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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 17/2674 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 3/1515 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 16/12036 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 23/15408 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 1/775 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 6/3348 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 25/2722 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 2/884 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 18/5396 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? Davidasailor26 at 4:20am 07.03.24 This was one of the ones i found: https://auroramarine.ca/vs721-bottom-coat.html The text implies i
Bilge Keel on a hunter 22 Davidasailor26 at 2:52am 07.03.24
Bilge Keel on a hunter 22 Darwinless at 11:08pm 07.02.24 I think what has happened is that the previous owner deleted the swing keel that the boat originally
2005 Hunter 31 or 1992 Hunter 37.5 Legend? jssailem at 10:37pm 07.02.24 Living aboard a small boat is having no room for 3 suits, 6 ties, 4 pairs of shoes and not really ca
Stripped screws in plastic rgranger at 8:52pm 07.02.24 What about wrapping screws in teflon tape? :plus: Or Saran wrap
Question on Changing Keel Wench in the Water Davidasailor26 at 7:42pm 07.02.24 That's another thought I've been having. I'm worried that if there isn't enough cable and I let it
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? adamv at 7:38pm 07.02.24
Question on Changing Keel Wench in the Water jmobx at 7:37pm 07.02.24
Question on Changing Keel Wench in the Water Davidasailor26 at 7:26pm 07.02.24
Bilge Keel on a hunter 22 Davidasailor26 at 7:11pm 07.02.24 Sounds ambitious. I think it would take a lot of work to reinforce both sides of the hull to handle
Question on Changing Keel Wench in the Water jmobx at 7:04pm 07.02.24 I vote to remove from the water on the trailer. You do not have to lower the mast to work on the ke
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:06pm 07.02.24 . If it was just organic copper that was steadily washing off i wouldnt be too concerned but the da
2005 Hunter 31 or 1992 Hunter 37.5 Legend? shemandr at 6:04pm 07.02.24
Bilge Keel on a hunter 22 (1) jssailem at 5:58pm 07.02.24 A bilge keel boat. t seen a Hunter 22 with this configuration. At least not a factory item. I guess
2005 Hunter 31 or 1992 Hunter 37.5 Legend? jssailem at 5:53pm 07.02.24 - A good rule of thumb is that operation and maintenance costs go up with the square of the length.
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? jssailem at 5:42pm 07.02.24 Would i be correct in guessing the non toxic ones are best suited to small boats or ones that are r
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Davidasailor26 at 5:38pm 07.02.24 data sheets for all the paints ive looked at are pretty clear they are harmful to life By definiti
Question on Changing Keel Wench in the Water JoeWhite at 5:24pm 07.02.24 I vote to remove from the water on the trailer. You do not have to lower the mast to work on the kee
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:24pm 07.02.24
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? adamv at 4:14pm 07.02.24 On my last paint job, I sanded down the full previous coat and most of the one before that. I used

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