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Wooden Plug Thingy twodzusfittings at 7:13am 09.10.12 Smaller Boats 2/889 As an FYI. One of the items on the safety equipment list I believe mandatory is a set of wooden plug
Digital Thermostat Refrigerator Spill Over Box (2) Bryce Custer at 6:28am 09.10.12 Big Boats 16/10323 Many with spill over refrigerators have been fighting temperature control for years. Finally have wo
New or used parts art696 at 6:26am 09.10.12 Grampian 1/12197 I am new owner of Grampian 26. There are some parts that need to be replace. Where can I buy them? A
De-funk-ifying your cabin cushions 23 foot Escape at 11:20pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 20/13247 This is a call to all who have dealt with buying an all too neglected sailboat. My own being a Hunte
Introducing Myself DavyBones at 10:42pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1746 Greetings Everyone, In some of the other forums I am a part of there are places to introduce yourse
Advice on travel San Diego to Mexico Kordie at 9:57pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1223 Hey guys, Getting ready to leave Australia for a bit. I fly into SD later this month en route to m
Boat pixs Brad Woodward at 9:48pm 09.09.12 Catalina 30 1/1326 The Admiral and I went for the day out to the Coronado Islands off of San Diego yesterday. We saw a
Unique Sail One-Upmanship ... Me First "Blue-Dot-Pox" (1) rardiH36 at 9:24pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2356 Anybody put creative juices into doing a special look for the most visible part of your boat when ou
Newport 30 Advise steveas0321 at 7:34pm 09.09.12 Newport 3/4849 I am currently entertaining the thought of buying a Newport 30 that has been severely neglected by t
Catalina 25---27 littlescoop at 7:09pm 09.09.12 Smaller Boats 6/2275 Just sold my cat 22 with swing keal... Does anyone know what is the next step up....I'm ready to pu
C-30 Opening Ports - Do they exist? DHooper at 7:06pm 09.09.12 Catalina 30 23/5578 I have a 1981 Catalina 30 and interested in replacing the standard fixed ports with opening ports. U
sold littlescoop at 7:05pm 09.09.12 Catalina 22 6/1315 Sold my cat 22 today and now looking for a bigger swing keal...any help on whats good I would apprec
NOT A CRUISER ANY MORE, sob, sob..... capta at 6:52pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 12/3371 As resistant to new ideas as us old sea dogs are, sometimes we must bend with the wind. So after acc
tangled halyard mortyd at 5:30pm 09.09.12 Catalina 30 24/3981 once in a while we return to the boat to find the main halyard tangled around the mast and tangled t
Autohelm ST60 manual Grant0449 at 5:28pm 09.09.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1232 Does anyone know where I can get an ST60 operating manual? I am having trouble setting the depth me
topping lift question mortyd at 5:25pm 09.09.12 Catalina 30 8/4130 our boat is a late mkii and we need to replace the topping lift. doing what the p.o. did is no answe
Things that go splash. UPSGUY at 4:32pm 09.09.12 Catalina 22 27/3125 Perhaps I'm a little clumsy . But when rigging the main don't you think we could rig something bette
Right of way? dparilla at 4:28pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 44/7174 So I am coming home after a great afternoon sail, we have just dropped the main and furled the jib t
Sacrificial Cloth on Head Sail (1) DinoKanuck at 4:03pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 8/5629 Ahoy from Balmy New Brunswick: Got a first look at a potential boat yesterday and saw that a headsa
Boat possessed by devil. Chris Patterson at 3:58pm 09.09.12 Catalina 22 33/3887 Here's a strange one. Of course, coming from me, what else could it be. Leaving the boat this after

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silly question on gas detector thinwater at 1:25pm 05.19.22 I'm hoping this is a joke thread.
traveller change/upgrade Stu Jackson at 1:06pm 05.19.22 any systems you know of that fit the neport 33 ft curved track traveller Jim, many older boats ca
Newport 28 mk2 battery condition indicator (2) adamv at 12:56pm 05.19.22 Thanks again Barry, very helpful! I'll looking to battery powered lights. Seems a useful backup. I j
320 Deck/Mast wiring connection Jwhy at 12:48pm 05.19.22 Thanks. It looks like I have design 2 so the plug is not accessible without pulling the mast.
Survey Survey Survey (2) sailcapt340 at 12:40pm 05.19.22 If I could add. My 2000 340 are not flanged either. Still working smoothly and solid to the hull.
Boom end cap kappykaplan at 12:39pm 05.19.22 I use an OilSorb mat folded over to keep birds out of my boom.
Best way of getting a rudder for an O'Day 15 kappykaplan at 12:37pm 05.19.22 Reach out to Rudy at D&R Marine. Welcome to the forum. :beer:
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta kappykaplan at 12:35pm 05.19.22 We like seeing progress, Jim! :beer:
Bare lead revealed on keel NYSail at 12:21pm 05.19.22 What year beneteau? Thought they all had steel keels
Survey Survey Survey FastOlson at 12:02pm 05.19.22 My '88 boat was built by Ericson. They were using all Marelon thru hulls at the time. That was good;
Boom end cap dmax at 11:54am 05.19.22 Assuming it is open from the factory (and you're not looking for a new factory cap), I would fashion
Thru-Hull Stats capta at 11:44am 05.19.22 Frankly, sinking because of a through hull failure is even farther down my list of worries than bein
320 Deck/Mast wiring connection (4) jssailem at 11:43am 05.19.22 Your boat may be factory installed or Previous Owner modified. There are 2 basic methods frequentl
Survey Survey Survey dmax at 11:40am 05.19.22 O'Day originals were not flanged, all replaced with flanged ones with new backing plates. Eliminated
Where do you keep the booze? dLj at 11:18am 05.19.22 WE just discovered....:biggrin: Pronouns.... dj
Thru-Hull Stats JamesG161 at 11:10am 05.19.22 I presume if they are all bonded ? No need to bond the Marine Grade Bronze valves inside the boat
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 11:02am 05.19.22 I don't have a 3d printer so my thought always to cutting down from solid stock. Starboard machine
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (4) JamesG161 at 10:51am 05.19.22 Progress, Progress... now installed, with Quadrant, in the boat! Bolt hole, thru the new Schedule
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Martin-Galini at 10:51am 05.19.22 Thanks, will try that. I did write to Hunter but not got any response yet but definitely will try t
Thru-Hull Stats Bob S at 10:39am 05.19.22 I remember reading Rodd, Maine Sail, posting about the importance of exercising your thru hulls. It

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