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winter weather jon hansen at 3:41pm 01.14.19 Sails Call Lounge 35/2216 it's pouring rain in LA today. when it rains in LA the storms come across the continent and pound th
Hatch gaskets KeelMePlz at 2:52pm 01.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/751
H170 and the dreaded rotten wood in the motor mount area, my findings to date. Shorefun at 2:32pm 01.14.19 Day Sailers 41/5585 As usual I am in uncharted areas. I am just reporting what is happening. What I am doing could fail.
What motor vessel is this? (1) Skipper at 1:12pm 01.14.19 Ask All Sailors 24/1671 I know. What part of "sailing forum" don't I understand? However, I snapped this pic in San Pedro of
H260 keel damage Ed14004 at 1:06pm 01.14.19 Smaller Boats 6/769 I put a nice ding in the leading edge / bottom of my keel. What material should I use to make the r
VIN location 23.5 Hunter Al-hunter at 11:19am 01.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1055 Thinking about buying a storm damaged 1994 Hunter 23.5, does anyone know where the second VIN is? th
Specialties pedestal on 1978 catalina 30 questions (1) mrreg at 11:02am 01.14.19 Catalina 30 7/1688 My 1978 C30 has a Specialties pedestal installed. In reviewing the old installation manual it noted
Dry boat! (1) kclancy at 9:57am 01.14.19 Catalina 22 26/2718 Hi All, After all the repairs to the hull, locking pin, and other sources of water intrusion, I fin
Running Rigging jamieFL at 9:32am 01.14.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1632 I need some new running rigging for my Watkins 25. When I removed the sails this weekend, I found th
About to buy a 26X, a few questions Even Kiehl at 9:30am 01.14.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 39/9787 Hi, The mechanics are doing compression check, service etc on a 35 HP Honda on a 26X. I have only s
Why is my 3GM30F Slowing Down? markwbird at 9:08am 01.14.19 Ask All Sailors 9/695 Recently I've noticed that I cannot get the rpms out of my 3GM30F engine that I usually get. Specif
Feedback on the C&C 29 Tim Foolery at 8:29am 01.14.19 C&C 5/5510 Calling all C'C 29 owners for opinions. My friend and I are looking at buying a C'C 29 with the in
Salon Refurbish David Digby at 8:16am 01.14.19 Ask An Oday Owner 6/913 The carpet-like material on my 23' O'Day on the interior side of the hull looks bad and needs to be
Edson steering nylon conduit end fittings (1) eianm at 9:31pm 01.13.19 Big Boats 7/768 During routine inspection I noticed that these nylon fittings are both cracked- one has half its bas
Absorption charging rate? Gene Neill at 7:22pm 01.13.19 Ask All Sailors 5/830 I'm in the process of programming my new Victron MPPT controller. The unit's settings call for an ab
Raced my H-36 (2) seadaddler at 6:59pm 01.13.19 Ask All Sailors 4/378
A Special Announcement For All PNW Cruisers (8) Terry Cox at 4:58pm 01.13.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 1/672 https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/images/mods/e/100176/1547342514t.jpg Click for larger view Belle-Vie
Advise for Ranger 20 kentchris at 4:55pm 01.13.19 Ranger Boats (WA) 10/6421 I just purchased a Ranger 20 11/18. Hull #194. Looks like a great boat. I am going through the boat.
A Special (8) Terry Cox at 4:54pm 01.13.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/11 https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/images/mods/e/100176/1547342514t.jpg Click for larger view Belle-Vie
Catalina Rendezvous LeslieTroyer at 4:43pm 01.13.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/442 official thread in Ask a Catalina Owner https://forums.sailboatowners.com/index.php?threads/2019-pnw

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USCG Changes Local Notice to Mariners Access PaulK at 11:46am 09.11.24 Good to know. Looks like it should make updates more readily and more widely available.
Rudder flaps (1) Johnb at 11:42am 09.11.24 The sky will not fall if you don't replace the flaps, but if you want to preserve the original desig
Any S2 8.5 owners? jssailem at 11:26am 09.11.24 Know your trailer/boat heights. Avoid low clearance issues, especially off the Interstate.
O'day 22 Bilge Project_Mayhem at 10:50am 09.11.24 Ox_inthewild, I agree with your strategy.The lake I will be sailing requires an inspection. If the
O'day 22 Bilge drgbanks at 10:47am 09.11.24 Ox_inthewild, I agree with your strategy.The lake I will be sailing requires an inspection. If ther
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX jssailem at 10:39am 09.11.24 Blended with this good sounding news is the fact that Francine is going to be a hurricane with 90 mp
Cleaning Freshwater Tanks Don S/V ILLusion at 10:37am 09.11.24
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure Richard19068 at 10:25am 09.11.24 Reading over your post #10 again. It indeed looks like this "after market" block was added by the
Water tank cleaning Choptank Sailor at 10:22am 09.11.24 See the post "Recommission the freshwater system" in the Plumbing and Sanitation forum...it's a "st
O'day 22 Bilge ox_inthewild at 10:22am 09.11.24 I have the same issue with my bilge. I'm using a shopvac, but some people hve told me they installe
Pumpout Carts Suck dlochner at 10:08am 09.11.24 Really, nozzle seals are the bigger problem. A tiny air leak destroys vacuum and flow rates. Easy t
Cleaning Freshwater Tanks dlochner at 9:57am 09.11.24
Pumpout Carts Suck thinwater at 9:31am 09.11.24 I find the existing hoses easy to handle, but there may be some technique that is not obvious. Sucti
Pumpout Carts Suck thinwater at 9:17am 09.11.24 Man, you really just like to argue. But yes, you are right. We should all learn to accept things
(1) rlcamp at 9:08am 09.11.24 I realize I'm late to this conversation (and just joined the site after searching for information ab
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX (2) jssailem at 9:06am 09.11.24 As the storm builds and tries to move northward, it is encountering upper-level winds blowing from W
Cleaning Freshwater Tanks mermike at 9:03am 09.11.24 Peggie Hall's book, and Practical Sailor both have excellent information on tank maintenance.
Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 (1) jdrutten at 8:52am 09.11.24 I fear we may have seen the last of our new friend. :(
Cleaning Freshwater Tanks moe_1200 at 8:52am 09.11.24 There are all kinds of recipes for disinfecting potable water. And tanks. The same problem always r
Cleaning Freshwater Tanks kappykaplan at 8:50am 09.11.24 See this post for a start: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/water-tank-cleaning.1249940366

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