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Masthead flotation? Wolftree at 3:57pm 10.27.20 Ask All Sailors 16/4407 I am a new to sailing. Having just purchased a 1979 O'Day Widgeon, I am looking to make it solidly
Capri 26 interior table removal (3) John1534 at 3:35pm 10.27.20 Ask All Sailors 1/338 My wife ' I downgraded to Capri 26 from our C-320. We use English try when we eat ' are hoping to m
Another tool for battling stink and mildew. Chlorine Dioxide. Mr Fox at 10:42am 10.27.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/4064 So I had a rain water leak into one of my cars, and it got below the carpet and soaked the insulatin
Hunter 460 port forward water tank access Captain Mateo at 10:35am 10.27.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/455 Hi all, Does anyone know how to get access to the port forward fresh water tank? I can see it when o
Jib Daniel Zurgilgen at 9:27am 10.27.20 Smaller Boats 4/1111 My Hunter 19 came with a furling jib, separate from the fore stay.... What is the correct term for
Pearson flyer 30 manual bogdanshepard at 9:07am 10.27.20 Ask All Sailors 2/571 Hi I am looking for the manual for a 1982 Pearson Flyer 30. If anyone has this manual and could uplo
anchor chocks Member 131497 at 7:57am 10.27.20 Ask All Sailors 4/921 previous post the question was wrong. question :are anchor chocks designed to work with a delta anc
lewmar delta anchor Member 131497 at 7:47am 10.27.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1584 hi guys question, are anchor designed to work with an delta anchor? pls elaborate thx again C
Bulkhead replacement on Hunter 33.5 dbreedlove at 5:07am 10.27.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1686 Boat is new to us. Got her for a project boat price and everything has gone better than expected up
Greetings, New owner of an O'Day 35 here. c1Josh at 4:52am 10.27.20 Bigger Boats 11/1958 Hello, I just want to introduce myself, I've been reading all I could find about the O'Day 35 all s
Caframo air circulator - also under West Marine name Mark Maulden at 9:59pm 10.26.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1911 I use two of these during the winter months on the cabin sole. They were given to me two yrs ago fr
Hunter 27 Chasing Dreams at 7:40pm 10.26.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/664 I just bought a 81 hunter 27 and am looking for a owners manual. Also the couple I bought it from ha
Cockpit pocket covers, or drains, or ... ? AaronD at 5:27pm 10.26.20 Catalina 22 6/1105 A couple seasons ago, I sealed my leaking cockpit pockets. I'm happy with that result - the pipe ber
A Bad day sailing is better than a good day at work.... (3) sailme88 at 5:20pm 10.26.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1016 186586186587
Centre board hunter 19 Daniel Zurgilgen at 5:11pm 10.26.20 Ask All Sailors 5/372 Is it possible to change up haul rope for centre board without dropping the centre board???
Motorsailers. An Oxymoran? (4) shemandr at 2:29pm 10.26.20 Ask All Sailors 20/2973 On another thread, which I couldn't find, there was a discussion of the Mac 26 X and S as motorsaile
Sailing Porn MikeHoncho at 1:55pm 10.26.20 Ask All Sailors 27/3462 This popped up on my FB page from January of this year. Figured someone would enjoy it. 40 kts .mp4
Safe to Leave Dead Batteries on Board for the Winter? P12nash at 1:46pm 10.26.20 Ask All Sailors 25/2154 My house battery bank (2 sportsman dc8d FLA batteries) suffered a catastrophic drain when my bilge p
Oil change... Make it a double wdonovan at 11:12am 10.26.20 Engines and Propulsion 27/4043 1) Engine oil is dirtier in a diesel... more acids, carbon, etc than oil in a gasoline engine. 2) S
Hunter 45 CC: Lost the shackle in my Selden furling main... Z83 at 11:06am 10.26.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1314 Was taking down my furling mainsail on my 2006 Hunter 45 cc last weekend, and dropped the shackle do

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Outhaul modifications kappykaplan at 5:03pm 04.09.25 Text the photos to yourself - that will reduce the resolution. Then save the images with a new file
Home made buss bars Bob S at 4:55pm 04.09.25 A question of pure curiosity: Can't find off the shelf buss bars that meet your needs? I guess I c
Outhaul modifications fred1diver at 4:53pm 04.09.25
3GM30F Antifreze out of Injector Chamber Claude L.-Auger at 4:29pm 04.09.25 Having had to take care of a water lock, I concur with Kloudie. Plus I would do this to be entirely
Helm vibration Believe H46 at 4:20pm 04.09.25 Maybe propwash vibrating rudder at some harmonic sweet spot with loose rudder bearing now after what
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 4:19pm 04.09.25 Ha! Reading through that Zoom page, I now know what my sails are made from - they are Hood Vektron s
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 4:10pm 04.09.25 Actually, now that I've mentioned Zoom, you should consider contacting them. Very good designing a
Selden in mast question Believe H46 at 4:07pm 04.09.25 Thanks all. I'll look more when I get back there in a couple weeks.
Home made buss bars dlochner at 3:58pm 04.09.25 The critical issue for bus bars is to make sure the cross section is large enough to carry the curre
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions Davidasailor26 at 3:36pm 04.09.25 or example, dacron 3Di vs. North crosscut dacron. Or dacron 3Di vs. Far East cheapest dacron. To b
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? Timm R Oday25 at 3:13pm 04.09.25 I ran into the exact same problem last summer . I work in a very large machine shop . After making q
1GM10 - thermostat (1) Benny17441 at 3:07pm 04.09.25 Here is an image of my thermostat heated up to fully extend "flange" (closing water flow from bypas
Home made buss bars colemj at 2:57pm 04.09.25 I can't answer for the OP - but it's been my experience that I've often found the off-the-shelf bus
Home made buss bars colemj at 2:55pm 04.09.25 I use this - works great: https://www.amazon.com/MG-Chemicals-Liquid-125mL-421A-125ml/dp/B081KRTZ4S
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions colemj at 2:49pm 04.09.25 Actually, now that I've mentioned Zoom, you should consider contacting them. Very good designing an
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions colemj at 2:47pm 04.09.25 That playing field has exploded... And that is likely literal if looking for used laminates... M
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 2:44pm 04.09.25 Welll, I did say this: That's why I looked it up... :) Thank you.... It would be correct to say "
Forestay question goharris at 2:40pm 04.09.25 Thanks all! I will keep looking and use this as a temp. I did call CatalinaDirect, and have been to
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions colemj at 2:19pm 04.09.25 I've heard the term 3Di numerous times in discussions of sails and have only now, after your refere
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? Tally Ho at 2:06pm 04.09.25 So the rope in the traveller cannot be pulled from the end (pulling the rope out of the molded plast

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