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Roller furling jib cover Gary8065 at 5:31am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 7/2777 This weekend I am going to "attempt" to install CDI roller furling on my Catalina 27. I have severa
Grenadines James Williams at 5:27am 05.25.05 Destinations 0/1469 Jonesy asked about the Grenadines a couple of weeks ago. Just returned from a bareboat charter out
Need New Mac 25 Sails or La mauney process Mark at 4:14am 05.25.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1489 Well, I need new sails. At least a new main for now. I guess they are the originals, 1986. Does
Insurance and Hurricane question? Rob at 4:02am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 13/1724 I was just reading over a CNN report from NOAA about this upcoming hurricane season. Then I started
Crazing or cracking on 1985 34' Hunter deck Ken Hershenson at 3:32am 05.25.05 Big Boats 2/1376 I'm considering puchasing a 1985 34' Hunter. the boat is a 1 owner in above average condition. But I
Yanmar 3YM30 JohnEh at 3:18am 05.25.05 Mid-Size Boats 11/2943 We are now optimistic that the overheating problem on our engine has been resolved. The engine ran
Another stuck centerboard question Mitchel Cline at 2:35am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1494 I have a similar (perhaps identical) problem to the gentleman that wrote regarding a stuck centerboa
Rewiring the mast and ... DCsailor at 2:29am 05.25.05 Smaller Boats 4/1442 I have been sailing my '86 Hunter 23 for a couple of summers (both in DC and Florida). Great boat l
Storing the gennaker PrincessoftheLake at 2:13am 05.25.05 Big Boats 1/1036 I have a 1985 Hunter 34 that came with a large gennaker. Since we don't have a cruising spinnaker y
272LE Anodes Thankyou Hubertt at 1:57am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/825 Just to say thanks to Lou, J.B.Dyer and Richard, for their responses to my post on this of May 11th.
Electric motors sierradave at 1:56am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/890 Anyone had experience using a small electric outboard? We've got a 1974 O'Day 20 and I'm tired of m
Through hull Fitting James Tait at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/865 My O'Day 20 has two through hull fittings-one for the cockpit drain and the other for a small sink.
HELP! CB Stuck up, boat IN water guyssail at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/854 The centerboard on my '73 o'day 23 appears to be stuck up. this is my first swing keel boat...looked
Help with kill switch on Yanmar 2QM15 David W at 1:41am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 9/4494 Over the weekend my kill switch finally gave up the ghost. I had thought I had devised a repair that
Anybody doing the Figawi this year?? Allen at 1:33am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 0/895 Hey Guys,I'm heading out tomorrow morning from Boston to Sandwich on the Cape Cod Canal en route t
portlight shades Bill C320, Papillon at 1:32am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1992 Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep out the mornig sun and/or provide privacy while in the sl
Dinghy Franklin at 1:06am 05.25.05 Big Boats 11/948 Two part question:1) Why is an inflatable dinghy so hard to row and is it just now realistic to ge
Where is hull serial number on an O'Day 17" Peter Johnson at 12:23am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2177 I'm insuring my new-to-me O'Day 17' Daysailer 'Odie'. The insurance company wants the hull serial n
Bimini? Boom tent???? What is this thing??????? me262 at 11:14pm 05.24.05 Smaller Boats 9/1542 I am wanting to construct a cockpit shade. I have found after only two trips out in the Texas sun, t
Radiator flush? Bill O'Donovan at 11:08pm 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1018 Still trying to get an answer as to whether it's good to put Prestone radiator flush through the raw

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Hunter Legend 35.5 (1990) issue Joseph Bauman at 4:49pm 03.25.21
VHF Range? Tally Ho at 4:48pm 03.25.21 Seems like 50% of the time (maybe more) when someone calls radio check on 16 the coast guard replys
VHF Range? Tally Ho at 4:42pm 03.25.21 If you think of it in hours rather than miles you might feel more comfortable with 18 kts. Assume
Catalina 25 - how is boom supposed to be secured to gooseneck Panaphobe at 4:39pm 03.25.21 I went to sign up for the C25 association's forums today and it asked me for a payment after confirm
Aft Mounted Radar Pole on a Hunter 376 chuckwayne at 4:35pm 03.25.21 Garhauer made me a really nice stern pole with a custom antenna hoop and a tilt control to level the
Help Sealing Under Waterline Through Bolts for New Rudder Port SV/Journey at 4:27pm 03.25.21 <p>
Catalina 25 - how is boom supposed to be secured to gooseneck Stu Jackson at 4:25pm 03.25.21 1. Thanks for the link. 2. I figured I'd see what info I could get from free forums before I tr
Boat Transportation Service Recommendation rukidn at 4:22pm 03.25.21 Congratulations! We used Uship auction to move from TX to OH. Timing wasn't as desired, but we did g
Flushing an Engine with Fresh Water? SailorElliot at 4:17pm 03.25.21 Sounds good, thanks!
VHF Channels SailorElliot at 3:36pm 03.25.21 Okay, thanks for the advice!
VHF Channels dlochner at 3:12pm 03.25.21 Remember, transmissions on VHF are not private, any one with a radio within range can hear what you
VHF Channels Richard19068 at 2:43pm 03.25.21 Not that I probably ever will, but I can use channels 67 or 72 for just chatting to other boats? 6
Sailing to Catalina Island? jssailem at 2:30pm 03.25.21 A 20 foot sailiboat can handle waves that are just over 6 feet. Very quickly you will loose control
Hunter 260 Ballast Modifications Doug J at 2:26pm 03.25.21 They ruined a perfectly fine water ballast sailboat. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot boat hook.
VHF Channels SailorElliot at 2:24pm 03.25.21 Not that I probably ever will, but I can use channels 67 or 72 for just chatting to other boats?
VHF Channels dlochner at 2:21pm 03.25.21 Here ya go, straight from the horse's mouth so to speak. https://wireless.fcc.gov/marine/vhfchanl.p
VHF Range? dlochner at 2:19pm 03.25.21 No one has mentioned the antenna cable and connections. These can degrade service quite a lot if the
Sailing to Catalina Island? SailorElliot at 2:15pm 03.25.21 Thanks for the advice! That makes a lot of sense, I just feel the urge! I would probably go in the s
Sailing to Catalina Island? JoeWhite at 2:09pm 03.25.21 Judging from the level of sailing instructions I received from my sailing school for 101 and boosted
VHF Range? Richard19068 at 1:55pm 03.25.21 If only you could communicate this to the yahoos in my area! I would guess a full quarter of the C

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