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Loose Footed Mains and trim Mark M at 7:02am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/885 I realize that the same basic trim controls work on loose footed mains, but am wondering if you have
wouldn't boat size vary the answers on sail settin mark bertenthal at 6:41am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1011 you did not address the boat size in relationship to sail settings. What I did on my 23' boat, I do
I need a main sail Nick at 6:33am 02.14.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/837 I have an ODay 27 (1973) but in great shape. The one thing it is missing is a main sail and I was c
new running rigging davejb851 at 6:21am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 0/932 I am in the middle of restoring my homemade sailboat, and while all the work has been enjoyable, the
outboard motors Jennifer21423 at 6:07am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 18/2153 We are getting ready to replace a dinghy outboard and wondered what people thought of Johnson 15 hp.
I'm Super P-I-double S-E-D!!! PhotoEd at 5:17am 02.14.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/971 So I spend MANY weeks researching the Hunter 25.5 as I have found one nearby that looks interesting.
Ranger 33 strut dee at 5:16am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 0/1258 Does anyone know of a company that has the mold to make a std ranger 33 strut? Mine is in need of r
San Pedro to San Diego Boatyard recommendations Jim at 4:55am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 4/3532 It has come time to bite the bullet and actually find out what my hull looks like (blistered or not)
Repairing Fenders Richard Bryer at 3:45am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1121 Has anyone had any success repairing fenders? I have one with a small hole- looks like somthing shar
Can you take off the emergincy tiller cap from the Chip Willis at 3:45am 02.14.05 Catalina 30 7/2239 rudder post without the rudder falling out of the boat? The top of my rudder is leaking water into t
Battery smell Freddy at 3:37am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 8/1294 While docked and plugged into electricity (battery charger ON) everything works fine but there is qu
cutter staysail trim Debra B at 3:35am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1682 My staysail is self-tending on a boom with a traveler track and adjustable stops (no control lines).
Chemical for finding cracks in standing rigging sailingdude at 3:04am 02.14.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1546 I have seen two different references to a chemical that you can spray on the standing rigging hardwa
Single point main Kevin13821 at 2:46am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/1081 How do you effectively control your boom without a traveller?Thank youKevin
How to measure your boats best points of sail Mike16388 at 2:22am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1186 Don, My boat manufacturer, Beneteau, doesn't seem to have done polars on my model (393) and I won
Hunter 25.5 forestay length (pin to pin)??? BobKat at 2:21am 02.14.05 Smaller Boats 7/1325 I'm looking to have my genoa cut from hank on type to roller furling. I need the length of the fores
Keel Material 340 345 35s5 350 351 John Nantz at 2:17am 02.14.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1670 Does anybody know what the keel is made of for these models? Is it lead for all of them?Also, anot
outboard prop info Norton at 1:43am 02.14.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/959 I need info on what prop to use on a 6hp evinrude fisherman for use with a sailboat. I am having tr
Tampa/Clearwater, FL Area Sailing Lee at 12:54am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 9/1644 My wife and I are considering our retirement places, and Tampa area comes to mind first. We are inte
Running water- this one is probably stupid Torsten at 12:02am 02.14.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/861 Hi again, as said before we learn as we go along. Here is what happened: The water tanks had antifre

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Cover pic? Really? Ron20324 at 6:57am 03.06.21 ... We call that being 'chained to the wheel'. No decent sailor would be doing that, she would have
Gel coat scoring and rough spots dlochner at 6:54am 03.06.21 No waterline . Hasn't left the dealers showroom/warehouse. I meant a scribed waterline. It was i
Cover pic? Really? TomY at 6:52am 03.06.21 Isn't that a photo by some guy at Tom Young Design? No Dave, I just liked that one as I looked ov
I see the light Ron20324 at 6:50am 03.06.21 ...Would you like some of your old pennies back? I always got struck with them when they'd end up i
Blinds sail sfbay at 6:50am 03.06.21 Welcome to the forum!! You can buy them here: Pleated Shades, Individual
Gel coat scoring and rough spots J_Conte at 6:44am 03.06.21 No waterline . Hasn't left the dealers showroom/warehouse.
Cover pic? Really? jon hansen at 6:39am 03.06.21 tom, i recognized the stance. when my youngest daughter was seven i started having her make all dock
Gel coat scoring and rough spots dlochner at 6:37am 03.06.21 The scoring looks like a waterline. The other rough spots need to be fixed at no cost to you.
Launching / Retrieving a Catalina 22 with a Prius....? rgranger at 6:33am 03.06.21
Fresh water filtration - is it safe? thinwater at 6:30am 03.06.21 Chlorine dioxide is a strong oxidizer and can kill all pathogens. It oxidizes contaminates." It's
Cover pic? Really? dlochner at 6:30am 03.06.21 so has one foot on each seat locker so she can see over the dodger. But most of all, she's watchi
sirius 21 hull id? travisraw at 6:24am 03.06.21 Thanks so much for all your replies! The HIN on my 1981 sirius 21\22 was pressed into the wet fibre
Gel coat scoring and rough spots sail sfbay at 6:22am 03.06.21 Ditto dmax..............dealer needs to repair it.
Cover pic? Really? jon hansen at 6:22am 03.06.21 rick, yes. my honeymoon was aboard aeolus sailing penopscot bay after my vows were said on the shore
Gel coat scoring and rough spots rgranger at 6:20am 03.06.21
Mounting Electrical Components mermike at 6:05am 03.06.21 I use marine ply with stainless steel T-nuts and machine screws to enable mounting/remounting withou
low water flow to jabsco electric head planoron at 6:04am 03.06.21 all fixed up!! We had a freeze and i had shut the thru hull, I still need to bring the hose down a
Cover pic? Really? (1) TomY at 5:57am 03.06.21 191184 on each seat locker so she can see over the dodger. But most of all, she's watching me on
Gel coat scoring and rough spots dmax at 5:54am 03.06.21 Unacceptable and not normal. Should have been corrected at the factory.
Cover pic? Really? Rick486 at 5:52am 03.06.21 brings back great memories....

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