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Bottom Barrier (3) Voyager1 at 10:56am 10.05.25 Ask An Oday Owner 6/425 I have oday 302 sail in Lake Michigan and use VC 17 as anti fouling, When pressure washing the bott
Surfed our '72 yesterday ShawnL at 9:12am 10.05.25 Catalina 22 12/718 We went out in what was supposed to be 7-10 gusting to 19 mph yesterday. Thinking that, since it's
Honda 2.3 HP Outboard Propeller Issue (4) sailcapt340 at 8:34am 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 17/904 I have a 2 year old Honda 2.3 HP Outboard. This season I hit the silt and mud at the dinghy dock.
If any of you are going to the Annapolis sailboat show... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:17am 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 13/1164 Raritan has invited me to be in their booth all day Friday and Saturday to sell signed copies of my
B&G WS310 Wind Instrument Problems (1) Schwarz633 at 3:18pm 10.04.25 Ask All Sailors 17/793 I've had my Tartan 33R for a little over a year now and the wind instrumentation has worked well unt
Plastic boats capta at 2:38pm 10.04.25 Ask All Sailors 15/796 From the start, when fiberglass boats came on the scene, I've always felt that they just didn't have
Any alternatives to H41 fridge? Nova Kool R3809 12v Nachismo at 2:37pm 10.04.25 Big Boats 1/341 Nova Kool is kinda pissing me off. Kept icing over. I kept chipping instead of defrosting because
Precision 280 Oriondriver at 5:57am 10.03.25 Precision 1/176 Looking at 1999 precision 280. Any insight? Thanks in advance. ken
My September sail garymalmgren at 2:34am 10.03.25 Ask All Sailors 3/243 24 miles for a bit of lunch. No bloody fish though! https://youtu.be/n4osWLEKsN4
Damaged Rudder on Hunter 23 Winged Keel @rgranger @Crazy Dave Condon (9) TheMastiff at 7:13pm 10.02.25 Smaller Boats 12/677 I have started working on the sailboat. Found the rudder, and it appears to be decently damaged. The
OUTHAUL ACCESS Doug on Long Island Sound at 4:07pm 10.02.25 Catalina 275 10/568 Has anyone removed the outhaul from the boom, or removed the sheaves near the gooseneck? I need to
T-Satellite DinghySailor at 2:12pm 10.02.25 Ask All Sailors 5/373 Hello, T-Mobile recently rolled out a service that uses Starlink for essentials like weather, email,
Gel coat on underside of helmsman seat. Robert H. Wood at 1:52pm 10.02.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/587 I have a 2001 Hunter 340 and the underside of the helmsman seat is showing wear and tear. It is the
Weeping Keel Bolts gmarch85 at 1:43pm 10.02.25 The Cherubini Hunters 3/322 Has anyone had any issues with keel bolts leaking? Its a very slow leak I had to dry the bilge befor
To drill or not to drill... Project_Mayhem at 7:56am 10.02.25 Ask All Sailors 32/1584 We overfilled our forward water tank and it started leaking from the inspection port. The tank is in
Ceramic heater on board? john6206 at 7:17am 10.02.25 Ask All Sailors 25/1095 Am I overthinking this? Im committed to spending October 8th and 9th onboard, possibly a few days l
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing Project_Mayhem at 5:38am 10.02.25 Ask All Sailors 30/1501 I went out yesterday for a quick sail in what was supposed to be 2' swells. It turned out to be 3-6'
Ramp launch Flying Scot with Subaru Forester 2015 majorkong1 at 4:56am 10.02.25 Trailer Sailors 5/430 Does anyone see any problems if I use a 2015 Subaru forester (1500 lbs towing capacity) to tow a boa
Columbia 26 Maui owners manual overshield at 8:58pm 10.01.25 Columbia 4/411 Hi, I recently bought a 1974 Columbia 26 mkii. I was wondering if anyone had a owners manual that th
Rudder Repair (9) TheMastiff at 6:39pm 10.01.25 Ask All Sailors 3/235 I'm trying to knock some more projects off my boat. How should I tackle this rudder? I'm very new to

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Reinforcing stanchion (1) Project_Mayhem at 11:54am 11.20.25 I would be in one of these two spots. It all depends on which way the wind was blowing that day. Som
Reinforcing stanchion shemandr at 11:51am 11.20.25 OK, when you get docked how do you get to land?
Small and quick fix fiberglass filler Project_Mayhem at 11:47am 11.20.25 I've never noticed it absorbing water. To me, it seems identical to Marine Tex, only cheaper becau
Beta Engine - starting experience BigEasy at 11:31am 11.20.25 I do find them a little harder to bleed the fuel system than Yanmars. So now, I don't change both t
Reinforcing stanchion (1) Hayden Watson at 11:10am 11.20.25 ... Here's a map with my typical route. The docks shift around so angles and distances change from
Reinforcing stanchion (1) Hayden Watson at 11:06am 11.20.25 I used the winch technique on my ODay 25 but I suspect that the C30 is too long for this. It's 4-6'
Reinforcing stanchion dLj at 11:00am 11.20.25 show me your docked boat on this graph? dj
Looking at new sails Biggin at 10:49am 11.20.25 Thank you all for your time and your consideration.!
Small and quick fix fiberglass filler colemj at 10:36am 11.20.25 Marine Tex is great but pricey. I've used plumbers epoxy with great success a few times. It was the
37c motoring speed Johnb at 10:19am 11.20.25 Anything more than 7 knots of wind with a clean bottom will get you moving at a good clip. Do you k
Beta Engine - starting experience Johnb at 10:06am 11.20.25 My experience with a bunch of different rental boats is if it has glow plugs then it works way bette
37c motoring speed Cocoa Beach Sailor at 9:57am 11.20.25 Thanks much! I was planning on 6.5 statute miles per hour with a brand new clean bottom and little t
Reinforcing stanchion (1) Project_Mayhem at 9:50am 11.20.25 I am a little late to this discussion so I will try to cover several items at once. My boat is a C
37c motoring speed Johnb at 9:44am 11.20.25 Agree with Jim. My experience is 7 statute miles per hour at less than 0.7 gallons of diesel per hou
Small and quick fix fiberglass filler Project_Mayhem at 9:38am 11.20.25 Good to know. Thixo comes with 2 tips and it is always disheartening to use one of them for a sing
Light-Weight Solar Panels DArcy at 9:33am 11.20.25 Another consideration when deciding on parallel vs. series panel configuration is the rated input vo
Small and quick fix fiberglass filler Scott T-Bird at 9:31am 11.20.25 TB's Thixo isn't horribly priced and the tips are around $1 each when bought in a 12 pack. I think
Reinforcing stanchion (3) Hayden Watson at 9:21am 11.20.25 I am a little late to this discussion so I will try to cover several items at once. My boat is a C3
Light-Weight Solar Panels BarryL at 8:56am 11.20.25 Hello. This is very interesting information. With the Victron controller, I can monitor the solar o
Beta Engine - starting experience marcham at 8:44am 11.20.25 From the manual: Up to 6 seconds of pre-heat (in cold weather), then press start. This means: Con

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