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Center Board Question... BlueRunner at 9:55pm 05.12.10 Day Sailers 1/1741 The manual on page 35 says in BOLD PRINT to inspect the centerboard assembly ONCE a year. I'm wonde
Hunter 31 - adequate for coastal cruising? NickH at 8:21pm 05.12.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/2762 Hi folks, I'm seriously considering buying a 1984 Hunter 31. It looks good and is in my price rang
Singlehanded anchoring strategies mcaswell at 8:02pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 31/9253 Our usual anchoring drill is for me to be at the helm getting the boat into position, with my wife o
Centerboard help on an O'Day 22 1977oday22 at 7:22pm 05.12.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1705 Hope everybody is doing well! It seems that my centerboard rope is frayed very bad, Is this an easy
Points of concern on Yamaha 25 footer? themadscientist at 7:10pm 05.12.10 Yamaha 3/7533 Hello everyone. :) I have come across a 1979 Yamaha 25 foot "fixxer upper" for an inconveniently b
Victory at sea? Steve Dion at 6:45pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2696 http://www.solentwaters.co.uk/Videos/roughseas.html Enjoy!
Valiant 40 finish.. (8) CharlieCobra at 6:36pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 7/4866 We splashed the Valiant today and I gotta say, she looks better outside then she did in the shop. h
Main Halyard Replacement Endurance2010 at 6:24pm 05.12.10 Big Boats 4/1658 Skippers: I have successfully removed my existing halyard and ran a feeder line which is now eagerl
boats are expensive! digitek718 at 5:33pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 121/21705 So I am getting a little overwhelmed at boat ownership and I have come to a realization....bought od
Exterior wood treatment Willjacocks at 3:55pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2973 Hello fellow sailors! I am curious about the best way to treat the wood on my Capri 16, mainly th
Captain Pizza (2) Shoaldrafter at 3:31pm 05.12.10 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1644 Let it be known that there is one among us who makes Pizza on his O'Day Sail boat Will the real Ca
a willing deckhand thesailerdude at 1:32pm 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2256 greetings y all sailors I just got back home from college and have absolutely nothing to do. I mi
rudder skeg/ post -whats the purpose of it? sinbad30 at 1:11pm 05.12.10 Mid-Size Boats 1/1390 Hi, I have 1979 Hunter 30 which I sailed for around 6 months. Recently I switched bottom cleaning co
Install Holding Tank in C&C 35 MkII Ghaegele at 12:32pm 05.12.10 C&C 2/2805 I have recently taken over ownership of a C'C35 MkII. It presently does not have a holding tank and
Mainsheet Block nversandi at 12:04pm 05.12.10 Day Sailers 8/2501 Hello all, I just purchased a 2009 Hunter 170, and during my first "test" rig, I ran into only one
Shroud Pin kair at 12:01pm 05.12.10 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1815 Does anyone know or have information on what size screw or pin that is used to attach the shroud to
Help me understand, please arknoah at 11:17am 05.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 40/6968 Perhaps some of you will be able to help me. I will be taking my sailing classes (ASA 101 and 103)
To all the metalheads out there... MrMikey64 at 11:05am 05.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3489 A person I know and I were talking about rerigging a Mac25, and he suggested you could use aluminum
You're Having A Bad Day When--- (1) timebandit at 10:35am 05.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1543 A bird flips you the bird--- http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo57/Tmebandt/birdshowingfinger.jpg?
H376 main outhaul car Pilotcarpenter at 9:53am 05.12.10 Big Boats 3/1557 I am the contract purchaser of an H376 with in-mast furling. The outhaul car has some bearings miss

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In hull transducer and wax Capt Robbie at 7:14pm 03.10.22 again I think either method to set the transducer will work fine. If your concerned about silicone
Beneteau Spare Parts fullbore at 7:12pm 03.10.22 Thanks for the info BigE
hunter 49 steering quadrant (2) artboas at 6:36pm 03.10.22
New Catalina 30 Owner Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:16pm 03.10.22 You don't necessarily want the fittings where Catalina puts 'em...we need to talk about that, so ho
Anyone using a wireless fishfinder jssailem at 6:12pm 03.10.22 Reliability of a wifi signal when the going gets rough is what keeps me using wired electronics. Sur
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:03pm 03.10.22 Once you get all the hoses off the tank, how hard will it be to take it off the boat and pressure w
In hull transducer and wax jssailem at 6:02pm 03.10.22 I only care about finding the bottom in 10' or less Ever the Practical Sailor Barry... ;):thumbup:
Navcom RT650 jssailem at 5:58pm 03.10.22 Not sure if this helps.. https://www.rigpix.com/marinetrx/navicom_rt650.htm Manual Library has a ma
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 5:50pm 03.10.22 Hylebos is in tacoma, might be closer for you. Economical marina and boatyard services in Tacoma, W
Haitian refugee boat runs aground in FL Phil Herring at 5:46pm 03.10.22 I moved this here because it has taken a turn away from the nautical aspects of the story. It's wint
What are these... mikeracca at 5:44pm 03.10.22
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 5:41pm 03.10.22 I've been very active with our C34 forum since 1999. Almost all of our boats came with M25 series
1984 Catalina 30 MK II Tall Rig Kingjim91 at 5:32pm 03.10.22
LiFePo4 Refresh Stu Jackson at 5:26pm 03.10.22 I think I still have one of those Hitachi alternators, the original, gold-painted one that came wit
What are these... Kingjim91 at 4:55pm 03.10.22 Ok in the pics there is some beading made out of a vinyl material and foam or sponge Inside. I have
Haitian refugee boat runs aground in FL Ward H at 4:46pm 03.10.22 Why is this in the Ask All Sailors forum?
Roller Furler - Prep Kingjim91 at 4:46pm 03.10.22 I always drop my sails for winter storage, even though I usually store the boat mast up. In Wiscons
Roller Furler - Prep dlochner at 4:42pm 03.10.22 I might be wrong, it has happened on a few occasion, but I think the original poster means to load
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 4:36pm 03.10.22 With the old Hitachi alternators the thermistors could only back off the voltage so much. If the LF
3m 4000 Kingjim91 at 4:26pm 03.10.22 Practical Sailor is reporting 3m 4000 is failing after several years. 3m say the product was refor

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