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pointing with my 27 Catalina Gary VanZee at 12:04am 10.23.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1510 I have a 27 Catalina with a wing keel and am having problems with pointing. We race each month and
Replacement Stanchion Tip frogvalley at 1:49am 10.23.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1068 I am looking for replacement tips for the stanchions on my 79 Venture 25. I have not found them in t
DSII halyards Barry at 1:38am 10.23.07 Day Sailers 2/1248 I'd like to replace the main and jib halyards. Without taking the old ones off for measuring, what l
Advice for bimin on C22 Pete at 3:29am 10.23.07 Smaller Boats 2/1427 I am interested in finding out how (or if) anyone has addressed the issue of providing some protecti
Modifying posts Rick at 3:57am 10.23.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1072 All:Could someone please tell me how to correct an error in a post I made?ThanksRick
Is there a bad day of sailing? (1) David Hall22685 at 4:09am 10.23.07 Day Sailers 8/1406 Unlike some people, I can't take a good day for sailing (windy, sunny, etc.) I have to take my day o
Catalina 22 - Fixed keel or swing? Pete at 4:41am 10.23.07 Smaller Boats 3/3078 Fixed, wing or swing keel?Which boat has better sailing performance?Looking to buy a C22, any a
New Mast Installation - NEED INPUT-- ODAY 26 radiocommander at 5:02am 10.23.07 Day Sailers 8/1124 I have an O'Day 26. It had a French mast that I did not like, so I purchased a traditional, original
Fiberglass in cold weather renom2 at 4:58am 10.23.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1038 HelloWell the Wind Dancer is on the hard and the list of jobs before she goes back in is long. I
De-Rigging an O'day 23 john Adams at 5:05am 10.23.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1021 I have a 1978 O'Day 23 that has never been out of the water and has been sitting unused for 3-4 year
Foss Foam Rudder Repair Steve Carpman22174 at 5:40am 10.23.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1456 As a result of an unanticipated run in with an uncharted underwater obstruction, we lost an approxim
Prop shaft strut aisling at 6:43am 10.23.07 Bigger Boats 1/1142 Does anyone have the "casting number" for the O'Day 34 prop shaft strut?.... Better still, does anyo
windex ASC at 9:27am 10.23.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1082 I am a first time O'day owner as of today! I bought an O'day 28. The windex is not complete. Is ther
Confirm alternator David21341 at 9:49am 10.23.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1043 Can any Beneteau 351 owners (with Perkins 27) confirm the alternator output? I believe mine is 15 Am
hull MACR0423M80L year? model? dave at 10:26am 10.23.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/813 Can any tell me what model and year is hull MACR0423M80L ?Thanks!
LP Gas Locker Lid Sam Bocchicchio at 10:28am 10.23.07 Big Boats 5/1021 I have a big problem. I droped my starboard side LP Locker Lid in the ocean and I called Hunter to
Solar charger Mac at 10:38am 10.23.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1037 Here is a new one, and I tried to archive it but no luck, my buddy gave me two 9volt solar chargers.
Optimum Heel Angle Break Away at 10:50am 10.23.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1336 Just purchased '92 First 310. What is the optimum angle of heel for this boat?
Rerigging an old boat Hugh Bernard at 11:31am 10.23.07 Bigger Boats 0/1153 Just did the Annapolis boat show and think its time to redo the standing rigging instead of looking
Fresh Water Rigging Replacement higgs at 12:47pm 10.23.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1782 It seems our brothers in salt water do replace their rigging periodically. The other post attracted

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Helm Seating - What do you do? (H38) flightlead404 at 9:37am 08.02.21 To add to the last post, have your local canvas shop fabricate a fit-for-purpose cushion is contour
Yanmar 2gm20f stem seals Charles Erwin at 9:04am 08.02.21 I have top clearance at .027 - .035. GM shop manual at p 2-21. By the way what is the reason for st
Sail question Jumpstart at 8:45am 08.02.21 I have a flicker, dyneema backstay and double ended backstay controls in the cockpit. My Vangmaster
Life line specs and material sail sfbay at 8:40am 08.02.21 Lots of dyneema lifeline experience on these threads: See post #2 that discusses Project_Mayhem's c
Bayview Mac Race? Jumpstart at 8:35am 08.02.21 Pretty much same as Marmalade. We went left after start with our A1.5. Great boatspeed but could not
Sailboat as 'investment"??? sail sfbay at 8:24am 08.02.21 ..........After almost twenty years it is safe to say that our investment paid off handsomely.......
Life line specs and material Project_Mayhem at 8:24am 08.02.21 Dyneema is prone to chafing which in some cases may be an issue
Non-working Adler Barbour Cold Box Unit Hayden Watson at 8:24am 08.02.21 These units are pretty reliable and easy to repair. Mine has quit a couple of times in the past 20
HR43 mk1 - salt water entry into the aft cabin - help wanted kloudie1 at 8:21am 08.02.21 Welcome aboard.. I can't be of much help; not familiar with the construction, but look carefully at
Rig Shimmy (4) Artey1 at 8:14am 08.02.21 Saturday I did more investigating and started rig tuning. I started by measuring out the prebend usi
Yanmar 2gm20f stem seals kloudie1 at 7:46am 08.02.21 I think that the mark is only visible with the starter removed. There should be a stamped line then
1996 Barnett 1400 dmax at 7:41am 08.02.21 The boat looks to be in excellent shape. I recently sold a 1981 sunfish (similar boat) that was in e
Hunter 45 dinghy davits (1) sail sfbay at 7:39am 08.02.21 If you want to install dinghy davits with the dinghy stowed high so you can enter and exit from the
Life line specs and material cagreen75 at 7:37am 08.02.21 Just replaced our lifelines this year. measured and bought bulk cable and used swageless fitting fro
Sailboat as 'investment"??? Terry Cox at 7:34am 08.02.21 Certainly appropriate to consider owning a boat an investment. As with most any other asset of value
Life line specs and material Crazy Dave Condon at 7:30am 08.02.21 The water ballast Hunter 19 had lifelines on it with pelican hooks
How does the Hunter 240 sail? Sailavie1 at 7:29am 08.02.21 Not a bad idea. I will check the specs on that. 2' draft might be doable. Cool looking bowsprit. I
Mainsheet traveler system sailingsoon at 7:21am 08.02.21 End boom gives the traveler more leverage than mid boom. Check out this guy THE $TINGHY SAILOR
Yanmar 2gm20f stem seals sesmith at 7:13am 08.02.21 That might work if you brought each piston to tdc so long as the engine didn't rotate while working
H310 outhaul rigging wdonovan at 7:10am 08.02.21 New post complete.

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