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NEED SIZE INFO FOR MAST POLE FITTING Jim Huhta at 11:20pm 05.28.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/908 Greetings....Yesterday we lost overboard the mast Whisker/Spinnaker pole slide fitting. We have a 1
356 PHRF Rating Again deacm at 10:07pm 05.28.04 Big Boats 3/1098 It's that time of year again. I thought I'd ask now that we 356 owners have another year under our b
Fine Tuning The Frigging Rigging Paul at 9:17pm 05.28.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1077 How do I fine tune the mast and its corresponding rigging? Fractional 7/8 with 2 slightly sweptback
Repair Yanmar on Long Island,ny nick maggio at 12:11pm 05.28.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1747 Any one know a good repair person for my yanmar in riverhead,ny
Flexible or Rigid Bing at 10:15am 05.28.04 Trailer Sailors 4/1469 Queensland Australia is bringing in new laws beginning July 1st that all vessels must have sewage ho
Back Stay...or not ! Don at 9:39am 05.28.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1381 Hello.....We have just purchased a new 26M Blue Hull , and have a Jib Furler,which we have not used
Bimini Blues Thane22692 at 8:38am 05.28.04 Big Boats 7/1398 I just launched a new Catalina 387 with an "extended" bimini... which means I did not order a dodger
Tongue Weight Jerry at 8:01am 05.28.04 Smaller Boats 2/1083 Does anyone have any idea what the typical tongue weight is on your C-22? Does is exceed 300lbs? I
Boom vang or preventer Ned Morris at 6:03am 05.28.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/915 I'm full of questions this week. Thanks to those who answered my hatch and portlight question. My
Remove rudder when mooring? eric7293 at 5:22am 05.28.04 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1074 I am wondering whether other sailors remove the rudder when tied to a mooring? I have an autopilot
Question on genoa lead tracks Mike at 4:38am 05.28.04 Smaller Boats 4/2059 I have a '75 C22. The original jib lead tracks are located on the top edge of the molded in toe rail
Is the 22' a good sailboat to buy? Tim at 2:31am 05.28.04 Day Sailers 4/1229 I am considering buying a 22' O'Day, it has a fixed keel, shoal draft, 1976, very well maintained.
Starbord cabin lights out and mast light out. Chip Willis at 2:31am 05.28.04 Mid-Size Boats 2/1234 I have checked the fuses behind the electrical panel and on the nave station and the fuses on the fr
water in the hull when on board only charles moyer at 1:52am 05.28.04 Smaller Boats 6/1065 I would like to know if anyone out there can help me with a problem that I cant seem to figure out.
Beneteau 235 Headliner (any good ones?) Mark at 1:03am 05.28.04 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1919 Hi,Fantastic boat but I am wondering ifBeneteau ever changed their formulafor the adhesive used i
Another new Macgregor 25 owner Zeke at 12:55am 05.28.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1310 So I just bought a 82 Mac 25 and the owner wasn't there when I acquired it (his son was) and so I co
Get Hitched Ron M at 12:47am 05.28.04 Smaller Boats 1/712 Found a great product to make hooking up a trailer an easy one man job. It's called Get Hitched. It'
Knapps Narrows MD Matias II Santiago at 11:56pm 05.27.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1039 Goiong to Oxford via Knapps Narrows this weekend. Is the channel well marked and with depths greater
Thru bolting the deck Dan Dawson at 11:53pm 05.27.04 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1237 I have a 1984 Hunter 27. I want to run a boom vang back to the cockpit. Doing so will require that
droopy main, need used sails too...... martin at 11:20pm 05.27.04 Smaller Boats 4/886 i posted this on another forum but didnt get much feed back. the main on this boat seems to be cut v

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12 volt charging at marina Project_Mayhem at 8:31pm 01.15.21 And the marina didn't throw him out? Electricity in fresh water is very deadly, a little less so in
12 volt charging at marina dlochner at 8:21pm 01.15.21 FWIW, I have kept my boat on a mooring not too far from my home for many years. I have an AGM batte
12 volt charging at marina HEINZIR at 8:00pm 01.15.21 FWIW, I have kept my boat on a mooring not too far from my home for many years. I have an AGM batter
12 volt charging at marina Hunter216 at 7:56pm 01.15.21 Thanks to all for the education. To bad I didn't know about this forum BEFORE purchasing the sailb
12 volt charging at marina dlochner at 7:47pm 01.15.21 Thanks to all for the education. To bad I didn't know about this forum BEFORE purchasing the sailb
12 volt charging at marina dlochner at 7:44pm 01.15.21 My dock neighbor did this, not with one cord but multiple 12awg plugged into one another. He did th
Only in Florida dlochner at 7:42pm 01.15.21 Many ski boats and similar, No heads. Not even a private place for a port-a-potty. So, if you need
Prada cup on TV JRacer at 7:42pm 01.15.21 I preferred the 12's off Freemantle. This is more like Pro drag racing. leave on them (win the start
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting jssailem at 7:41pm 01.15.21 Hayden, my new sail is loose footed. It is working great. It replaces my footed mainsail. I have boo
12 volt charging at marina Project_Mayhem at 7:35pm 01.15.21 What about buying a 200 ft (est) extension cord and running it from my dock (with flag) to the moor
Mast hauling fees Project_Mayhem at 7:27pm 01.15.21 Chicago Harbors charge around $5-6 per foot. The price list doesn't list if thats the price of the m
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting Hayden Watson at 7:21pm 01.15.21 I took the bolt-rope foot out of the boom a couple of years ago and fully agree that it is a game ch
12 volt charging at marina ricksoth at 6:54pm 01.15.21 Thanks to all for the education. To bad I didn't know about this forum BEFORE purchasing the sailbo
Installation of Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Pilot windsurfer at 6:53pm 01.15.21
Mast Raising on a Capri 25 (1) Project_Mayhem at 6:51pm 01.15.21 Those levers that @Hunter216 mentioned are awesome. I had one on the forestay of my last boat along
Only in Florida Kings Gambit at 6:51pm 01.15.21 That's just wrong! :huh: Many ski boats and similar, No heads. Not even a private place for a port
Installation of Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Pilot windsurfer at 6:46pm 01.15.21 Thanks careened. How does the rudder sensor connect? Here is the way I installed it in our boat. I
Sail Rigging Questions - I have never sailed - 24ft Laguna Windrose watercolors II at 6:19pm 01.15.21 Your roller reefing setup will work if only 2 or 3 rolls are done in the reefing process, any more w
Perkins Prima M50 - Volvo MD22 georgetheleo at 6:14pm 01.15.21 Does anyone have a user manual (OMM) for Prima 50 ? Maybe a pdf attachment?? Thanks I bought a
Coaming Treads Teak C-30 Mk II snoopy_ at 6:14pm 01.15.21 I usually wear Sperrys, sometimes bare feet, as I get older I find I fall quite easily for many reas

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