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Is size important Capt Jim24025 at 6:02am 08.26.05 Ask All Sailors 4/2304 How are winches sized? I wanted to add a winch on my cabin top (O'Day 27) to assist raising the sa
Water damage karen at 5:45am 08.26.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1894 Hi, I took a second look at this sailboat ' I decided to have an out of the water survey. Its a 19
standing rigging rich at 5:15am 08.26.05 Ask All Sailors 1/904 I recently purchased this boat and noticed the mast has a rake towards the cockpit. There are other
Boat transport Nereussailor at 5:05am 08.26.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1047 Does anyone know a Boat transport company that would move a 30 ft sailboat in Wisconsin?
gel coat Jim Messerschmidt at 4:05am 08.26.05 Other Sailboats 1/687 I have a 1977 Ericsion 39B and was wondering what was the original gel coat color and if there is an
Windlass Installation Legend 35.5 in Photo forum Alex 2740 at 4:01am 08.26.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/852 I finished the Windlass installation on Nepethe and posted a overview of my experiences ion the phot
Transmission when under sail aquaholic1 at 2:50am 08.26.05 Big Boats 7/896 Should I have my transmission in Forward, Neutral or Reverse when under sail? And why? Thanks in a
Stinky Forward head H40 Sailortom20832 at 2:16am 08.26.05 Big Boats 2/1114 My forward head stinks!! I have cleaned the Shower sump (it was pretty bad) the smell is not from
Water Damage on Oday 22 Ellen Traver at 1:43am 08.26.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/2120 I am thinking about purchasing an Oday 22. The boat has been out of the water for 2 years and has a
Cushion Measurements 34/35 Arthur Stock at 1:34am 08.26.05 Other Sailboats 1/846 In July I purchased a 1987 E-34. The prior owner threw out the cushions for the v berth and aft cabi
rules of the road Dave D 94 H26 at 1:32am 08.26.05 Smaller Boats 3/1028 Where can I find a copy of the rules of the road, so as to never be the object of derision on this w
Hunter 30t holding tank replacement/relocation George Kosta at 1:28am 08.26.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/1036 thanks
Picture Perfect Weekend coming... picklefreek at 1:20am 08.26.05 Ask All Sailors 3/994 This looks to be just an AWESOME weekend coming up for us New England sailors!!! I will be getting
Katrina Justin_NSA at 1:15am 08.26.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/747 Wall St Journal reports that boats are getting hammered."Several sailboats had washed up onto the b
Stereo Running Down Battery Too Fast Cate at 1:08am 08.26.05 Ask All Sailors 12/1515 I have a 125W stereo running off a Xpower 150 power pack and it will play one CD and then run out of
MD 11 air cleaner paul remick at 1:03am 08.26.05 Other Sailboats 1/735 Anyone ever relace original air cleaners on the MD11 with somthing else ?
Seizing Wire Size for Shrouds Calif. Ted at 12:36am 08.26.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1578 Anyone know whether .020 or .041 is right size for seizing the shrouds to the spreaders of a C270? H
REDUCED Engine Size for the 26X... Louis B Holub at 12:12am 08.26.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/859 How does the 26X perform with a 25 HP ?? Anyone have this combination ?? OR perhaps "in and around
cockpit Steve at 10:58pm 08.25.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/963 I have yet to find a cockpit table that will fit my bibicle or space available on my 36cc. HELP
weatherproof bushings fred at 10:50pm 08.25.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1224 I am installing my outboard control on my wheel pedestal and need information on watertight connecto

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Pearson 303 ; Mast Pad Eye Location Claude L.-Auger at 9:08am 10.29.20 Not a necessity if you only use the 150 but a track with adjustable padeye would give you a lot more
Masthead flotation? Rick Webb at 9:06am 10.29.20 The Bobs on top of masts are not at all unusual and are becoming more and more common. If you are g
Invest 95L JRacer at 8:55am 10.29.20 Sorry to see that Jim. Hang in there.
Masthead flotation? Justin_NSA at 8:41am 10.29.20 Several small boat sailors in our club sport flotation devices. We get some really squirrely winds h
LP pump on Yanmar 2GM20F wdonovan at 8:36am 10.29.20 I may be missing something here, but as previously mentioned, a failure of your lift pump to operat
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two Jackdaw at 8:33am 10.29.20 OK its getting clearer. Here is the Hellenic Coast Guard release: The captain of the container ship
DIY leather steering wheel cover project Justin_NSA at 8:05am 10.29.20 Do you seal it before it starts picking up dirt and oils?
DIY leather steering wheel cover project VisionPNW at 7:58am 10.29.20 Pontedero full-grain, A/B grade Italian veg-tanned, hand-stained cowhide, 3.5-4.5 oz.
Masthead flotation? Kings Gambit at 7:53am 10.29.20
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two Jackdaw at 7:49am 10.29.20 Not sure it helps a lot. ent of course changes happened about 09:30 UTC That first maneuver occu
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two dlochner at 7:45am 10.29.20 The container ship had a crew of only 22. https://gcaptain.com/maersk-launceston-captain-arrested/?
DIY leather steering wheel cover project dLj at 7:42am 10.29.20 It was an Italian whole hide from Tandy Leather. Finding one big enough was difficult, we ended up
Help: Steering Wheel Locks Up When Hard To Port dlochner at 7:41am 10.29.20 A couple of thoughts. The problem may be inside the boat with something hanging up in the pedestal
P42 Bimini/Dodger Upgrade to Solar (2) HandsOnTech at 7:34am 10.29.20 As promised, here is the second prototype. The two forward panels are Newpowa mono 150w and the aft
Pearson 303 ; Mast Pad Eye Location sail sfbay at 7:30am 10.29.20 These threads below provides guidance on pad eye location. See post 3 in the second thread for pad
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two Pirate Dave at 7:26am 10.29.20 The curious thing about all of this for me: the news story said there were only 27 sailors on board
Sailing Porn Jackdaw at 7:23am 10.29.20 This popped up on my FB page from January of this year. Figured someone would enjoy it. 40 kts .mp
DIY leather steering wheel cover project dLj at 7:17am 10.29.20 Also, what do you mean by storing the wheel overhead? dj Ah, now that you point that out I see, w
Invest 95L jssailem at 7:09am 10.29.20 Jim and his family are ok. But Saba is not doing well. Zeta was a bad girl. :banghead:
DIY leather steering wheel cover project VisionPNW at 6:56am 10.29.20 Very nice indeed! What kind of leather did you use? It was an Italian whole hide from Tandy Leathe

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