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Genoa Sheets! N5760W at 1:36pm 08.18.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1118 I am purchasing a new 155 Genoa but I have no idea how long the new sheets need to be. I own a '80 C
Swing Keel Problems Take 5 at 4:33pm 08.18.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1246 Has anyone else had problems lifting their swing keel using the fitted pulley and winch?Mine just
Cruising in a H26 Take 5 at 4:40pm 08.18.06 Smaller Boats 8/1009 Does anyone know of anyone attepting long distance cruising in a H26 or similar boat.I'd like ideas
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC cockneyboy at 4:02pm 08.18.06 Bavaria 4/2795 AS a new Macgregor m26 owner. I am curious to know if anyone ever tried to cross the Atlantic ocean
Photo archives Mark Burrows at 10:56pm 08.16.06 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/863 Hi Phil:I was trying to review some of the old articles on compression post repairs and find some o
HELP! Looking at a Hunter 23.5? feejer at 10:47pm 08.16.06 Smaller Boats 4/866 I'm going to look at a 1995 23.5 water ballest this weekend. Is their anything unusal with this boat
Problem with Kedging GKuffner at 10:45pm 08.16.06 Smaller Boats 4/1323 I was out yesterday on a friends 22" sailboat when we grounded on rocks. We were healed at about 5-
Deck Repair John12637 at 11:47pm 08.16.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1073 I recall a kit that could pump in a product to repair a delaminated deck, but can't find it in the a
Jib Furler Randy at 11:35pm 08.16.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/1314 I am wanting to put a furler on for the jib on my 1980 Macgregor 25. Any suggestions on where to go
216 LADDER NORMAN STROMINGER at 12:20am 08.17.06 Smaller Boats 5/1384 THE 216 HAS ONE MAJOR SHORTCOMING. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NO PRODUCTS OR INFORMATION ABOUT SWIM LADDER
HUNTER REACLL WALDO EMERSON at 12:08am 08.17.06 Big Boats 27/2150 Unable to download form. Have any recallowners been successful ?
Sails Ron10127 at 12:01am 08.17.06 Ask All Sailors 2/950 Has anyone had any experience with Lee Sails?
Florida O'day owners get-together Ross in Tampa at 12:40am 08.17.06 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1213 Hello all, I am throwing this out to all the Florida Oday owners, and anyone else that might be inte
Jib sail clearence. Don Chesley at 1:24am 08.17.06 Ask All Sailors 9/4635 Does a jib sail have to sweep the deck or can it be raised up to have maximum clearence from the dec
Home Made Diesel tom at 2:30am 08.17.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1131 All of this talk of diesel has me thinking about biodiesel. I read a short paper on making diesel f
outboard for 1982 oday 23 mikek at 2:25am 08.17.06 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1042 I am in the process of replacing my old 8.5 evanrude outboard...two questions have come up:I will
buying an outboard mikek at 2:47am 08.17.06 Ask An Oday Owner 6/993 I am considering buying a tohatsu 8 or 9.8 hp outboard from porta-bote though the internet.anyone
80's Beneteau DC electric panels ~ Robin Radio Charlie Manning at 3:08am 08.17.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/2503 I replaced the relay controlled panel on my 345 last season. I built a new panel using CarlingSwitc
Mast Step Repair Ed at 3:57am 08.17.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/1303 I have searched the archives from some instructions on repairing the mast step when the wood deterio
Kirby Blazer sailboat cele at 3:30am 08.17.06 Ask All Sailors 4/2533 I am purcahsing a kirby blazer 23 and trying to find out more information about sails for this boat.

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I am the Boat Battery Executioner. TomY at 3:41am 06.09.21 No Bimini so no unobtrusive place to put them. Our problem also. I have a space on the house that
question: why SHOULD you pay careful attention attention to your chainplates...? kappykaplan at 2:33am 06.09.21 @MitchM , this was posted by @jssailem here: Would you be ready to handle this emergency?
Communicate with 27 Hunter 1983 owners KElwell86 at 11:58pm 06.08.21 Helping my father get his Hunter 27 get ready for the summer after 18 months of being untouched in t
CDI Flexible Furler - Thoughts ricksoth at 10:43pm 06.08.21 Thanks to all that posted comments. The boat is a CAL 2-27 so the rig stays up full time. I using
Summer in the Salish Sea mermike at 8:54pm 06.08.21 Parks Bay is a good spot. No shore access unfortunately.
Summer in the Salish Sea MikeHoncho at 8:26pm 06.08.21 Recommendations for moorage/ anchoring in Friday harbor area?
ISO Hill range alcohol stove model 2101 manual kloudie1 at 8:20pm 06.08.21 The little two page manual says 10 psi. Probably good with 6-10. it is like the old white gasoline
Fuel Filter /seperator on H34 Ralph Johnstone at 7:59pm 06.08.21 lubricant. not the thick goopy crap that sets up like cement. You're confusing Victaulic fittings
Found a 2003 C310 (5) JRT at 7:35pm 06.08.21 We finally hosted nonfamily on RoseLeigh over the holiday weekend. As usual I took no photos so got
Hanging pictures, plants (the climbing part), clocks and such (1) Lisp Lisp at 7:31pm 06.08.21 Thanks; Not sure if I used 3M hooks before but the damage-free hooks I used all came down even the
Would you be ready to handle this emergency? Hayden Watson at 6:55pm 06.08.21 My question is how many of us have pulled the chainplates out of the boat for the complete inspectio
How would you patch this? (1) withintheruins14 at 6:52pm 06.08.21 Here's the first layer, not a total home run but it should work as a starting point Very first time
Would you be ready to handle this emergency? shemandr at 6:08pm 06.08.21 I've been on two boats on which the mast came down. In each incident I was surprised in how gentle
new boat owner, how do I use the batter selector/shore power/generator? Jaxn at 5:47pm 06.08.21 Wow. That is an impressive amount of help! I have a much better handle on what is going on now. I h
New Toilet Advise - Want to Get it Right Jollyroger at 5:21pm 06.08.21
Standing rigging tension? shemandr at 5:10pm 06.08.21 We had a guy in our Club level fleet with a Pearson - maybe a 33. He loved to crank up his backstay
Harbor Rebuild at Mandeville jmce1587 at 5:08pm 06.08.21 Just spent a few nights there last week. They did a great job on refinishing the bulkheads. As f
Would you be ready to handle this emergency? jmce1587 at 4:57pm 06.08.21
AC Condensate Drain Oprion (2) Closing Time at 4:43pm 06.08.21 Congratulations on your new boat. Ours sat at Texoma and had a wet bilge due to some leaks. Using t
Would you be ready to handle this emergency? capta at 4:27pm 06.08.21 Our mast is essentially two masts of very thick alloy. The rigger from Newport who I asked to survey

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