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The Light on the Mast and plug for wiring (2) emergpa1 at 6:23pm 01.17.10 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2819 I am trying to replace the light on the mast of my Oday 26. I ordered an anchor light and it arrived
Mac 25 Stern Improvements - Stiffnes & Motor Noise (1) Fred at 6:16pm 01.17.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1633 One item I would like to address is the stiffness and the noise coming from my Mac 25 (1979) stern w
O'Day Daysailer 3 jib & boom rigging beeteejr at 5:47pm 01.17.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/16278 I just purchased a Daysailer 3. It needs a lot of cleaning up, sheets, halyards and I'm sure other t
New guy, saying hello. mikemo at 5:47pm 01.17.10 Catalina 22 7/1843 Hello all. I just wanted to jump in and say hi. I just purchased a 1972 C22 locally. I've been looki
Hood Seafurl 3250 Sabor! at 4:26pm 01.17.10 Big Boats 1/3422 Greetings, I have a 19 year old Hood Seafurl 3250 on my genoa. It is time to replace the line coming
maintenance of lifting keel on Beneteau 311 Island Star at 3:59pm 01.17.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/3811 Does anyone have experience servicing Beneteau's lifting keels. I have a 2001 Beneteau 311 that liv
Reefing Lines in the Boom alexharris at 2:58pm 01.17.10 Pearson 4/3182 1986 Pearson 33 -- I am trying to run the lines thru the boom for the reefing system for the mail s
A new S2 9.2A owner joeb423 at 1:28pm 01.17.10 S2 6/1936 Hello all, My wife and I recently joined the ranks of S2 owners. She's a 1986 9.2A and in great co
Man Overboard Question Ducati at 12:20pm 01.17.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2035 Early in my sailing education I remember my instructor showing a lesser known "man overboard" proced
Working Jib vs Reefed Genny druid at 12:17pm 01.17.10 Ask All Sailors 28/8909 Hi I'm having problems getting enough "punch" upwind in 25 knots or so on my Crown 28. My old Cal 2
Hello....and What's Going on with My Keel? (5) csibert at 11:42am 01.17.10 Day Sailers 2/2030 Hi everyone, I've not been active in sailing for the last five years or so. I lost my free mooring
Flattening Reef RBone at 11:22am 01.17.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/7563 Is it worth it to rig up a flattening reef on my Oday 25? I already have the cringle above the clew.
repair of cockpit deck newboatowner at 8:06am 01.17.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1420 I have a 1980 Catalina 30 with need of a repair to deck in the cockpit. There is a circular soft so
Battery Charge question sullyj020 at 8:05am 01.17.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3211 I have 2 battery's controlled by a Perko battery switch. Thinking of installing an onboard 2 bank ba
all lines back to cockpit ?????? koolfrog at 6:46am 01.17.10 Ask All Sailors 52/16527 I have been mulling the idea of leading all the control lines back to the cockpit of my Allied Seab
mast light deck dimple txtowman at 9:47pm 01.16.10 Catalina 22 3/1510 I can't seem to locate the dimple for the pre fit wire for the mast light on my 1975 c22 anyone got
Sail Drive Gasket change out lancer30lngbch at 8:17pm 01.16.10 Lancer 5/3270 What is the time frame that the gasket should be replaced? Years? Boot required?
Oday 22 wanted auto-nuuts at 6:04pm 01.16.10 Day Sailers 2/1357 Wanted Oday 22. Please email autonuuts@yahoo.com I am in the West Coast.
Teak & Holly for the walls bobsellie at 6:03pm 01.16.10 The Cherubini Hunters 17/5020 Hello again, I've redoing the '76 H30 I just bought and the carpeting on the walls is in rough shap
ideal heel angle jeffery burghardt at 5:54pm 01.16.10 Ask All Sailors 22/13666 looking for a chart of heel angle for various wind speeds and points of sail for a catalina 30. an

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New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? Kings Gambit at 12:21pm 08.26.21 Then you must have been surrounded by sailboats. Yeah, well, you might have a point there!
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? Ralph Johnstone at 12:18pm 08.26.21
Solent Stay H36 DianaOfBurlington at 12:13pm 08.26.21 Thank you for the insight and pictures. Couldn't agree more about an inner forestay support option
How to remove rusted stut bolts ('81 33) DianaOfBurlington at 12:08pm 08.26.21
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? Ralph Johnstone at 12:03pm 08.26.21 "You know, Mrs. buckman, you need a license to buy a dog. You need a license to drive a car. Hell,
Hunter 33, started some work DianaOfBurlington at 11:54am 08.26.21 As all those who know me on here know, I would recommend nothing else but Forespar Marelon for rep
Hunter 33, started some work DianaOfBurlington at 11:37am 08.26.21 I'm sorry you had trouble selling your V17. I'd love to have one myself! Your problem core soun
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? Kings Gambit at 11:37am 08.26.21 You have GOT to come to the Vancouver area in British Columbia if you want to see and listen to idi
H41 aft shower sump-out time? ice breaker at 11:28am 08.26.21 That is my wine cellar.........On Superior in the spring the whites stay perfectly chilled.
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? Kings Gambit at 11:20am 08.26.21
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? dlochner at 11:07am 08.26.21
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? Kings Gambit at 10:58am 08.26.21 "You know, Mrs. buckman, you need a license to buy a dog. You need a license to drive a car. Hell,
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? (1) Stu Jackson at 10:54am 08.26.21 Last week I heard the Canadian CG report an open mike, but for the first time (that I can remember)
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? Ralph Johnstone at 10:50am 08.26.21 Besides right of way and colregs issues on the water, the biggest thing I noticed is how so many pe
Hunter plumbing (H33.5 1994) kloudie1 at 10:39am 08.26.21 It is polybutylene tubing. You can find fittings on Amazon and other internet sources, as well at at
Network Power Connection- SeaTlkng Fred at 10:21am 08.26.21 Thanks... I did figure it out and it was actually simpler than I thought. Once I get the chartplotte
Still Pulling Out My Hair...... Ralph Johnstone at 10:15am 08.26.21 I can't believe you haven't been able to find the leak using the paper towel stunt as I mentioned in
Hunter 216 Loose Forestay (2) rfgeorge55 at 10:02am 08.26.21 I bought this swivel: g to think I should have bought the one below. They appear to be roughly the
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? Ralph Johnstone at 10:01am 08.26.21 I've either tried or talked to folks who have used every antifouling paint available these days, an
Leaking head faucet, and cant get toilet to pressurize to flush (1) Pellizze at 9:53am 08.26.21 Hello, I am aware they are two separate issues :) So, in the head it says to close the through hull

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