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Some worth while along shore projects Ross at 9:26pm 09.04.09 Ask All Sailors 35/4324 This fall dig a three foot square of garden in a sunny place. About the time you start to get antsy
dare I say it......outhaul? Alan at 8:18pm 09.04.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 21/9033 :eek: After a furious discussion (for lack of a better term) on the Ask All Sailors forum on 'outhau
Anyone have a 1989 O'Day 240 Roller Furling manual Joseph_M at 7:23pm 09.04.09 Day Sailers 1/2582 I recently bought a great 1989, 240. BUT.... I am having Roller Furling trouble. I have all the
Kieth, look what I came across (5) appleman at 7:08pm 09.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1408 When we were looking to by our boat in '05, I downloaded any pictures I could find of 26's. These sh
Porta john replacement gitfish at 5:15pm 09.04.09 Cal 1/2068 We are having a Cal 2-29 surveyed with the intention of buying. This boat has a porta john but ther
Full Moon Rendevouz on Corpus Christi Bay capthookcc at 5:06pm 09.04.09 Trailer Sailors 1/2553 I'm thinking about trying to organize a trailer sailor Rendevouz on Corpus Christi Bay on the Gulf.
suggestions for downsizing? capejt at 1:53pm 09.04.09 Ask All Sailors 31/3856 After ten happy years on board my '79 Hunter 33, I'm giving thought to moving into something smaller
EVENT HORIZON Sail Countdown Stu Jackson at 1:24pm 09.04.09 Ask All Sailors 56/6680 Based on Replies #61 to 64 on the Outhual Tension topic, here: http://forums.catalina.sailboatowners
Buffing and polishing tight areas Salish Sea Cruiser at 12:35pm 09.04.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2815 My decks, cockpit and cabin top need some serious buffing ad polising. I have a Makita buffer, but
Booming Question gmac1220 at 12:35pm 09.04.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1618 I've recently purchased a 1971 Pearson 33. Althought it came with a Spinnaker it is currently witho
Keeping your cool! jeffmacdonald at 12:34pm 09.04.09 Catalina 30 10/2280 I have the stock ice chest in my C30, teak lid and so on. It seems by the time I leave the marina do
weighing anchor in a tight area (5) Trinkka at 10:38am 09.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1631 This is for Keith, or anyone who wants to single hand. If you do a lot of single handed sailing,
Brand New M Sail oreana1234 at 10:22am 09.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1489 Yesterday I accompanied a brand new Mac owner to the local reservoir for his virgin sail on this boa
Trailer bunk heights for O'Day 222 Trinkka at 9:55am 09.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/4337 Zoomie, This is a rough sketch of bunk height dimensions on my Long Trailer. It's not really importa
Merriman pedestal lever box replacement jtmccue at 9:16am 09.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1616 On many of the H28.5 s and other boat manufacturers that used Merriman pedestals in the mid 1980's,
Fixed Rudder & tiller for an O'Day 25 - Free Ran-Dee9229 at 8:38am 09.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1721 I have an Oday 25 with a fixed rudder and tiller in very good shape. Its fiberglass, the original ru
Reverse, Neutral or Forward jwaidlic at 8:15am 09.04.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1416 My friend and I have a friendly disagreement on which gear should be place while under sail, reverse
3 Day Lake Powell Trip Pictures..... (18) Sumner at 7:34am 09.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1757 We took friends from Belgium out on Lake Powell for 3 days. Actually we had one afternoon on the wat
sleeping comfort tomholland at 7:12am 09.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2255 Any suggestions on making sleeping on a Hunter 26 more comfortable.
how often? bobertobisonni@yahoo.com at 6:56am 09.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1403 My 260 Hunter is in salt water all the time (Galveston Bay) I am wondering how often I should do th

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Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cb32863 at 4:31pm 04.01.22 I understand difficulties finding boats close by, I drove from MN to FL for my current boat. It's a
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor SycloneDriver at 4:14pm 04.01.22 That's not so. Turning the key off will just shut off the field current for the alternator, and it
Bent Wing shemandr at 4:08pm 04.01.22 The best thing about the wing keel on the H356 and other H models is that it gets weight down low on
Honda 2000 vs. Lincoln 140 welder SycloneDriver at 3:48pm 04.01.22 Maybe borrow a 2nd Honda and parallel them or borrow a different generator. Stick welder? FYI Loo
Fender cleanup dmax at 3:33pm 04.01.22 You can use Comet, Barkeeper's Friend (which has Oxalic Acid), Mineral Spirits and/or a Magic Eraser
Its funny Friday! SFS at 3:25pm 04.01.22 Man it was weird reading that potato joke. I have a skiing buddy whose sister dated Tom Brokaw for a
Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 3:16pm 04.01.22 In France, they would say that joke was 'og rotten.'
Honda 2000 vs. Lincoln 140 welder thinwater at 2:47pm 04.01.22 No shore power? Make an adapter. It also depends on what you are welding. Tubing and railings at 25
Air conditioning Scott T-Bird at 2:47pm 04.01.22 I see that ... there are not nearly as many on the market as we had 2 years ago. There are a couple
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 2:42pm 04.01.22 A girl Potato and boy Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they got married and had a little
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. TomY at 2:23pm 04.01.22 would i want a plank on frame vessel today? no way :cool: After many years of familiarity with
Bent Wing Ken13559 at 1:27pm 04.01.22 My h326 shoal draft Wing Keel was bent upwards both sides once when I drove over a submerged breakwa
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cheeseNcrackers at 1:16pm 04.01.22
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer AaronD at 1:14pm 04.01.22 My $.02 worth: My understanding is that you're right about using 4200 - butyl isn't the right produ
Bent Wing dLj at 1:09pm 04.01.22 Well-meaning strangers on the internet cannot remotely heal that wounded keel. A "laying on of han
Bent Wing dLj at 1:05pm 04.01.22 Try a magnet for iron metal. Lead is non-magnetic. Jim... Good first step. Won't tell you what th
Bent Wing FastOlson at 1:03pm 04.01.22 Interesting and potentially useful comments in this thread about keel material and repair. The poste
Worthwhile Courses by Nigel Calder PaulK at 1:01pm 04.01.22 I enjoyed the line: ... there are no shortcuts in th it.
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cb32863 at 12:37pm 04.01.22
Air conditioning Banooma at 12:36pm 04.01.22 I do like my Catalina and feel a step up to another Catalina is the best way to go for a lot of reas

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