails for my O'Day 20 and the battens are missing. I measured th
Moving winch position slr8873 at 12:06pm 12.04.11 Pearson 1/1426 Ive owned my person 28 for not quite a year now. It has a wheel and sailing solo it's very difficult
Elan 431 vs. Beneteau 411 kunami at 11:14am 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 5/11542 I have recently sold my regal 40' (yes I know, a powerboat :redface: ) and was looking to buy a sail
?'s buying a 1984 22ft coleinkc at 10:40am 12.04.11 Seafarer 1/5106 Is there a manual bilge pump? I have looked everywhere cant find one How hard is it to take mast
Glass in a shaft tube Part 2 Stephen Trapani at 9:46am 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3227 The Backstory: Going round and round the bend and back, taking my time, over how to repair my ste
Butyl Tape Lost Parent at 8:19am 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 12/8434 After reading mosts of the posts on line on different forums and also being in the RV industry I am
Holding tank back wash? tacanno at 7:11am 12.04.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1207 We have recently purchased an 1984 37ft Oday. The holding tank for the aft head seems to be seeping
ICW Tails (1) Roger Long at 4:24am 12.04.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 9/4030 It was worth waiting that day in Vandemere. Instead of a hard windward slog under power, we had a g
Hiking Straps for H15/H146 (14) esterhazyinoz at 2:52am 12.04.11 Day Sailers 3/4890 Hiking Straps for H15/H146 - A solution It is amazing how life gets in the way of you messing about
Centerboard pendant weeds: prevention / removal (1) Mich222 at 2:08am 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1990 My Oday 222 has a shoal keel with a pendant line attached on the aft edge of the centerboard (center

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Catalina 30 winter storage David in Sandusky at 7:23pm 08.04.22 We have stored our 1977 Hunter 27 in the open on the hard in Sandusky without a cover for the last
Fuel Vacuum Gauge Alan Gomes at 7:01pm 08.04.22 So many people get freaked out about using the boom to lift out an engine. My C30 has a loose foot
Fuel Vacuum Gauge Hayden Watson at 6:18pm 08.04.22 I'm way to lazy to do a vector analysis but I'd guess the topping lift is the heavy lifter here. J
Fuel Vacuum Gauge Alan Gomes at 5:54pm 08.04.22 I'm way to lazy to do a vector analysis but I'd guess the topping lift is the heavy lifter here. J
Staysail boom length DanMaine at 5:49pm 08.04.22 Thanks, I'll compare that with what I have. My outhaul brings the sale only 10 in short of the end
Fuel Vacuum Gauge Ralph Johnstone at 5:45pm 08.04.22 I said good idea with Boom Lift, but not so good where all that weight pushes on his mast. I'm wa
Staysail boom length Johnb at 5:01pm 08.04.22 Ok. 122 inches from the aft end of the boom to the pin at the fore end.
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? heritage at 4:54pm 08.04.22 I am not understanding why my Victron IP67 cannot operate continuously and safely at its maximum cur
swing keel will not drop on Santana 21 SailorDaveO at 4:48pm 08.04.22 Is it slack? Rgranger, Thanks for looking at the pics. Yes, there is slack in the cable. We tri
Fuel Vacuum Gauge kappykaplan at 4:43pm 08.04.22 1.5 hrs yrs??? :huh:
Going to Rio DArcy at 4:31pm 08.04.22 Donation made, best of luck, and please post updates. Thanks! We have regattas and team training
Going to Rio jviss at 4:22pm 08.04.22 Donation made, best of luck, and please post updates.
Funny Friday!!! Justin_NSA at 4:22pm 08.04.22 Cordless too!
Going to Rio jviss at 4:19pm 08.04.22 Wow, congrats! I've been to Rio. Advice: if you fall in the water, keep your mouth shut. Don't
Replacing 1992 H28 Shifter and Throttle Cables. Do I have to drop the binnacle? Terry Cox at 4:06pm 08.04.22 Hi Dave, replaced the cables on our 1989 H28 several years ago. Replaced them with the same length f
Need a stern pulpit for a 1976 Cat 22 AaronD at 3:48pm 08.04.22 Interesting... Thanks for the reply brockangelo. I want to put my boat in a slip for at least 2-3
Hunter 49 Instrument / Engine panel Tally Ho at 3:34pm 08.04.22 SOOO The face of this panel got washed a few weeks ago and all the markings came off. I know there
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 3:29pm 08.04.22 207977
Fuel Vacuum Gauge (1) Alan Gomes at 3:29pm 08.04.22 I said the same to him about using his Boom to make that lift. I saw a youtube on fixing his Perki
Need a stern pulpit for a 1976 Cat 22 Jamesiv1 at 3:20pm 08.04.22

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