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New Columbia 27' Owner - Jib Dimensions? Captain Jaz at 11:31am 01.23.09 Columbia 8/3630 Firstly, I'd just like to say Hi to everyone, and that I'm glad to of found such a useful site. I li
Portable DVD player (2) walt at 10:59am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1241 Too much time on my hands??? Ive had a portable DVD player on the boat partly so that my kids will g
Venture 22 Keel theland39 at 9:57am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1340 I'm looking to buy a 1971 Mac 22, good rigging, rough gelcoat. I'm not planning on winning beauty c
Cool photo application Merry Prankster at 9:03am 01.23.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1287 CNN created a combined, 3d, multi-view, cool, web photo of the moment of inauguration. Does anyone
Fairleads and horn cleats on Mac 25 Deck dancing bear at 8:56am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1967 It seems all Mac 25s have a set of fairleads and cleats on the deck. Does anyone use these? I supp
Lightening, as in weighing less dancing bear at 8:12am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1499 I am thinking about taking some excess cabin weight out of the Mac 25, and wonder about others exper
Yanmar 3GMF oil change nemo99 at 6:55am 01.23.09 Big Boats 8/6554 Hi; I have a yanmar 3gmf and change oil in the engine by inserting a small tube into the dipstick h
Fiberglass Repair (1) jaymenator at 8:28pm 01.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2808 What is the best way to repair pitting? I have several areas topside with some pitting as shown belo
Hand Held GPS Shooter II at 8:27pm 01.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 12/2893 Looking to get a hand-held GPS for use on the Chesapeake. Anybody have any recommendations for brand
Low profile vent Hunter 34 dperreault at 7:00pm 01.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2194 Does anyone know where to get the low profile vent for the Hunter 34 , year 1983 -1984 ? It was onc
Swing Keel locked or unlocked? Chic questions tanya09 at 5:28pm 01.22.09 Catalina 22 7/3295 Just purchased a 85 Cat 22. I had the bottom painted last fall and had the swing keel and bolts che
Joe Trinkky Dinky Shoaldrafter at 5:04pm 01.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1443 Thank you for your post on the plant visit. Question about use of roving guns to spray inside th
Question about connecting my VHF to my GPS mschenk at 4:37pm 01.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1149 Hi Sailors: I have a Standard Horizon Intrepid model GX1270S VHF radio and a Garmin GSMap 492 and I
Westerbeke instrument replacements NautiBuoy at 4:20pm 01.22.09 Bigger Boats 1/1395 The Tach/hour Meter and Volt Meter on my '87 272LE have both failed. Any suggestions for replacemen
What do you cook with? Trinkka at 1:54pm 01.22.09 Trailer Sailors 81/16285 The last Thread that I entered on cooking on a small boat has been languishing. So I offer a questio
butyl tape John at 11:16am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 13/9109 Maine Sail uses butyl tape instead of caulking for sealing deck penetrations. I have never worked wi
Power Inverter Question Rick2413 at 9:52am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 18/5675 I presently have a xantrex 1750 watt inverter(1500 watt continuous) on my boat. It has two outlets.
starting engine first time in 2 years. (1) luvitt at 9:45am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 26/4063 hey all, Ive been working on restoring this 40' hunter legend for about a year now. Its a beautiful
Table of Rigging Sizes & Lengths Donalex at 8:15am 01.22.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/2152 Hi Phil, In the Halcyon days of HOW I think we used to have access to a table of Running Rigging siz
strictly sail chicago discount code duality at 7:56am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 2/4680 here is a discount code for the chicago show! 50% off SSC09CD anyone have any others mike

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New Capri 18 Owner Joe at 7:38pm 01.22.22 Yeah, looks like it. The stock Catalina boom holding device was a short wire pennant attached to th
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. (1) Will Gilmore at 6:51pm 01.22.22 Jolly good show, @wobbly, jolly good.
Something I found on my computer when copying files to my new one. Crusty Ol Salt at 6:47pm 01.22.22 Thx a million for the reminder.
Oil shortage Calif. Ted at 5:56pm 01.22.22 Is there any other kind? :biggrin: Presto Logs, a wax and sawdust candle compressed into the shap
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. DArcy at 5:34pm 01.22.22 That's a fun video, I like the narrator's hat. He must be a sailor :) A bit of a different view of
1989 Catalina 30 Control line size and length sail sfbay at 5:34pm 01.22.22 Attach a tag line with a hook or sew the ends together and pull it through, separate from the tag li
Hunter 26 mast fit on 260 sail sfbay at 5:24pm 01.22.22 Good plan.........lots of sail AND powerboats out there for purchase.
Hunter 26 mast fit on 260 Vaughn at 4:41pm 01.22.22 Thank you everyone. We ended up passing on that hunter and went north to look at another one. We hav
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. wobbly at 4:26pm 01.22.22 Very true. Perhaps that is one of the reasons the owner elected to take along a "Pilot". Did look
CENTERBOARD HELP Project_Mayhem at 4:21pm 01.22.22 That crumbled concrete like material is what I also found in my keel. I started out with the same ap
Oil shortage dlochner at 3:57pm 01.22.22 Would you want any other kind? Is there any other kind? :biggrin:
Oil shortage Sailor Sue at 3:43pm 01.22.22 A few years ago we were headed to Mt Desert Is in Maine. On the main road was a big sign: "Organic
New Capri 18 Owner (2) thedude at 2:59pm 01.22.22 I ordered a quick release turnbuckle for the forestay which should be delivered today. That will sav
South Puget Sound canvas (besides Iverson)? Johnb at 2:44pm 01.22.22 Recommend Lonnie Esterbur 253 359 7486 DBA Canvas Loft in Tacoma.
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Light air at 2:25pm 01.22.22 Poly on teak. Looks good and I cut it out using the old table as a templet. Hopefully taking it ou
New Capri 18 Owner SailingLoto at 2:15pm 01.22.22 Nice little boat. It cleaned up well.
Oil shortage Len Ingalls at 2:00pm 01.22.22 It's a whole new world. Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Oils \| Irving Oil
Oil shortage sailcapt340 at 1:48pm 01.22.22
Trying to identify this boat Tater at 1:06pm 01.22.22 Coming in late on this, sorry. $3000 can buy a ton used boat fun. I sailed some in my early years an
Oil shortage Stu Jackson at 1:00pm 01.22.22 Motoring will get me hungry for Caesar salad. Reminds me of the days when biodiesel first came out

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