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Back in the Saddle!! Winkfish at 8:55am 01.10.11 Sails Call Lounge 5/4000 After shoulder surgery in September, physical therapy, and bad weather, took my boat out Saturday fo
Jib furler question Kenlee at 8:07am 01.10.11 Bigger Boats 2/1641 My Oday 30 has an old style Cruising Design Reefer that is very hard to operate. I can see that the
Sailing Trepidation! Asking all moms... whitleyjl at 7:22am 01.10.11 Ask All Sailors 34/6008 I dont know if this is the right forum, if not, please direct me to the right one. My topic is Sa
Running furler line back to cockpit Joe5893 at 7:15am 01.10.11 Ask An Oday Owner 8/4751 Hi all, I am adding a CDI FF4 to my Oday 25 this spring. I tried searching the archives and lookin
Good Old Boat: L25 Review Steve22116 at 3:58am 01.10.11 Lancer 0/7802 Good morning all. After reading the article, which is the first review I'd seen written about the L2
buying 1988 Pearson 37? GarEi at 1:30am 01.10.11 Pearson 1/1703 Hi. Happy new year! My wife and I are thinking about buying a 1988 Pearson 37 we currently have a P
Do You Insure Your Trailer Sailer? Ray Bowles at 9:50pm 01.09.11 Trailer Sailors 19/7445 After reading a post about stolen engines on Mac 26's I wondered if most people insure their boats.
Loose footed main AADIVER at 9:35pm 01.09.11 Catalina 30 0/1329 Another reason to loose foot the mainsail: if the halyard jams while attempting to douse the sail in
Radar on Laptop BananaToe at 9:17pm 01.09.11 Ask All Sailors 5/3094 I've seen threads on connecting almost every other sensor to a laptop but haven't found any data on
Outboard Motors Scooterbar at 8:37pm 01.09.11 Smaller Boats 9/2473 Im looking to replace my Johnson Sail Master 8hp two stroke with a Tohatsu 6 hp or the 9.8 hp and my
Ladder Robeon at 6:59pm 01.09.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2639 Hello all. I am getting ready to purchase a ladder for the stern of my Mac 25. Any suggestions would
Seeking Advice on Self-Steering Devices arknoah at 6:35pm 01.09.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3967
sailboat rental in cozumel ocean5 at 5:17pm 01.09.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2394 anyone got refferal for sailboat rental in cozumel or grand cayman .We would like to rent a boat for
Electric trolling motor vs 7.5 hp outboard jrale at 5:12pm 01.09.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/18988 Gentlemen, Is there a possibility that I could use an electric trolling motor vs a 7.5 hp outboar
Need to Fix a Swring Keel Cable that Broke on a Mooring marko77 at 5:05pm 01.09.11 Catalina 22 6/2265 I have an older Catalina 22 on a mooring that I was going to bring it in for the winter before the s
Dimensions of 26S poptop? Cruiser1 at 4:44pm 01.09.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2162 I am wondering if someone can supply me the dimensions of a 26S poptop (length, width and height wit
Chrysler 22 Galley Remodel Casual_Sailor at 3:52pm 01.09.11 Chrysler 2/5902 I am hoping to redo my galley this spring. Currently I am researching. If you use your galley, do
Ready to buy New Autopilot jdhohmann at 2:29pm 01.09.11 Big Boats 2/1267 We are just about to buy a new auto pilot for our 85' Hunter 40 Legend. The existing on, a st400 wit
any H27 owners trailer this boat? Bonzai at 2:18pm 01.09.11 Mid-Size Boats 11/2334 Hello ,I am stuck on the idea of buying a shoal draft (3'3") keel H27 to trailer to different places
Internet on the boat Weasel at 2:06pm 01.09.11 Ask All Sailors 64/16023 Our marina has a wi-fi hotspot about 3 docks away from us on the transient dock. It is free, but the

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Stopping engine jssailem at 8:44am 07.29.22 I'm betting you also understand GAAP... Some of my reading of the rules has been excellent bedtime r
Where to attach tack and how to sheet asymmetric cruising chute on H38? (2) tfox2069 at 8:35am 07.29.22 I couldn't pull down @Scott B 's PDF, so I'm pasting in screenshots from my H36 manual. I'm guessin
New Battery w4swk at 8:34am 07.29.22 Our two articulating 30W panels might provide enough, or you could do something similar with larger
How tall? jssailem at 8:33am 07.29.22 Improvise, adapt, and overcome. Spoken like a true drill sergeant..:biggrin: 6dBE8nvWUi8
Does this look normal to you? jssailem at 8:29am 07.29.22 My documentation includes a notation that it is a good idea to do a reset to factory default settin
Where to attach tack and how to sheet asymmetric cruising chute on H38? kappykaplan at 8:14am 07.29.22 new non-lazy sheet working sheet
Access to distribution panel DougM at 8:10am 07.29.22
How tall? (1) Brian D at 8:08am 07.29.22 Using this image as a template, I calculate that the height with mast as displayed is +/- 12 ft at t
Where to attach tack and how to sheet asymmetric cruising chute on H38? flightlead404 at 7:36am 07.29.22 Thanks for the detail. When I'm tacking I don't "simply release the sheet" either. I always leave
Bimini/dodger Hollyberry at 7:27am 07.29.22 In warm climes the dodger might be a detriment.. staying in the breeze will keep you cooler. We're i
Bimini/dodger Don S/V ILLusion at 7:24am 07.29.22
Bimini/dodger shemandr at 7:10am 07.29.22 In cooler weather you might want the Sun.
How tall? Project_Mayhem at 7:06am 07.29.22 As a reference, my O'Day 25 with a shoal keel is about 10.5' tall on it's trailer. You can let air o
New Catalina 30 Owner kappykaplan at 6:59am 07.29.22 Very nice, Mike! :beer:
New Catalina 30 Owner (2) mikeracca at 6:49am 07.29.22 Not a big update, but I did 3D print another part for the boat last night. These are going to the fo
Where to attach tack and how to sheet asymmetric cruising chute on H38? Joe at 6:42am 07.29.22 *Install an adjustable tack line. It's easy to do and will make your downwind life much simpler, a
I have a Hood LD 810 furler. One side of the Halyard Swivel Insert popped out. dlochner at 6:32am 07.29.22 Use a halyard as a temporary forestay. Then remove the forestay, fix the fuller and reattach. Using
New Bedford, MA - 60+ Year Old Documentary kappykaplan at 6:19am 07.29.22 Very nice, @jviss ! :beer:
Chainplates for Drogue thinwater at 5:52am 07.29.22 In my opinion, you'd be wasting your money setting up for a drogue. When I left California in 1970,
hypalon vs pvc RoyS at 4:34am 07.29.22 Are your seems welded or glued? Unknown. It was made by Mercury. No issues with seams.

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