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specs needed for trailer sknrzgirl at 2:34am 09.26.14 S2 2/699 Hello Everyone!! Hoping that there is an owner out there with a 7.3 meter 4' draft that either ha
Remedy for leaking Lewmar portholes robert dros at 11:51pm 09.25.14 Big Boats 11/9186 I am asking any boat owner who had similar problems with leaking Lewmar portholes, the rubber seals
8.5 knots today San Diego Bay noon 9/25/14 shortstop at 10:10pm 09.25.14 Catalina 22 6/1036 We hit 8.5 knots today sailing in San Diego Bay at Cabrillo point. Sail Flow expected 14/15 mph win
A Better Mousetrap ? ? ? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:39pm 09.25.14 Ask All Sailors 20/2668 ................. just maybe. Jabsco Heads. I don't think I'm telling any tales out of school when
Anchor chain Yamaha 33 Rick B at 8:48pm 09.25.14 Yamaha 0/1323 Currently we use 33 feet of 5/16 HT shackled to 250 ft of ? double braid. It is time to get a windl
storing mast efr272 at 8:31pm 09.25.14 Ask All Sailors 14/4503 My mast is of the boat for the winter, just bought the boat, storing on saw horses. I've seen masts
C&C Boat cradle doomington at 6:02pm 09.25.14 C&C 0/1853 I own a 1976 C'C 30. The cradle I owned was damaged sometime this summer and I need to build anothe
Want to crew in Jacksonville, FL. area dmiller at 5:32pm 09.25.14 Catalina 22 1/674 If any skippers are needing a good crew member in the Jacksonville/ Fernandina Beach area in the gre
32' vs 36'? jimm22n at 5:32pm 09.25.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/3585 All, If you had to do it over again would you buy a bigger 36' older boat or a smaller 32' newer
Glassing in an old thru hull hole. kito at 4:11pm 09.25.14 Ask All Sailors 41/5658 I have done some searching on this topic and really haven't seen a definitive way to do this. I will
Misalignment of shaft in shaft tube (5) Guts1236 at 3:50pm 09.25.14 Catalina 30 1/1076 When I purchased my Catalina 30 the engine and transmission have been removed. The shaft had a drip
Ray Marine Linear drive rubber bellows/boot ice breaker at 2:10pm 09.25.14 Big Boats 2/946 Does any body know where to source the rubber Bellows/boot for the ray marine auto pilot? It goes ar
Replace vent hose doctorbill at 2:06pm 09.25.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/2144 I am getting the foul stench with flush problem and after doing some research and have decided to ta
Windlass for beneteau 321 gmayell at 12:57pm 09.25.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/5662 I am looking for ideas on how to install an electric windlass on a 1999 Beneteau 321. A picture of t
water in bilge archimedes at 12:13pm 09.25.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/927 I'm looking a purchasing a Catalina 22. The boat is in pretty good shape. Does not seem to have
Stainless Canvas Snap Tool (3) philwsailz at 12:09pm 09.25.14 Ask All Sailors 8/3783 Working on one of the boats over the last two weeks, I find that the Dretz-brand snap tool available
'89 33.5 Ballast keel HORROR mlacasse1 at 11:40am 09.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/993 Friend's boat went aground and layed on the stbd side. When we hauled the boat I put my foot on the
sandable bottom paint Panta Rei at 9:38am 09.25.14 Bigger Boats 5/1012 As you may recall from my refurb project Panta Rhei was originally sold into the Caribbean charter f
Prep work for repainting hull of my boat? HillbillyWanderer at 9:30am 09.25.14 Ask All Sailors 27/5375 Lots on this but really did not see answer I was looking for. I am planning on painting the entire h
Help!.....boat leaking? polarbear at 9:23am 09.25.14 Catalina 22 14/2145 I am new to sailing monohulls. Am sailing an old 70's Catalina 22. Have kept it in a freshwater sl

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Miss sailing shemandr at 8:06am 11.16.22 . ...And Admiral and I will head to Maui for a few weeks in Jan/Feb. ...world's tiniest violin...
Questions About Bottom Paint dlochner at 8:04am 11.16.22 Anyone ever heard of using VS721 instead of bottom paint? Its supposed to prevent marine growth fro
Engineless.... (1) Tin Kicker at 8:03am 11.16.22 The diesel was inop when I needed to move the Ericson 32 so I added a temporary transom board for my
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum Tin Kicker at 7:55am 11.16.22 I got to watch the night launch of Apollo 17 from as close as the Coast Guard would let us on the Ba
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum shemandr at 7:52am 11.16.22 I was Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing. My bad.
Questions About Bottom Paint (1) cousineddy at 7:20am 11.16.22 Anyone ever heard of using VS721 instead of bottom paint? Its supposed to prevent marine growth from
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum BigEasy at 7:16am 11.16.22 Artemis rocket was built at the Michaud Space Facilty approximately 15 miles SE of my locale. Mich
Miss sailing rgranger at 6:52am 11.16.22 Not to gloat, but we enjoy a longer, if somewhat hotter, season here in north Texas. O :plus:I was
Miss sailing Scott T-Bird at 6:50am 11.16.22 Even though my boat is not put away for the winter, I miss sailing, also, but for a different reaso
Engineless.... rgranger at 6:49am 11.16.22
Engineless.... william24424 at 6:48am 11.16.22 Engine. If time is a factor. For those circumnavigators, months @ sea....perhaps waiting 8 hours on
Engineless.... AlastairLC at 6:13am 11.16.22
Dyneema for furler line Yoman Bosun at 6:09am 11.16.22 After lots of observations, experimenting, changing lines, etc, the spool on my furler still fills
Freeing rusty bolts - best penetrating oil jssailem at 5:36am 11.16.22 While recently taking my 1973 Perkins 4.107 apart so it could be removed from the boat, I used PB Bl
O'Day 39 mast step Dan33 at 5:04am 11.16.22 I owned an oday 39, hull #33.That is the factory setup in your photo.I had mine fabricated at a mach
423 saloon dinette conversion to bed jssailem at 5:04am 11.16.22 Some pictures of the table and seat bench would help us help you. In the past 15 years, it is possib
Dyneema for furler line All U Get at 5:01am 11.16.22
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum All U Get at 4:50am 11.16.22 What is overwhelmingly evident is that none of these so called engineers ever owned a sailboat.
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Steve-o5911 at 4:04am 11.16.22 I have the same boat, a Hunter 25 Shoal Draft 2007. I have none of this, and I have used this boat h
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum kappykaplan at 2:33am 11.16.22 Lift off at 1:47 am.:clap: Looks awesome, Jim. Haven't seen coverage on the local news yet.

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