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Boat Flip Barry B. at 10:44pm 09.10.08 Catalina 22 0/3 A couple months ago I was getting ready to flip my C22 over to re-core the fore deck and refinish th
Boat Flip Barry B. at 10:38pm 09.10.08 Catalina 22 0/3 A couple months ago I was getting ready to flip my C22 over to re-core the fore deck and refinish th
Hunter-36 Adding a spinnaker Pole and Preventer seadaddler at 4:26pm 09.10.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2082 I am getting my Hunter 36 ready to sail down to Florida. I have a spinnaker pole and want to add a
ORACLE boat made front page of Seattle paper Seattle Scott at 11:03am 09.10.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1207 Forget orca whale watching, this is way cooler.
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 21/3842 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 3/3421 I have some questions about doing this replacement of my rub rail for those that have done it. D

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Wee bits PaulK at 7:52pm 01.29.22 Looks like it works better for you on port tack. Harder to see on starboard. Will airflow over th
Time to replace lifelines? Jumpstart at 7:44pm 01.29.22 Cleaning the surface does not eliminate crevice corrosion. Why take a chance? Bare wire is the most
Time to replace lifelines? sail sfbay at 6:35pm 01.29.22 Has anyone been successful stripping the viny sheath? If you do and/or only want to remove the rust
Time to replace lifelines? dlochner at 6:19pm 01.29.22 Strip the vinyl cover. Take sharp stiff sturdy knife and strip that covering. This exposes the in
Time to replace lifelines? Charles Erwin at 6:03pm 01.29.22 Strip the vinyl cover. Take sharp stiff sturdy knife and strip the covering. This exposes the inter
Wind angle TimFromLI at 6:02pm 01.29.22 Or just go up the mast, it's not that bad. I use a climbing harness, I don't trust a bosun's chair.
Time to replace lifelines? Joe Blizzard at 5:16pm 01.29.22 Mine looked similar to yours when I replaced them. Besides the breakage potential, that discolored c
H41DS decoupling shaft while floating Nachismo at 4:52pm 01.29.22 FYI, after I wasted several hours in the sling watching some dumb kid screw up two easy tasks (no di
Wee bits kappykaplan at 4:51pm 01.29.22 Nice solution! :beer:
1987 Catalina 22 Companionway Screens Ward H at 4:38pm 01.29.22 I use the BugBusters screens for my hatches. Used to use the one for my companionway until I sewed
1974 Alden Dolphin 47 Ward H at 4:25pm 01.29.22 Sorry, your post with links to FB, which on the first day you created your FB page you put a link to
Time to replace lifelines? Joe at 4:24pm 01.29.22 Dyneema can cost more than wire and it will degrade faster. It looks cool, though. It is much ligh
Pacific Yachting Magazine - Complimentary Hello Below at 4:21pm 01.29.22 The size of a Pacific Yachting digital magazine has been consistently between 250MB and 300MB over
After the storm blows thru Roland5048 at 4:15pm 01.29.22 I dream of the day our boat is moored/slipped in waters that can be sailed year round. Well, from
Pacific Yachting Magazine - Complimentary Ward H at 4:06pm 01.29.22 Can't help to wonder what else is being downloaded with that PDF file.
After the storm blows thru Ward H at 4:05pm 01.29.22 I had a taste of winter sailing a few years ago and loved it. Unfortunately, our marina requires ha
After the storm blows thru sail sfbay at 3:51pm 01.29.22 Brush the snow off, put on your foulies and go sailing!!
Pacific Yachting Magazine - Complimentary Hello Below at 3:45pm 01.29.22 True, it is slow. Takes about a minute to load one issue but once it's there, no problem with spee
Combined solar and turbine controller dlochner at 3:35pm 01.29.22 I doubt they exist as the systems are significantly different. A solar controller only needs to prot
LP Tank Certification dlochner at 3:24pm 01.29.22 Aluminum or Steel tanks?

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