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Small 4-stroke motor on a 2-stroke bracket? mcaswell at 8:17pm 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 10/8138 I'm helping a friend get set up with an outboard for his 21' daysailer. We need a bracket, but the
Year and Model Qusetions and need parts Gene Lovelace at 7:52pm 04.29.09 Day Sailers 11/2065 I have an O'Day 25 Hull #XDY60179M75L What is the model number? Year manufactued? I am adding a vang
More Boatstore Blues Ron20324 at 7:45pm 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 31/4521 Just when we are almost through with the lies and deceptions at BW, West comes up with a new way to
Things you can do to impress your friends and make your boat more salty (1) Ross at 7:44pm 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 27/3462 Learning the art of knot tieing is a source of many hours of pleasure for me. These are four of the
Autohelm 3000 Magothy boy at 7:18pm 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3683 Hey Folks: I am looking for an old remote for an Autohelm 3000. A buddy of mine has one for and
adding refrigeration unit Ladyl at 6:34pm 04.29.09 Big Boats 6/1428 Can anyone recomend or provide spec refrigeration unit that I would like to install under nav statio
Cockpit Table jsalley at 6:19pm 04.29.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/3194 Has anyone bought/built/installed a teak or StarBoard folding cockpit table on the 309? Specifically
paint question Josh Teresco at 6:16pm 04.29.09 Smaller Boats 3/1203 Hi, I recently dragged a 1987 Hunter 23' home to Vermont. I'm now in the process of cleaning her up
Hey, everyone I'm new and have a ? JimGeddes at 6:05pm 04.29.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1305 Hello, Let me start by saying hi to everyone, HI:dance:. I'm new and also in the process of buyi
Captain Ron The Movie Merry Prankster at 5:59pm 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2879 This might be old news to some of you, but I just found this out. I saw a recent article recently a
Gps??? thesailerdude at 3:40pm 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1352 Me and my friends were wondering about recieving boat gps for caribbean water area..all under the pr
Rigging Reef Lines epshelley at 3:00pm 04.29.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1105 We have a 32 foot, 1989 Hunter Vision. We need information on rigging especially the reefing. An
MacGregor 19 capacity of persons? Sietlas at 2:03pm 04.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/7062 Hi, I need to know how many people can sit in cocpit? Every where I lookted Pic was all time no more
Marina for Sale! Bad Obsession at 1:20pm 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 13/1651 Just found out that Stanfords Marina in Colonial Beach is for sale for about 1 million dollars. I w
"Sail" to enter bankruptcy Warren Milberg at 12:53pm 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 36/4733 According to a flyer received from Latts and Atts, "Sail" magazine is about to enter bankruptcy and
Sole question for MAC 26s owner breweraz at 12:30pm 04.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1817 The sole area, just to the right and left of center, in the area in front of the settess, seems a l
First Sailboat blownaway at 12:29pm 04.29.09 Newport 0/33 Last summer I bought a 27' MK II and it has a freshwater cooled 2 cylender universal engine (deisel)
v23 mast MrBill_FLL at 11:29am 04.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1185 no affiliation, just a fyi... S. Fla mast and rig fs: http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/boa/11413826
Interior wood CM at 10:48am 04.29.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2913 I would like to spruce up the interior wood in my 1989 Catalina 30. The wood is turning pale in som
Whoopee Dredging ICW Gary_H at 10:18am 04.29.09 Destinations 0/2636 I just read in the local paper that Federal money has been allocated to dreadge the ICW from Morehea

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What is your oldest boat picture? rgranger at 1:49pm 01.24.22 That is a very cool picture!!!!!
Second Battery (1) fullsaildan at 1:48pm 01.24.22 So my boat is not much bigger than yours but I am an engineer so I over do everything. I have 2 bank
Trident 101 rubber smell rgranger at 1:46pm 01.24.22 I installed a new Trident 101 waste hose roughly 7-8 yrs. ago. When I first installed it, there wa
Second Battery Stu Jackson at 1:46pm 01.24.22 There is another type of battery switch called a Dual Circuit Plus. It has OFF, ON, Emergency Combi
Hunter 26 mast fit on 260 rgranger at 1:39pm 01.24.22 The only problem, campsites do not have a pump out which presents an issue. I own a camper and the
Boom Van Line Replacement & Length jssailem at 1:36pm 01.24.22 Ken I am guessing you do not know if the previous owner replaced the boom vang line. Might be a reas
Something I found on my computer when copying files to my new one. rgranger at 1:35pm 01.24.22 Thnx
Buyer's or Seller's market? (1) rgranger at 1:30pm 01.24.22 Like in real estate, and not like "that's a fake boat"? or maybe this...
Cracking around mast struts, major issue or no? Tater at 1:29pm 01.24.22 I think most would agree that repairs are generally possible. My boat is mostly plastic and easily r
Cracking around mast struts, major issue or no? jssailem at 1:16pm 01.24.22 It is unlikely that those cracks will sink the boat. If the boat fit my desires and the price my bud
"Hawkeye" Rick D at 1:16pm 01.24.22 So sorry to see this old warhorse neglected. The purchaser does not appear to have done anything. I
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting Rick D at 1:06pm 01.24.22 FWIW, I also have an electric winch for my halyard. It is a Lewmar OP2 - not the most powerful win
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting Rick D at 1:03pm 01.24.22 Spray some McLube on the sail bolt rope. Dirt and oxidation in the groove of the foil can cause bi
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting jssailem at 1:03pm 01.24.22 Clean the track. Dirt and grit in the track can increase friction which might be over loading the m
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting Rick D at 1:02pm 01.24.22 Is the main sheet and boomvang loose? Is there anything holding the boom down? Can you raise the af
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting Rick D at 1:00pm 01.24.22 While you are raising the main those last 5 feet, have someone put an amp. meter on the positive dc
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting Rick D at 12:59pm 01.24.22 Rick i had that exact same problem when we had a 40.5 when raising the main. Sometimes the breaker
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting Rick D at 12:56pm 01.24.22 I'd bet on something providing increased resistance when hoisting rather than a problem with the wi
Hunter 25.5 standing rigging JoeWhite at 12:51pm 01.24.22 I dropped my mast. Labeled each cable and took them to a rigging shop. They made new ones. It all wo
Hunter 25.5 standing rigging sail sfbay at 12:32pm 01.24.22 That is one way to duplicate each rigging part (and might avoid dropping the mast) with a tensioned

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