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For your Thanksiving entertainment.... (1) Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:11pm 11.22.19 Sails Call Lounge 4/757 172398 Hope all of you have a very enjoyable day with family and friends! --Peggie
Manatee in NC? (1) rpludwig at 4:00pm 11.22.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1303 Have never seen one here in NC, let alone New Bern, any time of the year, this guy was seen perusing
Time to meet the Gogh's (1) Brian D at 2:46pm 11.22.19 Sails Call Lounge 13/1246 172393
New Owner of a Kells 23 Coastal Cruiser ahostler at 10:54am 11.22.19 Ask All Sailors 9/2707 Good afternoon. I just purchased a 73 Kells 23 Coastal Cruiser. It is in pretty good shape, it doe
Spreader for 1976 Ericson 35 Ericson35 at 9:39am 11.22.19 Ericson 2/1395 During a rigging inspection I found that my starboard lower spreader had been bent prior to my purch
Diesel Re-Plumb jamieFL at 8:34am 11.22.19 Engines and Propulsion 18/3612 Hi. I've been working on my boat and haven't started the Yanmar 1gm10 in quite a while. When it was
37C Aft keel bolt (1) joe28532 at 7:11am 11.22.19 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1302 172383 Well that sucks. What you're looking at there is a pit that has corroded into the aft keel bo
Induction stove top coffee percolator CYQK at 8:07pm 11.21.19 Ask All Sailors 2/1778 Been using Cabalas stainless old school coffee percolator for ever on our stove top. Been experiment
Panama City Panama to Cancun Mx DayDreamer41 at 3:18pm 11.21.19 Ask All Sailors 12/2344 I have an interesting proposal to consider with assisting with the delivery of a sailing vessel from
electric winch handle Dave c30 at 11:58am 11.21.19 Ask All Sailors 39/11047 anyone use electric winch handle? if so opinions?
Honors at the prom! (7) Jackdaw at 11:24am 11.21.19 Racing 17/2405
Need new Genoa? Which one? Garymadhatter at 8:29am 11.21.19 Catalina 310 14/2764 Hi all. I am a new member having purchased my Catalina 310, Mischief, last July. I am very happy wit
Shifter stuck in forward on my Yanmar 2GMF Tom Fritz at 8:27am 11.21.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1189 My shifter occasionally get stuck in forward. It easy to get out of gear by working the leaver at th
Leak coming from stern on my Hunter 31. Tom Fritz at 8:12am 11.21.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2102 I'm experiencing saltwater leak from the stern of my 84' Hunter 31. It appears to be coming from whe
Mast Exit Block Replacement (2) IanA22 at 7:02am 11.21.19 Catalina 22 5/2423 Hi, first time on here. Looking for some advice. I've recently bought a 1987 Catalina 22. In the UK
WATER PUMP twodzusfittings at 6:46am 11.21.19 Bigger Boats 7/1401 Rebuild Sherwood or a new Oberdorfer raw water pump? That's a good question. Sure a new Oberdorfer w
Battery isolation? (1) Nick Philips at 6:27am 11.21.19 Ask All Sailors 20/2544 We are having problems with our batteries. Last night we drained all the batteries and couldn't sta
New Cracks in my 170 Shorefun at 5:09am 11.21.19 Day Sailers 3/905 So I pulled the cover off to place a spacer to keep water from pooling. In the rear port side top (s
Can't get there from here... Brian D at 7:45pm 11.20.19 Sails Call Lounge 9/841 (It's winter and you know that means I start playing the games!) Assume for this discussion that th
Mohawk spray varnish for 2002 hunter Passage 456 discovery at 7:23pm 11.20.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/561 Can someone point me to the Mohawk varnish product to touch up the interior varnish in my Passage 4

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Curved Plexiglass companionway hatch azambella at 1:56pm 01.15.25 I found this on line ...My boat is under warp and is 16 degrees out there
A couple PVC tricks -- on request. Urban Hermit at 1:05pm 01.15.25 no need to separate and glue. Crimp the two soft pieces together I don't understand. The method
A couple PVC tricks -- on request. Urban Hermit at 1:03pm 01.15.25 I think you've been sniffing too much glue. Move out of your cabin immediately and get some fresh a
A couple PVC tricks -- on request. Rick Webb at 12:22pm 01.15.25 no need to separate and glue. Crimp the two soft pieces together
A couple PVC tricks -- on request. sailboatracer at 11:44am 01.15.25 I think you've been sniffing too much glue. Move out of your cabin immediately and get some fresh ai
Unknown water infiltration jssailem at 9:31am 01.15.25 It is a boat, and water wants to get into it. The primary purpose of a boat is to keep the water out
Unknown water infiltration Urban Hermit at 8:12am 01.15.25 If your boat has a liner and there is space between the liner and the hull, water can accumulate in
Centerboard lifting mechanism broke. Thoughts on leaving centerboard down full time? Joe at 7:58am 01.15.25 Unless your design is a verifiable improvement, fix the centerboard lifting mechanism as was constru
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 (1) Sailor Sue at 7:52am 01.15.25 Another option, probably simpler and maybe less expensive, get rid of the car, and track if possible
New Malabar IV Build dlochner at 7:27am 01.15.25 Dave, you seem stuck in the 20th century :) Most of my life was in the 20th Century, what do you
LYNNETTE, an Eggemoggin 47. Concordia at 7:07am 01.15.25 I had no idea that Ericson dabbled in that aesthetic. Very Stone-Horse-ish.
New Malabar IV Build dmax at 7:05am 01.15.25 Dave, you seem stuck in the 20th century :)
LYNNETTE, an Eggemoggin 47. FastOlson at 6:57am 01.15.25 Lovely boat! Also... newer owners are regularly restoring the two Bruce King "traditional on top an
Replacing Maxwell 500 Windlass buddybear at 6:39am 01.15.25 Mark, Yes, I used the original wire. So far it has worked fine. Jeff Great I thought that would
Unknown water infiltration shemandr at 6:23am 01.15.25 If your boat has a liner and there is space between the liner and the hull, water can accumulate in
Yanmar 2gm20F alternator prevents belt installation dlochner at 8:12pm 01.14.25 You will need to do more than just remove those wires and the ground stud. Those wires are part of s
Yanmar 2gm20F alternator prevents belt installation Ralph Johnstone at 7:59pm 01.14.25 Follow Maine Sail's post #11. If he says it's a ground and hence easily moved, it couldn't come fro
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Ross Davidasailor26 at 7:17pm 01.14.25
PNW Summer Cruise 2024 Terry Cox at 5:36pm 01.14.25 Thanks, John. Nothing like a good sail to scratch that itch.

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