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T-track in Fl OakHeart at 8:13am 01.05.13 Ask All Sailors 0/990 I'll be in the Miami area for a coulpe of days and would like to pick up some T-Track. Anybody know
Bottom on Haul Out of 23.5 Browndog68 at 8:03am 01.05.13 Smaller Boats 7/1862 Pulling my 23.5 out this weekend and likely wont be able to spray off bottom. Any issues if the cru
moiunting fire extinguisher RTSKI at 7:15am 01.05.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/767 mounting fire extinguisher I need to mount a fire extinguisher on my '19. Am thinking of mounting
Smile, it's a beautiful saturday morning (1) Bill1565 at 6:51am 01.05.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1370 Enjoy a lite moment.
Oceanis 430 1989 Keel Bolts ErikFinn at 11:56pm 01.04.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2749 Hello, Anyone can confirm the correct measures and material of the keel bolts to this boat? The boat
Roller Furling Reinforcement? allaynaw at 11:22pm 01.04.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1170 I have a Mac 25. I don't believe they were factory equipped with roller furling. A P.O. equipped my
Newport 17 loose foot..... dansaintamour at 8:56pm 01.04.13 Newport 2/15360 Hi, thinking about sailing now in frozen Michigan. I still have lots to work out on my boat. It has
Water leak Brad Woodward at 6:50pm 01.04.13 Catalina 30 3/1775 There are several threads on this subject but thought I would add mine. I bought a 86 Catalina 30 o
Oh Why? Roger Long at 5:56pm 01.04.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 12/3372 Oh why did I mention root canals in my last post. I was just flossing and the gold crown on my lowe
stress fracture? bhstech at 5:04pm 01.04.13 Mid-Size Boats 8/2763 Looked at a real beauty of a '86 Cat 27 today. Everything looks very good and the boat seems to hav
Anyone have any info. sailaway78 at 3:17pm 01.04.13 Ask All Sailors 34/12309 Just heard the tail end of this on the radio while ago. A couple on a sailboat, enroute from Cozume
Using Raytech, NMEA and Seatalk - help ndavies at 12:38pm 01.04.13 Ask All Sailors 11/5186 Hi: I have Raytech ST60, Raymarine RL70CRC, and other seatalk instruments connected to a Raymarine
Electric Fuel Pump (1) FourPoints at 11:46am 01.04.13 Ask All Sailors 12/6310 I'm planning to install a 10gal internal fuel tank to replace the 3 gal portable tank that was origi
Starter Battery/Electrical Charging System Upgrade (3) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 7:38am 01.04.13 Catalina 310 20/9874 Good Morning All, Several months ago I posted about possibly sailing our C310 to the Caribbean. Si
Meguires compoud serenisea at 7:16am 01.04.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4042 Hi, I am about to apply your tips for a great buff wax. Someone else I know recommended the Megui
WC Skipper professional rebuild Lakinrf at 6:54am 01.04.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/9726 Any ideas on who could professionally rebuild a WC Skipper head by someone in the New England region
Charging At Anchor - Question? Maine Sail at 5:46am 01.04.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4165 I got this question and answered it off line but thought it was a good one to post here as it contai
Charger overcharging Blitz at 8:28pm 01.03.13 Musings With Maine Sail 3/3746 Your thoughts?? Last spring I installed a new charger (Victron centaur 12volt 30 amp), new 260 am
Engine won't start sfgary at 7:28pm 01.03.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1941 Good evening, I just got back from the boat and was working on the rigging when I decided to run the
Continuing North Roger Long at 6:48pm 01.03.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 10/4453

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Ice Box Lid Hold Open JRT at 6:17am 04.12.23 No, I've never seen that before on any 310, we have 3 310 and a 315 in our marina. Looks good for su
Holes in rudder? stickinthemud57 at 6:07am 04.12.23 Yes, that "Thor's Hammer" comment was from me in the PMs were were exchanging. I see what I suspect
Boom Vang Crazy Dave Condon at 6:01am 04.12.23 The mast is a Z Spar mast based on two photos, the mast step attached to the deck and the manufactur
Need seawater pump for Hunter 42 Kohler 9.5 KW generator BBC16385 at 5:38am 04.12.23 BBC - check out this thread: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/p42-generator-info.12499277
Damaged Hull and repair to ballast tank (1) pdistefano58 at 5:26am 04.12.23 One more picture, we jacked the boat up to clear the post to move for repair
Damaged Hull and repair to ballast tank (4) pdistefano58 at 5:23am 04.12.23 Here are some pictures of the damage and repair The trailer strut scored the hull while the boat wa
Keel Winch Failure 1984 Catalina 22 dbk0630 at 5:22am 04.12.23
Ice Box Lid Hold Open (3) Deleted member 117556 at 5:22am 04.12.23 I actually would love a better picture of that towel holder location and mount:) See attached the
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into? glanrock at 5:11am 04.12.23 Cracks are just cracks in the gelcoat. No swelling or anything to indicate blistering. I'm going to
Holes in rudder? (1) jodyjuli at 4:29am 04.12.23 I had one guy say this looked like Thor's hammer. Not the stock Tiller and it covers up the hole in
season begins, the lakes are open jssailem at 4:20am 04.12.23 Thanks Jon. That is one Grand Ship.
Please critique my masthead antenna! danooxnard at 4:05am 04.12.23 Nothing wrong with the stay connection. They are double swaged nicro presses. As for the antenna, I
O' Day 40, and or choice and selection? dlochner at 3:48am 04.12.23 Going to have to work on the chain stopper, maybe thru-bolt something to the roller assembly Thi
Fuel tank gasket NYSail at 3:39am 04.12.23 Thanks!
Please critique my masthead antenna! Apex at 3:16am 04.12.23 forget the antenna: to all the c22> is that the correct stay terminations? I would expect swaged
Lewmar Hatch Gasket Installation JamesG161 at 3:05am 04.12.23 There should be tiny air holes at the seam point. That seam should be between the handles. Heat g
Reefing Sail Trim Joe at 10:30pm 04.11.23 The method used for those types of masts is to tie the outer end of the clew line around the boom di
Macgregor 25 forestay length ? Joe at 10:14pm 04.11.23 Here's a page of data that might help you. On entry is "estimated forestay length". Otherwise it's m
Reefing Sail Trim Hayden Watson at 9:31pm 04.11.23
Please critique my masthead antenna! Mark Maulden at 9:00pm 04.11.23 I would relocate the antenna. The base (which is a big coil of wire to make electrically seem longer

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