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Couple's Dream Trip --- and keels falling off rgranger at 9:40am 03.30.18 Ask All Sailors 19/2596 We all probably remember the recent story of the couple who ran aground on their first landfall of t
Quick Rider R3 Windlass Experience (2) geoffschultz at 9:35am 03.30.18 Ask All Sailors 0/630 I'm anchored at Lighthouse Reef in Belize, which is about 30 miles offshore ' my Muir VR1000R012E wi
Annual Costs for Club Racer (1) Jumpstart at 9:11am 03.30.18 Ask All Sailors 47/4134 I just did my taxes and my wife showed me the annual costs for our 30 foot J/92. Yikes! I consider o
New Boat! Snarkhunter at 8:50am 03.30.18 Catalina 275 21/3709 I ordered one at the Annapolis Boat Show last fall and have a tentative April 16 delivery date--gett
Removing Old Polyglow.....here is a good solution! Pat at 8:24am 03.30.18 Ask All Sailors 7/2461 We bought the 272 LE in Dec. of 1986.....In the spring of 1987 someone suggested we use polyglow on
Replacing Chainplates (2) Jim 5757 at 8:11am 03.30.18 Ask All Sailors 7/2053 I've finally decided it's time to replace the 45 year old chainplates on our Morgan 28OI. These are
Where to connect the negative solar cable? (1) onlinelee at 5:24am 03.30.18 Ask All Sailors 2/537 Hi Friends, Im just about to do my first solar install and hoped you guys could confirm what I thin
1984 Beneteau First 32 Ron Toivonen at 4:58am 03.30.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1038 Does anyone have a manual for a Beneteau First 32 they are willing to share or know where I can find
V berth insert for Hunter 30T Cpt.Rog at 4:41pm 03.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/877 Hi guys, I bought a Hunter 30T and found out that the V berth insert was missing. I know this is a
Egg mysteries Macboy at 4:34pm 03.29.18 Ask All Sailors 45/3490 We have an eight year old and a five year old who took it upon themselves to dye about five dozen ea
Agony... Prepare to wince rgranger at 1:24pm 03.29.18 Ask All Sailors 16/1166 This is a compilation of sailing crashes... 0F31fFLf5aw
Floatation of wet foam fritz3000g at 12:28pm 03.29.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 70/10603 Hi all, I didn't get a response on another forum and wondered if you smart folks know. Is there an
Spring sailing break (3) RussC at 10:27am 03.29.18 Ask All Sailors 6/435 We're at least getting a couple days of spring. near 70 temps left no reason not to take our little*
Refrigeration issues VisionPNW at 10:20am 03.29.18 Ask All Sailors 5/523 On my 1990 Vision 32, I have a Danfoss BD2.5 compressor running R12 with some cooling issues. The c
Poking the Bear - a.k.a. Lets talk anchors rgranger at 8:33am 03.29.18 Ask All Sailors 31/2228 Hey all I ran across this interesting article on anchors and thought I would share... http://www.y
Only in Minnesota (1) Jackdaw at 7:37am 03.29.18 Ask All Sailors 12/795 Yesterday. Sailing and ice fishing at the same time.
H340 Battery upgrade and relocation (2) bamabaxter at 6:01am 03.29.18 Big Boats 12/2607 After getting some good ideas based on other people modifications here, I decided to upgrade electri
H23.5 and towing capacity Chris Flanagan at 5:58am 03.29.18 Smaller Boats 31/2173 I bought a 1993 H235 a couple years ago and have been towing with a 2012 Ford Escape with a tow pack
bimini top Sandy Seas at 5:32am 03.29.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1314 Hello, I recently bought a 1993 Macgregor 26s. I want to buy and install a bimini top for it. Any su
Holding tank and fresh water prime questions Catsail at 3:22am 03.29.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/526 A couple of plumbing questions please: 1. The head has two discharge lines via a Y valve - one goe

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A fresh old gelcoat reveal Davidasailor26 at 9:32am 04.11.24 The gelcoat is probably polyester which, by itself, is not completely waterproof and could blister e
Catalina 34 Interior Alansails at 9:27am 04.11.24 Parker & Bailey lemon oil polish. Since 1879 works well on wood, smells nice, and last all season.
Raytheon Wind Instrument not reading Alansails at 9:11am 04.11.24 When we bought our 310 the wind instrument was dead, Raymarine sent us a new sending unit at the top
Catalina 34 Interior william24424 at 8:43am 04.11.24 Parker & Bailey lemon oil polish. Since 1879 works well on wood, smells nice, and last all season. $
Electric Windlass Rich Stidger at 8:39am 04.11.24 Simpson-Lawrence, who was bought out by Lewmar, used to use a French-made motor by Leroy-Somner. It
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: kappykaplan at 7:57am 04.11.24 A lot of Captains, myself included, stand forward of the wheel while they back into the slip. :plu
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Tally Ho at 7:54am 04.11.24 i'll try it but with my luck I think half the time id miss the cleat and then go to using a boat ho
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 7:45am 04.11.24 you throw it past the dock cleat then pull it taught. The line will the go from the boat to the op
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Tally Ho at 7:45am 04.11.24 I was reading Practical Sailor today and there was an article about solo sailing. One of the issues
What's on the underside of the stanchions on my 23-2? CaptainCr3ative at 7:41am 04.11.24
Hunter 23 teak slats on seats daydreamerh23 at 7:38am 04.11.24 Yes, ours look to be ready to be replaced or removed for good.
A fresh old gelcoat reveal BarryL at 7:31am 04.11.24 Hey, Years ago when I had my boat bottom soda blasted, I used Pettit Protect before applying bottom
1996 Beneteau 440 Owners Manual w/Perkins Info William Taylor at 7:20am 04.11.24 I think your serial # goes to the Perkins M60 engine. If so here is a link to the manual. http://ec
Keel shemandr at 7:02am 04.11.24 When a yard re-bedded my keel they used 5200. It was a yard with a very good reputation. I took my
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: BrianQ at 6:49am 04.11.24 you throw it past the dock cleat then pull it taught. The line will the go from the boat to the opp
1996 Beneteau 440 Owners Manual w/Perkins Info jssailem at 6:39am 04.11.24 I think your serial # goes to the Perkins M60 engine. If so here is a link to the manual. http://ecg
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 6:27am 04.11.24 Have you considered practicing controlling the boat from in front of or beside the wheel? A lot of
Hunter 23 teak slats on seats isaksp00 at 6:06am 04.11.24 No informed idea, but I assume they are handholds to help pull up from the lee side when heeled. But
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: BrianQ at 6:05am 04.11.24 my boat has a huge steering wheel that you can't get easily around when you need to get back to th
Hunter 23 teak slats on seats daydreamerh23 at 5:44am 04.11.24 Seems like they'll be easy to remove!

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