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raising the mast allen puchaty at 12:25pm 10.04.06 Ask An Oday Owner 3/971 i was just wondering but i just go this boat a week ago and i raised the mast what is the easy way t
sailing with empty ballast? gary nelms at 12:33pm 10.04.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3058 Owning the Mac 26X for 9 months now and sailing it a lot, I am getting daring, but don't want to get
Easy Block Failure Alert (1) Grizz at 12:59pm 10.04.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/1449 Today Ma Nature was blowin' 35+ out of the north, pushin' 10-12+ footers on Lake Michigan onto the s
Need some dimensions on H23 Trailer Bill Leathen at 1:36pm 10.04.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/902 Can someone advise the distance between the wheels on a Hunter 23 trailer. Also the distance from t
True motorboater stories Andy at 1:43pm 10.04.06 Other Sailboats 2/858 In response to the urban myth about motorboating with a trailer (Why I am a sailor, not a motorboate
Help if you can Mark at 2:43pm 10.04.06 Smaller Boats 2/897 I'm stuck in my office with my 260 manual a number of miles away.Should anyone have one next to the
Need lift strap locations on H30 R. Bounds at 6:50pm 10.04.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/993 I need to know the measurment between lift points ( front and rear ) on a 79' H-30 shoal draft. Sett
Looking for Aerogen Wind Distributor in the USA. Chuck711 at 9:14pm 10.02.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1296 Looking for Aerogen Wind Distributor in the USA.Also any suggestions in wiring wind Generator......
Winter storage in MA Tony Z at 9:43pm 10.02.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/822 We are looking for a good deal on winter storage. Our usual haunt went up to $45.00/ foot this year
New mainsale for a 94 26s richard at 1:15am 10.03.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1255 I am thinking of buying a new mainsail. I did an archive search and it sems like sail warehouse com
San Francisco Fleet Wekk Steve at 2:00am 10.03.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1862 I'm planning to take my boat to fleet week in San Fransicso this coming week. My plan was just to s
Suggestions on PFD's TimHayes at 2:04am 10.03.06 Day Sailers 3/1146 All,I am looking to purchase new PFD's to use on my 170. Since we will be wearing them all the tim
Boat Photos Pooka 3 at 2:51am 10.03.06 Ask All Sailors 14/1397 What do you think is a reasonalbe price to pay for an action, on the water, color photograph of your
Mark II Rudder Post Packing....How To? Bob at 2:08am 10.03.06 Catalina 30 5/2569 I know that their have been threads posted in the past about the procedure for removing and replacin
Mast winch size Frizzgrig at 4:01am 10.03.06 Smaller Boats 1/1101 Well, I'm slowly making progress on my project of rehabilitating my new old boat. I noticed most of
Pin-to-Pin Headstay length gulfsailorp323 at 4:03am 10.03.06 Mid-Size Boats 10/2416 I just purchased a Harken MkIII roller furling unit for my 1986 H28.5. Does anyone who has installe
FOLDING PROP Alex at 3:30am 10.03.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1227 For a Hunter 420, does anyone have information on what type of folding prop should be used if at all
How to prep molded non-skid surface for painting Papa Sailor at 4:03am 10.03.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1451 I am repainting my fiberglass boat that has a lot of molded in non-skid surfaces. How would I prep
New Owner! Brian M H23 at 5:55am 10.03.06 Smaller Boats 2/862 Well, it's been almost a month now but I finally got around to logging on here! I'm the new owner of
Replacing hoses. Tank too? Cathy at 6:15am 10.03.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1337 The hoses on our 1989 Pearson 31 are definitely permeated so replacing them is on the "to do" list t

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275 Traveler and Main Sheet PMK at 2:16pm 07.07.21 The traveler control line is not continuous on my C275. It is tied on each side of the traveler. I
275 Traveler and Main Sheet shemandr at 2:15pm 07.07.21 I've often wondered about a continuous traveler control line. Sometimes it's a strain to reach down
Some will hate this!!! Hayden Watson at 2:08pm 07.07.21 which gets transferred to the wheels. This is the revearse of the mechanics. The rotaion of the
275 Traveler and Main Sheet sail sfbay at 2:05pm 07.07.21
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. kappykaplan at 1:59pm 07.07.21 Nice find, John. Tks for sharing. :beer:
Some will hate this!!! srimes at 1:56pm 07.07.21 The statement is that you cannot sail "dead down wind faster than the wind speed" which is true in
Arguing with insurance company dlochner at 1:56pm 07.07.21 No personal experience with Nationwide, but a scroll-thru their site shows an icon of a small power
Repair or replace muffler without hauling boat? patrickkidd at 1:50pm 07.07.21 Boat might sink and kill him too. Better just stay home on the couch? Yeah on second thought I ju
Arguing with insurance company FastOlson at 1:36pm 07.07.21 No personal experience with Nationwide, but a scroll-thru their site shows an icon of a small powerb
Transom Replacement Jerk McGerhkins at 1:21pm 07.07.21 Going to start demo tonight and learn more about the boat. I will post photos and an update later.
Strange whining sound at engine cut off - thoughts? sailor420 at 1:07pm 07.07.21 Our 2000 420 has a single shift/acceleration lever and there is a button at the pivot point that all
New outboard advice Thaniel at 1:02pm 07.07.21 Here is why I am concerned about traveling long distances with the 125# Honda OB. Even if i tied th
Reefing furling main while running down wind? sail sfbay at 12:57pm 07.07.21 The other option is to get behind some land mass............ Interestingly you said that!!.....that
Repair or replace muffler without hauling boat? Thaniel at 12:51pm 07.07.21 You are also putting yourself at risk of death from carbon monoxide poisoning. Exhaust leaking int
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. Michael Davis at 12:50pm 07.07.21 Did notice that navigation markers are opposite to ours in NorthAmerica. Some pretty strong current
Strange whining sound at engine cut off - thoughts? twalker H260 at 12:48pm 07.07.21 You should be able to unlink the throttle from the shifter for cold starts/charging etc. Possibly a
Inflatable recommendations sail sfbay at 12:41pm 07.07.21 ..........Does anybody have any experience with these? https://www.takacatamericas.com/lx-series-boa
Strange whining sound at engine cut off - thoughts? gsg900 at 12:36pm 07.07.21 Thanks for the quick response. It is a 63 Hp turbocharged diesel. So that makes sense in terms of t
Strange whining sound at engine cut off - thoughts? Calif. Ted at 12:17pm 07.07.21 I've been having some battery issues (not charging at idle) that led me down this rabbit hole. Mos
Disassemble cabin lighting jssailem at 12:13pm 07.07.21 I understand. I hate to make more work trying to solve what should be a simple idea.

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