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Making sense of mainsail trim Clark at 1:55pm 04.09.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/5833 I'm trying to develop some personal guides on how to trim the main for various wind conditions. I've
9.2a traveler PatrickS at 1:54pm 04.09.09 S2 0/1303 has anyone modified their original traveler on their 9.2a. car, end block etc.
Old wifi question, new angle KandD at 12:44pm 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2412 I want to connect to the marina's hotspot, but we don't get a solid connection below deck. While I
Looking for a Hunter 310 Manual Steve E. at 11:35am 04.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1653 I am soon getting a 1999 Hunter 310 and was curious if anyone had an electronic copy of the owner's
Whale Flipper Pump Mark III (1) Rich Stidger at 11:21am 04.09.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 7/373 I have two of these removed from service around 1990. Free for the postage.
Extra Water Tank D Finney at 11:03am 04.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1022 As anyone added an extra water tank to a 331? Im thinking aabout trying to add one under the aft ca
Mast Step pin on 2002 Hunter 306 Philip1126 at 10:13am 04.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1756 I have a 2002 Hunter 306. I have a problem that I did not really resolve for last season's launch (m
navpod mods Banooma at 8:41am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/3206 Has anyone used Starboard plastic, or other cutting board material as a patch for differently-shaped
Starter issue Deadline at 8:34am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 18/4307 The starter button on my Yanmar 2GM20F (Hunter 320) continues to vex me. Last year I replaced the
condensation between hull and liner ncbrydon at 7:59am 04.09.09 Big Boats 0/1084 I am a new owner of a 2002 Hunter 380. I noticed a small spot of water on the floor in the aft cabin
473 Cutter Rig Jester II at 7:48am 04.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1651 Has anyone modified their rig (preferably on a 473) to a cutter rig?
OMC Zephyr Saildrive Brucer at 7:22am 04.09.09 S2 0/1596 I've found lots of documentation for my S2 7.3 except info about the saildrive as installed in our b
spider crack repair Susan at 6:46am 04.09.09 Irwin 1/2468 Can you tell me the best procedure to repair small spider cracks? And, we have taken the lettering o
Gas consumption jkincannon at 6:15am 04.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1480 I had an 8 HP motor on a 12 foot alum boat once, but have not run my 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke enough on
Play in Rudder wally252 at 5:54am 04.09.09 Columbia 0/2015 How do you install shims in the rudder to eliminate excessive play at the tiller?
Cheap cleaning tricks (1) Jumpstart at 5:47am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1857 Over the years I've picked up a couple of tricks to solve pesky cleaning problems. The tannin stain
Garmin 3000 series data card questions Roger Long at 3:52am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 13/4389 I have the Garmin 3205 for my radar installation on order from Tiger. Looking at the downloaded man
Depth finder Tony2367 at 7:26pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3497 A few weeks ago we were returning up the St. Mark's River and ran aground. I knew the tide was low b
Motor Mount Bolts Stripped Out Deucer at 6:45pm 04.08.09 Smaller Boats 8/2016 Has anybody had this happen to them? I was puttig the boat in a slip and fighting about 15kts of cr
Re-bedding fixed lexan Ports Tstein at 4:55pm 04.08.09 S2 5/4712 Aloha; The lexan port is leaking and I'm trying to decide what is the correct product to use to r

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Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 8:05am 03.14.22 203415
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Catalina 22 Sport Mast Repair? mikeracca at 7:45am 03.14.22 That was exactly what I was thinking, only made out of aluminum. If you were to have that made out
Decal Questions mikeracca at 7:36am 03.14.22
H41 inner forestay? (1) Windpilot at 7:27am 03.14.22 No crazing or noises I've noticed yet. DDW in up to 26k, no main is fantastic! May get a 2nd pole. I
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Maine Sail at 7:18am 03.14.22 You cant compare fork truck batteries(real deep-cycle batteries) to the typical lead acid batteries
Catalina 22 Sport Mast Repair? (2) Robert D at 6:58am 03.14.22 203413
Bottom scrubbing issue Parsons at 6:56am 03.14.22 Lots of guessing will occur here, but this is mine - What you see here is the slime that has accumu
Bottom scrubbing issue Capt Robbie at 6:56am 03.14.22 looks like water mold and or algae growth , any more then four years without repainting, I think yo
Catalina 22 Sport Mast Repair? (10) Robert D at 6:55am 03.14.22 Hey Jacktar, Guess I'll give it a try down there after I get the sailboat up to speed. Okay, I tho
Looking for artists for a logo (2) william24424 at 6:43am 03.14.22 Upwork website, you can name price or request design fee, several folks should apply for gig. I got
Lightning strike kloudie1 at 6:16am 03.14.22 I had a strike several years ago.. It took the VHF antenna, fried the Loran (sorta tells how long ag
Bug screen (1) wyctoronto at 6:10am 03.14.22
1984 Catalina 30 MK II Tall Rig Chris Blubaugh01 at 6:04am 03.14.22 the one I'm looking at is an 84 but it's listed as a MK II. sounds like an identical set up to your
Custom graphic on a cruising spinnaker kappykaplan at 5:26am 03.14.22 JUICER Uhh, JRacer?
Custom graphic on a cruising spinnaker Will Gilmore at 5:22am 03.14.22 JRacer, your graphics guy is talented. That's a nice logo. -Will
Houston, we have a Problem - H36 Compression Post (4) chichiflys at 4:41am 03.14.22 About ready to clean up the bare bottom, add resin to fill in all the crevices and embed a 1/2 plate
Custom graphic on a cruising spinnaker Apex at 4:38am 03.14.22 @JRacer thats a lot of numbers.....but no boat number? :)
Icebox conversion kits jviss at 4:09am 03.14.22 The The 120 volt dorm fridge I had before the Isotherm would start out at about 70 watts and as i
How to cleaning halyard on the boat shemandr at 3:28am 03.14.22 With no sail up I'd knot the tail of the halyard so it can't get lost in the mast. Then pull as muc

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