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Required lights w t wilson at 9:06pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1567 I am putting a 74 O'day 20 in the water for some fall test runs. The boat has been undergoing a long
Tahoe Sailing Gregg9020 at 8:44pm 08.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1540 A friend and I are planning a trip to Lake Tahoe, and I am wondering what the weather is like in ear
Hunter 235 lifting mast Lucky One Too at 7:27pm 08.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1790 I just purchased a 235 and I am unable to lift the mast single handed. I understand there is suppose
Anybody had success with Craigslist CharlieCobra at 7:06pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3926 in selling a boat?
Water leaks from my balast tank, How to fix dicktahoe at 5:39pm 08.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1444 I have a 1990 26S and when I trailer the boat water leaks around the Starboard side L-bracket that s
Renovating The Non Skids Chuckbear at 5:21pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1349 We have just posted our article on redoing the non skids, from Good Old Boat, on both of our web sit
Turkey Charter Help/Questions rfrye1 at 5:02pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1163 We are considering a bareboat to Turkey. We've done Croatia (loved it). We've heard that Greece is c
My Girl's trailer (5) emergpa1 at 3:42pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1924 Hi folks. I have had some questions about the trailer i use for my girl. I think that the design is
anchor shackle load rating John at 3:06pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1925 After reading what's been said here, as well as elsewhere, on anchor swivels, I've decided to replac
CAL 2-25 baby stay Jalepeno at 1:41pm 08.22.09 Cal 0/1974 Do any CAL 2-25 owners have a fix or removable baby stay on the front of their mast? If so do you u
How Would You Sail From Tampa Fl. To Mobile AL.? sigbear at 1:21pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/20948 If you had to sail a 30' sailboat from Tampa Fl. to Mobile Al. would you follow the coast line which
Power Thruster worked like a charm (3) OdayDave at 12:41pm 08.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1263 After nicking my rudder a couple of times with the prop, I bought a set of Powerthrusters for the ou
Be Careful Up There! Rick D at 12:36pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1830 I found out today that a friend of mine fell 'about 20 feet' when the line slipped. The helper had h
I made my first eyesplice today. (2) caguy at 12:18pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1579 I am generally happy with the way they turned out, especially on one side, but I just can't seem to
The Delta in California Jerry75 at 11:14am 08.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1042 Has anyone taken there make to the Delta in California? Where are some go places to go on the delta
Solar power Jerry75 at 11:09am 08.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3371 I am wanting to install some solar power. Has anyone done this and what do I need to add solar power
CB stuck in up position wndwatch46 at 10:26am 08.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1097 After some redo I put my O'Day 20 in the water on 8/20 and then discovered that the CB wouldn't go d
Line Stripper for Barient Winch Bill23009 at 8:04am 08.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 7/2387 Does anyone know where I can get a line stripper for a Barient winch somewhere in the Annapolis area
Access Mac25 Cabin Ceiling mac25wmo at 7:58am 08.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1860 I am planning on running the control lines on my Mac25 back to the cockpit. To do this I will be add
Music while surfing..? Maine Sail at 6:46am 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2268 Hi All, I nearly always have music playing, usually iTunes, in my office when working and when surf

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venture 17 cockpit drain tgrayson at 4:40pm 02.25.22 thanks for all the information,going to do a lot more work on the inside,i see a support under the
New Catalina 30 Owner jeepbluetj at 4:32pm 02.25.22
Another Ship is burning. jviss at 4:31pm 02.25.22
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? Davidasailor26 at 4:28pm 02.25.22 Depending on how DIY you want to go it should be possible to do this with a microcontroller like the
Sail question shemandr at 4:25pm 02.25.22 I tied to make it as flat as possible. Maybe that makes a difference.
Sail question Capt Robbie at 4:19pm 02.25.22
Another Ship is burning. Davidasailor26 at 4:16pm 02.25.22 Lithium and water don't mix. We worked with that stuff at my first job after HS. As I remember we k
New Catalina 30 Owner Tally Ho at 4:12pm 02.25.22
Sail question Tom J at 4:02pm 02.25.22 The riding sail wasn't very effective on the H356. It didn't stop the range of turning but it did d
Replacing sail slugs Tally Ho at 4:00pm 02.25.22
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? jviss at 3:54pm 02.25.22 This switch to float is based on only two things that the Link algorithm can measure: the charging
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling jssailem at 3:46pm 02.25.22 Why David. That sure looks viable. Selden Engineering comes through again.
Replacing Engine Mounts in a Hunter Passage 42 Terry Cox at 3:36pm 02.25.22 Especially the aft one. Has anyone done that, or does the shipyard have some magic trick to do the
venture 17 cockpit drain topcat0399 at 3:34pm 02.25.22 I have owned two V21 and a V22 sailboat and all of them had a support under the companionway bridge
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 3:32pm 02.25.22 Thank you! Are you going to replace with the standard 20 gal tank or enlarge capacity? or a 2 cel
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler Salt26 at 3:13pm 02.25.22 Finally got this together, it's a still from a video I did that too long to upload to the site. We
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling (1) Davidasailor26 at 3:06pm 02.25.22 Bt the way the photos show a deck stepped, and my mast is as shown On very close observation of
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD Tally Ho at 3:04pm 02.25.22 Thx I was considering that too. I had a nice chart plotter with N2K, but no AIS. I had to buy a n
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 3:00pm 02.25.22 A non-damaging extinguisher for electronics? Even pressurized distilled water or a pyrotechnic sort
Fuse ratings (2) jviss at 2:58pm 02.25.22 Since we've gotten off track here, anyway, here's an explanation of how a fuse might behave in a cir

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