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Keel joint inspection/maintenance (1) Dufour4800-175 at 3:20am 09.30.13 Ask All Sailors 8/3332 Hello! This is my keel joint! Im wondering what it tells us and what should I do with it?? Also, my
DIY Mercury Low Pedro Trailer Plans Hughitt at 10:00pm 09.29.13 Trailer Sailors 2/1774 I have a hand drawn plan for a "Low Pedro" Mercury Class sailboat trailer that I will scan and email
Identifying a Beneteau First 310 & H.I.D. location (5) kevman1421 at 7:11pm 09.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1400 Hello All, I'm trying to identify what year this 310 is, its a salvage boat. I found a pic of a 1
Stowaways??????? woodster at 5:51pm 09.29.13 Ask All Sailors 49/7896 ok have some visitors on board...little fat mice..and wondering what you guys do to get them off the
Fiberglass Deck (1) Mr Mac at 5:48pm 09.29.13 Smaller Boats 10/1408 Is there any hope for cleaning this deck? http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z112/jaguars_fan/Sail
Water in Cabin 1981Lancer at 5:42pm 09.29.13 Lancer 6/1918 So getting water in the cabin can happen tons of different ways but as I was walking inside the cabi
s2 ecclipse 1979 eliz at 5:16pm 09.29.13 S2 11/1443 boat s-2 cheap floating site unsean (just pictures) 1979 22 foot what do i have to inspect for supp
Water in the boat leehoward at 4:40pm 09.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2087 Today when I went to my boat in a slip, I found about 12 inches of water in all storage compartments
Macgregor on the North East River - September 28??? Piotr at 4:31pm 09.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1321 So my family and I took our end-of-season trip up Chesapeake from Rock Hall to the Harbor North Mari
My Keel (5) ncbyrdman at 3:34pm 09.29.13 Catalina 22 12/1658 Well guys, what do you think past helping or salvagable?
Oil change for winter ?? newage1461 at 3:23pm 09.29.13 Engines and Propulsion 9/2824 I have a Yanmar 2QM15 and run it for about 25 hours each summer. I can't find anything in the book,
Epic Day! agprice22 at 3:20pm 09.29.13 Catalina 22 5/1020 Wonderful sailing day on Cayuga Lake in Upstate New York! Winds were steady out of the SSE all day
Operation information Weasel at 2:30pm 09.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/692 I need some assistance in programming and receiving data from my new Lowrance Combo Elite -5 DSI Nav
Yanmar 18 WTF Deadline at 2:22pm 09.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1193 I was motoring my H320 on the York River when the Yanmar 18 suddenly ran away, not in gear but revvi
Lewmar 16st winches Found at Sea at 12:56pm 09.29.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1168 Prior to servicing the winches on my 1984 H34 I discovered that Lewmar no longer makes parts for the
Boat Speed and Fuel Consumtion nvilleteacher at 10:47am 09.29.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2011 I have a Catalina 380 that was built in 1999 that I purchased this past spring. The boat came with a
Oday Widgeon rudder/tiller jorlich at 10:31am 09.29.13 Parts Search 0/2626 I'm looking for a rudder/tiller for a Widgeon 12. orlichjo@yahoo.com
Leak 37c (2) med2463 at 10:10am 09.29.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1743 We have one leak that I haven't managed to eliminate. When there is a prolonged heavy rain, water c
about to buy a catalina 22 gitpicker2007 at 9:30am 09.29.13 Catalina 22 23/6040 I'm an experienced Hobie Cat sailor, and am considering the purchase of a 1981 Catalina 22. I've sai
Trailering to Sausalito Ca. part 2 sfr at 8:24am 09.29.13 Trailer Sailors 7/1728 Frist of all thank's everyone for the great advise,found it very helpful. So I've decided to launch

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New Catalina 30 Owner (1) mikeracca at 8:45pm 08.18.22 Well my fancy tear drop shaped leg was an absolute failure. 2 reasons it failed. First off the measu
Sailors vs. Stinkpoters sail sfbay at 8:44pm 08.18.22 Operated a 21 ft Sport Nautique ski boat for 20 years, in addition to a sailboat, and always respect
Sailors vs. Stinkpoters Ralph Johnstone at 8:38pm 08.18.22 So I have to admit something here... I bought a 19ft power boat about a year ago. You go wash yo'
dock neighbour's shore power cord? Ralph Johnstone at 8:24pm 08.18.22 My picture was an edit from the original post. You're right. Didn't look that closely at the ori
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Ralph Johnstone at 8:04pm 08.18.22 Re: pressurizing the cabin, I'm trying to figure out how I would seal it well enough to accomplish
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks robm at 7:50pm 08.18.22 Hi @robm and welcome to the site. Your write up is excellent compared to the usual "my boat don't
Western Lake Erie sesmith at 7:43pm 08.18.22 Perry's Landing, Erie, Pa.
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks robm at 7:37pm 08.18.22 @robm The boat had wheel steering as an option. I am inquiring if there is wood in the cockpit as
321 air conditioning install SycloneDriver at 7:36pm 08.18.22 There are better ways to handle the condensation. Pump or venturi extractor.
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks robm at 7:33pm 08.18.22 Do you have a picture of the boat sittting on the trailers? I am looking for pictures of the hull
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks robm at 7:26pm 08.18.22 First. Do you trailer your boat a lot? The boat sits rigged on its trailer about 50' from a launch
Sailors vs. Stinkpoters Leeward Rail at 7:24pm 08.18.22 ..... and what about librarians? Yay, especially when they have red hair and ride a motorcycle. :
Hood furler circa 1980 SycloneDriver at 7:21pm 08.18.22 Thanks
Rudder Stops JamesG161 at 7:19pm 08.18.22 Anyone know (such as 30 deg, 45 deg). It is set when Rudder/AP was commissioned by the dealer. Th
16A breakers dlochner at 6:54pm 08.18.22 mermike and Dave The picture shows breakers as they are at the back of my DC control panel, I use
16A breakers roadkill1964 at 6:41pm 08.18.22 mermike and Dave The picture shows breakers as they are at the back of my DC control panel, I use t
Raymarine Axiom vs. Axiom + jaysweet at 6:38pm 08.18.22 Seeking comments on wether the Axiom + has a better display and faster processor than the Axiom (or
16A breakers dlochner at 6:32pm 08.18.22 Wow, this stirred up the conversation.... the dc panel (in my nav station) is 12V system to my know
16A breakers roadkill1964 at 6:29pm 08.18.22 Wow, this stirred up the conversation.... the dc panel (in my nav station) is 12V system to my knowl
321 air conditioning install dmdiehl64 at 6:27pm 08.18.22 We slip in Tawas and have AC on our 321 which was installed (presumably) when it existed on the Ches

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