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Rigging help please mikemo at 2:03pm 03.06.10 Catalina 22 8/2169 Greetings everyone. You might remember me asking advice when buying a 1972 Cat 22 in January. After
Looking at Bristol 29 1970 Hover212 at 1:26pm 03.06.10 Bristol 12/7498 I started on the Oday forum as I have a 1974 Oday 27 with delam issues. Everyone pretty much said lo
Swing Keel / Centerboard removal & maintenance: Hunter 22 (1) ksetchfield at 12:15pm 03.06.10 Smaller Boats 14/11569 Hi Everyone, With the nice weather this weekend, I got to the marina and pulled the keel off my 198
O'Day 222 roller furling BAHoff at 12:05pm 03.06.10 Sails Call Lounge 0/3411 I want to to buy a roller furling system and new sail. Have only used a traditional jib. Have look
Dagger Board 26macsailer at 11:01am 03.06.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/106 I took my dagger board out on my 88 MacGregor D and noticed that there are four manufactured holes i
Online Hunter Manual? btanderson00 at 10:33am 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1353 Hello all, Does anyone know of an online Hunter owner's manual link? Thanks!
DIY Battens RECESS at 9:40am 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 10/14419 I read a short thread on Sailnet that SailDog was in but it had very few replies of people that have
Sticker Required or Ad over the Top? (1) rpwillia at 8:54am 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 15/2667 Got this email from a local boat dealer. Is this bogus? I was aware you get get the USCG Auxiliary t
bite out of rudder gghost at 7:46am 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 27/4741 Last fall I had a minor encounter between my rudder and a rock. Guess which one won! I have a piec
New to Sailing Brendan Carney at 7:25am 03.06.10 Trailer Sailors 6/3030 If anyone could help me find information on a 1974 24' Kells sailboat. Looking for information on al
1974 24' Kells Trailer Sailor Brendan Carney at 7:13am 03.06.10 Smaller Boats 2/4822 I recently purchased a project of a boat. I am looking for any information on a 1974 Kells. Even g
O'Day pendant replacement concerns scionrl at 6:46am 03.06.10 Day Sailers 3/1558 HI. I am replacing the pendant on my 1978 O'Day 23. I've read a lot of postings about this in the a
Go South seadaddler at 6:43am 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 11/1589 Hi just wondering how many sailors made the trip south for warmer weather in Florida or Bahama's thi
My rudder is wet too... (2) emkay at 4:47am 03.06.10 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1932 Well, not for long! scrape scrape! And rip it open, cut out as much of the wet foam as I could, this
Beached In St Martin (1) Ducati at 3:15am 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1839 North east point of St Martin we spotted this beached sailboat.
Motor won't start when hot sailingmax at 1:57am 03.06.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1149 Ahoy! I have bought a Catalina 28 (2006 model) with a Kubota D1005E diesel motor., The motor starts
Boat bottom after 2 months on the hard timtriplett1 at 6:57pm 03.05.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1158 I have had my 33.5 stands for the last three months. It is sitting on 6 stands with the keel blocke
Mast Rigging 26macsailer at 5:42pm 03.05.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/72 I have a 1988 MacGregor 26D and noticed that the shroud rigging has different size cables approximat
El Sid Circulating pump (1) Roger Long at 5:04pm 03.05.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1667 I went with the non-marine El Sid pump for the hot water heating loop in my heating system. http://
El Sid circulating pump (1) Roger Long at 4:54pm 03.05.10 Ask All Sailors 0/7 I went with the non-marine El Sid pump for the hot water heating loop in my heating system. http://

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Simrad WP30 Belt Tension SabreToothedEngineer at 8:33pm 05.21.22 Update: Rick Wallace from i3DGear has designed a new ring in three arc segments and a way to press i
Vacation from a live aboard higgs at 7:49pm 05.21.22 If your boat can't survive two weeks on its own you have problems. When was the last time that your
Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer Solar Generator Tally Ho at 7:39pm 05.21.22 Seems like a portable battery (Jackery) powering your charge to charge your batts is a lesson in dim
Life Jacket recommendations Marmalade at 7:35pm 05.21.22 I'll add another vote for Spinlock, they are well designed. @Sailfanatic mentioned crotch straps, a
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Tally Ho at 7:31pm 05.21.22 Greg, what would he be checking for? If both wires are to either side of an incandescent bulb, the
Life Jacket recommendations (2) pclarksurf at 7:09pm 05.21.22 Admiral and I both have the spinlock deckvest lite-- can't say enough about them for comfort. Admir
New Articles Davidasailor26 at 6:54pm 05.21.22 The "a little light" thing might be true, although most of our sailing is daysails or overnights. I
Taveler eye loose Reubels at 6:48pm 05.21.22 Thanks for the reply, only access to the other side is through the drain hole which is the size of a
Yanmar fuel problem: air leak? Ralph Johnstone at 6:31pm 05.21.22 It only took me 18 years to figure this out... Shows you've got an open mind. Many don't learn e
Anyone missing their rudder jviss at 6:30pm 05.21.22 Would probably have been better to just leave it there, so the owner could find it by backtracking.
eenie, meenie, minie, moe jviss at 6:28pm 05.21.22 Connect the mast to ground. Use the mast as the ground on your multi-meter setup for a continuity
eenie, meenie, minie, moe jviss at 6:20pm 05.21.22 If you measure voltage on a DVM the voltage will read as a + voltage if the leads are correct, if t
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Will Gilmore at 6:16pm 05.21.22
eenie, meenie, minie, moe dlochner at 6:06pm 05.21.22 Greg, what would he be checking for? If both wires are to either side of an incandescent bulb, the
eenie, meenie, minie, moe jviss at 6:05pm 05.21.22
Taveler eye loose Davidasailor26 at 6:03pm 05.21.22
eenie, meenie, minie, moe jviss at 6:03pm 05.21.22 if You have some wire, you can connect it to one of the 2 wires at the base of the mast, then lay i
eenie, meenie, minie, moe jviss at 6:00pm 05.21.22 Interesting replies. If it's for a mid-mast nav light, as you say, it doesn't matter - there is not
New Articles jaysweet at 5:54pm 05.21.22
Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer Solar Generator Davidasailor26 at 5:50pm 05.21.22 The Jackery should work for that, with a 15A-30A converter to plug your shore power into it. But as

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