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Suggestions for traveler replacement C 27? mjbliemel at 6:10am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 13/2003 I am a bit confused as to what I should get to replace the stock traveler system on my 1978 Catalina
A/C for Hunter 28.5 Jim Clower at 6:08am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1053 Has anyone added A/C to their Hunter 28.5? I recently purchased a 1988, 28.5 and want to add A/C.
Water In The Bilge Allan B. at 6:00am 05.12.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/988 I have an O'day 322 and never had any problems with water leaking into the bilge (their is always so
Butyl Tape for WIndows? Randy Kolb at 5:54am 05.12.03 Smaller Boats 1/1790 The windows on my 1986 C22 leak. I am about to repair them (remove ' reseal with the black caulk-li
Anybody know who made the traveler on the 90's 28 Paul Aubrecht at 5:48am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 8/817 I need to replace the endstops and the main sheet on my 93 28 but I cant find any info on the travel
Roller Reefing Lines Chic Lasser at 5:31am 05.12.03 Big Boats 3/893 On our boat the past owner has the reefing line for the headsail on the starboard side of the boat.
Holes in Head wall over door Bill at 5:23am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/988 There is a series of 5 holes over the inside of the head door frame and 2 down the latch side of the
Leak at Launching Steve Carpman at 5:22am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1041 When launching our 1991 Hunter 37.5 last Friday, almost as soon as we dropped her in, water began co
3GM Engine shudders Bill at 5:19am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1160 While trying to back into my slip this weekend on my new Catalina 320 I gave short bursts of power i
7 days of water? Bryan at 5:11am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 12/1041 7 day bareboat. 6 people ( 3 adult, 3 kids). 80 gal water tank. No place to reprovison. Any ideas
Slip docking Rob at 5:05am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 52/10237 My soon to be wife (new to sailing),and I had our first semi heated debate on docking last weekend..
Repower from 5411 to an M18? Todd Osborne (Windwalker) at 4:59am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/847 I'm looking at repowering ' found a used M18 to replace my aging 5411. Anyone have experience doing
Condensation Frank Mott at 4:59am 05.12.03 Other Sailboats 1/798 The refrigerator on our new C-350 forms a significant amount of counter top condensation and runs (a
inflatable how to? how to get the motor mounted, jim c at 4:58am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1004 just purchasing a 10 ft air floor inflatable- can handle an 8 hp outboard- have a question as to how
Serious Rebuild Chuck at 4:53am 05.12.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/837 Just thought I'd share my project with ya'll. It's an 71 Oday 23 Poptop. Have to admit, I'd rather b
Looks like the moon. Joe at 4:23am 05.12.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/868 I recently became the owner of a 22 that needs some TLC. I'll be scraping and painting the bottom s
1977 Cataline 30 gas tank Brian at 4:03am 05.12.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/750 Hi - Does anyone know the dimensions of the original gas tank shipped with the 1977 Catlina 30s?
H26 wheel steering Tim Daley at 3:41am 05.12.03 Smaller Boats 15/1507 Has anyone here retro-fitted an H-26 (the one I just purchased is a '94) for wheel steering ? Any id
manual bildgepump Kathy at 3:22am 05.12.03 Big Boats 1/828 Looking in lazarette and find emergency tiller mounted to floor and mounted to the hatch a handle w
Captain Tolly's Rick Warner at 2:54am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1169 I am trying to trace down and fix an intermittent infiltration of water into the starboard cabin are

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Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? jmce1587 at 12:09pm 09.15.20 Full disclosure - I am a certified ASA instructor and also hold an OUPV license so I could teach sai
Main sheet twist Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 11:57am 09.15.20 change the upper block to fixed--end of problem
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? JohnShannon at 11:42am 09.15.20 Can't you take ASA Basic keelboat to start? So in principle no capsizing. I would suppose the real
In-Boom Furling rgranger at 11:41am 09.15.20 I was curious so I went to sailboat data... you probably already seen this but if not.... https://s
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings rgranger at 11:35am 09.15.20 If you are not running refrig or anything like that I would recommend getting a 50 watt solar panel
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Allan12210 at 11:26am 09.15.20 I had been sailing for a number of years since high school and then college on Snipes, Aqua Cats, La
ICW, December south to North dLj at 11:22am 09.15.20 Good luck Dave... second times the charm... From your lips to gods ears! I'm hoping. Still waiting
refrigerator drain Justin_NSA at 11:20am 09.15.20 Hold your compressed air horn firmly on top of the drain and blow. Clever! And ask the admiral to
Main sheet twist Justin_NSA at 11:15am 09.15.20 Could you please explain why? My fixed blocks are all on bails on the boom. Sorry Stu. I wasn't cl
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Scott T-Bird at 11:12am 09.15.20 I had my 27' boat at a slip without power for many years. At the time, my electrical use was light,
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Justin_NSA at 11:12am 09.15.20 I have been chatting with a potential new member here in our club. I'm the harbormaster. Besides the
Main sheet twist Stu Jackson at 11:11am 09.15.20 The block has to be able to swivel to allow for boom swing. Could you please explain why? My fixed
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? (1) kloudie1 at 11:07am 09.15.20 Early days(1973 ish).. learning the ropes(!) we'd both just recovered from a capsize dunking. I'd cr
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings NYSail at 10:54am 09.15.20 If you are not running refrig or anything like that I would recommend getting a 50 watt solar panel
SV Preston Point rescue justsomeguy at 10:54am 09.15.20 maybe I'm just kinda boring... Boredom is highly underrated.
Drilling hole to run lines through cabintop mounted traveller odaydokay at 10:51am 09.15.20 Many thanks, Richard!
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings odaydokay at 10:48am 09.15.20 One thing to look at is what lighting you have. The original lights were guzzlers so we replaced al
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Ralph Johnstone at 10:45am 09.15.20 Here is an excerpt I pulled off an old reply I had posted some time ago. "And yes, I remember an in
....and so it begins... Serenity on Hudson at 10:29am 09.15.20 I've used 3 gallons so far this year. Only motor getting in and out of the marina and rarely with a
Replace Marine Radio Coax & Mast Lights... Justin_NSA at 10:21am 09.15.20 +1 vote for unstepping the mast first if it's practical. Especially since you have no idea what prev

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