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Cloth Weight Doug at 3:22am 02.10.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 9/5266 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 1/963 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 4/1128 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 2/981 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 9/1270 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 11/1539 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 4/1087 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 0/937 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 22/2117 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 7/1140 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 1/969 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 2/1256 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 1/2374 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 3/1230 Hi Folks,I'm pretty new to sailing and sailboat maintainance. I don't know why, my 1978 O'Day 22' h
Halyard colors neil at 8:58pm 02.09.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1545 I'm going to purchase new halyards for my 23. I'm changing from rope/wire to all rope halyards. I kn
Canvas Bay covers neil at 8:55pm 02.09.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/959 Has anyone purchased a main sail cover from canvas bay? How was the quality? Any alternate recommend
electric anchor windlass Richard Gillette at 8:53pm 02.09.03 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1023 I'm having a lotof fun planning how to mount my windlass just forward of the jack-stay.. This model
Roller furler headsail for unstayed masts Darrow Neves at 8:49pm 02.09.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/2038 I have recently purchased a 36' Freedom with an unstayed carbon fiber mast. Like all Freedoms, the b
Tide info for Peter Sam Leonard at 7:57pm 02.09.03 Smaller Boats 3/764 Peter,I have the same boat as you, and I would guess that the average low tidegets down to about 2
Hunter 265 John Randolph at 6:18pm 02.09.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1157 If I install Lazy Jacks on our Hunter Sailboat do I have to modify the sail cover?

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Attempting to get information about this small sailboat jssailem at 10:17am 08.29.20 One of the many FRP boats made through the years. Looks like a nice dinghy. Check the transom or the
Guidance sail sfbay at 10:17am 08.29.20 Welcome to the forum!! You will get lots of advise on this subject on this forum and everyone has
Chartplotter Connector Brian D at 10:13am 08.29.20 Being very, very careful not to short or touch anything that is not intended. Correct! Only pins 1
Chartplotter Connector Hello Below at 10:11am 08.29.20 you could use a regular 12v battery and make the connections to test if it powers up. Being very,
Guidance Don S/V ILLusion at 10:05am 08.29.20
2 cycle fuel mix Noodat Lady at 9:52am 08.29.20 I have 3 outboards dating from 72 to 80. All have 50:1 as recommended mix.
Finish on interior Hunter 356? Ralph Johnstone at 9:40am 08.29.20
H34 cowl vents danm1 at 9:36am 08.29.20 My cowls were in bad shape so I replaced them with these passive vents. https://www.westmarine.com/
Mailsail furling Calif. Ted at 9:27am 08.29.20 In 2006 a friend who was a deckhand for Columbus downsized and simplified by buying a new C270, prac
Charter Destinations in San Juan Islands and Vicinity MikeHoncho at 9:22am 08.29.20
Charter Destinations in San Juan Islands and Vicinity Terry Cox at 8:51am 08.29.20 The gauntlet has been thrown!
Charter Destinations in San Juan Islands and Vicinity jssailem at 8:47am 08.29.20 We meet, I'll bring you one.
Charter Destinations in San Juan Islands and Vicinity Kings Gambit at 8:44am 08.29.20 I wonder if there is time to get an SBO burgee?:dancing:
Charter Destinations in San Juan Islands and Vicinity Terry Cox at 8:39am 08.29.20 An SBO rendezvous in the making, eh?
H-34 Manual Fuel Check jssailem at 8:38am 08.29.20 @SabreToothedEngineer It is an easy task to remove the old sensor, clip the wires, stick a stick d
Charter Destinations in San Juan Islands and Vicinity Hayden Watson at 8:37am 08.29.20 OK. Thanks. FYI. Bruisers have to slow to 10 kt within 25 n.mi. of the ports of LB and LA. The char
H-34 Manual Fuel Check Claude L.-Auger at 8:19am 08.29.20 Hi Claude, Do you remember what length sensor you bought? Where I installed it the tank is 16''
Mystery line on '86 Hunter 31 Claude L.-Auger at 8:11am 08.29.20 The boom is designed for three lines: the middle line is the mainsail outhaul, the starboard line I
Finish on interior Hunter 356? sail sfbay at 8:07am 08.29.20 You might find the owner's manual attached pages 30A-30B for refinishing your interior wood and the
Charter Destinations in San Juan Islands and Vicinity Kings Gambit at 8:03am 08.29.20 May see you out there. Will be around the islands beginning 9/1 and remain out for a week or so. Ho

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