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V berth sheet size KittyB at 8:24am 06.08.11 Catalina 30 16/14891 Hi, all, Excuse the monumental ignorance and appreciate any and all thoughts. We are new owners o
Seasmoke has a new owner, for real this time... CharlieCobra at 8:12am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2161 We begin her restoration this week. We will be going slow at first while we clear out our logjam o
Which "One Sail" would you select? Clark at 7:48am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2803 I'm in the process of converting from a CDI furler to hank-on sails on our Capri 22 TR/FK. We race t
To paint or not to paint. (1) Ed Schenck at 7:14am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3454 Avid followers know that I recently had the bottom and keel soda blasted on my H37C. Now I am fairi
new lines for jib on venture 21 dohcdelsol93 at 7:01am 06.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1850 i have two lines connected together for raising my jib (i think its for raising my jib/geona) It's
Bavaria Yachts sponsors 19th Annapolis Leukemia Cup Regatta BavariaYachtsUSA at 6:37am 06.08.11 Bavaria 0/2113 Bavaria Yachts USA, which opened for business at Yacht Haven of Annapolis, MD, in May, has partnered
O'day 25 spinnaker size Joe5893 at 6:28am 06.08.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1491 Hi all, I have an O'day 25, but I have never flown a spinnaker. There is one for sale near me loca
Great deal on Garmin GPS76cx Captnkev25 at 6:24am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1766 Let me start by saying I'm in no way affiliated with West Marine or Garmin but I had to pass along t
What is it? dfast7181 at 6:19am 06.08.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1375 The other day I was filling the boat with fuel and while doing so a thick, honey/yellow colored, cle
Portable cruise air versus central air. Christian Sailing at 5:46am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3422 We have a 28 ft irwin and the wife has agreed to do some extended cruising but cool air is a condit
home built forward hatch hellerjo at 5:38am 06.08.11 Smaller Boats 0/1073 Has any one out there built a hatch. What material should be used? Fiberglass, lexan, wood,etc. T
Chainplates (1) furdui at 10:39pm 06.07.11 Yamaha 28/9550 Hi,yamahanians,I am new at this forum,but I own a Yamaha 25 MkII for about 10 years (and for that re
Gas Spring lifts Mark Juetten at 9:46pm 06.07.11 Big Boats 5/1739 Would like help locating source for Gas spring lifts for icebox on 96 376 Thanks
Portable AC Bad Obsession at 9:03pm 06.07.11 Ask All Sailors 15/8444 I am thinking about getting a portable AC to cool my Catalina 30. I have seen some posts about this
Quiet Mast? Happy Dolphin at 8:08pm 06.07.11 Day Sailers 3/1602 Applied copper pipe insulation tubes into my mast to silence the Bell Clapping from the newly instal
Pearson 33 Spinnaker Bail JTL1017 at 7:16pm 06.07.11 Pearson 2/2415 I need to hook up a spinnaker bail at the top of my mast. I have a Pearson 33 1987. Has anybody done
Electric Winch stephen Penny at 7:13pm 06.07.11 Big Boats 5/2285 Can the forum offer any advise installing an electric winch conversion kit onto a Lewmar 40 and 44 o
Painting the deck. MalibuC at 7:03pm 06.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1509 Getting ready to take ownership of a 1984 Hunter 31 that I would like to put a fresh coat of deck pa
New Radio sullyj020 at 6:59pm 06.07.11 SSB and Ham Operators 1/4668 Have you seen the new KX3 portable? This will be great for the boat. Built in Batt, Mic and Ant. Fu
Hunter 18.5 Mast TrailerSailingSam at 5:25pm 06.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1570 Does anyone know the brand name of the mast for the Hunter 18.5 sailboats? I'm trying to find th

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Remove forecabin mirror on Oceanis 37 Allan12210 at 7:05am 09.14.22 Maybe put some adhesive backed velcro right on top of your existing mirror and attach a new mirror r
Going back to sailing 60 years later Siamese at 6:48am 09.14.22 I just want to know who in the hell names their boat design "wood-pussy"? Ya know?
Reef line separated in boom Siamese at 6:39am 09.14.22 I dunno. I recently put all new running rigging on my Catalina 315. Well, except for the reef line
Reef line separated in boom (1) sail sfbay at 6:36am 09.14.22 Ouch!! If you reefing line looks like the leftmost diagram below and you can remove the end cap the
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dlochner at 6:24am 09.14.22 He does have a very small solar panel probably 12 or 20 watts. Not super useful. He has a very rest
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries kloudie1 at 6:10am 09.14.22 The mounts can be checked by measuring the clearance between the top and bottom steel plates. I seem
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Simon Sexton at 6:06am 09.14.22 Are you looking for the shaft coupling? Or the transmission output flange. I replaced the shaft c
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (2) Bob S at 6:01am 09.14.22
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 4:59am 09.14.22 Thanks for the update @palcuz A lot of us really enjoy reading about this kind of adventure so we a
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries Tally Ho at 4:58am 09.14.22 I understood that the engine mounts on the Yanmars are supposed to be replaced periodically: 4 year
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 4:57am 09.14.22 Thanks for the update @palcuz A lot of us really enjoy reading about this kind of adventure so we a
Fischer panda generator Question Rick486 at 4:55am 09.14.22 Thanks so much. I was confident there was a knowlegable answer out there ! I had a similar issue a
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida DArcy at 4:55am 09.14.22 Thanks for the update @palcuz A lot of us really enjoy reading about this kind of adventure so we ap
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries RoyS at 4:39am 09.14.22 Look at the fasteners that hold the mounts onto the stringers. Some boats come with lag bolts and th
Removing bent driveshaft strut from 1985 hunter 31 RoyS at 4:29am 09.14.22 How did this thread reappear all these years later?
Remove forecabin mirror on Oceanis 37 kappykaplan at 3:45am 09.14.22 Maybe still try the fishing line trick to cut the adhesive? :plus:
Beneteau 323 holding tank - is it full?? Rob Heath at 3:44am 09.14.22 You could also use a non-contact level sensor. Perhaps code it up on an Arduino: Gravity: Digital W
Remove forecabin mirror on Oceanis 37 Rob Heath at 3:33am 09.14.22 Thanks @Davidasailor26 , the mirror above the table in the forecabin is indeed held on with Velcro
Remove forecabin mirror on Oceanis 37 Davidasailor26 at 3:30am 09.14.22
Remove forecabin mirror on Oceanis 37 (1) Davidasailor26 at 3:28am 09.14.22

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