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Telltales... Doug/Karen at 10:17am 11.14.10 Big Boats 5/1582 For the first time since I have owned this boat, I am replacing all the sail telltales. I am intere
Sprite missing traveler mjarpe at 9:56am 11.14.10 Day Sailers 2/1739 I just bought a 10 foot O'day Sprite on Craigslist, my first sailboat. Absolute newbie, here. I took
Radar Range thaeni at 9:48am 11.14.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1239 I just purchased a used Radar (Furuno 1712) and I'm finding it hard to understand where to set the r
Cat27 engine cutout modification supercat at 9:12am 11.14.10 Mid-Size Boats 1/1862 HELP, I just purchased an older Catalina 27 (1976) with a Yamaha 8 hp 4 stroke. It does not tilt
Catalina 22 line Drawings (5) Ken at 7:18am 11.14.10 Catalina 22 6/10260 Ok as promised, here are the line drawing I have for the Catalina 22, most aer of course for the ol
lines Crabby at 5:26am 11.14.10 Lancer 0/1558 Is there good place to get replacement lines and should i go to bigger size for lancer 27
426 or 44 halyard length captainpat at 5:19am 11.14.10 Big Boats 1/1239 Does anyone know the Main Halyard length for the 426 or 44 in mast furling? Same for the Jib Haly
Conversion for Honda Generator?? capejt at 3:57am 11.14.10 Ask All Sailors 18/11719 Hi All, I was just scouring the pages of EBay looking for a good price on a generator when I saw som
S2 8.0B SS Tiller Fitting Hardware Source ? drgerafe at 9:58pm 11.13.10 S2 0/1687 The 1980 S2 8.0B we bought this season did not have the proper SS hardware in the fitting that holds
genoa run to top of mast? Mike Sackett at 9:39pm 11.13.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2963 My question:Will a genoa that's run to the top of a mast give you better tacking ability? In San Die
outboard - high altitude jets at low altitude walt at 7:33pm 11.13.10 Trailer Sailors 10/8848 Ive got a Tohatsu/Nissan 9.8 four stroke. I put the "high altitude" 3300 to 6600 el. jet set in the
Revarnishing interior wood - companionway poliva at 4:41pm 11.13.10 Catalina 310 2/1875 The wood along the companionway of my Catalina 310 #179 is quite weathered. Long ago in this forum a
'87 Hunter 35 Legend Skylight Replacement paul werenko at 4:20pm 11.13.10 Big Boats 3/2102 Questions about skylight material thickness: First off, we want to thank those incredibly kind
Got a hole in me keel Bill Roosa at 2:34pm 11.13.10 Big Boats 3/1754 Scraping the bottom to day and found two holes just above the keel bulb on the fin about 4" from the
Windcheck November Issue shemandr at 2:23pm 11.13.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2240 Attention Northeast sailors: Please pick up November issue of Windcheck. Hopefully my article abo
Help me identify these parts please!! (2) iseefine2 at 12:00pm 11.13.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1826 These parts came with the O'Day 222 I bought used. Can anyone tell me what they are called, where th
Winter wet storage dlewis812 at 10:52am 11.13.10 Ask All Sailors 22/6222 about to take the boat to the nearby boatyard for haul out/storage.. want to think this through a
Stove Burner (2) Loubert at 10:43am 11.13.10 Catalina 30 14/5926 Hi, I'm a new owner of a 1988 Catalina 30 (first boat!). One of the things I need to fix before spri
O;Day 222 Sail logo WayneCatt at 9:49am 11.13.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/4089 Since I bought my 222 used I have never had the original sails . .recently I got a new main sail and
Italian Regatta Rick D at 9:45am 11.13.10 Ask All Sailors 1/2074 Dr. Giovanni Saccomani posted this link to a regatta in his home port on his Facebook page. Near the

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Is Climate Change Scientific, Political, or Religious? Johann at 7:40am 07.14.22 I volunteer to sequester the beer as my penance.
Winch Installation jssailem at 7:27am 07.14.22 Good morning Elliot. You sail in the Pacific. There is a constant opportunity for water to wash ove
Is Climate Change Scientific, Political, or Religious? kloudie1 at 7:22am 07.14.22 Sooooo... Sequester CO2 by buying up all carbonated sodas and burying the mess? Stop making beer and
Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves sailcapt340 at 7:07am 07.14.22 Could it be to much grease in the valve? Thats what I did to my head thru hull. I got to heavy han
Is Climate Change Scientific, Political, or Religious? Johann at 7:07am 07.14.22
Hard wiring an inverter dlochner at 6:53am 07.14.22 First check the specs. Many inverters have a continuous draw and surge draw. Your 500 watt inverter
Hard wiring an inverter Hayden Watson at 6:51am 07.14.22 I did the same a couple of years ago. The reason for the hard-wire install was because when sailin
Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves Scott T-Bird at 6:41am 07.14.22 I am positive that the P.O. of my boat never, ever closed ball valves in 20 years. They are all dif
Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves Scott T-Bird at 6:31am 07.14.22 I'm very worried about one bronze thru-hull on my boat that is in a very difficult place to reach my
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware Brian D at 6:24am 07.14.22 On my list of things to do today. Will head back to Wally and ask about the hardware. There is the p
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware jviss at 5:46am 07.14.22 Return the batteries. What are you going to do when you lose one of the nuts to the bilge? You'll b
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware Maine Sail at 5:45am 07.14.22 I have never seen anything but 5/16X 18 or 3/9" X16 on East Penn or JCI batteries. My guess is that
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware dlochner at 5:35am 07.14.22 Yeah, gonna head back to Walmart and check. Hardware should have been included. Return the batter
Open engine intake.... sailcapt340 at 5:32am 07.14.22
Is Climate Change Scientific, Political, or Religious? Parsons at 5:17am 07.14.22 Debate? I come here to learn and share about sailing, but I can ignore a thread with the click of a
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) RoyS at 5:14am 07.14.22 Wrap the pipe before the water injection to prevent it from melting any wires or hoses that may touc
Port hatch on Hunter23 help kappykaplan at 5:08am 07.14.22 Attached is a mock up picture I am using to simu the auto pilot. No attachment.
Open engine intake.... jviss at 5:06am 07.14.22 When sailing I want the engine ready to start in case I need to quickly power out of a bad situatio
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware RoyS at 5:04am 07.14.22 Reminds me of a story I read about the old Soviet Union. Everyone who owned a car had the same State
Open engine intake.... Ward H at 4:56am 07.14.22 I do as the others have said. Open the engine intake on arrival and close when leaving the boat. Whe

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