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Last summer weekend is in the books ... (1) Scott T-Bird at 7:18am 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 16/637 140561 Barnegat Light at end of summer. Clouds bringing weather.
Weekend "Issues" Full Circle 473 at 9:33pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/585 Overall, we had a great weekend of sailing. With a few issues. Sailing on a downwind run at 7-8 knot
Mast delimma (3) Johnnyreb at 8:06pm 09.05.17 Kittiewake 5/1397 The place where the mast is connected to has a female screw in receptacle and the mast has a flat pl
Replacement parts - MacGregor26M JP100 at 7:55pm 09.05.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/696 Greetings All, Considering buying a MacGregor 26M. Since MacGregor is no longer in business, are the
Irma... slip or trailer? Kermit at 5:32pm 09.05.17 Trailer Sailors 39/2517 With Irma potentially heading to SC I feel pretty conflicted as to leaving my H260 in its slip or pu
Any Pensacola area sailors on SO? Jumpstart at 5:06pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 14/595 Curious as to what your thoughts are about the approaching hurricane Irma. My grand daughter just s
Hunter 356 Table tracks The Book of Sail at 4:49pm 09.05.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/307 The previous owner had removed the tracks that the big table brackets go on. I have the brackets th
gas struts for pop top Submarine at 3:31pm 09.05.17 Smaller Boats 2/566 anybody installed gas struts to raise their pop top? Seems like there would be plenty of room on my
Schenker 30 modular PeterBld at 3:16pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 2/374 we have the above Watermaker. Brilliant. But time to replace the membrane and we are in Vava'u, Tong
1992 Macgregor 26s: sails and motor questions (1) Russ Ward at 2:58pm 09.05.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1944 All, I recently purchased a Macgregor 26S and have a load of questions, but will stick with a few t
Tampa Boat Show postponed Ron20324 at 2:21pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 9/582 MarineMax Vacations Family, The safety of our customers and team members is our number one priority
Free Sailboat Yahoo Group Christian Sailing at 2:09pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 1/601 There used to be a yahoo group for people to post their free boat in an attempt to give it away but
Winter Storage Cover - 1985 Beneteau 325 Tom McM at 1:33pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 18/1091 Hello, I am looking for a winter storage cover for a 1985 Beneteau 325. Can anyone recommend a fabr
1975 Catalina 30 deck thickness damonnomad at 1:27pm 09.05.17 Catalina 30 0/550 I have soft spots on the fore deck between the hatch and anchor locker. I believe it was originally
Tabernacle/Mast Step Leaking (3) Capri at 12:27pm 09.05.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/664 I'm telling you what. It seems I've been spending more time learning how to repair my boat than sail
How to sail Away From A Dock (not a slip) Don Guillette at 9:46am 09.05.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 40/7439 Moderator Brian D contacted me regarding this topic which is displayed on another forum. As a kid gr
Paneltronics Replacement Meters jviss at 8:56am 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/399 Buying a new, old boat - a 1996 Tartan - that has a Paneltronics, OEM electrical panel. The meters
Dark Blue pinstripes (1) MollyO64 at 8:52am 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 12/714 140527 We have a 25 foot Pearson and the stripes were badly peeling when I bought the boat so I remo
Advice for an Aspiring Live-Aboard Sailor Pearse at 8:44am 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 34/5336 Hello! I do not have much experience sailing, but having gone out about 10 times, I am in love with
Hunter 30T Goose Neck Failure djekels at 7:42am 09.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 1/719 Every time for the past 3 years that we have gone out sailing in 25+m winds the goose neck bracket m

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Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:27am 12.31.23 A more affordable and equally effective alternative to NoFlex Digester is Camco TST (Amazon Link).
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Hayden Watson at 8:27am 12.31.23 For recharging, most of these units only have the low-pressure port and it usually will have the old
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 8:21am 12.31.23 Your plan sounds solid. Stick to it. Boat and title for any money. I would suspect they do not have
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:18am 12.31.23 There is precious little info out there about plumbing porta potties. Very few are plumbed at all, a
Worst holding tank install ever Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:50am 12.31.23 I strongly suspect the "holding tank" was just for "show" and was never used, cuz there's no sign of
Wood species dlochner at 7:46am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat? Both. That's my story. :)
Wood species dmax at 7:43am 12.31.23 "The ones that are damaged I can try to fill with epoxy thickened with wood flour. " As an alternat
roller furling replacement Kings Gambit at 7:41am 12.31.23 Have any Hunter 46.6 owners replaced the Selden Furlex Jib System? I have significant problems wit
Wood species john6206 at 7:35am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat?
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Terry Cox at 7:07am 12.31.23 Not sure how to recharge them. Have you done this before? I didn't know they were rechargable. Goo
Hunter Legend 35.5 Spinnaker? kappykaplan at 6:19am 12.31.23 Try Bacon Sails: Sail search page
Wood species dlochner at 6:16am 12.31.23
Worst holding tank install ever JBP-PA at 6:10am 12.31.23 One would assume the green is overboard discharge. Perhaps the owner wanted to sail somewhere holdin
Wood species john6206 at 6:08am 12.31.23
If H260 is suspended in air, or frozen, what happens? dlochner at 5:56am 12.31.23 This spot on river is only place in Midwest where usually boats can be left in thru cold winter T
If H260 is suspended in air, or frozen, what happens? Davenport at 5:44am 12.31.23 This Red Wing spot on river w warming from power planet is only place in MN where usually boats can
Wood species sailme88 at 4:26am 12.31.23 Why not reach out to Warren Pandy at Catalina (727) 544-6681. Quite possible they either have blank
Wood species shemandr at 7:54pm 12.30.23 If you hang around some wooden boat building sites, you'll see a bewildering assortment of woods whi
Wood species dlochner at 7:00pm 12.30.23 Looks like teak to me. Matching teak can be difficult because there are many varieties. As much as p
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 dlochner at 6:55pm 12.30.23 I have mine plumbed through a macerator and then to a through hull for overboard discharge when 3 m

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