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sym spinnaker question- pls forgive my ignorance LANCE ON CLOUD NINE at 9:23am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1622 I am getting ready to experiment with using a sym spinnaker on an O'Day 23. The sail has a single "h
Lightening Dangers? Skipper62 at 9:12am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3525 I am a coastal sailer in SE Texas. We have storms come up quicker than I can get off of the water so
21' Macgregor - 1969: Broken Mast, What to Do? Sail77 at 8:44am 07.24.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3474 New to the site... My Dad and I bought a 1969 Mac 21' from a family friend about 12 years ago. Hav
Costa Rica - Panama anyone? destinationcostarica at 8:39am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1233 Hi all, I'm not sure if this is where i should be asking this sorta question. I'm actually looking f
Oday 25 Centerboard Mec. itsagoodthing at 7:31am 07.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2485 I just purchased a 75 ODAY 25 CB, the cable line is located in center of the boat, in a post that
Tach does not work at start up Mike G. at 6:47am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2224 The last two times out, the tach did not work at engine startup (Yanmar 3GM30). It operates fine af
Composting toilets Icetug at 6:22am 07.24.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2435 Does anyone have any experience with a Sun-Mar Mobile composting toilet? It may be nice to not worr
Batteries and power in general BobM at 5:59am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2506 Forgive me if this brings up a lot of stuff that has already been said. Lost my house battery, an I
Possible Battery selector switch/charger problem Hugh4753 at 4:45am 07.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1635 Just replaced my old AGM group 24 batteries with AGM 31's. Since the boat had the original "frytech
Weather in SW Florida seadaddler at 4:06am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1295 Hey what's the weather like in Port Charlotte like these days. Been raining like crazy here on Long
Help Identifing a sailboat (3) dan8089 at 1:55am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1818 Can someone out there please tell me what kind of boat this is. Thanks sorry the pic's are crappy Da
drill it dont chuck it (1) AndyR at 9:58pm 07.23.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1029 Hi guys I havent posted in a while we obviously havnt had had too many problems lately or esle I sol
Catalina 25 Keel Leak Paulpit at 9:06pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 3/3402 I am new to sailing and have been restoring a 1979 Catalina Fixed Keel boat. Took her out today for
Replace Uni-Solar Battery Charger mosella1 at 8:13pm 07.23.09 Big Boats 3/5496 I have a 1999 Hunter 410 and the Uni-Solar Battery Charger which came standard with the boat is brok
Main Sail will not go up all the way Mougly at 8:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 19/10105 Hello again I seem to be having difficulty lifting the main sail all the way up, it lifts up easi
Dropping the forestay-norseman fitting-short halyards (2) Hermit Scott at 7:55pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 33/5617 I went up the mast today to drop the forestay. A dock friend helped crank me up to there but the wi
Crab cakes Broke Sailor at 7:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1787 I'm in St. Michaels, Md. and my wife wants to know where to go for the best crab cakes. Please help
Fridge is Over Cooling bnort3 at 7:04pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1903 Got a used Beneteau 361 with a top loading fridge/freezer and a front door fridge, both of which qui
fuel lines legacychris at 5:48pm 07.23.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1403 My 1993 Hunter 40.5 has the original equipment fuel lines for the diesel engine. I inspect them regu
New hatches for Oh Joy (4) CharlieCobra at 5:40pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1306 I started working on the hatches for Oh Joy. I picked up a 9'X14"X1-1/4" board of Honduran Mahogany,

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Bent Wing Crazy Dave Condon at 10:53am 04.01.22 MARS METALS BUILT THE KEEL. CALL THEM AS THEY CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. JF THE YARD BENT IT, thei
Bent Wing dLj at 10:49am 04.01.22 Starboard side bent down? Looks to me like it's the port side bent up... But what do I know, I've ne
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 10:34am 04.01.22 How much fun would it be to hear people like me say my fiberglass hull is 61 years old and hasn't n
Boat Stripe Oxidation Hardhead at 9:53am 04.01.22 How long has the PoliGlow been on? I ask because I used it several years ago on another boat. It
Bent Wing JamesG161 at 9:45am 04.01.22 If your keel is lead, My H430 is Lead/Antimony and my hydrodynamic fins were recently bent. Jim...
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. TomY at 9:44am 04.01.22 a wood boat is put together with screws and bolts. that second picture is an epoxy boat with some
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor JamesG161 at 9:40am 04.01.22 Ideas ???????? Yes, Look at your Private Messages for more information. Jim...
Bent Wing Crazy Dave Condon at 8:59am 04.01.22 Contact Mars Metals in Canada who fabricated your bent starboard keel with photo and ask their advic
Rescue? I must be missing something leo310 at 8:55am 04.01.22 reminds me of a MAYDAY I heard a few years ago. A sailboat was heading for the rock as the motor sto
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 8:41am 04.01.22 summer coasting in maine prolly would not teach you much about the differences. winter deliveries
Air conditioning Scott T-Bird at 8:40am 04.01.22 Not a trick question - I told you it was naive! Sorry if I misunderstand the whole installation, bu
Worthwhile Courses by Nigel Calder jviss at 8:24am 04.01.22 I would like to make a suggestion to Nigel, and his partners on this. I think it would be cool if he
Rescue? I must be missing something Leeward Rail at 8:21am 04.01.22 Yeah. Not dismasted.. "lost both sails" Strange. Would love more info. Click like and subscribe..
Worthwhile Courses by Nigel Calder Maine Sail at 8:20am 04.01.22 This looks really good, and I trust Maine Sail. Cost is high ($200), but that is less than the two
Standing rigging swaging .125 wire Tater at 8:14am 04.01.22 Hi Dave, The boat came rigged tight. I questioned this and discussed it over on the Hunter side. The
What LED bulb Leeward Rail at 8:08am 04.01.22 SBO now has a nice list for matching bulbs.. just need the length of that "festoon" bulb you have th
What LED bulb Parsons at 8:07am 04.01.22 Looks like a festoon bulb, with a dimple end. Need to measure end-to-end. Replace with a good quali
Window Advice Jacktar at 8:07am 04.01.22 That is just the interior rubber seal for mainly cosmetic reasons, just tuck in back in place or eve
What LED bulb kloudie1 at 8:06am 04.01.22 This in warm white will work in the bi-color on the bow and in the stern white series 25. There is
What LED bulb Leeward Rail at 7:59am 04.01.22 FWIW: You can get a marine grade LED bulb including a bicolour red/green for the aqua signal series

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