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Changing out thru hulls and sea cocks uproar at 6:53am 04.10.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/946 I have a First 42s7 that I plan on taking into salt water for the first time in it's life. The thru
Opinions on round cockpits? JonnyQuest at 4:33am 04.10.14 Ask All Sailors 37/5101 I saw a bunch if really nice new sailboats at the recent Gulfport Boat Show, which got me to thinkin
Window replacement of Y-26 c1063y at 11:31pm 04.09.14 Yamaha 8/2759 Dear All yamaha owners, I'm planning to replace the original plastic windows recently. Plexiglass
Replacing nav station stool solara at 10:13pm 04.09.14 Big Boats 0/668 I've just purchase a 1989 37' Legend and am starting to "de-customize" some of the changes made by p
Main Sail Cover wufibugs at 9:36pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1767 Mine is giving up the ghost. The area on top of the boom that is most exposed to the elements is be
Beneteau 281 haebby at 8:11pm 04.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/927 Hi - we're interested in the Beneteau 281. Anything to look out for when considering a purchase, or
Newb with a New-B Macgregor 21 RideTheWind at 7:45pm 04.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 25/1726 Hello everybody. I bought a Mac 21 a couple weeks ago and I have been lurking about and reading up,
CAL 34 - wheel vs tiller? svEmerald at 7:41pm 04.09.14 Cal 4/2663 Hi all, my 1968 Cal 34 started life with a tiller, but a wheel was added at some point. It was inst
Spring is here! The Leafs are out. ffaubert at 6:42pm 04.09.14 Sails Call Lounge 5/9575 Yet another golf season for the Maple Laughs. No bitterness here at all. They did find Bill Baril
Paddling a Mac 25 RichardW43 at 5:35pm 04.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/980 I need to move my boat about 200 yards this weekend from its mooring to a dock. The motor isn't run
32 foot O'Day value dlandersson at 5:03pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 18/3745 322 foot 1987 O'Day value A 322 foot 1987 O'Day is in an auction (owner had several years of unpaid
V17 standing rigging Notalotayot at 4:49pm 04.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1006 My '71 V17 has five stays: two upper shrouds, two lower shrouds, and the fore stay. It has two conn
Took mini sailing class at Gulfport Boat Show (2) JonnyQuest at 3:55pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 3/896 The Gulfport (MS) boat show was this last weekend. Almost a rainout but the weather held and I took
Stanchions here! Phil Herring at 2:04pm 04.09.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/2868 The replacement stanchions are here for Hunters built from the late 80's through the mid-90's: So
Gone for a while NSR (2) sailaway78 at 2:03pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1171 I have been absent from the site for a while. Managed to dislocate and break my left wrist, a whil
Color Brightening of Sunbrella Fabric? Kings Gambit at 12:51pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 10/12327 Does anyone know what, if anything, can be done to brighten up the original color of a Sunbrella fab
Winch on the mast for main halyard, to do or not to do? ArkadiyS at 12:23pm 04.09.14 Catalina 30 4/3436 We are considering putting a small winch on the mast to keep the main halyard off of the cabin top a
NC Outerbanks Sailors -- Stumpy Point? (1) rgranger at 12:02pm 04.09.14 Destinations 2/2042 Hey All I'm scouting out some 5 hour legs for a 10 day cruise from Edenton NC to New Bern. I've do
Hunter 23' Keel Bolt Strength (1) carboman at 10:29am 04.09.14 Smaller Boats 5/854 Just an interesting article in this month's Sail Magazine.
Owner's Manual for 1992 Hunter 33 pariseaux at 9:49am 04.09.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/743 Does anyone have a copy of the owner's manual for the 1992 Hunter 33? We contacted Hunter directly,

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Invest 98L Gene Neill at 8:28pm 09.28.22 I don't want to get into the TWC hype, which is prodigious, and has been for years, but I agree wit
Folding Prop? Mikem at 8:27pm 09.28.22 I do not have a specific answer but some observations. My daughter has a 1984 H37C with a 3qm30 Yan
Invest 98L Will Gilmore at 8:19pm 09.28.22 Hopefully it's not dimissive to say that one reporter stands out in the wind and claims a gust is o
Help Me Choose A Boat !! petecasey at 6:46pm 09.28.22 Thanks again all. I would like to focus in on the Bristol 29 for a moment. There are certainly a lot
Invest 98L jssailem at 6:22pm 09.28.22 @Don S/V ILLusion happy to hear you guys are safe.
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:09pm 09.28.22 Mine has the same flaking paint. Sure, it looks terrible now, but I'm sure when it was fresh it pro
Anchor self-deploys jssailem at 6:08pm 09.28.22 When installed correctly there are two switches that disable the anchor motor. Primary is the heavy
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:07pm 09.28.22 Don't you just love portable digital cameras? I've been able to take photos to figure stuff out tha
Invest 98L jssailem at 5:44pm 09.28.22 Anybody know how often and when they update the models? GFS. Every 6 hrs About these data Forecast
MastStep Help Catalina 16.5 Leeward Rail at 5:25pm 09.28.22 recently purchased a Catalina 16.5 that has needed a lot of love. I had a bent mast step that I rep
Anchor self-deploys Kings Gambit at 5:21pm 09.28.22 Job of the windlass is to lower and raise chain and/or nylon warp; not hold the boat against the for
Anchor self-deploys Siamese at 5:17pm 09.28.22 Can't rely on the windlass to secure the anchor. I have a carabiner attached to a line...clips onto
Anchor self-deploys Kings Gambit at 5:05pm 09.28.22 Of course, anchor shank should be kept fixed or locked in place until anchoring so it cannot deploy
Invest 98L smokey73 at 5:01pm 09.28.22 Anybody know how often and when they update the models?
Invest 98L shemandr at 4:31pm 09.28.22 I don't want to get into the TWC hype, which is prodigious, and has been for years, but I agree with
Boom kicker or topping lift? (3) FDL S2 at 4:03pm 09.28.22 Some pics of the boom mount, entire boom kicker and vang, and the mast mount
UPenn Senior Engineering Capstone Project dLj at 3:49pm 09.28.22 In order to provide useful input, I would need a lot more details about what you are doing, what you
HELP Davidasailor26 at 3:38pm 09.28.22
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 pclarksurf at 3:22pm 09.28.22 fingers crossed-- cringing at at the Naples storm surge
HELP (1) pclarksurf at 3:18pm 09.28.22 Just a note when you come back to make a permanent installation -- especially where you need a screw

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