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Rudder/Wheel issue Eric14428 at 10:13am 06.10.07 Mid-Size Boats 1/1490 While leaving the dock this afternoon, cut the wheel hard to port, there was a "pop" and the wheel b
Wheel/rudder issue Eric14428 at 10:13am 06.10.07 Ask All Sailors 13/2392 While leaving the dock this afternoon, cut the wheel hard to port, there was a "pop" and the wheel b
Major project creep... Maine Sail at 10:19am 06.10.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1228 Hi All,I recently purchased a CS36 and hauled her out a week and a half ago to replace a few throu
Full battens--sort of... Roger at 11:16am 06.10.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1182 I'm the guy who chopped his mast to go under bridges. Works great!! However, one of the main sails i
Stray Marina Electricity Chuck970 at 11:22am 06.10.07 Ask All Sailors 15/5210 I want to dive under the boat in the calm of the marina to clean the prop and bottom, but I am conce
Mac 26s Don Chesley at 1:22pm 06.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1205 I just had a look into the Lazerette in my mac. WOW! what a huge space. Has anyone done any mods for
Sailing Crew Wanted Bill at 1:44pm 06.10.07 Other Sailboats 0/1080 I want a partner (Male or Female) to accompany me sailing the boat (Columbia 31) from Oahu to Puget
White Smoke Scott at 1:16pm 06.10.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1511 2002, C34 MKII with a M35B and 300 hr'sI noticed there is what appears to be white smoke coming out
Match made in heaven? SailboatOwners.com at 1:23pm 06.10.07 Ask All Sailors 24/2357 Sailing is fraught with sentimentality, superstition and emotion, and we frequent this board because
1983 H31 Topping Lift Replacement Help Greg W at 2:33pm 06.10.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/916 I need to replace my topping lift on my 1983 H31 before the boom falls. The topping lift is frayed.
Pop Top Cover oreana123 at 3:14pm 06.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1383 I finished my pop top cover project for the 26D. I made the cover from a white acrylic polyester can
To thin or not to thin Sikkens Cetal Marine Sailoff at 10:25pm 06.08.07 Ask All Sailors 10/14937 We are refinishing the teak on our new old boat. We removed it and brought it home to strip and var
Lightning... Roger at 7:40pm 06.08.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1347 A lot of thunder and flashes in my area. So, i rigged a thingy of heavy (1/2") copper cable that can
Removing Parquet wood floors in 34' Wahya at 12:01am 06.09.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/719
Help rigging Seidelmann S245 Ron Snipes at 12:10am 06.09.07 Seidelmann 1/2073 I have refurbished '84 Seidelmann 245. I have no help but finally figured out how to raise the mast
Removing Parquet wood floors in 34' Wahya at 12:10am 06.09.07 Bigger Boats 0/1009
Cockpit Drains Hummingbird at 10:51pm 06.08.07 Smaller Boats 0/1118 These drains work fine while sailing but when the boat's on the trailer they get all clogged up. Any
Electronic Fog Horns Marc at 2:05am 06.09.07 Ask All Sailors 7/2398 Has anyone installed an electronic fog horn or similar that when activated automaticly sounds the ap
Rigging a spinaker on a 192 J P Turkey at 12:19pm 06.09.07 Day Sailers 1/1250 I bought a spinnaker on Ebay on a whim. It was cheap. It might be a little too big. Does anybody
halyard runs Vic Castleton at 12:24pm 06.09.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/909 I need to replace my spinnacre halyard and am going to bring it out of the mast to be able to "bump"

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Do you make a Wifi hotspot? Do you use a dedicated one? Mark Maulden at 10:56pm 09.13.21 Has anybody looked at Skyroam?
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 9:27pm 09.13.21 It barely happened, but 75 mph does make it as Hurricane Nicholas! 25 miles. The big issues is th
Bringing dogs aboard Hayden Watson at 8:54pm 09.13.21
I left the lights on Benny17441 at 8:45pm 09.13.21 How long the charge may last depends on the health of the battery. You may conduct a "Load Test" o
Hunter 376 fixed port side deck window Ralph Johnstone at 8:30pm 09.13.21 Research the archives here. There is an encyclopedia available to you. Be sure you have a reasonab
Well, I made a $800 mistake by flipping the little switch on the engine on panel. Ken Cross at 8:10pm 09.13.21 What you need to do all depends on what type of material was in your fire extinguishing system. If i
I left the lights on stricklandmma at 8:04pm 09.13.21 I left the lights on on the boat. When I return to the boat the battery read 7.1 volts. I turned
Sailrite Sail Kits Hayden Watson at 7:51pm 09.13.21 ...I can see the spinnaker, but man that 135% must have been entertaining. :laugh: It was fun. W
sail cover Calif. Ted at 7:46pm 09.13.21 I usually get mine from the store on the site we are on, click on the "parts" to the left.
Climbing my mast? Hire someone or woman-up? :) Terry Cox at 7:44pm 09.13.21 Hi Heather. Lots of good advice thus far. Yes, you can hire a monkey to climb the mast for you, but
Bringing dogs aboard Serenity on Hudson at 7:39pm 09.13.21 My pooch is a camel. He will hold it for a full day if he wishes. I occasionally take him on a day s
H26 from lake to sea CaptainRan at 7:14pm 09.13.21 If your boat does not require full throttle to reach top speed through the water in a flat calm, the
H26 from lake to sea CaptainRan at 7:12pm 09.13.21 We trail and sail our H260 in the San Juans/Gulf Islands almost yearly. As Dave said - preventati
Climbing my mast? Hire someone or woman-up? :) Jerry Nevins at 6:52pm 09.13.21 Hi John and Pagan Baby: Yeah, good point. I am not a climber (yet) haha... I think I will bite th
Batteries relocated on a Hunter 37.5 (2) SandyFrank at 6:50pm 09.13.21 198256198257 There you go. Part of a much bigger refit, wiring should be complete this weekend. The
1st Haul/Bottom Job/Cutlass Bearing - Any gotchas? Topanga at 6:35pm 09.13.21 It might be a good time to replace any transducers or boat speed sending unit if you plan on updatin
Yamaha 35CS - Any information? mermike at 6:24pm 09.13.21 Yamaha produced a number of sailboats in the 25-37' range that were imported into the US and Canada
NEW SAILS Tally Ho at 5:57pm 09.13.21 Has anyone removed the packing nut on the Oday 34/35? Mine was so tight it would not budge. I was
Leak from my rudder tube? Tally Ho at 5:52pm 09.13.21 I have no idea except that the fitting looks like a thru-hull whose nipple end has broken off at th
Bringing dogs aboard (1) quadrille38 at 5:50pm 09.13.21 Curious how you all handle the dogs needing to use the bathroom. Use a pee-pad? Teach 'em to use th

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