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How Did You Get Into Sailing? Don Guillette at 8:27am 05.14.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 23/12446 Yesterday, a sail trim forum lister, who does not own a boat (yet), asked me what steps he should ta
RC Sail Boat r.oril at 7:17am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 5/3629 I have this great little lake about 1/2 mile from my house and I want to get a RC Sail Boat. This is
Hunter 44 packing gland captainpat at 6:26am 05.14.11 Big Boats 3/1335 Finally got the packing gland apart on newly purchased 2003 Hunter 426 and found 2 rings of 1/4" fla
Tiller to pedestal steering conversion on O28 Footdocsailor at 5:16am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1649 I am endeavoring to purchase my first boat. I have found an O28 that I am seriously considering maki
What to do if de-masted? inarathree at 5:10am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3673 I read postings and news articles, where people get de-masted from whales (although I dont think it
loose pintles and gudgeons kepeterss at 5:08am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/3958 The pintles and gudgeons on my 1979 Oday 23 have a lot of play in them that seems to be getting wors
Quick fix trailering? jmark at 4:51am 05.14.11 Trailer Sailors 10/4482 Hi, I am new to sailboats and the activities involved in maintaining and moving them. I want to get
73 Ranger 29 Pics - Inside and Outside lemuscounseling at 7:49pm 05.13.11 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 7/8680 I would love to see any 73 Ranger 29 pics so I can see how mine will look after I'm done working on
Hunter 410 stern rail seats Don Lucas at 3:11pm 05.13.11 Big Boats 4/1591 I have a new to me 410. The stern rail seats are off the boat and I don't know whether the drink hol
Another Sailboat 'Capsize' Rick D at 3:09pm 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 22/6815 This seems awfully familiar: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110513/ap_on_re_us/us_va_capsized_boat
New Prop The chief at 2:15pm 05.13.11 Catalina 30 13/3719 I have a 1989 cat 30 TRBS with Wing. It has the standard Universal M25XP Engine. When I purchased it
need pro's and con's bill beyler at 2:10pm 05.13.11 Smaller Boats 6/2062 I bought a 23.5 Hunter last year and moored it on Lake Mendota in Madison Wi. The boat has a CDI fur
Navigational Application For Ipad msp1mlb at 1:33pm 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2582 I am looking for a app to put on my iPad that I could use as a backup chart plotter. I have a Veriz
help with masting/trailer jmark at 1:20pm 05.13.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/102 trying to decide how best to approach a new boat purchase. actually it was "free" to me. now comes t
Availability of 2011 YBAA Yacht Purchase & Sale Agreement? Beautiful Day at 12:43pm 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 1/3194 I am interested in putting in an offer on a sailboat. Can anyone direct me to the the latest 2011 Ya
Another Cable question? Bob S at 11:54am 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 3/3963 I am adding a Class D VHF radio and will be attaching it to my Raymarine C70 / Raystar 125 Chartplot
Trailer for '73 ODay 22 with fixed keel Rsaoday22 at 11:12am 05.13.11 Day Sailers 2/2176 I am looking at a 1968 little dude trailer to tow my oday 22, but I cant find any specs on the trail
Hunter 40.5 Legend 1995 - hi and help :) redunculous at 10:07am 05.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/4716 Hi all New to the forums here and new (to be) Hunter owner - in fact new sailboat owner altogether!
What Brake Winch for Mac 25? ChockFullOnuts222 at 9:58am 05.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/3 I need to buy a new brake winch for my Mac 25. Looking at Dutton-Lainson (if I spelled that right),
Oday 19 hull design cross sections (3) ells at 9:45am 05.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/3790 Does anyone know where I could get cross sections of the hull design of an Oday 19? I have a leak i

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A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Scott T-Bird at 1:02pm 08.23.22 Are you not thinking it might be a good time to go electric now? ;)
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:33pm 08.23.22 If you use any spray cooking oil like Pam that wood too
Which outboard for rollup dinghy + where to store it on single-rail stern railing dlochner at 12:32pm 08.23.22 Yeah, that seems like the most practical and solid idea yet. Thanks. If anyone has other ideas feel
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 Scott T-Bird at 12:26pm 08.23.22
Grunert Passagemaker AC450 Refrigerator High AC Current Draw Passage Maker at 12:24pm 08.23.22 Hello All, Hope someone has experienced this problem and may have some helpful debug guidance. P
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 Scott T-Bird at 12:12pm 08.23.22 My suggestion was to adjust the mast bracket for the gooseneck to the correct place and then tighte
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 stevenhagberg at 11:58am 08.23.22 "I'm confused, I don't understand why it has a bow sprit if it's a standard rig??" The bowsprit w
Which outboard for rollup dinghy + where to store it on single-rail stern railing SailorElliot at 11:35am 08.23.22 Yeah, that seems like the most practical and solid idea yet. Thanks. If anyone has other ideas feel
Furling jib captcoho at 10:39am 08.23.22 Sail kote and someone not just "feeding" the luff tape but helping it as well. Should fairly easy th
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Leeward Rail at 10:33am 08.23.22 "Hey, I want answers but it's not like I'm willing to do any work on this." It might be my age spe
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 captcoho at 10:27am 08.23.22 " prior owner was a serious sailor and rigged the boat to go as fast as possible. It is a standard r
Any woodworkers about? Weasel at 10:27am 08.23.22 Have you thought about using StarboardTM? Will not rot or degrade. Also it is salt lubricating.
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Ralph Johnstone at 10:22am 08.23.22 Those are my favorite posters.:facepalm: Those are good but what's even more interesting is the n
Is this Y-33 worth restoring? Ralph Johnstone at 10:14am 08.23.22 Looks like a very expensive boat from here.
Which outboard for rollup dinghy + where to store it on single-rail stern railing Ralph Johnstone at 10:11am 08.23.22 I've drawn this on the side of your boat but it looks as if you may be able to fit it on the stern.
Fuel Vacuum Gauge Ralph Johnstone at 10:09am 08.23.22 Careful you do not get a Kiss on the check, by the BOSS.:yikes: Y I P E S :yikes: !
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 Richard19068 at 10:07am 08.23.22 I notice several things that are not kosher with your rig. If you want to have a conversation stan
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! rgranger at 9:58am 08.23.22 @Leeward Rail ... you forgot something in your original plea... you should have replied to a thread
Which outboard for rollup dinghy + where to store it on single-rail stern railing (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:58am 08.23.22 I'd highly prefer not drilling anything into the hull. too nice a boat for a: 208646 Maybe for
Fuel Vacuum Gauge JamesG161 at 9:50am 08.23.22 Yes boss. I'll get on it right away, boss. Sorry, boss. Careful you do not get a Kiss on the check

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