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Bottom paint ideas mrducks at 6:04pm 01.09.15 Catalina 22 25/3645 Need to do the copper paint very soon. Was planing to do the load off center trick to access under b
Jib Sheets Cowpokee at 2:24pm 01.09.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/862 I recently purchased a new 150% genoa and bought new line for the sheets. I tied the new line on wit
1983: Angle Iron (Chain Plate Anchor) and Tierod Help Sage34 at 2:13pm 01.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/848 Hi All, I've read extensively through all the previous threads about the Tierods shearing, the ma
Keep ice out of PVC Gate Valves (1) eugenesdream24 at 1:55pm 01.09.15 Ask All Sailors 29/4367 Hey everyone, I am in a pretty tough spot this winter as my boat had to stay in the water while I am
More Oberdorfer Raw Water Pump Info (4) KZW at 12:53pm 01.09.15 Catalina 310 77/22675 There is a lot of discussion on swapping out the Sherwood G-908 raw water pump for the Oberdorfer N2
Repalcing Teak Handgrabs hotchki at 11:34am 01.09.15 Smaller Boats 2/1327 Happy New Year! I'm considering removing and or replacing (after refinishing ) the teak hand gra
Anyone headed to the Toronto Boat show? holdech at 9:09am 01.09.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1859 We are headed down tomorrow and plan to hook up with a few friends (mostly from the TSBB forum).
Anyone going to the Toronto Boat show? holdech at 9:07am 01.09.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/917 We are headed down tomorrow and plan to hook up with a few friends (mostly from the TSBB forum). Ch
SS Bow Pulpit for Citation 38 SailJester at 8:54am 01.09.15 Irwin 0/1154 Looking a contact that might possibly have Irwin Citation salvage parts. Thanks for any info!
Swim ladder & docking Spellman66 at 8:29am 01.09.15 Catalina 310 23/5187 Hi Folks, We bought a 2004 310 in late October and are really looking forward to having some fun wh
New forum patch installed Phil Herring at 6:12am 01.09.15 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/1919 I installed a new forum security path this morning which caused a few minutes of downtime. Sorry ab
Rewiring from Scratch (1) Wireman at 6:08am 01.09.15 Ask All Sailors 45/11620 Hi There, Sorry to the break the thread, but I am desperately looking for some help to completely
Re seatingwinged keel Oday 302 jokers819 at 4:06am 01.09.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1623 I'm wondering wether or not I need to re seat my keel . I see no problems with it but is it part of
O'day 20 1976 Centerboard ahhe223 at 7:55pm 01.08.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1540 Hi, This past summer my O'day 20 was on the Ohio River. At some point the centerboard broke in ha
Re-powering Irwin 42 Center Cockpit swflman at 7:42pm 01.08.15 Irwin 6/4081 I'm in the process of restoring a 1976 Irwin 42 Center Cockpit and planning to re-power with an Yanm
Swing Keel Maintenance (1) suvh8er at 6:56pm 01.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2517 Hello everyone. I am a little more than halfway through sanding off the old bottom paint on my Mac 2
Where to buy Hunter 27 Port Lights? stollo770 at 4:57pm 01.08.15 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1705 Hello, I have a 1979 Hunter 27 and I am trying to find replacement port lights (side windows) for he
What the heck is this plug?? (2) Gene Neill at 2:28pm 01.08.15 Catalina 22 15/1602 Okay, this is embarrassing. I've owned this boat over a year now, and NEVER NOTICED this thing befor
H26 interior panel Larry D Calander at 2:05pm 01.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/1373 Hey all Replacing gray interior side panel in my boat with white vinyl. Any ideas on how to attach
How concerned should I be with these rusty keel cracks? (3) micksbuddy at 1:21pm 01.08.15 Big Boats 10/4367 I recently had a Legend 40 surveyed and all went pretty well except for these two rusty cracks in th

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Sailing post heart attack Scott T-Bird at 5:34pm 08.11.23 I've been much better but this is going to be a hurdle for me. Heart damage was severe 5 weeks ago,
Sailing post heart attack Stu Jackson at 5:30pm 08.11.23 Dave's right, good approach. I had a mini-stroke on April Fools Day no kiddin'!!! and carotid enda
Looking for insurance for winter sailing Bahamas Caribbean xavpil at 5:12pm 08.11.23 BoatUS is our normal insurance, when we went to the Bahamas they charged us an extra $29 for two mo
Looking for insurance for winter sailing Bahamas Caribbean dlochner at 5:10pm 08.11.23 BoatUS is our normal insurance, when we went to the Bahamas they charged us an extra $29 for two mon
Sailing post heart attack dlochner at 5:02pm 08.11.23 Glad you were survived. The question you asked is the ultimate existential question, how do I want
Prop size for O 322? Tally Ho at 4:52pm 08.11.23 What happened to the Campbell Sailor prop which was discussed a few weeks ago ? Not suitable or .
Looking for insurance for winter sailing Bahamas Caribbean Don S/V ILLusion at 4:49pm 08.11.23 Markel doesn't work. I left messages with Chubb but I'll take whatever info you can share with me a
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? jviss at 4:30pm 08.11.23 This reminds me to lube the car, etc., on my Harken traveler. Also, a light film of grease on the s
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? heritage at 4:29pm 08.11.23 That's good to know. Thanks for sharing,
Looking for insurance for winter sailing Bahamas Caribbean xavpil at 4:13pm 08.11.23
DIY Electronics? jviss at 4:11pm 08.11.23
Looking for insurance for winter sailing Bahamas Caribbean Don S/V ILLusion at 4:06pm 08.11.23
Prop size for O 322? Davidasailor26 at 4:04pm 08.11.23
Sailing post heart attack kappykaplan at 3:39pm 08.11.23
Sailing post heart attack jviss at 3:37pm 08.11.23 Wow, God bless! You must have a guardian angel. I think about that, too. I had three stents ins
Sailing post heart attack Davidasailor26 at 3:36pm 08.11.23 I hope you have a full and quick recovery! @Scott T-Bird recently had to ask similar questions unfo
Sailing post heart attack BigEasy at 3:32pm 08.11.23 Happy that you're on your way to a speedy recovery. Recently turned 70 with no cardiac event yet; n
Thoughts on chart tables? BigEasy at 3:27pm 08.11.23 This begs a question: do you have detachable legs? :) No detachable legs! Sorry I don't have pho
Looking for insurance for winter sailing Bahamas Caribbean xavpil at 3:15pm 08.11.23 Chubb and Markel are two options but both have different criteria on what boat Markel won't let me
DIY Electronics? Davidasailor26 at 3:13pm 08.11.23 Question: what do folks use for sensor wire on a boat? I think 16 ga. tinned wire is overkill. So

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