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New pumpkinpie at 6:26pm 06.20.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1121 .
1977 Pearson 27 keel bolts (4) Island Pilot at 4:02pm 06.20.19 Pearson 5/1685 Good evening, here are pics of keel bolts. Please let me know what you think. I am interested in g
Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin (1) Phil Herring at 3:32pm 06.20.19 Ask All Sailors 33/2616 How long have you owned your current boat? Are you new to the hobby, or new to your vessel? Or are
Can anyone identify this fitting? (2) Solitude at 2:40pm 06.20.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/757 I am installing a new air conditioner and removing the old one. The attached pictures are of a fitt
Installing new GUDGEON BUSHING (1) Rltgold at 12:10pm 06.20.19 Catalina 22 5/965 If you hear and feel your rudder thumping when it swivels back and forth it may be time to replace t
This might be fun ... (1) shemandr at 12:00pm 06.20.19 Ask All Sailors 8/540 166204 ...for NE cruisers. Attached is a picture of Great Salt Pond on Block Island RI. Most who h
Worlds fastest battery charger!? Project_Mayhem at 11:02am 06.20.19 Ask All Sailors 5/662 I have a 6amp digital charger and have been going through and charging all of my batteries one by on
Ultrasonic speed transducer? marchem at 11:01am 06.20.19 Musings With Maine Sail 9/3166 Anyone with experience with an ultrasonic speed transducer? I know they're expensive, but I'm tired
Low cost, high performance lazy jacks (2) Jackdaw at 8:40am 06.20.19 Ask All Sailors 26/6347 For years we have always saddle-bagged (large even flakes) the laminated mainsail on BlueJ's boom fo
Help For Boat Part CatboatDoug at 8:38am 06.20.19 Parts Search 2/36 As a newbie here, let me introduce myself. For a hobby, I fund/own/operate a free search service for
Replacing Main AC Breaker (1) dlochner at 8:16am 06.20.19 Musings With Maine Sail 14/1905 Over the past few years the main breaker on the AC panel has been acting up. Often, when shore power
East Penn / Deka 6V NYSail at 8:09am 06.20.19 Ask All Sailors 10/551 Hello all, So have 2 agm lifeline 4Ds that are nearing 10 years old. I can still get a couple days
"On the Hard" Sailboat Storage Marinas in Southern Florida, key west? smitrock63 at 7:36am 06.20.19 Ask All Sailors 1/1087 I'm looking for a marina I can store my 30 ft O'day sailboat "on the hard" with mast "up", who can a
Catalina 18 First Sail Ajay73 at 2:48am 06.20.19 Smaller Boats 3/1416 Finally got around to getting a good first sail in yesterday. Winds were about 10 knots and very ste
S2 7.9 or Olson 25 Drinky Crow at 11:12pm 06.19.19 Racing 2/1625 For single-handing. Which would you choose and why? Will also be used for beer can racing and crewed
Upholstery cleaning Weasel at 6:11pm 06.19.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1292 Well it looks like it will rain tomorrow so I want to do a job that has been on my mind for about a
New Head Hoses kloudie1 at 3:16pm 06.19.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/568 Just finished changing all the stinky hoses in the head/holding tank system on my H 34.. Bit the bul
$75 worth of hose clamps?!?!? $@!$# ScubaGuy2 at 10:40am 06.19.19 Catalina 22 46/4024 Weather here in northern Michigan has been horrible. It's rained pretty much every day since pullin*
Mild cleaner for Freshly Painted Hull Plymouth Sailor at 10:21am 06.19.19 Ask All Sailors 1/368 Looking for advice on a mild cleaner for a freshly painted hull (enamel paint). Something that does
Auto Pilot for H34 betzhunter at 9:20am 06.19.19 Big Boats 62/6412 It's been a long time since I posted on the forum and after searching for some info on auto pilots(E

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Polycarbonate Bimini Window Nodak7 at 4:55am 01.06.24 We have a uv poly on our dodger. Great stuff with great visibility. use strata on the enclosure sid
Polycarbonate Bimini Window Nodak7 at 4:53am 01.06.24 We had Makrolon dodger windows and were very pleased with them. They eventually got hazy and couldn
Polycarbonate Bimini Window NYSail at 4:50am 01.06.24 We have a uv poly on our dodger. Great stuff with great visibility. use strata on the enclosure side
what make engine? (2) twodzusfittings at 3:59am 01.06.24 Previously posted: One design flaw in this engine is the crankcase ventilation. The hose attaches t
2GM20F engine issue twodzusfittings at 3:48am 01.06.24 Two things come to mind. First in regards to low compression is, make sure your compression lever is
Polycarbonate Bimini Window Davidasailor26 at 3:14am 01.06.24
Classic wooden boat owners (1) jssailem at 3:05am 01.06.24 Some of my early sailing days were spent on a plywood built Windmill in San Diego bay. During our v
Classic wooden boat owners (1) Will Gilmore at 10:49pm 01.05.24 What kind of boat did you live on when you were younger Will?
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Richard19068 at 8:51pm 01.05.24 In the legal parlance of the COLREGS and CFR, there is no such thing as a steaming light. The regs
60 best Boats 30' and under shemandr at 8:11pm 01.05.24 Room in the head is a big deal for me. Get rid of the stupid nav station and give me a proper space
iPad/tablet mounting CGT100 at 8:06pm 01.05.24 https://armor-x.com/en-ca/collections/boat-marine?filter.p.m.my_fields.design=X-MOUNT+%7C+Mobile+TYP
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 7:49pm 01.05.24 The J-30 is a modern classic for sure. Just be sure to measure the actual headroom, and also stand
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 6:55pm 01.05.24 G Newboat, in general terms ,"tabbing " refers to fiberglassing a wooden partition ,in this case a b
60 best Boats 30' and under FastOlson at 6:45pm 01.05.24 "Comfort ratio" is a calculation that does not actually reflect how a boat really behaves in bouncy
iPad/tablet mounting quadrille38 at 6:06pm 01.05.24
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s dlochner at 5:59pm 01.05.24 The VOR boats were so fast downwind sailing became a beam reach because the apparent wind moved that
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light dlochner at 5:45pm 01.05.24
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead G Newboat at 5:43pm 01.05.24 Maybe I'm misunderstanding the terminology, but what are they saying in post #13- etc. when they tal
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light rgranger at 5:18pm 01.05.24 The masthead light on the 1/2 Ton is mounted about halfway up the mast and has 225 degrees. That i
Classic wooden boat owners Sanfelice at 5:15pm 01.05.24 When fiberglass boats came into the picture people used to say they never saw a hundred year old fib

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