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Are CDI furling units any good? Chip Giles at 1:40am 02.10.03 Ask All Sailors 11/1641 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 4/1094 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 0/961 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 22/2291 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 7/1174 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 1/999 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 2/1298 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 1/2396 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 3/1258 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 2/1590 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 1/990 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 2/1039 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 3/2107 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 3/778 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 1/1177 If I install Lazy Jacks on our Hunter Sailboat do I have to modify the sail cover?
anyone trailered to lake mead tom b at 4:36pm 02.09.03 Trailer Sailors 3/1859 was hoping to go to lake mead this summer for a little sailing. anyone ever tow the ol boat to lake
Jib cam Mark at 4:21pm 02.09.03 Smaller Boats 17/1022 We often read about "the design flaw" with the jib cams and how when you use the winch to wind on th
lake mead... tom b at 4:20pm 02.09.03 Ask All Sailors 1/909 anybody had the option to sail lake mead..are there any rules about sailing on the lake, like min.
A Clean Boat Robert Dean at 2:58pm 02.09.03 Ask All Sailors 0/922 Recently purchase one of those portable steam units from HSN.Other than the obvious, what are some
Race Rules Robert Dean at 2:42pm 02.09.03 Racing 1/1409 In your local race rules during a race do you::pass the mark or,rouund the mark ??Robert

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What to do if you lose your rig. Daveinet at 6:21pm 09.30.20 You can open a Gerber multi-tool with one hand?? I have a hard time getting the tools out with BOTH
Cockpit Instrument Configuration (1) dlochner at 6:12pm 09.30.20 Getting a new Catalina 315 with no instruments from factory. Now have to decide on placement/config
Tiny Styrofoam balls in Ranger 20 cabin FastOlson at 6:06pm 09.30.20 I owned several Ranger 20's. The positive floatation was in blocks under the cockpit seats and also
Finally replacing my keel cable. What's with all this extra length? Gene Neill at 5:45pm 09.30.20 I'm just glad the job is done now. When we bought her (good grief, it's been almost seven years ago)
New sailer Glsawyer at 5:45pm 09.30.20
Dripless Shaft Seal sold by sailboat owners Justin_NSA at 5:44pm 09.30.20 If you are shopping, look at the LasDrop Gen II. NO maintenance. Mine has been problem free. No agi
New sailer dLj at 5:42pm 09.30.20
H34 cowl vents Capt Robbie at 5:41pm 09.30.20 remove the old vent opening hardware, it's only a few screws. Then clean off old sealant and cut a
Salt Water in Bilge ianmcc444 at 5:32pm 09.30.20 What kind of shaft packing gland/stuffing box does the boat have? You may just need to adjust the
Hunter 34, bilge questions Capt Robbie at 5:29pm 09.30.20 as Allen commented most of the wiring that low in the boat is for the bilge and shower sump pumps. F
Tiny Styrofoam balls in Ranger 20 cabin ggrizzard at 5:19pm 09.30.20 We have a lot of 'members', but I don't recall a Ranger owner here. But I found this on this site:
Salt Water in Bilge Kings Gambit at 5:10pm 09.30.20 Check around the rudder post shaft/tube for possible ingress. Also, maybe the scupper drains/hoses.
Engine oil level rising Westerbeke 58 Morgan donor at 5:07pm 09.30.20 Change your oil & filter. Put the specified amount of oil in the engine as per the service manual. M
Salt Water in Bilge berner73 at 4:49pm 09.30.20 What kind of shaft packing gland/stuffing box does the boat have? You may just need to adjust the g
Anyone familiar with Larry Pollocks Running Cloud Trimaran? Michael Meyer at 4:19pm 09.30.20 Hey Running Cloud, (...Larry?) Thank you for the write-up. I am Dick Flint's nephew. I think I sti
Engine oil level rising Westerbeke 58 Rodd at 4:17pm 09.30.20 Hey all- Just got the oil analysis back-- No fuel in the oil, no water, no glycol. So what's next? T
Windlass install vmaks at 4:11pm 09.30.20 I am REALLY liking the concept of fastening a shelf inside the locker and cutting a hole in the cov
New sailer Glsawyer at 3:47pm 09.30.20 Lmao. Just realized I title this topic as new sailer. No wonder you guys think in new. I me t new
Windlass install Ralph Johnstone at 3:39pm 09.30.20 You are most likely right. Difficult to see without a closeup of the assembly. As shown in my setu
New sailer Glsawyer at 3:09pm 09.30.20 Just downloaded the 1st book. So I can read it several times And the second

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