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8 Outboards... Warren Milberg at 12:35pm 01.23.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1878 Fearing my new dinghy might be underpowered, I plan to get a rig like this one: http://www.snopes.
New Columbia 27' Owner - Jib Dimensions? Captain Jaz at 11:31am 01.23.09 Columbia 8/3637 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 2/1243 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 1/1347 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 0/1290 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 6/1972 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 6/1504 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 8/6588 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 3/2811 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 12/2912 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 5/2198 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 7/3301 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 3/1445 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 3/1152 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 1/1407 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 81/16429 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 13/9151 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 18/5688 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 26/4082 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) 4/2172 Hi Phil, In the Halcyon days of HOW I think we used to have access to a table of Running Rigging siz

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360 Vancouver Island 2022 Cruise jssailem at 6:38am 02.02.22 and watch the orca / whales play. Like in this story with video near Comox of a whale playing from
Yanmar impeller replacement DougM at 6:36am 02.02.22
mast raising (3) MacBeane at 6:21am 02.02.22 I'm wondering where to attach the deck hardware and the bolt through the mast for the baby stays. T
To oil or varnish?! AlastairLC at 6:09am 02.02.22 Oil above decks, varnish below. Varnish creates more of a greenhouse affect and cooks in the sun (pa
"Forum Search" is Dead All U Get at 5:17am 02.02.22 Thanks Phil, Everything is back in working order. Yes, how very true. I had the attitude that
To oil or varnish?! Growl at 5:04am 02.02.22
Fresh Water Hose Replacement Issues Fleet at 4:58am 02.02.22 Got the frame out and replaced the hose from the tank. It was 7 screws and wiggling side to side th
Hatch cover needs repair ---comments appreciated dlochner at 4:53am 02.02.22 That looks like the vertical hatch board for the companionway. Is it fiberglass or plastic? There
To oil or varnish?! (2) jon hansen at 4:29am 02.02.22 i love to varnish. love the look. BUT i know how, most don't tect the wood. i'm old school, grew
Screw clamp port lights Capt Robbie at 3:51am 02.02.22 if you know the manufacturer you can probably get the from here. And a think the gasket material is
Hatch cover needs repair ---comments appreciated (3) garymalmgren at 10:31pm 02.01.22 Hi Thomas. You have a variety of options. 1. make a full size replacement from ply wood. (cheapest,
To oil or varnish?! (1) Tally Ho at 9:37pm 02.01.22
Screw clamp port lights Tally Ho at 9:25pm 02.01.22
"Forum Search" is Dead (2) Tally Ho at 9:17pm 02.01.22 202236 Go to "Advanced Search Again" and: 202237 Every filter you can imagine and you're off to t
Hatch cover needs repair ---comments appreciated twistedskipper at 9:13pm 02.01.22 That looks like the vertical hatch board for the companionway. Is it fiberglass or plastic?
Screw clamp port lights Growl at 9:10pm 02.01.22
Screw clamp port lights Tally Ho at 9:02pm 02.01.22 You can certainly try to clean the gasket/o-ring and add some super lube or equivalent. I try to c
To oil or varnish?! Stu Jackson at 8:35pm 02.01.22 I wrote this five years ago: :) The "natural" progression of "dealing with exterior teak" usually
H26 Centerboard Play Chiriqui at 8:19pm 02.01.22
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