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Coldplate Troubleshooting David Popken at 5:27am 02.10.03 Other Sailboats 1/944 My Norcold unit has what appears to be a minor problem (Is anything minor in a boat?). When the uni
topping lift w/ full batten main? fred winter at 5:24am 02.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 4/1081 anyone have a topping lift set up with a full batten main? does the wire/ line chaff, or otherwise i
Asymmetric Spinaker questions Bob F at 4:53am 02.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1148 I'm new to using a Asymmetric spinnaker (or any spinnaker). I currently rig it with the tack attache
Main Sheet, Outhaul, Boom Vang John at 4:51am 02.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1214 Help from Worcester, MAMy boat did not come rigged. Will anybody invite to check out your boats ru
Size of main Jim at 4:47am 02.10.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1115 What is the best way to decide on how much roach should be on a mew main sail? Is max roach always b
Emergency Tiller RDS at 4:26am 02.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1034 I checked my emergency tiller on my Cat 28 and I think I am missing some parts. After I unscrew the
Cloth Weight Doug at 3:22am 02.10.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 9/3905 In considering a new set of sails for my Catalina 30, I am going over to a 150 Genoa and main with t
Mainsail replacement parameters. Russ Colombo at 2:52am 02.10.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/867 I am considering ordering a new mainsail for my Hunter 40. Two nagging design questions present the
mast geometry lloyd at 2:28am 02.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1041 I have changed the shrouds on my mast,and I want make sure the mast is put up correctly.Are there me
Manual bilge pump Art at 1:51am 02.10.03 Smaller Boats 2/923 I have a 1984 C-22 with no bilge pump onboard. Does anyone have a recomendation where to mount a ma
Chemicals to strip old antifouling? Glen Simonds at 1:45am 02.10.03 Ask All Sailors 9/1197 As soon as the weather warms up I am planning to strip the old and very uneven antifouling off our 9
Are CDI furling units any good? Chip Giles at 1:40am 02.10.03 Ask All Sailors 11/1397 I called a sail loft and they had bad things to say about CDI roller furling units. Has anyone else
CDI Furling units - Good or bad? Chip Giles at 1:40am 02.10.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/966 I called a sail loft and they had bad things to say about CDI roller furling units. Has anyone else
Auto-release Clamcleat MArk at 12:43am 02.10.03 Ask All Sailors 0/881 Hi Yawl,The rudder downhaul on my O'Day 20 is currently cleated to my tiller using a standard horn
single handed deck configuration Brian at 12:39am 02.10.03 Smaller Boats 22/1899 I am thinking about customizing the deck lines to run to the cockpit. My 87 h23 is bone stock and s
Leech shake Will at 12:15am 02.10.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/967 We took delivery of a Hunter 356 with Selden in-mast furling this past fall. The leech shook so vi
Teak stain removal from cabin top?? Scott at 12:08am 02.10.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/903 The previous owner of now my 1988 C-27 did not tape off the fiberglass cabin top when he restained t
Blistering Beneteau Steve Lesniak at 11:36pm 02.09.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1135 I have a 1995 M510 that I purchased from the Moorings company 2 and a half years ago and I have a se
Kinsale Harbour Or Port Kinsale Marina (VA)? matias santiago at 10:51pm 02.09.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/2344 Looking for a marina for Yukiyu and I am considering Kinsale Harbour and Port Kinsale. Which one
Bedding Stanchions Rudy at 10:26pm 02.09.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1149 Hi Folks,I'm pretty new to sailing and sailboat maintainance. I don't know why, my 1978 O'Day 22' h

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Adding wind speed to a small Garmin LloydB at 11:16am 05.10.20 My understanding of true wind it is the direction the wind is coming from relative to true North.(as
Downwind Sail - Beneteau 311 Jimbeaux at 11:03am 05.10.20 Is a tack collar necessary here?
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin Davidasailor26 at 10:50am 05.10.20 The Garmin manual at http://static.garmin.com/pumac/echoMAP_4x-5x-7x-9x_OM_EN.pdf seems to say chart
Boat shopping and getting interesting feedback TheSoggyDollar at 10:32am 05.10.20 Congratulations, Soggy, well done! :thumbup: thanks Gene! are you 'sailing daydream' on YouTube? if
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin dlochner at 10:30am 05.10.20 True wind is calculated, basic vectors analysis. To calculate true wind, the instrument needs speed
Canvas winter cover Rich Stidger at 10:26am 05.10.20 Here is another pic of the bow setup. I have a couple more but having trouble downloading at the mo
Boat shopping and getting interesting feedback rpludwig at 10:22am 05.10.20 Congrats!...looks to be a good one....let the questions continue....we're all here to help support y
Boat shopping and getting interesting feedback Gene Neill at 10:14am 05.10.20 Congratulations, Soggy, well done! :thumbup:
Winch help AndreNJ11 at 9:53am 05.10.20 I second the notion that your 28' main should go up to the top mostly effortlessly by hand. I rais
Deck Grab rail removal jssailem at 9:52am 05.10.20 Tom. Typically hand rails are attached through the deck with washers and nuts providing a solid secu
Deck Grab rail removal tom.p.brown at 9:45am 05.10.20 thank you great idea. do you happen to know how the rails are attached once thru the cabin deck. my
Anchor Locker Does Not Drain smokey73 at 9:32am 05.10.20 On my boat its about 2 to 3 inches from the bottom of the locker to the bottom of the lowest drain
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin kappykaplan at 9:30am 05.10.20 The wind instrument doesn't measure true wind speed. Once the wind input gets to the chartplotter o
Hunter 33 pong jssailem at 9:03am 05.10.20
CO alarm problem (?) jssailem at 8:53am 05.10.20 Are you sure you were breathing directly into the sensor? Taking big breaths?:poke: :wink:
Anchor Locker Does Not Drain sail sfbay at 8:51am 05.10.20 Thanks FastOlson and NYSail, great suggestion!!.............I used them those on my previous boats.
Boat shopping and getting interesting feedback Meriachee at 8:49am 05.10.20 I believe many of the Canadian beer laws only apply if you drink real beer. Clearly not applicable
Boat shopping and getting interesting feedback TheSoggyDollar at 8:44am 05.10.20 yeah '86 (current name: Belle, Oriental, NC)
Boat shopping and getting interesting feedback Lazy1 at 8:43am 05.10.20 Looks very familiar, is it an '86? I like your table
2008 Beneteau in mast furling ? (1) sail sfbay at 8:41am 05.10.20 ................Now the question. How much effort is normally required to deploy an in mast furled

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