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water pressure issue George Braun at 7:58am 05.27.25 Big Boats 7/624 question for the group. Spent the long weekend on the water with guests on board., so more water us
communication question about listed boats for sale on this website whudatt at 7:48am 05.27.25 Ask All Sailors 6/342 Good morning folks, can anyone tell me where I find replies to inquires that I made regarding 2 boat
Hunter 29.5 - Loose footed? ciso at 6:53am 05.27.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/521 Hey everyone. Bought a 29.5 last year, and at the end of the season I swear I pulled the foot of th
Schaefer wire luff furler (2) C22BC at 5:47am 05.27.25 Trailer Sailors 0/341
Airhead compost toilet on C 350 Danz25 at 6:38pm 05.26.25 Big Boats 0/172 Taking the plunge(r) on a change from elec head with weird above-toilet tank to airhead composter on
Bimini Top Toucan Tango at 6:08pm 05.26.25 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/563 .I have a 2007 Macgregor 26M Does anyone know what I need for a Bimini top? Length, Width, Height, I
O'Day 322 masthead pocket SamRy at 5:57pm 05.26.25 Ask An Oday Owner 4/267 Does anyone have pictures or schematics of how the shroud is attached to the masthead. I believe it
Hunter 356 toilet supply hose has pinholes. Radio Flyer at 4:44pm 05.26.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/865 Of course I will replace it. However, the original owner already has some of the smooth white sanit
rookie mistakes suck (2) RussC at 2:30pm 05.26.25 Ask All Sailors 11/593 You'd think after 10 years of sailing I'd be past rookie mistakes. I guess not:(. First sail of the
Motor mount for a small outboard? (1) loreo51 at 11:06am 05.26.25 Ask All Sailors 16/745 We have these 3 fittings which we're wondering if they are for mounting an outboard. We don't have t
Help! Cracking on deck of 2010 Hunter 33 (3) freeyoda at 9:19am 05.26.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/563 Under contract on this boat and a survey was done within a year so I was going to skip survey. But I
Pearson 303 companionway sill - gap between fiberglass original? (1) tanstaafb at 8:34am 05.26.25 Pearson 0/129 Hi all, this is our second season with our 1983 Pearson 303. The wooden trim on the companion way st
PACIFICNW Weather Memorial Day 2025 jssailem at 7:22am 05.26.25 Weather and Forecasting 0/249 The sailing season is open. May is looking to bring nice sailing weather. Here is the Rufus forecast
How to restore this bottom (2) newsailor72 at 8:56pm 05.25.25 Ask All Sailors 17/801 Picked up a 84 macgregor, there are bunch of these white patches like this under the black paint, th
Any current or former Pearson 38 owners out there? Newtonian at 2:13pm 05.25.25 Pearson 1/190
overheating 1985 oday 35 wildegroot at 12:30pm 05.25.25 Ask An Oday Owner 31/1695 Husband and I are new sailors. The plan was to get our boat in good shape, then have fun learning to
Hunter 170 Delam and Sub Floor detachment (3) WatersEdge at 12:10pm 05.25.25 Ask All Sailors 0/116 Hello, First post on the site. Been reading many of the existing posts regarding Hunter 170 repairs
Yamaha 28 Drinky Crow at 11:10am 05.25.25 Yamaha 0/475 Iron keel. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/yamaha-28 Anyone know if it's encapsulated ballast or e
Racor fuel filter element replacement (3) yelkenli at 7:32am 05.25.25 Engines and Propulsion 6/733 I am figuring out my fuel filter system for my new-to-me M18 diesel. I can assume the previous owner
Someone has some explaining to do (1) dlochner at 7:08am 05.25.25 Sails Call Lounge 6/748 Imagine waking up to find a container ship in your back yard.

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Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 7:09am 07.29.25 Now people can likely pay big bucks for that bread pudding with "organic artisanal butter" at a foo
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? Rick Webb at 6:49am 07.29.25 Foolish? Perhaps. Silly? Depends. I could see me as a teen being right in the middle of something li
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? Scott T-Bird at 6:20am 07.29.25 Earlier, I didn't notice that there seemingly was no main sail ready to go. I've come up with a the
Hull number vs. sail number ...3TacksontheWater at 6:17am 07.29.25 I'm not sure what your sail number has to do with conversing at the dock but if you want your hull
Atomic 4 strange behaviour kappykaplan at 6:07am 07.29.25 Did the bottom and prop get cleaned while y'all were working on the engine?
Mud dauber wasp idea Hello Below at 6:06am 07.29.25 There are yellow jackets in the August/September time frame. And when they come out, they come out
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? thinwater at 3:27am 07.29.25 Was the anchor ready to run (there was enough room)? Why not? Engines do fail between jetties (it's
Fuel Tank leak Oday 30 Davidasailor26 at 2:32am 07.29.25 We had a leak in the tank of our 28 which is a pretty similar boat. In our case there was a copper b
Lake of the Woods Project_Mayhem at 10:02pm 07.28.25 Look out for idiot motor boaters
Fuel Tank leak Oday 30 Project_Mayhem at 9:48pm 07.28.25 Im sure there's a dye tracer for diesel to confirm that's the source
Mud dauber wasp idea jssailem at 9:24pm 07.28.25 It is true we have but a few insects to disturb our lives. There are yellow jackets in the August/Se
catalina 315 solar panels and suggested places for drilling deck for wiring? Tim Murphy at 8:36pm 07.28.25 After looking at your post I realized I could go up and over the Bimini and lead wires through a hol
All Storm Action is currently in the Pacific jssailem at 8:23pm 07.28.25 Thanks for sharing.
catalina 315 solar panels and suggested places for drilling deck for wiring? Project_Mayhem at 8:06pm 07.28.25 I honestly don't know how you'd run that between the skins of the deck and headliner without turning
Funny Friday!!! Leeward Rail at 7:51pm 07.28.25 I guess we were poor but we didn't realize it. All true. Now people can likely pay big bucks for t
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? dlochner at 7:45pm 07.28.25 And why did they not drop the anchor? There is no anchor locker on a J24, the anchor, if they had
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? JoeWhite at 7:35pm 07.28.25 Yes, just as mentioned above, why at least the main sail was not put up before they went out to the
Mud dauber wasp idea thinwater at 6:49pm 07.28.25 This actually works! I do the same thing. Mothballs also repel spiders, and the chemical (naphthale
Mud dauber wasp idea Foswick at 6:46pm 07.28.25 Fortunately, we do not need to worry about this. We do not have insects or spiders of any variety an
Mud dauber wasp idea (1) twodzusfittings at 5:22pm 07.28.25 My interior cabin walls are cedar lined. Twice a year I freshen them up with cedar oil. I haven't se

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