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Binoculars of 2018 Canonshooternb at 8:21pm 04.01.18 Ask All Sailors 12/1543 Looking for reviews and recommendation of binoculars for sailing and cruising. I have reviewed the
LED anchor bulb find (2) Skipper at 7:18pm 04.01.18 Ask All Sailors 12/962 LED's are not new, but I can still find specialty items to geek out on. This is a bay15 double cont
Video, Flipping a C22 hull CloudDiver at 6:57pm 04.01.18 Catalina 22 13/2285 Sorry guys, I've been holding out on you. I finally dug this video from the deep dark depths of iPh
Moving to Hampton Roads, Virginia area - Marinas? Lady Sophie at 6:23pm 04.01.18 Destinations 6/846 Hello, My wife and I are retired and live in cold Michigan and have sailed all our lives on Lake Eri
How many coats of varnish? chschell at 5:09pm 04.01.18 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 7/3569 I have re-stained and am varnishing the hatch pull on our Hunter 340 -- any recommnedations on how m
O'Day Javelin Transom Repair NewsailorMA at 2:48pm 04.01.18 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1997 Hello all, Transom on 14' Oday is shot...totally rotted out. Wondering if anyone had any repairs do
It's the Easter Bunny Brian D at 1:49pm 04.01.18 Sails Call Lounge 1/422 Happy Easter! 7FPELc1wEvk
Erickson Oyster Catcher 25 specs Hollymae D at 10:48am 04.01.18 Ask All Sailors 5/953 Im looking for help please. I have a 78 erickson, we bought last year. A boat that old is bound to h
What is the future of the Catalina 22? Gene Neill at 10:38am 04.01.18 Catalina 22 76/11923 Sorry, I don't mean for this to sound pessimistic or depressing. :) Does anyone know what the sales
Winch Maintenance Jacksail at 9:42am 04.01.18 Catalina 310 28/4812 Is there an alternative to the Harken or Lewmar brand winch grease? What kind of grease is it? I am
Finger holes in teak floorboards in cabin Chesapeake 331 at 9:26am 04.01.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1144 Still learning boat terminology so be kind. Our 2001 331 has the original teak cabin flooring. Most
It's all in the math... Brian D at 9:03am 04.01.18 Sails Call Lounge 4/611 XXCpC3SWzXc
Bene 361 Water Tank Dip Tube mcrow33 at 8:58am 04.01.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/595 My aft water tank has a dip/pickup tube that extends from the top of the water tank to the bottom.
Cushion re-cover (6) kbgunn at 8:12am 04.01.18 Catalina 22 7/1132 I've been working on re-covering the cabin cushions over the cooler months. Working with foam + canv
Stolen boat found All U Get at 6:25am 04.01.18 Ask All Sailors 4/852 Hi all, Just heard on SSB radio that the catamaran stolen in the Florida Keys two days ago, was fou
41 owners input on crusing the ICW and Caribbean Tucker67 at 6:24am 04.01.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 31/3694 I am a Stinkpotter looking at purchasing a hunter 41s or 44s and would like to get input from owner
Broker recommendation required Bosman at 9:42pm 03.31.18 Ask All Sailors 7/514 A good friend of mine is looking to purchase a sailing yacht 27-29ft in US and transport this new (u
Battery Test Discharge - Help interpreting results (2) smokey73 at 7:09pm 03.31.18 Ask All Sailors 0/228 Sorry for the long post: First - Thanks Mainsail for you excellent articles and posts on Battery Ca
Happy Easter everyone Ken Cross at 6:02pm 03.31.18 Ask All Sailors 8/554 Happy Easter! It's Easter here (New Zealand) today. Best wishes tomorrow to those of you on the oth
Puddle in the quarterberth - arrrghh! (1) LuckyDuck at 4:59pm 03.31.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1162

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Bilge Wire Size Question. BAD ORCA at 2:34pm 02.20.24 If you want to have any chance of dewatering the boat endanger of sinking, you'll need a large diap
WINDLASS Richard19068 at 2:32pm 02.20.24 I used to use chain rode combos but after going to 100% chain with a rode snubber, I'll never go ba
Prop rotation question Mark Maulden at 2:28pm 02.20.24
Looking to replace my 6 gal water heater on Hunter 320 Scott T-Bird at 2:25pm 02.20.24 Either a BS counter-claim or a misunderstanding. The jacket is ss for both brands, all of them hav
Western L.I. Sound marina PaulK at 2:24pm 02.20.24 Do you want to spend an hour sailing or an hour driving? Don't forget the return trip! If you play
WINDLASS dLj at 1:35pm 02.20.24 I used to use chain rode combos but after going to 100% chain with a rode snubber, I'll never go bac
Yamaha 26c dlochner at 1:34pm 02.20.24 The black tubes inside the rudder shaft are probably Tides Bearings. The bronze rudder head with th
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Wood and Stain To Match 2006 Hunter 38 Aft Cabin + Plans for Cabin + Bed Modification KelToy at 12:49pm 02.20.24 Thanks for tips! As I need specific sizes of new wood I think I will go the route of testing wood an
Looking to replace my 6 gal water heater on Hunter 320 Stu Jackson at 12:45pm 02.20.24 False advertising? Defender & West Marine describe this tank as having an aluminum inner tank. I th
Fuel locker and propane dlochner at 12:43pm 02.20.24 The locker needs to be vented over board and to air. The cockpit scuppers are likely exit underwater
Moving Up... Stu Jackson at 12:42pm 02.20.24
Legend 40.5 - Light above sink baycloud at 12:37pm 02.20.24 Hey Fero, did you figure out the routing? cheers
Yamaha 26c dlochner at 12:33pm 02.20.24 The bushing was very thin and had lost some material. A replacement of this bushing is needed. I ha
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Bang! Bang! What would you have done? rgranger at 12:22pm 02.20.24 And comment #3 in this thread, makes no sense. It makes total sense... if you assume he made a bun
Bang! Bang! What would you have done? rgranger at 12:20pm 02.20.24 If you are among the fortunate to have heard on a range the various calibers of hand guns mentioned
Western L.I. Sound marina JCH4 at 12:18pm 02.20.24 Commuted over the Whitestone for many years. Traffic is better than it was because of E-Zpass. Cos
YANMAR replacement FastOlson at 11:07am 02.20.24 The one on my boat, came in "toast" and that was the main reason i got the boat cheap. This begs t
Hunter 23.5 wisker pole Examinator327 at 11:06am 02.20.24 Thank you gents! This has been most helpful.

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