Tuesday, July 14, 2009

How to stop small water leaks when it rains

I have found three small leaks on my O'day 23 that need to be caulked. Does anyone know if I can just caulk around the lifeline stanchions, the shrouds, and the connection for the trailer at the bow of the boat. Or do I have to loosen and remove all of the fittings, caulk and then re tighten the fittings?

Thanks

Tony

Saturday, July 11, 2009

If you are new to sailing here is a website that shows some basic knots


http://www.apparent-wind.com/knots/

This website even has a link to other knot websites. The knots were documented by Mark Rosenstein. It has step by step instructions and illustrations

Another Sailboat website. This one just for O'day sailboats like mine



Have not had a chance to get deep into this one but it looks good so far.

http://www.iheartodays.com/

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Great Website for new O'day sailboat Owners



Here is a great website for anyone who just purchased and O'day sailboat and wants to learn more about them. Good links to parts suppliers who carry older hard to get parts.

http://oday.sailboatowners.com/

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

How to tie stop knots for a sailboat Jib and Main sheet

This was another good vidio.

Tony

Found this video for learning how to take your boat away from the dock

Although it is a good video I think it would be better if they would show you how to do this by yourself for solo sailing. It is pretty easy with three people and nice weather.

Adding Pictures and Videos


I found it. The icons are on the taskbar similar to microsoft word.


Here is a picture of my sailboat downtown Chicago.


Really want to be able to add pictures and videos of sailing to this website

Looks like I may have to sign up on another blogger website unless I can find out how to do this. I wonder if the free ones do not allow much flexibility and the pay sites do. Any thoughts

Monday, July 6, 2009

First time creating a blogger website

Let's see how this looks. This is the first time I have created a website.

Tony