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New to the Sport Parguera Sailor at 2:12pm 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1081 Hi, I am new to the sport of sailing. I have been taken lessons of sailing and feel ready to purchas
Generator Choice jmfollmer at 12:36pm 06.23.09 Big Boats 3/1601 My 2002 386 came sans generator and I am considering installing one now. I gather that 386s of the 2
Need a new strut Help.... cjgrabell at 11:52am 06.23.09 Big Boats 3/1231 I have a 1983 Hunter 34 which needs a new strut. Mine is turning pink. A replacement strut is almost
Time for a new battery Lori1818 at 11:27am 06.23.09 Day Sailers 1/1115 We have a 1982 O'Day 22 that we are just now finally getting out on the lake with. It was out of th
Fear of Barracudas Charlie L at 11:19am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 28/3319 I have been told by usually reliable sources that people are not in the barracuda's food chain so "n
Leisure Furling Boom DJW at 10:48am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1707 Is anyone familiar with the Leisure Furling Boom System? The boat we are looking has one with a Hoo
repair fiberglass stanchion area tommie at 10:20am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1621 I have a 1978 23' Oday and it was damaged at the stanchion area. Had a cracked pvc fender attached t
Update on Mystery Leak Dennis Honeycutt at 10:18am 06.23.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1265 Some time ago, I posted a thread on a friend's H33 which was discovered to have about 3-4" of water
Repairing filberglass under Stanchion tommie at 10:14am 06.23.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1412 I have a 1978 Oday 23' and it was damaged by a cracked pvc attached to the piling at my dock. At low
Venture 21 main sail cover size? nameaneh at 9:23am 06.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1499 I'm looking to buy a mainsail cover. What size do I need? Anyone know the length? Thanks.
Sailboats at Auction? sigbear at 8:16am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1734 Is there a legitamate sailboat auction website out there? I was planning to wait a couple of more
purchase a new boat mainly to put into a charter program? Banooma at 7:39am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 31/5206 I just returned from the BVI for my first charter cruise ever. It was an ideal experience in a boat
Xantrex Pathmaker remote failure jviss at 7:33am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 1/3431 Well, like most of the electrical and electronic things I bought new back in 2000 when I refurb'd th
Lucas CAV DPA injector pump manual tho52mas at 6:47am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 4/19784 we are rebuilding mine from a Perkins 4108. I need either/or: a shop manual for the injector pump a
Kudos to Baysail Have de Grace MD noprob2 at 6:08am 06.23.09 Big Boats 0/1019 My daughter and son in law are preparing to take the boat (340) out when I am not available . My da
Engine starting problems JBorges at 5:45am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2541 The Yanmar HM35F on my '89 Hunter 37 has been having intermitent starting problems. Meaning that wh
Cleaning out '96 26x tc0nn at 5:31am 06.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1569 What's the best way to clean out the inside of a Mac 26x? I thought I could just spray it down with
PowerTwist V Belt jviss at 5:10am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1721 Is anyone using a PowerTwist V Belt on their alternator? I have an M25 with the new alternator bra
Bunk Boards Deckhand at 4:25am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1318 I have a trailor that needs some new bunk boards. The boards are about 12' long and have about a 1-1
Finding Spreader mast brackets sailinguy@mchsi.com at 4:14am 06.23.09 Ericson 1/2687

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To oil or varnish?! shemandr at 5:35am 02.12.22 The rails in the OP don't look too bad to me. They are restorable without sanding that would compro
H240 Rudder Questions (1) patbratton at 5:21am 02.12.22 I have been sick for about ten days with some kind of cold (not Covid 19) and only got up to the lak
Haul out the water sailme88 at 5:11am 02.12.22 That's a great price. Unstepping alone was quoted at $700 at the only place that I could find out h
Aux fuel tank on H50 artboas at 5:00am 02.12.22 In theory, but if the other tank is full, where is the return line going to go? Maybe I am not unde
Ford 20 information shemandr at 4:48am 02.12.22 The Flying Scot has an similar mainsheet system except the double blocks are forward instead of aft.
Tiller .vs. Wheel Will Gilmore at 4:44am 02.12.22 I'm a very visual person. I think I can remember a time I had trouble with the whole steering from
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke BigEasy at 4:41am 02.12.22 Had a 2GM20F that suddenly produced heavy black smoke on startup. Ran fine with no smoke after it w
Mercury 3.3 Runs Then Stalls Tater at 4:31am 02.12.22 Thanks Benny. I only run E0 premix. This thing had two problems. A dirty fuel filter and an intermit
Tiller .vs. Wheel BigEasy at 4:28am 02.12.22 Trained on tiller boats and it became a natural thing. When switching to a wheel had no difficulty
Tiller .vs. Wheel jssailem at 4:25am 02.12.22 Sailing I started with tillers. It was simple instruction in the water. Pull the bow falls off the w
Ford 20 information (1) jssailem at 4:13am 02.12.22 Here is the classic style shown in the first image I posted. block with sheaves vertically positione
Ford 20 information jssailem at 3:47am 02.12.22 This set up would give you adequate purchase to control the main. Note each block you run through he
Tiller .vs. Wheel kappykaplan at 3:44am 02.12.22 just steer it like a car :plus: But when I had to use the emergency tiller to get back into my sl
Ford 20 information jssailem at 3:44am 02.12.22 I have blown up the image of the stern. It appears you have installed two small blocks port and star
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... garymalmgren at 2:56am 02.12.22 Well, I didn't really know what lithium, an ion or a lithium ion batteries was. Now I do. Here is a
Saloon or Salon... Len Ingalls at 1:55am 02.12.22 http://www.english-for-students.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Salon-and-Saloon.html
Items to fix for insurance, Pearson 30 Len Ingalls at 1:50am 02.12.22 https://forums.iboats.com/threads/the-dreaded-anti-siphon-valve.511966
Items to fix for insurance, Pearson 30 Dalliance at 12:01am 02.12.22
Saloon or Salon... Dalliance at 11:32pm 02.11.22 When bought my boat, I had just known the interior spaces as the cabin and v-berth. Then I read the
To oil or varnish?! Dalliance at 10:55pm 02.11.22 Personally, I prefer the look of varnish and believe it provides more protection than oil. Whether

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