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Chain locker deck access for 386 Wind Shepherd at 8:12pm 04.12.12 Pearson 1/1187 We would like to put in a new access hatch to the chain locker so we can clear the chain from the de
Bronze Plaque Wind Shepherd at 8:10pm 04.12.12 Pearson 1/1825 I would like to get a replica of the boat plaque that is on the boat and have it made in bronze. It
Seafarer 38 Ketch Seafarer38 at 7:05pm 04.12.12 Seafarer 1/6804 Just purchased a 1974 Seafarer 38 Ketch and there were no manuals or any info about her systems or a
Engine mount supports Wind Shepherd at 6:46pm 04.12.12 Pearson 2/1267 Does anyone have knowledge about what kind of support is under the engine mounts? Is there any meta
Crud on Aluminum Parts davenlynn at 4:49pm 04.12.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1394 I'm redoing my rudder and I'd like to really clean up the metal parts. Most, I think, are aluminum,
Anyone know about this boat (1) sailaway78 at 3:26pm 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2374 Any of you New Orleans area guys know what happened to this boat. It's sitting on the bottom, very
Thinking about a pilot house sailboat Seattle Scott at 3:02pm 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 8/6061 Mate wants to start looking for a boat with a pilothouse in the 32-37 ft range and less than $50K. I
starter button icos200 at 1:42pm 04.12.12 Mid-Size Boats 10/3331 I saw a post on this forum yrs. ago (around 2002) in which a Hunter owner had the exact same problem
Video - Anchor Storage Box on my Small Sailboat sailingandsuch at 1:01pm 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2026 I had trouble finding a good place to store my anchor while cruising on my little sailboat so I ende
H34 - Received X-5 Autopilot need suggestions for placemen PGIJon at 11:42am 04.12.12 Big Boats 5/1342 Hi Everyone. Pretty excited, I just received the X-5 Autopilot for our 1986 H34. I know that the p
Raymarine ST 60 Wind Linearizing Chris Burti at 11:04am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 10/4632 I've had this issue since 2007 and have been unsuccessful in finding a solution. Problem: ST 60 Wi
Connecting a GPS device to my VHF knothead at 10:48am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 22/9014 We have a Standard Horizon GX 1500E VHF radio onboard. We would like to connect a GPS device to the
Odd NOAA Chart update kpgraci at 10:34am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1719 I use NOAA chart 11369 47th Ed. Sep/09 for Lake Pontchartrain that I downloaded from NOAA's site las
VHF Connectors Tsatzsue at 10:20am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2973 I am in the process of relocating my VHF antenna to the masthead. I was wondering if anyone knows if
Installing Ray Marine X5 wheel pilot breezy at 9:25am 04.12.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1140 Catalina c-27, 1984 Would like some info on running the cables and instrument locations on a partic
Irwin 30' rekcots at 9:03am 04.12.12 Irwin 2/3722 Confused as to if we have purchased a 30' boat.......This Irwin has wheel steering and a Yanmar Dies
Build a Spinnaker from a Surplus Parachute? (2) RobertLangdirect at 8:45am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5919 I searched the past forums and did not find anything on this. I went to the boat show and did not
Preventative Maintenence that never gets done geoffschultz at 7:51am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2397 Yesterday I had to pull the head Y valve to clean and grease it so that it would turn. The instruct
1980 Ericson 30 Questions and Advise irisharmada at 7:26am 04.12.12 Ericson 2/5889 Good Morning Everyone, I have the opportunity to take possession of a 1980 Ericson 30 for the treme
H23 Rotten Deck Core at Mast (3) carboman at 5:45am 04.12.12 Smaller Boats 7/1770 While working on the area around my mast, I realized the wood core was still wet. I tried to dry it

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Questions About Bottom Paint dlochner at 8:04am 11.16.22 Anyone ever heard of using VS721 instead of bottom paint? Its supposed to prevent marine growth fro
Engineless.... (1) Tin Kicker at 8:03am 11.16.22 The diesel was inop when I needed to move the Ericson 32 so I added a temporary transom board for my
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum Tin Kicker at 7:55am 11.16.22 I got to watch the night launch of Apollo 17 from as close as the Coast Guard would let us on the Ba
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum shemandr at 7:52am 11.16.22 I was Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing. My bad.
Questions About Bottom Paint (1) cousineddy at 7:20am 11.16.22 Anyone ever heard of using VS721 instead of bottom paint? Its supposed to prevent marine growth from
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum BigEasy at 7:16am 11.16.22 Artemis rocket was built at the Michaud Space Facilty approximately 15 miles SE of my locale. Mich
Miss sailing rgranger at 6:52am 11.16.22 Not to gloat, but we enjoy a longer, if somewhat hotter, season here in north Texas. O :plus:I was
Miss sailing Scott T-Bird at 6:50am 11.16.22 Even though my boat is not put away for the winter, I miss sailing, also, but for a different reaso
Engineless.... rgranger at 6:49am 11.16.22
Engineless.... william24424 at 6:48am 11.16.22 Engine. If time is a factor. For those circumnavigators, months @ sea....perhaps waiting 8 hours on
Engineless.... AlastairLC at 6:13am 11.16.22
Dyneema for furler line Yoman Bosun at 6:09am 11.16.22 After lots of observations, experimenting, changing lines, etc, the spool on my furler still fills
Freeing rusty bolts - best penetrating oil jssailem at 5:36am 11.16.22 While recently taking my 1973 Perkins 4.107 apart so it could be removed from the boat, I used PB Bl
O'Day 39 mast step Dan33 at 5:04am 11.16.22 I owned an oday 39, hull #33.That is the factory setup in your photo.I had mine fabricated at a mach
423 saloon dinette conversion to bed jssailem at 5:04am 11.16.22 Some pictures of the table and seat bench would help us help you. In the past 15 years, it is possib
Dyneema for furler line All U Get at 5:01am 11.16.22
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum All U Get at 4:50am 11.16.22 What is overwhelmingly evident is that none of these so called engineers ever owned a sailboat.
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Steve-o5911 at 4:04am 11.16.22 I have the same boat, a Hunter 25 Shoal Draft 2007. I have none of this, and I have used this boat h
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum kappykaplan at 2:33am 11.16.22 Lift off at 1:47 am.:clap: Looks awesome, Jim. Haven't seen coverage on the local news yet.
Miss sailing kappykaplan at 2:30am 11.16.22 Heal quickly, @WayneH ! I like @jssailem 's Navy Blue and Gold idea. I'll deliver my boat for dry

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