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Original color? Whatsit at 2:21pm 12.27.17 Ask An Oday Owner 6/728
Nice! (1) Brian D at 1:12pm 12.27.17 Sails Call Lounge 3/581 145007
In case you missed it... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:50am 12.27.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/999 .... sbo.com has been offering signed copies of my book at a nicely discounted sale price...they sen
Fwiw... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:48am 12.27.17 Ask All Sailors 0/387 In case you missed it, sbo.com has been offering signed copies of my book at a nicely discounted sal
Keel cable kclancy at 10:18am 12.27.17 Catalina 22 9/1961 Hi All! I replaced my keel cable this weekend. It only lasted two years before failing. It looks
Thinking New Propeller in 2018 (1) jssailem at 10:06am 12.27.17 Engines and Propulsion 11/1636 This is a subject I have been considering for awhile. In about 10 days I will get a look at my curre
Interior cushions & mattresses OCSailor at 9:25pm 12.26.17 Catalina 310 33/6342 I took my wife on her first boat inspection this morning. A very nice (to me) 2001 310. It was imp
I am Stuck on Standing Rigging reprieve at 9:20pm 12.26.17 Catalina 30 23/3143 Hey Folks, it's been a long ole time since I was last here. Glad to see my login works. I am compl
New to me O'day25, need help getting her right for sailing. DRAo'day25 at 5:40pm 12.26.17 Ask An Oday Owner 45/3388 First off I have bought a beautiful O'day25CB and I love her. I am new (as in never have) to sailing
SailCare service Jacomo Sailor at 5:23pm 12.26.17 Catalina 22 11/1268 I know many of you here also belong to the Catalina22 facebook group, but I'm sure there's plenty he
Screw on Boom Vang Hound (1) kclancy at 3:12pm 12.26.17 Catalina 22 19/1937 Hi All, I am trying to remove the hound from my mast. I am changing out the mast step. I can't se
Companionway Springs - Breaking Often Kirsten at 12:16pm 12.26.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/730 Hi - I have a Hunter 45' CC and am having to replace the companionway hatch springs every 1.5 years
322 Stove Mod to fit Microwave The Tanqueray at 11:40am 12.26.17 Bigger Boats 5/878 In decades of boat ownership, I never used an oven. On a 322 I couldn't find a good spot for a micro
Boston 1958: John Alden Design office. (9) TomY at 10:53am 12.26.17 Alden General Chat 2/1742
Testing deep cycle battery capacity MitchK at 9:55am 12.26.17 Newport 10/1933 Hi all, Got another question in regards to batteries for this learned group. As I have posted b
Introduction and Happy Holidays! sailingla at 9:44am 12.26.17 Ask All Sailors 15/1046 Best holiday wishes to all you sailors. I'd like to start off saying that if it wasn't for this foru
Westerbeke Engine Mount Bracket rlettie4 at 9:14am 12.26.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/944 I am looking for the left front engine mount bracket (part #44130) for a Weserbeke 30B. So far I ca
Free Sailbags Warren Milberg at 8:39am 12.26.17 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 2/1796 I'd like to give away 2 sailbags for the price of postage, probably $15 or so. One is new, bright b
DYWER OR Z SPAR? HighCs123 at 7:57am 12.26.17 Ask An Oday Owner 5/826 How can i identify which mast i have on my O'day 222? I just picked this boat up and i'd like to r
Leaking Lexan Main Hatch Stroke2017 at 7:51am 12.26.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/746 I just purchased Capt Lucky's 26.5 and am currently doing the "fix the stuff" prior to the spring to

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Boom shemandr at 6:41am 03.27.24 Yup! When a Capri 22 went up on the causeway rocks I was talking with the Sea Tow guys who were try
Boom JamesG161 at 6:22am 03.27.24 Call SeaTow. They run a salvage business too. Jim...
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM JamesG161 at 6:18am 03.27.24 vinegar combine to make chlorine gas. Chlorine Gas will disinfect your nose. :laugh: Jim...
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine JBP-PA at 5:23am 03.27.24 Aw man, that's rough. I guess I'm lucky, my ST2000+ is over 10 years old and still rocking. The ST2
Fridge: 12V or DC Timm R Oday25 at 5:09am 03.27.24 By "off grid " I think the poster is on a mooring at McKinley Marina
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 mashmaster at 9:34pm 03.26.24 Need to replace keel winch???? Northen tool carries them it is a Dutton Lainson 800# brake winch f
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . MitchM at 9:03pm 03.26.24 Later reports say this cargo ship had questions raised about sufficiency of its engine mainten
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel PaulK at 7:25pm 03.26.24 While the drawing shows the paths of the two boats it does not indicate where each one was at differ
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel DArcy at 7:23pm 03.26.24 I'm guessing in your situation the power boater had no idea you had a keel, or had any sort of issu
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:17pm 03.26.24 bleach for a short while followed by a vinegar rinse make a lot of sense. Be sure to rinse ALL the
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:07pm 03.26.24 You're definitely on the right track, but not quite how I'd do it. 1. Triple M Plastics is a great
Boom rgranger at 6:49pm 03.26.24
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 Rick D at 6:40pm 03.26.24 FWIW, I think I would avoid pulling the top of the belly water tanks off and simply use the access t
Welding Flaw? dLj at 5:38pm 03.26.24 your correct on the electropolishing and yes sir its been paid, shipped, and delivered. Approx a
Welding Flaw? LakeShark at 5:05pm 03.26.24 Electroplater? Likely electropolishing. The battle - is it worth fighting... have you paid for the
Welding Flaw? dLj at 4:17pm 03.26.24 @dLj thanks for your help. Unfortunately it looks like I might be in for a little battle on this o
Welding Flaw? LakeShark at 3:53pm 03.26.24 Is that chrome plated? The second photo of the weld filling in a hole certainly looks plated. gary
Welding Flaw? garymalmgren at 3:48pm 03.26.24 Is that chrome plated? The second photo of the weld filling in a hole certainly looks plated. gary
Funny Friday!!! (2) JamesG161 at 3:27pm 03.26.24 I love funny Signs. tom right of this sign. and 223797 Jim...
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel ShawnL at 3:21pm 03.26.24 No one here follows the regs, except the sail boats. I've had ski boats pulling tubes cross so clos

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