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compression post seating on 33' (77-83) wjflier at 5:36am 10.09.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/942 anyone have any dealing with the seating of the suppoet pole for the mast in the bilge on a 33 (77-8
O'Day 28 cradel Lenny at 6:02am 10.09.06 Ask An Oday Owner 1/979 Recently purchased a 1979 O'Day 28; does anyone have access to a set of cradel plans? LOA 28'3"LWL
Deck hardware and electircal robert at 6:13am 10.09.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/972 O'Day Experts: I probably wrote these questions on the wrong page so I'll try again. Found the ends
What do you add to your fresh water tanks? Brian D at 3:26am 10.09.06 Ask All Sailors 10/5591 I've heard that a capfull of clorox bleach is good. But a capfull for how many gallons? What else is
High tech or basic simplicity Ross at 7:11am 10.09.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/1657 When I read these pages I get the feeling that most of the boats are equipped with high tech devises
Jib sheet lead blocks Mark at 7:46am 10.09.06 Other Sailboats 1/968 Does anybody know where I can get jib (or genoa) sheet lead blocks for my E25, the ones that attach
simple spinnaker UKGreg at 7:34am 10.09.06 Big Boats 7/1177 any recormendations for a simple to use spinnaker for my 356. Need to be able to deploy and retrieve
Brass plated oil lamp for salon Lenne at 8:05am 10.09.06 Big Boats 3/1387 I am looking for a replacement oil lamp for the salon of our '92 Catalina 42. It's the one that han
Mainsail is a giant rudder Don Guillette at 5:27am 10.09.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/1941 I thought about this when I read Pat H (Kingston, Canada)who said that the main goes out while round
How close Ron10127 at 4:46am 10.09.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1297 to the wind is close for the average sail boat? Lets say a 28' with a fin keel and then a 28' with a
Getting Her use to sailing Windwalker at 8:53am 10.09.06 Ask All Sailors 25/2058 The admiral and I went out sailing on a lake this weekend with very good winds (15 knots gusting to
How do you side tie your boat to the dock ahoy2you at 9:40am 10.09.06 Ask All Sailors 7/10159 I am new to sailing. Can someone please tell me the best way to side-tie a boat to the dock? Have
New T-track paphman at 9:06am 10.09.06 Ask All Sailors 1/953 I want to replace the 4 foot t-track with a 6 foot piece on both sides of the boat. The starboard si
Replacement hatches Rollyn Trueblood at 10:01am 10.09.06 Other Sailboats 2/1235 Whose website should I consult to find replacement hatches for my son's Ericson 27. We are concerned
Decorating my new (used) Hunter Vision hunterjana at 11:22am 10.09.06 Mid-Size Boats 4/1146 We are closing on a 32'Hunter Vision in a week or so, and we can't wait to get it all ready! I have
New Cutless Bearing chrisferro at 11:55am 10.09.06 Seidelmann 2/1810 Has anybody changed their cutless bearing? How much did it cost, both for parts and labor? Has any
your $.02 please bestfriend at 12:01pm 10.09.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1108 Here's the specs: LOA 35.8, LWL 29.11, Beam 12.5, 11243 displacement, 4078 ballast, 49.25 mast, 530
Just something to take the chill out of the air Ron Dupuis at 12:48pm 10.09.06 Ask All Sailors 24/2324 Sailing in Southern California we hardly need more than a little something to take the chill out of
Hiking Stick on 22 Mark II Rik19504 at 1:28pm 10.09.06 Smaller Boats 2/1223 We have owned several sail boats and all had combing that you could sit on and hike out. We have a n
Water Comin In ! yks Rascal9289 at 12:56pm 10.09.06 Day Sailers 4/1152 This was my first year with my 1986 ODay 23. To see what she could do, I sailed her hard and found*

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Yanmar 3GM white smoke Brucegra at 9:54pm 07.28.21 I've checked out as much as I can and can't find anything mechanically wrong yet, but I've noticed t
Windlass on a Beneteau 343 zimboy at 8:29pm 07.28.21 You can order the V2 windlass with the gypsy only or with gypsy and drum. Gypsy & drum is a nice t
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 7:36pm 07.28.21 My guess is the fisherman put his fly rod there for scale. The caption idea came later, but hey, wh
Force 10 Oven Troubleshooting help Tally Ho at 7:35pm 07.28.21 Normally, you have to light a pilot flame in the oven, which in turn heats a thermal couple that wil
Need help identifying Scott T-Bird at 7:30pm 07.28.21 Could this be your boat? It seems to fit ... 16' fractional rig, centerboard, reverse transom I see
what's a bottom paint cost in yr marina ? (1) Tally Ho at 7:28pm 07.28.21
C&C resources Sailfanatic at 7:17pm 07.28.21 All things C&C here C&C Yachts - C&C Photo Album & Resource Center Be sure to sign up at the bottom
AutoPilot on Hunter 280 Tally Ho at 7:16pm 07.28.21
Bilge water wont stay put! Tally Ho at 7:11pm 07.28.21 It is tough to dry thing out without power available, but the first thing to do IMHO is to work on t
New bottom paint, old barrier coats? Sailfanatic at 6:59pm 07.28.21 Sounds reasonable but i wonder how may boats are soda blasted at high cost every ten to twenty years
1987 Cat 22 SK Lazy Jacks dbk0630 at 6:57pm 07.28.21
Upgrading Windlass wire - double up on the wire Roy1919 at 6:57pm 07.28.21 Nigel Calder says parallel cables are acceptable in a case exactly like that, where the cable is ra
Olympic Swimmers Tally Ho at 6:47pm 07.28.21
Olympic Swimmers Don S/V ILLusion at 6:40pm 07.28.21
Upgrading Windlass wire - double up on the wire Roy1919 at 6:28pm 07.28.21 Hi @Roy1919 and welcome to the site. I'm having a little trouble with your logic here. Why woul
Need help identifying DaisyDonk at 6:26pm 07.28.21 So I looked for any additional identifiers under the decks. After contorting myself in many ways, I
1987 Cat 22 SK Lazy Jacks pclarksurf at 6:09pm 07.28.21 OMG I'm dying ... yes yes , and yes-- everything that was just iterated is absoltuely 100% universal
Time to tighten main furler? MFD at 6:04pm 07.28.21 If your outhaul is all the way out and you still have a few wraps like that you probably have a sail
Dinghy swing seadaddler at 6:01pm 07.28.21 My setup is like pooper and keeps dinghy from moving at all
AutoPilot on Hunter 280 Hayden Watson at 6:01pm 07.28.21 It is not an H 280 but I recently upgraded my 30 year old Autohelm AH4000 for an Raymarine Evlolutio

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