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Mystic Anchorage Roger Long at 5:12am 05.23.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/1602 For anyone visiting Mystic: Survey taken with dinghy and sounding line showing approximate 6 ft MLW
Bolt/ keel lock down Sailor 3269 at 10:40pm 05.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1070 I know this is a little late but I could not get back to this topic until now, and someone might say
Head Holding Tank 1986 - 272 Happy Dolphin at 8:11pm 05.22.13 Bigger Boats 4/1570 Started ANOTHER PROJECT! :eek: 1986 Oday 272 Head has a Bag style Holding Tank? Apparently standar
26S cabin lights? Roadking Larry at 8:04pm 05.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1011 Does anyone know what the OE bulb is for the rinky dink light over the sink? It had a automotive 115
Splash Day! (2) Roadking Larry at 7:45pm 05.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/2499 She's in the water! Launched this afternoon. No drama, no major oppses. Biggest issue is I forgot
Open CPN charts Captainron1 at 7:01pm 05.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/4396 Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone can steer me in the right direction to find maps for the OpenCPN
Best Way to Remove Hull ID Stickers foursail22701 at 6:59pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1830 Hi. We need to remove the old identification stickers from both sides of the bow and put on new one
A few additions (2) agprice22 at 6:55pm 05.22.13 Catalina 22 2/966 Here are a few additions I did today: outhaul led aft, downhaul led aft, halyard led aft, cunningham
Mainsail battens w/main furling in mast Captpete12 at 5:10pm 05.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1399 I just purchased a Beneteau 40 (2008) and on its maiden "voyage" we had a problem with the main bind
Removing ancient OB head seacock IH82BL8 at 4:47pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1157 I mentioned previously that I've reconfigured the head to omit the dump-overboard option. Now that
best and easiest tape residue removal gutsgolf at 4:22pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 13/1966 P O left masking tape when he tried to tune up stripes on cabin. have beige tape residue all over t
Mainsheet Articles Needed bobjames at 3:05pm 05.22.13 Catalina 310 0/648 Hi Captains and Admirals: You probably just received the summer 2013 issue of Mainsheet Magazine
changing rigging below triangle of Oday 23 Herco Dunlop at 2:17pm 05.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1196 Is it a design defect: I was sailing last week when I heard a loud boom and the majority of the thre
H456 Aft Cabin LEAK?? (2) undrwtrfun at 2:08pm 05.22.13 Big Boats 1/1140 Looking for anyone who may have experienced similar leaks in aft cabin of H456 and/or recommendation
anchor swivels redhead78 at 1:55pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 14/4646 Hi all, I ended up getting a lewmar delta 35lb galv anchor, after all your input I think this will w
Remove 5200 Geoff K at 1:37pm 05.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 9/8509 Several years ago there was a lot of advertising about a new solvent to remove 5200 adhesive without
rudder repair bill beyler at 1:22pm 05.22.13 Smaller Boats 5/1548 My rudder tipped over in storage and a piece on the back edge broke off. Its in an area that had a c
Irwin 27 (1970 model) drop keel marc9889 at 1:18pm 05.22.13 Irwin 2/8186 All, This is my first sailboat, which means that if you are reading this, you know more about it tha
USCG Nav Light Alert Mikem at 12:56pm 05.22.13 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 13/7785 I forward this alert from the USCG United States Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorat
Here's one for Maine Sail Through VS In Hull Transducers caguy at 12:44pm 05.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/2648 I have Googled and searched the internet for some empirical information on how much is lost with an

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Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) dlochner at 7:31pm 01.21.23 I'd be inclined to dig out as much rotten wood as I could as deep as I could. Vacuum it out and let
Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) Project_Mayhem at 7:24pm 01.21.23 How far are you planning to squirt the epoxy? As the epoxy is injected it will displace air, where
Title dlochner at 7:18pm 01.21.23 Unfortunately the auction company representative is being very uncooperative in all this saying tha
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat Project_Mayhem at 7:17pm 01.21.23 212345212346212347212348212349212350212351212352 Ouch! Sorry to hear of the loss! That's going to b
Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) dlochner at 7:13pm 01.21.23 How far are you planning to squirt the epoxy? As the epoxy is injected it will displace air, where w
Sailing to Bahamas, preparations dlochner at 7:08pm 01.21.23 No auto pilot for the wheel, everything else you mentioned besides my food preps I got. Any recomm
What is This, Anyone Need One? Project_Mayhem at 6:53pm 01.21.23 Add-a-boom for those who want a couple extra booms on their mast
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths shemandr at 6:48pm 01.21.23 Mine did that too. I guess it was the soft mud in the creek where my dock was. Otherwise it was pre
WHERE DO YOU STORE IT? Hayden Watson at 6:07pm 01.21.23 Hayden, I recommend starting to work on it now, like right now. Kroil or PBBlaster, let it soak in
WHERE DO YOU STORE IT? Stu Jackson at 5:32pm 01.21.23 .................. That was when I realized that I could no longer open that jaw. I need to work o
WHERE DO YOU STORE IT? Stu Jackson at 5:28pm 01.21.23 Why would it make a difference if the pole is stored on the mast? The deck and stanchion mounting l
What is This, Anyone Need One? FastOlson at 4:43pm 01.21.23 I recall seeing one in an ad, about 30 years ago. It mounted on the rear side of a spar for an exter
Bimini/dodger Scott T-Bird at 4:36pm 01.21.23 I don't think I've ever seen a one-piece dodger/bimini. Offhand, I'd say that it would be way too c
Title (1) Crusty Ol Salt at 4:28pm 01.21.23 In Virginia you would be eligible to apply for a title under the abandoned boat clause. I have attac
Bermuda Don S/V ILLusion at 3:38pm 01.21.23 @Don S/V ILLusion Did you go through the checking out of US customs using form CBP 1300? My boat
Gennaker (1) garymalmgren at 3:29pm 01.21.23 You will need your J , I or ISP measurements. nline calculator and you will have a basic sail plan.
WHERE DO YOU STORE IT? Hayden Watson at 3:29pm 01.21.23 Why would it make a difference if the pole is stored on the mast? The deck and stanchion mounting l
WHERE DO YOU STORE IT? Hayden Watson at 3:22pm 01.21.23 @Hayden Watson any clanging when stowed? Do you have jaws both ends, or a socmet at the mast end?
Bimini/dodger The_Sailing_Pelican at 3:16pm 01.21.23 What year and make is your boat would certainly help to know for better sdvice 1985 Pearson 303
Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) (1) Project_Mayhem at 3:14pm 01.21.23 I'm thinking you are going to need a high pressure pump to geta semi liquid very far. Perhaps a gre

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