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Note the name on the side. (1) Ross at 5:14am 07.31.09 Ask All Sailors 16/2224 My sister sent me this.
mainsail 'stack pack' grayldma@eastlink.co at 2:49am 07.31.09 Ask An Oday Owner 14/3260 Greetings, all, after a lapse in order to sail!! I want to make my O'Day 222 more user friendly by
Broken Mainshhet and Vang Block attachment to main lycaman at 11:12pm 07.30.09 Catalina 30 0/1119 The attachment for the vang block ataches to the mast by means of a rounded metal piece afixed to an
Replace cutlas bearing ilario at 9:32pm 07.30.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1819 For the future, Is there a proper way to remove and replace a cutlas bearing on a 1986 27' Catalina
Went to go for my first sail of the season... BobM at 9:28pm 07.30.09 S2 4/1438 ...but there was no wind to speak of :doh: Made the best of it. Installed the new battery and the
mast step repair windwardblank at 8:49pm 07.30.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2273 I had a failure of my backstay, the mast fell forward, riping out the mast steps 4 large bolts from
Chesapeake Bay - port-a-potty friendly? Manny at 7:57pm 07.30.09 Ask All Sailors 20/4884 Hey gang, We are venturing out in the Chesapeake bay this fall for about two weeks :dance: No rea
Too hot to varnish or much anything else.. (3) CharlieCobra at 7:45pm 07.30.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1163 It was 105 at my house in Big Lake yesterday so for the past couple of days I've been working on get
Quiet cove (2) Maine Sail at 7:05pm 07.30.09 Musings With Maine Sail 5/3207 The rain held off today, as did the wind:doh:, but the day still turned out nice. We are sharing thi
Lifeline gate modification ranchu56 at 6:51pm 07.30.09 Big Boats 3/1367 Would like to move gates on starboard and port sides from rear area forward to area between 2nd and
Self Bailer Replacement JBrown_Mi at 6:39pm 07.30.09 Day Sailers 1/5930
Pictures from the mast Andy1237 at 6:31pm 07.30.09 Destinations 4/3474 Lets see if this works this way. I posted som pictures in My Forum of our Daisy Raft up. http://f
How is the travler used? wiltrek at 6:10pm 07.30.09 Catalina 22 2/1639 Hello, The dealer that I bought my Catalina 22 from was not very helpful in showing us the workings
fisrt sailboat (1) new2sailing at 6:00pm 07.30.09 Ask All Sailors 25/3646 Hi First I hope I have posted in the correct area first time sorry if it is wrong I am going to buy
trailer for my 92 twointheface at 5:46pm 07.30.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1835 I just went from a starwind 19 to 26s and what a upgrade... the only problem is my trailer is rusty
3gmf20 sea water pump upgrade captron1 at 5:04pm 07.30.09 Big Boats 0/888 have a 83 h34 with a stock sea water pump, want to upgrade to a Jabsco. has anyone done this?
Oil Changes sailaway78 at 3:01pm 07.30.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1834 So here is the deal. 3GM Yanmar, 1981 model with 2000 hrs. Engine is angled down at the rear, prob
Cal 39 Mark III Prime Time at 1:27pm 07.30.09 Cal 0/2026 I'm looking for opinions on the Cal 39 Mark III with a wing keel. Construction quality? Toughness?
Lichen Roam geompo at 1:03pm 07.30.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1341 I confess I'm afraid to sail my 26M in more than 12 knots of wind and at more than 15 degrees of hee
Beneteau First 35s5 vs Oceanis 351 Staszek at 12:39pm 07.30.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/7626 After 3 years sailing on a Hunter 23 it's time for me to make the step and I'm currently shopping fo

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Winter Cruising Question colb218 at 8:41am 04.03.22 Which of the C&C 34's do you have. Center Board/Keel? or just Keel. Sounds like you have some real
Winter Cruising Question colb218 at 8:40am 04.03.22 Depth should be okay at either dock in Fossil Bay with your draft. We draw five feet and have anchor
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Capt Robbie at 8:37am 04.03.22 pulled the old throttle cable that I replaced a few years ago and confirmed that it was either manuf
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Building a boat at 8:22am 04.03.22 Sorry , traveling at this for a week , lousy internet connection. Lets see if I can answer most que
Any experience with Viper line from New England ropes? Scott T-Bird at 8:22am 04.03.22 this seems to be what I am finding. From what I can tell its the replacement for VPC line from New
Rescue? I must be missing something Leeward Rail at 8:15am 04.03.22
Transferring from Blaine to Everett Terry Cox at 8:10am 04.03.22 A few weeks ago, coming out of the Swinomish channel south entrance, I noticed one of the channel ma
Do you question your Brain? Leeward Rail at 8:05am 04.03.22 Found all 3. I still question my brain. Fortunately ? I question other brains more often.
Starting fluid DArcy at 8:05am 04.03.22 This is NOT RECOMMENDED BUT in really desperate situations in Australia some people use Start ya B
1981 Hunter 22 bow deck-hull seam kappykaplan at 8:01am 04.03.22 @newsailor130 , send @Crazy Dave Condon a PM (private message) to exchange phone numbers.
1981 Hunter 22 bow deck-hull seam newsailor130 at 7:55am 04.03.22 @newsailor130 I was not a Hunter dealer until 1984 when the 22 was being phased out. Under what c
1981 Hunter 22 bow deck-hull seam Crazy Dave Condon at 7:53am 04.03.22 If the mast is still up, get it down now
1981 Hunter 22 bow deck-hull seam Crazy Dave Condon at 7:51am 04.03.22 @newsailor130 I was not a Hunter dealer until 1984 when the 22 was being phased out. Under what c
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE Davidasailor26 at 7:47am 04.03.22
Starting fluid Tally Ho at 7:44am 04.03.22 You could try warming the air at the air intake if it is cold outside and need a little help getting
PSA it turns out that you actually do need to remove the boom before lowering the mast danooxnard at 7:40am 04.03.22 Oops, I did not look close enough!
Air conditioning Tally Ho at 7:38am 04.03.22 You need a dedicated 120v 15A circuit. Some folks add another 30A inlet (what was done to my boat,
Desperate leakinhg Siamese at 7:34am 04.03.22 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Desperate leakinhg Tally Ho at 7:33am 04.03.22 I have a S 2 11A and I have a leak could someone with boat call me DESPERATE. 805-864-0905 CA THANK
Desperate leakinhg jviss at 7:15am 04.03.22 What happened?

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