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Calling all San Francisco Bay area sailors! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:32am 03.01.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/498 I will be at the Strictly Sail Pacific show in Richmond Sarturday and Sunday, April 9th and 10th. I'
Pearson 10M KenHann1 at 7:53am 03.01.16 Pearson 1/3833 Continuing to look for an older Pearson in the 30-33' range. Appreciate hearing any comments on the
Gelcoat Crack in Keel locker (1) thetailwind at 7:12am 03.01.16 Catalina 22 1/626 Hello, I have removed the keel for a restoration and I see a crack at the front of the keel locker.
Pogo this, pogo that..... Jackdaw at 6:45am 03.01.16 Ask All Sailors 35/10277 Many know I sail a lot on a Pogo 12.50. I don't often just post a link to something, but this articl
Cedar Lockers ? Casagf66 at 4:08am 03.01.16 Ask All Sailors 21/3491 While brainstorming the other day I came up with the idea of lining the hull of my lockers with ceda
A little help blunt at 9:15pm 02.29.16 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1455 Been looking at bottom paints.trying to decide which paint to buy for our gulf waters.not looking fo
Water Depth Under Bridges tclC-18 at 8:33pm 02.29.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1171 I am sailing a Catalina 18 in the relatively shallow waters of the Caloosahatchee River around Ft. M
Looking at 1976 Catalina 27 gavinbailey at 7:35pm 02.29.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 22/6315 I, as above I'm looking at a 1976 Catalina 27 and have read around the forums to familiarize myself
Oday 25 newbie (1) Jammin jr at 5:59pm 02.29.16 Day Sailers 11/2254 First post here. Looking at a 25 and think I am going to buy her. Shoal keel model with a trailer an
Electrical upgrade David M Jackson at 5:02pm 02.29.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1289 I have a 1978 Hunter 27 with the normal 1 cylinder Yanmar engine. It has a alternator with an output
Caution! Jabsco 18590 macerator wired backwards! charris at 4:32pm 02.29.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/6118 Cruising in Mexico, had a new Jabsco macerator as a spare, installed it after my original unit was s
Full enclosure (1) paulj at 4:31pm 02.29.16 Catalina 310 11/4530 Any Catalina 310 with full enclosures..........pictures. paulj :hook2:
1/2 thick curved fixed windows in the overhead are crazed. Who makes new ones? 2004 H36 sailboss at 4:29pm 02.29.16 Big Boats 12/1756 I contacted HunterOwners, but no response from them or Marlow-Hunter. These "windows" are made of 1
222 Hull Schematics for Custom Trailer Steve Willis at 3:51pm 02.29.16 Day Sailers 4/1385 Hi, I'm purchasing a 1986 O'Day 222 without a trailer. I plan to convert a dual-axle powerboat trai
Replacing Companionway Lexan John Moore at 3:21pm 02.29.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/4387 The top sliding lexan companionway on my 2008 Beneteau 323 is badly weathered and I am looking to re
H27, Pulling mast - Drop roller furling first? amcmahon at 3:09pm 02.29.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/706 Hey folks, I'm planning to pull the mast on my 1984 h27 to rewire and resolve compression post issue
Mummified body found in yacht Brian D at 2:01pm 02.29.16 Sails Call Lounge 2/882 The mummified body of a German adventurer has been discovered inside an abandoned yacht. Read on
Silicone solvent questions Brian S at 1:05pm 02.29.16 Ask All Sailors 0/414 Thanks to this forum, I recently learned that Dow Corning makes a bonafide silicone solvent to "depo
Mac26S mast rake and 150% genoa Joe A at 11:49am 02.29.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1019 I have to buy a new headstay so I would like to get the mast rake set correctly in the process. The
Normal Oil Pressure TFrere at 11:31am 02.29.16 Ask All Sailors 9/5673 I need some help. I recently installed a slightly used (250 hour) Yanmar 3JH4E in my boat. I am h

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Disturbance off Florida (2) JamesG161 at 2:07am 09.23.23 Tropical Storm Ophelia? Station Home Page - NOAA Tides & Currents Dammit Jim...
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 11:26pm 09.22.23 I still have to say that I would tackle it with a 120v 1200psi pressure washer. There is nothing in
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (8) mikeracca at 10:26pm 09.22.23 So not much to report for this week, I spent most of it in Alaska. Today was the only day I got to w
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water jssailem at 9:59pm 09.22.23 I cannot imagine that the physics is uniquely different between the various seals used and the vario
Deck paint recommendations (7) RSHunter27 at 9:01pm 09.22.23 X3XwvsorsYw220176
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:41pm 09.22.23 Luna has a couple Datamarine instruments in the cockpit area near the companionway hatch. I have no
Yanmar Diesel stalls when underway Techstyle at 8:35pm 09.22.23 I had a similar problem and found that the screen before the first fuel filter was completely clogge
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:29pm 09.22.23 Well by the look of the website they say a lot on one page, then the products page shows one small
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Kelsa at 8:23pm 09.22.23 As a side note, while in school for electrical engineering, I worked at a marine electronics place
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:55pm 09.22.23
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:45pm 09.22.23 These are obviously the instructions for a power boat : ral instructions had additionally included
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging (2) baycloud at 7:39pm 09.22.23 Thanks for the pics @SV Maverick. Interesting setup - different than mine. Gives me design decisions
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Davidasailor26 at 7:19pm 09.22.23 The one thing I do know is that a negative pressure supply is not what you want connected to the se
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:10pm 09.22.23 What about using the raw water intake for the head? What is the force which drives the water from
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 7:10pm 09.22.23 What about using the raw water intake for the head? my head is nowhere near my packing seal so can't
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Tally Ho at 7:02pm 09.22.23
Applying Cetol question Davidasailor26 at 6:58pm 09.22.23 Did you strip off the gloss before applying the satin finish or did you just apply the satin over t
Its funny Friday! RSHunter27 at 6:56pm 09.22.23 Not funny in the least. I hate to see politics show up on this forum. As far as Colbert, I rate hi
Its funny Friday! RSHunter27 at 6:45pm 09.22.23
23.5 unsinkable??? shemandr at 6:22pm 09.22.23 I can tell you for a fact that a popular well regarded 80' - 90's, 28' boat will go straight to the

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