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High Winds Wkemple at 10:17am 09.26.11 Big Boats 24/3814 Does anyone have any recommendations for how to get out of a slip in high winds when sailing alone?
Purchased a Catalina 27 Ajay73 at 10:10am 09.26.11 Mid-Size Boats 17/9671 Well I did it. I bought a 1980 Catalina 27. Boat appears to be in pretty good shape. I've gone ov
Winter Storage on The Forked River NJ Loose Ends at 10:01am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1390 Where do you winter store on the Forked River? Do they have any restrictions on doing your own work
336 owners stevestk at 9:58am 09.26.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1329 I would like to get some feedback from 336 owners. I looked at one over the weekend and liked a lot
O'Day 25 CB questions cb32863 at 8:01am 09.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/6381 I asked a similar question a while back in the Catalina forum but I would like to know similar infor
Boat Yard Rules when on the hard... BillyK at 7:54am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 66/15838 Question about the rules I've just read in one of the boatyards around here that will block sailboat
Battery Installation CCHer at 7:45am 09.26.11 Catalina 310 14/3910 I'm replacing my OEM 4Ds after 7 years-5 with PO and 2 with me. One has failed and the other is prob
Overheated Outboard Motor Neil McDonald at 7:23am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/4989 The water cooling system on my dinghy's quite new 9 horse Yamaha 2 stroke outboard failed and, not a
O'Day 39 Gary Patterson at 6:22am 09.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1182 Good Day O'Day Owners, We have a 83 O'Day 39. Our questions are all about proper mast setup. 1) O
Trickle charge Bill1565 at 5:40am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2933 I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about a post in a battery thread. Post warned against
replacing holding tank Papa Bruce at 5:34am 09.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1271 I have a leak somewhere in my waste water system and am thinking about replacing the tank as the exi
O'Day Outlaw SchwarckT at 4:12am 09.26.11 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/3634 Someone should save this boat 26' O'Day Outlaw sailboat - eastern CT craigslist26' O'Day Outla
Cockpit cushions template neilmcc at 11:39pm 09.25.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1884 My first mate (wife) is determined that we should have cockpit cushions made to fit our Hunter 336.
Future live aboard Missou at 7:50pm 09.25.11 Big Boats 5/2491 Greetings everyone! I started to sail this past June and took ASA 101 and 103 during the summer. M
Holes in the transom - to fill or not to fill therishel at 7:45pm 09.25.11 Trailer Sailors 13/7769 I am the proud owner of a 1972 Balboa 20 that was abandoned for a few years before I got her. The p
Ok here goes hummingbirdbassist at 7:24pm 09.25.11 Irwin 6/3849 I am new to forum and to boating also! With that being said I have really taking a liking to a 73
Polarity Alarm Help Please Steve Liggett at 6:55pm 09.25.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3920 Went to the boat today after about 3 weeks of non use. The guy two boats up says, "there's been str
New Dinghy! merlinuxo at 6:11pm 09.25.11 Trailer Sailors 11/4502 In preperation of cruising my opulant 44 year old, 24' luxury yacht (old boat that keeps me out of t
i put my deposit down today for hunter23 SenecaDaze at 5:55pm 09.25.11 Smaller Boats 12/2368 settled on a boat after extensive shopping about,and have decided on pursuing a 1986 hunter23 viewed
SHroud tension etc.? Zoomie at 5:30pm 09.25.11 Day Sailers 3/1488 So, I was researching shroud and stay tension. I do not have measuring gage nor do I have much exper

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Help Me Choose A Boat !! dLj at 5:43am 09.29.22 I understand you are looking for as much input as you can get. But in my opinion, you need to make y
Invest 98L Rick486 at 2:35am 09.29.22 My brother met Jim Cantori at a beach bar in Pensacola, years ago, when some storm or other was com
Internet entrance test jibes138 at 11:45pm 09.28.22 Pair up in threes."
SW Washington or Portland OR Trailer Sailors Scuppers at 9:17pm 09.28.22 Thanks for the tip Stu ... I'm still getting my bearings around here.
Invest 98L Gene Neill at 8:28pm 09.28.22 I don't want to get into the TWC hype, which is prodigious, and has been for years, but I agree wit
Folding Prop? Mikem at 8:27pm 09.28.22 I do not have a specific answer but some observations. My daughter has a 1984 H37C with a 3qm30 Yan
Invest 98L Will Gilmore at 8:19pm 09.28.22 Hopefully it's not dimissive to say that one reporter stands out in the wind and claims a gust is o
Help Me Choose A Boat !! petecasey at 6:46pm 09.28.22 Thanks again all. I would like to focus in on the Bristol 29 for a moment. There are certainly a lot
Invest 98L jssailem at 6:22pm 09.28.22 @Don S/V ILLusion happy to hear you guys are safe.
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:09pm 09.28.22 Mine has the same flaking paint. Sure, it looks terrible now, but I'm sure when it was fresh it pro
Anchor self-deploys jssailem at 6:08pm 09.28.22 When installed correctly there are two switches that disable the anchor motor. Primary is the heavy
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:07pm 09.28.22 Don't you just love portable digital cameras? I've been able to take photos to figure stuff out tha
Invest 98L jssailem at 5:44pm 09.28.22 Anybody know how often and when they update the models? GFS. Every 6 hrs About these data Forecast
MastStep Help Catalina 16.5 Leeward Rail at 5:25pm 09.28.22 recently purchased a Catalina 16.5 that has needed a lot of love. I had a bent mast step that I rep
Anchor self-deploys Kings Gambit at 5:21pm 09.28.22 Job of the windlass is to lower and raise chain and/or nylon warp; not hold the boat against the for
Anchor self-deploys Siamese at 5:17pm 09.28.22 Can't rely on the windlass to secure the anchor. I have a carabiner attached to a line...clips onto
Anchor self-deploys Kings Gambit at 5:05pm 09.28.22 Of course, anchor shank should be kept fixed or locked in place until anchoring so it cannot deploy
Invest 98L smokey73 at 5:01pm 09.28.22 Anybody know how often and when they update the models?
Invest 98L shemandr at 4:31pm 09.28.22 I don't want to get into the TWC hype, which is prodigious, and has been for years, but I agree with
Boom kicker or topping lift? (3) FDL S2 at 4:03pm 09.28.22 Some pics of the boom mount, entire boom kicker and vang, and the mast mount

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