Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Maintenance Schedule (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 11:51am 06.22.15 Catalina 310 8/2631 Hello other C310 owners. I have been trying to put together an all inclusive maintenance schedu
Where to put electronics? flynhi4u at 11:33am 06.22.15 Smaller Boats 16/2360 With the Memory Maker back on the water and the restoration all but complete we have started thinkin
J 24 keel mystery wetsu82 at 11:00am 06.22.15 Ask All Sailors 5/5505 Hello all, picked up a 1978 J 24, had to do a little work on it seems to be in good shape. HOWEVER,
Low priced boat cover.. (4) Leeward Rail at 8:33am 06.22.15 Catalina 22 2/1333 Good Morning All, It's a miserable morning outside, so I thought I post some photos of one of the p
Cruising Florida Regular Guy at 8:22am 06.22.15 Smaller Boats 1/631 Hi All, I have posted at the forum "Ask All Sailors" some practical experiences to share coming bac
H34 topping lift h34 at 8:04am 06.22.15 Big Boats 17/2892 Does anyone have a picture of the original topping lift of the H34 that they can share? and how it i
Difficult pulling in furling foresail. Smooth Operator at 7:57am 06.22.15 Big Boats 9/1798 I have a 1991 37.5 Hunter, with a below-the-deck Hood furling system for my foresail. The sail pull
Green Rats pateco at 7:43am 06.22.15 Mid-Size Boats 17/1854 Finaly figured out who's been making a mess of my deck. Anyone know how to keep the iguanas off your
Beneteau 423 - Helms station chicagodave at 7:33am 06.22.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/839 Any other suggestions to hold up the plastic instrument cover at the helms station while you are mak
Beneteau 423 - Docking chicagodave at 7:28am 06.22.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2535 Does the Beneteau 423 have a place on the boat that when a dock line is attached, it is naturally pu
singlehanding a 435 Beneteau first h34 at 7:12am 06.22.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1962 I am looking at buying a Beneteau first 435. I sail by myself 95% of the time (I have a Hunter 34 no
Cracked Mast ~ How bad is this? (1) catalanc at 6:27am 06.22.15 Catalina 22 11/2156 I recently purchased a 22 MKII, which was shrink wrapped at the time. She has been commissioned by
Literally, a Crappy Father's Day SawyerCurt at 6:12am 06.22.15 Catalina 310 8/1472 Here is a story under the heading, "Thank goodness this didn't happen to me!" I knew our holding ta
Chicken or the Egg? GorillaToast at 5:49am 06.22.15 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2050 Which should come first - bottom paint or compounding and buffing the hull?
On line boater safety courses woodster at 5:48am 06.22.15 Ask All Sailors 17/1741 just spent the afternoon yesterday taking one for my state...it is a long event with all the videos
Reefing Tim22 at 5:46am 06.22.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/905 According to my hunter 310 manual my reefing line starts at a pad eye at the aft end of the boom, go
Abandon boats, what options does the marina have? kito at 5:15am 06.22.15 Ask All Sailors 46/15519 I checked out some marinas Friday on Lake Norman. All had a few abandoned boats but one in particula
hull construction naitaka at 4:08am 06.22.15 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1207 Can anyone tell me if the hull below the waterline is solid fiberglass? If not then what is the com
Mosquito Netting (1) w4swk at 9:57pm 06.21.15 Catalina 22 5/2781 In another thread that I had started, conversation turned to netting used to ward off mosquitoes and
Short-term mooring - Alberta, Canada lakes (2) Macboy at 9:47pm 06.21.15 Ask All Sailors 0/1274 Hey all - two quickies here. First...I'm digging around as best as I can and I'm getting a pretty so

Recent Replies

Dry bilge in H49/50 tkwhalen at 5:48am 09.25.23 As the gulper pump can run even if dry, is it even necessary to use the drain box? Just hook it up
School's back in session cruise! Terry Cox at 4:50am 09.25.23 Thinking they were all too shallow we went back to Pelican Beach (0 of 6 in use) for a very pleasan
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. Stephen Griffin at 3:33am 09.25.23 Greetings...Maybe you've already done this, but make sure your bilge pump is in good working order..
Cabin wood insert removal Hunter 26 (1) rgranger at 3:15am 09.25.23 220242
Traveling in landlocked Switzerland (1) rgranger at 3:06am 09.25.23
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter LloydB at 12:15am 09.25.23 I am theoretically opposed to adding a point of failure in between two perfectly good radios and one
Deck paint recommendations Hayden Watson at 11:54pm 09.24.23 As long as you have not worn through the gelcoat, you can buff it. I buffed my nonskid last year us
Its funny Friday! jssailem at 11:07pm 09.24.23 How would you know these things.. Kermit.. You been practicing chemistry in your spare time?
Deck paint recommendations RSHunter27 at 10:51pm 09.24.23 This picture shows some examples of the surface. I know the dark areas look like dirt, but it is de
Navionics price increasing sesmith at 7:35pm 09.24.23 Thanks for the heads up. I just renewed mine today even thought it won't time out until Dec. Now i
23.5 unsinkable??? Johann at 6:40pm 09.24.23 Several years ago, a friend and I tried to sink a 25' sailboat hull. Dang thing would not go down.
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. dlochner at 6:31pm 09.24.23 Dropping the keel is probably not necessary. If it becomes necessary to drop the keel, it can be don
Rabbit starts Davidasailor26 at 6:31pm 09.24.23 Interesting to have one of the competitors run the automated horn. Makes it easy if the starting li
HELP! Need hardware for mast spreaders Kirby at 6:27pm 09.24.23 Thanks everyone! Got the part from Cape Cod Shipbuilding. Had a great sail on Thursday.
Rabbit starts PaulK at 6:19pm 09.24.23 Interesting to have one of the competitors run the automated horn. Makes it easy if the starting lin
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat (7) ...3TacksontheWater at 5:59pm 09.24.23 Well, progress is being made, albeit very slowly. Why, you may ask ties directly into my New Halyard
Legend 43 stock propellor baycloud at 5:16pm 09.24.23 I have a 1996 37.5. I am a fan of 3 bladed props as when in high wind situations the two bladed pr
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 5:14pm 09.24.23 Once I get her in a sling, I will update progress here. Thanks everyone for their helpful suggestio
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? drewlamparello at 3:14pm 09.24.23 I had a 2007 Capri 22 before my 2017 Cat275. The Capri was a great lake boat. when I moved to the co
Deck paint recommendations (1) Nashville_Blues at 3:02pm 09.24.23 It's time to repaint. I'm not the original owner, but it looks like the deck has never been painte

Contact
About
Terms of Use