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Headstay Sag Ted at 10:26pm 01.16.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/8877 When it comes to headsail trim, there doesn't seem to me much discussion about headstay sag. I know
Gre Toddayat Wind seadaddler at 5:07pm 01.16.09 Ask All Sailors 0/5 Wow very windy today for sure but no we did not go sailing today,but they had a ball.
Bimini dimensions for 9.2C garylinger at 4:57pm 01.16.09 S2 3/1675 Can anyone provide me with the dimensions for a bimini frame for the 9.2C. When I took possession o
Broken Chainplate Tierod (2) steve21968 at 12:57pm 01.16.09 Big Boats 18/5277 My Hunter 34 washed ashore in hurricane Omer in October and got banged around pretty bad on the port
another 23.5 question bad_com_pany at 12:30pm 01.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1116 Ive asked this before and researched what I could find but cannot seem to find the co. that sells th
Is there anybody out there? Boompa at 12:02pm 01.16.09 Morgan 4/2612 Did a search of Morgan threads and found nothing on Morgan O/I 30's. Ours is a 1977 with a lot of up
battened jib sails walt at 11:46am 01.16.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2012 Im thinking about replacing my 19 year old working jib sail on a 26S and may just get a conventional
Sail slug alternative TealDreamin at 11:31am 01.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1374 Hi All, My Oday 25 uses a sail slug stop for the main. The bottom 2 slugs are above the stop, which
Virtual Sailing captain cajun at 11:18am 01.16.09 Trailer Sailors 8/2796 For Christmas I received a PC program for sailing, it's does help with blues, however can I learn fo
Just have to say... Phil Herring at 10:31am 01.16.09 Sails Call Lounge 3/3683 After running across Snotter and ClaireBuoyant, i think we are in the Golden Age of screen names. S
Weather Helm captain cajun at 10:31am 01.16.09 Trailer Sailors 8/3777 Is it true, that adding to the front of the rudder helps remove weather Helm?:neutral:
Economical Bottom Paint sources? SeacretSailor at 8:28am 01.16.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2102 I'm about to schedule my first ever bottom job on a "new-to-me" sailboat (30ft C'C) down in New Orle
Standing rigging replacement cost BobM at 7:26am 01.16.09 Ask All Sailors 19/18308 A while back I posted that I have acquired a double bend in my backstay after they pulled my boat.
Bridge Clearance Oday 222 tchodgd at 7:10am 01.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/3078 What is the bridge clearance for the oday 222. tks. Dave.
Dish rack light H36 Ken Honeycutt at 6:52am 01.16.09 Big Boats 5/1332 Quick question for H36 owners. Is your dish rack light wired so that it will only switch on when you
Difference between an Oday 22 and a 222 tchodgd at 6:32am 01.16.09 Day Sailers 4/2408 What are the differences between the oday 22 and 222. Is their any difference is size, design, sail
Suggestions on a boat for me. tchodgd at 6:06am 01.16.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2283 I'm looking to by a small sailboat (say a 22 footer) and I'm not sure what to buy. Here is my situa
Pedestal Repair Bill Sloan at 4:38am 01.16.09 Irwin 1/2015 I have a1977 CC 37' with a wobbley pedestal, when you steer or otherwise use the pedestal it moves,
oday 34 owner manuel captainraywilliams at 1:04am 01.16.09 Bigger Boats 2/1508 hello, dose antone have and oday 34 owners manuel they can send me it would help me, greatly, capta
Genniker fitting on 281 Green Flash at 11:24pm 01.15.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1516 We recently bought a 281 (1996) and want to fit a Genniker, but are unsure what would be the best at

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Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:46am 02.08.22 The better information that is provided when asking a question the more targeted the responses will
Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:23am 02.08.22 And that's how the battle started: in Florida. When we are sweltering in 90 degree weather with
C&C 30 Mk II rudder smokey73 at 11:01am 02.08.22 I note what looks like some pretty severe pitting on the shaft (Pic 1 far left just above some sort
Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:00am 02.08.22
Raw water pump. PlaneTom at 10:57am 02.08.22 Had a similar problem on a friend's Westerbeke. When we rebuilt the pump I had the drive tang lengt
Adding portable general. Benny17441 at 10:51am 02.08.22 A Honda Eu2000i portable generator puts out a maximum of 13.3 Amps irrespective of whether it has 20
C&C 30 Mk II rudder smokey73 at 10:45am 02.08.22 No sure of who made the C&C 30 rudder. If it was Foss Foam you may be in luck if its a bigger job t
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Maine Sail at 10:45am 02.08.22 Hey, Rod, glad to see you online. I'm not here often, and last I knew you were "down" with medical
Raw water pump. kloudie1 at 10:34am 02.08.22 Had a similar problem on a friend's Westerbeke. When we rebuilt the pump I had the drive tang length
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered jviss at 10:33am 02.08.22 The states that allow you to document your boat and NOT register your boat are AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, H
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered jviss at 10:31am 02.08.22 Right. In those cases where states require separate state registration of (USCG) documented vessels
Raw water pump. JoeWhite at 10:30am 02.08.22 If I had to guess what happened, I will guess that you have not used the engine for a long time, lik
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Ward H at 10:26am 02.08.22 My GF keeps one in her Honda CR-V. Had a dead battery one day. The Jump Start worked great. I was a
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... jviss at 10:17am 02.08.22 Hey, Rod, glad to see you online. I'm not here often, and last I knew you were "down" with medical
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke Benny17441 at 10:13am 02.08.22 Overfueling. The governor is unable to handle certain load conditions. Fouled bottom or prop or re
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Maine Sail at 9:56am 02.08.22 UPDATE... These things still fail to work.. In the last two weeks we have needed to jump-start our
Winter Cruising Question (2) colb218 at 9:38am 02.08.22 It sounds like your head sail had previously been a hanked on sail or possibly on a racing foil. I
Raw water pump. (1) PlaneTom at 9:30am 02.08.22 Yeah. That's had it. Appears to have seized and sheared off the pulley that the belt goes on. So
Adding 115 AC (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:22am 02.08.22 I may buy a 3000 watt generator. And that's how the battle started:
Adding 115 AC NCBrew at 9:16am 02.08.22 Thanks to everyone for replies. :) I am going to the boat this afternoon to test it.

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