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One summer night... or many? (1) Phil Herring at 1:27pm 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 59/3756 They say that your tan will fade but the memories will last forever. Was that true for your summer?
41 DS overhead port in salon cracked and leaks sailor5017 at 12:58pm 09.07.18 Big Boats 3/660 The Bomar overhead opening port has several spider cracks around one of the holes drilled for the lo
1987 Catalina 30 Wing Keel Bolts Location? sailingnc at 12:52pm 09.07.18 Catalina 30 4/934 Could someone tell me the location of the wing keel bolts? Thank you!
Fast or Furious? (1) Phil Herring at 12:45pm 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 61/4684 Do you race your boat, or have you raced it in the past? What do you enjoy about racing and how hard
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 12:33pm 09.07.18 Sails Call Lounge 1423/162167 Hey All: I am taking a page from the Wednesday Photoday posts and asking you to post your favorite
Insurance Cost Comparison (1) Phil Herring at 11:43am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 23/2395 With the weather getting crazier and insurance costs doing the same, it's time we do an I'll show yo
Purposeful repurposing (1) Phil Herring at 11:27am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 6/952 Have you turned a berth into a closet, a cabinet into a refrigerator, or a bimini into a platform fo
Tuning an in mast furling rig Frank H at 11:03am 09.07.18 Catalina 310 1/710 Fellow 310 owners. I'm sorry to bring this topic up again but I lost my numbers for tuning my rig th
Why is there a foot of water in the cabin? (1) Phil Herring at 10:43am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 43/11099 Fortunately, most of us will never have the moment of panic when we discover water rising above the
Rigging Inspection (1) Phil Herring at 9:40am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 39/4844 Do you regularly inspect your standing rigging? If so, do you do it yourself or hire a pro? If you d
Close pass Jackdaw at 9:05am 09.07.18 Racing 5/1118 Unlike last week when we had 15 knots in the Bay, last night we had 3 knots gusting to 4. In these c
Best Winter Storage Tips (1) Phil Herring at 8:54am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 42/5616 Sure, it's a little early but Labor Day is behind us and the specter of snow is in the not-too-dista
CNG/LPG gas hose SVPardonMyFrench at 8:21am 09.07.18 Big Boats 28/3564 I am in the process of converting from CNG to LPG and trying to trace the hose that runs from the ta
40.5 rocking the strait of Juan de Fuca SVPardonMyFrench at 8:15am 09.07.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1014 Short video of the delivery of our 1993 Hunter Legend 40.5 from Victoria, BC to Seattle across the s
Fun sailing... SVPardonMyFrench at 8:11am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 6/561 Short video of our delivery from Victoria, BC to Seattle across the strait of Juan de Fuca -- that w
National Beer Lovers Day! (1) JamesG161 at 7:23am 09.07.18 Sails Call Lounge 11/1577 Time to take refreshing pause to sip a cold BEER... OLD Jim...:beer::beer:
Hello to All Knot Stressin' at 7:15am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 28/1671 Hello to all. I am a first time sailboat owner. I purchased a Chrysler C-22 a few months back. I hav
Is it worth getting a folding steering wheel for 310? philzZ at 7:14am 09.07.18 Catalina 310 33/7635 I've seen a couple of old threads here on the forum, where people were getting ready to install fold
POWER VENTS drewsyntax at 5:53am 09.07.18 Smaller Boats 22/1466 Hi All Im considering a solar powered vent to help keep the cabin cool/fresh on my boat. Any cutti
Hurricane Helene = PTC# 8 old Invest 93L JamesG161 at 5:43am 09.07.18 Weather and Forecasting 6/776 The next West African spin off is now on the NOAA tracking. NOAA is braver this year, which is good.

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Gennaker Halyard Lead for Oceanis 37. Fractional or Masthead? JP Pacific at 10:34am 04.06.24
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Tally Ho at 10:28am 04.06.24 Water heater will drain quickly if you hold open the pressure/temperature relief valve lever while
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed dlochner at 10:16am 04.06.24 Just don't ask which anchor is best...:biggrin: Oh, come on, that's too easy. Its the one hanging
Rode for Desolation Sound marcham at 10:02am 04.06.24 I lock it with a hitch and usually cleat it as well. Have a great trip!
4-tire boat trailer . . do best tire go on front or rear? LloydB at 9:57am 04.06.24 The last time I decided to buy new tires for my trailer I found by going to a nearby RV and camper s
Topping lift dLj at 9:50am 04.06.24 I have a boom roller furler, not in mast. I leave my topping lift adjusted so when reefing, the boom
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:32am 04.06.24 Was there just last week .... can totally relate. We got blown sideways as we were stern tied (easi
3GM30F Service Issue Calif. Ted at 9:27am 04.06.24
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:02am 04.06.24 Should be fine. There are spots we anchor in 60 ft but it's sloped bottom with a stern tie, so the
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 9:01am 04.06.24 You say rough starting in cold weather, Do you have glow plugs? When you look at the exhaust is the
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:44am 04.06.24 Peggy, I have a 50 gallon aluminum fresh water tank and a 25 gallon flexible water tank that I adde
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Mark Maulden at 8:33am 04.06.24
Does anybody know what size wire or threaded rod life lines are on Catalina 320, 2004 Calif. Ted at 8:31am 04.06.24 I replaced the gates this winter and have stayed with coated.
MORC jssailem at 7:42am 04.06.24 Looks like the Hunter is not in the list of boats that have been measured and qualified.. https://ww
Diesel Generator Slow Starting on First Attempt kloudie1 at 7:42am 04.06.24 Doesn't sound that bad but ya might want to check the glow plug circuit and plugs to see if all are
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed dLj at 7:39am 04.06.24 Thank you all so many wonderful suggestions. It seems of all of these, the best option is to use th
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed mermike at 6:53am 04.06.24 Just don't ask which anchor is best...:biggrin:
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM RoyS at 6:31am 04.06.24 Water heater will drain quickly if you hold open the pressure/temperature relief valve lever while t
Sailing down the channel (1) stickinthemud57 at 6:09am 04.06.24 Nice choice of color. :cool:
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed circa1971la at 5:57am 04.06.24 Thank you all so many wonderful suggestions. It seems of all of these, the best option is to use the

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