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26S Speed? SeacretSailor at 1:19pm 10.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1247 Had a GREAT day sailing Sunday on Lake Conroe, north of Houston! Found a wet slip at a marina for a
bimini for 88 240 oday best type and where to buy bryce lequire at 8:15pm 10.20.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1108 new 240 owner looking for info on bimini best kind and best place to buy. any info would be great
leather wheel cover maintenance Don S/V ILLusion at 12:51am 10.21.07 Big Boats 1/966 On another thread, there was mention of a need for maintenance of the leather wheel cover. For ease
Slug spacing Joetech at 11:15pm 10.20.07 Catalina 22 8/3848 Right now my C-22 has a rope sewn into the sail that goes up the track in the mast. I'll be hauling
Sailing Survey (1) Warren Milberg at 1:41am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1170 Many of us on the "right" coast are in the process of filling out fall haul out requests, the formal
Exhaust Hose Diameter ThomasPrice at 1:56am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 0/1050 I am a bit puzzled as to why the hose diameter coming out of my Volvo TMD22 turbo diesel is 3.5" to
steaming light lense for Catalina 22 Sea Scout Ship 300, B.S.A. at 3:42am 10.21.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1070 Sea Scout Ship looking for a lense for the mast light or steaming light mounted on the forward facin
What is soft leather like material called arrhythmia at 3:37am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 6/3105 What is the soft leather like material on the ceiling of many boats called, and where is a good plac
What's a good adhesive for wood to fiberglass? arrhythmia at 3:30am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1823 I'm trying to find out what a good adhesive is to use for gluing backing boards to the hull of the b
Engine Vibration saylers at 2:01am 10.21.07 Mid-Size Boats 6/1357 I am new to the Diesel engine. There seems to be a lot of vibration coming from the engine. A dock p
Galley Recipes Terry Cox at 5:22am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1131 Hi fellow gourmet skippers. I do all the cooking and cleaning on our boat and I like simple but tast
Electric Heads Capt Andy at 4:46am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1213 I have been reading the posts regarding manual vs electric heads. I read about presurized, fresh wat
Winter battery maintenance John F at 4:34am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1240 I bought two brand new Group 27 batteries at the beginning of the season (May). I've heard that I
Toerail leak Tim Davis at 6:40am 10.21.07 Big Boats 6/1268 My 1987 H40 has developed a leak into the aft stateroom on the starboard quarter. It appears that th
Angle of Vanishing Stability Patrick264 at 6:04am 10.21.07 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1640 Howdy sailors,Does anyone know the approximate Angle of Vanishing Stability (AVS) for an O'Day 23?
survey's in what does it mean? Don Crowther at 8:18am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 13/2533 HiJust received the survey this weekend. Since it is the weekend I thought I would ask your opinon
Our Summer 2007 Video gpd955 at 8:48am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1179 Submitted for your enjoyment....I hope!Had to link to YouTube, was just a tiny bit larger than the
Frayed backstay? Michael Sindelar at 8:33am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 17/2592 I just noticed that a 3-foot long, single-strand of wire is dangling from my backstay, at the top, n
NEW HEAD Sylvio22410 at 8:49am 10.21.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1199 I own a 1994 oceanis 300 and it looks like we need to replace the head, I am looking for any info re
Working on a sailboat? illegalsmile at 9:20am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1145 If this is in the wrong place sorry!I've always wanted to live/work aboard a sailboat/yacht and I

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New Hunter 41DS Owner Nodak7 at 9:45am 10.30.21 The boat is inland 50 miles in a river, so no salt water. It has no A/C so that can't be it. The bi
Mast track Car Hunter Passage Terry Cox at 9:41am 10.30.21 Yes, Rig Rite carries them. Do not have one here, but have considered it at one time or another. Che
New Hunter 41DS Owner Nodak7 at 9:38am 10.30.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Might be form the shower sump pump
Jabsco electric head vs Raritan, repair or replace? (Thank you Peggy for hte macerator recommendations) Terry Cox at 9:38am 10.30.21 No wet blanket here, but our 1991 P42 came with dual Jabsco sea water electric heads that still do t
What make/size of Anchor for 2005 Hunter 33? Terry Cox at 9:29am 10.30.21 I gotta stop this right now Ahh, you're no fun. Just when we're getting started. I could mount Joh
Battery Charging jssailem at 9:15am 10.30.21 Also my solar charger controller has a Flooded or Sealed setting which I thought they were the same
Sticky, no sticky. (1) jssailem at 8:52am 10.30.21 Here is a novel approach... Instead of removing the sticky... cover it. Duct tape is always an opti
Sticky, no sticky. sail sfbay at 8:41am 10.30.21
New Hunter 41DS Owner sail sfbay at 8:22am 10.30.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Might be form the shower sump pump
JIB SHEET QUESTION (1) sail sfbay at 8:00am 10.30.21 jssailem's proposal to use a soft shackle looks like a great idea. More on soft shackles in this ar
Catalina Keel Repair/Wrapping Keel vs recommended stub repair catalina recommends DeniseO30 at 7:57am 10.30.21 I think it was up until 1988 Catalina used plywood in the keel stubs which could turn into mush from
New Hunter 41DS Owner dkinzer at 7:40am 10.30.21 The boat is inland 50 miles in a river, so no salt water. It has no A/C so that can't be it. The bil
H50 chart table seat sail sfbay at 7:34am 10.30.21 Welcome to the forum!! May I suggest a custom furniture manufacturer in or around Naples, Italy? T
Catalina Keel Repair/Wrapping Keel vs recommended stub repair catalina recommends RoyS at 7:17am 10.30.21 I had one of those with the same problem. Catalina supplied a procedure for sistering up the keel bo
Engine Issue RoyS at 7:11am 10.30.21 Yes, I had nearly the same experience after leaving my engine idling for a few minutes at about 800
North Shore Canvas winter cover experience cymeyer at 7:10am 10.30.21 I don't question your experience with the company as I've heard similar accounts from others. We a
Stupid owner recycled his B323 Propane Tank loneshark64 at 7:06am 10.30.21 On my 343 it is a 1 gal 5 lb tank. When I took it in to get it filled it took 1 gal. There is space
North Shore Canvas winter cover experience cymeyer at 7:05am 10.30.21
Fuse in small solar setup Ken Cross at 6:54am 10.30.21 Ours came with giant alligator clips. I only get around 5 amps, so I cut them off and installed one
Fuse in small solar setup dmax at 6:53am 10.30.21 Instead of the Renogy fuse, you want an in-line fuse with just plain wire pigtails like this: https:

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