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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
Waxing the deck Mike at 11:09pm 05.27.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1178 While waxing the topsides of my boat, I casually mentioned to the owner of the yard that I was going
Which Laptop Nav system Tom Chastain at 10:43pm 05.27.04 Big Boats 19/998 I just purchased a laptop computer to use on the boat. Now the question is which chart software to
Main Sheet psness at 10:39pm 05.27.04 Day Sailers 5/1338 I recently bought a 1979 DS II and it came without a mainsheet. The rigging includes a small block o

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Wet bilge and oil glops: troubleshooting tips? Tally Ho at 4:01pm 01.15.21 Water is Wiley.... Good news is that it is fresh, and not salty. as @jssailem said, you need to ch
Only in Florida Kings Gambit at 3:57pm 01.15.21 Here in CA we have floating out houses, on some lakes. Never heard of one being stolen! That would b
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting jon hansen at 3:56pm 01.15.21 hayden, your going to love the increase in horsepower from your loose footed main. there really is a
12 volt charging at marina Tally Ho at 3:47pm 01.15.21 Since the AGM batteries are pretty new, you might find someone in the marina who would buy them fro
Only in Florida Hunter216 at 3:39pm 01.15.21 I saw one of these pedalbars in downtown Minneapolis a few years back :biggrin:
37C Windlass sandpiper10471 at 3:37pm 01.15.21 Bolander - if you install as per your pics above, you will be forever flaking chain and rode in the
Eye Splice double-braid lehighsail at 3:19pm 01.15.21 Me Too.
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting Hayden Watson at 3:12pm 01.15.21 Thanks @DrJudyB. I assumed that the foot did not apply a great deal of force to the boom so had com
Prada cup on TV AlastairLC at 3:05pm 01.15.21 Thanks for the spoiler. :huh:
Beneteau 323 Marine Gear Access Beneteau323 at 3:03pm 01.15.21 When I bought the Beneteau with the Yanmar engine, the previous owner had been using 15W-40 engine o
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting dlochner at 2:47pm 01.15.21 Yet another, no problem. We have a loose footed main with mid boom sheeting. The loose foot has som
Swing Keel Hunter216 at 2:42pm 01.15.21 Doing a keel overhaul on my early Catalina and want to know what size the 4 nuts are that hold the
Beneteau 323 Marine Gear Access Tally Ho at 2:40pm 01.15.21 I would use the HD 20/30 oil as called for on the badge plate. Where did you get the engine oil ref
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting (1) Tally Ho at 2:37pm 01.15.21
Do I need a main downhaul? H26 Crazy Dave Condon at 2:01pm 01.15.21 I have spoken with @joecool911 regarding the mast on his Hunter 26 which he recently purchased. Th
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting Parsons at 1:27pm 01.15.21 @DrJudyB gave you theoretical answer. Practically, I changed my C36 from footed to loose-footed four
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting DrJudyB at 1:09pm 01.15.21 I assume that there there is some upward force applied to the boom by foot of the sail which would
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting rgranger at 1:09pm 01.15.21 I don't have a Catalina but do have essentially the same mid-boom mainsheet setup as you. I went fr
NEED TRAILER FOR A HUNTER 27 EDGE MARYLAND AREA rgranger at 1:08pm 01.15.21 Thanks for the info. Do you know how far out the boat can be at the back off the bed or rollers? W
Boat graphics Joe Blizzard at 1:06pm 01.15.21 I bought mine from Decals, Lettering, Wraps, Signs, Screen Printing \| harrisdecals.com in 2009. (I t

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