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Rubicon 1983-31
at 7:00am 11.28.07
2/1203
An article in Good Old Boat magazine motivated me to make a new ribbon board for the transom of my 1
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T37 Phil
at 7:15am 11.28.07
12/1340
I am considering buying a boat half way up Lake Michigan and bringing it back to Erie by going aroun
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bc bach
at 7:37am 11.28.07
27/2047
Hello Catalina Experts! Thank you for reading my post. Do to unfortunate circumstances, I will soon
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Captain E
at 10:07am 11.28.07
3/925
Ok since sailing season is over for most of us, I guess I should start a tip topic for everyone to p
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Michael Sindelar
at 10:01am 11.28.07
16/2987
I have been in the hotel management business for all of my working life (about 30 years). I am tota
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Jim Booth
at 9:58am 11.28.07
2/1110
My boat has only one house battery (4D) which I am going to replac and add a second. My question is,
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r.w.landau
at 10:36am 11.28.07
2/1049
My brother sent me this link. He just bought a large cat and said I wish I could do this. http://ssc
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Blake
at 10:43am 11.28.07
30/2122
I have a couple of off season boat modifications planned and would appreciate advice and comments. S
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Rick D
at 10:43am 11.28.07
2/1312
Peggy, this is just a curiosity post. I see Johnson Pumps is putting out a line of heads and pumps t
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ndaoway
at 10:43am 11.28.07
6/1069
Can anyone tell me what kind of wood may have been used in the cabind of 1972 Contest 31, Hull #51?
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James Fawcett
at 12:24pm 11.28.07
7/1518
I have just purchased a 343. I love the boat, but have reservations about the frig/freezer system.
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Justin
at 12:12pm 11.28.07
1/1066
I plan to run my main halyard aft and eventually new lazyjacks. I don't like my SailCare SailCradle
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LeRoy Nooter
at 12:40pm 11.28.07
11/3071
Hi, We have a 1980 S2-8.0B and this was built with a V-berth and 2 port berths end to end. I underst
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John
at 1:26pm 11.28.07
31/9322
I looked in the archives but couldn't find anything that specifically deals with how you clean a hea
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Born again (1)
jleblanc31
at 3:36pm 11.28.07
19/1807
If money was no option and you could do it all over again what kind of boat would you buy? Would i
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Tom
at 6:12pm 11.25.07
3/1009
I am considering changing the original harken furler to a Facnor STG 3T wire furler, so I can use a
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Tom 11761
at 1:22am 11.26.07
5/3556
My 1976 Ranger 33 rudder has play in it. Does anyone know if there are some kind of bushings in the
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SailboatOwners.com
at 10:20pm 11.25.07
35/3429
How old were you when you first began sailing? Were you brought up sailing as a kid or did the bu
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George H260
at 10:19pm 11.25.07
2/939
Hi All Will be bringing my new (to me) 40.5 north to Lake Champlain next spring and will have to ha
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Don Guillette
at 2:10am 11.26.07
12/4294
Chances are that a rigging failure will not happen to you and you won't need to know the steps you m
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Possibly One of My Best Ideas Yet.
flightlead404 at 8:05am 11.06.21 I agree, and forgot to include a photo Once plugged in, I attach a cable tie around the hoses to a |
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mainsail shape for proper furling
stephen_i_w at 8:00am 11.06.21 I have a C315 with a Seldon furling main. The 315 is very similar to the 309 in most design respect |
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Replace light with fan?
Sailgunner at 7:57am 11.06.21 I just added fans adjacent to the lights and used the same wiring used for the lights. |
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What Top-down Furler Do You Like? (1)
BarryL at 7:54am 11.06.21 HI, I have a code0 and Selden GX top down furler. The boat and sail and both new to me and I've onl |
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How to remove 2 1/2 retaining nut?
jibes138 at 7:47am 11.06.21 Use an oscillating tool with a metal cutting blade to cut off the thru hull threaded portion. Then |
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Has anyone built a boarding step? (1)
jssailem at 7:41am 11.06.21 Dave Here is @Terry Cox's answer to the boarding step query https://forums.sailboatowners.com/thread |
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Has anyone built a boarding step?
Hayden Watson at 7:38am 11.06.21 We also need to do this because our marina has banned dock steps. I had been using a manufactured 2 |
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PacificNW Weather forecast for November 2021. (3)
jssailem at 6:29am 11.06.21 Painting Or Painting 199873 while letting the holding tank stew another day. 199878 |
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Removing furling drum on Legen 40.5 (3)
Rich Stidger at 6:25am 11.06.21 Yes, can you please post/dm me that? I am likely going to be taking the mast down soon and want to |
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Its funny Friday!
jon hansen at 5:54am 11.06.21 beautiful pic Tom. i laughed alot John, that was my father's type of joke for sure. |
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Single handing
AndyVS at 5:51am 11.06.21 I put a pool chlorine tablet in when I splash in the spring. About a week before pull out in the fal |
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Has anyone built a boarding step? (6)
Rich Stidger at 5:50am 11.06.21 I saw a beautiful wooden step at a boat show but choked at the $175 price. So with $10-12 of materi |
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Its funny Friday! (1)
TomY at 5:20am 11.06.21 These non-boat owners were doing yoga on Rockport Harbor yesterday morning. Soon loosening turnbuc |
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Jib or Genoa on 1994 Hunter 29.5?
shemandr at 4:47am 11.06.21 Having a jib is an attribute of the B & R rig. It is easily tacked. You can't say that about a 150 |
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Has anyone built a boarding step?
dlochner at 4:36am 11.06.21 You can make them as fancy as you would like. We have 2 one I made and an inexpensive commercially m |
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