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How big is your Dinghy?? guidera48 at 7:57pm 01.17.10 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1722 I am starting to look for a used inflatable in my area and need to know what size to look for. I hav
Slug gate for mast oldiesrocker2001 at 7:38pm 01.17.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 31/11898 I am preparing to build a Sail slug gate for my old V21 in the spring. Those of you that have this o
323 anchor rode storage Geoff K at 6:42pm 01.17.10 Pearson 0/1222 Has anyone used the forepeak empty space for anchor rode storage? Is it better to run line from a wi
The Light on the Mast and plug for wiring (2) emergpa1 at 6:23pm 01.17.10 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2918 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 4/1708 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 4/16861 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 7/1891 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 1/3632 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 2/4083 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 4/3411 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 6/2077 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 3/2083 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 28/9247 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 2/2085 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 5/7790 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 1/1456 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 16/3412 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 52/18076 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 3/1543 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 5/3547 What is the time frame that the gasket should be replaced? Years? Boot required?

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Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Davidasailor26 at 3:31pm 03.26.22 Unless you have a fail safe means of tying the generator into your shore power connection, you run
Columbia 29 rudder/steering kappykaplan at 3:08pm 03.26.22 Welcome to the forum! When was the last time the bottom and prop were cleaned?
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Ralph Johnstone at 2:27pm 03.26.22 Can I mate to the shore power port? Unless you have a fail safe means of tying the generator into
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Tom J at 2:15pm 03.26.22 Sorry, but I am a little confused here. Why would you open up the inverter generator? The AC is su
Wooden strip for Stern Rail Seats Ralph Johnstone at 2:13pm 03.26.22 Don't know what season you're heading into down there onths of non sailing coming up, Do them in fiv
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Davidasailor26 at 2:11pm 03.26.22 1st Question: I'm thinking of getting a small genset for emergencies. 1000Watt. Can I mate to
Identify for Prizes. PaulK at 1:19pm 03.26.22 Looks like a previous owner put them in to replace whatever was there before and that the trim rings
Looking at a 280 and a 27-2 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:42pm 03.26.22 Once i demoed a 21 sailboat to a sailor from hell. He was sailing the boat and put the mast in the
Autopilot drive interface jviss at 12:33pm 03.26.22 Oh, I'm over complicating this. Yes. So AP drive unit motors normally just take power directly f
Autopilot drive interface DArcy at 12:25pm 03.26.22 Oh, I'm over complicating this. My old AP only sends low current direction signal to the drive unit.
Black rubber stuff in bilge? jssailem at 11:50am 03.26.22 Nice boat. You might like the Pacific Seacraft boats. Like the DANA 24 (PACIFIC SEACRAFT) https://sa
Black rubber stuff in bilge? (6) rgranger at 11:34am 03.26.22 Hey. If you can trailer the boat and it looks like the Balboa 26 is manageable, then there are a lo
Autopilot drive interface jviss at 11:34am 03.26.22 I just want to know what input typical Raymarine/Simrad/B&G/etc. drive units take. Is it a simple +
Wooden strip for Stern Rail Seats dLj at 11:26am 03.26.22 Besides the hard wood exotics, like teak, Ipe, iroko, etc., there are also a number of softwoods tha
Sealing Deck Fittings Tally Ho at 11:10am 03.26.22 Yes. Use of Bed-It may not be the best option. The advantage of Bed-It, in my opinion, is in the na
Looking at a 280 and a 27-2 Tally Ho at 11:03am 03.26.22
Looking at a 280 and a 27-2 Crazy Dave Condon at 11:01am 03.26.22 Was your wife with you?
Autopilot drive interface mikeracca at 10:53am 03.26.22 With a 2 wire system and no sensor for feedback there is no way for the controller to determine wher
Rudder repairs racenmotorsports at 10:50am 03.26.22 @Project_Mayhem yeah, it's got foam on the inside. As far as epoxy, I went with US Composites.
Funny Friday!!! (1) DArcy at 10:22am 03.26.22 Seen on my bike ride today

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