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Carrabelle Florida to Port St. Joe for a week RECESS at 7:12pm 04.02.11 Ask An Oday Owner 33/7322 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 8/5052 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 6/3113 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 4/3613 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 13/4479 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 2/2815 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 4/2612 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 7/3195 At the cross over point on a wire to rope halyard there is the stuff coating the rope portion. It is
No water coming out of exhaust when engine running. Mike H. at 3:06pm 04.02.11 Big Boats 7/19852 Our boat sat for about two months in the berth. When I ran it last water came out of the exhasut li
# of Pearson Hulls per model sepp0032 at 2:43pm 04.02.11 Pearson 6/2103 Has anyone compiled a database of the Pearson hulls produced per model? I am looking for the P31 mo
Rudder Help kdmjme at 1:37pm 04.02.11 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1679 I need to order a rudder for my 1984 O'Day 222 and need some specs if someone has their original and
Sail Track Gate zrod at 10:27am 04.02.11 Big Boats 5/2552 Hi, I have lost my sail track gate, and need to replace it. Any idea of a site where i can buy a rep
Navigation Systems - Ipad? quadrille38 at 9:59am 04.02.11 Big Boats 17/4117 I've been contemplating getting a chart plotter to add to my Raymarine system. As I look at the cos
Cabin Headroom Mangk at 9:38am 04.02.11 C&C 0/2357 I am interested in purchasing a 1981 C'C Landfall 38. Does anyone know how much headroom there is be
Daly's Surf N Shore Stretch at 7:32am 04.02.11 Ask All Sailors 8/4560 Daly's Ship N Shore Read many of your posts on teak as a reborn sailor, and decided to try this pro
Using only a Multimeter... FourPoints at 6:52am 04.02.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3515 what is the proper way to determine the output in amps, or ah from a solar panel when attached to a
Antifouling Sirius_Terry at 6:26am 04.02.11 Sirius 21/22 3/3481 Hi; Any ideas how to antifoul the swing keel? Do I need to entirely remove it, or just paint up to
San Diego Sailboat Accident (1) CaptDon01 at 5:39am 04.02.11 Ask All Sailors 18/6148 I know there has been a lot of discussion on this sad subject. Attached is a photo taken just prior
New 25 ft mac owner needs input twbenjey at 7:35pm 04.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/4748 Hello everyone. I am a novice and have recently purchased a 1985 25 ft Macgregor. Taking coast guard
H356 Mast base leak sstarley at 6:47pm 04.01.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2059 We have a 2003 H356 which has developed a leak from the cabin roof, down the compression tube, and t

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Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 chriscampbell at 8:44am 08.22.22 Is it possible to route the wire through another path? I'm not familiar with the 240 specifically b
Hunter 49 Instrument / Engine panel tkwhalen at 8:43am 08.22.22 Thank you to all that sent the labeling info ... I read it and said oh yeah that's what that was ...
Two Things Hunter 49 jssailem at 8:39am 08.22.22 Congrats to you for these accomplishments. It is a great feeling when a plan comes together and is
AIS question jssailem at 8:36am 08.22.22 Does the VHF radio work with the new antenna? Your AIS transceiver uses nearly the same broadcast f
Mattapoisett boatyard fire (1) Bob S at 8:30am 08.22.22 I got an email from Dave this morning. I had a mooring there for 7 years, great bunch of people in a
Any woodworkers about? Will Gilmore at 8:17am 08.22.22 There is a slight camber to the coachroof. When I lay a straightedge on the roof, the center of the
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! kloudie1 at 8:17am 08.22.22 I think I knew that guy.. I saw him on his new catamaran smoking a cigarette, calmly putting gasolin
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 jssailem at 8:15am 08.22.22 Richard19068 said: "You don't have to use that gate very often" This is true. You can also make a n
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! jssailem at 8:02am 08.22.22
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Ralph Johnstone at 7:58am 08.22.22 Do you enjoy math? Here is a link about how floating was invented. Don't believe in these fershlu
C&C 29 MkII Traveler and tracks and car blocker sail sfbay at 7:28am 08.22.22 Welcome to the forum!! Looks like the traveler in front of the companionway. Long shot............
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 BOSSailor at 7:26am 08.22.22 Is it possible to route the wire through another path? I'm not familiar with the 240 specifically bu
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 chriscampbell at 7:24am 08.22.22 Looks like there were originally some crimped connections inside the pulpit tubing that you pulled
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 BOSSailor at 7:20am 08.22.22 Looks like there were originally some crimped connections inside the pulpit tubing that you pulled o
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 (4) chriscampbell at 7:11am 08.22.22 UPDATE Please help me solve this mystery. I made some progress. Thanks to @GL-WindPower I knew I sho
420 outhaul length DRhoads at 6:54am 08.22.22 You can calculate the total length of the existing line by measuring the various sections and addin
Vagabond 17 Keel winch "hole" looks to street. Leeward Rail at 6:47am 08.22.22 I just see right to the pavement Normal. You can usually see all the way down the tube. (some call
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Leeward Rail at 5:52am 08.22.22 Can you please tell me why "My boat don't float. Whasup ?" Have you tried putting it in fluid of
Mattapoisett boatyard fire thinwater at 5:07am 08.22.22 It makes you wonder about spacing. The fire code and IBC have spacing requirements for flammable and
DC electric panel troubleshooting crownjewel at 3:55am 08.22.22 Mystery solved. Man do I feel embarrassed. It turns out that the switch in the head controls both th

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