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Wind meter Stuart Casteel at 12:13am 05.09.06 Ask All Sailors 10/1695 I was wondering what people are useing for a hand held wind meter. I do not want to spend more than.
Question About On the Hard or In the Water... Bro Paul at 12:54am 05.09.06 Mid-Size Boats 8/841 I just have a quick question... I leave Florida for the summer every year for business. I have a c
Garhauer Don Guillette at 1:19am 05.09.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 1/3588 Moody B: What did you order from Garahuer today?If you have the opportunity to talk to either Mark
Weather helm/mast rake Scott21120 at 1:23am 05.09.06 Ask All Sailors 10/5827 On our recent delivery, we noticed that our new to us Oday 34 has quite a bit of weather helm. The
Movie test Rick Ellis at 1:23am 05.09.06 Ask An Oday Owner 3/912 Sailing past Cat Island Last year before Katrina.
Water odor Ken at 2:28am 05.09.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1315 Peggy,I printed out your instructions for shocking the water system and then treating new water wit
Island Girl (PRODUCTS) Sea Glow KK LaRue II at 2:55am 05.09.06 Mid-Size Boats 8/3093 I'M ABOUT TO PURCHASE SOME ISLAND GIRL PRODUCTS IF I GOOGLE IG, I GET A WEB SITE THAT'S LOCATED IN
Rutgerson Traveler Robert at 2:52am 05.09.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/1673 Where on earth can you find a rutgerson traveler? Apparently the track is thin to this to permit th
Autoprop lubrication Gary at 3:08am 05.09.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1895 My Autoprop says I should lubricate it every other year. I would like to do this, but can't find the
feathering props the good the bad and the ugly? mike at 3:29am 05.09.06 Mid-Size Boats 11/1990 hi, I would like recomendations and comments on 3 blade feathering props?anyone out there have the
26.5 hull speed Chaos at 4:23am 05.09.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1358 The subject came up on the genoa/track question; does anyone know the designed hull speed for the 80
Vented loop with black water? 40.5- hidden loop Sally at 3:59am 05.09.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1521 I am trying to replace the old Jabsco on my Hunter 40.5 with the PHII. When I removed the vented lo
Trysail for a 356 Niels17010 at 4:49am 05.09.06 Big Boats 0/817 Does anyone own a storm trysail for a 356 or similar size boat? If so, what are luff and foot dimens
Harken T-Track jib-car conversion Al - s/v Persephone at 9:53am 05.09.06 Big Boats 4/1436 My '05 Hunter 36 has custom Doyle sails, including a 490sq-ft, large-roach, full-batten main.Conse
Yanmar hand crank Windride27 at 9:45am 05.09.06 Ask All Sailors 4/6244 All,I am looking for a hand starting crank for a Yanmar YSM series engine. My boat did not come wit
Loading and unloading 4D batteries Captain Ron6123 at 9:21am 05.09.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/977 I need to replace my original equipment house batteries (2 4ds) and am looking for advice on ways to
Stuffing box help needed Tomhurley at 8:56am 05.09.06 Ask An Oday Owner 1/953 Are there any owners of an oday 28 out there that can tell me which way to pack the stuffing box? I
Adjustable Genoa sheet cars Don at 7:53am 05.09.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1468 I read the thread by Alan on the adjustable cars and I am confused. Alan said that in heavey winds
Baltimore Sailing for flatlanderss Please Help Jim at 7:38am 05.09.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1294 I am heading to Baltimore Md. in June. Was wondering:Chartering--Looking for more day chartering
Venture Trailer Hubs Jacktar at 7:26am 05.09.06 Smaller Boats 6/848 Hi Gang!Ok, got another one for you. Anybody pulled the hubs off the Venture trailer? As you know

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What mods have you made to make single-handing easier? BOSSailor at 9:21am 06.14.21
Solar Sailors-I need help... cagreen75 at 9:20am 06.14.21 The following link will bring you to two excellent sites that should answer all your questions. Unde
New Headsail Sailfanatic at 9:10am 06.14.21 Unless you sail in an unusually light air venue, get a 135% premium dacron tri-radial cut. If you a
New Headsail sail sfbay at 9:00am 06.14.21 Here is a link to Beneteau 285 owners BeneteauOwners.com Owner Directory (sailboatowners.com) who yo
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 sail sfbay at 8:54am 06.14.21 It is noteworthy that there is only one other Catalina advertised for sale in the San Francisco Bay
Traveler seanmadian at 8:52am 06.14.21 Hello Don -- SO, I actually did this in reverse. I found the charts some time ago and have been work
New Headsail BaC at 8:47am 06.14.21 Thanks for the reply, We do have a local maker. But it would be great to hear from those who have an
Chartplotters and GPS how do you decide. LakeOntario270 at 8:45am 06.14.21 I went to the Annapolis Boat show and talked to all the chart plotter vendors and tried them all out
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 jssailem at 8:44am 06.14.21 If you want to be sailing this summer, then I would seek a boat that is in a more Ready to sail cond
New Headsail sail sfbay at 8:41am 06.14.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new Beneteau!! You will get plenty of advise on wh
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 phobucket at 8:40am 06.14.21 First off, thank you, everyone! I really appreciate the helpful feedback on this thread and I note
Venture 222 interior painting jssailem at 8:39am 06.14.21 @Davidasailor26 is spot on about the heat gun... It will loosen the bond stuff has. It can also loos
Is tuning the rigging necessary? Tedd at 8:19am 06.14.21 Since you do not need to loosen the shrouds to lower the mast, you do not need to tune every time.
Got a new sailing dinghy jssailem at 8:18am 06.14.21 It floats and it Sails. Wahoo!
Mast Support in Cabin '87 H32 salemsailor at 8:17am 06.14.21 If it's buckling I doubt there's a steel support. The woodwork is just trim. I would prop it up bef
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 jssailem at 8:16am 06.14.21 If you can buy the boat for $5K, I would anticipate spending another $10K making the boat safe to cr
H310 heeling JamesG161 at 8:09am 06.14.21
Mast Support in Cabin '87 H32 Don Crowther at 8:08am 06.14.21 If it's buckling I doubt there's a steel support. The woodwork is just trim. I would prop it up befo
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 sail sfbay at 8:02am 06.14.21 ..........Is there anything I can/should check without a full inspection that would give an indicato
Is tuning the rigging necessary? rgranger at 7:58am 06.14.21 Since you do not need to loosen the shrouds to lower the mast, you do not need to tune every time.

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