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keil bolts greg at 10:19am 01.17.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/1208 need info on how to replace keil bolts on 27' 1971 CAT
Hull Color, 1983 H22 Mike at 10:12am 01.17.05 Smaller Boats 1/903 The hull color of my boat is a light tan or beige. Question...Does Pettit or Interlux or anyone else
Max. Headroom John D12759 at 10:11am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 0/848 I have a 1990 MacGregor 26C that I sail here on the Pecos (THIN water) and "fun race" at Elephant Bu
Batten tension Bob at 9:41am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1111 What are the rules of thumb in tensioning full length horizontal battens? Two years ago I bought a
New 33 Issues John at 9:20am 01.17.05 Mid-Size Boats 13/887 Our new 33 was delivered at the end of March 2004. We have had various issues but some continue.#1
73 Macgregor Venture 24' don at 8:50am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1110 I am interested in a new main sail and jib. Do I have to measure each to get a price?Can I get a st
whisker pole marty15435 at 8:40am 01.17.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/697 Anyone have thoughts on using the mast raising aluminum pole as a whisker pole? Detachable fittings
Baggin it T Brennison at 8:15am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/905 This past spring I purchased a Doyle APC cruising spinnaker for my Hunter 450. I am enjoying using
Halyards Doug6533 at 8:10am 01.17.05 Smaller Boats 3/1022 I need to replace my main and jib halyards but don't necessarily want to buy larger rope than I need
Ball-Lock Quick-Release Pins: Are they strong enuf Ranger Paul18580 at 8:02am 01.17.05 Smaller Boats 6/1408 On my Hunter 216 rigging I have replaced many of the Clevis pins with Ball-Lock Quick-Release pins..
Spreader/genoa mod for MacGregor 26X normo at 8:01am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/2516 Go ahead and laugh. It's ok, we don't care. There are over 6,000 of these powersailing beauties ch
Asymetrical spinnaker and no backstay Bing13178 at 7:46am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1734 Our boat does not have a backstay. Would you recommend using an asymmetrical spinnaker or should we
Capri 18 assymetrical spinnaker george petrides at 7:26am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1056 I woulod like to add an assymertrical spinnaker to my inventory. Budget constraints require that I l
Headsail UV Protection George H260 at 7:20am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 0/912 I have a Doyle furler headsale that came with my H260. It has only been used one season. The Sail ha
Full Batten Main Convertion Tony Wilcox at 7:17am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/1002 Hi Is it possible to convert a 2004 roller furling main to one with vertical battens ?Tony
East Coast inlets Mark at 7:16am 01.17.05 Ask All Sailors 0/1002 Hi Folks...been along time since I posted here. Planning a trip north on the ICW from Florida this
Bottom Painting Jonathan at 6:35am 01.17.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1085 I just bought my '83 Oday 22 last season, love it, spends 8 months in the water a year. Previous own
wind generator ted at 6:32am 01.17.05 The Cherubini Hunters 1/967 I recently purchased a wind generator and I presently have two 75 watt solar panels mounted above my
Smell only in cool weather? (Fall,Spring) Bill Culbertson at 6:22am 01.17.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1246 We use KO in our head. I've noticed that through the summer we have no odor assuming I keep up with
Thinking of moving up.... Aven W at 6:18am 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/752 I have a 1993 Hunter 23.5 I'm thinking of selling.... Want to move up to a slightly larger boat(26 m

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SV Panope. 100 anchor videos (1) rgranger at 8:10am 02.22.21 Wow @jssailem that was a great video. Talk about an obsession. He really took a scientific appr
Question about replacing one of the Marinco 30A shore power inlets Ron20324 at 8:08am 02.22.21 This may be a great time to consider changing over from Marinco to the SmartPlug. Here is a prett
Modern Design Anchors senechals at 7:59am 02.22.21 We have a Rocna on our 310. It works great on our lake bottom of mud, clay and weeds. Our boat ca
Marking anchor rode Ron20324 at 7:53am 02.22.21 :plus: :plus::plus: The electric orange ties.
Hypalone Fabric and Glue Ron20324 at 7:49am 02.22.21 Had to patch an inflatable with over 20 patches. Point the shotgun at a
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Capt jgw at 7:45am 02.22.21 Who knows how the government thinks. We used to go to the KS Wildlife & Parks office to get our ann
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Justin_NSA at 7:40am 02.22.21 Who knows how the government thinks. We used to go to the KS Wildlife & Parks office to get our annu
Seeking rudder blade Catalina 22 Bowleys Quarters Catalina at 7:31am 02.22.21 Hi, Looking for a list of parts for a Catalina 22 "Restore". Did you have any luck finding a source
Are you ready for the wind to pick up. (1) DayDreamer41 at 7:28am 02.22.21 We made it in for this one, but I have been out 15 or so miles to catch one of these on the nose, dr
Modern Design Anchors senechals at 7:27am 02.22.21 Watch the Mantus testing videos, pretty impressive, they are fantastic engineers. Yes. We have w
Modern Design Anchors JRT at 7:25am 02.22.21 We have a Rocna on our 310. It works great on our lake bottom of mud, clay and weeds. Our boat cam
Modern Design Anchors Dave Groshong at 7:23am 02.22.21 Watch the Mantus testing videos, pretty impressive, they are fantastic engineers.
Hypalone Fabric and Glue Bowleys Quarters Catalina at 7:22am 02.22.21 Had to patch an inflatable with over 20 patches. Got the Patch Hypolon from Grainger. Did a deep div
Spring Clearance Auction Coming Soon Bowleys Quarters Catalina at 7:12am 02.22.21 Sounds fun. Count me in! Chris (Bowleys Quarters Catalina)
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Capt jgw at 7:07am 02.22.21 If they do all the existing doc's now for 5 years, not only will there be no money coming for 5 yea
Sanitation question Parsons at 7:00am 02.22.21 And it smells like vanilla :tongue: Betcha the interior won't smell that way in another few months.
How many coats of varnish? jon hansen at 6:57am 02.22.21 thanks for the head's up. he prolly sold the boat after the varnish project got to be to much
Marking anchor rode Terry Cox at 6:56am 02.22.21 The first segment of rode on our boat has 50' of chain and 150' of three strand nylon. Repurposed a
New owners/new name Rick Webb at 6:54am 02.22.21 Think about what the name will sound like on the radio. We had a buddy whose boat's name was "Islan
all rope windlass Capt jgw at 6:53am 02.22.21 My new boat has a rope-only windlass and only 3 feet of chain. OId boat has a chain/rope windlass, 1

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