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Old Headliner SeanMorey at 10:49am 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2008 Dear Mentors, My "new" 77 Colombia Payne 9.6 has an old stained headliner. In the head it sags too
Mounting a new inflatable dingy Jim Seamans at 10:44am 04.02.09 Ask All Sailors 9/7652 I just recently purchased a new inflatable dingy and will be hanging it from the davits. Since the
Seat in aft cabin Franklin at 10:44am 04.02.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/2051 Glenn: I thought I'd just use this opportunity to say, the seat(s) Hunter keeps putting in the aft
What to look for when considering a C-30 Bungalow Bill at 10:30am 04.02.09 Catalina 30 4/6275 Hi All, I am considering purchasing a Catalina 30 (late 80's or early 90's). I am wondering if the
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 31/9818 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 1/1499 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 5/2552 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 23/10225 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

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Universal Diesel M18 overheating and coolant escaping from bleeder problems captcoho at 9:25am 02.20.22 Search past threads, some people added a coolant overflow tank to M18
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Looking for 386 Red and Green Interior Courtesy Lights JimP at 9:21am 02.20.22 These were small sealed units, so I replaced them with G-10 sockets and G-10 dim red LED bulbs. As I
mast raising captcoho at 9:10am 02.20.22 Hi, Okay, we've made progress getting the mast to go up... But then it tips to starboard and falls
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Need larger hole in hatch Ralph Johnstone at 8:55am 02.20.22 Ralph, do you need to run the drill in reverse (like I do when starting to drill through gelcoat) t
mast raising (2) mikeracca at 8:51am 02.20.22 It goes about half way up the pole and there is a block at the top of the pole where the rope exits.
Down windsails. Diablito at 8:50am 02.20.22 Thank you Sail SF Bay. The top down furler seems to be the simplest handling approach. Cheers. Tim
Down windsails. Diablito at 8:44am 02.20.22 Good day Claude and thank you. Your post arrived while I was replying to the other captains. I lik
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Ports MacBeane at 8:15am 02.20.22 No fabrication is needed, just the plastic frame, as also asked by a commenter at the end of that ar
Down windsails. Diablito at 8:03am 02.20.22 You all are amazing! Thank you, so much, for your comments and for so quickly sharing your knowledge
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Ports sail sfbay at 7:53am 02.20.22 Would you consider taking your old plastic frame to a stainless-steel sheet metal fabricator to cust
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Spinnaker car. (1) sail sfbay at 7:40am 02.20.22 Have you checked with Rig Rite who sells Z Spar parts Z-Spar Main Page (rigrite.com)?
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Down windsails. (1) Claude L.-Auger at 7:25am 02.20.22 As Jssailem and Tally-Ho said, an A-sym tacked on the bow (like Tally-Ho I tack mine to the bow roll
Tow Vehicle Question. Light air at 7:19am 02.20.22 My 2019 Honda CRV towed home the Tanzer 16 I bought a few weeks ago. It was a 200 mile trip at ~70-

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