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Window replacement (1) Tim Haibach at 10:24pm 05.02.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1081 This question is geared mainly toward C27 and C30 owners with the newer style windows without the me
Window replacement C27/ C30 Tim Haibach at 10:33pm 05.02.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1733 This question is geared mainly toward C27 and C30 owners with the newer style windows without the me
Pointing Mike at 10:47pm 05.02.07 Catalina 22 2/1099 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 4/1382 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 5/1213 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 2/1070 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 1/867 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 2/879 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 6/1029 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 5/1553 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 11/1566 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 3/1005 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 9/2181 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 3/2653 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 0/1065 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 3/960 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 7/1087 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 1/975 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 4/2110 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 6/1040 I am in the market for a boat and have found two interesting ones:Pearson 323 and an Islander 32.

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Mary E odaydokay at 11:20am 08.04.21 Glad all ok. Yes, more to this story as that was not a huge wind. Of course the "self righting" fea
Hunter 27 Bimini Roland5048 at 11:12am 08.04.21 Also, welcome to the forum. As @sail sfbay suggested, do an internet search to get some ideas, h
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Kings Gambit at 11:08am 08.04.21 It really doesn't matter. I have a masthead rig, way different than yours, but the first thing to
HR43 mk1 - salt water entry into the aft cabin - help wanted accaerre43 at 11:00am 08.04.21 Best of luck, and as repayment for @Alan Gomes guidance and my mental wanderings, please photo and
Looking for 260 in Canada Tedd at 10:59am 08.04.21 "Don't empty the ballast in your driveway, it makes a hell of a mess." Somebody's not clear on the
Hunter 27 Bimini sail sfbay at 10:58am 08.04.21 Welcome to the forum!! Do and internet search "hunter 27 sailboat bimini images" and you will plent
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? sail sfbay at 10:52am 08.04.21 ..........First question, what's the optimum/max reasonable angle of heel with this boat? Second que
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? flightlead404 at 10:40am 08.04.21 It really doesn't matter. I have a masthead rig, way different than yours, but the first thing to
NOT buying H34 BigEasy at 10:37am 08.04.21 Surveyor bless his heart is going back to try and confirm where the water is coming in. everybody
Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker skunther at 10:36am 08.04.21 The house battery needs a fuse regardless of the windlass stuff. You don't want to know what happen
New to the forum! Hello! Stu Jackson at 10:35am 08.04.21 Welcome. Buy Don Guilette's Sail Trim book, right here on this website. Get to know both this foru
Smoke detector mount wyctoronto at 10:34am 08.04.21 Thanks all. Done
HR43 mk1 - salt water entry into the aft cabin - help wanted Alan Gomes at 10:31am 08.04.21 Damn @Alan Gomes , I ALMOST wish I had a leak like this in which to apply your solution. This, I c
HR43 mk1 - salt water entry into the aft cabin - help wanted (1) Alan Gomes at 10:29am 08.04.21 Alan, Thanks for the description, surely the solution you adopted could be fine in my case too. My
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Stu Jackson at 10:27am 08.04.21 Thanks, good info. I'm pretty sure its greater than 100% job, I'll have to look it up, thought it
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? flightlead404 at 10:24am 08.04.21 Your Hunter 38 is a Fractional rig. S.A. Fore: 281.89 ft2 / 26.19 m2 S.A. Main: 420.85 ft2 / 39.10
Having trouble feeding halyard through Selden mast, advice? ComoxSweetCaroline at 10:15am 08.04.21 I am replacing a line so I know the basic path should be ok. I spent a long time dangling stuff from
Drain/holding tank for small shower rickortega at 10:11am 08.04.21 Wow, very cool what he did. I don't see where he's going to run the drain hose from under the shower
Mary E (1) capta at 10:06am 08.04.21 Moving off the boat has its perks. I haven't seen it in years, but up it pops right when we are disc
Smoke detector mount JoeWhite at 10:06am 08.04.21 I would take a piece of 3/8" starboard slightly larger than your new device and drill holes to matc

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