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Electrical Spaghetti RockinD at 7:28am 05.24.06 Mid-Size Boats 1/887 O.K. I finally got aroung to hooking up the new 5 wire Romex that I installed from the mast head dow
rudder tube, stuffing box carl at 8:24am 05.24.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1051 I tightened my rudder stuffing box nut a quarter turn because i would get a seep when sailing or mot
Attn: Lake Erie/Islands Sailors... Tim McCarty at 8:23am 05.24.06 Ask All Sailors 2/932 I will be making a trip back to my marina (from Vermillion, OH)in June and wondered if anyone has an
Help! Mast raising problems... Chris & Lenore at 10:37am 05.24.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/793 Tried to raise the mast on our 26S tonight. Followed the instructions except for using the main haly
Brian & Steph are Famous! Captain Bob at 10:28am 05.24.06 Smaller Boats 0/826 Brian and Stephanie were featured in the June edition of Cruising World.Can I have your autographs
Electrical panel Tom at 12:13pm 05.24.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/836 need to work on and replace the electrical panel and switches. Need suggestions, and some input abo
lead Main Halyard to Cockpit jerrygg@eathlink.net at 12:06pm 05.24.06 Catalina 30 1/1308 How can I lead he main halyard back to the cockpit? Would I run double block with the main sheet or
Hunter 25 Wedge Top Specs? Ray Montondo at 1:00pm 05.24.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1428 Just bought a Hunter 25 Wedge Top. The main, made to fit a Hunter 25 Box Top, leaves about 18 inches
Bottom Blisters Bing. at 1:16pm 05.24.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1067 Hi thereWe have been looking at purchasing a 10 year old Beneteau 351. The last prospective purch
Water Balast leak into bilge scott at 1:45pm 05.24.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/637 The water balast is leaking into the back bilge of my 26X. I attached vaccuum cleaner to gate valve
Vented loop access Alan at 8:28pm 05.22.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/682 In the 35.5, the vented loop for the head is located behind the wall in the shower next to the showe
Sailboat recognition cheat sheet muised at 7:40pm 05.22.06 Ask All Sailors 2/2865 I was in the boatyard yesterday (I feel like I live there now) and saw a boat for sale which I thoug
That Sinking Feeling..need HELP! BruceK at 10:22pm 05.22.06 Mid-Size Boats 13/1082 OK you guys with all those 89-94 H30/33/35's built similarily... just commissioned the boat and foun
Swing Keel on 1988 CAT 22 kevin.holmes@gt.com at 10:53pm 05.22.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1209 My boat has a swing keel. I am uncertain how to secure it once it has been lowered. Is there a loc
A curious idea... Tim McCarty at 11:17pm 05.22.06 Ask All Sailors 8/1039 Without going into too much detail...our boat is docked about 40 minutes from our house on the west
Locations for Flux Gate Compass - Auto Pilot firehoser75 at 12:25am 05.23.06 Bavaria 6/4463 Please give me some guidance. Where have you successfully installed the flux gate compass for a Raym
Outboard cutout dimensions and location tbarnby at 10:48pm 05.22.06 Mid-Size Boats 4/948 Hello all. I have researched the archives and can't find the answer to this. I bought a 1974 Cat
Trailer questions J. Barrett at 10:32pm 05.22.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/772 Does anyone have a photo of a Mac trailer with the ladder near the winch mount? I think that some o
Galley sink drain Brad at 12:53am 05.23.06 Bigger Boats 4/885 Does anyone have any suggestions or input about the galley sink drainage problems for the ODay 272.
rudder destroyed by Wilma Bill Badgett at 1:21am 05.23.06 Morgan 1/1562 Need replacement rudder. Where is closest dealer etc?

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How do you break in an outboard on a sailboat? Justin_NSA at 10:07pm 12.24.20 There was a show on PBS where the flannel-wearing host would dream up things like that. Can't remem
How do you break in an outboard on a sailboat? Ward H at 9:11pm 12.24.20 Calculate gallons per hour at wide open throttle Fill up just enough to run for required number of
epoxy resin jon hansen at 7:51pm 12.24.20 My experience is that you are very likely to get "out gassing" with this procedure--the rising temp
H340 Battery upgrade and relocation (2) Bill19233 at 7:09pm 12.24.20 Congratulations on buying a 340, if you're on Facebook, we have a great group you need to join with
epoxy resin rbringle at 7:01pm 12.24.20 I used WEST on 3 boats I built, including 2 stripper canoes where having a clear epoxy coat is neces
epoxy resin rbringle at 6:49pm 12.24.20 the kick time on epoxies is temp related. do all your work at 45 degs and the epoxy will not kick.
Merry Christmas everyone... Captain Ron 18 at 6:20pm 12.24.20 More please! And Merry Christmas all!!
Can you repack the stuffing box in the water? Alan Gomes at 5:57pm 12.24.20 I did stuff additional packing on water. Rag around the stern tube really helps stem water coming i
Help Choosing Capt Robbie at 5:55pm 12.24.20 welcome, If you are planning to cruise Florida keys and Caribbean is I understand that region you ma
Got a new sailing dinghy jssailem at 4:54pm 12.24.20 That paint job he did on the hull was spectacular. As he declared, quality paint work is in the prep
Autopilot install on O'Day 40 nramsey at 4:29pm 12.24.20 I'm using the linear drive unit from the Alpha. It uses very little current. Rumour has it that it
Can you repack the stuffing box in the water? Ken13559 at 4:01pm 12.24.20 I did stuff additional packing on water. Rag around the stern tube really helps stem water coming in
Full Bilge BillyK at 3:34pm 12.24.20 any update?
asymmetrical Spinnaker Hunter216 at 3:32pm 12.24.20
asymmetrical Spinnaker Voyager1 at 3:16pm 12.24.20 Can you use a ATN tacker with code zero?
asymmetrical Spinnaker justsomeguy at 3:12pm 12.24.20 I have a shackle just aft of the roller furler that I could connect a block or anchor pin. Just mi
Oil change... Make it a double All U Get at 3:10pm 12.24.20
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Terry Cox at 3:10pm 12.24.20 Merry Christmas to all. hNhbStcBUKA
asymmetrical Spinnaker Voyager1 at 2:35pm 12.24.20 All great information, this helped tremendously. Appreciate all the responses. I have a shackle jus
Got a new sailing dinghy Davidasailor26 at 2:34pm 12.24.20 Andy at Boatworks Today has just finished a dingy paint projest that turned out very nice. The pro

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