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Pedestal guard replacement (1) stevemitchell at 5:10pm 02.16.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/6452 Has anyone found a replacement to the rather weird/small integrated pedestal "guard" that's on the 3
Kudos to West Marine atrometer at 4:26pm 02.16.16 Catalina 22 10/1444 I bought a WM handheld VHF radio 3/4 years ago and never used it. The "snap latch" on the bottom wa
Anchor locker--how to stop rollout Windtherapy at 12:11pm 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 18/2025 Being new to sailing and only owning speed boats in the past, how does one stop the anchor from roll
What size / shape zinc for keel? Inspection suggestions? Ellwebs at 12:04pm 02.16.16 Catalina 22 28/7674 1973 Catalina 22, Hull 2556. When I have my bottom cleaned, what zinc should I send down with the d
Replacing Gel Cell Batteries edwardc at 11:56am 02.16.16 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1167 Well, I'm finally having to replace the Gel Cell batteries of my house bank. Last season, the began
Anybody on here sail in Saginaw Bay, MI or Lake Huron? Windtherapy at 11:28am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 4/892 Trying to get a feel for how many on here might sail in or near Saginaw Bay or Lake Huron? Being new
Anybody on here sail in or near Saginaw Bay, MI or Lake Huron? Windtherapy at 11:21am 02.16.16 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2631 Trying to get a feel for how many on here might sail in or near Saginaw Bay or Lake Huron? Being new
SeaPearl vs Bay Hen JJMc at 11:05am 02.16.16 Trailer Sailors 6/5683 Both about 21', the SeaPearl has no cabin, an open boat but tent cabin available. The Bay Hen has a
My sailing stats PotomacDaysailer at 9:31am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 5/574 Looked back through my sailing log today and tabulated all my outings, time and distance under sail,
Wanted Mac trailer Blinkie at 8:56am 02.16.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/969 Hello, Im new to your forum thanks for letting me in. Anyone have or know where I might find an old
Sailing with keel UP atrometer at 8:52am 02.16.16 Catalina 22 20/5221 Has anyone sailed with the keel up say with just a reefed main or just a foresail?
Sound system upgrade. Advice? Justin_NSA at 8:11am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 14/1518 What systems have worked for you? Any good reads on this? I have a Sony Unilink system on my '91 Hun
VHF with GPS Damifudo at 7:52am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 10/1047 Its time to upgrade the old VHF radio with the new type DSC and since my helm and radio are in two d
SEAWATER. FILTER (3) ELMAX at 6:39am 02.16.16 Big Boats 10/1780 I cleaned the engine seawater filter. What material they are made these seals? They are on sale? wha
Boathook All U Get at 4:50am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1906 Hi all, I did a search for boathooks and didn't find much, probably they way I search. What I was
Little help on 340 salon lite Rick Templeton at 6:39pm 02.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/697 Lookin for some guidance on the large skylite glazing in the bow side of the salon of a 340. It appe
Sailboat learn/ride near summerville S.C. sailnewbie at 6:17pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1008 I'll be in summerville S.C. for a few days march 5-8, and as you can tell by my name I'm a complete
Beneteau 375 rudder lower ring s2fast4u at 6:16pm 02.15.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2162 Hi, rudder has been removed on my first375 and I'm looking to remove slight play in lower rudder bea
New to site. Have headsail question for H34 Johnhawkk at 5:35pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 9/739 I have been a lurker on this sight for 2 year and I've found it to be invaluable for sailing info. F
Shoutout to Nova Kool druid at 4:07pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 3/1204 I just installed the Nova Kool LT201 icebox conversion kit and I'm more than impressed. The icebox i

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Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 3:07pm 02.13.24 Be very careful regarding the title. the only seller who can convey good title is the human o
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:05pm 02.13.24 Thanks for all the input folks. I should have enough info for an attempt once I have enough crew on
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:03pm 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spr
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 12:38pm 02.13.24 Hi, Yes, you can just slide the tube back and completely remove it. There are a number of options,
Free chafe guard rgranger at 12:06pm 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? Scott T-Bird at 9:48am 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spri
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 9:41am 02.13.24 Thanks @Rick D Looks about the same as mine.
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (2) Rick D at 9:15am 02.13.24 I seem to recall 4" bend, but I'd true that up. Here are a couple of photos sort of showing the bend
Free chafe guard Captain Larry-DH at 8:57am 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read l
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 8:22am 02.13.24 Hello, Last year I added a retractable sprit to my boat. The purpose is for racing. The tack line r
stripping cetol from teak Jumpstart at 6:38am 02.13.24 Bought a boat with a ton of teak. Previous owner had used Cetol and it hadn't been maintained. Used
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, (1) Scott NIelsen at 6:23am 02.13.24 Look what I found online. Author of the article is Steve D'Antonio. I think this may be a picture o
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, Scott NIelsen at 6:09am 02.13.24 I do not remember exactly. What I remember doing is looking/taking a picture of a vacuum gauge on o
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? dlochner at 5:51am 02.13.24 Where will you store the cradle when the boat isn't in it? That could be the determining factor. The
Your experience with propane outboards? SkookumZac at 5:34am 02.13.24 Can you use the 5lb propane tank horizontally??? Hi john, yes it works fine horizontally. -Z
Hunter 320 in mast furling shemandr at 5:21am 02.13.24 Wow! I posted on that thread in 2015. I think that since then we've seen more stack packs than IM
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (1) JamesG161 at 3:57am 02.13.24 Visual observation of yours, looks about right. I checked my prebend per my Boat manual. I used a p
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? rgranger at 3:14am 02.13.24 My daughter shipped her car from SC to CA For $400. seems you should be able to flat bed a cradle
(re) location of hot water heater john2 at 2:43am 02.13.24 Well, it went back on the original place. all the hoses, coolant and water connections are way be
stripping cetol from teak SailingLoto at 2:33am 02.13.24 36 grit on a block make quick work or it. Stop buying hardware store sandpaper. Go get some good

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