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Spring cleaning Roger Long at 6:27am 04.02.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2535 Peggie, I'm looking for your book that I've misplaced but it's a timely question and maybe you hav
Traveler Quoddy at 4:48am 04.02.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/2338 Glenn. Some of your designs have travelers and some do not. Can the non-traveler designs be sailed a
Economic pain hits home T37 Phil at 3:34am 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2417 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/business/01boats.html?_r=1'partner=rss'emc=rss I suppose the prac
H33 Headsail mods nickc at 7:58pm 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/1791 Hi Glenn, Great to be able to access your knowlwdge. I race my 2004 H33 in club events and more o
Rub rail track zedwin at 7:38pm 04.01.09 Catalina 30 2/2456 I'm trying to restore a 1984 Catalina 30 and have done some extensive deck/ hull repair. All I need
Bottom Paint WellerH at 6:47pm 04.01.09 Catalina 310 0/1279 Does anybody have experience with "Interlux Micron Extra with Biolux" as a multi-season bottom paint
Fractional Rig Tuning oreana1234 at 5:26pm 04.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 23/8975 In the interest of better performance, I offer the following guidelines. I freely admit that the fol
Wing keel higgs at 4:39pm 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/2248 I chartered a Hunter 38.5 - it may not be your design - but was very puzzled by its design. It had
Rigging a spinnaker James19955 at 4:36pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1967 I need some advice about spinnakers and small boats. I have a 1982 Oday 23 and am now comfortable
Hunter 49 Sequitur at 4:14pm 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 8/2304 Hello Glenn, Thank you for taking the time to respond to our questions. I am the very proud owne
BVI Trip Photos (1) Tim R. at 3:26pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2224 I just finished sorting, editing and uploading my BVI Photos. See the first photo for a map and iti
1985 Catalina 30 shaft length jaydog5000 at 2:11pm 04.01.09 Catalina 30 3/1799 Does anyone know the prop shaft length for a 1985 Catalina 30. I have the original M25 universal di
boatersworld sale changing tomorrow. luvitt at 1:32pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1411 im workin now. they just told me iit goes to 20% ' up tomorrow. everything shifts up by 10% elect
retorque the keel callejo at 1:23pm 04.01.09 Big Boats 7/1663 My 1997 passage 450 has never had the keel tightened. Is this a big deal? Can I just retorque the
Single Line Reefing Diagram Mike H. at 1:04pm 04.01.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 9/8188 Glenn: We just bought a 94 Hunter Vision 36 with the stayless rig. The previous owner had done
knotmeter paddlewheel Banooma at 1:03pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 33/11609 After spending my first season convinced my knotmeter display or transducer had failed, I discovered
Deckhand Chokes To Death On Baitfish Soundbounder at 1:00pm 04.01.09 Sails Call Lounge 1/3307 Boy,.....talk about a freak accident.....:confused: This is really bizarre. http://www3.signonsand
Auto pilot or Tiller pilot Esat Hadimli at 12:15pm 04.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1669 Can anyone give me an idea about an auto or tiller pilot to be used on my 1998 26X?:)
Newbie wanting some experience Slim pickins at 12:05pm 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2052 I am a total newbie so forgive if I am posting this wrong. I have been reading ALOT on this forum (u
need advice for loading Mac 26x+Trailer on flatbed... phyrefighterjay at 11:55am 04.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1674 Yep, I'm going to do it this way...Travel to galveston tx load it on a flatbed trailer and tow it ho

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Cat 22 Kick Up Rudder Joe at 4:42am 06.27.21 There is nothing to worry about in this regard. If it was an issue, after market rudder designs or
EV-100 auto helm issues sailermaned at 3:49am 06.27.21 I've had that same problem, it required me just to tighten set screw that holds lever on as it event
Soft floor/hull Ward H at 1:43am 06.27.21 Very basically, yes. a spongy floor is usually caused by soft wet wood between the fiberglass hull a
New to sailing Leeward Rail at 10:23pm 06.26.21 Welcome to the forums. It's a great group here. Just in case you didn't realize, we have a Catalina
New to sailing Mark Maulden at 10:01pm 06.26.21 Some pics and thoughts that you have could be a start
Soft floor/hull jssailem at 9:13pm 06.26.21 Like Mike, your description caused me confusion. With the fiberglass on the outside and the wood flo
to be or not to be Leeward Rail at 8:40pm 06.26.21 With any luck you can find a nice one that the previous owner spent too much money fixing her up bet
Soft floor/hull MikeHoncho at 8:36pm 06.26.21
DWL. Mast height jssailem at 8:30pm 06.26.21 Roy, I thought it was, Best to close your eyes as you pass under the bridge. And open the throttle,
Soft floor/hull Michaelminer at 8:29pm 06.26.21 I suspect the material between the fiberglass floor you walk on of the boat and the exterior hull ,
to be or not to be Desmotronic at 8:27pm 06.26.21 thanks for the responses. They only confirm my initial feeling. I'll keep looking. I'm in no hurr
Soft floor/hull jssailem at 8:22pm 06.26.21 Welcome Michael to the forum. There is a lot of help here. Understand you have a Catalina 25 that h
Soft floor/hull Michaelminer at 8:22pm 06.26.21 No disrespect intended= It is a Catalina 25. 1978, Pictures will not help at this point as the fl
Soft floor/hull MikeHoncho at 8:11pm 06.26.21
to be or not to be Leeward Rail at 7:30pm 06.26.21 Your time is worth money. It is likely that if you calculated the material costs and added a sum fo
Fill old windlass void with resin and re-drill for new windlass install jssailem at 7:21pm 06.26.21 Andy just posted info about epoxies that might be relevant to your project. KyWpB9ikCMs My thoughts
EV-100 auto helm issues (3) jssailem at 7:04pm 06.26.21 :plus: With Greg regarding cleaning the insides of the EV100 wheel control. Dirt and salt build up i
to be or not to be pclarksurf at 6:44pm 06.26.21
Reef line Routing Ran-Dee9229 at 6:40pm 06.26.21
Reef line Routing Ran-Dee9229 at 6:39pm 06.26.21

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