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Boat Cradles Craig Boise at 4:29am 05.13.03 Ask All Sailors 0/1362 Does anyone have experience with JOWI boat cradles. They are about twice as much as some other crad
Frozen Mike at 4:17am 05.13.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1092 I sail my 28' Oday on the Great Lakes and when I put her on the hard for winter lay-up it means it w
Universal M-18 oil leak Patrick at 4:09am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1245 I just discovered I have an oil leak and it seems to be coming from the pan.It appears to be coming
Renault RC8D Mike Zylka at 4:03am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1079 Back in March 2003, someone mentioned that they had an old parts manual for 1979 Renault RC8D engine
main sails from hunter chandlery- any experience? Bob Perkowski at 3:59am 05.13.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/876 i need a new main for my 1984 hunter 31. i have a quote from uk sailmakers out here for $1998 which
Mold Lex at 3:58am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1016 I have a Catalina 27. Below the "v" bunk is alot of mold. There is just no way to get in to clean
Delivery Recommendation needed Dave at 3:53am 05.13.03 Ask All Sailors 0/842 Can anyone recommend a captain to deliver a 30-footer from Manitowoc to Waukegan?
looking for a paddle/boom cradle 14' oday w hallett at 3:41am 05.13.03 Day Sailers 2/1705 do you know where i can find one of these for an older oday 14 plus the hardware?
Help - Rigging an O'Day 28 Mark at 3:34am 05.13.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1535 Hello.I am thinking of purchasing an O'Day 28, and would like to know procedure to "tune the rig";
Dimensions of prop shaft H 31 0 Peter Hoenderop at 2:47am 05.13.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/863 I am owning a Hunter 310 build in 1997 with a yanmar engine. The propellor shaft is 25 mm. Can anybo
Anchor locker Carl Lebo at 2:19am 05.13.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/918 I've been kicking around the idea of adding an anchor locker. Is there a kit that would help or woul
Setting for a three blade PYI on new Hunter 386 Floyd at 1:27am 05.13.03 Other Sailboats 1/890 We are about to launch a new Hunter 386 with a PYI three blade prop and want to be sure on the corre
Spotlight electrical connector (1) Gary at 12:20am 05.13.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1084 I have a Catalina 30 on which there is a small electrical connector (fitting) just below the engine
Gelcoat repair Tim at 11:02pm 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 4/1041 Does anyone here have any experience with the gelcoat repair kits that marine stores sell? Do they
non skid deck paint vendor and color John Fisher at 10:30pm 05.12.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/992 WE HAVE A FEW HAIRLINE CRACKS IN THE NON-SKID SURFACE AREAS OF OUR 86 272 .WE HAVE FILLED THE CRACKS
How identify source of engine problems? Stuart at 9:13pm 05.12.03 Big Boats 10/994 Have a 1999 Hunter 340. We've had two instances of issues with our Yanmar.First occured while m
Internal Halyard Sheave JimR at 9:02pm 05.12.03 Smaller Boats 1/971 Trying to find the replacement No. of the Internal halyard sheaves P'S located at the bottom of the
Boom topping lift (2) Ray Dobmeier at 8:59pm 05.12.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1452 We just launched and rigged our 1994 26S Mac. Nowhere in the manual does it even mention the boom t
Dimensions of 4 Post Bow Pulpit on 1981 27' Linda at 8:09pm 05.12.03 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1140 I've checked through the archives and haven't found this answer. I hope someone here can help.I r
Where Do Rudders Break? Herb Schiessl at 2:39pm 05.12.03 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1110 I am repairing my delaminated rudder, but I was wonderinng where a rudder usually breaks. Is it at t

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....and so it begins... sailme88 at 4:20pm 09.15.20 In the thirties this morning, we would have begun heading south if we had stayed on a ball in Maine
....and so it begins... Tally Ho at 4:14pm 09.15.20 I have a 19 gal tank, and she is about 1/3 full after using the boat for the summer. I am way too
Main sheet twist thinwater at 3:53pm 09.15.20 Ron had it right. Lock the block. This is a COMMON problem and COMMON rigging error. No, it does NO
I got a free southcoast 22 SailingLoto at 3:46pm 09.15.20 you will be glad to know that she's all legal now.
ICW, December south to North jssailem at 3:21pm 09.15.20 Fleet selling spree. Sounds like another adventure.
Yanmar stalling issue jssailem at 3:19pm 09.15.20 In my experience stalling is a exhaust issue. Fuel starvation usually is exhibited by the engine su
Catalina 310 Water Heater rukidn at 3:06pm 09.15.20 BTW, When the heater is out of the way, it is a great time to replace the exhaust hose. Nearly impos
In-Boom Furling shemandr at 3:04pm 09.15.20 So did I. I think a dock neighbor where I used to evacuate to had one. Very distinctive looking.
In-Boom Furling Don S/V ILLusion at 2:59pm 09.15.20
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? capta at 2:57pm 09.15.20 I taught ASA for a national school for a short time and really didn't like their 'cookie cutter' sty
What is wrong with my sail? Crazy Dave Condon at 2:52pm 09.15.20 Loosen mainsheet and boom bang as well. If problem still persists then let us know
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Stu Jackson at 2:17pm 09.15.20 If they're younger and learn by trial and error in smaller boats, great. They'll figure it out and
Yanmar stalling issue Bill19233 at 2:14pm 09.15.20 By no means am I a diesel mechanic by the stretch of anyone's imagination. I used to fight my stalli
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings smokey73 at 2:08pm 09.15.20 I'm not versant about the COLREGS for lake Michigan but here along the east coast, by COLREGs, if yo
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Bob J. at 2:02pm 09.15.20 Can't you take ASA Basic keelboat to start? So in principle no capsizing. I would suppose the rea
SV Preston Point rescue shemandr at 2:00pm 09.15.20 If I read the account accurately the rescue swimmer was in the water up to 12 hours? He and the boa
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:49pm 09.15.20 or sail themselves back safely...leaving me to drift away on an endless sea. The correct Viking p
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings rgranger at 1:47pm 09.15.20 Yeah Do a search for trickle chargers with controller. There are a lot of options
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? (2) shemandr at 1:44pm 09.15.20 Any sailing course that starts with a blackbored is at risk of turning the students away from sailin
SV Preston Point rescue Stu Jackson at 1:40pm 09.15.20 What do we think happened here? Really? idiot goes out into what soon becomes a hurricane? Someh

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