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oil less Compressor for Diving Me at 7:26am 03.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/14899 Any one know where to get good info for using a oil less compressor for air supply to cleaning the h
Wheel Steering Conversion H27 bsavulis at 7:22am 03.22.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1944 I picked up an Edson binnacle recently, to convert my 75 H27 to wheel steering, has anyone out there
Is an O'Day Tempest right for me? jfrancis100 at 6:27am 03.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1586 Hi, I'm a new member and live in Mattapoisett, Ma on Buzzards Bay. I haven't sailed for a very lon
trailer for oday 25 swing keel Uncle Bill at 5:53am 03.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 10/8822 Mainly for storage, but would like to be able to make short (30-50 mile) hauls to the finger lakes.
Looking for trailer for Oday 25 Uncle Bill at 5:43am 03.22.09 Day Sailers 0/4 Mainly for storage, but would like to be able to make short (30-50 mile) hauls to the finger lakes.
Self Tacking Jib Ksarna at 5:37am 03.22.09 Catalina 30 4/3248 Does any one have or installed or used one.Im intrested in one for my 89
Lines to Cockpit Chris3704 at 10:14pm 03.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1222 My wife and I purchased an O'Day 23, with what appears to be the original running rigging, back in J
Navimatics Maps for Garmin chartplotters captain frank II at 8:06pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2337 Any body have experience using Navimatics maps in their Garmin chartplotters ? They are so much chea
'86 22 flcaptainbill at 7:59pm 03.21.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1286 Considering purchase of an 86 22 and have a couple of questions. 1. What is the towing weight. 2.
Help Running with the wind KandD at 7:52pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 8/1868 Not sure if this is the place... but I went out for a sail today and tried to run wing and wing with
Pedestal for Catalina 42 Salon Table lavie423 at 5:04pm 03.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/1596 To appease my first mate and make for a happy crew, I built a cabinet to support the salon table for
Mixing elbow sail361 at 5:39pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1978 I have a simple question for you motor heads. I tore apart my heat exchanger today to check it and c
SD 20 oil seal in water replacement? tsmwebb at 3:57pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2377 I'm back in La Paz, Mexico because one of my saildrives has started to leak a bit of tranny oil out
Irwin 31' Citation JoeD at 3:31pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/10864 Looking at a 31" citation. It has damaged mast strp and floor grid. Looking for any information that
Floor grid JoeD at 3:26pm 03.21.09 Irwin 1/2009 Looking at a 31' Citation. The mast step is broken and floor grid damaged. Anyone know any thing abo
can someone start a thread on how to properly wax a boat? (1) luvitt at 2:55pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2259 sounds silly, but i've not had good results in the past. I guess there is some trick, or special sa
Measurement question for PSS shaft seal Ken Honeycutt at 2:35pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 0/40 I want to install a PSS shaft seal before splash down this spring so I took some measurements today.
Plastic Clips (1) AndrewB at 2:33pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 5/1443 Does anybody know where I can purchase some new plastic clips for the hindge of our hatch. Photo is
Store survey Phil Herring at 1:46pm 03.21.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1907 First, I want to thank everyone who responded to our store survey. We received many, many responses
Skylight Replacement; hardware or not Mysterious Ways at 1:23pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 1/1346 I was once told that when replacing the skylights I should not have the corners of the new acrylic d

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I got new crew Leeward Rail at 6:06pm 03.09.22 Based on the painting..looks like you had a previous crew member too. :beer:
Docking queries jnorten at 6:04pm 03.09.22 I recall when outfitting my rig that I Googled things and I was able to find recommendation for fend
Winch Maintenance JRT at 5:59pm 03.09.22 Old thread, but I thought I'd recycle with some further questions. I've not serviced my winches and
LiFePo4 Refresh Hayden Watson at 5:52pm 03.09.22 How's that? It's my understanding that excess current due to a lower load impedance creates more h
I got new crew Crusty Ol Salt at 5:37pm 03.09.22 Love it
questions about a boat I am looking at, S2 92C kloudie1 at 5:02pm 03.09.22 S2 9.2 - Practical Sailor (practical-sailor.com) some info.. not too useful but worth a read
Best anchor and chain kloudie1 at 4:22pm 03.09.22
In hull transducer and wax brazenarticle at 4:22pm 03.09.22 Roll a ball of wax from the toilet bowl ring, put it on the bottom of the transducer and stick it to
Standing Rigging brockangelo at 3:59pm 03.09.22 The jaw toggles commonly get bent, here is a link, yours are either 1/4 or 5/16, probably LH thre
In hull transducer and wax Capt Robbie at 3:50pm 03.09.22 mine is installed in clear silicone..... I used an old plasic container as a retainer for the silic
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Jconnors at 3:48pm 03.09.22 Hi VS, Is this your first sailboat purchase? I also assume you hired the surveyor. If s
What anchor and rode will physically fit the bow and anchor locker? (1) sail sfbay at 3:45pm 03.09.22 Do you have a bow roller to secure a Rocna/Manson/Mantus style anchor? if you do, then the anchor c
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 3:35pm 03.09.22
In hull transducer and wax Ward H at 3:24pm 03.09.22
LiFePo4 Refresh LeslieTroyer at 3:08pm 03.09.22 What a waste, for the lack of a $5 fusible link. Why don't they protect these things? Fuseable li
Hunter 240 rudder Crazy Dave Condon at 3:08pm 03.09.22 Arranged for @rgranger to handle
In hull transducer and wax Light air at 3:07pm 03.09.22 In the video posted by Tally Ho, while checking the use of the transducer, the presenter used petrol
Standing Rigging Dave Groshong at 3:04pm 03.09.22 The jaw toggles commonly get bent, here is a link, yours are either 1/4 or 5/16, probably LH threa
Best anchor and chain shemandr at 2:54pm 03.09.22 The weak link in most nodes is the anchor shackle pin. You can pick chain from tables. But the sha
In hull transducer and wax Davidasailor26 at 2:39pm 03.09.22

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