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Anyone want'a go for a boat ride? (1) CaptDon01 at 6:48am 05.21.11 Catalina 22 0/927 Motoring up and surfing down the swells on our way to San Diego Bay. Don
Boom Vang oday17bd at 5:39am 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/6945 I recently purchased an '83 DS II that is missing some rigging. There is an attachment point for a
3GMF Fuel Flow/Bleed Dave19957 at 3:54am 05.21.11 Big Boats 10/2740 I have a 1983 Hunter 34, Yanmar 3GMF, with a Racor fuel filter. I had no problems with fuel/engine
Leaks on Oday 23 Gnageyj at 3:46am 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 12/3220 Just curious on how best to seal the toe rails and hand rails. Also, I bought 2 new teak hand rails
"Death of a Sailboat", or Mac Anatomy 101 (5) MrMikey64 at 10:48pm 05.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/3322 "Just sit right back, and I'll tell a tale..." As I mentioned some time ago, I was considering scr
Irwin Citation (1979) 34' Refurbish questions amontem at 9:16pm 05.20.11 Irwin 1/4508 Hi , I am refurbishing my 1979 34' Irwin. I have some questions that perhaps some Irwin owner(s) can
Deck repair Mark H at 8:59pm 05.20.11 Smaller Boats 2/1535 Re: Deck/Cock pit Non Skid Area Paint My 1993 Hunter 23.5....My white non skid area on my deck
haylard replacement block JouJou at 6:49pm 05.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/871 Hi My jib haylard came out of the block during a storm. Today I tried to thread the rope back throu
We have Been Underway Chuckbear at 5:56pm 05.20.11 Destinations 3/3301 Beach House and crew have been underway from the Chesapeake to Florida and we are posting our progre
Outboard stuck in down imdalziel at 4:57pm 05.20.11 Engines and Propulsion 6/3703 Hi all, I'm needing a little bit of advice. The problem is that my 1985 90 hp Johnson motor needs a
Jib furling Srushton at 4:07pm 05.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/973 Hello all, First time posting. Just purchased a 1989 Hunter Vision 32 footer. Really miss the fur
Possible Purchas 86 Catalina (1) sparkem at 3:43pm 05.20.11 Mid-Size Boats 11/2599 Hi, I'm finally making the plunge and planning to get into sailing. I'm going to look at a 1986 C2
Inspired by Sum...My first welding project (2) highdesertM26 at 3:24pm 05.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1871 I added a bow roller. I really hope it helps with lifting the bow up when retrieving the boat.
online manuals merlinuxo at 2:08pm 05.20.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/14710 I'd posted a thread with links to online manuals and mentioned I had gotten the manuals from another
Looking for bow rollers robwatt at 1:55pm 05.20.11 Big Boats 4/1589 I need 2 new bow roller wheels for my anchor pulpit on my sailboat. Both are 2 7/8" wide and have a
Intex Inflatable Dinghies ms-card@cox.com at 1:53pm 05.20.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1968 I'm looking for a dinghy for transport between anchorages and moorings to shore and back. Don't even
Charger lead Solstice at 12:05pm 05.20.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3110 Mainsail, Just bought a new boat and my first project is to add a starting battery. I've done this o
Single Line Mainsail Reef line twist smitski2001 at 12:02pm 05.20.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/4132 Hey All, We have a '97 C320 with the single line Mainsail reefing system. I run into an issue with
Online Manuals merlinuxo at 11:32am 05.20.11 Morgan 2/3552 One of the Yahoo Groups Morgan Owners members passed on the following links for all sorts of manuals
Holy LED Batman! Roger Long at 11:13am 05.20.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 11/5148 I've seen the numbers but they didn't really sink in until I got the battery monitor going. I've co

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Reef line separated in boom Hayden Watson at 9:53am 09.14.22 Very true on not needing to remove the end caps. I removed mine because I needed to cut the holes f
New Mailsale jssailem at 9:47am 09.14.22 Keep the faith.
New Mailsale flightlead404 at 9:43am 09.14.22 I just did this for the first time and, given that I won't be owning this boat more than 2-3 more ye
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries kloudie1 at 9:41am 09.14.22 I replaced my mounts at about 27 years.. One was collapsed, the other three were still fine. The col
Anchor Chain flightlead404 at 9:41am 09.14.22 Most vintage Hunters came with 5/16" (diameter of the wire, not the length of the link or width of
Help needed to identify a furler system SYNOAH at 9:14am 09.14.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! You are off to a good start.......
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 9:12am 09.14.22
Clevis Pin Forestay dlochner at 9:02am 09.14.22 I'm the only one that finds that scary and very poorly designed? The cotter on the starboard sided
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries Davidasailor26 at 9:02am 09.14.22 Yanmars are supposed to be replaced periodically: 4 years or 1,000 hours. I'm searching for the spe
Help needed to identify a furler system sail sfbay at 8:48am 09.14.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! You are off to a good start attempt
Creaking companion way steps on Oceanis 37 Davidasailor26 at 8:41am 09.14.22 Is the creak coming from the treads themselves or could it be coming from the engine hatch where it
Clevis Pin Forestay thinwater at 8:38am 09.14.22 I'm the only one that finds that scary and very poorly designed? The cotter on the starboard sided
Reef line separated in boom Parsons at 8:28am 09.14.22 This is much simpler than you think, and you may not have to remove the end-cap of the boom at all.
Going back to sailing 60 years later (1) jssailem at 8:25am 09.14.22 @Siamese It was not a boat name it was a brand name. Wood-Pussy is a 4.1 m monohull sailboat desig
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 jssailem at 8:22am 09.14.22 If you are just trying to get by, then the shaft/transmission couplings are all you need. Looking
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Sailgunner at 7:54am 09.14.22 You can find repalcement couplings at general propeller. You will need the shaft size and bolt hole
Reef line separated in boom Hayden Watson at 7:52am 09.14.22 When I converted my boom to single line reefing, I needed to remove both end caps to do the work ins
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

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