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Rope Clutches arlouper at 7:21pm 10.24.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1532 This will seem remedial, I'm sure, but I don't know what rope clutches do. Do they do the same thing
Sail Care.... rpell46 at 4:22pm 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1661 Hi, It's getting to be that time here in the Northeast. It's getting a bit too cold for these old
How to Lower Cabin Table for Bed (4) Zoom767 at 3:22pm 10.24.13 Big Boats 14/6607 I have a 1990 Hunter Legend 35.5 and can't for the life of me figure out how to lower the cabin tabl
1985 O'Day 26' rudder specifications mountainchef at 2:26pm 10.24.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/3380 Hi all, my rudder for my 1985 O'Day 26' snapped in half in the beginning of the season, just 1 week
Anything Wrong With Lightly Used 30 Year Old Sail Cloth? rardiH36 at 1:59pm 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 19/3783 Does sail cloth loose it's oomph with extreme age even if not used much? I am considering reducing
Tom tomreiff at 1:44pm 10.24.13 Catalina 22 6/1203 I am the owner of Catalina 22, 5460, built in 1975. I am in need of new cabin curtains, also the cur
Cored hull sealing syeldell at 12:54pm 10.24.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1010 How is the top of the cored hull of a 450 Passage sealed at the toe rail?
New batteries... looking for some advice. Jon Bastien at 11:21am 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 2/2410 Hello all, I realize this topic has been covered in the forums at great length, but I'm kind of s
On the road planning..... Delezynski at 9:50am 10.24.13 Trailer Sailors 1/2239 Hi all, I don't post a lot here, but thought this was worth it! I ran across a web site that migh
Need some help with a 1985 H22 mainsailman at 9:48am 10.24.13 Smaller Boats 2/860 I just purchased this boat a few days ago. I noticed that the floor of the boat has two rectangul
dingy motor CootIam at 9:43am 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 21/16289 does anyone use an electric trolling motor on their dingy rather than a gas outboard motor ?? you
New Purchase 1985 Hunter 22 mainsailman at 7:10am 10.24.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1729 New Purchase 1985 Hunter 22 Need help I just purchased a 22'r I noticed that the floor of the bo
Radio Issues Nodak7 at 6:43am 10.24.13 Big Boats 17/1862 We have an ICOM IC-402 with a Command Mic in the cockpit. Whenever the boat is plugged in or the mot
Yellow stains on hull. MORNING LIGHT at 5:40am 10.24.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1428 Every summer around the month of July, a lot yellow dirty stains begin to show on my Capri 26 1991.
Overboard at Night fwild3 at 5:19am 10.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2330 I sail Lake Pontchartrain at night occasionally, and I worry about finding anyone who goes overboard
Talk about luck bletso at 3:53am 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 2/46877 I had to remove two port holes. I feared they were set in with 5200 or equivalent. There was damag
Security on boats Cauliesail at 3:37am 10.24.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1116 Tried looking around but I haven't seen anything that can secure the entrance teak slots of the sail
Catalina 28 Mkii 2004 JOLISAILOR at 2:22am 10.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/3754 Hi, I am the new proud owner of a 2004 Catalina 28MKII in Belgium ( Europe ) It is a very nice Ame
Catalina 380 - winterize jen-and-fred at 9:36pm 10.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/3021 We just bought this 2002 Catalina 380 and are looking for advise on how to winterize it. For the
restoring a 1986 22 and need help with lights jagsail48 at 8:54pm 10.23.13 Catalina 22 6/1394 I just acquired a 1986 22 and have already begun to restore it. the problem i have now is there are

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Oceangate Titan kappykaplan at 4:47pm 06.22.23 Here's a link to one of the articles: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/06/22/us
Oceangate Titan Rick486 at 4:47pm 06.22.23 News reports this evening that it's likely that a Navy acoustic system heard the implosion on Sunda
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? Scott T-Bird at 4:13pm 06.22.23 Well, they also have bladders so that you can control the air pressure more easily. @Radio Flyer wa
Engine vibration universal m3-20 brazenarticle at 4:07pm 06.22.23 Remove the fiberglass panel in the head and then run the engine. Check if the water muffler is tight
Oceangate Titan Rick Webb at 4:02pm 06.22.23 I also have been watching this since the beginning and I thought more toward hypoxia than implosion
Getting wires in. kappykaplan at 3:46pm 06.22.23 I don't have a Hunter, but my wires are attached to the bimini frame, then to the pushpit and into a
Oceangate Titan kappykaplan at 3:45pm 06.22.23 I doubt that the military would admit to it, but I'm pretty sure an implosion of that size could be
Where to put AIS antenna? Tally Ho at 3:28pm 06.22.23 I sail on Lake Michigan (South end). I installed a B&G V50 AIS-enabled VHF radio. It also supports
HUGE gust following cruise ship. what caused it? stickinthemud57 at 3:28pm 06.22.23 This is VERY interesting. Never having been in these situations, I was unaware of the havoc that cou
HUGE gust following cruise ship. what caused it? WayneH at 3:23pm 06.22.23 It doesn't have to be a big ship. The admiral and I nearly ended up on the shore after passing a tug
2002 Beneteau 411 Oceanis -Tachometer Problem natep at 3:22pm 06.22.23 Okay, sound like a plan. Give clue...where on the engine?
Oceangate Titan Rick486 at 3:10pm 06.22.23 Stand by for the law suits......
Trailer Capacity Estimates? rgranger at 3:08pm 06.22.23 Yeah.... tell the admiral that the hobie is free.... you buying a trailer.....
There is lust in my heart john6206 at 3:07pm 06.22.23 @capta Precisely why a beautiful 26 appeals more than a beautiful 35!
There is lust in my heart rgranger at 3:03pm 06.22.23 Somebody give me a bit of solace. I've been thinking about the cruiser I would want once I'm retir
Oceangate Titan capta at 2:56pm 06.22.23 I also have been watching this since the beginning and I thought more toward hypoxia than implosion.
There is lust in my heart SFS at 2:36pm 06.22.23
There is lust in my heart capta at 2:29pm 06.22.23 If you've been around boats as long as you have, you must know the way to a boat's heart isn't a din
Oceangate Titan Rick Webb at 2:28pm 06.22.23 Watching coverage, it appears that the next Titanic-related disaster movie or documentary is slowly
Where to put AIS antenna? arcadiahunter28 at 2:17pm 06.22.23 Regulations require separate GPS source for AIS. What if I sail to somewhere like Somalia? Do the

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