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Sandy Beaches? (3) JamesG161 at 6:12am 03.10.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/460 With a lot of Snow bound sailors, they might think of Summer and a Sandy Beach destinations. But wh
Recommended halyard length and line size for 1995 "C" cleated at the mast? nickl1218 at 4:39pm 03.09.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/415 Recently purchased '95, but main and jib halyards missing. Looking for suggestions on what to buy?
1980 Hunter 25 Hatch gfrazzle at 3:12pm 03.09.19 Big Boats 3/325 I am searching for an original replacement for the hatch on this boat. It is no longer manufactured
Catalina 28mkii prop tstone1 at 2:42pm 03.09.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/505 Has anyone replaces the original 2 blade 15x10 prop with a 3 blade on a 28 mkii with a 25xp engine?
zillions of dollars jon hansen at 10:07am 03.09.19 Racing 11/899 DDmz9iqyeSU "sleep with your feet facing forward"
Propeller Shaft Corrosion (2) sgoldman01 at 9:51am 03.09.19 Catalina 30 12/2911 I am trying to chase down the cause of some corrosion / covering that has occurred in the last year
Ice Boat Sail Trim Don Guillette at 7:16am 03.09.19 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/1853 I had an interesting phone call yesterday. Over the years I thought I'd heard every basic sail trim
Lubrication thru hulls Clydo at 11:00pm 03.08.19 Catalina 310 7/3118 Any suggestions what product to lubricate thru hulls? Friend heading out the Gate and down South fo
Exchange Shopping for Honorably Discharged Veterans Brian D at 9:00pm 03.08.19 Sails Call Lounge 10/647 In November of 2017 the Armed Forces Exchange Services opened online shopping to all honorably disch
West marine has lewmar winches buy one get one free! SVMOONDANCE at 6:27pm 03.08.19 Catalina 22 15/2885 https://www.westmarine.com/buy/lewmar--ocean-14-chrome-self-tailing-1-speed-winch--1863091
2017 Beneteau Oceanis Liner Crack SV_Funday at 5:31pm 03.08.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/782 Hello Beneteau Owner, I am looking for technical information about the design and construction of a
Does my forestay need to be tightened clmooring at 9:00am 03.08.19 Big Boats 23/5214 I sailed my new to me hunter 356 for the first time i any real wind this sunday. I noticed some m
West Marine BOGO sale on Lewmar Winches sailinmikenaz at 8:37am 03.08.19 Ask All Sailors 9/2130 Winches and Handles on sale through March 11th according the my email this morning from West Marine.
Hunter 456 helm guard BlueHeronSailing at 8:07am 03.08.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/350
Are Canadians ECO Terriorists??? LeslieTroyer at 8:04am 03.08.19 Sails Call Lounge 68/3105 Every time I read a new weather report they flame the snow and cold weather on Canadian Cold Fronts.
Middle Keys Charter Cowpokee at 6:49am 03.08.19 Destinations 33/3494 In two weeks we (my wife and I) will be chartering a boat in the Florida keys. We will be aboard a
Flying a Spinnaker on a V222 Todd Atchison at 6:44am 03.08.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/1185 I must admit I have a bit of Spinnaker envy currently. We all dream of sailing during these dreary w
Genoa Repair Terry Cox at 7:41pm 03.07.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 10/1944 Just received the invoice from Ullman Sails of Anacortes for $550 to do the following: 1. Replace t
Replacement windows Dug22 at 3:56pm 03.07.19 Catalina 22 6/955 Does anyone know if there are opening windows with screens available for purchase?
Five Days Living Aboard in Perdido Bay - October 2018 (8) Todd Atchison at 1:54pm 03.07.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1083 For the many who have followed our restoration of our beloved 1970 V222 - This post is overdue. We f

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Lets talk cooking Gene Neill at 10:17am 09.25.23 Currently have a 2 burner origo alcohol non pressurized stove and a magma propane kettle grill on t
Cabin wood insert removal Hunter 26 Crazy Dave Condon at 10:08am 09.25.23 @Lady Brisa Do you have the water ballast 26? If so it is not a 1983 but rather a 1993? There i
Pedestal Wheel Lock on 1999 H280? Occasional Heeler at 10:08am 09.25.23 Correct on lake sailing. The wheel lock made going out solo much more manageable. Could even lock in
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. dlochner at 10:00am 09.25.23 Third time is a charm? Maybe same here: leaking since the original splash. This adds more worr
Just a bit too much heel and helm dlochner at 9:57am 09.25.23 Am I wrong in thinking that whatever downward force on the boom is needed to create the twist profi
Just a bit too much heel and helm JRacer at 9:57am 09.25.23 Unless I am missing some element, we do this by easing the traveler maintaining main shape. Am I wr
Navionics price increasing Hello Below at 9:51am 09.25.23 I guess now that in Canada CHS paper charts are nearly impossible to find, Navionics feel like they
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 9:51am 09.25.23 I bought a new H38 in 2006 and it leaked from the keel bolts right from the start. (Bilge pump lig
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 9:49am 09.25.23
keel bolts AUDIS BROW at 9:47am 09.25.23 great observations from all, thank you bottom line is this probably needs addressed sooner than lat
Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 9:41am 09.25.23 On the 24, we would "vang-sheet" in puffy conditions. We set the vang on hard (whatever was good fo
Its funny Friday! WayneH at 9:31am 09.25.23 Chemists know that liquor is a solution. :huh:
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? nephroid at 9:30am 09.25.23 Good point about the chop and swells in the bay. My O'Day is ~600lbs all in with a drop down cente
Just a bit too much heel and helm dlochner at 9:29am 09.25.23 This discussion has been interesting and as usual with boats, shows there is more than one way to sk
Simrad WP30 vs WP32- what's the difference? Joe at 9:25am 09.25.23 The TP22 and 32 are network capable. So you'll have power and data connections. You can use the d
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter LloydB at 9:21am 09.25.23 popcorn emoji
Navionics price increasing SabreToothedEngineer at 9:12am 09.25.23 I was a little skeptical about this due to the size of the increase and the fact that I've seen noth
Cabin wood insert removal Hunter 26 (1) rgranger at 9:04am 09.25.23 Water is coming out from the edge of the wook floor and i try to understand how its goes there, and
School's back in session cruise! Hello Below at 8:58am 09.25.23 Hi Len. Our boat has a 5' draft. All of the Eagle Harbor buoys have a safe depth, even at zero tide
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. vaddison at 8:54am 09.25.23 I bought a new H38 in 2006 and it leaked from the keel bolts right from the start. (Bilge pump ligh

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