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Cracked Keel???? Matt at 4:13am 06.25.03 Ask All Sailors 0/921 I just launched my salvation project, a 1977 o'day 22. When sailing in a stiff breeze we noticed tha
Cracked Keel??? Matt at 4:12am 06.25.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1007 I just launched my salvation project, a 1977 o'day 22. When sailing in a stiff breeze we noticed tha
Cracked Keel??? Matt at 4:11am 06.25.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/842 I just launched my salvation project, a 1977 o'day 22. When sailing in a stiff breeze we noticed tha
Packing...need help fast! Don s/v Tellico at 2:46am 06.25.03 Big Boats 3/692 '93 37.5 with the plastic nut type packing gland. My packing gland is leaking like a sieve and I'm
H23 Mast Raising Crutch Chuck at 2:34am 06.25.03 Smaller Boats 7/1547 With help from the forum and archives, I put together a mast raising system similar to Peter Suah's
stuffing box dennis young at 2:04am 06.25.03 Other Sailboats 3/765 I am repacking with normal flax 1/4 inch, but it is an awful job getting it in and I have stopped af
Shroud Bisket Jon Schutte[author] at 1:29am 06.25.03 Smaller Boats 2/817 Help, Where can I order the little rubber shroud bisket that keeps the shroud from jumping out of
Propeller sizing R.J. Choinski at 12:52am 06.25.03 Other Sailboats 2/1154 I have recently removed the old atomic 4 from my 1971 32' Irwin sloop. I am replacing with a M3-26 U
Black Streaks John K Kudera at 12:35am 06.25.03 Other Sailboats 5/958 I need to clean the black streaks off my wax'd boat, can I use IG Pink? how much is enough to clean
lubricating rudder post on Catalina 27 Bob Shafer at 11:59pm 06.24.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1565 I just bought a 1975 Catalina 27 in good shape, but the tiller is a bit stiff. When the boat was ou
Spinnaker specs Todd Vigland at 11:14pm 06.24.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/912 All--Can anyone point me in the correct direction for finding specs on hardware for outfitting my
H-260 Mast Raising Sam Morgan at 11:04pm 06.24.03 Smaller Boats 7/918 Should I have to loosen the side stays to get the forestay slack enough to pin when raising the mast
lak e Norman Nc. Art at 10:36pm 06.24.03 Destinations 2/1605 Does anyone out there know anything about Lake Norman North Carolina. I might be moving to that are
Starter / Solenoid problem on Universal M-35 Ken Yorgen at 10:12pm 06.24.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/967 Does anyone know the volts and amperage specifications for the starter/solenoid on a universal M-35?
Painting costs?? Dub Collins at 9:09pm 06.24.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/979 Does anyone have experience with painting the sides of their boat? I was wondering about the approxi
Little water collector at mast step James at 6:41pm 06.24.03 Big Boats 0/779 Anyone have any ideas on what to do with the water collector cutaway on the Hunter 40 right where th
Future sailor Paul at 3:57pm 06.24.03 Ask All Sailors 13/1228 My wife and I recently returned from Maine where we fell in love with sailing. I've read a couple o
Aluminum holding tank replacement Bryan Pfaffenberger at 12:46pm 06.24.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/981 The head in my 1989 30G, J-Bird, has been increasingly smelly during the past year. I found out why
New 320 owner, Jim Wolfgram at 11:20am 06.24.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/788 Simple question and I am somewhat embarressed to be asking it! We are brand new 320 owners. The b
How much weight should I use for a mooring? Todd at 11:00am 06.24.03 Ask All Sailors 4/10860 I will be mooring a O'Day 20 in front of my lakehome and need advise on how much weight to use for t

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Back-up Depth Sounders? Kings Gambit at 7:35pm 09.26.20 The crude lead line I made many years ago was for use in Tampa Bay and Tierra Ceia Bay, and proximit
sailing Lake of the Ozarks SailingGeekGal at 7:22pm 09.26.20 Beautiful!
Back-up Depth Sounders? WayneH at 7:14pm 09.26.20 The old depth finder on my boat would flake out at the dammest times. Moving from the old riverbed o
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (3) SailingLoto at 7:09pm 09.26.20 A couple pics from today and this evening
Engine fan Davidasailor26 at 7:05pm 09.26.20 In many cases it is wired to turn on whenever the engine panel is turned on. In some cases there mig
Onan Cummins 8KW Genset Issue Terry Cox at 7:03pm 09.26.20 The intake hose from the seawater strainer to the pump is new; replaced it last year. Thanks for the
Back-up Depth Sounders? Davidasailor26 at 7:03pm 09.26.20
Replacement windows for Laguna 26. SailingLoto at 7:00pm 09.26.20
Engine fan Michael Davis at 6:58pm 09.26.20
Back-up Depth Sounders? Kings Gambit at 6:44pm 09.26.20 I've heard before about how you could supposedly determine your position from depth soundings. Wha
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? kloudie1 at 6:41pm 09.26.20 Yall boys need a couple of shots of rum and a fine cigar to chill a bit.. maybe more than a couple o
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? justsomeguy at 6:37pm 09.26.20 ridiculous allegations :laugh:
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? SailingFree at 6:33pm 09.26.20 It's probably best to stick to the ORIGINAL QUESTION sir - which was - which boat do you prefer and
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? dlochner at 6:28pm 09.26.20 "calling a Moderator to any white lobby phone!" ....... or a priest to do a "thread exorcism" ....
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? FastOlson at 6:25pm 09.26.20 "calling a Moderator to any white lobby phone!" ....... or a priest to do a "thread exorcism" .... S
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? dlochner at 6:25pm 09.26.20 You haven't given any factual opinions sir. The only thing you've done is make baseless ridiculous
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? dlochner at 6:23pm 09.26.20 You have absolutely no clue what year I was born AND you're making ridiculous and accusatory statem
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? SailingFree at 6:23pm 09.26.20 Well you did say in post #7 that you were 54. our own decision on what boat suits you best. You h
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 6:04pm 09.26.20 Circumnavigating on a Catalina 27.....now how many people do you see doing that ??....not too many
OPINION : CAPE DORY 36 VS. NIAGRA 35 OR OTHER....IS A FULL KEEL AND SKEG RUDDER THE BEST OPTION ?? justsomeguy at 6:00pm 09.26.20 Well, there is something worse than all capital letters. It's writing walls of text without the judi

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