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Drum Point Marine Roger Long at 11:58am 03.23.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 19/5913 Kate, Gary (the owner), and Christian who saved my engine, rescued my cruise, and overhauled Strider
Moving Seadaddler (1) seadaddler at 11:57am 03.23.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2245 Well after being at Burnt Store Marina for 4 years with no complaints I am trying out a dock in PGI
Replace or repair Hatch Cover Allons79 at 11:35am 03.23.12 Bigger Boats 3/1526 I have a 37' O'Day and need to replace or repair the hatch cover over the salon. The smoke plastic n
Fresh Water / Coolant Pump Bob S at 10:20am 03.23.12 Catalina 30 3/1373 I have a M25XP on my boat and have been toying with the idea of making serpentine pulleys for it ove
In search of elusive swing keel SaucyScallop1 at 9:56am 03.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2988 Please Help, I own a 25ft Macgregor with a swing keel. The swing keel fell and disappeared and
Radio License's Jeff Jellick at 9:44am 03.23.12 SSB and Ham Operators 6/4615 Do I need anything more than a Restricted Radiotelephone Operators Permit, and a Ships Station Licen
loose rutter post Rick Beneteau at 9:43am 03.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1789 Hi Guys , I have a 1985 Beneteau Idylle 10.5. I have found there is some play in the rudder bushing
Raymarine R70C chart not displaying at all ranges Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 7:36am 03.23.12 Big Boats 5/1556 I have a 2003 Raymarine R70C chartplotter. I am not displaying the CMap chart data at ranges below
Leaking Lexan V-Berth Hatch circa 1991 NauticalMac at 7:36am 03.23.12 Big Boats 3/1163 This is not just a V36 problem. The old lexan type of hatch beds down flat onto a thick sealing stri
Posti-Tite Waterproof connector. jjsbiggs at 7:34am 03.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1372 Has anyone seen or used these on their boat? Thought it might be a good thing to keep on board. htt
Masthead setup for spinnaker halyard CHM at 5:42am 03.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2982 I have a 1988 Oceanis 430. As fas as I can tell, there is no built-in spot for a bail and block. T
Time To Shine The Hull? Ducati at 5:22am 03.23.12 Ask All Sailors 4/2267 Happy Spring! Last year I got lazy and just applied a product called McLube Hullkote to clean and
78 MAC 22: why it's not yet. nemosuit at 5:06am 03.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1598 Group, I get asked "when are you going to launch it?" Basically, now that I'm retired, I've got
Grounding hewebb at 4:37am 03.23.12 Smaller Boats 8/2770 I was wondering if I should ground the mast to the metal work on the slip. There are taller mast in
Twin Axle Trailer Maneuvering DarylA at 4:00am 03.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/7362 Hi, I have recently purchased a Mac 26m, with which I am delighted. I have a bit of a problem
361 cutlass bearing suttonski at 3:48am 03.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1388 I have removed my cutlass bearing and I am ready to install the new one but I have question regardin
Bilge pump location? Chris Bogle at 3:39am 03.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1219 My Oday 22 does not have a bilge pump. It rained last night and there are a few leaks, mainly throug
What is this.... (1) btm0905 at 8:05pm 03.22.12 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1838 I may get laughed at but I am clueless as to what this is?!!? I found a home-made version on my b
O'Day 20 Spreader Repair Tomkatohio at 7:41pm 03.22.12 Day Sailers 10/6366 I bought a '70's O'Day 20 last season but haven;t had a chance to get her in to Lake Erie yet. Be
Loss of a great freind Witzend at 7:21pm 03.22.12 Sails Call Lounge 1/8333 My family has have had the great privilege of being touched for the last 42 years by this truly grea

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Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 1:48pm 01.01.23 Might consider obtaining the following weights at you local moving company truck scale: 1. tow vehi
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions (1) RitSim at 1:33pm 01.01.23 My zinc broke off this year. I removed the center bolt as you did and the cover should be free. Pa
Older sailers dLj at 1:33pm 01.01.23 I just turned 67 - age is more than just a number, there are inexorable aspects of aging that one ca
Older sailers Dalliance at 1:28pm 01.01.23 The previous owner of my boat sailed until he was 83 and I can think of at least 5 sailors I know of
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking kappykaplan at 1:23pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 (1) Hello Below at 1:13pm 01.01.23 Why not consider what I have? A portable, water resistant bluetooth speaker. No holes, take it to th
Boat is Hibernating 2 OLD PIRATES at 12:55pm 01.01.23 I got some feed back about this very subject: Interesting read. https://skippersplan.com/winter-sto
Older sailers shemandr at 12:37pm 01.01.23 You could do what a friend of my father's did. He caught a large swordfish that he couldn't get abo
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? jssailem at 11:58am 01.01.23 Windy weather updates as the data sources are changed. Global models: ECMWF (European Centre for
Older sailers jssailem at 11:54am 01.01.23 They say do not go after a fish that is bigger than your boat. You might catch one. Then what will y
Any sailor peppers out there? capta at 11:40am 01.01.23 Hello again Following geo politics and carefully observing the international political arena there'
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? Project_Mayhem at 11:37am 01.01.23 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Start with DR Marine for parts. :
Older sailers capta at 11:33am 01.01.23 At 76, I'm hard aground as far as ocean sailing and cruising, but day sailing up this way might be f
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? capta at 11:24am 01.01.23 Windy.com wins for me for a APP. Most I've seen seem to do so only once a week, or so. I know ther
Older sailers higgs at 11:20am 01.01.23 Thanks for the comments and suggestions - some of which I have already done. I have a 20 volt right
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 10:38am 01.01.23
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) All U Get at 10:31am 01.01.23 Our friends crossing today.
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:24am 01.01.23 When you cut the Sk-78, do you use hot knife. I found, that when I tried to cut the Dyneema with a s
Any sailor peppers out there? jssailem at 9:32am 01.01.23 But Lloyd, you have nearby caves you could hide in. Of course there is the likelihood that when the
Any sailor peppers out there? LloydB at 9:19am 01.01.23 'Level 7' by Mordecai Roshwald no zombies here Ma and I don't recall him mentioning they were playin

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