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    Used sunfish - replacement priorities?

    all good advice, the last thing might be a mainsheet block
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    mainsheet blocks

    Thanks for your comments. I looked at every supplier and the prices on 2625 Harken blocks are the same price at all the online stores. West Marine is at least 20% more than anyone else. The price on the ronstan orbit 55 is better and gives better holding power than the 2625. I knew there had to...
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    mainsheet blocks

    thanks. kinda my spin as well. just wanted to see if there were any other plus or minus to the question.
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    mainsheet blocks

    So I bought a fixer upper. A lesson in boat owning and repair for my 14 yr old son. Its got all the usual problems ( its heavy, missing parts, and leaks). After 2 weeks time all of that is taken care of. So I'm looking at installing a mainsheet block, eye strap and spring. It had these items in...
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    a little big for my britches..

    And I was thinking beer can, lol.
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    a little big for my britches..

    you could try making a tube. in "epoxy works" magazine #26 spring 2008, they describing making tubes from carbon fiber tubes wrapped around foam pipe insulation and using west system epoxy. Perhaps cloth and epoxy would work by doing something similar. Wrap wax paper aroung some type of form...
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    using the search function

    tried again and everything works fine. thanks for the response
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    using the search function

    Ok, so I'm new to the board. Been reading as much as possible and using the search function. There seems to be a number of questions that are asked over and over again. So in my quest for more information I did a search for "dolly". So I could see what kind of homemade plans are around. It saw...
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    Looking to start and maybe restore

    Also, while watching some racing videos, I noticed that the sailors would partially or fully raise the dagger boards in certain situations. What's the purpose of that? Speed? I think intutitively, you already know the answer. Yes speed. Next time you see someone do this, look at the direction...
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    Looking to start and maybe restore

    Ok...I love to sail. I love to sail fast. That said the wave is a blast and fast. But sailing to me is also about sailing upwind. The wave has very poor windward performance. So it depends on what you want and where you sail. Cats like big spaces where tacking isn't much concern. Now a cat with...
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    Olympics schedule

    anyone know when the sailing competion is being aired?:eek:

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