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burnt wires on a C-Charge Andrew G at 9:52am 07.13.02 Ask All Sailors 0/866 I have a C-Charger 1230A which recently ceased operating. After opening it up and removing the cove
Catalina 400 Rudder/Steering Problems Duey Englehardt at 9:41am 07.13.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/2216 My 1995 C400 Hull #24, top rudder bearing is worn and rattles while underway. Also I have stress cr
mast corrosion repair Marcus Bradley at 9:04am 07.13.02 Ask All Sailors 0/1205 I have a old tornado class catamaran and I recently found a hole corroded into the aluminum mast. T
Closing Companionway in Heavy Weather Ed at 7:52am 07.13.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1514 When, if ever would you close up your compaionway and hatch? Heavy wind, heavy seas? or never. I a
Centerbd Pendant Feed Bill J at 5:08am 07.13.02 Day Sailers 1/1012 The pendant broke and, wondering what happened, my crew member hauled the line up into the cockpit..
Winter Storage Justin at 5:07am 07.13.02 Smaller Boats 1/818 I have an 88 H23 on a lake in the poconos, this year I have the option of storing the boat for the w
H260 Spinnaker Brian at 5:06am 07.13.02 Smaller Boats 4/952 I an considering adding an asymmetrical spinnaker to my H260. I noticed a spinnaker on the HunterOwn
Rust in 356 ss Miguel at 3:22am 07.13.02 Big Boats 9/1136 My boat was conmisioned on may 2002 and I have found rust in the part where the speakers are mounted
How Far? Michael at 3:01am 07.13.02 Smaller Boats 3/927 Over on TSBB they have been discussing how far and how far out people have sailed their boats. I
Universal Overheating Eric Stone at 3:00am 07.13.02 Trailer Sailors 0/1503 I have an 11 horse Universal 2 cylinder Model 5411. It is raw water cooled only. I recently got stru
Genset/A.C. installations on C30s Jim Latoz at 2:49am 07.13.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/847 My wife and I have had our C30 for four years. We are very happy with the boat and plan to move abo
burlingtonfreepress.com-July 9 dan at 1:10am 07.13.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1018 Hi Fellow Sailors......Please go in to burlingtonfreepress.com-archives-tuesday-top stories and re
Engine Repowering Steve at 12:27am 07.13.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/919 Does anyone have any experience repowering the standard C30 Universal M25 engine with the newer repl
Boom clean up Kevin at 12:16am 07.13.02 Smaller Boats 3/1166 The boom on my 79 25' is starting to show some age. While it is not pitted the exterior finish is r
Head Stay Mast Mount Tim at 11:34pm 07.12.02 Smaller Boats 2/1076 I have an H-26 with a CDI Flexible Furler. I bought the boat used and it did not come with the prope
Need pages 72/73 and 74/75 of Yanmar 2GM20(F) Man Gary H. Dunford at 11:19pm 07.12.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1099 I have just aquired an O'day 302 (1988). The boat is in excellant shape and has all original manual
Back-pressure in Jabsco 3/4 Frank LaBrake at 10:42pm 07.12.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1028 The Jabsco manual toilet on our boat has three 3/4" hoses connected to the pump. The floor-level hos
Asymetrical Spinaker for a 27? Martin at 10:01pm 07.12.02 The Cherubini Hunters 1/916 I have a 27' hunter 1984. On the Chesapeake Bay I with light air I have been using a 150 Genoa. Has
I looked at the 1975 Mariner and . . David at 3:56pm 07.12.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/922 it seemed to be in decent shape except it had a good deal of water in the bilge. It was sitting on t
Main winches Malcolm Clyde at 1:15pm 07.12.02 Big Boats 2/856 I posted a question about the B'R rig and got really helpful replies. Thanks guys. Another question

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Furling Main Outhaul Thingie stephen_i_w at 6:35am 06.29.20 Thank you, I get so many great answers on this forum. It is a truly valuable resource.
Catalina 27 Chartplotter Swing Arm Install Joe at 6:26am 06.29.20 Nice work! Hope you don't mind if I comment on your mount location. I have similar setup, although
Glow Plug key or not to key? Stu Jackson at 6:20am 06.29.20 Doesn't matter at all.
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise Hayden Watson at 6:20am 06.29.20 Here is the Round Whidbey Race web site. The race starts at 10:00am 7/11/20 and must be completed b
Square sail (1) LagunaJay at 6:20am 06.29.20 Well, it works! This test sail is only about 100 SF and with true wind of about 5-10 knots, she doe
Shout out to Weems and Plath shemandr at 6:09am 06.29.20 As I posted they replaced my 30 year old handheld compass without even charging postage. They stand
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise mermike at 6:09am 06.29.20 @Hayden Watson , tell me more about the race. My rules are daylight hours only, a ration of grog iss
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise mermike at 6:06am 06.29.20 We're back. Had a really fun and interesting sail around the island. Anchored at Elger Bay, Hope isl
Balancing The Helm Lazy1 at 6:01am 06.29.20 Excellent post! Clear question with clear answers and very little drift. Outstanding! did I just dr
Rust Spot on keel cb32863 at 5:56am 06.29.20 Here's my thread from about a month ago on what I did with mine on my Beneteau First 235. Mine was p
TIMING - What are you waiting for? gulfcoastsailor at 5:43am 06.29.20 I recently had my 35 year old diesel tank cleaned for the first time. Remarkably it was in excellen
Kite sailing Will Gilmore at 5:40am 06.29.20 takes great skill to sail to windward. it's called 'beating' for a reason. It's called "beating" b
Catalina 310 transmission problems KenA at 5:17am 06.29.20 We are on the Chesapeake and that means some days with a lot of mototing when winds die. We also too
Centerboard Leak catalanc at 5:15am 06.29.20 I'll be back at the boat Thursday and she will be up on stands so that I can check thinks out. Will
Kite sailing (1) Hunter216 at 5:06am 06.29.20 The other encouraging thing is that this guy was about my age and he told me he is just now learnin
Delamination jviss at 4:55am 06.29.20 Thanks Dave. As to age, I'm not too far behind you. :)
Balancing The Helm Gene Neill at 4:52am 06.29.20 Your foresight on the sail slides when reefing is much better than mine was. Yes, the slides will
The Perfect Hat Gene Neill at 4:47am 06.29.20 Admiral is just now on her second Tilley hat in 20 yr; the Airflow, LTM2 I think. Yes, lifetime gua
Cowl Cover Missing (1) Aftkhar Aslam at 4:37am 06.29.20 Replace entire unit with 3" vent... here's one for $20.99. Google "cowl vent for sailboats" for mo
Catalina 310 transmission problems JRT at 4:34am 06.29.20 What does a blow up transmission start to do as an indicator? I think we are pretty easy users with

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