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What does this symbol mean? (1) Knot Stressin' at 2:39pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 42/3744 This symbol is on one of my Genoas, and I have no idea what it means.
Oceanis 400 Exhaust Hose Replacement 4arch at 1:27pm 01.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/801 The exhaust hose on my 1993 Oceanis 400 2-cabin is due for replacement but I can't figure out how to
One oar in the water (1) NotCook at 1:24pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 21/4079 While rowing ashore this morning, between showers and while the wind was still piping up, about half
Cold Snapped (1) Phil Herring at 12:14pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 57/4410 Winter weather can be tough on boats, but has it been tough on yours? Frozen plumbing, wind-blown ri
Best Chartering (1) Phil Herring at 12:13pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 19/1555 For those of us up north, the best winter sailing is elsewhere in a boat that belongs to someone els
Quick question about zinc anodes Project_Mayhem at 10:55am 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 9/1801 The PO of my boat painted over the zinc anodes on the saildrive. The anodes appear to be otherwise p
ID Newport Model Jazzydaze at 9:09am 01.02.19 Newport 40/4991 Hi all, I'm about to purchase a Newport 30. Sitting home I'm realizing I dont know the year or mode
Happy Birthday Kloudie1 JamesG161 at 4:49am 01.02.19 Sails Call Lounge 9/785 SjZ8Paa_zQA Wishing the best to a great SBO contributor and friend. Jim... PS: Happy Birthday 2019
Raymarine ST60 Won't Calibrate spadaforaj at 4:00am 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 7/3175 Tried the user calibration several times per the manual. It won;t "beep", so I'm suspecting it didn
Remote Controls for Tohatsu 9.8 MaryEllaRose at 8:53pm 01.01.19 Engines and Propulsion 15/9001 One of my (many) winter time projects will be to add remote controls to my Tohatsu 9.8 outboard on a
Just for fun, new year gag Ken Cross at 8:35pm 01.01.19 Ask All Sailors 4/454 Today we had a family gathering where small token gifts are given. I have a nice who loves dill pick
'74 C22 - Finally Got A Look at my Keel Lifting Connection (6) loveoregon at 3:29pm 01.01.19 Catalina 22 3/625 Hello All, I am new to sailing and bought a 1974 Catalina 22 last summer that seems to be in pr
Coolmatic RSD 1115U/F Refrigerator (not working) Lee Coller at 3:22pm 01.01.19 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/798 This is out of my Hunter 44DS. No idea if there is any value to it at all, I presume it could be fi
AquaDrive limits stuffing box space (1) Joe Perez at 2:29pm 01.01.19 Ask All Sailors 10/827 Hoping for some ideas. I have an AquaDrive that limits the space for repacking my stuffing box. I re
Is the 26x seaworthy enough to make Bahamas crossing? Trialsbikeadam at 11:16am 01.01.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 42/13851
New Main and Sail Repair Simon Sexton at 9:38am 01.01.19 Racing 21/2237 Hey Everyone, Good evening! Yesterday, my brother, best friend, girlfriend and I all went
NPT vs NPS fittings NYSail at 8:36am 01.01.19 Ask All Sailors 14/11865 happy new year..... So starting the task of replacing skin fittings and valves below water. Is there
What kind of inverter are you using with solar panel system. Tropicdawg at 7:04am 01.01.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/559 Anybody here with off grid system on their boat? What are you using and how much juice are you getti
San jIan 28 rudder needed Michaeljpilon at 4:29am 01.01.19 Ask All Sailors 5/654 Bent rudder, need replacement ??? San Juan 28
Buying 1990 Beneteau 35s5 (3) thetone at 1:41am 01.01.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 33/6829 I am sea trialing this 1990 beneteau 35s5 on January 14th. The survey came out good. Just need to co

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TD 14 BigEasy at 9:17am 10.09.24
Good price?? egabe38 at 8:53am 10.09.24 Ok gotcha!! Thx for that analogy. Almost all true except the part about losing the weight. That has
Dodger and Bimini features you love? Hello Below at 8:50am 10.09.24 No leather! :plus: The leather trim on our new (and pricey) dodger looked very rich and pleasing f
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 8:43am 10.09.24 Got the bolt out for $50 at the machine shop. Not going to worry about the offset hole as the bolt
ASA 101 course JoeWhite at 8:00am 10.09.24 To answer your question in my case, the first 4 hours in the morning was class time and after lunch
Good price?? jssailem at 6:59am 10.09.24
TD 14 kappykaplan at 6:53am 10.09.24 It would not be a good day to test your reefing techniques... It is a Hunker down day Agreed! :be
TD 14 jssailem at 6:46am 10.09.24 The winds going across central Florida at landfall will be very, very bad. DAMMIT JIM It would not
Dodger and Bimini features you love? JBP-PA at 6:27am 10.09.24 The Bimini on my small boat has telescoping side tubes. I can use it in the lower position for sail
Dodger and Bimini features you love? Scott T-Bird at 6:19am 10.09.24 The connector can be a tricky issue. On my boat (also Catalina 320), I believe the dodger and bimin
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Project_Mayhem at 6:12am 10.09.24 @Project_Mayhem When transporting my zero turn lawn mower, it is stored as forward on the trailer
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control Project_Mayhem at 6:08am 10.09.24 you can set up a barrel for a raw water pump suction hose but extreme caution is required otherwise
O'Day 25 Boat Stands Project_Mayhem at 6:04am 10.09.24 There's probably a bit of room for error in height as you can always put more wood under the keel @
Good price?? egabe38 at 6:01am 10.09.24 Correction main was reshaped in 2020 so 4 years ago
Good price?? egabe38 at 5:54am 10.09.24 Well i cant remember exactly if he used the winch to unfurl because i was keeping tension on the con
Good price?? Tally Ho at 5:27am 10.09.24 . Mast looked ok and we did unfurl the main but it was difficult. Should you need a winch to unfurl
Good price?? sailme88 at 4:59am 10.09.24 With boats, just like real estate ....LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.... Some of the local pricing and
Lazarette clasp ? shemandr at 4:57am 10.09.24 See post #3: I witnessed an Alerion 28 sink from water ingress through the lazarette. It was at th
Bow Eye ...3TacksontheWater at 4:24am 10.09.24 I talked to CD Tech Support. They suggest to gain access to the area by removing a portion of the f
Good price?? egabe38 at 4:13am 10.09.24 Thanks shemandr! I checked the head and actually stuck my nose in the waste deck fitting. Lol absolu

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