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Buying boat from a charity auction Picflight at 7:37am 10.07.13 Ask All Sailors 12/4078 Is a charity auction a reliable place to purchase a boat that has been donated to charities? Any pe
Replacing Oday 25 transom plate (4) Ritdog at 7:29am 10.07.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1497 One more time: I swore I'd never do it again, but I am- just got a 1979 Oday 25, and like my previou
Ronca DIY clone? jviss at 7:29am 10.07.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1804 Rocna DIY clone? Has anyone else toyed with the idea of adding a "roll bar" to a claw, plow, or del
Mild Steel Limits? Spence at 6:39am 10.07.13 Musings With Maine Sail 28/9376 Can anyone tell me the dead load limits of 3" by 3/16" box mild steel?
Legend 43 Shortened Rig 4arch at 4:08am 10.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/802 This weekend we looked at a Legend 43 that appears to be in excellent condition, is priced well, and
Dangerous Marina Electrical Problem? jimmcgee at 3:37am 10.07.13 Musings With Maine Sail 11/5065
Dual axle aluminum trailer Picflight at 9:33pm 10.06.13 Trailer Sailors 7/2695 How easy or difficult is it to modify a dual axle aluminum trailer for a 17' power boat? Is this som
bottom painting aluminum?? captron at 7:38pm 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1478 Just bought a new AB ultra light Aluminum Rib dinghy, now wondering if I need or should bottom paint
boat weight? sandsailor at 6:47pm 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 15/3027 Does displacement weight include the keel or is that factored in differently
Topping lift mangolatitudes at 6:44pm 10.06.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/1365 Hi gang. I am replacing decayed running rigging on my jag 27, and heck my topping lift(what was lef
1997 Cat 270 instrument panel bawlmer at 4:21pm 10.06.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/3981 Fellow sailors. I just purchased a 1997 catalina 270 with a Westerbeke W20B. The audio alarms do not
Inland Lake Overnighting Questions arlouper at 3:32pm 10.06.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1540 We are not new sailers but are relatively new boat owners and keep our boat at a marina on Lake Trav
Do I need a pedestal guard? fiestaMojo at 1:26pm 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 17/8178 is there a reason, other than mounting instruments or a teak holder of some sort, to install a pedes
depth finder Philip R. at 1:01pm 10.06.13 Bigger Boats 10/3305 Left my depth finder on over night. When I came back it was pegged at one fifty. What can I do to fi
Texas Doc_holiday at 12:10pm 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 13/5549 It hour going into the gory details, I am looking at a potential relocation and they want me to move
HELP! Wiring a Catalina 22 kenai at 11:00am 10.06.13 Catalina 22 5/3868 I bought a Catalina 22 this last season and have enjoyed every bit of every day on the water since.
using pvc as a tarp frame over the lifelines (5) centerline at 10:20am 10.06.13 Ask All Sailors 5/3499 a sailboat with lifelines is hard to tarp. but with a frame made from pvc pipe, it is a lot easier
How to rig main sail rope on 26M (2) Yosi at 10:15am 10.06.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2258 I recently purchased this boat and since the PO hasn't sailed it for a while he didn't remember how
An Un-scientific Survey... arlouper at 8:42am 10.06.13 Catalina 22 4/1024 I sail my swing keel 1986 C22, usually single-handed, on Lake Travis in central texas. Typical winds
First winter with a generator morrisn1 at 7:22am 10.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/885 Is winterizing a Norpro onboard generator like winterizing an inboard diesel except smaller? Are th

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Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? jviss at 6:19am 06.22.23 .75 liter accumulator That's not much of an accumulator. I have a Groco 2 gallon accumulator, whi
New (to me) 37 Legend owner with simple question? JavaMan at 6:17am 06.22.23 As @kappykaplan highlights, that picture was poached and I don't know what boat it is from. I just
Beneteau Grey Water system dLj at 6:16am 06.22.23 Mea culpa, we sold our sailboat and switched to the dark side but hope sailboatowners.com can come
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? jviss at 6:13am 06.22.23 Deep six it. The PVC tank does not have a bladder and so the water is in contact with the air. Wa
Oceangate Titan jviss at 6:03am 06.22.23 It is scary. It disturbs me, thinking of the passengers. ty, and the system didn't have much of any
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? JBP-PA at 5:47am 06.22.23 It's nice not having the pump cycle for a glass of water, but maybe that is a stupid reason to keep
Help finding the right boat jssailem at 5:39am 06.22.23 I think we had over 20 people in the cockpit of a Catalina 320. Of course there was a few adult bev
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? jssailem at 5:35am 06.22.23
Oceangate Titan Rick Webb at 5:33am 06.22.23 My claustrophobia meter pegged when a previous sightseer mentioned that even if they were able to su
Oceangate Titan kappykaplan at 4:40am 06.22.23 jviss, tks for posting this. I've been following the story in the news. Very scary.
Hurricane season storage xavpil at 4:05am 06.22.23 Those of us who live in Florida live with a bi-polar reality. The State passed a law that bars mos
Hurricane season storage dlochner at 3:56am 06.22.23 If your plans are to sail the Caribbean for multiple seasons, bringing the boat back to the US durin
Captiva 240 bbriley at 2:57am 06.22.23 I have a 1986 Captiva 240 that I've owned since new. Glad to help any way I can.
Yanmar YSB 12 Hard to Start garymalmgren at 1:47am 06.22.23 Hi Chris. That was my first post. 5 years ago. I am very pleased that it helped you out. One more l
New (to me) 37 Legend owner with simple question? Marmalade at 11:56pm 06.21.23 As @kappykaplan highlights, that picture was poached and I don't know what boat it is from. I just
Some KIB well spent (6) Ralph Johnstone at 10:25pm 06.21.23 So much easier to keep clean when it's SS. 217130 217131 217132 217133 217134
Dockside water connection artboas at 9:20pm 06.21.23 Well, yea, if my house sinks I'll let you know. :) Wow! Lots of people climbing all over this. He
Engine vibration universal m3-20 Ralph Johnstone at 9:14pm 06.21.23 Will a bad injector be causing this problem of rough idle and work OK? around 1300 to 1500 rpm? N
Trailer Capacity Estimates? Rick Webb at 8:39pm 06.21.23 You can get a very good idea of the trailers capacity by measuring the height and depth or the diame
Hurricane season storage ggrizzard at 8:30pm 06.21.23 Those of us who live in Florida live with a bi-polar reality. The State passed a law that bars most

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