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rigging main sheet (1) VentureCrew at 12:14pm 06.17.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/772 Our youth group has a 1972 O22. Partially restored and ready for a new season. No one remembers how
Anyone familiar with Bucaneer boat sailaway78 at 12:20pm 06.17.08 Ask All Sailors 19/20109 I have become friends with a guy who is looking for a boat. He first called about my old S2, which
Fuel fill hose/elbow Geoffrey Kloster at 1:07pm 06.17.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1519 three quetions will post separately. I'm installing a new fuel tank. Little space between tank an
Solenoid activating connection. Geoffrey Kloster at 1:11pm 06.17.08 Ask All Sailors 2/848 Completely rewiring my engine. Took it apart 4 years ago and can not remember what it looked like th
Throttle and shift connections Geoffrey Kloster at 1:15pm 06.17.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1144 On an MD11c, does the throttle connection push to idle and pull to increase? That's how it appears.
Bottom Paint Trev at 2:13pm 06.17.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1482 Well I finally broke down and started the bottom repaint job. Choosing to do it myself, I started w
The Western Basin of Lake Erie (1) Chuck R at 1:16pm 06.17.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1184 This season is my third now with 222-O. Since I haven't owned a sailboat in the last fifty years it
Lowest HP necessary to Plane Rudy Gartner at 2:48pm 06.17.08 Lancer 2/1654 Greetings,I am sensitive to the need to keep weight and fuel consumption down while attempting to
Replacement Window Gaskets 24632 at 5:22pm 06.17.08 Pearson 3/3634 I need to reseal the window and port holes in my 1979 Pearson 30. The internal gaskets are disinteg
Sea Water Strainers Outboard Richard at 6:25pm 06.17.08 Big Boats 2/1068 All:My 44 DS was delivered without strainers outboard on the generator pick-up and the main engine
Whew! Brian M H23 at 9:50pm 06.14.08 Destinations 4/2373 After 27 hours of no sleep, hours of thick fog, having my outhaul blow out in a thunderstorm, chaing
2000 340 Mast Sail Track (1) Lauren at 9:26pm 06.14.08 Big Boats 5/1262 Ok, Forgive me for not knowing what it's called, but I need the help. In my 2000 340 mast, ther
Refurbished Sails & New Insignia BaySailerBill at 8:15pm 06.14.08 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1153 At the end of last season I noticed a small (3/4") rip on the edge of my 150 Genoa. The sails came
Mac 25 Personal Best dancing bear at 10:20pm 06.14.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1014 Yesterday, In 17 mph winds with four crew, I hit 6.8 knots with my jib and mainsail. My previous be
Chain plate attachment KMA at 10:52pm 06.14.08 Seidelmann 3/1686 The plywood that the chain plate attaches to rotted out and caused the our S25 to demast.Does anyb
Trailering with a Jabsco manuel head WallyQ2 at 1:16am 06.15.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1163 I have a novice question for a novice head. Is it normal for the bottom of the bowl to have about an
Trim caps uner handrails Carver13014 at 1:30am 06.15.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/871 Someone had previously posted looking for interior trim caps for under handrails. I am in the proce
Sailing without power boats. sailortonyb Allied Mis at 1:44am 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 14/1474 Yesterday was another great sailing day on Galveston Bay with few power boats out there. The fuel pr
H28.5 Manual discharge pump repair mister_j at 1:46am 06.15.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1370 Can anyone point me to a post or article that covers the repair or replacement of a manual discharge
Ground wire. Buck 100 at 2:29am 06.15.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1315 While waiting for the trailer to come and take my 1975 25' Oday to the launch ramp, i thought i migh

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Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 kodiak1120 at 11:52am 09.17.21 Yeah you could. But worse than the size of the top itself is the size of the wooden box supporting
Faded Sunbrella (or equivalent) Boat Canvas Project_Mayhem at 11:45am 09.17.21 Well I don't have any first hand experience with dying a dodger but I have dyed a navy blue sail co
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? Stu Jackson at 11:30am 09.17.21 On a masthead rig the most important telltales on the jib are the middle ones - not sure on a fract
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? Stu Jackson at 11:26am 09.17.21 Unless you're using the lazy jacks to hold up your boom, you can loosen them up to the point where
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? Stu Jackson at 11:20am 09.17.21 5/16 was my thinking too. I keep trying to research anchor windlass installs on the H34 but find v
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? Don Guillette at 11:07am 09.17.21 On a masthead rig the most important telltales on the jib are the middle ones - not sure on a fracti
1997-H410 Stay chainplate cracks !! (1) BobH57 at 11:07am 09.17.21 Sorry for the late response. The forestay chainplate on my '99 H410 has crescent-shaped "ears" welde
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? jeepbluetj at 11:03am 09.17.21 Can't move to the mast with a stack pack. dmax is right, adjust em to where you can sail just fine w
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? jssailem at 10:52am 09.17.21 Ease the lazy jacks and snug them along the boom and mast while sailing. Release the lazy jacks and
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? jssailem at 10:44am 09.17.21 Ultimately I want the trimmers to make their own judgements using the various cues available to the
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Bluenose at 10:38am 09.17.21 Good ol' Beneteau designers. I'll bet you boat designers have never used their boats nor have they d
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? danstanford at 10:27am 09.17.21 Will start to look at the telltales in the body of the main Don, it has not been something we have r
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? dmax at 10:26am 09.17.21 Unless you're using the lazy jacks to hold up your boom, you can loosen them up to the point where t
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Davidasailor26 at 10:25am 09.17.21 OMG! It's enormous!! You could land a helicopter on it! Yeah you could. But worse than the size of
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? DeniseO30 at 10:24am 09.17.21 They should be somewhat slack just like your topping lift. I've read but not seen , people use bunge
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? DeniseO30 at 10:19am 09.17.21 5/16 was my thinking too. I keep trying to research anchor windlass installs on the H34 but find ve
Beneteau 41.1 2017 autopilot compass failure intermittently Davidasailor26 at 10:15am 09.17.21
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? Don Guillette at 10:07am 09.17.21 danstanford: Thank you for purchasing my book. Now buy it's companion, the SAIL TRIM CHART, which is
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? Stu Jackson at 10:07am 09.17.21 My eventual conundrum is the cost of an anchor windlass and will I need larger than quarter inch ch
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? jssailem at 10:01am 09.17.21

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