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Carbon vs Aluminum william24424 at 10:25am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1766 Aluminum masts still seem the standard for production sailboats, they probably cost half as much as
Kiwi Prop Vinny at 10:42am 01.31.07 Big Boats 7/1074 Well just a quick note. If the Kiwi Feathering prop works as well as the service from the company i
Hatch Cover leaking Jim at 11:00am 01.31.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1039 I am new to sailing and a new owner of a 1983 Catalina 30 so be gentle if I use the wrong terms. :-)
Is it just me or ??????? Nice N Easy at 11:47am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 18/1035 It seems way to common to read on here of boats sunk, missing or in trouble. Also noticed that on my
Pets on board (1) Manny at 12:31pm 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 17/1163 Hi All,I was wondering if many of you take your pets on board. I have two dogs that I sometimes br
Swim Latter Repair on Hunter 25.5 (1) Robert Reid at 12:38pm 01.31.07 Smaller Boats 3/1029 We have a 1985 Hunter 25.5. One of the swim ladder's mounting blocks is broken. It appears that th
Palmer engines Daryl at 1:25pm 01.31.07 Other Sailboats 0/753 My 1972 P 30 has a palmer motor. I noticed that all Pearsons seem to have Atomic 4s. Was the Palmer
Sailing the Great White North tom at 11:16pm 01.29.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1417 Is pleasure boating pleasurable in the great white north?? Specifically the St Lawerence Seaway??? I
loose shrouds anyone? (1) kunundrum at 2:39am 01.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/986 This is the kind of fun you too can have if your shrouds are nice and loose.
GPS JoeB at 2:00am 01.30.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1016 Just picked up a Garmin GPSMap 76What are my options for downloading maps? and who, or which ones w
What's your worst disaster? Kunundrum at 2:49am 01.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/869 Thought it might be fun to open up this subject as we can probably all learn from others disasters,
Bimini Tops B737 at 3:17am 01.30.07 Ask All Sailors 20/2051 Anyone have any info to get a cheap Bimini for my H34, New or Used???
MacGregor 26 Atlantic Crossings? swk1029 at 4:33am 01.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/19827 Hi, I am new to sailing but looking for a boat to learn on and eventually to port out of Horta in th
How to buy Radar? PrincessoftheLake at 5:11am 01.30.07 Big Boats 23/1403 I would like to add Radar to my 1995 Hunter 40.5. We sail and cruise on Lake Superior in the Apostl
The New kid on the block takes a beating! James R. Machin at 4:49am 01.30.07 Ask All Sailors 53/2476 Dear Benny, Tom, ' some of the rest,Hello! I'm obviously the new kid on this block and am perfec
Holding tank suds22334 at 8:25am 01.30.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/782 This question is for owners of 30 ' 1990 catalinas only I think . I need to buy a holding tank from
Proper Response to "Starboard" Call Ranger Paul18580 at 8:54am 01.30.07 Smaller Boats 3/926 During our last club race, I was crossing courses with a boat on the starboard tack and I knew I was
Trailor Help Rich4700 at 8:58am 01.30.07 Ask An Oday Owner 5/739 I have just bought a 1982 oday 192 without a trailor, and I am having trouble finding a trailor that
Assymetrical, fractional or masthead Ron_S at 10:16am 01.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/810 I am adding an Assymetrical to the MAC 25. I see specs where some have designed these for a masthead
?on installing v-berth in H216 gary1000 at 10:20am 01.30.07 Smaller Boats 11/1029 A while back Jeff Prideaux posted details on installing a v-berth. Now that winteris here and the b

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H26 Battery Panel / Wall Chiriqui at 5:59am 02.11.21 soaked in sweat trying to work back in under the cockpit maintaining those batteries
Video of cargo ship launchings... DougM at 5:57am 02.11.21
Would you call this a lug sail..? jibes138 at 5:51am 02.11.21 I have a lugsail on a sailing dinghy. The sail is attached to the boom and the boom connects to the
Pulls to port under power RoyS at 5:50am 02.11.21 A thought: Prop pitch has been cited above. When you are in forward and motoring your engine should
H26 Battery Panel / Wall Chiriqui at 5:43am 02.11.21 There is also that space at the bottom of the hanging locker in the head.... or under the sink in th
C310 Pedestal guard and new prop question JRT at 5:36am 02.11.21 Hey @Fleet the shaft should be 1", the stock prop diameter is 15", right hand rotation if I rememb
Anchor Rode for Southeast Alaska dLj at 5:20am 02.11.21 Thanks everyone for the intell. Definitely been fun learning about all the different aspects of sai
Steering Backwards Justin_NSA at 5:05am 02.11.21 Should be easier to back into a slip that way :)
Managing the Mal de Mer? sailme88 at 5:00am 02.11.21 I keep peanutbutter cheese nab crackers aboard. IF a guest starts talking about getting sick before
5200 or Epoxy? (1) rgranger at 4:59am 02.11.21
Pulls to port under power sailme88 at 4:54am 02.11.21 What you are experiencing is prop walk.. Just as in astern the boat will walk to port until the rud
H26 Battery Panel / Wall rgranger at 4:52am 02.11.21 There is also that space at the bottom of the hanging locker in the head.... or under the sink in th
H36 Battery Charger replacement Maine Sail at 4:30am 02.11.21 As the links I provided say, the Sterling and the new ProMariner are essentially identical units.
Managing the Mal de Mer? Captain Larry-DH at 3:57am 02.11.21 I use ginger capsules, and the Reliefband. I was a skeptic on the reliefband until I tried it in bi
Steering Backwards (1) Will Gilmore at 3:32am 02.11.21 Yes. It's an engineering solution that is as old as the wheel helm.
Managing the Mal de Mer? jon hansen at 11:59pm 02.10.21 all your assumptions are incorrect. you are making up theories with incorrect assumptions. fact: goi
Genoa track for O'Day 25 or 26 Project_Mayhem at 10:33pm 02.10.21 I wasn't able to get to the yard today. Possibly Friday or this weekend
Best orbital sander? (I've got 11 bottoms to paint!) Project_Mayhem at 10:28pm 02.10.21 See if you can rent a Mirka sander and vacuum from your yard since you're doing so many boats. I att
Anchor Rode for Southeast Alaska Patrick34 at 10:20pm 02.10.21 Thanks everyone for the intell. Definitely been fun learning about all the different aspects of sail
Fin keel dimensions shoal vs standard weekendrken at 9:26pm 02.10.21

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