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Mast Replacement John at 6:34am 10.25.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1419 Hi , I am in need of some assistance regarding mast replacement for a 1977 Catalina 22. This p
Athens to Syros saschiff at 7:19am 10.25.06 Ask All Sailors 0/1024 Has anyone had experience sailing with the Moorings from Athens to Syros?
Hummingbird Fishfinder H260 Bill P. at 7:47am 10.25.06 Smaller Boats 11/1381 I just took a basic fishfinder with a transome mounted sensor off my old deckboat. I was wondering
Jammed Winch The Commodore at 8:59am 10.25.06 Ask All Sailors 5/2197 I was sailing in thirty five knot winds the other day and as if i was not having enough problems, on
Wind gusts - Part 2 kathy at 8:46am 10.25.06 Ask All Sailors 24/2375 I've discovered that if I get hit by a gust and am heeling too hard for my comfort, I can let go of
Need Help! Do you know? Kyventure 222 at 9:48am 10.25.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1233 What is the difference between a Venture 22 and a Venture 222?Can a used rudder and tiller for a Ve
Heavy weather sailing! richard at 10:27am 10.25.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/784 !
Yet another "formula" for external bright work rsn48 at 6:48am 10.25.06 Ask All Sailors 9/4324 What you are about to see, I liberally stole from another forum. The combo struck me as interesting
side slip bill van at 12:46pm 10.25.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1340 Ok so I am still learning. I have a Mac 19' and ususally use the main and a 150% genoa. I seem t
What kind of battery lstyles at 1:04pm 10.25.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1335 Hi,I just bought a mac 26s and I am fixing it up. The battery it has is dead. What do you recommend
Aluminum Spreader Paint or Matang1976 at 1:01pm 10.25.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1234 Should I prime and paint my aluminum spreaders or leave it to the salt water elements? If I should p
Regulating charging system on 9.9HP outboard. Jack Hart at 1:28pm 10.25.06 Ask All Sailors 7/3163 Hi folks, just bought an old (1985) 9.9HP Evinrude outboard to put on the Oday 22.It has as I under
Dodger catsailor13190 at 9:09pm 10.23.06 Smaller Boats 3/1478 I would like to make a simple removeable dodger. If anyone has any suggestion, I sure would like to
Trailer hitch for a Catalina 22 Mr. Bill at 12:07am 10.24.06 Trailer Sailors 6/2308 Can a Catalina 22 be pulled safely by a class I hitch (200 lb. tongue weight, 2000 gross trailer wei
Owning two boats-Good idea? Bad idea? PrincessoftheLake at 1:05am 10.24.06 Ask All Sailors 20/5130 For the past 3 years my husband and I have owned a 1985 Hunter 34 on Lake Superior in the Apostle Is
Shielding Radar from Sunlight Peter at 1:18am 10.24.06 Big Boats 2/1141 I have a Furuno 1610 Radar mounted in an instrument pod on the rail above the helm. In bright light
irwin 34? jerrys at 2:19am 10.24.06 Other Sailboats 6/1563 I have run across a 34 foot irwin that needs to brought back from the dead. I looked at the layout
Need Gps with plotter and Autopilot Heather at 1:27am 10.24.06 Big Boats 3/932 Hi there. Any recomandations on having autopilot and a gps with plotter installed on 1197 Hunter 34
2006 Hunter 25 OB steering rod TCA at 3:37am 10.24.06 Smaller Boats 19/1826 Hello again! All have been very helpful. I really enjoy this post and find it a great resource so
Thru Hull Allan Nichols at 3:31am 10.24.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/981 What do you use to clean the green grunge off of thru hull fittings?

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Helm Seating - What do you do? (H38) flightlead404 at 9:42am 08.02.21 Here was my solution and it works great! Interesting. For me, mounting it on the swing up helm "
Helm Seating - What do you do? (H38) flightlead404 at 9:37am 08.02.21 To add to the last post, have your local canvas shop fabricate a fit-for-purpose cushion is contour
Yanmar 2gm20f stem seals Charles Erwin at 9:04am 08.02.21 I have top clearance at .027 - .035. GM shop manual at p 2-21. By the way what is the reason for st
Sail question Jumpstart at 8:45am 08.02.21 I have a flicker, dyneema backstay and double ended backstay controls in the cockpit. My Vangmaster
Life line specs and material sail sfbay at 8:40am 08.02.21 Lots of dyneema lifeline experience on these threads: See post #2 that discusses Project_Mayhem's c
Bayview Mac Race? Jumpstart at 8:35am 08.02.21 Pretty much same as Marmalade. We went left after start with our A1.5. Great boatspeed but could not
Sailboat as 'investment"??? sail sfbay at 8:24am 08.02.21 ..........After almost twenty years it is safe to say that our investment paid off handsomely.......
Life line specs and material Project_Mayhem at 8:24am 08.02.21 Dyneema is prone to chafing which in some cases may be an issue
Non-working Adler Barbour Cold Box Unit Hayden Watson at 8:24am 08.02.21 These units are pretty reliable and easy to repair. Mine has quit a couple of times in the past 20
HR43 mk1 - salt water entry into the aft cabin - help wanted kloudie1 at 8:21am 08.02.21 Welcome aboard.. I can't be of much help; not familiar with the construction, but look carefully at
Rig Shimmy (4) Artey1 at 8:14am 08.02.21 Saturday I did more investigating and started rig tuning. I started by measuring out the prebend usi
Yanmar 2gm20f stem seals kloudie1 at 7:46am 08.02.21 I think that the mark is only visible with the starter removed. There should be a stamped line then
1996 Barnett 1400 dmax at 7:41am 08.02.21 The boat looks to be in excellent shape. I recently sold a 1981 sunfish (similar boat) that was in e
Hunter 45 dinghy davits (1) sail sfbay at 7:39am 08.02.21 If you want to install dinghy davits with the dinghy stowed high so you can enter and exit from the
Life line specs and material cagreen75 at 7:37am 08.02.21 Just replaced our lifelines this year. measured and bought bulk cable and used swageless fitting fro
Sailboat as 'investment"??? Terry Cox at 7:34am 08.02.21 Certainly appropriate to consider owning a boat an investment. As with most any other asset of value
Life line specs and material Crazy Dave Condon at 7:30am 08.02.21 The water ballast Hunter 19 had lifelines on it with pelican hooks
How does the Hunter 240 sail? Sailavie1 at 7:29am 08.02.21 Not a bad idea. I will check the specs on that. 2' draft might be doable. Cool looking bowsprit. I
Mainsheet traveler system sailingsoon at 7:21am 08.02.21 End boom gives the traveler more leverage than mid boom. Check out this guy THE $TINGHY SAILOR
Yanmar 2gm20f stem seals sesmith at 7:13am 08.02.21 That might work if you brought each piston to tdc so long as the engine didn't rotate while working

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