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Nipper 10' Cat rigged boat Russ Rich at 2:05pm 08.06.03 Ask All Sailors 1/2220 I am looking for information about the Nipper sailboat. It was built by Ray Greene ' Company of Tole
jiffy reefing John Dodge at 1:34pm 08.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/931 I am sailing a 1984 Hunter 31. I've been searching the archives on reefing. I have the rams head on
Broken Mast! Matt Rivers at 1:00pm 08.06.03 Day Sailers 1/1060 I've broken the mast on my 1964 16' 9" Daysailor! Anyone know where I might find a core-and-sleeve
Stubbed Toe Mike Smittle at 12:45pm 08.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/854 We recently sustained significant storm damage to the toe rail on our 1986 28.5. I know this is no l
Did O'day build any sailboats for sears? Mark at 11:27am 08.06.03 Day Sailers 1/2016 I have an old sears sailboat 11 feet long, lateen rigged like a sunfish. I recently saw an O'day sup
How to set it up to sail, Kevin Beucke at 10:38am 08.06.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1470 I recently purchased a 1985 25 foot Macgregor sailboat. Since I know nothing about sailing is there
Second Reef Point for a Catalina 320. Jim Wolfgram at 10:00am 08.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/3048 Have any 320 owners added a second reef to their main sails, and if so, how difficult was it to add
O'Day 26 while docked: centerboard up or down? Louise M. at 9:48am 08.06.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1565 I've heard differenct points of view about having the centerboard pulled all the way up as opposed t
Yanmar water damage- boat sank james at 7:49am 08.06.03 Ask All Sailors 6/1451 I have a friend whose boat sank in 15 feet of freshwater with a Yanmar 2 cylinder. How do we clean
Put in Bay (Ohio) question! Tim McCarty at 7:41am 08.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/1540 I've been to the bay many times, but have never used the mooring balls. My question is this, if I g
Fiberglass or ABS / Saroca or Zuma? Jordan at 7:30am 08.06.03 Ask All Sailors 0/5158 I am considering buying a Saroca as my first boat and I've found that the hulls have been made of di
New owner- galley and spinnaker. Pete Dennison at 7:01am 08.06.03 Smaller Boats 7/946 Hi all from sunny Aus. I'm negotiating the purchase of a C22 (we call them Boomaroos here!) and req
Water filters Scott Broad at 6:48am 08.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/858 I was wondering if anyone has ever connected a water filter system to the freshwater storage tank do
Centerboard Water Leak Rick Engel at 6:33am 08.06.03 Smaller Boats 7/1034 Lask week, we had a frightening experience. While our Hunter 26 was moored in its slip, my wife ' I
F235 Launching Joe M at 6:06am 08.06.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/995 Thinking about buying a F235, I am wondering "Can the fin keel model be launched from the trailer?"
Pulpit, leaks, plywood Mike Andersen at 4:58am 08.06.03 The Cherubini Hunters 7/996 Hi All, and thanks to the many helpful responses from previous posts of mine.H27 1980Where the p
Beam reach vs. close reach Tom at 4:58am 08.06.03 Ask All Sailors 11/6072 I have started sailing again after 10 years (way too long!) and was reminded again last week of the
How Much Floatation Mark Hunter22 at 4:29am 08.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/822 Does anyone know how much floatation is in a Hunter22? What I mean is, will it still float if it fil
BOW THRUSTERS Waldo Emerson at 3:40am 08.06.03 Big Boats 0/963 If u have installed bow thrusters would appreciate information.
retro fitting a propane stove on a 28.5 Mike H at 3:15am 08.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/779 Has anyone replaced their alcohol stove with a propane gas stove? If so, what size propane bottle?

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Please help me identify these parts ! (1) kloudie1 at 7:40am 06.10.20 Parts like this? An aluminum one as well as plastic; Stuff from cleaning out mom's old house. Tinted
Wire connections from mast base to deck plug Mike Denman at 7:34am 06.10.20 I've got the mast wired fine after drilling through the styrofoam but how did you guys get the wires
Attack of the killer carp odaydokay at 7:28am 06.10.20 Knew a guy who actually trained carp. Had a big tank full. Used to take out his wallet and one of
Battery Management dlochner at 7:23am 06.10.20 As I was considering this, I took a look at the manual for Lifeline AGMs (a 40 page manual for a bat
Please help me identify these parts ! Justin_NSA at 7:12am 06.10.20 Kids today, they don't know nothing. Adapters for 45 RPM singles. Never used them as I always boug
Battery Management Maine Sail at 7:09am 06.10.20 I'm still learning this, and perhaps I was not clear in my language. The manual for JViss's battery
Battery Management jviss at 6:58am 06.10.20
Battery Management Maine Sail at 6:55am 06.10.20 Ugh! I bought this (I actually have two, an AA500 and and AA300) based on your recommendation! :)
Battery Management jviss at 6:49am 06.10.20 Hello, neighbor. Just noticed you back on the mooring yesterday. Best Times has a similar, though m
Battery Management dlochner at 6:49am 06.10.20 No such thing... Constant current is........ current There are numerous brands of AGM batteries
Tale of the tape: Let the rigging begin: AaronD at 6:48am 06.10.20 Wow! I did one of them, and must have blocked the memories. I do know that I wasn't about to try to
Battery Management jviss at 6:42am 06.10.20 As we discovered, the Argus (who were basically sued out of business for stealing proprietary Midtr
venture 17 sail Hunter216 at 6:28am 06.10.20 need a venture 17 main sail Have you checked with the SBO store to see if they can supply? @Dave G
Battery Management Maine Sail at 6:27am 06.10.20 Properly named, there are 3 stages to charging, constant current, constant voltage, and float. The
Topping Lift Justin_NSA at 6:26am 06.10.20 Or a boomkicker.
Battery Management MightyMike at 6:23am 06.10.20 Hello, neighbor. Just noticed you back on the mooring yesterday. Best Times has a similar, though m
Battery Management Maine Sail at 6:22am 06.10.20 It is not. It's a fairly sophisticated (and expensive) tester that measures the internal resistanc
Battery Management Maine Sail at 6:17am 06.10.20 The charging profiles are, remarkably, the same, at least WRT to voltages. I would not put a lot
Tale of the tape: Let the rigging begin: Hunter216 at 6:14am 06.10.20 Rigging is cut and now it's time to work the microscopic fittings-- you would like to think that y
Battery Management jviss at 6:13am 06.10.20 That analyzer appears to be a capacitive tester. It is not. It's a fairly sophisticated (and expe

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