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26m vs 26x Victor E hult at 5:04am 05.04.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1427 I am interested in purchasing either a 26m or 26x but i can't decide which, could someone give me th
rigging mainsail sheet cb3296 at 5:05am 05.04.08 Day Sailers 1/1322 Just inherited use of Daysailer. I would like to know the configuration for the main sheet. Dead
Removing water from diesel tank. Dennis W. at 12:34am 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1768 Just finished 3-days at Two Harbors, but, had engine trouble developed on the way over. Rough runnin
Halyard mystery NorfolkRagbagger at 7:11am 05.04.08 Catalina 30 0/1296 I am one of those infamous people who used a messenger (despite my better judgment)to replace my mai
Fred- the Avatar is attached (2) Dennis W. at 7:51am 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1209 Fred, This photo shows 4th of July cove looking East across Isthmus cove into Big Fisherman, Santa C
Deck Soft Spot. What the....? Gary at 5:46am 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1482 87 Hunter 28.5Have a small (~14"x14") soft spot starboard of the mast. The area flexes about 1/4 in
Head sails dale at 9:41am 05.04.08 Catalina 22 4/1348 I would like to know what everyone has for head sails. On our 22 we have a 1.5 oz. 150% drifter, a
pressure sink Louis at 10:00am 05.04.08 Smaller Boats 1/905 Finally took the boat out into the water today. After a winter or fixing up and cleaning it felt gre
Rewiring Mast Jim22491 at 11:19am 05.04.08 Other Sailboats 2/1200 I am rewiring my mast, My problem is all the wires ar just through the deck and siliconed. This cann
Head Lighting Greg W. at 11:28am 05.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/941 I have two wires entering the ceiling of the head on my boat just above the mirror. I thought they m
Short changed ? Canukwi at 12:27pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1058 I don't know if I missed something in the past several years that I've used Interlux VC-17m for my b
Raymarine ST 69's or Tacktick? palacegrand at 12:40pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1093 Recently purchased a Yamaha 30 which while overall in good shape, features some rather old instrumen
Favorite sailing music Dave at 12:12pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 15/2663 I'm working on filling up my iPod, and have lots of varied music. I decided to work on a sailing tun
pictures tpolo at 11:58am 05.04.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1076 I was able to post pictures in the past but for some reason it does not work anymore for me....this
marina Real, gyuamas MX monty at 11:34am 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1471 Can anyone give me lat. long. for marina real? I am moving there next week during hurricane season a
does any one know the first outlets on the circuits? I'm bob at 1:18pm 05.04.08 Big Boats 2/859 adding or rather have added a Freedom Marine inverter/charger and now have to change the first outle
is Home Depot GCFI the same as marine GCFI? bob at 1:07pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1020 it costs twice as much at west marine ?????
Dagger board stop rope length needed..... Nik at 2:07pm 05.04.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1474 My 26D didn't come with the safety line to prevent the dagger board from dropping too low. how much
Hard water deposits Brian at 2:13pm 05.04.08 Big Boats 1/1013 I just looked into the aluminum water tanks on my 10 yr old liveaboard boat and saw lots of calcium
Captain Pigot... or Captain Kangaroo? SailboatOwners.com at 2:21pm 05.04.08 Ask All Sailors 13/1414 There really ought to be only one captain at a time aboard a boat; often there isn't time for a deci

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Headsail Length and girth Chiriqui at 6:51pm 12.21.21 It's a roller fuller setup does that make a difference. The sun is very intense these next few month
Pick one... Crusty Ol Salt at 5:53pm 12.21.21
Stern structure for solar panels berner73 at 4:46pm 12.21.21 Dlochner's got it. Purchased all of our fittings from Defender. Manufacturers were Gemini and Sunc
Another Rudder bushing thread- 1990 hunter Legend 35.5 JamesG161 at 4:36pm 12.21.21 My question is whether I should just replace my rudder with the one that was architected/designed f
Flawed Logic? JamesG161 at 4:18pm 12.21.21
Time for the Monthly Mixing Elbow Question... dLj at 4:08pm 12.21.21 Well, the young woman at HDI that changed the order from elbow to elbow/coupler/manifold laughed w
Flawed Logic? Roland5048 at 3:52pm 12.21.21 Roland and Rgranger... Kids at the bus stop in the morning! OK, I get that, but what happens in Ma
Flawed Logic? TimFromLI at 3:45pm 12.21.21 It's all about the lag time. Here in the northeast the coldest weather is January and February and t
Flawed Logic? Tally Ho at 3:37pm 12.21.21
Flawed Logic? Stu Jackson at 3:31pm 12.21.21
Time for the Monthly Mixing Elbow Question... jaysweet at 3:17pm 12.21.21 that's an option... or not... I will say, much of the advice I've been given or read from others h
Heave To Question shemandr at 3:06pm 12.21.21 Thanks Gary! I don't own the Ranger anymore but it was my impression that the jib was too large or
Heave To Question Tally Ho at 3:02pm 12.21.21
Heave To Question garymalmgren at 2:53pm 12.21.21 Hi Shemandr RE: The result was that the wind on the backed jib would spin the boat all the way aroun
Pick one... (1) Tally Ho at 2:49pm 12.21.21
Should I add fiberglass Crazy Dave Condon at 2:26pm 12.21.21 One main thing. Cut blisters out and let the hull dry out for several months to allow moisture in
1987 Catalina 22 SK Cockpit Vinyl Cushions (1) sail sfbay at 2:14pm 12.21.21 Great question!! Suggest 2" closed-cell foam covered with Sunsure, a woven fabric made with PVC-co
Replacing a rudder - H35 - is bigger better? shemandr at 1:44pm 12.21.21 I would approach the question from consideration of the boat's performance with the "Oversized" rud
Heave To Question Joe Blizzard at 1:40pm 12.21.21 I have hove to exactly 0 times. #metoo
Flawed Logic? shemandr at 1:35pm 12.21.21 When I lived on the East End of LI a friend who was an engineer and amateur astronomer told us that

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