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Lake Shasta Jim Hughes at 12:11am 04.16.04 Destinations 4/3704 Is there enough wind to sail on Shasta Lake? I've pasted it many,many times and can't remember seein
CDI Out of Business? John at 11:49pm 04.15.04 Ask All Sailors 4/917 I just called 978 264 4668 for help with my CDI roller furling and was told that CDI is out of busin
Silk Purse or Sow's Ear Mark Burrows at 11:28pm 04.15.04 Racing 3/1714 There seems to be a lot of 336s out there and I have not seen anything about racing them. Simple qu
New Main! Randy Kolb at 1:48pm 04.15.04 Smaller Boats 2/833 The Admiral just gave me the go-ahead to get a new main for our 1986 C22. I looked through the arch
Bigger Port O Pottie Matt Handly at 12:42pm 04.15.04 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1103 I was reading the archives and you suggested to someone a few years ago to get a permanently mounted
Keel Gringing...the Bottom Paul at 11:23am 04.15.04 Ask All Sailors 4/902 My steel keel will be grinded and epoxy coated this fall after haulout. How do I grind the bottom? T
Has anyone ?? Tom at 9:57am 04.15.04 Mid-Size Boats 13/999 I read the forum alot, but one topic is missing. Has anyone figured out a way to make money with the
How to remove old lettering? Cyndy at 9:40am 04.15.04 Ask All Sailors 10/1496 Any suggestions for removing old painted on lettering? We recently bought vinyl lettering to be put
Golf cart batteries Harry at 7:12am 04.15.04 Ask All Sailors 26/1926 I'm not trying to re-start the discussion on the merits of golf cart vrs. "regular" batteries. I mad
Navman 3100 series Tony at 7:06am 04.15.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/992 Has anyone recently installed the navman sail package. If so, how did you wire it. All the wiring to
Height needed for Hauling / Trailering my 320 Joe E. at 7:03am 04.15.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/764 I'm gathering information I need to have my 2001 H320 hauled from Kansas City to Seattle, and since
NAVMAN 3100 WIND Roland at 6:50am 04.15.04 Mid-Size Boats 0/1230 Does anybody have experience with the NAVMAN 3100 Wind instrument. I am looking at installing a wind
Halyard inside electrical conduit Roland at 6:40am 04.15.04 Mid-Size Boats 4/1171 I have a 1985 Catalina 30 TRBS. I have unstepped the mast over the winter to inspect it and do some
COMPRESSION POST HELP yks Todd Ciehomski at 6:24am 04.15.04 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1000 Please help! I'm in the middle of replacing the port side bulkhead on my 1977 O'day 25 due to the u*
Deck leaks on a 336 James at 5:54am 04.15.04 Mid-Size Boats 4/1316 I have re-bedded all items on the deck and still have a major leak comming in from above the interio
Coca Cola Mark Crociati at 5:30am 04.15.04 Ask All Sailors 22/1646 Anyone tried Coca Cola to clean stainless steel. I've heard for many years that coke has cleaning p
Cabin Length (Interior) Capri 16 Jim at 4:57am 04.15.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/882 Can a person 5'10" lay down in the cabin of a Capri 16??Anyone know?
FAULTY FAUCETS The Lord Nelson at 4:21am 04.15.04 Smaller Boats 5/983 We have a 2001 260. By the end of the second season, both faucets were either leaking and/or not pum
Oday 19 Rudder shock Rod at 4:16am 04.15.04 Ask An Oday Owner 4/947 I have just purchased a used Oday 19 and the rudder had a small shock cord running from the tiller d
Cruising Exchange Don Rice at 3:55am 04.15.04 Ask All Sailors 1/961 I live in one of the most beautiful cruising areas in the world, British Columbia. We have within a

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Harvest Moon Regatta - pulled the plug shemandr at 5:41pm 07.25.20 In the NE the Off Soundings Spring Series was cancelled. Fall is on life support. Most club level
New to sailing. lots of questions Ralph Johnstone at 5:34pm 07.25.20 C'mon, after that, it only gets easier. I too am impressed by your approach to life. You will ev
Honda 2200 vs 1000 noise comparison Ken13559 at 5:23pm 07.25.20 I use oars. dj When my obm hit rocks at shallow it broke the gears. Had to use oar for whole of t
Honda 2200 vs 1000 noise comparison Ken13559 at 5:18pm 07.25.20 I use Elemax SHX2000 portable genset for Aircon. It uses Honda engine same as the EU2000i. I too hav
New to sailing. lots of questions Jim26m at 5:17pm 07.25.20 Heel is a function of wind speed, point of sail, and sheet adjustment. As posted above by @JRT , av
Replacing original Ray52 VHF Radio..... sailcapt340 at 5:15pm 07.25.20 What you have is the type of unit I would like to go with, but if all else fails, I can go with swap
New to sailing. lots of questions svlivinalittle at 5:13pm 07.25.20 If heeling is an issue, I would suggest using/purchasing a smaller (110) headsail (jib) for starters
Honda 2200 vs 1000 noise comparison dLj at 5:07pm 07.25.20 I often wonder if the folks who are concerned about the safety of having gasoline onboard have an o
Honda 2200 vs 1000 noise comparison Don S/V ILLusion at 5:03pm 07.25.20 I often wonder if the folks who are concerned about the safety of having gasoline onboard have an ou
Replacing original Ray52 VHF Radio..... kappykaplan at 4:59pm 07.25.20 It's not likely that anything new would be compatible with 20-year old harnesses. When I upgraded t
Macerator vs non-macerating discharge pump malyea at 4:54pm 07.25.20 Nope...Ronco Plastics is....they make TOP quality thick-walled water and waste tanks (in fact they
CUBA! Member 131497 at 4:28pm 07.25.20 So true. I was in Fort Worth on business, staying at the Fairmont. For dinner I ordered bbq ribs a
New to sailing. lots of questions Lafayette Mike at 4:20pm 07.25.20 If heeling is an issue, I would suggest using/purchasing a smaller (110) headsail (jib) for starters
26X vs 26M head size sail sfbay at 4:13pm 07.25.20 Go big!!!!
New forum member with an introduction and some questions NINEv2 at 3:58pm 07.25.20 Nice looking boats, all of em. I've started an excel sheet with boats vs criteria (yeah, I'm a dork)
New forum member with an introduction and some questions (3) Tally Ho at 3:14pm 07.25.20 I had a Hunter 280 as my first boat. She had wheel steering and a Diesel engine (yanmar 2GM20F).
Honda 2200 vs 1000 noise comparison dLj at 3:03pm 07.25.20 DJ How about a little more info? I've never used a diesel generator smaller than 20k. I normally
Honda 2200 vs 1000 noise comparison SycloneDriver at 2:52pm 07.25.20 DJ How about a little more info? I've never used a diesel generator smaller than 20k. I normally
26X vs 26M head size Tally Ho at 2:51pm 07.25.20 Good stuff there, thanks for the pointers. It may sound a little silly, but access to a usable hea
Access stereo panel above chart table (1) ranmanca20 at 2:42pm 07.25.20 This is a 423 so the microwave is on the starboard side in the galley. What I'm trying to figure out

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