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Estuarium? Shoaldrafter at 1:40am 03.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/1586 Roger, So, you are checking out: http://www.pamlico.com/nce Lots of docking... lots of bugs in
rigging a topping lift abruzzi at 10:10pm 03.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/4508 just curious, if I rig up a real topping lift for the boom to replace the pig tail, is there any rea
Funny fact about early Hunters (2) DianaOfBurlington at 8:05pm 03.02.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2326 I just posted this to my boat's blog about an impressive discovery. This ought to end a few argumen
dual 6 volt batteries doehunter at 8:00pm 03.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 58/9071 OK, I'm heading out to check my batteries tomorrow. Depending on what I see tomorrow, I might bite
Nesting Dinghy Styx at 3:14pm 03.02.12 Ask All Sailors 15/12476 I have a S2 8.0c and am starting to look for a dinghy. I am new to sailing. In my research, I cam
Boardsailing Don Guillette at 10:37am 03.02.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/2942 Last week I was visiting Puerto Penasco, Mexico (Rocky Point to us in AZ). It's about 4 hours from T
Our Experience With Hydrocoat (3) Maine Sail at 9:27am 03.02.12 Ask All Sailors 47/23565 The Bad: We used Hydrocoat last season and absolutely will NOT be going back. I will go back to Ul
Victron BMV 600 Alarm rexabbot at 8:53am 03.02.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1432 I just installed my Victron and it is works good. My question is, do I have to attach an alarm o
C27 Sliding hatch splash guard Jon_E at 8:26am 03.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/2400 Hi - I'm looking for replacement splash guard material. Last year painted my deck on my 1977 Catal
catalina 25 leeroy brock at 7:45am 03.02.12 Smaller Boats 1/1908 would like to contact other catalina 25 owners in or around the san francisco bay area
My O'Day 25 Projects cb32863 at 7:33am 03.02.12 Day Sailers 3/1596 Well, before I decided to try to bust my ankle a while back, I did actually start some work on my b
Nesting Dinghy Styx at 7:22am 03.02.12 S2 8/2616 I have a S2 8.0c and am starting to look for a dinghy. I am new to sailing. In my research, I cam
Deck Painting - What product do you like? brian3820 at 6:59am 03.02.12 Big Boats 10/1707 Hello, as many know, I have an 84 Hunter 34 that is being totally refit. This past fall I was able t
Running backstay gear on a First 38 jgurley at 6:10am 03.02.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2810 I recently acquired a First 38, and the running backstay gear seems to be absent. Could someone des
What sailors do.... (1) tcbro at 5:29am 03.02.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2147 What sailors do...
basic tacking question abruzzi at 9:49pm 03.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/3823 Two weekends ago I finally got my Mac 25 into the water for a test sail. The forecast on windfinder
Okay... justsomeguy at 9:00pm 03.01.12 Forum Help (Site Talk) 18/4606 I want to give props to a good response, via the "reputation" button, and the PTB tell me I've done
Sailing Magazine, April 1971 sheri carey at 6:46pm 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3184 Hi - I'm new to sailboats and to this forum so please forgive me if I'm asking the wrong question in
Sail cleaning jorgefife at 6:37pm 03.01.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1722 I know there was a posting here, but cannot find it I sold a sail for a Pearson 35 to someone in Flo
Attention 272 Owners! floridabob at 6:05pm 03.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1270 New owner here, but not new to sailing. Would love to hear your impressions on the 272's sailing cha

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Propeller residue...normal/not normal? justsomeguy at 9:13am 11.28.22 Metals or Names of Elements are Capitalized. No, they're not.
New crew Will Gilmore at 8:59am 11.28.22 She's a sweetheart, if not exactly courageous. She will not go outside when there are chickens in t
Watermaker Rick D at 8:43am 11.28.22 When we are in Ensenada for a month, 105 gallons lasts for three weeks + if we don't shower aboard.
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! Brian D at 8:40am 11.28.22 Wow... I must reprimand you folks now. Here we have a serious question about his boat listing to por
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! Will Gilmore at 8:32am 11.28.22 vote for canned drinks hidden under spare bedding inside Port side stowage of main berth. Was the
Miracle Rescue of MOB dsims at 8:29am 11.28.22 Nothing short of a miracle. This guy spent 15 hours afloat with zero survival gear or flotation dev
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:27am 11.28.22 I vote for the giant squid. :p And as such, the problem could be quickly solved by holding a cala
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 8:13am 11.28.22 Washing dishes consumes the most fresh water on my boat. BTW I added a 25 gallon bladder type auxil
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! JamesG161 at 7:48am 11.28.22 I vote for canned drinks hidden under spare bedding inside Port side stowage of main berth. Why my
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! Alan Gomes at 7:42am 11.28.22 You can bet the designer meant it to be level and the builder tried to follow the plan. But you ca
Sea Hood re-bedding (1) kloudie1 at 7:35am 11.28.22 Dave, my '85 model did not have 5200 for the seahood seal. it came up with slow and careful levering
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! (2) jssailem at 7:34am 11.28.22 are you located where there is a current? Unless you are lake sailing in the PacificNW there is a
Warped Rudder (7) rgranger at 7:32am 11.28.22 I ripped up enough strips from the cedar board to make a 1 inch thick laminated rudder. Looks like
2001 B361 Chain Plate leak (1) GDanko at 7:31am 11.28.22 Thank you Roy. The boat is new to me but from the view in this picture, it looks like the cover is
Clever Boat Names Rick Webb at 7:29am 11.28.22 My all-time favorite, wish I had taken a picture of it: Wife Said NO II
23.5 bottom paint question (1) RTsailsJ29 at 7:27am 11.28.22 Dave, That's kinda where I was leaning, 2" above the scribe. Nice getting some confirmation on that
Miracle Rescue of MOB JamesG161 at 7:16am 11.28.22 My take on time line and training by the "team". 1) MOB last seen 11pm --> Reported Missing next da
Beneteau First 375 bvermeer at 7:13am 11.28.22 Thank you all for your responses. They have been informative and confirm what I have observed. Inter
Growth below my starboard rub-rail a continuous problem MichaelStacy at 7:07am 11.28.22 I had the same problem on my C22 in Oxnard. I pressure washed the rub rail between the aluminum and
Watermaker rgranger at 7:00am 11.28.22 I suppose these units require a dedicated seawater intake thru-hull, and then one for outflow of br

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