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wing keel on capri 18 sailorsteve1 at 6:29pm 04.14.14 Smaller Boats 6/8984 im curious as to why catalina decided to go from a regular shoal keel on the capri 18 to a wing keel
Buff/wax question Sefuller at 5:48pm 04.14.14 Musings With Maine Sail 0/1254 I have followed MaineSail's instructions for compounding/polishing and waxing for the last few years
O'day 23-2 Halyards Ziradog at 5:31pm 04.14.14 Ask An Oday Owner 17/3077 Took my 1984 23-2 out Sunday ' had a nice motor-sail 20 miles down the river. One issue I found was
StarCraft Skylark Rebuild (2) FourPoints at 4:50pm 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 1/5811 Last summer I rebuilt my old 14' StarCraft Skylark, I just now got around to posting the write-up...
Paying for a Survey TJM8187 at 4:26pm 04.14.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1686 This question will probably have an obvious answer but just wanted to make sure. I am looking at a
Prop Shaft/Rudder gpd955 at 3:32pm 04.14.14 Catalina 310 23/4871 Has anyone replaced the prop shaft on the 310? Did you have to drop the rudder for reinstall? Plea
Hunter 320 Mast Base (1) Lukasz at 3:14pm 04.14.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/830 Hi guys! I need to change the mast base (one with the bolts) in my Hunter 320. There are 4 screws
Looking for a surveyor in Hot Springs, AR Kper at 1:44pm 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 2/778 I must be looking in all the wrong places because I can't seem to find any sailboat surveyors near H
In case of heavy rain... Kermit at 1:36pm 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 43/4969 Here's an ark for sale. You might want to get started painting it right away, though. One, maybe t
Line upgrade mm2347 at 12:47pm 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 15/3475 can anyone tell me how to figure the pull at the clew, tack, and head of my main or jib. I need to
Atlantic Crossing in 16 footer Warren Milberg at 12:16pm 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 16/2387 Quite a story.... This guy must be both a very good sailor -- and a very lucky one. http://www.sai
Maintaining teak companionway doors GWG at 12:15pm 04.14.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1776 The finish/stain on the companionway doors on my 2012 B40 are fading and need something. I would li
Foam core advice. (1) Nonsly at 11:52am 04.14.14 Musings With Maine Sail 5/4046 I recently acquired a 1976 Montgomery 17. Part of the starboard cockpit seat was a sandwich made up
Help help and more help (1) hummingbirdbassist at 11:51am 04.14.14 The Cherubini Hunters 0/573 Please see my post for help in the main hunters forum, a real keel cabin sole issue I need help addr
Need a Catalina 22 Wing Keel trailer timherns at 11:50am 04.14.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2246 Hello everyone, Hoping to get some help locating a trailer for a 1991 Catalina 22 with a Wing Kee
Max Height for Bimini on O'Day 28 Wmaraines at 11:42am 04.14.14 Bigger Boats 19/5289 OK, so I intend to make my bimini as large as reasonably possible. I intend to mount it outside of t
Ever Successfully Repaired a Simrad WP32? (2) Elysium_Van_Isl at 11:29am 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 5/4110 I've tried repairing the 'track' on my WP32 twice now and it keeps re-breaking. The unit dates to
Cleaning Speed Transducer lehigh375 at 10:56am 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1172 I cleaned my speed transducer 'spinning thingie' with a toothbrush and got all the stuff out in the
HAPS Musings Mikem at 10:41am 04.14.14 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/6364 Good day all, Well was this a glorious weekend or what? I hope some of you were able to enjoy ti
How to choose a winch? Ward H at 9:53am 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 11/4762 My O'day 25 has Barient 10P winches for the jib sheets. Time to replace them as one has a broken spr

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Advice before I buy C30 dmax at 7:26am 06.30.23 "I was quoted $3K to replace the lifelines only by a rigger. " That is a ridiculous price, obviously
Bimini and Dodger replacement Roadking Larry at 7:19am 06.30.23 One consideration is that the assembly you want duplicated needs to be in fairly decent condition an
Hours on Transmission u0958901 at 6:56am 06.30.23 The tach I replaced 15 years ago had 60 hours on it. My new tach does not include those 60 hours.
Advice before I buy C30 (1) Sinnerman at 6:36am 06.30.23 Welcome to the family and congrats. As stated the deck compression may be the wooden block in the
Advice before I buy C30 Sinnerman at 6:20am 06.30.23 While you'll pay a little more look for a 89 or newer C30 try looking for one to avoid the plywood
SEO within Yacht World listing dlochner at 6:13am 06.30.23 Since brokers get paid by commission they will naturally put more time and effort into selling highe
VHF Antenna installation Sinnerman at 6:04am 06.30.23 Side of the mast on a bracket. Put a loop in the coax line to reduce water ingress and provide extr
VHF Antenna installation jssailem at 5:54am 06.30.23 original equipment VHF antenna mounts on the top of the masthead with the coax and connector protec
lifehack for budget bluewater boats for a family of 4 StephenD at 5:51am 06.30.23 The kindness, wisdom, intelligence and willingness to share of the posters on this forum is phenomen
Oday 19 Repair JBP-PA at 5:35am 06.30.23 What's that bit of blue in the third picture? It looks like it might be foam core that had sheared
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 5:28am 06.30.23 Nice!
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't smokey73 at 4:02am 06.30.23 BREAKING NEWS: BEAUFORT, SC By W.T Door Friday, June 29 0654 LOCAL NEWS, BEAUFORT A loud Woop Woop
Shooting some video in the harbor TomY at 3:48am 06.30.23 Thanks for the video. Lots of pretty boats. Sky a bit moody in an alluring way. Really felt like I
Pendant Too Long Jim Legere at 3:47am 06.30.23 I prefer not to have an eye at the boat-end of the mooring pennant. Its easier to slip the mooring w
Shooting some video in the harbor TomY at 3:39am 06.30.23 if you want to post the controls available to you on the camera I can make a recommendation. Thi
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 2:30am 06.30.23 the magic smoke has been returned to SV Hadley. Yaaaayyyy! :beer:
Spring lines Joe at 1:02am 06.30.23 You can use the primary winches to anchor the aft spring lines, the bow cleats for the forward sprin
California Trailer Plates Joe at 12:59am 06.30.23 Has anyone had any issues in the past with a trailer that has plates, but doesn't have a registra
Gooseneck Joe at 12:17am 06.30.23 Gooseneck is pretty simple. The body slides into the mast channel where the sail slides. There sh
VHF Antenna installation JoeWhite at 9:30pm 06.29.23 On the side

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