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Timo42 lobster season opens soon! :D caguy at 10:33am 09.10.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1215 Let's make plans for opening day (night). Frank
Anchorage Cup rodsailshunter5020 at 10:07am 09.10.08 Racing 3/2031 Hunters Rock This last week we raced in the Anchorage cup a 23 mile point to point race out of Gran
Ice Chest frank balcer at 9:25am 09.10.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1636 I have been thinking about building a custom fit ice chest to fit a spot in my boat that is currentl
Residual Head Odor Jim Ormond at 9:21pm 09.09.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1987 When we discovered a leak in the sanitation line where it attaches to the holding tank, we went ahea
Block Island seadaddler at 8:57pm 09.09.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/865 Just got back from block Island today and had a great sail most of the trip was 6.5 on the knot me
Looking For A Rudder Or A Plan Joe McGinty at 8:10pm 09.09.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/5073 I'm sure those Idasailor rudders are worth every penny, but one on my '79 would be a bit much. Do a
Lake Huron Cruise - Once Again tgrass462 at 7:06pm 09.09.08 Smaller Boats 1/1127 About a month ago I posted a thread regarding cruising the North Shore of Lake Huron. One of you go
Inflatable Battens ITMaster at 6:51pm 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1286 Anyone try inflatable battens in either the head sail or the main for furling systems? I have heard
Winter Storage on a Cradle With Mast Up T O'Malley at 6:39pm 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 21/3841 In parts of Canada, it can be cold and windy during the winter. I want to leave the mast up, mast s
WINDLASS INSTALLATION SIMPLICITY CAL35 at 5:22pm 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1003 I am restoring a 1984 CAL35 and want to install a windlass. Has anyone done this and if so, can you
Bloody Dacron dancing bear at 2:19pm 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1685 I really gashed my finger today on the boat, and unfortunately stained my mainsail. What's the be
Wing Keel coating damage TomC23572 at 10:11am 09.09.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1237 I have a Catalin MKII and it sat in shallow water for awhile waiting for a lift to be installed. Wh
Fairing up swing keel on Venture 25 that is in NEED Gregg9020 at 10:00am 09.09.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2146 As the sailing seaon wraps up for 2008 (sometime after November) I will be looking at a huge project
First Dock Bite cry Scott B at 5:15am 09.09.08 Ask All Sailors 13/1287 Tried docking at the pump-out dock on Saturday in a strong cross wind blowing off the dock and manag*
HOT water after running engine... reserche at 11:03pm 09.08.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/984 Hi there! Well- we've been out every weekend lately, sailing off Marina del Rey..having a ball...
Caulking under a new rub rail. Recess at 7:35pm 09.08.08 Ask An Oday Owner 3/3420 I have some questions about doing this replacement of my rub rail for those that have done it. D
Tuning the Rig Stu Jackson at 6:16pm 09.08.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/994 A few weeks ago someone asked about tuning a rig. I thought I'd remembered it was in most Catalina
Pressure Pump Shutdowns Stereo gweisheipl at 5:30pm 09.08.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1123 I was on my boat this weekend and my water pressure pump came on while washing my hands. I was liste
Sending someone up the mast? Bad Obsession at 5:22pm 09.08.08 Catalina 30 2/1523 Does anyone have a suggestion for a method of leading the main halyard back to one of the primary wi
IKE sailaway78 at 5:20pm 09.08.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1223 I have been keeping an eagle eye on hurricane Ike for a few days now. Finally looks like we are out

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Hunter 38 - Dinghy Size Stu Jackson at 11:56am 01.29.22 but really not sure what size will be best. "Best" for what? The WM Advisors have a How to Choose
Cable tv? rgranger at 11:52am 01.29.22 I like that cockpit table. It doesn't take up the whole cockpit. It looks like it is original?
Checking Rigging dmax at 11:51am 01.29.22 I like the heat/lanacote idea, I'm going to try that - WD-40 (Water Displacement formula #40) might
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 11:36am 01.29.22 Obviously not a real sailor ;) I was thinking, being stranded on a deserted island for ten years m
New Capri 18 Owner (3) thedude at 11:18am 01.29.22
looking for a T120 wind instrument sail sfbay at 11:18am 01.29.22 Need to replace the transmitter only? $684 from Raymarine T120 Wireless Wind Transducer?Solar Power
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage twistedskipper at 10:56am 01.29.22
Checking Rigging Tom J at 10:47am 01.29.22 Tom, wouldn't the oil float over the water and not sink down? I used a heat gun and evaporated any
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage Rich Stidger at 10:34am 01.29.22 How about a wedge-shaped piece of PTFE that is high under the gypsy and tapers to zero at the edge o
Checking Rigging JoeWhite at 10:12am 01.29.22 Tom, wouldn't the oil float over the water and not sink down? I used a heat gun and evaporated any
Time to replace lifelines? thinwater at 10:10am 01.29.22 Yes, I have had lines like that go suddenly. It is an unknowable quantity. But I'm not gettin' into
Checking Rigging jssailem at 10:07am 01.29.22 We are favored here in the north west with weather that gives our rigging a long life. That said, it
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage smokey73 at 10:05am 01.29.22
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage AndyL at 9:58am 01.29.22 Same problem. Same stick poking solution. I'd love to fix it but no idea what would work.
Checking Rigging Tom J at 9:54am 01.29.22 They look OK to my eye, but then again, I'm looking at photo and I'm not a rigger. How old is the r
Hunter 38 - Dinghy Size AndyL at 9:49am 01.29.22 We have the cheapest West Marine inflatable with wooden floor (WEST MARINE RU-250 Roll-Up Inflatable
Time to replace lifelines? jssailem at 9:44am 01.29.22 Skunther, I consider the purpose of things on my boat. LifeLines, are labeled as the tool that saves
Hunter 38 - Dinghy Size Tom J at 9:22am 01.29.22 The size and type of dingy will have a lot to do with your personal preferences. An inflatable is l
Checking Rigging dlochner at 9:15am 01.29.22 They look OK to my eye, but then again, I'm looking at photo and I'm not a rigger. How old is the ri
Time to replace lifelines? sail sfbay at 9:14am 01.29.22 Yep..........time to replace. You have options on type of line material. One option is bare 316 stai

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