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beneteau pricing virgovirtus at 8:38am 04.02.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1521 hello all - any advice on new beneteau pricing during these time? I'm looking at new beneteau 49's a
Cutta Hole in my Boat! emergpa1 at 7:44am 04.02.09 Ask An Oday Owner 31/9816 As many of you know I am in the process of rebuilding my Oday 26. It began with redcognition of an o
05H36 Keel Stub Al - s/v Persephone at 7:23am 04.02.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 6/2112 Glenn - When ordering Persephone, the salesman was unable to tell me the sinkage rate and AVS.
Fantastic 356 Bill Glass at 7:23am 04.02.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1469 Glenn, we have an '03 356 and absolutely love everything about her! After the past six years of loc
Centerboard Quoddy at 7:12am 04.02.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1498 Glenn. For maximum performance, are there any special considerations to keep in mind when sailing a
Solvent for use on dacron Merry Prankster at 6:45am 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 1/2010 The PO of my boat used sail repair tape to strengthen some area of weak stitching on one of my jibs.
Spring cleaning Roger Long at 6:27am 04.02.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2661 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 5/2550 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 14/2554 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 5/1993 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 2/2595 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 0/1401 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 23/10219 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 7/2485 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 7/2107 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 8/2578 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 15/2395 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 3/1972 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 4/1480 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 7/1774 My 1997 passage 450 has never had the keel tightened. Is this a big deal? Can I just retorque the

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Down windsails. danstanford at 2:52am 02.20.22 As jssailem notes above, the apparent wind is roughly 90 degrees for wind speeds up to 12 or so. Thi
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping Stu Jackson at 8:54pm 02.19.22 The article above looks like exactly what I need. Here's another resource: https://c34.org/wiki/i
Paceship PY26 Icebox (1) Tally Ho at 8:26pm 02.19.22
Down windsails. Tally Ho at 8:07pm 02.19.22
LiFePo4 Refresh Johann at 7:44pm 02.19.22 You may have trouble getting the discharge current you need for starting from a Lithium bank that s
fore stay tension and new furler Will Gilmore at 7:36pm 02.19.22 As JS pointed out. You don't tension the forestay, you set its length for the rake you want, then t
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 6:53pm 02.19.22 Is this confusing to you too? The inventor of the treadmill died at the age of 54 The inventor of
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping Two Sails at 6:42pm 02.19.22 This is not unique to Hunter owners. It is universal to all boats no matter brand or maker that use
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:38pm 02.19.22 Slow turning pump Low voltage from battery stuff fouling the pump stuff fouling the intake hose.
fore stay tension and new furler jssailem at 6:34pm 02.19.22 You set the length of the forestay in acord with the design of the manufacture. Should be the same l
Installing shore power jssailem at 6:26pm 02.19.22 Looks like a nice one. Size matters Hope it fits.
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 6:25pm 02.19.22 Slow turning pump Low voltage from battery stuff fouling the pump stuff fouling the intake hose. O
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping jssailem at 6:18pm 02.19.22 This is not unique to Hunter owners. It is universal to all boats no matter brand or maker that use
Matching gelcoat with a colorimeter ? Justin_NSA at 6:16pm 02.19.22 Traditionally the devices for paint matching are large and expensive, but like many electronic devi
Used Parts Stores Online MitchM at 6:08pm 02.19.22
Down windsails. (1) jssailem at 6:07pm 02.19.22
Teak grate for bathroom shower MitchM at 6:04pm 02.19.22 Don t varnish or CETOL the teak if you want it to be slip resistant. ask me how I know thi
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping Calif. Ted at 5:58pm 02.19.22 That certainly appears to be conventional to me, clean the threads and nuts using brass wire brush a
Need larger hole in hatch Crusty Ol Salt at 5:54pm 02.19.22 To make a larger hole, use a 2.5" hole cutter on the drill bit and on the same bit fasten a 3.5" ho
Matching gelcoat with a colorimeter ? Leeward Rail at 5:50pm 02.19.22 any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standar

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