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One Person Mast Raising System papamills at 1:20pm 09.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1747 Looking for suggestions for one person mast raising system for 1985 MacGregor 25....in water and on
Bottom Sanding - Painting sailcapt340 at 12:45pm 09.26.08 Big Boats 2/1286 When the boat is hauled for the sesaon, can it be light sanded now (Oct/Nov) and left to paint in th
NavPod Installation Tips (Photo Heavy Post) (8) Maine Sail at 11:52am 09.26.08 Ask All Sailors 5/3820 It occurred to me, after seeing a guy at the boat yard destroy a $200.00 + NavPod, that some may be
Removing Mast Step ggreen at 11:31am 09.26.08 Ask An Oday Owner 24/2962 I have a 1984, 23 ft. O'day with a stepped mast. The mast plate leaks, and needs to be rebedded, how
Anyone else going to the Lats & Att's party at 2 harbrs. caguy at 11:22am 09.26.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1327 Anyone else going to the Lats ' Att's party at 2 Harbors. Oct 10-12th? Promises to be a good time.F
Rigging Diagram for O'Day 19 Conrad at 8:52am 09.26.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/5191 I have just purchased a 1983 O'Day 19 and I need a diagram of how to rig the the mast, sails,etc.I a
Yanmar Manuals Warren Milberg at 7:27am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1598 Phil: I still cannot find the Yanmar engine manuals that Jim Seamans had posted to the "Resource" s
Vinyl GoldLeaf Lettering igor at 6:51am 09.26.08 Ask All Sailors 9/3205 Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has ordered vinyl goldleaf letters for the name of their boa
Sailcare Warren Milberg at 6:35am 09.26.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1225 FYI, for those of you who like and use "Sailcare," as I do, their 15 % discount period runs on sails
Control of specific forums to show? Rich Stidger at 6:35am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/1669 On the old site a user could check off which forums in which they were interested and only those pos
How to control getting only Hunter forums? Rich Stidger at 6:16am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/1563 Upon first opening of the home page, if I click New Posts I get posts from all boat brands. If I cl
attached thumbnails ffacts at 5:59am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1232 How do I manage to see the attached thumbnaills They are not showing and I cannot find the "special
Posting images to new post Ken Palmer at 5:21am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1104 I just ran across a posting where a couple images were included in the post. When passing my mouse
NE Sailors STORM PREP!!! (Photo Heavy) (9) Maine Sail at 4:16am 09.26.08 Musings With Maine Sail 18/8087 We are expecting a tropical storm this weekend in the North East! In our mooring field, with big fet
C320 Mybigblue at 4:16am 09.26.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1212 We are looking for ideas !! We are interested to know how and where other owners stow equipment in t
Looking for spinaker Jimm at 3:28am 09.26.08 Catalina 30 0/1079 Have '93 Cat30 tall rig -- looking for spinaker to add to sail inventory ... respond PM should ou ha
First 285 electrical questions SoSound at 10:18pm 09.25.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2147 I have a couple of specific electrical questions on our First 285, and then a request for general ma
Hunter 23.5 displacement DavidB75 at 10:13pm 09.25.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/4696 Hello everyone, I am looking into purchasing a Hunter 23.5 but would like to know the displacement o
Throttle slows down by itself ?? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 9:55pm 09.25.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2284 I started noticing the throttle would back off (slow down) on long stretches of motoring. This is o
Day 1: Frequently Asked Questions and Update Phil Herring at 9:17pm 09.25.08 Ask All Sailors 31/4427 Hi everyone, Thanks for your patience today while the site gets a bit of shakedown cruise! Here ar

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Companionway step cracked due to weight of keel (3) pclarksurf at 5:11pm 01.08.22 @IASailor sadly I don't have any exact pics of the type of repair -- but I've added some pics of m
Charging acceptance rgranger at 5:09pm 01.08.22 I'm not sure if this applies but when you said... tery state". If you think of water pressure as
Traditionally made boat fenders (1) rgranger at 4:57pm 01.08.22
Point to ponder: furling the jib thinwater at 4:48pm 01.08.22 Yup, I've furled sails for strangers. They forget.
Charging acceptance Tom J at 4:42pm 01.08.22 It can get very confusing when you have different types of batteries being charge by multiple chargi
Just committed to an 82 C22. Light air at 4:42pm 01.08.22 LOL, when it gets a little warmer - in the 50's at least ... so March.
Charging acceptance dlochner at 4:36pm 01.08.22
Just committed to an 82 C22. Grotto at 4:33pm 01.08.22 Ok NOW we require pictures of the maiden voyage ;)
Companionway step cracked due to weight of keel (2) pclarksurf at 4:30pm 01.08.22 What actually holds up the piece of wood you added that then in turn holds up the keel winch? From
Exhaust Riser - Repair or Replace Tom J at 4:28pm 01.08.22 I'll also call HDI Marine but their website only talks about cast pieces. I wouldn't dismiss the i
Just committed to an 82 C22. Light air at 4:27pm 01.08.22 I took possession of the boat today. It took all afternoon to step the mast and tune the rigging bu
Purchased a Soverel 33 Project Boat (1) daydreamerjr at 4:25pm 01.08.22
Just committed to an 82 C22. Light air at 4:23pm 01.08.22 Plans are to just cruise and play around. If I find the right deal on a trailer, I"ll consider it b
Point to ponder: furling the jib Tom J at 4:20pm 01.08.22 Why would one even do that? :facepalm: I have wondered that, too. When they furl the jib, the fu
Exhaust Riser - Repair or Replace Ward H at 4:20pm 01.08.22 Replace it I will. My research shows one of the larger Catalinas came with a SS riser so I'll ca
Point to ponder: furling the jib Tom J at 4:11pm 01.08.22 Maybe I should clarify that. Glad I'm not dealing with snow. Otherwise, I do miss New England. :)
Point to ponder: furling the jib Roland5048 at 3:46pm 01.08.22 BTW, grew up in Scituate. Glad I'm in Fl. now. Maybe I should clarify that. Glad I'm not dealing
Traditionally made boat fenders All U Get at 3:34pm 01.08.22 Watch it again. It flashes on the screen near the start. Four meters Metric? Just when I was i
Point to ponder: furling the jib Roland5048 at 3:22pm 01.08.22
Point to ponder: furling the jib Tom J at 3:13pm 01.08.22

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