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Teak doors for storage? Rob Morton at 2:17pm 01.23.05 Smaller Boats 4/898 I have my boat in the our shop doing all the winter things and am considering adding doors to the fr
Fluxgate location Wally at 2:05pm 01.23.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/827 Can a fluxgate compass be installed below the cabin sole? This would place it below the waterline.
K-9 crew ex-admin at 12:20pm 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 121/7223 Does your dog go sailing with you? Does he enjoy a reach in 15 knots of breeze, or does he spend
Atomic 4 cooling problem Dennis Breen at 12:09pm 01.23.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/1494 I have a '79 Catalina 27 with an Atomic 4 gas engine. Recently I noticed no water was coming from th
IOR hull Richard A at 11:59am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 0/1206 being a IOR design intended for big headsails
Rephrasing the preceeding entry about motors.:o Ray18680 at 11:35am 01.23.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/949 I meant to ask what manufacturer would you choose, and why. I am interested in a 6-8 hp. motor. I
Swing Keel Offshore Don K. at 11:04am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 9/2990 How safe is a 26' Chrysler with a 850# swing keel going offshore in the Gulf Of Mexico.
Detailed tuning George Bush at 10:58am 01.23.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1000 Hello Bill again,Thank you for your earlier suggestion regarding the back-winding of my main. I hav
Paul's photo Phil Herring at 10:40am 01.23.05 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1045 nm
Headstay Sag Ted at 10:36am 01.23.05 C&C 1/1879 Is there a general formula for maximum headstay sag. I know that headstay sag should be increased wh
"Show Off" Spinnakers Herb Parsons at 10:21am 01.23.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/831 OK, not one of those technical type questions, but I'm still curious. Why is it that, traditionally,
Who Do You Think Makes The Best Motor? Why? o Ray at 9:47am 01.23.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1008 I am in the market for a motor for the inflatable I tow behind my 26M. I am looking for a four stro*
Fluxgate compass installation for autopilot Debra B at 9:39am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 7/3974 OK am still in the planning stage of autopilot installation and am haveing trouble figuring out wher
anyone for sailing Bob at 7:29am 01.23.05 The Cherubini Hunters 3/925 Anyone for sailing
Trailer Tongue Extension John S at 5:45am 01.23.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1693 I cut off the hitch from the tongue of my trailer last night to start the process of lengthening the
canvas surround for pop-up Jay Saunders at 5:28am 01.23.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1630 Where can I find the canvas surround for the pop-up feature on the M25? Alternatively, where can I
Cordage and Shackles Bob C at 4:09am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 3/967 I plan to replace my main and jib halyards. Looking for some Internat sites that sell cordage and w
Anybody know the "Carolina Moon" John Myers at 4:05am 01.23.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/876 In the early 90's I rented a Catalina 27 named the "Carolina Moon" on Hilton Head. I'd love to find
Lowering the swing keel of a 192 on land J P Turkey at 3:55am 01.23.05 Day Sailers 0/1139 I have a 1986 O'Day 192. Nineteen years seems long enough to think about replacing the line and pos
windpower generators/ turbines ken at 3:23am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1185 Looking for advice on a windpowered generator. Was looking at the CET Air 403 turbine..runs $870...

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Which Bottom Paint for Lake Minnetonka? dlochner at 1:08pm 03.01.21 If the paint wasn't mixed well, that could be an issue. Also some years are just worse than others f
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler (1) MetricMountie at 1:05pm 03.01.21 Finally got this together, it's a still from a video I did that too long to upload to the site.
Funny Friday!!! kappykaplan at 1:04pm 03.01.21 Me, too! :beer:
Funny Friday!!! Michael Davis at 12:59pm 03.01.21 I passed , I passed!!?
Which Bottom Paint for Lake Minnetonka? captcoho at 12:58pm 03.01.21 The active ingredients in Vivid can settle over time, especially if the paint has been on the shelf
Which Bottom Paint for Lake Minnetonka? captcoho at 12:56pm 03.01.21 As Dave suggested, how often do you paint? For simplicity, you just want to clean the bottom well an
Which Bottom Paint for Lake Minnetonka? HEINZIR at 12:50pm 03.01.21 Yep, light sanding and a fresh coat or two every spring.
Which Bottom Paint for Lake Minnetonka? dlochner at 12:28pm 03.01.21 Do you paint every year? When was the last time you painted the bottom? Vivid is a hard ablative pai
Ripe organization CaptainRan at 12:27pm 03.01.21 It looks to me like a re-purposed mast step for ??? I replied above with a picture. It is the trav
More Westerbeke 10-two questions dlochner at 12:26pm 03.01.21
My New Trailer - Some Bad News (1) dlochner at 12:23pm 03.01.21 I'll see if I can get some shots of the lower half of the unit and how it screws in The screw jus
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler (5) MetricMountie at 12:22pm 03.01.21 Found the four aluminum pieces then lost the photo in the posting. Same to follow.
My New Trailer - Some Bad News withintheruins14 at 12:18pm 03.01.21 You've also learned one of the tenets of trailering: absolutely everything must be tied down tight.
My New Trailer - Some Bad News dlochner at 12:17pm 03.01.21 The thread is a standard Acme Thread. Measure the diameter of the screw and call Brownell. When it c
My New Trailer - Some Bad News withintheruins14 at 12:16pm 03.01.21 Off hand I would say they are universal thread . Where are you located ? I might have one that fits
US Coast Guard Documentation turnaround time dlochner at 12:15pm 03.01.21 I accept the delays I'm just chime in on the time my old renewals only take 30 days but I understan
My New Trailer - Some Bad News dmax at 12:13pm 03.01.21 You've also learned one of the tenets of trailering: absolutely everything must be tied down tight.
Ripe organization Ron20324 at 12:01pm 03.01.21 What is that SS hardware to the left of the rope clutch? It looks to me like a re-purposed mast st
What is the one thing on your boat that you like the most? capta at 11:53am 03.01.21 This is so funny. Everyone can list things that bug them, but only to OP could point out a specific
My New Trailer - Some Bad News Timm R Oday25 at 11:47am 03.01.21 Off hand I would say they are universal thread . Where are you located ? I might have one that fits

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