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West Marine Spring Super Sale... rpludwig at 1:16am 03.15.17 Catalina 22 0/771 in case you're not on Stingy's mailing list, he just posted: Stingy Deals West Marine has their Spr
Mast head fly mounting Ned Ludd at 8:12pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2673 I got tired of the Davis plastic masthead fly's and just got a SeaLux solid SS unit for only a few b
H376 Ladder Upgrade Install Question rfrye1 at 6:34pm 03.14.17 Big Boats 1/480 I am finally getting around to replacing the huge pain in the neck one-piece OEM boarding ladder wit
Catalina 380 Leaking Chain Plate (5) kimelmore at 5:49pm 03.14.17 Big Boats 3/1513 As promised some photos of my leaking chain plate. It was the forward lower port side chain plate. I
Coronado 25 Sambo420 at 5:35pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 16/12035 Hello all! I am looking into my 3rd sailboat (first two being Cal 20 ' 29) in a Coronado 25. She is
Best approach to fixing this rudder? (2) Captn Scotty at 4:33pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 16/1394 134258 134257 It would seem that the cold weather has frozen the water trapped in my rudder and caus
Tohatsu 9.8 outboard RWSlater at 3:52pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 23/15407 Do any of you have this outboard? Looking for opinions on a near 10hp motor. I have the 10'2" infla
Universal M25 fuel bleed (1) LeslieTroyer at 3:25pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 7/5117 I've upgraded my M25 to include the bleed valve that was on the later engines. I've read that some
Motor for O'Day 20 CHris F at 2:52pm 03.14.17 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1461 I purchased a 1976 O'Day 20 In Spetember 2016, which came with a 5hp Tohatsu 2 stroke. I later neede
OPTIMUM PROPELLER SIZE FOR 26M 70HP YAMAHA GILLES PARENTEAU at 2:18pm 03.14.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/774 HI ! MY MAX RPM IS 5200...SHOULD BE 6200 MY MAX SPEED BALLAST OUT IS 16 KNOTS...I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SA
bow to beach ladder? RussC at 1:00pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 6/3347 Anyone here have one of these ladders. looks very interesting, but unsure how stable they would actu
Happy Pi Day! LakeShark at 12:32pm 03.14.17 Sails Call Lounge 25/2721 Just noticed the date today and found out its Pi Day! So with all the insanely smart engineers and
Surveyor says?... (2) IH82BL8 at 12:21pm 03.14.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/883 Actually it was five years ago when we bought the boat that the surveyor pointed out that anchor hat
Best Manual toilet....... NYSail at 10:00am 03.14.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 18/5395 Just got a new boat (to me) that has two electric toilets. While this is neat and everything, there
Changing Transducers lehighsail at 7:56am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 21/2485 I was reading the thread about painting the thru hull transducers and stopped at KappyKaplan's post.
Thru Hull Repair Paint billjoye at 7:53am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/481 I have a question which I've been unable to resolve. How to you properly finish a thru hull repair?
Macgregor 22 keel cable (2) pulsewave at 6:49am 03.14.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1763 Hi all, The keel cable on my Macgregor 22 looks like it's getting a little frayed (see pics). Any
Pulpit + Piling + Tornado = (1) PGIJon at 6:31am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1650 Result of a tornado last night here in Punta Gorda. Not a lot of damage around us other then trees
Questions on buying a new used boat Bob S at 4:59am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/392 We've been looking to move up to a bigger boat and had some questions. Yachtworld has some interesti
Beneteau461 Polar Diagram gunsiray at 4:10am 03.14.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/467 Dear Friends, does anybody has the polar diagram of Beneteau 461 ( year 1997 ) ? Or else could you

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Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? jssailem at 11:04am 07.02.24
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? jssailem at 10:57am 07.02.24
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? capta at 10:46am 07.02.24 "Non-toxic" basically means "useless" when talking about antifouling paint. However, even the most "
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet Timm R Oday25 at 10:22am 07.02.24 Why does the mainsheet even go to the mast and then to the base ? I don't see the point . If you hav
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Hayden Watson at 9:36am 07.02.24 What irony? AFAIK all minerals have the potential to kill any life if used in sufficcent ways and q
New owners - how are they doing, part 3 DArcy at 9:32am 07.02.24 The name on the side of the bar is Vrek Lekker, a South African fudge shop. Maybe this is the approp
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Hayden Watson at 9:14am 07.02.24 Your personal goal is evidently twofold: Paint that is safe and paint that works. You can have pai
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Charles Erwin at 9:05am 07.02.24 Your personal goal is evidently twofold: Paint that is safe and paint that works. You can have pain
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Hayden Watson at 9:04am 07.02.24 It is certainly not coper free, but I get 8-years out of my Trinidad Pro. I hauled out and painted
373 Shallow Draft Depth gurn5877 at 9:00am 07.02.24 There are three draft options available for the beneteau 373 4'9" 4'11" and 6'1"
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? adamv at 8:46am 07.02.24
Stripped screws in plastic Rick Webb at 8:33am 07.02.24 zip ties instead of tooth pick
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Don S/V ILLusion at 8:21am 07.02.24
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet JoeWhite at 8:00am 07.02.24 The van block does not need to be so high near the boom. Make a 12" pendant using steel cable and dr
2005 Hunter 31 or 1992 Hunter 37.5 Legend? David in Sandusky at 7:58am 07.02.24
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet (1) kloudie1 at 7:41am 07.02.24 David sailor is right.. it'd be a good test to run to the lower turning block (behind the vang cleat
No more vroom vroom? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:19am 07.02.24 What model and manufacturer
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 7:06am 07.02.24 Oh My Gosh! that buoy . normally updates every TEN minutes. Now offline for 2 hours :yikes::yikes
Hatch Replacement - 2004 Hunter 31 - lots of questions and help needed Boiler at 6:53am 07.02.24 How did it turn out?
Engine & Genset Pan are they connected ? Boiler at 6:43am 07.02.24 I would place a diaper (oil absorbent mat) under the main to catch anything coming off the engine.

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