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Lady J, week three, a long one... (10) CharlieCobra at 4:44pm 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 7/1992 Wow, another week gone by already? Lady J is coming along, a bit slower than I like so we'll have t
Is new rigging ALWAYS expensive? bulboushead at 3:47pm 08.13.10 Catalina 22 12/2409 So after perusing Catalina Direct and totalling up how much it would cost to replace all the shrouds
Which Slip Would You Choose? sigbear at 3:27pm 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 8/3070 I have chartered 30'+ sailboats for many years and just bought my 1st 30' sailboat and when I went t
L@@KEY AT MY MAST REPAIR - making a bad day...better (5) avi8torny at 3:11pm 08.13.10 Catalina 22 12/4442 Hope this helps if anyone makes this mistake like I did. The short of the story is that I broke th
Product Check... (3) Joe at 1:48pm 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 21/4000 I saw this portable generator in Costco yesterday... 2000 watts...62 lbs..... 450 bucks! It looks
Can I drill here? (1) radioguy at 12:44pm 08.13.10 Catalina 22 1/1255 Hey guys, This is the port side storage area on a '79 C22. It looks like this is where a gas tank
Pearson 27 Outhaul Replacement mjl4595 at 12:10pm 08.13.10 Pearson 0/1770 I'm trying to replace the rope part of the outhaul on my pearson 27. one end appears to be tied off
port lights boreas84 at 11:54am 08.13.10 Irwin 1/2563 I need to replace a few or all of my ports on my '83 irwin 41 ketch, . I have talked to New Found Me
Cutlass bearing repair larryw at 8:53am 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 8/4620 Was just informed via a buyers survey (I'm the seller) that the cutlass bearing on my OC400 is simpl
another what kind of boat should I get post tcoursey at 8:22am 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 21/3901 I currently have a Hunter 25.5 sailing on a small lake. What I would like to get is a boat more res
Using a stern line to turn boat Derek Rowell at 7:22am 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 13/6502 I have a major problem getting my boat (Pearson 422) to turn while backing out of my slip whenever t
refurbishing cabin interior Jim H at 7:22am 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 21/6168 I just bought an Alberg 22. Structurally sound, but needs some cosmetic work. In the cabin, I'm thin
Putting away sails Mac at 7:03am 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 8/4390 What does everyone else do? I just push my fore sails down the hatch when I'm done for the day. My
Happy Friday the 13th Brian D at 5:56am 08.13.10 Sails Call Lounge 2/3208 Do you know the origins of Friday the 13th? It is believed to have been started when on 13 October,
Northeast Harbor Race Tim R. at 5:32am 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2025 I and some friends at our yacht club are organizing the 3rd annual Northeast Harbor Race. It is an
Fordeck Bungee Ducati at 4:42am 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3068 When we drop our headsails I would like to add some type of bungee contraption to our fordeck. (So t
Louvered Doors???suggestions? SURFJAT at 4:05am 08.13.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2340 Hey Guys, Great To Be Back On The Water Again...just Recently Bought A C'c 25...great Little Boat ,
Passage 42 props eianm at 11:54pm 08.12.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1229 have just purchased a 1991 42 and am looking forward to some real relaxation! During the trials the
2011 Lake Havasu Pocket Cruiser's CaptDon01 at 11:44pm 08.12.10 Catalina 22 9/2691 2011 Lake Havasu Pocket Cruiser's Update I wanted to let everyone know about an event this February
cracks in the outer shell CoolJ at 9:01pm 08.12.10 Day Sailers 0/1418 My Hunter 170 is in Minnesota, and is stored in a very cold garage over the winter. I've noticed ov

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Battens on the jib PaulK at 1:26pm 07.13.22 Check the rules that you race under. Battens may not be allowed in jibs, or may be limited in numbe
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware dlochner at 1:19pm 07.13.22 Looks like East Penn for the car batteries and Johnson Control for the Marine batteries. Might have
Where built? Davidasailor26 at 1:15pm 07.13.22
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware Brian D at 1:13pm 07.13.22 Looks like East Penn for the car batteries and Johnson Control for the Marine batteries. Might have
dingy oar length HiTechBiniou at 12:04pm 07.13.22 Look into "drift boat" Oars. Ahh! Now I'm beginning to understand the lingos around oars. It com
Hunter 45DS propeller pitch seanmadian at 12:02pm 07.13.22 Hello all -- Closing out this thread. I reached the team at JYI (after some more digging) and confir
Low battery warning on ev1 autopilot Hayden Watson at 11:57am 07.13.22 Me, too, and I have done this with great success. My hydronic system has a bunch of wires that are
Halyard choice opinions... jssailem at 11:32am 07.13.22 Not sure floating halyard is an important feature. If my halyards are in the water I figure I have b
Boat Babe on Strike! kappykaplan at 11:27am 07.13.22 And that's a very chill cat laying on top of the Yeti cooler!
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? dlochner at 11:25am 07.13.22 except, of course, Roger Revelle, Al Gore's mentor, who started all of this hokum and later recante
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? jviss at 11:02am 07.13.22 The basis of the GHT is some chemicals in the atmosphere can absorb and hold more heat than others.
Hunter 45DS propeller pitch seanmadian at 11:00am 07.13.22 <p>
Boat Babe on Strike! jssailem at 10:49am 07.13.22 Looks like you have moved from the MonoHull to a South African buillt Catamaran. They make very ni
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware dlochner at 10:48am 07.13.22 It has become common for batteries to have one ?" post and one 5/16" post. Some have 2 ?" posts. No
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? dlochner at 10:39am 07.13.22 Again, if your source of charging is fossil fuel, ( and it is mostly), using an electric motor is n
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race Davidasailor26 at 10:33am 07.13.22 Are you suggesting poling the foresail to the same side as the main (basic broad reach), or vice-v
hunter 23.5 centerboard haul line replacement and how to jack up boat bmorr at 10:32am 07.13.22 Bob, Dave has the right idea. I am facing the same thing and in asking around I have a bus Maintenac
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? dlochner at 10:28am 07.13.22 Your experiment is silly. It says nothing about the greenhouse gas theory, since the bottle is the
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Thaniel at 10:18am 07.13.22 Pleasure craft under 20 feet have to have a max capacity stated on a plate; over 20 feet the calcul
dingy oar length Boomer2it at 10:16am 07.13.22 Look into "drift boat" Oars.

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