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Advice on the 26X dkburn at 6:45am 07.01.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/869 Hello all, This may be a question that has been asked many times before, and if I missed an answe
Navman 4150 BarryL at 6:34am 07.01.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1882 Hello,Has anyone used the Navman 4150 fishfinder / depfinder / speed loginstrument? It seems like
Mainsheet Considerations Tony2945 at 6:31am 07.01.04 Mid-Size Boats 6/1855 We sail a Catalina 22 and are looking into moving up in size. I've noticed that the Catalina mainshe
Marketable Sales? fredsb at 5:22am 07.01.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1114 Sellable Sails? My boat (84' 22') came with Roller Furling (Schaefer SnapFurl) when I bought it a y
sail size deadringer at 4:48am 07.01.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1080 i recently purchased a 1974 28 foot irwin sail boat i was wondering how big the main sail is and whe
Surge Brake Bleeding/Tongue Extension fredsb at 4:42am 07.01.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1325 For trailer experts: my trailer has a coupler in the brake line which is disengaged when the tongue
Shroud Tension Jonathan Cushing at 4:25am 07.01.04 Ask An Oday Owner 3/963 I have an 1983 O 23 and am wondering how people determine shroud tension. I would prefer not to buy
PHRF racing an H23 (Neenah, WI) scott k at 4:01am 07.01.04 Smaller Boats 2/981 I am in my first year of racing a Hunter 23 (1986) in the PHRF fleet at Neenah, WI's Nodaway Yacht C
Painting Autohelm 4000 RedondoCat28 at 3:18am 07.01.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1043 The wheel drive unit on my Autohelm 4000 is looking pretty shabby with about half of the dark grey(?
Furling Main Frank15188 at 2:35am 07.01.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1208 This is my first year with a furling main. Does anyone know where one can get information on the bes
Sailing with Genoa ccesur at 1:07am 07.01.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1058 Hi,I have recently bought a Hunter 29.5. Somebody told me that sailing with genoa only, without ho
Broken Mast Don1531 at 1:01am 07.01.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/861 I am trying to locate a new mast for my 1990 Hunter 35.5. I have tried Isomat who made the original
Sailing the B Warren M at 12:48am 07.01.04 Mid-Size Boats 2/981 I realized when I recently bought my 1986 Hunter 28.5 with the double spreader, swept back B
1980 Yanmar 2 GM Diesel Maintenance Robert 19994 at 12:32am 07.01.04 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1716 Does anyone have the factory recommended maintenance and specs for a 1980 Yanmar 2 GM 13 HP diesel?
Keel awalkernc at 12:26am 07.01.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/951 My keel snapped off 2 years ago and I lost it in the intercoastal. How/where do I get another one?
Gas tanks and batterys in the same space Ralph18418 at 12:19am 07.01.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/885 Does any one know where the batterys were located on a 1979 Catalina 25 for the outboard, running li
Florida Bound agolden at 11:10pm 06.30.04 Ask All Sailors 7/1384 We're heading South in September/October and are looking for feedback on Florida marinas that allow
Squeeky compression post Tim22946 at 10:59pm 06.30.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/851 My compression post is awefully squeeky. Has anyone found a cleaver idea to tame this noise?
mast raising dennis23749 at 9:54pm 06.30.04 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1030 i would appreciate any info on how to raise the mast with a limited number of people. thanks,
Water Leak ABM at 7:59pm 06.30.04 Smaller Boats 5/1438 Has anyone experienced taking on water between the cabin and the hull while healing?On a recent sai

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Halyard ends... 580R? 721-2? Sheet material? Dave Groshong at 2:18pm 01.01.21 Our rig shop offers a lot of different shackles, from what I call the utility Ronstan headboard sh
Do you have a SYSTEM when you go sailing... Project_Mayhem at 1:42pm 01.01.21 Docking: I have a loose line that runs from the bow cleats to a midship stanchion. I lives on the de
Halyard ends... 580R? 721-2? Sheet material? dlochner at 1:34pm 01.01.21 Thanks for the boat info. The data sheet is from 1987, since then there have been many improvements
Best Manual Windlas for Oday 34 and where to put it. sail sfbay at 1:32pm 01.01.21 A photo of your anchor locker above and below deck would be helpful to confirm it you can mount a on
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? jssailem at 1:25pm 01.01.21 My imagination was running at full bore. I remember a door to a box in the story Dune. I think it
No Brake on steering pedestal capta at 1:20pm 01.01.21 Some of the older helms were perhaps a bit heavy, but that old worm gear system stayed exactly where
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? capta at 1:17pm 01.01.21 It doesn't hold much! But in the back is the vented loop for the exhaust raw water. I wanted to get
Do you have a SYSTEM when you go sailing... sailme88 at 1:13pm 01.01.21 In parallel with my 6 Ps is the KISS formula... I keep my ignition key suspended above my engine raw
Halyard ends... 580R? 721-2? Sheet material? shemandr at 1:08pm 01.01.21 I don't know cordage well enough to give you an Rx. But I looked at the Samson XLS webpage where th
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? TomY at 12:59pm 01.01.21 I'm guessing it was written before the internet, because today, unless you block them, old friends
Halyard ends... 580R? 721-2? Sheet material? Sailfanatic at 12:56pm 01.01.21 With the newer low stretch line, you can go down a size for your halyards. See below lines for a Pe
Halyard ends... 580R? 721-2? Sheet material? (1) David Walsh at 12:49pm 01.01.21 Hi, Its for an O'Day 302 Also, Claude why would need a specific shackle?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? sloughsailer at 12:19pm 01.01.21 Stan Freberg's version - - There was a man named Mister Lang and he had a neon sign. But Mister Lang
Small ACP hull bottom paint Ralph Johnstone at 11:57am 01.01.21 ACO ?
Ice Chest Insulation Mikem at 11:39am 01.01.21 Remove the drawers then the drawer frame...should be a screw in each corner of the frame. The frame
Halyard ends... 580R? 721-2? Sheet material? kloudie1 at 11:04am 01.01.21 XLS=Xtra low stretch.. Sampson, New England and a few others have this stuff .. Available on the sit
Halyard ends... 580R? 721-2? Sheet material? FastOlson at 11:02am 01.01.21 Hi All, I'm looking at getting to running rigging and I was looking at the manual and I see a refe
Through deck wires for mast lights SailingLoto at 10:58am 01.01.21
New Hunter 38 owner (1) senang at 10:37am 01.01.21 Same on our boat. My wife hated the factory original. Same story. The thing on the table is the new
Boat Transport - Catalina 25 Hunter216 at 10:31am 01.01.21 I need to have my Catalina 25 moved from one lake to another. I need to hire a moving company becau

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