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Pointing Mike at 10:47pm 05.02.07 Catalina 22 2/1095 For the life of me I can not seem to get my Catalina 22 to point well.The best sems to be 45-60 degr
27 vs 272 mainsheetmike at 11:17pm 05.02.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1365 Being new to the Oday world, what is the difference in the two models? the 272 must be newer, but is
Mainsail outhaul Ed Carrillo at 11:34pm 05.02.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/1170 Hi,It is extremely hard to pull out the outhaul line at the end of the boom. I have to yank hard on
raising the mast chief at 12:32am 05.03.07 Day Sailers 2/1055 I am single and need to be able to raise the mast by myself. How do you do this?
Exhaust Hose Replacement me262again at 1:49am 05.03.07 Other Sailboats 1/848 Has anyone replaced the wet exhaust on a P-28 w/Atomic 4? Mine has what I believe to be the original
Anyone have a cruising spinnaker? richard at 1:22am 05.03.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/856 I'm throwing some dough into a new mainsail, and am contemplating a spinnacker as well. 595 $. I d
How to hook up IPOD John at 1:09am 05.03.07 Smaller Boats 6/992 I would like to put speakers on my hunter 240 and not put an entire stereo system in. Just want to
Gelcoat Vs. Paint dvideohd at 5:18am 05.03.07 Big Boats 5/1520 Hi....I seek advice. I am getting ready to do a good bit of fiberglass work on my "rescued Katri
Desperately seeking sewing machine for canvas TJ-LJ Champion at 5:17am 05.03.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1519 I keep looking to purchase a used heavy duty sewing machine for doing canvas work. I've sewn all my
Hull chip repairs SHADS at 5:00am 05.03.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/986 I'm getting our boat ready for the summer and noticed some chips in the hull below the waterline. I
Curtain replacements? Ted1394 at 7:26am 05.03.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/2068 Catalinaowners.com no longer offers replacement curtains for Catalinas. Has anyone found a good alte
Leaky Mast Boot (1) jsiler185 at 7:04am 05.03.07 Bigger Boats 3/2609 As I move through the 20 or so spring "projects", near the top of thelist is finding and correcting
Oceanis 411 Structural Damage Buceph at 6:38am 05.03.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1047 Is there any history of structural damage on the 98+ 411. It appears there was some damage done taki
Topping Lift Jon at 6:33am 05.03.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/940 I have seen on several 20-23 footers a topping lift that connects to the backstay on their rigging.
The world lost another great sailor today Tom S at 6:16am 05.03.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1073 Walter M. Schirra Jr., one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the only man to fly on NASA'
Hey Princess Rob Hessenius at 5:24am 05.03.07 Ask All Sailors 1/970 Just paging thru the May 07' Northern Breezes, nice picture! Hows the install of the new Garmin 32
Cockpit drain screens? AndyBunn at 5:19am 05.03.07 Catalina 22 4/2097 Who knows where I can obtain some new screens for my cockpit drains (c22 1977)? One of mine went mis
Trying to decide between Mike at 8:25am 05.03.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1011 I am in the market for a boat and have found two interesting ones:Pearson 323 and an Islander 32.
Mast Rake-C27 Tall RockinD at 9:38am 05.03.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1821 Hello All,It's been awhile since I've been here and so I may be asking a question that's been gone
Good Old Boat covers the 272 NewportVic at 9:57am 05.03.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/872 Surprisingly, Good Old Boat Magazine did a write up on the 272 in the March/April issue. I don't rem

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Stern light rgranger at 8:03am 06.24.21 On the H26 (and maybe the H260?) they eventually put the stern running light on the stern rail (see
Sailing to Catalina Island? LakeShark at 8:00am 06.24.21
Caught in a Storm Bill19233 at 7:58am 06.24.21 Yes, waited just a tad too long. We were in the middle of reefing the main and watching the J/105 a
Caught in a Storm JRacer at 7:57am 06.24.21 Any landing is a good landing, Bill. Glad nothing appeared to have broken.
Hunter 280 - Not enough sheaves & clutches to run all lines aft - which ones do you prioritize? jeepbluetj at 7:54am 06.24.21 ... When reefing, I still have to leave the cockpit go to the mast to hook the cringle so having t
Beneteau 311 Kitchen Sink Drain CapitalistSailor at 7:51am 06.24.21 B311Vancouer, my 311 is the regular bulb keel version, built in 2000. The sink drain runs straight d
1987 Catalina 22 Kick Up Rudder Hardhead at 7:47am 06.24.21 I've really liked the Rudder Craft rudder.
Where's all this water coming from? waleks at 7:45am 06.24.21 I think you are bang-on here. I was confused as to how the water was getting from the lockers to the
Cat 22 Swing Keel Sailboat Maintenance Hardhead at 7:44am 06.24.21 I can highly recommend "Poli Glow" over regular wax treatments. I've been impressed with its perfor
Hunter 280 - Not enough sheaves & clutches to run all lines aft - which ones do you prioritize? sail sfbay at 7:42am 06.24.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new Hunter 280!! Is your topping lift a "control"
O'day 26 construction info required Ward H at 7:39am 06.24.21 @Yachtman45 Welcome to SBO! I had an 82 O'day 25 and looked at a few 26's. As @Timm R Oday25 rela
Recommendations for holding the bottom line on a series of boat fenders out of the water. sail sfbay at 7:27am 06.24.21 .......is that the dock attached fenders hit only the rub rail on my boat!....... With your 2 finge
Pedestal Guard & NavPod on '85 H31 (2) Flip Rutledge at 7:26am 06.24.21 On my 86 I have a Yacht Specialties pedestal. I changed the feet on the guard and drilled for wires.
Sailing to Catalina Island? SailorElliot at 7:24am 06.24.21 I don't think a ASA 101 course is enough to do an open water cruise solo. I think you'll be happie
Recommendations for holding the bottom line on a series of boat fenders out of the water. (2) Wade Gizzy at 7:21am 06.24.21 Wade Gizzy..........consider fenders attached to the dock to avoid tThat way you never have to pull
H41 MOD on the side shelf ? Valerio at 7:19am 06.24.21 when saling everithing i have on the shelves will go into the floors, i would like an idea to make s
Caught in a Storm Scott T-Bird at 7:17am 06.24.21 Wow! Looks like fun! :facepalm: It seemed you had a lot of difficulty rolling in your head sail &
Pedestal Guard & NavPod on '85 H31 kloudie1 at 7:11am 06.24.21 The tall, angle guard would have to be custom made .. The Merriman folks who made your pedestal (and
Pedestal Guard & NavPod on '85 H31 sail sfbay at 7:10am 06.24.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new H31!! My first sailboat was a H31 and I added
O'day 26 construction info required Yachtman45 at 7:06am 06.24.21 hi Tim and thanks your reply and your comments . My boat did not have a compression post under the m

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