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Lister Question Don Guillette at 11:44am 04.03.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/3795 I get great questions from listers. I feel if one sailor has a question then other sailors might als
Masthead Antenna Installation Help (3) jdratlif at 10:47am 04.03.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3733 I recently purchased an O'day 25. I have started getting things in order to do the spring maintenanc
Shore Power Battery Charger Question (1) jdratlif at 10:34am 04.03.11 Ask All Sailors 9/5762 I have a Shipwright shore power battery charger installed on my O'day 25. I have never used a unit l
Replace or Rebed My Opening Ports Joe Mullee at 9:56am 04.03.11 Big Boats 12/5020 Next MONSTER project on my list is my leaking ports. The two most forward ports on each side of my 1
RUDDER HELP PLEASE!!!!! Classic 31 madmaggiemae at 8:21am 04.03.11 Grampian 0/2469 I just bought a Grampian Classic 31 a few months ago..discovered a leak inside the boat around the b
Rudder Help Please!!!!! madmaggiemae at 8:19am 04.03.11 Musings With Maine Sail 11/7819 I just bought a Grampian Classic 31 a few months ago..discovered a leak inside the boat around the b
Opinions? Trailer or moor my boat? ddeand at 7:32am 04.03.11 Day Sailers 7/4311 As a new boat owner, I'm wondering what the consensus/experience is of you veterans regarding moorin
Pushing the envelope!? (3) Ed Schenck at 7:19am 04.03.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2806 I am very envious. My small lake sailing buddies are going in this week! It is supposed to reach t
Pompano Beach Mac at 5:06am 04.03.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2693 My wife and I are having a great vacation leaving the snow behind in NY. My problem is Im sitting o
genoa tracks csavage at 9:42pm 04.02.11 Catalina 30 3/1623 have out board tracks installed and considering removing; approx 12 holes both sides; or better to l
Another Toilet Question. geehaw at 9:37pm 04.02.11 Ask All Sailors 5/4932 I have a 76 oday that has an old portapotty MSD. Model potpourri 737 1972 vintage. I believe it's ma
Bottom Blisters, Stripping and Painting treeder65 at 7:50pm 04.02.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2302 I recently began stripping off the old bottom paint on my 1986 fixed keel Catalina 25. I used Peel
Carrabelle Florida to Port St. Joe for a week RECESS at 7:12pm 04.02.11 Ask An Oday Owner 33/6956 Leaving out tomorrow to take the Oday 25 from our home lake to Carrabelle Florida to keep her at The
Aluminum or Stainless Prop on Volvo Saildrive? njsail at 6:25pm 04.02.11 Bavaria 8/4826 What's the proper prop for an aluminum Volvo saildrive? I have a 2001 Bavaria 40 Ocean with an Alu
Downhaul cleat on oday 22 kpgraci at 5:55pm 04.02.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/3059 The downhaul cleat fits into the slide on the mast, so its position should be adjustable, correct?
NEED rudder for S25 tomcat2k at 5:44pm 04.02.11 Seidelmann 4/3445 45mpg gusts and the rudder sheared off just outside the hull. Would deeply appreciate either a line
Integal water tank???? woodster at 4:43pm 04.02.11 Ask All Sailors 13/4277 I am thinking about building a integral in the v birth of my s2.... but I am not sure what precautio
seizing wire mthom 430 at 4:33pm 04.02.11 Catalina 310 2/2694 Anyone know the best way to tie seizing wire to shroud? Do you just run it through the spreader hole
Keel zinc install Captnkev25 at 4:27pm 04.02.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2522 I have a 1984 Catalina 25 swing keel (cast iron). I want to install a zinc on the keel as there is n
What's this stuff called? (1) Ted at 4:21pm 04.02.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3147 At the cross over point on a wire to rope halyard there is the stuff coating the rope portion. It is

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New to forum. Precision 18 splashed! rgranger at 3:14pm 05.25.22 A paddle and a good boat hook are two other essential tools.
Starwind 19 project boat kappykaplan at 3:12pm 05.25.22 She looks good on the water She does! :beer:
Starwind 19 project boat (2) SailingLoto at 3:11pm 05.25.22 She looks good on the water
New to forum. Precision 18 splashed! (1) SailingLoto at 3:08pm 05.25.22 I have a similar boat, starwind 19. Just redone, but you know... scratches happen. My approach i
Power cord conversion to 12V dlochner at 2:58pm 05.25.22 Opps, I meant fuse. Thanks for catching the booboo. We all make them. Any post I make with math i
Power cord conversion to 12V JoeWhite at 2:53pm 05.25.22 If the input for the TV is 12 v and the output from the panel is 12 v why the resistor? Opps, I me
Intake Silencer jviss at 2:51pm 05.25.22 Read this through with the usual cautions about forums. https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f54/c
Life Jacket recommendations Jacktar at 2:36pm 05.25.22 All my lines are "jack" lines cause my name is Jack, ha ha
Power cord conversion to 12V Maine Sail at 2:32pm 05.25.22 Be careful some TV's routers etc. have a very narrow voltage tolerance window. Meaning they will han
Intake Silencer Ralph Johnstone at 2:29pm 05.25.22 Read this through with the usual cautions about forums. https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f54/co
Power cord conversion to 12V dlochner at 1:24pm 05.25.22 So it is safe to connect to house batteries with a series resistor of appropriate size. If the in
Power cord conversion to 12V JoeWhite at 1:19pm 05.25.22 The input of most electronic devices that uses external power supplies has a diode across the DC inp
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change (1) JamesG161 at 1:18pm 05.25.22 I am even more concerned that a hydrogen economy will result in the extinction of most life on this
2004 Hunter 33 - Need a windlass fix or replacement (1) Scott B at 12:37pm 05.25.22 I installed the Lewmar VX2 couple years back.
Power cord conversion to 12V dlochner at 12:33pm 05.25.22 Only problem I know of doing that is the unlikely potential of a voltage spike frying the power boa
Power cord conversion to 12V Don S/V ILLusion at 12:25pm 05.25.22 Only problem I know of doing that is the unlikely potential of a voltage spike frying the power boar
Power cord conversion to 12V Scott B at 12:19pm 05.25.22 I've done that with 2 TV's I bought. Had the brick from 120v to 12v. Cut the wire and wired direct
Life Jacket recommendations brockangelo at 12:06pm 05.25.22 Thinking about falling overboard as a 500 ft cliff vs just "oh, I'll just swim back into the boat" i
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change (1) rgranger at 11:51am 05.25.22 H2 + O3 ? H2O + O2 Yes, that reaction is correct. It is important to understand that 50% of the
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change smokey73 at 11:51am 05.25.22 The Cal Tech article is interesting and confirms the recombination of H2 with O2 in the atmosphere a

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