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Acrylic Replacement forward hatch, C30 MK1 Lambchop27 at 6:12am 01.07.15 Catalina 30 3/1782 Has anyone had any experience with using an aftermarket replacement acrylic forward hatch? I've curr
running lights cat 25 susan ashley at 2:39am 01.07.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1061 just bought a catalina 25 ' need to replace the running lights, any suggestions? are there solar run
Perkins 4.108 Oil Filter CYQK at 2:18am 01.07.15 Ask All Sailors 6/9891 Mornin Anyone have good luck with an after market spin on oil filter If you have a brand and num
Arch mounted mainsheet lbd at 10:41pm 01.06.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/5152 Appreciate some discussion / posts already on subject of mounting main sheet on arch vs cabin top. H
Help on Maintenance Quinlan at 7:55pm 01.06.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1305 I recently purchased a 1969 macgregor venture 21 foot and it is beyond spectacular. but one problem
I need help on maintenance! Quinlan at 7:52pm 01.06.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1050 I recently purchased a 1969 macgregor venture 21 foot and it is beyond spectacular. but one problem
What size tiller for 1981 Hunter 25? KennyH at 4:37pm 01.06.15 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2379 I am replacing the tiller on my hunter 25 that was damaged in a storm last year. I see one that is 3
New Boat-building Blog by Dmitry Orlov ozarkray at 4:25pm 01.06.15 Sails Call Lounge 1/2038 Dmitry Orlov who is a live-aboard in Boston and winters is southern climes is starting a new blog fo
I now own a 9.2C rob and tami at 1:50pm 01.06.15 S2 5/1782 Today I sent the final payment for my 9.2C. Its a 1985 based in The middle River, North of Baltimor
Tank Monitoring Tantor at 1:23pm 01.06.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1684
Repolishing Hull DaveM at 11:51am 01.06.15 Musings With Maine Sail 17/5274 Maine I am in NC so UV not like FL but still intense for a couple of months. Two years ago I did
Anyone going to B.E.E.R. 2015? holdech at 11:40am 01.06.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1041 Website has been updated Www.beercruise.info We plan to go this year. Anyone else going (hey Marty)
Everyone here know about B.E.E.R. 2015? holdech at 11:38am 01.06.15 Trailer Sailors 20/4776 Website has been updated Www.beercruise.info We plan to be there this July - anyone else from this
Heat Exchanger Brackets (3) SimiSAilor at 10:38am 01.06.15 Catalina 310 20/6801 I have put on about ten engine hours since some major work on the cooling system. The big items were
Retrofit Fuel Locker Partition in pre-85 C-22? CloudDiver at 9:10am 01.06.15 Catalina 22 19/5514 I have seen that the newer C-22's have an isolated fuel locker in the port lazarette that is in agre
Boomvang sailnoproblem at 8:55am 01.06.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2952 Open for suggestions. I am a very and repeat very novice sailor. I am learning as I go. Have been us
Abita beer Eddie7045 at 7:07am 01.06.15 Sails Call Lounge 9/1943 Finally got a taste of Abita beer in, of all places, a Cajun restaurant in the SF Bay area. I got to
Wish there were more active members here Don Lucas at 6:56am 01.06.15 Big Boats 42/7147 Since it is an internet minefield on other forums to be a Hunter owner I wish there were more owners
Hunter 30-2 FernandoHunter30 at 6:27am 01.06.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1393 I'm looking for a Hunter 30-2 and would like to know what's the height of the boat with no mast from
Historic Pictures of the USS Arizona Anonymous 121765 at 6:26am 01.06.15 Sails Call Lounge 3/1798 A pal sent me this link chronicling the life of the USS Arizona sunk at Pearl Harbor. These are e

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Anchor/Rode Benny17441 at 6:31am 10.02.23 My experience over the year with fluke anchors is that they do not reset well and quickly enough .
Line identification Hayden Watson at 6:27am 10.02.23 That polyplus sure looks like my line but the Yale site says, "Always manufactured with a single red
NOMAD AIS set up with new name and configuration dlochner at 5:34am 10.02.23 From the Manual: ot be possible for your CP to read the data. Contacting Digital Yacht may be your
NOMAD AIS set up with new name and configuration Wicked Wanda at 5:18am 10.02.23 Welcome to SBO. How is the NOMAD connected to the SeaTalk network? It is only connected to my lap
NOMAD AIS set up with new name and configuration dlochner at 4:56am 10.02.23 Welcome to SBO. How is the NOMAD connected to the SeaTalk network?
Ultrasonic wind masthead transducer Davidasailor26 at 4:53am 10.02.23
Line identification (2) jssailem at 11:59pm 10.01.23 My first guess on the double braid is it is New England yacht braid white with blue trace. NE has go
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. Ryan61065 at 10:06pm 10.01.23 You cannot turtle a sailboat with wind alone. It has to be hit by a wave to turtle. So the lock-d
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? Project_Mayhem at 9:48pm 10.01.23 Does drinking the beer that's in the cooler qualify as removal? :beer: Only if you empty the hea
PVC inflatable repair glue Ken13559 at 9:23pm 10.01.23 I've been patching my Zodiac RU3 for last 15 years+ with HH-66. Did annual check and re-patch on joi
Anchor/Rode AUDIS BROW at 8:51pm 10.01.23 What do you consider "shallow"? <20ft Where around Dana Point do you anchor? usually within the ha
The Sewing Machine Thread Mikem at 8:11pm 10.01.23 Here's the link to LS1 & LSZ1 Manual. Page 31 starts coverage of reasons for missing stitches. Th
Anchor/Rode Richard19068 at 7:47pm 10.01.23 Generally, I am anchoring in muddy bottoms in shallow water with I believe a 12lb(guess) fluke. The
Anchor/Rode Davidasailor26 at 7:00pm 10.01.23
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? stickinthemud57 at 5:07pm 10.01.23 Does drinking the beer that's in the cooler qualify as removal? :beer: Only if one can properly
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? DArcy at 4:50pm 10.01.23 Well, just as nature abhors a vacuum, it appears that a boat does also. Not at all, I have a vacuu
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? RussC at 4:30pm 10.01.23 Does drinking the beer that's in the cooler qualify as removal? :beer:
The Sewing Machine Thread Mikem at 4:18pm 10.01.23 Have you gone through the Sailrite timing videos? They are great for resolving stitch problems. W
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? stickinthemud57 at 4:15pm 10.01.23 This may be of interest to a very small fraction of sailors here, but if you have a water-ballasted
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? Tally Ho at 4:06pm 10.01.23 My shed has several anchors, fenders, etc that I wanted to get off the boat. Tally Ho sits on her l

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