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HAPPY TURKEY DAY Jacktar at 7:30am 11.24.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/499 Happy thanksgiving to all Catalina Owners big and small, owning a Catalina sailboat is just one more
New Project: Telstar 28 (1) agprice22 at 7:28am 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 9/2990 After 3 seasons of bringing our O'day 272 into great shape, my wife and I decided to embark on a new
O'Day 28 - What headsail size? Apex at 3:53am 11.24.16 Bigger Boats 7/1100 I have a 150% currently, and am looking at new sails for No Worries. What headsail size do you have
What Sail Material/Construction to choose? Apex at 3:48am 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 6/899 I am looking at a new suite of sails for No Worries this winter. I see there has been some recent p
Photo of funny business (1) Jackdaw at 10:38pm 11.23.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1349 At WYC if you place in at least one race series or sail in at least 25 races, you are awarded a trop
install new VHF antenna Dionysis at 6:25pm 11.23.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/3847 I have a hunter 26.5 that I purchased with a broken vhf radio and no antenna. I want to know where i
Connecting the depth info from a Raymarine ST60 to a Garmin GPSMAP 441s chatplotter buddybear at 6:15pm 11.23.16 Catalina 310 2/808 Trying to send the data from the ST60 Tridata to a Garmin GPSMAP 441S chartplotter. I have read the
Keel Bolt Removal on a 1984 Beneteau First 38 Doug in Lakeview at 5:24pm 11.23.16 Ask All Sailors 34/11510 Hi all, We have a 1984 Beneteau First 38 and have just spent the last 4 days removing 20 Keel Bolts
V Berth Water Tank, 35.5 questions Steverhnm at 4:44pm 11.23.16 Big Boats 1/457 So last time I was down at my boat I noticed the wood bulging in the V Berth. A closer look showed
H34 Compression Post repair (1) Charlie98117 at 4:13pm 11.23.16 Big Boats 3/963 OK, I'm finally going to do it. I've got the yard scheduled to pull the mast and a rigger setup to
H216 - Cracks and bow repair - AZExpedition at 4:09pm 11.23.16 Smaller Boats 9/784 Ebay boat for $650. For a 2004 Sailboat that seems like a good deal. Let see if that is my opinion
40 CC port water tank twx at 4:06pm 11.23.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/539 For the life of me I can't figure out where the access to the port water tank is. The starboard is
Luff curve shawanaga at 3:38pm 11.23.16 Big Boats 6/1454 I have a 1990 Hunter 35.5 and I am wondering if anyone knows what the optimal curve built into the m
c27 slutter? jones20oo2 at 1:18pm 11.23.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/700 New to sailing and this may be a newbe question but hoping to find some insight. So I was talking to
anyone replace the original wind vane? iSailor at 12:57pm 11.23.16 Catalina 310 4/2269 My wind vane looks like it got hit / attacked by a bird...one of the arms appears bent and the "flag
Only two wires for anchor light and steaming light Jeff22156 at 12:26pm 11.23.16 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1356 Dear O Day Owners, I have a 1979 25 ft O day Sailboat. I was checking the wiring from the deck to th
Using old through-hull transducer with new tech TheIrishman at 11:45am 11.23.16 Ask All Sailors 7/1052 1989 Hunter 30...looks to be the original transducer. Looking to upgrade the nav systems and I'm cur
Beneteau 310 binnacle measurements grandview846 at 11:18am 11.23.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1230 Seeking help from a fellow 310 owner who has access to their boat. Would like to take advantage of
Sea Of Cortez CapnGL at 10:51am 11.23.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/6918 One of our aspirations is to sail the sea of cortez. but I've heard and read that the weather there
Re packing stuffing box, 84 303 Rvator97 at 8:44am 11.23.16 Pearson 5/1473 Due to excessive dripping, I was looking into re packing my stuffing box. Would like to use the drip

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Welding Flaw? dLj at 6:00pm 03.25.24 That's an unusual pattern. It looks to me more like they may have used a chemical product to clean t
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel Davidasailor26 at 5:48pm 03.25.24 I think you did the right thing given the layout of the channel and your initial reaction to follow
Boom Skipper J at 5:36pm 03.25.24 If that doesn't work, Dwyer Mast and Rigging, with a website online, got back to me quickly with a b
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel colb218 at 5:35pm 03.25.24 Thanks for the re-assurance all. As the person who got me into this said when I took my first boat o
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel jssailem at 5:11pm 03.25.24 I am not sure of the ColReg siting but this is my understanding. This location does have an Obstru
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel jssailem at 5:05pm 03.25.24 Did I do something wrong? NO. Channel Markers Lateral Marks Lateral buoys denote port and starboa
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel kappykaplan at 4:46pm 03.25.24 Based on your description and the image you posted, no. You were correct to make the limited adjus
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel kappykaplan at 4:36pm 03.25.24 Did I do something wrong? Based on your description and the image you posted, no.
Beefed-Up Stern Pulpit Skipper J at 4:28pm 03.25.24 That's very professional looking. You will likely find so many uses for it.
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 Project_Mayhem at 4:26pm 03.25.24 O'Day's are known for leaks as they used silicone to seal everything from the factory. Paper, tape a
Boom AngelM at 3:48pm 03.25.24 Thanks gonna give them a call. Angel
CD Traveler Control Cleat Install Question ...3TacksontheWater at 2:54pm 03.25.24 I'm almost done! Only two holes left to drill. I had to remove my Traveler X track so that I could d
Beefed-Up Stern Pulpit ...3TacksontheWater at 2:46pm 03.25.24 Very nice! George
M-12 Oil Change (2) GeorgeC at 2:04pm 03.25.24 Randall.... I own a 1983 O'Day 30 with a Universal M-20 (5416) 16 hp engine. Some of the folks respo
1984 Hunter 34 Fuel Fittings Charlie98117 at 1:11pm 03.25.24 I took pictures of the inside of the tank when I installed an access plate on my 83 H34 but didn't u
M25XPB eng/battery fuse size Clydo at 12:32pm 03.25.24 Clyde, I assume you mean: Battery cables red, one connected to each end of both fuses. Located ne
M25XPB eng/battery fuse size Clydo at 12:19pm 03.25.24 Clyde, I seem to remember the ANL fuses being 150 amp rating. One of them blew when the stater mot
M25XPB eng/battery fuse size (3) Clydo at 12:14pm 03.25.24 I don't have an answer but might suggest that the "guy doing work" should have a pretty good idea o
Venting 3 compartments at once twodzusfittings at 12:05pm 03.25.24 And now for something completely different. Guy walks in to a hardware store and asks for a rubber h
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? Roland5048 at 11:57am 03.25.24 Having sailed mainly the west coast of Florida with occasional trips to the Fl. Keys and up the Fl.

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