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    Tiller Length for Leisure Sailing

    Just got a conversion kit to change my rudder over and planning to tackle that this weekend...however in the meantime the new tiller with extension seems awfully long for leisure sailing (no hiking allowed)...any ideas on good, clean ways to shorten it and/or the extension? I seemed to recall...
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    Rudder Conversion Help and Kits?

    Need to convert my old style rudder assembly to the newer style. Have friends enlisted for help. Now I need a couple of good websites that show the ins and outs of this work...any ideas (other than Winline, i've got them on the list)? How about somewhere that sells a conversion kit that includes...
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    Storage "Sawhorses"

    I know that a heated garage would be the best place but I don't have access to anything but my back yard for storing over the winter....I was thinking that I could build some sawhorse contraptions that I could put my boat on upside down - does anyone here have an idea of the scale and/or perhaps...
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    Rentals in Mission Bay (SanDiego)?

    Will be spending a week at Mission Bay in SanDiego and am looking for a place that will rent small (Sunfish 'like') boats for use on Mission Bay...does anyone know of a place near Mission Bay? (The only ones I saw online were closed to only University students or hotel guests). Thanks
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    Connecting to Upper Boom

    I apologize if I don't have all the terminology correct but I would like to know several opinions about alternate methods to connect the rope that holds the upper boom up to the top of the mast. The books say use a clove hitch but mine came loose yesterday and the sail, boom and all dropped into...
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    Drain Plug Removal &/or Repair

    Hi All: I just got this 'free' boat and am trying to figure it all out. So far things seem OK to my novice eye but I can not seem to get the drain open. It appears to be brass and well oxidized, located on teh deck near the edge at about the middle of the boat. I've checked some of the repair...

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