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Bottom cleaning, can I do it myself? Squadron at 3:57pm 04.30.11 Ask All Sailors 26/7979 Hey guys, I'm curious as to whether or not any of you do your bottom cleaning yourselves while in
Blown forecast on Friday!! Witzend at 3:49pm 04.30.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2054 All my source forecasts, NOAA, ADDS, CBOFS and NWS had for the northern Chessy W15-20. Well... by th
stuck adjustable keel jlgraham at 2:40pm 04.30.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1257 i have a oday 23 with a adjustable keel that will not drop. does anyone have any suggestions how to
Good one for weekend pondering sailnteacher77 at 2:19pm 04.30.11 Big Boats 0/838 Replacing my shaft log. The old one is out. There is a small gap between (poor craftsmanship) betw
Morgan 383: move lines aft msp1mlb at 12:29pm 04.30.11 Morgan 2/2824 A friend of mine would like to set up his Morgan 383 to have his lines run aft. He has a keel stepp
Water in Engine Sump MLampner at 10:33am 04.30.11 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2503 While the boat was on the hard pumped all the water out of the pan, and disposed of it properly. It
Beneteau Oceanis 311 Clipper Lifting Keel hbrowes at 9:40am 04.30.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1917 Hi does anyone know what the PY should be for a 311 clipper with a lifting keel? They crusing club h
RubRail wanted RichB at 9:31am 04.30.11 Smaller Boats 2/1418 I am missing a 29" section of OEM (It's either Taco V11-0418 or V21-9678) rub rail. Does anyone hav
Plastiteak refurbishing Garalau at 8:17am 04.30.11 Big Boats 1/1912 I would like to know if somebody can tell me how to clean, in the cockpit, the plastiteak on my HUNT
Restitch or new sails? Last Chance60 at 7:47am 04.30.11 Smaller Boats 3/1799 I have a '96 H26 and know I have some stitching issues with both the main and jib. Does anyone know
H26 back stay?? Last Chance60 at 7:19am 04.30.11 Smaller Boats 6/1741 I have heard from people teaching me to sail the desasters from the main coming about and striking t
Hunter 26 Pop Top John23883 at 7:19am 04.30.11 Smaller Boats 6/2712 I'm thinking of buying the Pop top for my Hunter 26 but adding a clear panel to the front so I can l
Jib and Main halyard sheaves Last Chance60 at 7:15am 04.30.11 Smaller Boats 10/3053 I have a H26 and the sheaves located at the base of the mast for the main and jib halyards are locat
Adding a topping lift (1) kpgraci at 6:39am 04.30.11 Day Sailers 17/8639 After an interesting time single handing in 20kt winds with a reefed sail that was not cooperating I
This is wrong, right? (2) Roger Long at 6:31am 04.30.11 Musings With Maine Sail 24/7594 I was relieved to check the builder's electrical schematic for Strider and not see any tie between t
Macgregor 26D Cockpitt Rail removal hero4theday at 5:59am 04.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2533 I'm Making my way back to the cockpit area. Will I need to drill a hole in the liner to get acess t
Headstay modificatons for CDI #2 on Catalina 22 bellsailing at 5:55am 04.30.11 Catalina 22 4/2193 Having decided on the CDI #2 furling system on my 1987 Catalina 22 are there any modifications on th
help me put up my mast and sails (3) dohcdelsol93 at 4:27am 04.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1576 asked this in another section but maybe a mac owner can help me out here a little quicker. I need t
Minimal Bottom Repair geehaw at 11:36pm 04.29.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2695 Well I got the bottom of the boat sanded ready for new paint except ran into a few a problems. Now
Evaporative AC on a boat shipwreck66 at 8:35pm 04.29.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2136 I'm probably just installing a big fan w/ a holding tank but the "hope" is that when the bob-and-bur

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Universal 25MXP low rpm issue FLAPILOT at 9:21pm 12.30.21 Don't know about the fuel leak, may have been coincidence, but checking and changing out the impell
Universal 25MXP low rpm issue FLAPILOT at 9:20pm 12.30.21 Running without water cooling the exhaust may have melted the inside of the exhaust hose and restri
Hunter 410 cutlass bearing JamesG161 at 9:14pm 12.30.21 So since I ended up ordering from SBO for an extra $30 Thank you! The Key to this free website is
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric rgranger at 8:53pm 12.30.21
PacificNW weather update. mermike at 8:09pm 12.30.21 There's enough fresh water flowing into Port Ludlow that the surface was icing up. Not enough to sto
PacificNW weather update. mermike at 8:06pm 12.30.21 I was waiting for motivation to start winterizing. Boy howdy. The drive from Boise to Port Ludlow on
Key West activities. BigEasy at 8:05pm 12.30.21 . 6. Key West Key Lime Pie Company for pie. HOW could I forget the key lime pie!!!
Unknown Part and function Jimc91 at 8:02pm 12.30.21 You said the dining table and support are missing. Is this possibly the hull side support for the d
Hunter 410 cutlass bearing Tally Ho at 7:13pm 12.30.21 I will be able to remember the measurements! Ok, but 10 years from now you are going look through
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric twistedskipper at 6:10pm 12.30.21
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric heritage at 4:32pm 12.30.21 You will become a better sailor if you go electric.
Hunter 410 cutlass bearing sailing gal at 4:14pm 12.30.21 I will be able to remember the measurements!
H33.5 V-Berth Length (1) sail sfbay at 4:02pm 12.30.21 Are you thinking about expanding the bed aft toward the doorm buying a new mattress and modifying th
Key West activities. lehighsail at 3:50pm 12.30.21 1. Several years ago and Seven Fish restaurant was very good. 2. Take picture at 0.0 Route 1 miles
Farr 940 v. Farr 9.2 v. Noelex 30 sail sfbay at 3:22pm 12.30.21 If you are looking for a racing sailboat a J105 would be my choice: SailboatData.com - J/105 Sailboa
Key West activities. PaulK at 3:15pm 12.30.21 See if you can catch a chicken. You get to take it home with you if you do.
Farr 940 v. Farr 9.2 v. Noelex 30 Tedd at 3:12pm 12.30.21 Thanks, @sail sfbay, that's very informative! I've been comparing polars for a few different boats.
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric DArcy at 3:03pm 12.30.21 A Diva 39 across the way from my boat was converted to electric several years ago and the owner says
Farr 940 v. Farr 9.2 v. Noelex 30 sail sfbay at 3:02pm 12.30.21 The Farr 9.2 was introduces in 1979 with a lifting or fixed keel, 4661 lb displacement and 1294 lb b
Its funny Friday! Tally Ho at 2:58pm 12.30.21 My uncle Dave was a real woodsman, big man, keen nose, etc. my brother and I lived with my cousins

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