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Bad day in a J/24 Jackdaw at 5:23am 05.17.18 Ask All Sailors 80/5227 Know these guys. Duluth MN YC beercans last night. Everyone OK. Will know more later. 7792455489364
bow weight Franklin at 12:12am 05.17.18 Ask All Sailors 21/2914 With a chat with a neighbor sailor, he mentioned something about a chat he had with a boat builder a
Navy stealth boats in Dana Point (5) Skipper at 7:39pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 24/3480 Navy Special Boat Operations. Today in Dana Point. Although a different sailor aboard said not Nav
Almost time to pull her out (1) flynhi4u at 7:25pm 05.16.18 Smaller Boats 4/473 Finally getting caught up enough to start getting the boat ready to launch. One of the things I like
343 mainsheet system connecticut at 4:12pm 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/1263 Im a proud new B343 owner. Not so proud about having trouble rigging. The owners manual is not great
And what do you hear? Brian D at 3:09pm 05.16.18 Sails Call Lounge 34/1494 JvKKd32Yw2E
Mast leak h40.5 Solved! (6) Rich Stidger at 2:18pm 05.16.18 Big Boats 10/1918 Three years ago I pulled the mast in my h40.5, and ever since then I have had a water leak down thro
Dual Battery Setup Question Northstar1014 at 1:35pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 12/1406 Hi all, I have a question about using a deep cycle and a starting battery as part of the same batte
Anyone on Lake Ouachita Texas Gun-Man at 1:20pm 05.16.18 Trailer Sailors 0/444 I posted on another spot but it was suggested that I check on this forum. Anyone on Lake Ouachita i
Dinghy Brackets (1) Randall Schmidt at 12:22pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 3/429 A neighbor at my marina with a 27 foot cruising sloop mounted L brackets on his port side stanchions
Midnight Sun Blaise at 12:09pm 05.16.18 The Cherubini Hunters 4/523 We just finished our 7th race from St Pete, Fl to Isla Mujeres (just off of Cancun). We finished fir
Attaching boom vane to mast on Lancer 25 Deanner60 at 11:07am 05.16.18 Lancer 2/1687 I have a 1980 lancer 25 . The boom vane wase removed and stored in the boat. I am trying to reinsta
Lake Ouachita in Arkansas Texas Gun-Man at 11:04am 05.16.18 Destinations 5/1623
Replacing furler on a Legend 37.5 wouterdebie at 10:59am 05.16.18 Big Boats 3/565 Hi all, I recently bought a 1992 Legend 37.5 that has a rolling headsail furler with a continuous l
prepping to paint the pearson p26 - advice and insights welcome :) (1) tipsyravensailing at 10:20am 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 3/521 Hey all. been a hot minute as i've been bringing other things around at the house. but i'm back on
Best fire prevention device for sailboat w/ diesel engine, etc. Pat at 9:03am 05.16.18 Ask An Oday Owner 27/1852 my original fire ext. needs to be replaced I think....I purchased it in the spring of 1986...it says
Secondary Fuel Filter Not Needed Jeff652 at 8:56am 05.16.18 Catalina 310 10/2579 I was perusing Catalina Direct web site and I was surprised to see that the secondary fuel filter (U
B331 starboard seat back Chesapeake 331 at 8:07am 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/11 Hello all! Still working on the clean up of our Beneteau 331 and I've just now realized that the sea
Standing Rigging Specs for Beneteau 440 Rosetta Stone10263 at 8:01am 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/705 I have to order replacement standing rigging in the wake of damage from the yard. They cross thread
AIS and Chart APPS for Great Lakes Apex at 6:16am 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 15/1344 I am about to embark on a 200mile journey, transferring No Worries from Muskegon to Elk Rapids. I

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Seeking Input on prior flooding of 1979 C&C 29 Cabin - 6+ years ago Dnea at 7:44am 07.21.23 Thanks to everyone - I am looking at it for family use not long voyages for sure. I will get back th
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? MikeHoncho at 7:05am 07.21.23 A friend has one of these and he & his wife use it a lot. Sez the quality is good. I have not (yet)
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice (2) kloudie1 at 7:05am 07.21.23 Pretty sure you can remove the drum and stainless mangled part. That can be hammered back into shape
Sabre Shoshana at 7:03am 07.21.23
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (2) jssailem at 6:40am 07.21.23 Here is one of the features of Windy that we are using in our tracking of Musetta on her crossing of
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal Rich Stidger at 6:33am 07.21.23 The only sealant needed here is to seal the wire bundle that routes inside from the quadrant area.
Winterizing Air Conditioner While in the Water Justin_NSA at 6:25am 07.21.23 Most folks install a tee on the supply side of pump and draw antifreeze from the jug.
Hunter Sailboat Salvage Yards? dmendl at 6:11am 07.21.23 Thank you JamesG161 for your help, I'll be calling SBO as both you and rgranger suggested.
Sail numbers for a Widgeon nacra1425 at 5:44am 07.21.23 I think I used 10" numbers on the sail for my 1970 WIDGEON, maybe 12"? But 10" is the size mentione
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice rgranger at 5:38am 07.21.23 I would assume Harken can answer #1 if you call them
Sabre dlochner at 5:33am 07.21.23 Sabres of that vintage have a thick plywood backing plate under the deck for the pedestal. If it has
Gear box not engaging (3) Ward H at 5:20am 07.21.23 I recently replaced my HBW-50 with a Twin Disc TMC-40. The motor needs to be raised 1/4" and the sh
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? baycloud at 5:12am 07.21.23 davits would be nice. I bought a bris kaboat for $700 and a new 3.5 outboard for 1150. It planes at
Sabre Davidasailor26 at 4:31am 07.21.23
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA Jim Legere at 3:21am 07.21.23 As I'm sure others do, I keep a log of my sailing. In previous year's logs you'll see common weathe
Jacklines and Tethers Will Gilmore at 2:27am 07.21.23 Just to be clear, jacklines are not the same as lifelines. Don't use your lifelines as jacklines; t
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal baycloud at 1:57am 07.21.23 Seems easy, but don't want to break anything. Trying to remove the cover over the steering quadran
Jacklines and Tethers David in Sandusky at 1:51am 07.21.23 Our jack line is the port bow line run through a hard point on the mast to a hard point on the starb
Oberdorfer lipseal replacement help jonelli at 11:53pm 07.20.23 Here is all you would like to know about oberdorfer seal replacement http://mei1970.org/saillavie/O
Getting on the track - questions about my tracks and jib cars Joe at 11:29pm 07.20.23 I have a short inside track that the prev owner installed. I have found rigging a barber hauler is

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