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Trade up to a larger boat fgraham at 9:15am 08.21.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/3 I want to move up to a boat that is a little more bluewater type. I have a nice Catalina 27 w diese
Documentation Dysfunction - Serious Issue for Buyers and Sel Roger Long at 9:10am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 44/5976 It is illegal to operate a U.S. Documented vessel without a current and valid Certificate of Documen
New engine for a 34? El Jackalope at 7:32am 08.21.15 Sabre Sailboats 5/3406 The original Vovlo MD11 in our 1978 Sabre 34 is running hot and we're thinking it might be time to r
Waterway guide / Explorer VS Active Captain MrBill_FLL at 7:31am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 6/3065 FWIW I was passed a link on waterway guide, and noticed the waterway Explorer (like active captain)
IMPORTANT! Survey about forums Phil Herring at 7:06am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 13/902 We are already in the process of upgrading some of the site features (boat and gear ads so far, docu
Steering Pedestal Placement agprice22 at 3:53am 08.21.15 Bigger Boats 15/3058 I am getting ready to install wheel steering in my 272. Perusing the instructions, I see that there
Winterizing Long Story at 3:32am 08.21.15 Catalina 310 4/1329 Last night was 43 here in WI - a hint that fall is around the corner and boating season is coming do
Learn to sail in the DC area? Indysailor at 3:04am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 18/2100 I have a friend who relocated to DC and is looking to get started in sailing. If you have experience
First 35 Decals Brown7477 at 7:43pm 08.20.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/640 I am looking for some Decal design ideas for my First 35. I am thinking about a dark blue 4" strip a
Hull depression cnc 25 (1) Ekvh at 7:34pm 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1723 Picked up a C'C 25 for a song on EBay. Advertised as sail worthy with a solid hull. It was noted to
O'Day 27 cookcwayne at 7:08pm 08.20.15 Bigger Boats 3/829 anyone own one who can answer some general questions? Bought two months ago
Perkins 4107 water pump (2) jssailem at 6:41pm 08.20.15 Engines and Propulsion 3/2143 I have a 4107 with a bad coolant pump. I removed the pump and have ordered a replacement. I've been
Newbe purchased #14612 this week. (1) bushav at 6:00pm 08.20.15 Catalina 22 221/26176 Started sailing with a 12' sunfish knock off by "Formosa" in 1979 at age 12. Sailed that fine craft
Hull composition 1983 Depth transducer location One arm sailor at 5:57pm 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/656 im wondering if the hull of my oday 27 1973 is solid fiberglass or is there is a core or any reinfor
4 HP Johnson wont start jibes138 at 5:22pm 08.20.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/3416 My neighbor has a 4 stroke 4 Hp Johnson with internal tank. Won't start or even pretend to start. To
Help with standing rigging please Caroleena at 5:07pm 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1503 I'm replacing the original adjustable backstay on a Cat 22 and I've encountered an issue I didn't ex
Soft spot/hull damage bburke at 2:45pm 08.20.15 Day Sailers 3/1816 I have an 84 rebel spindrift daysailer 1- recently purchased and have rehabbed it to sailing order.
Engine control panel replacement + intro (1) tredychris at 1:18pm 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1468 Hi I will be the 1st time boat owner of an '84 O'Day 28 (anniversary edition) by the end of this
Fiberglass drilling One arm sailor at 11:26am 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 7/838 Hi all I have never drilled a hole in fiberglass! Is there any thing I Shaun know before I start? I
ST60+ Knotmeter Issue>>>Thoughts? Rick D at 11:13am 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 32/4868 My Raymarine ST60+ not-meter is making me nuts. The display would not read knots when I was moving a

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Raritan Superflush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:09pm 01.08.24 The bleach in Clorox household bowl cleaner will will do that. If you're so happy with the Jabsco wi
New Electronics - Is this about right? (1) rpwillia at 7:07pm 01.08.24 Scott, Good Question. I am assuming Raymarine got him the new instruments and that those are used to
New Electronics - Is this about right? Scott T-Bird at 7:01pm 01.08.24 Hi Ray, I'm pretty sure that what I see in your picture (looking at the backs of the instruments) i
New Electronics - Is this about right? rpwillia at 6:59pm 01.08.24 If he got a bunch of i70s, then there's another step ....as the i70 does not have a direct input fo
New Electronics - Is this about right? marcham at 6:56pm 01.08.24 If he got a bunch of i70s, then there's another step ....as the i70s (or i70) does not have a direct
150 genoa vs 135 Stu Jackson at 6:30pm 01.08.24 Visibility is a major safety issue, unless you're racing. If you're a recrestional non-racing sailo
New Electronics - Is this about right? (1) rpwillia at 4:44pm 01.08.24 Scott, He got all new instruments and they must be i70 or newer. John stated he wanted dedicated ins
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Caboteur at 3:52pm 01.08.24
150 genoa vs 135 Don Guillette at 2:56pm 01.08.24 Anybody ever replaced their 150 genoa with a 135 ? Considering a 135 to gain a little more visibil
New Bavaria Cruiser 51 owner - suggestions for sail wardrobe etc KiwiYachtie at 2:42pm 01.08.24 Thanks will do!
Raritan Superflush (2) Guido at 2:29pm 01.08.24 By the way, here are some photos to show you the difference in the hardware used by Raritan vs. Jabs
Prop rotation question Scott T-Bird at 2:27pm 01.08.24 That does not look like a Max Prop..? Nope! It's Autostream. I'm packaging it up tonight to send
New Bavaria Cruiser 51 owner - suggestions for sail wardrobe etc nightowle at 1:54pm 01.08.24 you may want to check in with the Bavaria owner's site and forum: bavariayacht.org/forum. the immed
Espar hydronic heating system dlochner at 1:45pm 01.08.24 Dave: Good point about the fuel tank...right now the gauge is sitting half-way between 1/2 and 3/4s
Espar hydronic heating system matts997 at 1:41pm 01.08.24
150 genoa vs 135 dlochner at 1:35pm 01.08.24 In general the 135 will perform about as well as a 150 when the wind is on the beam or forward once
Tabernacle design dlochner at 1:24pm 01.08.24 The reason a compression post or additional support under the mast/tabernacle is in here. or bulk
Raritan Superflush Guido at 1:23pm 01.08.24 What parts do you need or expect to need? Fwiw...the Raritan SuperFlush uses the same tried and tru
Yamaha 36 broken mast. Ameseys at 1:14pm 01.08.24 I'm sure you've seen this article about replacing a Y36 mast in Ireland. Maybe they can make some su
Prop rotation question kappykaplan at 1:08pm 01.08.24 That does not look like a Max Prop..? See post #20 . . .

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