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Replacing portlights on Ranger 29 Voyager at 9:05am 09.23.07 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 4/2328 The cabin portlights in my Ranger 29 are badly crazed and one leaks pretty bad. Would love to find
O'Day 39 1985 shallow keel how to decrease drift Prieus at 9:03am 09.23.07 Bigger Boats 3/1417 Hi,How can I increase pointing or decrease drift besides centering the sails.I heard that an "ott
AC Refrigeration/inverters Chet7135 at 8:11am 09.23.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1326 If I install a Apartment size AC Refrigerater that draws 2 amps , with a power inverter to change to
CDI Mainsail Roller Furling jaydog5000 at 10:40am 09.23.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1567 Has anyone used this roller furler or heard any good or bad things about it?
Deck core for Irwin 38 Harry at 12:52pm 09.23.07 Other Sailboats 1/1030 I'm considering buying an old, tired Irwin 38. Not the Citation, but a very nice, low profile, cent
Closed for winter SailboatOwners.com at 12:20pm 09.23.07 Ask All Sailors 52/3395 If you do your sailing in the summer, how do you determine when to pack it in for the winter?Do yo
AC Installation Gerry Bogert at 11:48am 09.23.07 Mid-Size Boats 1/855 I am planning to install a mermaid 12,000 BTU unit. The unit will be mounted under the bench seat i
water in the cabin? millyman01 at 11:08am 09.23.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/966 This may sound dumb but I just bought a MacGregor 22 and I am taking it to the keys in January. I ho
Upper sidestay length - '99 Mac26X Phil Smith at 3:58pm 09.23.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/749 I have the mast off to replace the sidestays but have found that the old upper stays measure approx
Diesel Cruising RPM SailingCal21 at 4:15pm 09.23.07 Ask All Sailors 6/2355 I've a Universal 5424, three cylinder 24hp on my 1981 O'Day 34. The maximum RPM is spec'ed in the o
Barrier coat on new hull mr44ds at 6:20pm 09.23.07 Big Boats 13/1213 Hello all:We will be taking delivery of our new 44 DS in April of next year so we have plenty of ti
installing a dive platform Suecampbell at 10:45pm 09.21.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1079 I'm considering installing a dive platform on my 1989 Catalina 30 ....has anyone out there done this
Trailer Loading a h26 Mergatroid at 9:56pm 09.21.07 Smaller Boats 8/1128 Yesterday, we loaded the boat for the first time. Seems to have the same problem my MacGregor had,
Mast leak Skip5368 at 11:05pm 09.21.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/944 We are having a problem with a water leak at the base of our mast.We have used a silicone caulk ar
Line Drive Furlers and Anti-torque Lines? Gary Wyngarden at 12:10am 09.22.07 Ask All Sailors 0/946 The Know-How section of the October issue of Sail magazine discusses solutions for single handers. I
dealers knowledge Randy at 1:15am 09.22.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/872 Went to the fall boat show in Oakland last weekend and had the opertunityto check out the new model
More on CDI furlers Bob Fox at 12:48am 09.22.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1083 I called Tom at CDI to ask about the cleat. He informed me that it was an earlier ideathat was scr
winterizing the holding tank Joe Wienecke at 12:47am 09.22.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1734 Wondering about winterizing the holding tank. I was wanting to really flush out the tank this year
Crane slings getmet at 3:49am 09.22.07 Big Boats 8/1487 Could someone tell me where on my 1989 37 HunterI should put the slings when lifting the boat out.
dirty boat Mike8193 at 4:54am 09.22.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1252 My boat is at a mooring can and it gets tremendously buggy and dirty. I was wondering about putting

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Sail repair advice? sail sfbay at 9:56am 07.27.21 If you cannot take the sail to loft for a professional repair this instruction will get you back on
Led replacement? (10) Georgedoyle at 9:55am 07.27.21 196552196553196554196555196556196557196558196559196560196561
Adventures in anchoring JamesG161 at 9:30am 07.27.21 They are there to give you insight. How you elect too use that info is up to you. or the Mariner
Adventures in anchoring jssailem at 9:14am 07.27.21 First, congrats for taking your boat out and bringing here home safely. Solo first experiences are a
Troubleshooting LP on 343 Oceanis joyof10 at 9:03am 07.27.21 I just returned from filling up my LP tanks. One was empty, but the other had some gas in it. A
Adventures in anchoring Kings Gambit at 8:59am 07.27.21 The last time I had to recover anchor chain manually, several years ago when the windlass froze up,
Jabsco head seepage back into bowl from holding tank jec1 at 8:53am 07.27.21 We have a similar problem, just bought a 2016 Jeanneau with a Jabsco manual head. The bowl was fill
First time boat owner... Battery alarm Davidasailor26 at 8:53am 07.27.21 Thanks for all your help. So do you suggest I hold off on replacing the house batteries? They ar
Bilge water wont stay put! FastOlson at 8:46am 07.27.21 I think the saildrive seal is leaking a bit... Then again it's an O'Day which are notorious for lea
Hunter 34 Starboard side of engine access kloudie1 at 8:38am 07.27.21 If you replace the lift pump mounting bolts with studs, things get a whole lot easier .. The dip sti
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? (1) Flying Jay at 8:37am 07.27.21 I wonder if that fair lead is supposed to be for a halyard, and not the reef line? From a diagram
2013+ MH-40 Discussion Hull13 at 8:06am 07.27.21 Thanks Bob. I would be very interested in hearing from him on this. Curious if you have an asymmet
Using a trolling motor on small boat Philly2DC2LBI at 8:03am 07.27.21 Thanks Norsail. Yeah, my endless issues with the motor has led me to the purchase of an actual outbo
Legal number of passengers for O'Day 23 Kings Gambit at 7:57am 07.27.21
2013+ MH-40 Discussion Bob R. at 7:51am 07.27.21 2nd your comments on the cabin layout and aesthetics, that was a big factor that helped swing our pu
Legal number of passengers for O'Day 23 Kings Gambit at 7:44am 07.27.21
Hunter 34 Starboard side of engine access Artey1 at 7:39am 07.27.21 having replaced the lift pump, I don't think an access hatch will be useful I think most was done f
1987 Cat 22 SK Lazy Jacks (1) Jacktar at 7:22am 07.27.21 use a centipede sail tie bungee system, drop sail and bungee it quickly, fold and flake later at lei
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? marchem at 7:21am 07.27.21 I'm also going to lower this not-so-fair lead on the mast for reef line #1. The angle causes a lot
Adventures in anchoring sesmith at 7:18am 07.27.21 I hate anchorages like that. That aside, since windlasses aren't usually suggested to take the load

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