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2018 Photo Contest Winners (3) Phil Herring at 9:57am 12.13.18 Ask All Sailors 21/4599 The 2018 Photo Contest is in the books and here are your winners... Honorable Mention goes to pmire
25.5 V berth sink Submarine at 8:43am 12.13.18 Smaller Boats 2/599 The previous owner left the sink in place but took out the faucet and it looks like a drain thru-hul
Hunter 25.5 cockpit cushions Submarine at 8:08am 12.13.18 Smaller Boats 8/985 Wondering if anyone has suggestions for cheap cockpit cushions to get by for now.
I need everything including kitchen sink Tropicdawg at 7:25am 12.13.18 Big Boats 20/1760 Restoring Legend 35.5 that was sunk during hurricane Irma. wish there was someone near Daytona with
Hello, new Catalina 30 owner here anchor1800 at 8:05pm 12.12.18 Catalina 30 22/4327 Hi all, I'm a new Catalina 30 owner. She is a '78, and I have had a bunch of fun in the few months
Whisker pole for h356 clmooring at 7:25pm 12.12.18 Big Boats 24/2143 How long of a whisker pole is needed for the H356 with original 110 size jib?
Transducer placement Garmin echomap (1) Wakulla212 at 6:59pm 12.12.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/4101 I recently pulled the trigger on a garmin echomap Chirp 50 chartplotter/depthfinder for my Mac 25.
Mounting a Prop rpell1@msn.com at 2:52pm 12.12.18 Ask All Sailors 19/1119 Jus I was wondering if anyone out there uses any grease or prep to mount their prop after a thorough
So that we may reminisce during the winter (1) Skipper at 2:31pm 12.12.18 Ask All Sailors 58/4197 159239 I ripped this off from a Facebook post in a boat group. :dancing:
Leak in forward cabin behind the mirror RWSlater at 2:21pm 12.12.18 Big Boats 2/828 I have a 45CC with a water leak into the forward cabin onto the forward area of the mattress. It is
How to hunt down hull seam leaks? limbodog at 11:58am 12.12.18 Big Boats 17/2602 1985 Hunter 40. So this seems like it could be my biggest issue. Everything else I can get my head
Interresting Technology Watermaker (1) kloudie1 at 10:48am 12.12.18 Ask All Sailors 15/2678 Anyone following this development? Looks like a great alternative to RO de-salinators if it can work
Fort Myers Florida sailors.... AXEL at 5:01am 12.12.18 Sails Call Lounge 22/3547 I posted this in the "ask all sailors forum" and got zip replies. Maybe the wrong place or no Ft Mey
Fuel Polishing seadaddler at 6:55pm 12.11.18 Ask All Sailors 22/4761 I had fuel problems and so I have a extra Racor 500 and electric fuel pump and want to add a fuel po
Swim Ladder Tread Replacement Concerto at 11:06am 12.11.18 Catalina 310 11/2526 The swim ladder treads on Concerto have seen better days, and one of the rivets on the top step has
Shared Barber Hauler and spinnaker twings deck block/control line letlmt at 9:55am 12.11.18 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 1/2233 Can I set up a block in front of my genoa track at the rail and run a line back to the genoa winch,
Bonhomme Richard found PotomacDaysailer at 8:51am 12.11.18 Sails Call Lounge 14/1611 https://www.foxnews.com/science/remains-of-us-revolutionary-war-frigate-discovered-off-uk-coast
Fort Myers Florida sailors.... AXEL at 8:50am 12.11.18 Ask All Sailors 2/728 I am planning to retire next summer (2019) in Fort Myers. I bought a home there several years ago, m
in mast furling drilling east coaster at 6:33am 12.11.18 Catalina 310 9/1465 Have a catalina 310 #166 2002 vintage with in mast furling. I would like to add wires going to the s
Where do I hang wet towels!? kbhurst75 at 6:23am 12.11.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 31/4832 We have a 37c and are planning on living aboard soon. We will be living at a marina and do not want

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Surface Prep for Dinghy Bottom Paint sailcapt340 at 1:27pm 10.15.24 I heard back from TotalBoat today and they feel going forward I need to treat this boat as a new app
New sailor, new boat, new concerns Crazy Dave Condon at 1:11pm 10.15.24 My experience relies on the fact I sold nearly a quarter of the production line and know the boat to
Tool suggestion for grinding deep bilge areas. dLj at 12:31pm 10.15.24 Thank you. Those are great points i had not considered. I guess my biggest problem is that I have
Mix Axiom and C80? kblodorn at 11:32am 10.15.24 In this scenario, it would be the only one that the radar works with. For the future system, I doubt
Mix Axiom and C80? flightlead404 at 11:17am 10.15.24 Are you really going to use the plotter at the nav station? I certainly never did.
Lazy Jacks ? KCofKC at 10:57am 10.15.24 I guess I really mis-spoke, I meant to say Dutchman, that is what I have used for about 20 years and
2024 Honda 2.3 HP outboard winterizing SteveHughessails at 10:54am 10.15.24 Up here in Canada we can longer get ethanol free fuel at the pump. All fuels as of 2022 have ethanol
mainsheet block change BarryL at 10:50am 10.15.24 Hello, I used to have a C&C 110 with traveler on the bridge deck and main sheet controlled by a win
mainsheet block change dlochner at 10:42am 10.15.24 There's a trade off between increased friction with the block and increase purchase. I'm not certain
Tiller Clutch awesome ! pgandw at 10:03am 10.15.24 The tether should be short enough to prevent going overboard. Neither getting dragged, or watching
Keel bulge c&cgal at 9:54am 10.15.24 Great news! Thanks so much!!
C30 start battery recommendation BigEasy at 8:52am 10.15.24
Tool suggestion for grinding deep bilge areas. BAD ORCA at 8:27am 10.15.24 If the explanation is correct, and that softer layer and small washers were designed to allow absor
Replacing Maxwell 500 Windlass (4) SimiSAilor at 8:00am 10.15.24 Mark, I was able to upgrade the windlass on my boat. Due to the shape of our chain locker it does
Tiller Clutch awesome ! justsomeguy at 7:55am 10.15.24 What do you mean by tether ? So you get dragged and drowned to your death, rather than seeing your
Location of keel bolts 2006 Hunter 25 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:43am 10.15.24 @GeeBeeMe There are no keel bolts on your boat. The hull was built as one piece which has a plac
New sailor, new boat, new concerns SteveHughessails at 7:37am 10.15.24
Tool suggestion for grinding deep bilge areas. dLj at 7:35am 10.15.24 The keel stub bottom is thick fiberglass layer like any keel. I have no idea how thick though. On
C30 start battery recommendation Project_Mayhem at 7:23am 10.15.24 That does appear to be true, at least in my case. My start battery is a Group 31 Excide FLA that su
New sailor, new boat, new concerns Crazy Dave Condon at 7:14am 10.15.24 @SteveHughessails I cannot help you without the request of the photos. Do you know if there was

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