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Irene and Slip preparations BillyK at 12:21pm 08.24.11 Ask All Sailors 34/6897 Curious what the crowd is doing to prepare for riding out the storm in their slips? My plan of acti
Yanmar Diesel Question foolproof at 11:45am 08.24.11 Catalina 30 3/2338 Hello all: I am rehabbing a 1976 Catalina 30. I ran the engine before I bought the boat, so I know
Lake Murray Catalina Rendezvous Lew Love at 11:16am 08.24.11 Lake Murray Catalina Owners 3/3240 Greeting and am glad you found the Lake Murray Catalina Sailboat Owners Forum. Hopefully, you were
Storm haul out or stay on mooring? Irene RobG at 10:05am 08.24.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3288 Irene's track is looking really scary for us. If it were you more experienced folks with this what w
Reefing O'day240 Mainsail mitchelldranow at 9:09am 08.24.11 Day Sailers 13/6739 I tried reefing my mainsail on my O'day 240 for the first time this week and did not have great succ
Wire running question, from stereo to panel draudio at 8:46am 08.24.11 Big Boats 2/1237 I am trying to run a new wire from the stereo above the companionway to the nav station. I can get t
Storm Coming Please Prepare!! (5) Maine Sail at 8:44am 08.24.11 Ask All Sailors 16/8781 Some of you will remember my many rantings about folks leaving anchors on their bows, in exposed mo
Fiberglass Work Bob J. at 8:26am 08.24.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2187 I'm preparing to secure the new salon bulkheads ' stringers into place ' was wondering what to use f
What is "Sailing Off The Hook"? robertsapp at 7:36am 08.24.11 Ask All Sailors 15/10983 I've heard for years that a skilled sailor can "sail off the hook" when at anchor. Like most people
1975 P30 Shaft Truc at 6:59am 08.24.11 Pearson 3/1715 Anyone have any specs for the shaft for the 1975 Pearson 30 with the Atomic 4 engine? I purchased m
Racing Rules higgs at 6:49am 08.24.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2231 We are doing a make up of a 3 race series which actually started in late June. In the interim, a sk
bilge float switch dlewis812 at 6:15am 08.24.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1474 need to replace. rule is the only one i see on WV/defender however with bad reviews. any other/bet
Great service at Icom Canada Andreas T at 11:29pm 08.23.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1499 I'd like to compliment Icom Canada in Delta/BC for their great service: I brought them my non-funct
26S bilges An anonymous user at 11:08pm 08.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2261 Guys, I was going to put a bilge pump in my 26S and started looking for the best place to put it. I
proper unfurling & furling mainsail and jib, Hunter 41 OpusXC37 at 9:22pm 08.23.11 Big Boats 7/7014 Would like to learn how to properly unfurling and furling mainsail ' jib with Hunter 41 sailboat.
Mac 26M cscott at 8:42pm 08.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/4578 I am thinking of upgrading to a 26M from my 26S because of the standing head room and other consider
Boom for a 1977 Hunter 30 senseipower at 7:44pm 08.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1574 I am looking for a boom for my 1977 Hunter 30 to replace a damaged one. I originally posted this on
Parts for C-13 Pirateer DeniseBarrett at 7:31pm 08.23.11 Parts Search 1/8130 Hello, I am looking to do two things to my Pirateer, I am brand new to sailing, so if anyone coul
Temp Sensor problem sutt47 at 7:13pm 08.23.11 Engines and Propulsion 6/2723 I have a 1994 Catalina 320 with a Perkins 30 engine. It was running hot (>200) so I changed out the
Garmin 492 GPSmap shows motion when stopped Rich Stidger at 7:10pm 08.23.11 Ask All Sailors 11/2304 I have a Garmin GPSmap 492 that is probably 5-6 years old. This past week I just noticed that when

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Columbia 28 rudder bushings rgranger at 6:21am 10.14.22 Columbia Yachts is still in biz. Maybe try calling them Contact Columbia Yachts 308 E. Dyer Road S
Raymarine electronics hookup help jssailem at 6:18am 10.14.22 Frill. To answer the question you need to examine the systems you plan to connect to the backbone. T
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? jssailem at 6:04am 10.14.22
Typical weather (1) Bob S at 5:52am 10.14.22
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? Parsons at 5:24am 10.14.22 @dlochner excellent posts here point out why some of what we sail with is based on strange racing ru
Typical weather Don S/V ILLusion at 5:10am 10.14.22
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? Terry Cox at 4:46am 10.14.22 Well, seems simple enough to test out. Do you have any testing parameters that you can share?
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? dlochner at 4:27am 10.14.22 I could see how, apart from manufacturing complexity, a small cruiser may be intended to lack this
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? HeelBoy at 4:19am 10.14.22 Depends on the hull form, keel, rudder placement and designer's goals. I could see how, apart fro
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? dlochner at 3:37am 10.14.22
Fisher Panda 12 mini Rick486 at 2:51am 10.14.22 hi there, another issue on our 49, not the boat itself but our generator. it shut down throwing a f
Fisher Panda 12 mini Slipin Away at 2:20am 10.14.22 Had same problem with my mini 8. Had to remove the exhaust elbow to get to the nut
Raymarine electronics hookup help Frill at 2:02am 10.14.22 Ok guys I thing we are all on the same page here and I am a lot further ahead. One other thing, and
Really weird water tank sensor issue Zencra at 1:16am 10.14.22
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Jamesiv1 at 10:17pm 10.13.22 (I know you already know this, I say it mainly for James' benefit.) Thanks Gene. Appreciate it.
Keel Bolts Leeward Rail at 10:03pm 10.13.22 On the hard. I have the torque specs if you want them.
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? markwbird at 9:08pm 10.13.22 It is an aide to align the flow of water over the rudder. As Dave says "improve tracking". If not t
Loading boat on trailer Leeward Rail at 8:39pm 10.13.22 Side to side. Trailer has a trail that the keel rests on. The keel has wings. So there is no keel
Loading boat on trailer abouttime at 8:37pm 10.13.22 Post photos. Trailer and boat + trailer. Level fore and aft or side to side? Side to side on any
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit artboas at 8:25pm 10.13.22 There are some things you must know. If you put in a unit, you must have a beefy support strap that

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