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Magazine slowdog at 1:14pm 01.07.13 Ask All Sailors 37/4902 What boating magazine do you subscribe to?
Basic Electrical Seminar Content Maine Sail at 12:05pm 01.07.13 Ask All Sailors 28/3170 If you were attending a Marine Basic Electrical Seminar (roughly 2 hours) what type of content would
Whose boat is this? (1) BrokeNotBroken at 11:27am 01.07.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2041 I would love to see more pictures of the teak cockpit. I think it looks fantastic. http://sbo.sail
I need a rudder edefaria at 9:47am 01.07.13 Day Sailers 2/5564 Hi - I have a O'Day 12 here in Brazil. It's quite similar to the javelin model. I've lost its rudder
No Locker soldier1964 at 9:40am 01.07.13 Ask All Sailors 13/1895 Hello everyone, I have a small problem to contend with. My Helms25 doesn't have a rope locker in t
Attending Strictly Sail Chicago 2013 - any pointers? Igetit at 9:39am 01.07.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1273 This weekend I booked accomodations and bought show tickets online for Strictly Sail Chicago, which
40.5 keel bolts bustedrudder at 8:40am 01.07.13 Big Boats 2/1167 I was cleaning the bilge in our 40.5 and only saw 2 keel bolts on the centerline of the stub. Is th
New to me 1980 Oday 22 Hydro Therapy at 8:33am 01.07.13 Day Sailers 2/1316 Hello, I recently picked up an Oday 22, 1980 model. She is a bit rough but coming along. So far I ha
ODay 22 model designations kpgraci at 8:30am 01.07.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/3239 I've run across several ODay 22 models while looking at sails, including: ODay 22 ODay 22 CB ODay
teak cabinet hardware wrylyone at 8:30am 01.07.13 Bigger Boats 3/1307 Does anyone know where I might find the teak pulls for the interior drawer and cabinet on a 1985 28'
New Rudder, where to buy? brentjen at 8:26am 01.07.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/975 Has anyone ordered a new rudder for their boat off of this site? I have talked to Rudy and am incli
Propane Stove issues on 410 freedkj at 7:52am 01.07.13 Big Boats 6/1169 Our 2001 410 has stove/oven issues with the propane. Both tanks are full, however the out put of gas
Retractable Bowsprit Joel H. at 7:07am 01.07.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/6606 1978 C27 std. rig. In the interest of flying my Gennaker or even getting a Code Zero furler some day
A Thought for Monday (1) Winkfish at 6:40am 01.07.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1155 Hopefully a pleasant jump-start to the week.
New- Old boat. gnusailor at 6:30am 01.07.13 Ask An Oday Owner 23/3399 I am looking at an old Oday22 to purchase. It has been dry-docked on it's trailer for over 10 year,
Keel fairing Ron-Anne at 5:10am 01.07.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1680 This spring brings keel repair tasks and I was wondering if anyone has used a sandblaster on the kee
Cruising on SunShine nears 3 years fenixrises at 4:10am 01.07.13 Destinations 4/6178 Hi all, SunShine(11c) and I left Tampa Bay in May of 2010. We went direct to the Panama Canal an
Capri 22 (and other) West Coast Rendezvous (San Juans) (2) sinnettc at 11:26pm 01.06.13 Catalina 22 20/3963 I'm working on putting together the first West Coast Capri 22 (and others) Rendezvous. Here's the p
What is this called and where can I get it? (1) Endurance2010 at 10:20pm 01.06.13 Big Boats 2/1561 Skippers: Attached is a plastic velcro-type device which has lots of little plastic pegs. One i
New Islander 30 Owner--Lines to cockpit nestorph at 7:29pm 01.06.13 Islander 0/4022 I'm shortly taking ownership of an Islander 30 Bahama after Sandy took out my Islander 28. I had th

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Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint dkinzer at 2:18pm 03.14.23 I didn't see an adapter on the current installation and the part numbers of the valves are identical
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint (1) Ralph Johnstone at 2:18pm 03.14.23 The best sealant for this is three wraps of teflon tape and then cover the tape with a light smear o
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint dlochner at 2:15pm 03.14.23 Nothing will safely seal that. You need to use a ball valve with straight threads. Shop around, ther
Trailering Hunter 23.5 With Boom Attached? Brian NC at 1:29pm 03.14.23 Thanks very much and I sent a long reply to your PM!
Can anyone tell me what this hole is? Crazy Dave Condon at 1:11pm 03.14.23 The poster never responded back as to a Hunter 26, There is a floor pan on top of the water ballast
Trailering Hunter 23.5 With Boom Attached? Crazy Dave Condon at 12:21pm 03.14.23 You will get some answers but I would not recommend that at all. Thiis is based on the fact that I
Thomas Crown Affair; Best movie Sailing Scene. markwbird at 12:19pm 03.14.23 What's a DVD?
Club racing the Hunter 18 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:13pm 03.14.23 it would help if you can advise the year
H260 Single Line Reefing, Stanchions & Used Parts Crazy Dave Condon at 12:12pm 03.14.23 sent the poster a private message and will be glad to give him a shortcut reefing at the end of th
Can anyone tell me what this hole is? h2o_snow at 12:08pm 03.14.23 Interesting pic. Is that a H260 layup?
Swim platform question/advice (1) jonelli at 11:47am 03.14.23 I just bought a blowup back porch instead... It was almost the same cost as your swim platform, but
Can anyone tell me what this hole is? (1) twalker H260 at 11:15am 03.14.23 That is water sitting on top of the ballast tank. It needs to be pumped out and mopped up. Severa
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake capta at 10:55am 03.14.23 Rum tasting parties go over fairly well, as do "bathtub boat" events where people make a boat out of
Daysailers on Virgin Islands.. capta at 10:50am 03.14.23 I've seen small sailing boats at many resorts, but they are usually small cats or a similar size mon
Going to Try This Again. :-) capta at 10:45am 03.14.23 Joined back in 2017 while living near Myrtle Beach and sailing a Hunter 27. Eventually moved away f
Petrel mast diameter please. PeterW at 10:14am 03.14.23 Thank-you folks.
I need advice from sailors on keel RussC at 9:58am 03.14.23 What do you think about placing a steel plate between the keel top and keel as to distribute the we
Can anyone tell me what this hole is? (1) h2o_snow at 9:25am 03.14.23 I could be wrong, but isn't that too high to be the top of a ballast tank? More like a window to t
Going to Try This Again. :-) Benny17441 at 9:21am 03.14.23 You would really need to go shopping for a transferable dock space that comes with a boat.
It's almost within reach! Project_Mayhem at 9:18am 03.14.23 Thanks for the info guys! I just ordered a double stacked deck organizers with four sheaves

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