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For you Atlantic sailors... Brian D at 10:20am 08.31.08 Ask All Sailors 1/930 Have any of you made a sail to the site of the Titanic sinking. I know that this is probably a far f
Contra weight salon table hunter 40.5 Ultimate Star at 7:03am 08.31.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1480 The contra weight that lowers en rises the salon table has fallen down the mast foot. It looks like
Searching for swing keel 24632 at 6:32am 08.31.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1218 I'm refurbishing a '78 Oday 25 that is missing the swing keel. I would like to have the extra capab
Removing Keel for Shipping Peter Taylor at 5:36am 08.31.08 Big Boats 2/1905 Fellow Sailors I am in the process of arranging to ship a 2005 C36 Mk11 from the USA to Australia a
Anybody add air/heat to a 36 Rizzman at 5:36am 08.31.08 Yamaha 1/1759 Anybody ever add an air conditioner to a Y-36? I'm thinking about adding it this winter while the b
New Catalina-27 Owner BaySailerBill at 5:24am 08.31.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1103 Hi Everyone, I have been a sailboatowners.com member for a few years, I've been using the Oday Ow
WINDLASS ON A CAL35 SIMPLICITY CAL35 at 10:16pm 08.30.08 Cal 1/1712 I am restoring a 1984 CAL35 and want to install a windlass. Has anyone done this and if so, can you
attach od22 spread brackts Walter6016 at 7:44pm 08.30.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1018 My spreader bracket on ODay 22 which was held on with rivets at 3 points popped off the mast. Should
Newport Beach Harbor Help rfrye1 at 6:28pm 08.30.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1138 I'm looking at the chart for Newport harbor and I see the Anchorage Areas listed around Balboa ' Lid
stock rudder Don Chesley at 5:47pm 08.30.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1326 I have a Mac 26c with the stock rudder and I have a question with it being hollow. When I lift the r
Coecles Harbor Info Needed Grateful Dad at 2:23pm 08.30.08 Ask All Sailors 7/3394 I'm planning an overnight stay on 9/2 in Coecles Harbor and trying to decide whether to stay on the
Caframo or Hella fans??? rfrye1 at 2:14pm 08.30.08 Ask All Sailors 10/3847 I'm installing cabin fans. I dont like the exposed blades on the Hella fans, but they seems to be on
mast attached to boat (2) Larry Jones at 1:53pm 08.30.08 Ericson 0/1889 project boat, laid over on it's side....lots of damage....see pic of mast mount attached to boat. Ho
Lost Prop LA1 at 11:16am 08.30.08 Lancer 2/1673 Some how (not sure)lost the prop on my Lancer 30 (Yanmar 2GM). Dove under the boat, the shaft looks
Yanmar problem solved... Warren Milberg at 10:51am 08.30.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1161 Some time ago, there was a thread going here about "fuel polishing." A friend of mine who has a Pea
fuse panel Adam at 8:48am 08.30.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1420 Hi guys, We just put a radio,am fm, in the boat now none of the other circuts work ? what did we d
some scarey reading, Hurricane Gustav Ross at 7:09am 08.30.08 Ask All Sailors 28/1977 http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/301200.shtml
Water under cockpit sole: Venture 2-24 mikeyb at 5:56am 08.30.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1174 I just bought a 1973 MacGregor Venture 2-24. It is currently sitting on her mooring in Bar Harbor.
Chincoteague, VA - Looking for marinas or anchorages? Rob Koryn at 4:14am 08.30.08 Destinations 2/3021 Will be headed south for the winter in a few weeks. I normally use the Chesapeake Bay to get to the
Mainsheet to cockpit Hermit Scott at 2:07am 08.30.08 Catalina 30 3/1307 I have no running rigging. So I am buying all new and replacing the cable halyards with rope. I only

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Single handing (1) patbratton at 6:58am 11.22.21 Thank You both for your answers!!!! I also have a telescoping from West Marine. I will try across t
Single handing Will Gilmore at 6:56am 11.22.21 Pure aesthetics. -Will
Single handing WI Rigger at 6:53am 11.22.21 Thank You both for your answers!!!! I also have a telescoping from West Marine. I will try across th
Raising the Mast Project_Mayhem at 6:51am 11.22.21 On my 19' I swapped a few of the pins for PTO pins. They're much easier to remove and install. If yo
Single handing (3) patbratton at 6:39am 11.22.21 Here I am again, with a seemingly trite question. Where do you store your boat hook so it is handy
Stray Induced Current dLj at 6:22am 11.22.21 Some DC ampmeters do show you the direction of current flow. I have always wondered if you could
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 6:18am 11.22.21 Please note that @kloudie1 gave the correct reason first. To answer @dLj question about distance f
Replacing the Exhaust Hose - 41DS chuck anderika at 6:13am 11.22.21 Replaced mine last year H410. Once you get the old hose out you should probably change the the engi
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 6:01am 11.22.21 "Yuengling Effect" Some DC ampmeters do show you the direction of current flow. I have always wo
Dinghy storage DougM at 6:01am 11.22.21 I hung my dinghy with straps beneath from the rafters in my unheated garage in 2015, fully inflated.
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 5:52am 11.22.21 Yea, should have known that from the get-go. To be honest, I did have a Yuengling Black and Tan in
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 5:41am 11.22.21 Guess how a DC clamp ampmeter works? The Hall Effect semiconductor. That uses Electro-Magnetism...
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 5:24am 11.22.21 @dLj Probably a foot or so should be fine. It dropped off pretty quickly as you moved away but I di
Stray Induced Current dLj at 5:18am 11.22.21 Update - I measured the apparent current at different locations in the vicinity of the AC generato
Stray Induced Current (3) smokey73 at 5:16am 11.22.21 Update - I measured the apparent current at different locations in the vicinity of the AC generator
Dinghy storage NYSail at 4:07am 11.22.21 Thanks all...... let a bit out. Greg
proper grease for rudder bearings Apex at 3:01am 11.22.21 correction: Tube is packed with grease. Indeed the bearings are plain bearings with no grease groo
Single handing Will Gilmore at 12:52am 11.22.21 Where do you store your boat hook so it is handy when needed. In my MC, I stored it under the gunwa
La Ni�a All U Get at 11:26pm 11.21.21 The other observation that I had was the current shift yesterday. There was noticeably more time of
V berth plywood in O'Day 20 Randy Michaelis at 11:00pm 11.21.21 The plywood has better integrity toward the hull so this may be a good option for me. Thank you for

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