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keel winch rough timmer594 at 6:33pm 01.26.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2217 I recently replaced my winch because it was falling apart. It is really rough going down, smooth cra
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Restoring shroud threads tom.watson at 2:00pm 01.26.09 Catalina 30 4/1335 I am replacing closed turnbuckles on a 77 Catalina 30 and hoping not to replace the shrouds, which l
has anyone purchased a sail from FX sails? markberten@gmail.com at 1:50pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1494 Did yo u purchase from FX sails? Were you happy with the sails? did you get what you ordered? Wa
How do you replace impeller quickly and easily? MaestroCT at 1:36pm 01.26.09 Big Boats 13/3477 Last summer, by the time I realized that the strainer on the engine intake was full of enough eel gr
Stepping a mast 3m_rowe at 12:54pm 01.26.09 Catalina 22 4/2590 I am looking at buying a '79 Catalina 22, as my first sailboat purchase. It is a trailerable boat,
Waxing Johnb at 12:31pm 01.26.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1460 Kinyonga is currently hauled out. We have had a reccomendation from the boat yard to have a "profess
Sail Calculator Mike B at 12:18pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1539 I stumbled across this site following a thread on a different web site. It's a nice tool that calcul
Siphon Break - Engine Raw Water Circuit rardiH36 at 11:41am 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 7/11161 Imbedded in recent threads is a picture (courtesy of Maine Sail) that highlights a siphon- break in
Vibration under sail - h38 Pat Hooyman at 11:07am 01.26.09 Big Boats 6/2101 I have a 2007 H38 - took it out Friday in 20+ knot winds - great sailing but I felt a vibration when
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Tow Vehicle tedebee at 10:50am 01.26.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1146 What size Vehicle needed to tow an O'Day 272? I have a Tahoe with a 350 V8 and 4W drive?
Plumbing problem mnydvr at 10:41am 01.26.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/964 Mid 80's 32' have a problem in the head,seems that sea water is getting back into head,"y" valve

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Is tuning the rigging necessary? Tedd at 4:05pm 06.14.21 Just to be clear, you do need to slacken the headstay on the H26 in order to detach or attach it at
How far down should she be dunked? justsomeguy at 4:04pm 06.14.21 What's the general rule for outboard height? Cavitation plate below the waterline. You've two? I
H-34 Fixed Ports Rebuilt (1) kloudie1 at 3:40pm 06.14.21 Inside, I took off the interior trim and painted the outward edges flat black. I painted the edges o
Navionics Tutorials sail sfbay at 3:26pm 06.14.21 Here is a start: (13) Navionics Navigation Introduction and Tutorial - YouTube
Reefing Cringle?? JoeWhite at 3:26pm 06.14.21 That feature on the main sail is called Cunningham.
H-34 Fixed Ports Rebuilt Claude L.-Auger at 2:52pm 06.14.21 Looks real good Claude. That is on my projects list and I too will shamelessy copy Allan's idea ? W
3GM30F Clean-up (1) Claude L.-Auger at 2:47pm 06.14.21 Great job Scott. As for replacing the water heater hoses going to the engine here is a simple soluti
Do you BELIEVE... in Rogue Waves? smokey73 at 2:45pm 06.14.21
1972 Irwin 28 sail sfbay at 2:38pm 06.14.21 How tall are you? Is the boat nearby to see?
Considering a Hunter 240 caverun at 2:34pm 06.14.21 We had a 240 for 10 years- and have a 260 now. The lack of side decks was never a problem for us on
Shroud Cotter Pins Claude L.-Auger at 2:33pm 06.14.21 As you know the pins are there to prevent the shroud from turning and getting loose. Previous owner
Reefing Cringle?? Hayden Watson at 2:31pm 06.14.21 You could think if it that way. I have one on my C30 TR/BS and have a 4:1 block and tackle which co
Hunter 45DS SeaTalk Backbone sail sfbay at 2:31pm 06.14.21 Welcome to the forum!! Not a 45DS but my 46 has it located inside the panel adjacent to the navigat
Reefing Cringle?? cstats at 2:25pm 06.14.21 flatting the leading edge of the sail, taking the belly out, as the wind increases nothing to do
Solar panel installation - Oceanis 31 - advice (1) Bluenose at 1:57pm 06.14.21 If you are trickle charging a 20 watt panel is sufficient. I got the panel, flipped it over and scre
Do you BELIEVE... in Rogue Waves? capta at 1:54pm 06.14.21 I know they exist; I've seen the damage they have done to freighters. But these "rogue waves" under
Traveler Don Guillette at 1:53pm 06.14.21 Hello Don -- SO, I actually did this in reverse. I found the charts some time ago and have been wor
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 sail sfbay at 1:49pm 06.14.21 phobucket..............I am happy to look at the boat OR just talk about sailing in the San Francisc
Is tuning the rigging necessary? Thaniel at 1:48pm 06.14.21 Do we have to tune the rigging "have to" seems pretty subjective. To be very literal, will it sa
Chartplotters and GPS how do you decide. Rick486 at 1:44pm 06.14.21 Our 2002 Garmin 3210 is at sea now on it's way from Grenada to Newport, hopefully, nonstop. When I'

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