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other owners Marvin Shealy at 5:01am 01.09.01 Smaller Boats 6/1032 I would like to start a dialogue with other owners of the twenty-five footers. Ours is a 1977 which
keel bolt removal james wlkinson at 4:58am 01.09.01 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1404 I have an oday mariner 2+2. For two years now I have been trying to remove the keel bolt with no suc
fabric on the walls?? james wlkinson at 4:50am 01.09.01 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1441 recently got my hands on a oday 25. The cabin is very musty and I feel it is from the fabric that
Hunter 31 headsail, what size for high winds? Jim at 4:05am 01.09.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1334 I would like to sail and race in 30 knots of wind but with my 110% jib I am overpowered in more than
ICW Coordinates for GPS Randy at 3:23am 01.09.01 Ask All Sailors 7/1625 Anyone know of a source for the coordinates of nav aids along the ICW? It seems like the USCG publis
1972 O'Day 2+2 Eric D Arnold at 2:57am 01.09.01 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1123 I have been offered a 72 O'day 2+2 sail boat for the price of free. It has been sitting covered on a
Leaky hatches? Lyn at 2:38am 01.09.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/996 Got a tip from the forum about thriftymarine.com in FLA,but I can't access that site any longer. Any
Keel stepped mast insulation below Trevor at 2:18am 01.09.01 Big Boats 6/2001 Thanks for the ideas posted on my initial inquiry about a month ago regarding mast insulation in the
yanmar impeller for water pump Hanif and co at 1:59am 01.09.01 Other Sailboats 1/943 Dear Sir . wanted yanmar marine diesel water pump impeller in karachi pakistan
Daysailer stepped mast conversion 2? Bob Pajak at 1:55am 01.09.01 Day Sailers 3/1549 Still looking for info on how to convert from struggling with a manually handled and stepped mast to
Keel Bolt Torque - 272LE Bob at 1:50am 01.09.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1152 Awhile back I had asked for info with regard to the keel bolt torque on my 272LE. The consensus was
H26 conversion from tiller to wheel Jerry Gerber at 12:59am 01.09.01 Smaller Boats 5/919 Has anybody converted their H26 from tiller to wheel? Is this a DIY project or should I get a profe
re rigging legend 45 jon dobbin at 12:48am 01.09.01 Big Boats 6/1037 Having an interesting time measuring the standing rigging for replacement as hardly any of the figur
Bell Location Bill Jones at 12:34am 01.09.01 Big Boats 3/941 I received a very nice ship's bell for our 40.5 for Christmas. I am interested in knowing the exter
Lead Ballast ES at 12:21am 01.09.01 Big Boats 1/1218 After years of accumulating stuff on my boat (generator, watermaker, etc.) I need about 500 Lbs of l
New email address for Hunter Phil Herring at 12:04am 01.09.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/893 Hunter informs us that they have changed their email address. For those of you who keep such things
Beached Chi sailor in SF Mike Elmore at 11:22pm 01.08.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1016 For anyone in SF who plans to sail one night between Jan15-19, this frozen Chicago C28 owner will be
Buying Radar - Providence Boat Show Mickey Goodman at 9:57pm 01.08.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/950 I have never had radar on any boat I owned so I am off to the Providence RI Boat Show this weekend t
Toe Rail Bill Lockridge lockjr@pacbell.net at 2:52pm 01.08.01 Mid-Size Boats 6/1225 I was washing my boat the other day and then went out for a sail on the Bay. when I went down below
Diesel Heater Ray at 1:55pm 01.08.01 Ask All Sailors 0/1277 Many thanks to those who answered my questions on Webasto diesel heater problems. I took it all apar

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Can someone please help figure out what I have for genoas? Sailfanatic at 10:13am 03.26.20 Sounds like you did not measure the LP, but can i assume the longer measurements are luff lengths? I
Racing Hunters in March in Texas Bill19233 at 10:05am 03.26.20
Boatyard shut down due to COVID Dr. D at 10:03am 03.26.20 Hhmmm... Just saw a neighbor tonight who was told by Bert Jabinns Yard they could not launch his bo
In Mast Mainsail furling Sailm8 at 9:56am 03.26.20 A mistake I learned from was to loosen the leach line if you tightened it. I forgot and when the sa
In Mast Mainsail furling Sailfanatic at 9:45am 03.26.20 Whether unfurling a jib or main, you want to keep tension on the furling line during the process or
Noodat Lady at 9:45am 03.26.20 That certainly looks strong. Getting a bit dark in there though! After a lot of searching of forums
Water in compartments with foam Gene Neill at 9:45am 03.26.20 C22's (and keelboats in general) very rarely sink. When they do, they overwhelmingly sink at the doc
Canvas winter cover (1) Sailfanatic at 9:36am 03.26.20 Three years ago I bought a deck tent cover from ShipShape Canvas in Duluth for $2,000. I have found
Jib Halyard/Sheet Replacement Sailfanatic at 9:18am 03.26.20 You want a low stretch line for halyards, and very low stretch for the jib halyard, see PDAUozfyDsg
Louden Ness at 9:12am 03.26.20 A link to the tubing: https://www.onlinemetals.com/en/buy/material?q=%3Aname-asc%3AMaterial%3AStain
(3) Louden Ness at 9:10am 03.26.20 I ended up getting mine from onlinemetals.com 62 Window filled in 176463 Little square is buildup f
Knowing My Alternator Maine Sail at 9:02am 03.26.20 Negative is negative wherever it is. I've always used the engine ground whenever it is easily acces
Companionway Hatch Water Capture Cure Sailfanatic at 9:00am 03.26.20 FWIW, I owned a CS 36T whose PO created some weep holes in the forward corners of the seahood to sol
Knowing My Alternator Maine Sail at 8:59am 03.26.20 The + cable actually runs thru a service switch first, then to the buss bar with one of those fuse
Knowing My Alternator capta at 8:51am 03.26.20 The + cable actually runs thru a service switch first, then to the buss bar with one of those fuse
Simpson Lawrence Windlass manual use Rich Stidger at 8:47am 03.26.20 The manual is correct. You windlass looks just like mine- a Simpson-Lawrence Anchorman 1000. First
Simpson Lawrence Windlass manual use Hello Below at 8:43am 03.26.20 I cannot be of much help as my Lewmar V3 requires a $300 manual recovery kit that I have not yet inv
Standard-Horizon GX2200 to Garmin 546S AIS noise problem mermike at 8:39am 03.26.20 Thanks for providing this, it's what makes this site so useful. I have a Garmin 741xs and the SH 220
Looking exhaust manifold DNRJR at 8:33am 03.26.20 Just a couple of minutes ago I talked with someone that said he would put out the inquiry to all Yan
Racing Hunters in March in Texas PaulK at 8:32am 03.26.20

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