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Estuarium? Shoaldrafter at 1:40am 03.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/1587 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 3/4525 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 6/2330 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 58/9298 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 15/12535 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 5/2950 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 47/23614 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 3/1439 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 5/2406 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 1/1912 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 3/1603 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 8/2624 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 10/1725 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 8/2815 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 9/2151 What sailors do...
basic tacking question abruzzi at 9:49pm 03.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/3870 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) 18/4610 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 11/3188 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 6/1744 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 2/1271 New owner here, but not new to sailing. Would love to hear your impressions on the 272's sailing cha

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Engine leaking diesel jssailem at 5:32am 12.04.22 Check the fuel hose connections. A clamp that has come loose or a fuel line that is cracked or faili
Cirved Companion Lens on 85' FIRST 305 Replacement CYQK at 5:13am 12.04.22 There is a guy in annapolis that curved my replacement. Cant remember the name but a search will fin
Helm Seat (1) RoyS at 5:02am 12.04.22 211335
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Mifeo at 4:04am 12.04.22 No lifejacket MOB and being unable to recover.
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? All U Get at 2:50am 12.04.22 Waiting for repairs that I no longer had the ability to do.
ODay 40 Windlass Setup (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:13am 12.04.22 See if you can use anything from this when I installed a Lewmar windlass on my H-310. It all depend
Can anyone identify this pump? Ralph Johnstone at 7:36pm 12.03.22 If your pump is anything like mine, the packing gland consists of an "O" ring. Finding an "O" ring
Cirved Companion Lens on 85' FIRST 305 Replacement dlochner at 7:23pm 12.03.22 The initial post is a bit shy on specifics which make a cogent response challenging. With that said,
Helm Seat jssailem at 6:27pm 12.03.22
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Leeward Rail at 6:04pm 12.03.22 If your boat is on fire, I would think that increases the odds of being located. ;) Very true. The
Clever Boat Names 31seahorse at 5:57pm 12.03.22 Our first boat was an old powerboat. Every time I bought a piece of equipment for that vessel my wi
Selden rigid boom vang rodkicker without gas strut? dkinzer at 5:46pm 12.03.22 the fully compressed boom vang still holds the mast above the traveler. While that may be true, d
Selden Rodkicker strut replacement dkinzer at 5:34pm 12.03.22 My post about installing a generic gas spring may be useful: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/thre
Can anyone identify this pump? Jacktar at 5:06pm 12.03.22 Or buy a 2 gallon fridge type container with spigot for few bucks, Its what I use for overnight to
Can anyone identify this pump? shemandr at 5:01pm 12.03.22 You could do a gravity feed situation. I don''t know how this works for your galley. Gravity worke
Can anyone identify this pump? (1) FasterHorses at 4:24pm 12.03.22 Thanks for the prompt responses, I am trying to adhere to the current footprint of the galley counte
Can anyone identify this pump? thinwater at 4:01pm 12.03.22 I found this pump at what may be a bargain, if it works and I can determine how much it was origina
Cirved Companion Lens on 85' FIRST 305 Replacement joker460 at 3:54pm 12.03.22 Yes, is this Your boat? Did You replace the lens? No, but to start I would send an email to Ward a
Can anyone identify this pump? FasterHorses at 3:49pm 12.03.22 I found this pump at what may be a bargain, if it works and I can determine how much it was original
Can anyone identify this pump? kloudie1 at 3:34pm 12.03.22 Fynspray..? Vertical Plunger Galley Pump by Fynspray (go2marine.com)

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