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Attn. San Francisco sailors on sail size pkdailey4 at 10:38am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1873 OK... Some of you have said to ditch my Texas Jib. So I want to have my head sail cut down from a 14
Is it necessary to remove the sail ? pkdailey4 at 10:20am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 40/5208 The boat's being transported by truck. Why would or wouldn't you remove the main from an in-mast fur
Sail Plans? jfreeman at 8:57am 10.21.09 Catalina 310 8/2904 Hey All - I am working on my PHRF application, and trying to determine some things for eventual r
Moldy life vests Ricky at 8:33am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1911 i have about 30 life vest that I store in the aft locker on my 44 Hunter. Some of them are getting
Chain Plate Failure Sailornels at 8:32am 10.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2653 Recently an O'day 25 out of my marina suffered a chain plate failure due to water infiltration at th
Online Manual Source Stu Jackson at 8:28am 10.21.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1568 Our C34IA Past Commodore found this very helpful link: http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,5283.0.ht
co ownership experience ThomasLof at 8:17am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1331 Dear co-Catalina owners.... We own a Catalina 36MkII #1790, based in Preveza in the NW-part of the
Does a discharge line need a lock? robertsapp at 7:27am 10.21.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 15/5947 We boat in the Gulf of Mexico and the bays surrounding Pensacola, FL. Our Hunter 336 is set up so t
teak hand rails wjs at 6:16am 10.21.09 S2 5/1645 I want to refinish the teak hand rails on my 1981 9.2A. Is it best to remove the hand rails from th
Heat guns for shrink wrap sailfree at 3:46am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/9723 I found the following in another thread. Has anyone else used or tried an electric heat gun to shrin
ben 32s5 or oceanis 321 Mersea mud at 2:51am 10.21.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1644 Husband looking for a new boat, mainly for weekend cruising with young family and weekends away. How
Raymarine Autopilot Clutch Larry Jackel at 9:37pm 10.20.09 Big Boats 0/2542 For the last few seasons the clutch on my 2005 H44 Raymarine linear drive autopilot has been reluc
O'Day 28 and 30 Cockpit Sizes Ocean Lady1 at 6:09pm 10.20.09 Bigger Boats 0/1424 Can anyone give me the length of the cockpit for an O'Day 28 and O'Day 30?
Outboard Fuel Consumption Gudenuph at 3:39pm 10.20.09 Day Sailers 8/10912 How many gallons per hour should I expect to consume in a 9.9 HP Mercury 2-stroke outboard engine pu
Balboa 20 Keel bolt location ? edhilsenhoff at 2:19pm 10.20.09 Balboa 5/4462 Is the small sealed triangle on the floor in front of the sink the access????:confused:
Davit choice on 411 chacharoona at 12:00pm 10.20.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1245 Hi Forum I'm considering an upgrade of my dinghy arrangement. Currently, I deflate and fold, with a
perfect sailboat aline at 11:12am 10.20.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1992 Hello I'm looking for a smaller mid size sailboat, for me that means 26 to 30 ft. I'd like it to ha
High Voltage from Alternator Gordon Taylor at 10:18am 10.20.09 Big Boats 4/1503 While running the engine to warm the oil before a recent oil change, I noticed the Volt meter at clo
Catalina Island Generator Question Rick D at 10:14am 10.20.09 Ask All Sailors 27/6440 I have been asked to participate in a survey. I am primarily interested in the opinions of those who
H340 Mast steve stark at 9:59am 10.20.09 Big Boats 3/1320 As a relatively new owner of a 2001 H340, I have some questions regarding the mast that I can't seem

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Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs (6) Will Gilmore at 8:49pm 01.25.22 The aft-mast rig, also called a delta rig or a stays'l rig had been toyed with on and off for decade
Cable tv? Calif. Ted at 8:04pm 01.25.22 I needed a bunch of adapters like that to get my XM radio matched to a Sirius antennae.
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs thinwater at 8:01pm 01.25.22 Here is the story of building an aft-mast double headsail rig. An interesting read, even if you woul
Cable tv? sail sfbay at 7:43pm 01.25.22 If you want satellite TV get an antenna and receiver.
Cable tv? Growl at 7:38pm 01.25.22 Hey, try finding one these days! Lol
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade (2) lindsaytodd at 7:30pm 01.25.22 Thanks Tedd, I will take a look at this one. I see it has the synthetic rope so I will need to chec
Looking for recommendations for bareboat charter company in Greece sail sfbay at 7:29pm 01.25.22 For that many people I would charter a catamaran.
Cable tv? sail sfbay at 7:29pm 01.25.22 Wow!!..........you have a fishing pole holder......on a sailboat?
Adding an Hour Meter Ralph Johnstone at 7:22pm 01.25.22 Only recorded motor hours at night so the hours shown were pretty understated. But think of the r
Another C22 at my marina Zinger88 at 7:03pm 01.25.22 We started off with three Cat 22's at our marina: 1 original design, 1 New Design and my 2004 MK-II.
Cable tv? kloudie1 at 6:46pm 01.25.22 Or an old gps antenna connection. Or maybe an old LORAN antenna connection
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. mermike at 6:38pm 01.25.22 So many kinds of boats. So little time...
Looking for 386 Red and Green Interior Courtesy Lights (3) JimP at 6:24pm 01.25.22 I completed this project over the summer. Turns out there were small white incandescent bulbs with a
Trident 101 rubber smell Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:16pm 01.25.22 I should have expanded my map...didn't realize that Buffalo is closer than the Soo. However my poin
Hunter 386 Cockpit Conduit to Nav Station run (1) JimP at 6:04pm 01.25.22 Gary, in my 2003 H386, that tube is so full it was unusable. I was able to use an electric fish tape
Sad Day Project_Mayhem at 5:38pm 01.25.22 Internet Time Machine: Wayback Machine
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade Tedd at 5:36pm 01.25.22 @lindsaytodd , I'm not lucky enough to have a 32RK (great boat, by the way). But eTrailers.com reco
bent t-bolts and shroud replacement Project_Mayhem at 5:28pm 01.25.22 $200 is a really reasonable price. I believe replacement period is 20 for boats on a mooring and st
Mast wiring? Andiamo 34 at 5:28pm 01.25.22 Thank you Claude for the response. It is a 1985 Hunter 34.5 and what I was told was Legend, but tha
Long way to check out trailer sailor Tedd at 5:27pm 01.25.22 There were about 500 built in the US under license from Rob Legg. I didn't know that! Yes, they mu

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