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rail tubing options ? pugetsoundsailer at 2:17pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1002 local boat shops are selling the 7/8 rail tubing in my area for $8 per foot, anyone got a more econo
Sheet Winches 1968 31' Seafarer 31 kendp at 2:12pm 06.24.13 Seafarer 34/13881 My son recently bought one of these and is fixing it up in preparation for launching it. He would l
mounting transducer pugetsoundsailer at 2:07pm 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1309 getting ready to mount a transducer on the 26s looks like port side of the keel would be perfect. Is
Docking stern first (1) bshock at 1:10pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 31/6864 Hi All, I'm a new "big boat" owner, having graduated from a Catalina 25 to a Beneteau 361. The doc
learning the "ropes" sailing for idiots. Dragon Fly at 12:45pm 06.24.13 Bigger Boats 2/915 28' Oday. After returning to the water after a winter on the hard, tried to unfurl the jib and it w
Sticky Dingy Tsatzsue at 12:21pm 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/8950 Yes sticky. From what I have been reading my new to me dingy may be stuck for good. It is in great s
Original Main Sail finally ripped Ima90sJezus at 12:11pm 06.24.13 Catalina 30 3/1241 So, I've have the boat out twice so far this year. First time the water pump went belly up and I had
How well insulated is the factory ice box? Jared1048 at 11:49am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1889 Im looking at converting the icebox and had a few questions. 1. How much insulation is there? 2. w
Why MASE 5501 genset NOT charging bats edwmama at 11:39am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 0/844 Hi all I own a Cal Cruising 46. It came with a MASE 5501 genset ( yanmar diesel generator ) Next
What size docking lines? PGIJon at 11:35am 06.24.13 Big Boats 12/2226 West marine is having a 40% off sale of bulk rope and dock lines. I'd like to take this opportunit
Hotknife.... (1) Sumner at 11:29am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1160 For those of you who do canvas work and don't have one Sailrite has their... http://mx2.radiant.net
SF Bay Jib? zinmaker at 11:13am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1438 Just purchased a 1971 Cat 27 and was wondering what people in the SF Bay are using for jibs, curren
Florida to Oregon nybor at 11:09am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 14/4302 Hi. I am considering sailing my Catalina 350 from Merritt Island Florida to Portland Or. I was wonde
First sail - Love our O'Day! (3) Tabi II at 10:46am 06.24.13 Day Sailers 6/1696 Had our first sail Saturday after a month of doing deferred maintenance getting our new-to-us O'Day
H320 Fuel Gauge garethreeves at 10:42am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/816 My fuel gauge cracked and broke. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? Thanks Garet
removing rust stains on sails pugetsoundsailer at 10:42am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1780 I'm going to try CLR with a tooth brush and try to get out some rust stains on the jib. Any better w
What king of furler is more appropriate ? SamlionI at 10:35am 06.24.13 Smaller Boats 3/1025 Hi ! I have bought a Hunter 26 1994 (with water ballast) and now, I want to add a furler. As I can
Raymarine autopilot Wheel drive Bob S at 10:14am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2107 I installed Raymarine's SPX-5/P70 autopilot this past off season. Did the dockside and sea trial set
Point of sale Phil Herring at 9:52am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 5/829 For anyone who didn't notice, and I think there may be a couple people in Antarctica who missed it,
are the rails on the 26s 7/8 ? doing a ladder access mod. pugetsoundsailer at 9:13am 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/3884 getting ready to modify the stern rail, going to add a stanchion so I can remove the section in fron

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Possible SmartPlug problem Ward H at 10:21am 05.31.23 When @jssailem , @LeslieTroyer and I were sailing a few years back we met up in a marina in Vancouve
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report Hayden Watson at 10:10am 05.31.23 Thanks Andrew. It is a fun route. Never the same. Often boring spiced up with excitement. A challen
G-Flex Question - Curing Time Johnb at 10:02am 05.31.23 Hi all, Turns out what I was seeing was just amine blush. Thank you for all the advice! Please t
Harken Jib Sail Furler KGarvey at 9:45am 05.31.23 Very Helpful, Thanks
Funny Friday!!! (1) dmax at 9:38am 05.31.23 216262
Harken Jib Sail Furler Ward H at 9:29am 05.31.23 The number of wraps will not be boat specific. You could check the manual for your Harken furler but
Center Board problem bwilldoit2 at 9:25am 05.31.23 Hello I wanted to update a give the info that I found out about my problem. There is a brass plate t
Merit 22 owners dLj at 9:23am 05.31.23 Now for sailing stories... dj
Sealing shaft-log options dlochner at 8:45am 05.31.23 Dave, how is creating an epoxy plug inside the tube just past (behind) the stuffing box cap replac
Merit 22 owners (1) emh56 at 8:38am 05.31.23 Got the mast up on the Merit 22 this weekend for the first time! We also built an a-frame ginpole s
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report jssailem at 8:33am 05.31.23 Thanks Andrew. It is a fun route. Never the same. Often boring spiced up with excitement. A challeng
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising mermike at 8:25am 05.31.23 It's probably dripping down from the bleeder screw on the high pressure pump.
Merit 22 owners emh56 at 8:17am 05.31.23 You can find mast heads that will fit your mast extrusion at Dwyer Aluminum Mast Company. https://
G-Flex Question - Curing Time chholden58 at 8:11am 05.31.23 Hi all, Turns out what I was seeing was just amine blush. Thank you for all the advice!
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report shemandr at 7:49am 05.31.23 I was inspired by the story to ring up my OpenCPN and look at the charts of the area. Looks like a g
Yanmar 2GM20Y won't run after replacing fuel lift pump. kloudie1 at 7:05am 05.31.23 It did not damage the pump. It is like this: Amazon.com: Facet-Purolator New Solid State Fuel Pump 1
Marine Toilet Question Ralph Johnstone at 6:58am 05.31.23
Yanmar 2GM20Y won't run after replacing fuel lift pump. Ralph Johnstone at 6:52am 05.31.23 Just had an electric fuel pump failure on a friend's boat.. several miles offshore.. yup, we forgot
Yanmar 2GM20Y won't run after replacing fuel lift pump. kloudie1 at 6:43am 05.31.23 Did ya open the fuel tank valve after doing the work ? (assuming yes since you were able to bleed )
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? arcadiahunter28 at 6:41am 05.31.23 For the education of the forum, do you think you could have done the task from a bosoms chair? No

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