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Tuning 260 again Mark at 11:59am 10.01.01 Smaller Boats 4/959 Spent a few hours setting up the rigging on our new 260. Everything worked fine and it sailed well
Looking for a USED CRUISING SPINNAKER Pat Ehlers at 11:10am 10.01.01 Smaller Boats 0/873 Hi there --Entering a long distance race in November. I need a used cruising spinnaker. Don't
Bottom Paint for So. Florida Capt. Marc at 10:49am 10.01.01 Ask All Sailors 5/1243 I'm sailing Texas to Miami / Ft. Lauderdale this winter. I'm relocating. My boat is due for a bottom
Engine RPM's change Harry Gafney at 10:09am 10.01.01 Mid-Size Boats 5/1006 I have an 86 Hunter 31 with a Yanmar 20GM diesel with fresh water cooling. Recently, the engine jus
Interior teak finish Walt at 9:19am 10.01.01 Big Boats 2/1086 I've got a '94 C-36 that needs a little touch up on some of the interior teak work. Sun has bleache
Sail America and SF Bay Fleet Week SailboatOwners.com at 7:38am 10.01.01 Ask All Sailors 0/1201 Press release received today from Sail America, of interest to NorCal sailors and others...Newport
Everyone getting ready for the Sailboat Show??? Chris Phillips at 6:57am 10.01.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/984 SO, who's coming to the Annapolis Sailboat show??I am excited. Last year I went and drooled over al
Water in C30 Rudder Dave W. at 4:54am 10.01.01 Mid-Size Boats 8/1782 I'm getting water in the rudder of my 1988 C-30. I drilled drip holes in the bottom of the rudder wh
Is a vang necessary after adding a traveller? Mike at 4:17am 10.01.01 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/2494 I'm going to install a traveller on my 1989 mac 26d. The main sheet is located about in the center o
Salt oxidation on Aluminum...... Paul at 3:48am 10.01.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1107 Hi Everyone,Just spent a few more days working on the new, old sailboat. The boat has been on the
C-36 Where is the tranny dipstick!!?? Dave Viglierchio at 3:25am 10.01.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/967 I've looked everywhere in the literature and poked throught the rear of the boat (1983 vintage) and
Two questions D. Phillips at 2:36am 10.01.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1118 Hello Everybody,I have two quesitons I was hoping someone out there might have an answer to. First,
A4 concerns.... L-Seelig at 1:58am 10.01.01 Ask All Sailors 8/1145 I have a 76 C-27 w/A4. Noticed this season when I start the engine I have several minutes where ther
Window leaks George at 1:51am 10.01.01 Mid-Size Boats 6/1343 Three of the six windows on our '76 C27 that we just got leak when it rains. Any advice or tricks o
272LE trailering, legal? Josh at 1:11am 10.01.01 Ask An Oday Owner 4/947 Already thinking about the future, and the probable purchase of a 272LE. That's at least a year down
Bigger headsails on B Frank Arndorfer at 1:00am 10.01.01 Big Boats 9/1183 I have a question that's probably more general interest focused than boat-specific.I own a H340 wi
Storing the Mast Mike at 12:32pm 10.07.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1001 The situation at the WTC has forced me to winter store my boat on Staten Island this year as opposed
Listing to Starboard? Chris Bylhouwer at 12:05am 10.01.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1096 My 19' is listing to starboard and getting worse?The balast is empty and I can't find where the wat
Removing Ancient, Cracked Vinyl Striping Louis Phillippi at 9:25am 10.07.01 Mid-Size Boats 3/1629 Last week, I pulled my 1985 Hunter 28.5, "Osprey" to do bottom paint and to remove and replace the o
shaft vibration Walter McNeil at 6:19am 10.07.01 Other Sailboats 5/1054 I have a strange problem that I have been chasing for several years. Here's the background. When I

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Stay At Home projects: Lanyards and Helm Wheel Wrap MitchM at 11:24am 05.13.20 elk hide covers come w holes punched in the edges and you use a 'shoelace ' stitch to sew t
Plastic Hunter Crack Repair (1) Rictifyit at 11:21am 05.13.20 I'm getting ready to mount the hardware. As you can see, the little block that the centerboard bunge
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets Aarrrgh! at 11:13am 05.13.20 My apologies to Brownell's
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets Aarrrgh! at 11:10am 05.13.20 I was a painter for 40 years, with the last 20 years as a contractor. I used these for all of that
Catalina 22 Transducer Install Leeward Rail at 11:09am 05.13.20 Fwiw ours is mounted in sealant instead of plumbers putty. We tested with putty first to confirm loc
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets Aarrrgh! at 11:06am 05.13.20 Check around boat yards for abandoned cradles. The screw tops are the same. Find the right ones and
What was he thinking? dlochner at 10:44am 05.13.20 Another article on the topic from the USCG Auxillary, published in Waterway Guide. https://www.wate
Bent mast Ben4195 at 10:32am 05.13.20 I agree with LakeShark. When tuning your mast, I would expect it to come back into column pretty ea
True Wind Discussion Redux Davidasailor26 at 10:28am 05.13.20 That is the definition of apparent wind. ;) No, apparent wind is the wind relative to the boat. (
Theres a hole in my boat! Hayden Watson at 10:24am 05.13.20
True Wind Discussion Redux dlochner at 10:24am 05.13.20 s Will says, the boat sails through the water, so the movement of the air relative to that water is
Terminal block connection Bob S at 10:23am 05.13.20 Those blocks (Wago) are used on Beneteaus. They are a pain in the A$$ when you first try using them.
Bent mast LakeShark at 10:19am 05.13.20 That looks pretty slight. I would think you could bring it back in collum with proper rig tentionin
Socially distant racing? Apex at 10:15am 05.13.20 Its as much about perception as reality. The reality is we have 120+ boats leave from 3 docks for
True Wind Discussion Redux Davidasailor26 at 10:09am 05.13.20 There is wind it is the same over water or over ground. It does change direction and speed as it pa
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin RussC at 10:07am 05.13.20 This has been an interesting discussion, and I do appreciate the feedback, but after I re-think my g
Heat Exchanger Support valcour at 10:04am 05.13.20 These are an option for the XP, make sure you install facing the right way because I pretty sure you
Terminal block connection dlochner at 10:04am 05.13.20 If I were you, I'd change to the screw type terminal bloack. They come in every size and can be cut
True Wind Discussion Redux dlochner at 10:00am 05.13.20 How would you measure True Wind? You're standing in the cockpit of your boat, you have a radio, a c
Terminal block connection capta at 9:49am 05.13.20 If I were you, I'd change to the screw type terminal bloack. They come in every size and can be cut

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