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Rigging a preventer Tom Roberts at 12:44am 06.07.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/913 Where/how do you rig a preventer on you mac? Mine is a 1989 26D.I have attached a line from the boo
BOAT VALUE OF A "PAINTED HULL" VS WHITE.??????? grw0357 at 12:37am 06.07.04 Ask All Sailors 13/1648 HELLO: LOOKING TO HAVE MY HULL REPAINTED, THE QUESTION IS WILL IT ADD TO OR TAKE AWAY FROM THE VALU
Removing the Jib Roller Furling Velero49 at 12:33am 06.07.04 Big Boats 2/963 I have to remove the rib roller furling and re intall it again (long story, maybe another day). Do
hot water pressure robert19826 at 12:19am 06.07.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1282 i have a catalina 380 2003 #379. for the past 1-1/2 years, the water pressure has worked perfectly.
91 O'day 024 Wayne Homer at 11:55pm 06.06.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/998 Just bought a 1991 O'day 024 with a wing keel, does any body have the specs. on this boat, or has an
Leaking Chain Plate Blues Clementine at 11:39pm 06.06.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1064 After years of sailing as crew I bought my first boat this year and am facing, for the first time, m
Sunbrella Hatch Cover pablo at 11:17pm 06.06.04 Ask All Sailors 12/3324 My wife was feeling industrius this weekend and remade our hatch cover which was torn. The Sunbrella
Vanity drain to thru-hull on H356 Jim Seamans at 11:16pm 06.06.04 Big Boats 1/1089 Saturday, I was fixing a couple of small problems and decided to do what Peggie had suggested. Creat
Poliglow? Jeff 21307 at 10:42pm 06.06.04 Smaller Boats 10/1311 Has anyone tried Poliglow on thier hull? Thanks, Jeff
Two Weeks - Stamford, Ct to Nantucket and return Bob Keller at 10:28pm 06.06.04 Big Boats 3/2690 Hello All.We are planning to sail from Stamford, Ct to Nantucket and hoping to include, either goi
Keel Rust lazlo at 10:23pm 06.06.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1368 Hello All, I have finally gotten out to my boat to repaint the bottom and noted what appeared to
rust stains ce1993 at 10:18pm 06.06.04 Ask All Sailors 4/1254 I was working on my teak with steel wool, thought I cleaned up all the steel shavings. But when I re
sucking air in fresh water system zhenwu at 10:16pm 06.06.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/849 I am a new boat owner 1982 O'Day 34. My problem is in the fresh water system. I know that the water
Reverse Polarity Problem Kevin U at 10:00pm 06.06.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1178 I just got my boat in this weekend after completion of some fiberglass repair work. While attempting
universal exhaust problem Steve22066 at 9:05pm 06.06.04 Mid-Size Boats 7/1866 My exhaust elbow on my Universal 5411 finally broke in half last weekend while motoring the boat int
Hot Topic Tony 23718 at 4:13pm 06.06.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1290 Hello allI saw an article in a magazine where a bloke in the Whitsunday Islands (Australia) used ch
STORM JIB bulhddg757 at 3:25pm 06.06.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1026 Any input is appreciated. I bought a 22 Oday Sailboat. It came with a 100% and 130% jib. I will star
Kids Sailing Boats ex-admin at 2:53pm 06.06.04 Ask All Sailors 55/4775 About 200 feet off the end of my slip is a float with half a dozen Flying Juniors sitting on it. Pre
transmission woes greg2238 at 2:33pm 06.06.04 Mid-Size Boats 4/965 Can anyone shed some light on this. I'm negotiating the purchase of '79 27. There is rust in tranny
Bilge pump outlet Paul Z at 2:32pm 06.06.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1227 Where does the outlet for the bilge pump go? I have a 24 foot that has never had oneI'm not sure w

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Alternator belt tension video advice Michael Davis at 8:17am 10.31.20 I replaced the slotted bar with a turn-buckle. Works very well and you get one handed adjustments.
Gennaker, Code 0, Code D, What to choose? (1) David in Sandusky at 8:03am 10.31.20 Narragansett Bay is a great memory for the Admiral and me. Our first spinnaker experience was on a R
What shackle for halyards? justsomeguy at 7:57am 10.31.20 Thanks Like the tylaska At that price, you'd better. May I ask what's wrong with the admiral's old
Cutting Genoa to a 135, is it a good idea? FastOlson at 7:24am 10.31.20 Might be good to re-read reply 15, again. Good advice. Once upon a time I was a rep for a sailmaker,
Cutting Genoa to a 135, is it a good idea? shemandr at 7:04am 10.31.20 There was a flattening reef on an Olson 40 I sailed on. That was at least 30 years ago. I was surp
Spinnaker working loads? Sailfanatic at 6:58am 10.31.20 Planning for an asym spinnaker, I'm surely going to add the sprit. I don't like going halfway. I
What shackle for halyards? CYQK at 6:49am 10.31.20 Thanks Like the tylaska
Cutting Genoa to a 135, is it a good idea? Kings Gambit at 6:23am 10.31.20 Mine was different. The flat reef was applied at the outboard end of the boom. The sail remains full
Cutting Genoa to a 135, is it a good idea? thinwater at 6:16am 10.31.20 A flattening reef is a tack cringle just a little ways up, about level with the cuningham hole. It i
Cutting Genoa to a 135, is it a good idea? Scott T-Bird at 6:05am 10.31.20 I had two types of reefs for the mainsail. A flat-reef and a slab/jiffy-reef. I used the easy-to-ap
Cutting Genoa to a 135, is it a good idea? Scott T-Bird at 5:57am 10.31.20 I had the same question when I found my 150 was too big most of the time on Barnegat Bay. My sail w
C34 boom vang JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:52am 10.31.20 I have a 2005 C34. The boom vang is rigid and appears to have no adjustment. There is a removable pi
Spinnaker working loads? Scott T-Bird at 5:44am 10.31.20 A completely true statement for spinnakers flown in front of the forestay (ie symmetricals and asym
C34 boom vang kappykaplan at 5:36am 10.31.20 @gary16188 , any photos?
Alkaline batteries kloudie1 at 5:27am 10.31.20 I have noticed myself that the AA Duracells leak a lot sooner than they used to.. I just had one mes
Alternator belt tension video advice ontherocks83 at 10:47pm 10.30.20 I have the tensioner pictured above. It has worked very well so far. That belt is definitely too loo
My new saildrive Mark Maulden at 10:02pm 10.30.20
Cutting Genoa to a 135, is it a good idea? Stu Jackson at 9:45pm 10.30.20 A very illuminating and interesting discussion on co.com for those of you who might be in the market
Alkaline batteries Rich Stidger at 7:23pm 10.30.20 I have also had good luck with Ray-O-Vac batteries and I've been using them for the last 5-8 years.
Alkaline batteries CarlN at 7:17pm 10.30.20 I put a tiny bit of No-Ox-Id on all battery terminals - both flashlight and the house bank. This is

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