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Finish for teak Lee Y at 11:47am 07.26.06 Smaller Boats 6/2097 I would like to put a clear high gloss finish on the outside teak trim and hatch boards. How do I p
31' Allmand carpet pattern Mike Norris at 11:37am 07.26.06 Other Sailboats 1/967 Looking for the cabin carpet pattern for a 31' Allmand Tri-cabin with snap placement, etc. Anyone k
Getting to know my boat!!! olignyp at 11:36am 07.26.06 Smaller Boats 6/828 I feel a bit stupid but here it is: Just got a hunter 26 1995. I need to change some light bulbs i
Boarding Ladder Vic Castleton at 11:31am 07.26.06 Mid-Size Boats 2/922 Anyone know where can lay my hands on a transom boarding ladder for my 86 H31. The boat still has t
Barska binoculars? mpaxman at 10:02am 07.26.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1565 I've been looking around for some waterproof binoculars, 7X50, with built in compass, bak-4 prism, n
Bonded Graysailor at 12:50pm 07.26.06 Big Boats 9/1097 Any info on bonding your thru hulls? I think it is a time consuming process, but uncertain as to wha
Reverse Polarity Shorts Out Nissan Outboard SailingDan at 12:54pm 07.26.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1086 I was rushing for a sunset sail and stupidly did a reverse polarity hook up attempt to my battery.
WILL PAY TO GO SAILING STEVE PRITCHETT at 1:08pm 07.26.06 Ask All Sailors 4/962 MY WIFE AND I WANT TO GO OUT SAILING...LOOKING FOR A PRIVATE 38 FOOT OR UP TO 42 HUNTER...PREFER LON
When it's over. Or.... Doug at 2:57pm 07.26.06 Ask All Sailors 28/1557 Does it ever end? I think it's a universal dream of sailors to ride off into the sunset in their be
Screaming Race Skippers Crew that gets yelled at alot at 8:35pm 07.24.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1530 Out team just finished a serious race weekend. Our skipper (to be nameless) has spoiled an otherwise
BVI's End of November? David at 8:45pm 07.24.06 Ask All Sailors 1/992 BVI's have a good bareboat rates for the last week in November. Any comments about the weather/tem
Back stay adjuster John Hollingsworth at 1:13am 07.25.06 Catalina 30 2/1308 Need specs on the best back stay adjuster to use on my boat. The current turnbuckles do not have any
Fuel & Water measuring stick JohnB12831 at 12:52am 07.25.06 Morgan 2/3367 I have a marked dipstick to measure fuel quantity in the 132 Gallondiesel tank but need the quantit
Short, Radio, bad Battery? Michael at 11:53pm 07.24.06 Ask All Sailors 3/971 I seem to be having a problem with the radio on my boat. I went out last night and after turning on
New Racers captn steve at 11:43pm 07.24.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/883 In handey caped races what rating are given to a 1980 Hunter 33 in your fleates ?
Dual Heads llongiii at 11:38pm 07.24.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1277
Chainplate Bulkhead Damage Stephen Parfet at 11:38pm 07.24.06 Seidelmann 6/1777 Has anyone had a similar failure on their boat? What was you solution?A few weeks ago my starboard
Water Issue in the bilge?? Tim McCarty at 11:32pm 07.24.06 Catalina 310 4/2252 I am experiencing soapy water in my forward bilge section (310 owners know that the bilge is split i
Wet cabin sPk at 2:24am 07.25.06 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1341 I have a 1980 c/b O'Day 25 that I have trying to keep dry. When it rains, it comes inside. I have
Catalina 309 lists to port forbestx at 2:22am 07.25.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/2195 I performed a sea trial of our new Catalina 309 yesterday. My wife and I both noticed a fairly sust

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New dinghy for 2-hp honda Hayden Watson at 8:26am 01.07.21
A blue water C22? Leeward Rail at 8:22am 01.07.21 I know plenty of people that almost laugh when I say we have 5 who overnight often on our little 22
Stern Tube Hose alvy at 8:20am 01.07.21 Justin NSA Thanks for sending the article . Actually I have read it before and I was going to look i
Upgrading line clutches H34 Ron20324 at 8:15am 01.07.21 ...Very nice write up. Thanks.... Now, about that bent stanchion....
H26 Proposed Reef Configuration justsomeguy at 8:07am 01.07.21 Re-read the original post. He has the end of each reef line attached to an eye strap on the far sid
A blue water C22? LakeShark at 7:27am 01.07.21 It is interesting when you compare the size of a typical boat today vs when I started sailing in th
Eye Splice double-braid jssailem at 7:27am 01.07.21 It should work providing you have enough line to work. Looking at the knot it is shown as a button
Rope Clutch or Spinlock PXR? LakeShark at 7:21am 01.07.21 Thanks for all the input. I had also asked this on the racing forum but the post and all replies se
Eye Splice double-braid ricksoth at 7:08am 01.07.21 John, my next attempt will be with the Brian Toss version with the sunk ends. I found these instru
Upgrading line clutches H34 Artey1 at 7:07am 01.07.21 I really like garhuser because you can keep adding to it without having to install bunch separate u
H26 Proposed Reef Configuration Ted at 7:04am 01.07.21 That's certainly one. Another is that your diagram shows the clew is basically being pulled aftward
Eye Splice double-braid jssailem at 6:59am 01.07.21 Having the knot rock hard seems to be a key with that shackle functioning. That may be important f
A blue water C22? (1) Leeward Rail at 6:55am 01.07.21 What a sailor indeed, but also much more. It is profoundly humbling just to know men like him exis
Yanmar 3GM30F tough starting (runs well) Benny17441 at 6:47am 01.07.21 Raise compression. Hard starting is a result of the engine not building adequate compression to r
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 6:47am 01.07.21 My cat is glad I am working from home these days, but he sure makes it hard to work on my laptop!
Yanmar 3GM30F tough starting (runs well) John T1594 at 6:20am 01.07.21 Black smoke (unburned fuel) at WOT can also be a fouled propeller or one that is the wrong one for y
New tool :) (1) Justin_NSA at 6:17am 01.07.21 Remember the Green Monster? It was powered by a J79 :yikes:
How to Service Furlex jib furler? John T1594 at 6:13am 01.07.21 If you do a full maintenance on the lower furler drum try to do it while the boat is out of the wate
Weight at the forward of the Legend 37.5 sail sfbay at 5:57am 01.07.21 Feel free to send me a PM.
H26 Proposed Reef Configuration justsomeguy at 5:56am 01.07.21 The only concern that I can come up with is - might there be a situation where the boom would be in

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