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Photo contest winners revealed... we were shocked! (4) Phil Herring at 8:41pm 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 6/2028 Okay, okay, the only thing shocking about these photos is how good they are! And how hard it was to
Need info this Palmer Johnson (2) Texseean at 8:07pm 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 9/502 I got this for salvage and need some help identifing what it is. Im thinking Palmer Johnson pilot ho
I need a key blank for my Catalina 350 companionway lock. gvidor at 7:07pm 09.29.17 Parts Search 2/756 It appears to come from Italy. Any info?
N28-2 Keel Differences MitchK at 6:33pm 09.29.17 Newport 1/690 Anyone know the physical differences (other than length) of the two keel versions on the N28-2. I'm
P42 port / starboard - rear storage hatches - why designed this ways Puesta del sol at 2:24pm 09.29.17 Big Boats 4/736 Any idea why these houses were designed to drain into the bottom of the boat under the aft state roo
Boat signage (1) justsomeguy at 10:07am 09.29.17 Sails Call Lounge 8/810 Git them Duke boys! this stuff? Or more importantly, proofreads it? :laugh:
Reverse cycle heater NYSail at 6:42am 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 16/1415
H34 transmission hunter healer at 4:49am 09.29.17 Big Boats 18/1387 I have a H 34 model year 1983 and I'm getting conflicting answers to how much transmission oil to p
Pearson 39-2 Deck moisture and owners manual andyschoenb@gmail.com at 2:30am 09.29.17 Pearson 7/2009 Hello I am in the final stages of deciding whether to purchase a 1987 Pearson 39-2. It appears that
First world problems justsomeguy at 10:05pm 09.28.17 Sails Call Lounge 25/1914 My poor wife cannot stop complaining about the neighboring boat's AC seawater pump's constant flow.
Sumner, your boats survive Irma? TortugasRoyal at 8:37pm 09.28.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/876 How's Charlotte Harbor Storage?
Ah....Fall sailing on Lake Michigan ! Tally Ho at 8:06pm 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 6/820 Here is some footage (sorry about the wind noise....20+ knots of wind makes a lot of racket). Sol
Did OxyClean Ruin My Hatch Lenses? ggrizzard at 4:12pm 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2719 After the post about Simple Green causing such havoc, I got to thinking about my three year old hatc
Raritan PHii / how do I get this cap off? (1) Skipper at 3:30pm 09.28.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/1584 Part 1204B in the picture. It's the cap under the flush selector. It won't budge. Can't get a grip
New Dock Lines versus Older Dock Lines Rasselas36 at 3:04pm 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 52/4926 During Hurricane IRMA I secured my boat with both new 5/8" 3-strand lines and older 5/8" 3-strand li
Mast replacement Tim22 at 10:17am 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 17/16336 We had a little storm here yesterday evening that dropped a large tree branch onto my mast (it was o
Dead battery wing15601 at 7:32am 09.28.17 Bigger Boats 19/1607 I purchased my O'Day 28 3 years ago and don't know how old the batteries are. One will not hold a ch
Removal of W21 Replace with W27 SailorRory at 7:04am 09.28.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/547 I am not necessarily looking forward to pulling my old Westerbeke 21 out of my Hunter 34 ('83) and k
1997 h40.5 floorboard removal Rich Stidger at 6:53am 09.28.17 Big Boats 17/1324 Have any of the 40.5 owners removed the floorboard under the port side U-shaped settee? The inner-m
"Tow" insurance (2) Justin_NSA at 6:14am 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 19/1164 After hearing the tales of fellow sailors, I decided to get one of these. It's a cheap insurance pol

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Set your watch back 20 years thinwater at 10:30am 07.28.24
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues SailingCal21 at 10:16am 07.28.24 If you can, I suggest that you also look into changing the fixtures as well. The LED replacement bu
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) Stu Jackson at 10:09am 07.28.24 Welcome home! :):):)
Set your watch back 20 years Stu Jackson at 10:06am 07.28.24 I wonder if that was his problem. Couldn't be, naw...I'm sure the Second Narrows Bridge piling jus
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues Stu Jackson at 10:03am 07.28.24 www.marinebeam.com should tell you all you need to know, a great resource.
Set your watch back 20 years Ralph Johnstone at 10:03am 07.28.24 "I am a sailor, not a gadget geek," I replied. Now that you mention it, that pretty well describe
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast ShawnL at 10:00am 07.28.24 The main halyard goes all the way to the top, and the vang and main sheet are loose. I'll see if I
Yanmar 3gm30f - heavy vibration/shaking in neutral Don S/V ILLusion at 10:00am 07.28.24 Motor mounts?
Anchor deployment (1) Stu Jackson at 9:52am 07.28.24 Put a cleat on the pulpit and tie the anchor hoop to the cleat. Problem solved.
Set your watch back 20 years Stu Jackson at 9:50am 07.28.24 Garmin GPSMAP 76Cx and Autohelm ST3000 is the limit of my electronics (beyond radio and the basics).
Navigation repeater Calif. Ted at 9:36am 07.28.24 Try searching for a Raymarine ST60 Repeater, there's a few on Ebay. If you have NEMA2000 or Raymarin
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast morbidfollower at 9:33am 07.28.24 Tie a line to the main halyard long enough so that you can pull up only the main halyard without th
Navigation repeater dlochner at 9:29am 07.28.24 Depends, we really need to know the brand and model of the instruments. Electronics evolve constantl
Set your watch back 20 years Ralph Johnstone at 9:28am 07.28.24 I go sailing to enjoy "sailing" and see the scenery. Not to play with electronics. Garmin GPSMAP 2
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues Ralph Johnstone at 9:16am 07.28.24 Just do it. No big deal. I think most LED's for lighting today are warm white. You can match tungs
Set your watch back 20 years ggrizzard at 9:13am 07.28.24 YES! ;)
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) (1) Michael Davis at 9:04am 07.28.24 An 0600 start the next morning hoping to catch the slack to ebb at Dodd Narrows. Motored down Barnes
1985 O'day 28 Depth Transducer Relocation - Something Interesting dlochner at 8:53am 07.28.24 Looks good! There is a reason fairing compound was developed, it is near impossible to get the glas
1985 O'day 28 Depth Transducer Relocation - Something Interesting (3) Clutch Cargo at 8:51am 07.28.24 Completely forgot to post these. While not perfect or perfectly flush, it came out pretty good. As
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast JoeWhite at 8:45am 07.28.24 Tie a line to the main halyard long enough so that you can pull up only the main halyard without the

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