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23.54 water on table leaking slide cover ? bobbo99 at 5:23am 08.12.10 Smaller Boats 6/1546 23.5 water on table leaking slide cover ? Hi all ... we are on week 2 of ownership and have discove
Capri 16.5 Jib Dimensions Jeff Shaw at 3:46am 08.12.10 Smaller Boats 1/3050 In the evenings I repair sails in my barn for local sailors. I need the dimensions of a Capri 16.5
O'Day 34 in Buzzards Bay? hinmo at 1:34am 08.12.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1493 Hi - newbie here. I am looking at an O'Day 34 for sale. I would like to hear from current or past ex
Lancer blisters gabrielb at 1:22am 08.12.10 Lancer 3/2448 Does anyone have any info on blisters on a 35' 1979 Lancer?
Another ID higgs at 9:49pm 08.11.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1916 I was out cruising the past couple of weeks and saw some interesting boats. I saw this one at the T
Radio Tom Hoffman at 8:39pm 08.11.10 Trailer Sailors 11/3803 I have come to the point where I am looking at getting a radio, so I can communicate with other boat
Newbie buying first sailboat, will need a head Slingerland at 8:25pm 08.11.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/5233 Good evening, all! I am looking to buy my first sailboat, and have narrowed my choices down to three
Basic electrical wiring question (1) radioguy at 8:03pm 08.11.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1556 Guys and gals, I have a simple wiring question. I want to keep the stock control panel, but I wan
V17 Rigging Help hat57hat at 7:46pm 08.11.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2250 I am a newbie trying to rig my V17. The rigging for the jib appears to have no blocks. On each s
Custom Cockpit table (8) rortega46 at 7:00pm 08.11.10 Mid-Size Boats 3/2801 Our H28 is great and we really wanted a cockpit table for dining and entertaining. It had to be exp
New to C15's DannyB at 6:56pm 08.11.10 Trailer Sailors 4/3044 I have a C14 #2445 I recently rebulit and refabricated a new keelson, and compression post and regla
Balancing act jimmyb at 6:42pm 08.11.10 Trailer Sailors 27/7101 Hey all! Having a bit of trouble ballancing the boat when hove to. When I get a chance to go out Im
A mini review of a Campbell Sailor 3-blade prop Clark at 5:10pm 08.11.10 Ask All Sailors 11/9271 A mini review of a Campbell Sailor 3-blade prop - UPDATED I had been running a Martec geared folder
Four days and counting OdayDave at 4:57pm 08.11.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1493 In 4 days, I start my annual sailing trip with my friend of 52 years, Mark. I always point out to h
Line Diameter For Mid-Sail Reef Ties --Go Monster or Minimize? rardiH36 at 1:37pm 08.11.10 Ask All Sailors 12/6087 Here's a question/topic that I don't recall having seen discussed in the three years I've been follo
Forestay replacement DJN51 at 1:05pm 08.11.10 Smaller Boats 6/3924 On Hunter 23.5,is forestay same length with Cdi furler,as without furler? Plan on replacing after se
Best way to stow H23 rudder when moored isaksp00 at 12:31pm 08.11.10 Smaller Boats 4/1714 New boat to me. I keep it on a mooring, on a lake. Any advice on how best to stow it when moored?
My centerboard is broken bpearly at 11:33am 08.11.10 Day Sailers 2/1746 I am trying to maintain my sweet little Liberty following my husband's (the real sailor) death. Afte
Tacking with a 150 genoa sharps4590 at 10:56am 08.11.10 Catalina 22 6/3687 Bear in mind that I've never used anything bigger than a "regular" jib or a boat as big as the Cat 2
Centerboard question KnotLimited at 10:16am 08.11.10 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1520 I have salvaged an O'Day 25 that was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico. How can I get the centerb

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Wiring schematic Stu Jackson at 12:34pm 07.08.22 @Stu Jackson is also an excellent resource here on this site. Check out his electrical 101 post. It
Roll on Columbia -- like a lot! (1) pclarksurf at 12:34pm 07.08.22 I quantified a shat ton: I was out on the second biggest day of the month (just my luck) That's
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests kappykaplan at 12:26pm 07.08.22 Great news, @MikeTheHunter ! :beer:
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests (1) MikeTheHunter at 12:19pm 07.08.22 Thought I would complete the circle on this. I went to get the smallest piece of Starboard from Home
45DS mainsail furling sail sfbay at 12:16pm 07.08.22 seanmadian........what we do is after the mainsail is unfurled have someone go to the mast and move
Garmin GPSMAP 942 MFD Routing to Raymarine Auto Pilot? Calif. Ted at 12:11pm 07.08.22 He's not trying to control the AP from the Garmin, he just wants it to steer to a waypoint.
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim patagoniadave at 12:00pm 07.08.22 Some days you just can't get a break with the wind. When the wind gets light and shifty we tend to
45DS mainsail furling (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:00pm 07.08.22 Does this sound right to anyone/everyone? Sounds wrong to me. Our Selden in mast furling alway
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) (2) eherlihy at 11:58am 07.08.22 This is becoming an obsession with me... I BELIEVE that the fitting dimensions for the Westerbeake
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Tedd at 11:57am 07.08.22 I hear you, @WayneH ! We searched for months to find a neighbourhood full of trees and with minimal
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Maine Sail at 11:57am 07.08.22 We've seen a similar process here for the last couple of decades where completely livable homes hav
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim dlochner at 11:55am 07.08.22 I have Raymarine equipment including the autopilot. I have already emailed them asking about integr
Garmin GPSMAP 942 MFD Routing to Raymarine Auto Pilot? dlochner at 11:46am 07.08.22 Radar, Autopilots, and sonar are typically proprietary products, you can not mix and match. If you l
bulkhead angle for a new compass brockangelo at 11:43am 07.08.22 Yep, a friend I just sailed with has got me considering using my iPad with the Garmin Glo 2. The Glo
bulkhead angle for a new compass sail sfbay at 11:35am 07.08.22 Might consider a fixed mount or handheld GPS chartplotter with Navionics chart. Then you get mean lo
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? WayneH at 11:34am 07.08.22 The summer tourist season here in Central Texas is floating down the Guadalupe River below Canyon La
chainplates hunter 460 Crazy Dave Condon at 11:33am 07.08.22 Forum store has the build list of parts for your boat. Call them
hunter 23.5 centerboard haul line replacement and how to jack up boat SoDak Sailor at 11:31am 07.08.22 Is it possible to attach a new line to the old and pull it through without having to drop the center
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) eherlihy at 10:54am 07.08.22 The Westerbeake part (number 033067?) is, IMHO, a more robust solution. It is thickly cast and inten
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim patagoniadave at 10:51am 07.08.22 If you don't have a wind instrument, then you don't have the capability to set the autopilot to the

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