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Sails for Macgregor 26 s katana750 at 5:30pm 12.08.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2063 I wanted to order a set of new sails (93 26 s) I have been talking back and forth with Judy B. She
Yachting Monthly's Crash Test Boat Dave602 at 3:26pm 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1668 You should watch the videos from Yachting Monthly on Youtube. They have a crash test boat and show
91 Vision Cast iron wing keel bolt sequence tinman530 at 2:41pm 12.08.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1564 I have a rigg-less spar 91 Hunter Vision and wondering if anyone knows the function of the 3/8 SS th
Water coming into head from shower drain rfrlaw at 11:58am 12.08.13 Mid-Size Boats 8/1381 I have a 1982 Cherubini 33. I hauled her in October. Today December 8 I went to the boatyard and sa
Have you exposed your gel coat? (4) PSR at 10:50am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 48/11211 I'm interested in whether you have ever seen the gel coat below the water line on your boat, and whe
Adventures in Paradise! 2sticks at 10:09am 12.08.13 Bigger Boats 8/1229 It's time to update our progress with the Oday 32 and her new marina home. We brought Fairwinds fro
HELP-Windlass for 37.5 Hunter Legend Biggin at 9:59am 12.08.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2509 Skippers, I am trying to get some ideas about the placement for a windlass on my 37.5 Hunter. An
Prop guard installed. (1) DAVA390 at 9:50am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1550 prop guard installed on a 6H.P. Tohatsu. Hints. : This guard purchased here, (as was the one I pu
Suggestions for Haul Out near ST Pete FL.?? Sanford H. at 9:29am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 7/2303 Hi All! The wife and I are looking at a Catalina 30 down near Gulfport FL. We are going down for s
jack stay on a Beneteau 393 garyburch at 8:52am 12.08.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1732 The 393 has a jack stay while most other Beneteau's around this size do not. I d' like to store my
New liveaboard Clintsurfs at 6:13am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1648 Just wanted to say hello. Acquired my first sailboat, a 1985 O'Day 31, back in August, moved aboard
Hello Clintsurfs at 6:06am 12.08.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/720 Just wanted to say hello. Acquired my first sailboat, a 1985 O'Day 31, back in August, moved aboard
Additional Refridgeration JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 4:36am 12.08.13 Catalina 310 9/1406 I cam across an interesting post on a blog I read. They installed a "spill over kit" to make an ice
So School me on the ICW around St Augustine JRacer at 1:11am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1447 Been doing some research on some land my mom has in FL. It's in St Augustine, approx 1/2 to a mile i
Replace Forestay on 35.5 w/Hood 810 furler Steverhnm at 7:37pm 12.07.13 Big Boats 9/5374 So I just discovered that the wire at the top of the forestay on my boat is 50% broken. Luckily I h
Solar and engine charging gettinthere at 7:06pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1756 I have an ARS 5 balmar regulator on my engine alternator and a Blue Sky 2512 on 280 watts of solar.
Water softener question (1) Ken Cross at 12:29pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1263 Just wondering: What kind of water softener works in salt water? Well- er- brackish water?
Soft Top korchinskyp at 11:34am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1082 I purchased a Starwind 27 recently and noticed that the topsides are soft and flexible. Is this inhe
winterize wald836 at 11:00am 12.07.13 S2 0/877 I have an S2 80. I have the omc (zepher) sail drive. We have had some icing here and I could not g
Vibration in engine drive Delawaredave at 10:46am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1381 Newbie. 82 Hunter, Yanmar 8hp diesel. Seems like excessive vibration when running. Reason for

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Single handing WI Rigger at 8:30am 03.13.23 Thanks for all of your replies. I will sign off Good Bye
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake CaptainStan at 8:28am 03.13.23 Have a water fight on the water.
P42 Forward Fresh Water Tank (65 Gallon) Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:25am 03.13.23 I should have added: Any that could be the source may not be directly over that area...water has a
Mast step replacement Ken n Rox at 8:22am 03.13.23 Technically speaking you should be tearing away fiberglass until you find good, dry core material.
ODay 34 chain locker drain Stargazer79 at 8:01am 03.13.23 While crawling around my ODay 34 I noticed what looked like a drain hose for the anchor chain locke
Mast step replacement Project_Mayhem at 7:43am 03.13.23 Technically speaking you should be tearing away fiberglass until you find good, dry core material. I
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? Sail22Capri22 at 7:34am 03.13.23 Thanks for the replies, I bough some 1/4" Sta-Set and decided to make it all rope. I put eye slices
Ford 20 (Anchor Sailboat Co. Of Union City, Pennsylvania) dmax at 7:22am 03.13.23 Very nice.
Sorry, I had to... (1) JamesG161 at 7:17am 03.13.23 Here is yummy seaweed and free to Vegans in Florida.
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake kloudie1 at 7:14am 03.13.23 Back in the old days, we had a couple where 8-10 would head out and anchor up a bayou for the night.
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake (2) dlochner at 6:13am 03.13.23 Sorry, I don't have the SIs or NORs for these races. The pumpkins are of various sizes which have no
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake JBP-PA at 5:55am 03.13.23 Long ago we used to have "Rally" races. Every boat had to estimate a predicted time for a course, us
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake smokey73 at 5:19am 03.13.23 I like the idea of the pursuit race and the rat race trophy! I'm going to make some suggestions to
P42 Forward Fresh Water Tank (65 Gallon) Terry Cox at 4:32am 03.13.23 If there is, the source could very well be rail stanchions and other mounted deck hardware in need
Single handing smokey73 at 4:26am 03.13.23 Here's a suggestion. This thread has drifted off from "Single handing" so far that I would suggest
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake Mark Maulden at 11:16pm 03.12.23 Dinghy race..Around marks of choice. Two people in each dinghy..Rower is blindfolded. The other pe
Ford 20 (Anchor Sailboat Co. Of Union City, Pennsylvania) Fairweather at 11:08pm 03.12.23 Interestingly, the hull design of the Ford 20 is amazingly similar to the present day Devon Coaster;
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake Ralph Johnstone at 10:09pm 03.12.23 I've had the dubious pleasure of competing in bailer propelled dinghy races over the years. It's ba
Impeller screws garymalmgren at 9:58pm 03.12.23
Check valve in head plumbing? mermike at 9:36pm 03.12.23 The clear plastic hoses you see in the photo are are fresh water lines from the tank to the foot pum

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