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Astrial Christian Sailing at 7:38am 12.31.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1581 Anyone ever heard of this brand of boat?
Consensus on what to do with extra sails. Joel H. at 7:23am 12.31.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/1923 This spring will be starting my second season with my, clean/solid, 1978 C27. The boat was raced o
Compass Location Doc Nixon at 6:40am 12.31.11 Catalina 22 1/1182 Where is the best place to mount a compass in the cockpit of my 1972 C-22? My eyes are not what they
Bulhead wood Doc Nixon at 6:34am 12.31.11 Catalina 22 7/1800 I'm a new owner of a 1972 C-22. I assume the bulkheads are plywood, but how about the faces? Can I s
last sail of the year mccauley13 at 5:09am 12.31.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/2681 Went out yesterday afternoon expecting to sail - 55 degrees and NNW winds 12 to 15. Yeah. What happe
Along Again and Sailing Roger Long at 4:24am 12.31.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/1987 Barbara flew home after a couple of days of enjoying Beaufort and a rental car trip to Savanna. The
O'Day 23 winches heymagic at 7:07pm 12.30.11 Ask An Oday Owner 40/14440 My boat has a pair of Enkes AR-18 winches. If anyone is familiar with these, I have a couple of ques
Bene 361 babystay and dinghy on top luken7 at 6:51pm 12.30.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/4093 Or the 361 owners, that baby stay takes up vital space on the deck where I would like to place the d
New outboard motor on the way toddco at 3:02pm 12.30.11 Trailer Sailors 22/8442 I ordered a new long shaft Tohatsu 4 stroke 8 horse w/electric start this morning. I have just doubl
Heel savon17 at 1:25pm 12.30.11 Ask An Oday Owner 38/7406 My wife ' I recently learned how to sail and bought a nice O'Day 20 to sail in Narragansett Bay, RI.
Advice on Replacing The Swing Keel Cable? The Gentle Way at 12:46pm 12.30.11 Catalina 22 4/1947 I recently aquired "The Gentle Way", a Cat22, she needs works but she was FREE!!!!! Any advice on h
Sequitur in Puerto Eden Sequitur at 12:19pm 12.30.11 Ask All Sailors 7/1911 We have arrived in Puerto Eden, and we are taking a break as a severe frontal system comes through.
Is a Cat 22 Seaworthy Enough for Florida to Bahamas passage? The Gentle Way at 10:51am 12.30.11 Catalina 22 3/7886 I'm new to the forum and new to sailing. A few years ago I had the bug to buy an older sailboat, but
3rd reef arrangement Morning Haze at 10:17am 12.30.11 Big Boats 8/5488 Hello everyone, I want to make use of my 3rd reef in the main sail as we sail in the Gulf of St-La
HELP Need loads of questions answered. julianna at 8:59am 12.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2158 Hi everyone, I have two Macgregors and one I'm having so much fun refurbishing. but I have a few que
Driving From Florida to New England? Pay U to Haul My Mac26 MacNCheese at 8:47am 12.30.11 Destinations 10/4714 (Don't know the forum to post this in, Moderators feel free to move) If anyone knows someone driv
Rosewood Believed to be in Connecticut now not south (1) Larry Laurentius at 8:44am 12.30.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1083 I believe the vessel Rosewood is in the Connecticut area please keep an eye out thanks LTL
Twist ?? Cmp1110 at 5:31am 12.30.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/6772 I have been trying to work with the twist on my boat but it seems to me that my main does not twist
Researching a trailer brake combination sailorpilot at 5:29am 12.30.11 Trailer Sailors 27/9473 Hi, My S2 6.8 came with a tandem axle ez loader 6.0 trailer. The trailer is tandem axle and has sur
Traveling Son Roger Long at 5:18am 12.30.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2469 My son, who just turned 21, is in Moscow for a month on a college winter term project. His blog is

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O'Day 28 Keel Deflection Davidasailor26 at 3:18pm 10.23.22
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft (1) Crazy Dave Condon at 2:58pm 10.23.22 For sale cheap
CDI FF2 CrispyCringle at 2:56pm 10.23.22 I replaced my forestay on the 23.5 with a stock replacement from the store on this website. Fit perf
Replace head faucet on 1995 Hunter 336 JoeWhite at 2:48pm 10.23.22 Try hammering from the bottom gently on each valve. Then insert a large screwdriver in each valve fr
Water filter clarification... SycloneDriver at 2:46pm 10.23.22
Testing coolant pump? Richard19068 at 2:36pm 10.23.22 Where is the fun in that? Beside, you might miss the opening and closing temps of the thermostat.
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection Tally Ho at 2:35pm 10.23.22
winter cover shemandr at 2:28pm 10.23.22 With regard to custom covers I think they have to end at the outside toerail/rail guard or go past t
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug jssailem at 2:09pm 10.23.22 And until I'm retired, I'd rather keep my boat shore list to what must be done. May your retiremen
Testing coolant pump? jssailem at 2:07pm 10.23.22 much easier to diagnose it with temperature gun readings from various points on the engine. Where
winter cover David in Sandusky at 1:43pm 10.23.22 We pull the wood on the companionway entry and hatch slides and replace them with pine for the winte
winter cover (3) Tally Ho at 1:24pm 10.23.22 Finding a used one will be tough. It has to fit not only the rough length and beam of your boat, bu
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection dmax at 1:13pm 10.23.22 Says they have a fixed keel: "We have the 2500 lb lead deep profile fixed keel. "
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection (1) Tally Ho at 1:10pm 10.23.22
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug SawyerCurt at 12:42pm 10.23.22
Water filter not needed right? Davidasailor26 at 12:31pm 10.23.22 A perhaps more interesting questions is where does the teed off line above the strainer go ?? I th
Water filter not needed right? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 12:30pm 10.23.22 Presumably there is a valve (seacock) between the strainer and the thru hull? I assume that black d
Water filter not needed right? Hollyberry at 11:54am 10.23.22 A perhaps more interesting questions is where does the teed off line above the strainer go ??
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection dmax at 11:45am 10.23.22 Looks like it is an encapuslated keel: 28 Oday Keel Construction In that case, 4" of movement is eve
Testing coolant pump? Richard19068 at 11:43am 10.23.22 You can pull the thermostat. put water on the stove in a pan. Heat it up. Use a thermometer to test

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