Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Odd behavior during pump-out OS2Dude at 7:23am 10.25.19 Catalina 30 10/1704 Our 1985 Catalina 30 has an electric macerating head that pumps directly into the OEM holding tank.
Deck organizer/turning blocks on 322 (1) David11038 at 7:09am 10.25.19 Bigger Boats 5/880 Looking to run lines for my Cunningham and out haul back to the cockpit. I have this current two blo
Noisy Isomat boom Hydro Therapy at 6:26am 10.25.19 Ask All Sailors 4/1146 Hello, over the summer my Isomat boom developed an annoying clanking inside the boom. I recently rem
Unusual cracking in Typhoon deck, what is the cause? (1) Coppertone at 4:35am 10.25.19 Ask All Sailors 26/3868 I have an 83 Cape Dory Typhoon that I am restoring. It has unusual gel coat cracking in certain are
Almost officially official. Catalina 400 (4) Tim francis at 1:34am 10.25.19 Big Boats 11/2648
2018 Beneteau Antares 9ob - leaking under wheelhouse (5) sam1223 at 11:15pm 10.24.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/444 171255
Leaking under wheelhouse - Beneteau antares 9ob (5) sam1223 at 8:29pm 10.24.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1055 171250
Hunter 216 standing rigging replacement (2) Hunter216 at 7:57pm 10.24.19 Smaller Boats 24/3657 I decided I should replace the standing rigging on our 2004 Hunter 216 for a variety of reasons, not
1989 Catalina 30 Hot Water Heater Removal (2) Jac123 at 5:11pm 10.24.19 Catalina 30 8/3094 Looking to remove the hot water heater from my 1989 Catalina 30'. The easiest way seems to cut the
Cockpit Drains Below Waterline without Seacocks on Bristol Corinthian 19 (2) gregorvn at 4:52pm 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1072 I just bought a Bristol Corinthian 19. It'll be my project for a while, and I imagine I'll be here
Remanent of Olga <--TS Olga <-- PTC 17 <-- Invest 97L JamesG161 at 3:43pm 10.24.19 Weather and Forecasting 8/1104 Friends just saw OLGA posted on Facebook and ran into my office in a panic. This is just the same t
Running small scale commercial trips Jon123456 at 1:52pm 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 10/1293 Hi all! . I have given up work to sail around the med. I would like to host experiences in differen
Trying to anticipate new circumstances when racing new boat P-S overtaking danstanford at 1:17pm 10.24.19 Racing 16/1774 My new boat will be among the fastest in the fleet I am in which is dominated by symmetrical boats s
roller furling question Valerio at 12:23pm 10.24.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/545 I am helping a friend with a 28 foot sailboat to install a roller furling on the headsail. My questi
My hull number!?? (2) gtg at 12:01pm 10.24.19 Smaller Boats 1/843 I have the fantastic plate on my C-22 1974, but I am unable to find the hull number. Is is possible
Is Penetrating Epoxy overkill? gtg at 11:20am 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1094 Hello! Making a new motor mount pad for my Catalina 22. I have two layers of marine plywood that I
Mooring Advice Canuck2112 at 10:01am 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 9/2100 Hello, I'm thinking about mooring my San Juan 21 next season in my local lake (reservoir). I realiz
Trailering with Outboard Project_Mayhem at 8:19am 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 20/3825 I have a 9.9 on the back of my O'Day 25. The transom has 1.5" of wood plus some glass covering an ar
manual joefusa at 7:16am 10.24.19 Newport 1/1158 i am looking for the owner's manual for a lockley-newport 23 either as a pdf file or a hard copy (vi
20 meter double bazooka scuba201 at 11:04pm 10.23.19 SSB and Ham Operators 2/1485 Have a radio wavz double bazooka laying around, thinking of putting on my sail boat with one of my i

Recent Replies

My rudder broke off wardk at 7:43pm 09.23.24 I did this for my rudder replacement. We got all the bolts loose while were waterborne except the
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 7:19pm 09.23.24 the line to the macerator is a direct dedicated hose from the tank. it is not connected to the pump
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:53pm 09.23.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard marcham at 6:44pm 09.23.24 Cleaning up the worst of the blisters should be 6-15 hrs max (unless you have thousands of them, whi
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Project_Mayhem at 6:32pm 09.23.24 Whoa! You managed to bring @Kermit back!
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 6:27pm 09.23.24 Thank you for the info, Davidsailor26! That is correct. I thought it was a tad short for a heat ex
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Davidasailor26 at 6:18pm 09.23.24 I'll be taking the heat exchanger apart to inspect/clean after I get the broken bolt drilled and ta
Oday 192 outboard bracket john6206 at 6:07pm 09.23.24
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? (1) Kermit at 5:44pm 09.23.24 Looks like Alaska to me... Nice photo... dj Thanks. Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, AK. We went dawg
Sugar scoops are for pretty girls, not ducks! Crazy Dave Condon at 5:42pm 09.23.24 Moth balls as long as it protected from the elements might work. I have used it under the mainsail
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? (1) Kermit at 5:30pm 09.23.24 Yes I can, but I believe your greatest challenge was trying to find Stanley Park in Vancouver BC.
My rudder broke off Crazy Dave Condon at 5:22pm 09.23.24
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 5:17pm 09.23.24 Thanks @Crazy Dave Condon Getting a thumbs up from you is a compliment. Your experience on this fo
Extra line from boom...what is it? dlochner at 5:11pm 09.23.24 There are many ways to skin a cat or rig a boat. A really simple and relatively inexpensive way to r
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 4:44pm 09.23.24 Well that is a good theory if I was to estimate the cost of this approach I think that would cost a
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 4:38pm 09.23.24 If the line to the macerator pump is just teed into the pumpout line, replacing the tee with a y-val
My rudder broke off shemandr at 4:17pm 09.23.24 If you're not blocked on concrete you can dig a hole to get the rudder out. It's labor intensive bu
Extra line from boom...what is it? BAD ORCA at 4:10pm 09.23.24 First Reef, out haul, Second Reef. Topping lift to the eye. If you have a loose footed main, this
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine shemandr at 3:56pm 09.23.24 . ...I'm not there but hasn't Apalachicola had enough? Yeah, they've had more than their share.
My rudder broke off wardk at 3:39pm 09.23.24 Rather than modify your cradle, you might work out a deal with the yard to hang the boat from the t

Contact
About
Terms of Use