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Jib Halyard tension with roller furling Bill at 3:10am 06.06.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/8472 As it is a pain in the a## to change the halyard tension on my roller furling jib, I am wondering if
VHF radio problem Glen at 3:00am 06.06.05 Big Boats 3/846 We have just got through the launch, mast step and re-assembly process and this week-end finally got
Fixing my keel pocket ells at 2:50am 06.06.05 Day Sailers 0/982 In the 1980 Oday 19 you cannot access the keel or the keel pocket from the cabin. In order to acces
Anchoring to close - Please move Jim Seamans at 2:35am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 24/1850 Interesting thing happened Saturday evening. Joan and I had pulled into a little bay name Canoe Nec
Battery/grounding issue picklefreek at 2:08am 06.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/861 Hi all. Chris again that just purchased the 1973 23 converible. Just got the swing center board al
Questions following maiden voyage csobalvarro at 2:03am 06.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1032 Well Saturday was the maiden voyage for "Pili Lani," my "new" 1988 Mac26D! Rigging took a while, as
losing radio presets Tony5898 at 1:59am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1671 I installed a car radio below deck. The receiver works and the wires are conntected to the main fus
Auto Pitol works great, now the roller furling texastom at 1:56am 06.06.05 Big Boats 2/877 I think I got the auto pilot working fine. Franklin was right, good sail set and the ST4000 works fi
Slapping Halyard Roy at 1:23am 06.06.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1222 I have A 1988 Catalina 30 Standard Rig with a halyard ( I'm not sure which one ) that slaps the insi
Air conditioning Thermostat Ozana at 1:16am 06.06.05 Big Boats 3/915 I want to install a thermostat on my 16500btu central air condioner. The air condioner now has a cop
Trailer mfg's for Cat 22 Micklejester at 12:41am 06.06.05 Trailer Sailors 3/1565 Cat 22 Trail mfgs Hi,I recently saw a manufacturer of Catalina 22 trailers on this forum that was
Trailer mfg's for Cat 22 Micklejester at 12:40am 06.06.05 Smaller Boats 2/1048 Cat 22 Trail mfgs Hi,I recently saw a manufacturer of Catalina 22 trailers on this forum that was
First outing with my new old O'Day 23 svey at 12:39am 06.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 5/971 I was out Saturday for the first outing in my O'Day 23 (ZigZag not my choice but to much badluck inv
Cat 22 Trail mfgs Micklejester at 12:39am 06.06.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1003 Hi,I recently saw a manufacturer of Catalina 22 trailers on this forum that was located in Georgia
Where do you store your Ice Chest? Steve Gully at 12:30am 06.06.05 Smaller Boats 5/1233 I was wondering where you store your Ice Chest on your boat. We usually carry a small one for day sa
My halyard nightmare Paul McGhee at 12:25am 06.06.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/740 Just sharing... So, for the 3rd season out of 5 my marina dropped my boat in the water with the ma
Wood trim for catalina 27 Gary8065 at 12:10am 06.06.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1289 Does anyone know of somewhere you can purchase wood trim that would fit a 1986 catalina 27. I was r
centerboard attachment/1980 22 Oday David Rainwaters at 12:07am 06.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1078 The cable to raise my centerboard mysteriously came loose from the centerboard while my Oday 22 (198
Good luck finding your event Paul McGhee at 12:03am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1126 I posted an event on the sailstice site, and it took me 15 minutes to figure out how to look at it--
o'day javelin bruce cornell at 11:56pm 06.05.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/849 there is a active javelin owner site on yahoo.com

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M26swing: where mount a shoot through the hull depth transducer? (newest project) Macboy at 8:11am 04.08.21
Shipping / brokerage costs to Canada Scott B at 8:10am 04.08.21 Hi Sailors! I'll be ordering a new bimini from the site. Has anyone located in Canada purchased a
Cargo ship in the North Sea Scott B at 8:06am 04.08.21 Almost like the sea state worsened and it was too difficult to work on the deck and decided to have
Cargo ship in the North Sea FastOlson at 8:04am 04.08.21 I think getting into a lifeboat would only happen if they had to survive while waiting for rescue.
Beneteau Spare Parts Website bmiley at 8:02am 04.08.21 I just don't understand why people can't read "Beneteau Parts Trouble". I went to the effort to go
Winch removal Adhara2 at 8:00am 04.08.21 There is space there filled with sealant/adhesive. Start with something thinner than a chiesel. Use
REPAIR: Mast Step & Chain Plates dLj at 7:45am 04.08.21 Something that is unclear to me is, do you own this boat? Or are you looking to buy it? You started
Low "reefing" holes in main sail ricksoth at 7:40am 04.08.21 Thanks for the input. I will try to come up with some type of rigging to make playing with these ea
Hydrofoils future impact on sailing cb32863 at 7:39am 04.08.21 while I agree with most of what you say I'm not so sure about the foils not becoming more mainstrea
Cargo ship in the North Sea dLj at 7:37am 04.08.21 Wow. A relatively new vessel. The ship gets into high seas. Gear securing the cargo fails. Ship app
Assemetrical (1) sail sfbay at 7:36am 04.08.21 Welcome to the forum!! Fun experience on a Hunter 32 and 386. For your boat you will need a size 2
REPAIR: Mast Step & Chain Plates Captain Larry-DH at 7:24am 04.08.21 In that case, costs will vary widely by location and specific contractor. The only answer you can re
Hydrofoils future impact on sailing (1) LakeShark at 7:23am 04.08.21 ...Kids like to go fast. They are not going to want to sit around and ghost along at 4-6 kts. So th
REPAIR: Mast Step & Chain Plates Lance324 at 7:20am 04.08.21 Hire it out... I don't work on my boats... I don't know how. Thank you!
REPAIR: Mast Step & Chain Plates Captain Larry-DH at 7:17am 04.08.21 @Lance324 are you planning to DIY or hire it out?
Cargo ship in the North Sea Leeward Rail at 7:17am 04.08.21 It was a shame that the decision was made to scrap all of the new vehicles aboard .... at about 70%
Hydrofoils future impact on sailing Leeward Rail at 7:04am 04.08.21 Foiling will never trickle down to "mainstream" sailing, just like Formula 1 and IndyCar wings are
Low "reefing" holes in main sail Hayden Watson at 6:56am 04.08.21 I had a C25 with a flattening reef and used them independant of each other. The tack was used for t
Compac 16 owner LloydB at 6:44am 04.08.21 +1 Welcome
Cargo ship in the North Sea FastOlson at 6:42am 04.08.21 Crew abandon ship jumping into the sea. Choose not to get in lifeboat. Agree. That part of the sto

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