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Ghost 13 Sailboat RNEAUL at 6:30pm 05.24.10 Ask All Sailors 1/6024 Lost my rudder and carriage and the mfg. has been out of business for about 20 years. Wanting a repl
Lake Erie Islands on a 22' joatmon67 at 6:02pm 05.24.10 Trailer Sailors 5/3131 Just got my first 22' O'day. Her name is Therapy. First year sailing, so i'm sure I won't be going
Spreader wear on a run DJN51 at 5:54pm 05.24.10 Smaller Boats 2/1284 Launched two weeks ago,Noticed Mainsail rubbing on spreader end on a run . Anyone have a problem wit
Hull Blisters, Old vs. New Boat's sigbear at 5:37pm 05.24.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1817 Have boat manufacturers (particularly the big three Hunter/Catalina/bene.) made any headway with bli
Sunfish Daggerboard on a Butterfly??? newtosailing at 5:28pm 05.24.10 Ask All Sailors 5/4143 Would a Sunfish daggerboard work on a butterfly style sailboat? My butterfly (style) sailboat does n
Yamaha 33 (1) Bob Mack at 4:38pm 05.24.10 Yamaha 8/10964 Nice to see the Yamaha Posts. I owned a 1980 Yamaha 33 Mk II, short rig for about 22 years based ou
Keel bolts torque Robert B at 3:59pm 05.24.10 Catalina 30 2/2325 I have a 1985 Catalina 30 and am getting ready to check the keel bolts. A friend mentioned they nee
320 boom end blocks frozen ranwhite at 3:48pm 05.24.10 Mid-Size Boats 0/1435 I have a 2001 320 with the standard 4 pack of plastic blocks in the end of the boom. They are totall
What does this block do? (1) dansam55 at 3:18pm 05.24.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1951 I'm sure I should know this...but pictured is a boat I am restoring, and I'd like to know what these
12 AMF Alcort Puffer MAST needed! Linda Bailey at 2:22pm 05.24.10 AMF 1/6662 Looking for MAST for my 12'6" AMF Alcort Puffer. My mast has a 5" vertical crack noticed while unde
Looking for a used 8.0b mainsail chehacrx at 1:56pm 05.24.10 S2 1/1763 I have a 77 8.0b that im looking for a mainsail for.
Catalina 27 Batteries John Dibb at 1:11pm 05.24.10 Mid-Size Boats 0/2 Can someone please help wiith Catalina 27 (1985) battery mounts? My recently acquired 27 had a woode
Li Sound-harbor to harbor distance digitek718 at 1:06pm 05.24.10 Destinations 2/3332 Id like to make some quick trips in the sound and would like to know approximate distances to differ
Isotherm Hot Water Heaters????? woodster at 1:03pm 05.24.10 Ask All Sailors 14/9115 does anyone own a Isotherm Hot Water heater and how do you rate it .....for that matter anyone have
Bird Poop derfus at 12:51pm 05.24.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2192 Man, I got it bad! I don't know what I did, but it looks like every bird that flew over the lake use
NMEA - Talkers and Listeners Jim Seamans at 12:42pm 05.24.10 Ask All Sailors 3/3265 How does one determine if a piece of equipment is a NMEA 0183 talker or listerner. So far looking a
port washington to mystic digitek718 at 12:30pm 05.24.10 Destinations 3/3612 I keep my boat at bayside marina in little neck bay..I am about one hour from manhasset harbor-port
cape dory25 blackbeard400 at 10:56am 05.24.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1498 has any one been shipmates with a cape dory? i sold my 1975 p26 and im looking at a 1982 cape dory
Broken Mast Robert red at 10:20am 05.24.10 Day Sailers 4/1926 :cry: Any information regarding mast for sale and probable price. Thanks Bob
Out of Control Yanmar spadaforaj at 8:53am 05.24.10 Ask All Sailors 21/7839 Help ! When testing my old 2 cylinder Yanmar - it started racing out of control (not in gear). Noth

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LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 2:25pm 03.13.22 Thinking by way of analogy to consumer electronics, this has been the trend for lithium ion charger
New O'day 28 Owner with lots of questions (1) Ralph Johnstone at 2:22pm 03.13.22 Ralph, what type of lubricant do you use? Super Lube as its synthetic. I live in terror of any p
Bristol 24 water tank (1) jssailem at 2:20pm 03.13.22 As an example, here is the fix I fashioned today to address the big hole left when I removed the lea
New O'day 28 Owner with lots of questions Ralph Johnstone at 2:18pm 03.13.22 1. The vessel is equipped with a holding tank of approx. 13 gallons capacity. If it's plastic, it
Raw water intake thru hull relocation Yamaha 25 (1) seatane at 2:15pm 03.13.22
Window Tint for Portlights BigEasy at 2:08pm 03.13.22 Given that plastics are often affected by organic adhesives to the point of permanent adhesion and
Window Tint for Portlights kloudie1 at 2:04pm 03.13.22 A very recent Practical Sailor article reported pretty good results from using "Vvivid" headlight ti
H41 inner forestay? DCGULL at 2:03pm 03.13.22 I love the idea and don't think that Furling is required for what I see its functionality. Storm jib
New O'day 28 Owner with lots of questions Clutch Cargo at 2:02pm 03.13.22 Ralph, what type of lubricant do you use?
Looking for artists for a logo mikeracca at 1:57pm 03.13.22
New O'day 28 Owner with lots of questions Ralph Johnstone at 1:57pm 03.13.22 Secondly, did you use any lubricant to help with the hose installation? I never touch a hose unle
LiFePo4 Refresh Hayden Watson at 1:53pm 03.13.22 @Maine Sail If I have a 24v system, is there any difference in the alternator if it has an external
Window Tint for Portlights sail sfbay at 1:51pm 03.13.22 Ralph Johnstone.........glad you caught that!! Whatever softening agent you use make sure it does n
Custom graphic on a cruising spinnaker (1) JRacer at 1:49pm 03.13.22 I had my J24 symmetrical chute with graphics and my B310 symmetrical chute is the same. The sailmake
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer DCGULL at 1:44pm 03.13.22 LiFePO4 batteries- all manufactured in China- have gone through an almost 'normal' cycle of new, lea
Window Tint for Portlights (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:41pm 03.13.22 The article refers to "glass" so no real idea as to whether this is acrylic on a sailboat or silica
Should 23.5 bow touch trailer roller? Rick Webb at 1:41pm 03.13.22 Use ratchet straps with caution. If'n a feller cranks too hard on the ratchet he can crack the hull
Window Tint for Portlights sail sfbay at 1:40pm 03.13.22 Removing window tint........carefully with a softening agent like Amazon.com: GILA FR200 Window Film
Running Rigging apittman at 1:38pm 03.13.22 Furling line? Vang? Spinnaker halyard? Topping lift? Furling and vang are fine. Not flying a kit
Running Rigging Tally Ho at 1:33pm 03.13.22 Furling line? Vang? Spinnaker halyard? Topping lift?

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