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Oday 222 Rigging LOTM at 6:29am 09.06.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2266 Are there any Oday 222 owners out there with pictures of proper rigging of the mainsail? We recently
WHEEL SHIMMY john dewey at 7:31am 09.06.07 Catalina 310 2/1557 Suddenly I have developed a wheel shimmy at all speeds.The boat has a 3 blade prop and has never ha
445 hull problem Gary at 7:47am 09.06.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1362 My 445 is an old Moorings charterboat. I suspect it was run aground hard before iI bought it last Oc
Hooking up to a bouy Glenn4357 at 8:49am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 9/2300 I often sail alone or with my less experienced teenage children. I have a heck of a time hooking up
raising the mast know one at 8:55am 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/1402 I am new to sailing and new to this site. I just bought my first sailboat a 1987 MacGregor 26. It se
yanmar start switch hangs -voltage drop jtm at 8:50am 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 9/3770 I have replace the key cylinder and the start button..... but still have this nagging intermittant "
Bottom Paint SweetTrade at 9:46am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1245 I am repainting the bottom of my Hunter 23. Its year round in the waters of North Carolina in bracki
Catalina 25-trailer pa-sailor at 12:27pm 09.06.07 Smaller Boats 0/1202 Where can I purchase a used trailer for a swing-keel Catalina 25. Location- Northern Jersey, NE PA
Anti Foul Lateral Ballast at 2:13pm 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1174 Can any one recommend an antifoul? My trailer hasn't got rollers if that has an affect or any tips,
Wind Vane Lateral Ballast at 2:10pm 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/956 Can any one advise a manufacture for a wind vane that is suitable for the removable mast?
Standing Rigging - Part 2 Richard Deep at 1:59pm 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/992 Earlier this year, I posted a question about when to replace the standing rigging. I got a lot of g
Batteries Hissing gr8_2_av8 at 3:20pm 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1299 I ran the engine for about an hour last night, then after shut down I notice that one of the batteri
Waste line replacement Tang07 at 3:32pm 09.06.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1147 I have an 81 catalina 30 and have noticed that the waste line going from the tank to the maserator p
Lake Pontchartrain & Rigolets to Mississippi Sound Persy at 10:39pm 09.04.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1633 I would like to move my boat back from Pensacola to Lake Pontchartrain in a couple of weeks. I rece
Diesel additive Deadline at 10:53pm 09.04.07 Ask All Sailors 12/1358 Has anyone had success with Valvtect Diesel Guard, a seemingly all-purpose additive to clean injecto
getting access to the starboard lazerette H31 pimerese at 11:17pm 09.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1031 While chasing down a leak the other day I started thinking how much easier it would be if I had easy
Exhaust stain on stern Roger F at 11:34pm 09.04.07 Mid-Size Boats 7/1115 I am looking for suggestions and/or recommendations for product to use to remove the exhaust stains
Roller Furling on a Sandpiper 565 (1) Willybdriver at 11:59pm 09.04.07 Other Sailboats 16/5599 A friend and I recently acquired Sandpiper #907. There was a lot of extra gear supplied including th
Extra Holding Tank Mark Mynsberge at 12:43am 09.05.07 Big Boats 6/1116 A 25 gal holding tank is just to small if you are going to anchor out for any length of time and tha
Couldn't pass this up - Boat 2.0 (1) Jim Seamans at 2:14am 09.05.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1097 I'll wait for version 4.11JimS/V Java

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Anchoring near submarine pipelines? sail sfbay at 9:14am 10.07.21 That was my first reaction when I learned about the spill. As an aside, do over and underwater hydro
Sail help sail sfbay at 8:46am 10.07.21 Welcome to the forum!! The turbo sail is reportedly a 54-square-foot mylar sail with a full batten
Cetol gloss markwbird at 8:33am 10.07.21 No.
Hi, I'm from NB Canada, any of you sailors on this forum would know where to buy a complete/overall rebuilt kit for a Yanmar 2GM20 engine? (1) sail sfbay at 8:07am 10.07.21 This UK site Yanmar 2GM20 Engine overhaul kit (parts4engines.com) sells a Yanmar 2GM20 engine overh
Companionway Hatch Storage justsomeguy at 8:04am 10.07.21 Mine fitted diagonally in the cabin portside aft.
Cetol gloss berner73 at 8:00am 10.07.21 The aesthetics are subjective, and I would fall on the other side of 31seahorse. I personally prefe
New J/9 Sailboat Codybear at 7:52am 10.07.21 I like the looks of it and I'm sure it would smoke a C275 upwind, but I see three issues that would
Its funny Friday! (1) lehighsail at 7:31am 10.07.21 199103
Maine Sail update Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:27am 10.07.21 GoFundMe takes a 10% cut of all donations. Not true. According to their website there is no "platf
Maine Sail update (1) lehighsail at 7:06am 10.07.21 GoFundMe takes a 10% cut of all donations. Maybe better to go to MarineHowTo.com/support
Can't Imagine How This Would Feel DayDreamer41 at 6:45am 10.07.21 You can unmute the audio by clicking the speaker icon with the line through it.... The first vid I
Can't Imagine How This Would Feel cb32863 at 6:43am 10.07.21 So, this seems to have occured in St. Louis. Too bad there was no audio. Do you know what the out
Can't Imagine How This Would Feel DayDreamer41 at 5:56am 10.07.21 Did you see a mast? No, but the mast was probably shipped from the Chicago area to somewhere along
Can't Imagine How This Would Feel RoyS at 5:30am 10.07.21 Did you see a mast?
Cetol gloss 31seahorse at 5:23am 10.07.21 I like the satin/gentle gloss finish it already has. Will I be missing out on UV protection? Will
Best caulk for deadlight? SailingLoto at 4:45am 10.07.21 Dow 795
Hi, I'm from NB Canada, any of you sailors on this forum would know where to buy a complete/overall rebuilt kit for a Yanmar 2GM20 engine? Jim Legere at 3:41am 10.07.21 The Yanmar dealer locator shows five dealers under "Marine Recreational" in NB. I have found this pa
Water Heater hoses Gary Ryan at 3:30am 10.07.21 Thanks all, appreciate it!
B 311 bilge pump float switch Mechone at 2:34am 10.07.21 No, you are not correct. This boat only has a hose pickup for the pump in the shallow bilge. The
B 311 bilge pump float switch CliffM at 2:14am 10.07.21 If there is a bilge pump installed in the boat, you already have the wiring necessary to either ins

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