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Plastic boats capta at 2:38pm 10.04.25 Ask All Sailors 15/773 From the start, when fiberglass boats came on the scene, I've always felt that they just didn't have
Any alternatives to H41 fridge? Nova Kool R3809 12v Nachismo at 2:37pm 10.04.25 Big Boats 1/300 Nova Kool is kinda pissing me off. Kept icing over. I kept chipping instead of defrosting because
Precision 280 Oriondriver at 5:57am 10.03.25 Precision 1/170 Looking at 1999 precision 280. Any insight? Thanks in advance. ken
My September sail garymalmgren at 2:34am 10.03.25 Ask All Sailors 3/234 24 miles for a bit of lunch. No bloody fish though! https://youtu.be/n4osWLEKsN4
Damaged Rudder on Hunter 23 Winged Keel @rgranger @Crazy Dave Condon (9) TheMastiff at 7:13pm 10.02.25 Smaller Boats 12/649 I have started working on the sailboat. Found the rudder, and it appears to be decently damaged. The
OUTHAUL ACCESS Doug on Long Island Sound at 4:07pm 10.02.25 Catalina 275 10/548 Has anyone removed the outhaul from the boom, or removed the sheaves near the gooseneck? I need to
T-Satellite DinghySailor at 2:12pm 10.02.25 Ask All Sailors 5/359 Hello, T-Mobile recently rolled out a service that uses Starlink for essentials like weather, email,
Gel coat on underside of helmsman seat. Robert H. Wood at 1:52pm 10.02.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/541 I have a 2001 Hunter 340 and the underside of the helmsman seat is showing wear and tear. It is the
Weeping Keel Bolts gmarch85 at 1:43pm 10.02.25 The Cherubini Hunters 3/304 Has anyone had any issues with keel bolts leaking? Its a very slow leak I had to dry the bilge befor
To drill or not to drill... Project_Mayhem at 7:56am 10.02.25 Ask All Sailors 32/1522 We overfilled our forward water tank and it started leaking from the inspection port. The tank is in
Ceramic heater on board? john6206 at 7:17am 10.02.25 Ask All Sailors 25/1046 Am I overthinking this? Im committed to spending October 8th and 9th onboard, possibly a few days l
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing Project_Mayhem at 5:38am 10.02.25 Ask All Sailors 30/1414 I went out yesterday for a quick sail in what was supposed to be 2' swells. It turned out to be 3-6'
Ramp launch Flying Scot with Subaru Forester 2015 majorkong1 at 4:56am 10.02.25 Trailer Sailors 5/382 Does anyone see any problems if I use a 2015 Subaru forester (1500 lbs towing capacity) to tow a boa
Columbia 26 Maui owners manual overshield at 8:58pm 10.01.25 Columbia 4/351 Hi, I recently bought a 1974 Columbia 26 mkii. I was wondering if anyone had a owners manual that th
Rudder Repair (9) TheMastiff at 6:39pm 10.01.25 Ask All Sailors 3/222 I'm trying to knock some more projects off my boat. How should I tackle this rudder? I'm very new to
Victoria 18 Harry Branch at 5:57pm 10.01.25 Trailer Sailors 0/208 Looking for a mast, boom and sails for a Victoria 18
How to sell a sailboat in2025? njlarry at 5:10pm 10.01.25 Ask All Sailors 8/606 Sad to say the time has come sell my 34 O Day. Searched here but threads are older. How does one m
Battcar System for Capri 18 ddox at 3:08pm 10.01.25 Smaller Boats 6/356 Has anyone put a battcar system on a Capri 18? Have any recommendations? Would I be just as well put
M200 on a Hunter 50 mcconkd at 12:47pm 10.01.25 Big Boats 2/294 Where is the control module (M200) physically located on a 2011 Hunter 50?
Help! What's going on with this Mast and Mast Step - Catalina 22' - 1971 (10) Carl Wonderful at 10:54am 10.01.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 19/1232 I purchases a 1971 Catalina 22 few days ago. I'm new to sailing so I must have overlooked the very

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How to rebed the bow pulpit on a 1987 (3) Gene Neill at 4:48am 11.11.25 I installed ports on each side to rebed (and reinforce!) the cleats, as well as give more access to
Old 2004-era ST60 wind instrument StuartSailor at 4:32am 11.11.25 The wind transducer is the same for ST as for StNG. The change from analog to digital takes place at
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 kappykaplan at 4:22am 11.11.25 And what problems will I have with a worn out Main sail...other than it looking a little ragged. B
Old 2004-era ST60 wind instrument Captain Larry-DH at 4:17am 11.11.25 I have an old Seatalk-1 backbone (wind/depth/speed/autopilot) with a newer standalone Axiom 9. I'm
Rigging Quote jaysweet at 3:30am 11.11.25 Sounds like a successful activity. When will the mast be completed? I'm leaving it with the riggin
Rigging Quote jssailem at 3:21am 11.11.25 Sounds like a successful activity. When will the mast be completed?
Yamaha 30 - have you done a Beta engine re-power install in the vberth? jssailem at 3:17am 11.11.25 You are well along towards your goal of cruising reliability. I followed a similar path with a dif
Rigging Quote jaysweet at 3:15am 11.11.25 So the mast came down yesterday in Annapolis. Everything went smoothly and I was happy with the deci
Old 2004-era ST60 wind instrument jaysweet at 2:50am 11.11.25 I may not be understanding your entire electronic package but it sounds like you have a NMEA 2000 b
Yamaha 30 - have you done a Beta engine re-power install in the vberth? Blue Horizon at 12:47am 11.11.25 There is nothing sensible about owning boats. Which makes them so much fun! :) I rebuilt my YSM12 f
Raise the mast single handed How? Joe at 11:10pm 11.10.25 If you use any type of mechanical device. I recommend leaving the boat strapped to the trailer and
Fuel range for C30 with M25-XP jonelli at 8:10pm 11.10.25 I regularly "motor-sail" for various reasons. I run my M25XP around 2300RPM on average. I get anywh
Anyone know what this is? De-lamination and unusual "red" material (under cabin) inside "bilge" area Steve_Catalina at 8:00pm 11.10.25 Catalina22.org the international group site for your boat. Good luck
How to rebed the bow pulpit on a 1987 Project_Mayhem at 7:34pm 11.10.25 Sea Flo doesn't have a 3" but they do list exact dimensions listed for the 4" including ID, OD cutou
Shore Power Fault - Above my pay grade..... Whitespeed at 7:23pm 11.10.25 You are correct - Neutral and ground only get tied together at the power source. Unless you have an
Dips in DC mains voltage with weird knocking noises dlochner at 6:39pm 11.10.25 How old are the batteries? What type of batteries are they, flooded lead acid, AGM, Gel? How long ha
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? (3) Paceship.org at 6:34pm 11.10.25 1st, thanks for the reply and the good repost and answering the questions....and for the reaffirming
Rebuilt Pirate Brig. short videos and a few pics dlochner at 6:29pm 11.10.25 It is best to host videos on a dedicated video site like YouTube or Vimeo and post a link. Posting j
Anyone know what this is? De-lamination and unusual "red" material (under cabin) inside "bilge" area dlochner at 6:25pm 11.10.25 What you are thinking is delamination is the tabbing separating and cracking. This is not as serious
Beneteau 323 depth transducer correction factor tewilso at 6:16pm 11.10.25

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