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A little play in my spreaders weinie at 1:41pm 05.18.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/975 I noticed my spreaders seem to have a little play, rotating around the single bolt that connects eac
Folding/laying and lashing mainsail to boom on Oday 19 weh5748 at 1:11pm 05.18.12 Day Sailers 2/4262 Just purchased an Oday 19 and raised and lowered the main for first time. On my previous boat barrel
Leaking head Old Sailor 2 at 12:43pm 05.18.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1113 I am experiencing a small leak in the seal (motor to cutter blade/impeller) of my original Jabsco he
Anchor Rhode fastening Milton.Audas at 12:42pm 05.18.12 Catalina 22 7/1939 Hi guys. Goes anyone have a photo and advice on securing the anchor Rhode to the boat (1981 C-22). I
Inspect./Ventilation Hatches MacGregor22 oromadan at 12:40pm 05.18.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1860 Just bought Macgregor 22 1978 year I need some help me to find the 5 cabins hatches or what should
sail dimensions zmaxpilot at 12:38pm 05.18.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1650 I need to find the dimensions of the MacGregor 22, and the Venture 24 to see if they are close in si
Outhaul rigging for in-mast furling main Tomek23582 at 12:38pm 05.18.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1566 Hi: I was wondering what is the purpose of ~2 in diameter, soft, grey ring that the main outhaul for
Engine water intake bigsick at 12:31pm 05.18.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1299 Topped boat last week. Went down today and noticed more water in bilge than usual. Started searching
Bildge pump float switch (2) paulj at 11:48am 05.18.12 Catalina 310 6/2171 Old float switch finaly gave up or just to old to work. Switch would stick open or in the up posit
Slide/Slug Size C-27 Faris at 11:01am 05.18.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/2262 Hi, I have a 1972 Catalina 27 and need a new main. She is new to me, so I don't know off the top o
Dredging Rock Hall, fyi Warren Milberg at 11:00am 05.18.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1736 "12264 Mariners are advised that the Dissen ' Juhn Company will be conducting dredging operations in
Vision 32 electric winch Ed D at 10:14am 05.18.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1267 I have a 1989 Hunter vision 32 ft I am considering installing an electric winch for the main halyar
BBQ grill fuel use question (1) Nom De Guerre at 9:38am 05.18.12 Ask All Sailors 15/3256 I have a SS rail-mounted BBQ grill on the stern pulpit. It is fueled by a 1 lb propane camping bottl
Rudder "slop". Am I missing something? (5) Chris Patterson at 8:30am 05.18.12 Catalina 22 12/2379 I have an extraordinarily large amount of play in this kick up rudder. I can see why it is, but I ca
How often do you check your boat? c130king at 7:40am 05.18.12 Catalina 310 7/3240 Just bought Hull #178. Was wondering how long some of you will let you boat sit at the marina withou
Charging Gell Batteries TFrere at 7:20am 05.18.12 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2268 I just acquired an 8D gell battery and am planning to install it as my house battery in my boat. I
Link 2000 acting strange Rodd at 6:28am 05.18.12 Musings With Maine Sail 13/4396 I am again getting the "Float" green light while the unit is still clearly in the absorption stage,
What boat is this, please? (4) RobertLangdirect at 5:02am 05.18.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1339 I know this is the old wooden sloop that ran into the bar in a MA river in the early 60s. But, what
Transom ladder and blower 92 cat 34 Billyrap at 4:03am 05.18.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1202 I am looking to convert on 1992 catalina 34 transom ladder to a swing gate Saw some references but n
Helm Seat (5) seadaddler at 3:27am 05.18.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1398 I am just showing my helm seat I added to see over my chartplotter and relax and rest my back and le

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Older sailers dlochner at 7:03am 12.31.22 Last April I turned 70 while anchored at Grand Cay in the Abacos. This June we will leave Lake Ontar
Older sailers RoyS at 6:58am 12.31.22 My wife and I are both 74 and in good health. We take one two week long cruise each year and numerou
Any sailor peppers out there? Tally Ho at 6:58am 12.31.22
Raymarine Axiom RoyS at 6:44am 12.31.22 The Yacht Devices engine interface will work if your engine already has multiplex instruments. They
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) JamesG161 at 6:11am 12.31.22 Windy.com wins for me for a APP. a sail.
Pesky Otters sailcapt340 at 5:50am 12.31.22 Higgs, that does work!! I know! I have an electric model that I have used in my garage for years
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 Joe at 5:38am 12.31.22 It's not really your boat until you do cut a hole in it. Before that event it's a demo/charter.
Completely "Non Boat" related Electrical Issue... sailcapt340 at 5:34am 12.31.22
Pesky Otters jssailem at 4:46am 12.31.22 drug fueled rave under the dodger Was that the otters or the others?
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? jssailem at 4:39am 12.31.22
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? danstanford at 4:16am 12.31.22 Windy has a layer for current as well.
Orca Davidasailor26 at 3:41am 12.31.22 Interesting idea. Looks like basically a hardened tablet with a sun-readable screen, with some softw
Orca dLj at 1:19am 12.31.22 I haven't installed not used this, but looking it over, it would not serve my needs. dj
Pesky Otters Ralph Johnstone at 11:09pm 12.30.22 A perforated bag of moth balls has kept the otters away from under the dodger for many years. Start
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) All U Get at 10:54pm 12.30.22 Aqua maps.
Older sailers Paul Mermelstein at 9:39pm 12.30.22 I am going to be 72 this summer and my wife is 73. We still sail the Chesapeake Bay, sometimes just
Older sailers Calif. Ted at 9:34pm 12.30.22 Yeah, I'm just a couple years behind you, year-round season here but my temperature tolerance is get
Older sailers MFD at 9:31pm 12.30.22 I am only in my fifties but have a couple of neighbors in their 70s that still go out quite often.
Just wanted to say hi Baja bash at 9:14pm 12.30.22 Hi, I am 75 and have done 2 puddle jumps in the last three years. Next fall joining the Baja Haha f
Just wanted to say hi higgs at 8:33pm 12.30.22 Tally Ho: I am 73 and still sailing. Not as bold as I used to be, but still enjoying the boat.

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