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http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252605 After reading thru this longish thread it seems like something that would provide thoughtful reading for our Raftup Forum. ;) Being retired I spend coffee-drinking time, 3 mile walks, and evening sails with an age group ranging (roughly) from...

I am sure she is crushed. This ends the youngest non-stop attempt for her. http://soloround.blogspot.com/2010/04/news.html I was really looking forward to Jessica setting the record and then having Abby set it again but it won't happen. Autopilots just don't seem to be up to the...

Last Sunday, we got slapped around pretty hard by gusty winds, right after sunset ... I later read on sailnet that a couple of boats nearby (Salem) were knocked down by sudden 35+ kt gusts, so I guess we did alright even if it looked hairy at times. However, today I noticed that one of my...

Hi All, I have an E35/3 with Merriman Yacht specialties pedestal. The quadrant stop is a stainless tube about 1" in diameter which is inserted into a hole in the casting under the pedestal. The stop is very loose in the hole. I can take the tube in my fingers and rattle it back & forth -...

During the off season, while the mast was laying on saw horses in the yard, the sail slide stop disappeared. I suspect that someone who lost theirs overboard snitched it but that is neither here nor there. I got a quote from Rig Rite for a new one. Scroll down to see a picture...

I pulled on my engine stop plunger for my 1986 M-18 Universal diesel engine the other day and the cable pulled loose from the fitting that attaches to the stop lever. That fitting (a bolt, screw, or something else) had corroded and disintegrated. I couldn't locate the remains and I don't recall...

My 1980 E38 has the YS steering pedestal and the 4" adjustable sheave assembly with quadrant stop. See page 23 of the Yacht Specialties Steering Catalog in the Specs & Docs section of the board. How is the quadrant stop held in the casting? It's hanging there under the cockpit floor, with a...