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Hurricane Season Advice agaliha at 1:16pm 05.27.11 Destinations 21/10424 I was planning to take a long ICW trip from Mobile to the Chesapeake starting on November 1 to avoid
New batteries and which type simplicity at 11:49am 05.27.11 Ask All Sailors 22/5225 I am buying new batteries for my 34' sailboat and have researched enough to decide to go with 2 wet
New catalina 34 owner Mbaummer2 at 11:07am 05.27.11 Big Boats 2/2458 Hi, I am a new Catalina 34 owner, and was wondering if there are any big tips or things I should kn
Folding / Feathering Props capjules at 10:43am 05.27.11 Fantasia 35 0/45233 Hi, I'm looking for opinions / reviews from anyone using a feathering or folding prop. Are you h
Where to buy plastic holding tanks GeorgeK at 10:18am 05.27.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/6511 Where are molded tanks available, and if one is not available for my boat model, are plastic welded
Loose rudder (H260) Sublime at 9:27am 05.27.11 Smaller Boats 0/990 Nice and sturdy one day, loose and floppy the next. I don't see damage as if someone hit it. Some
Max safe people on oday 23 Gnageyj at 6:58am 05.27.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1656 Any one know the max number of people who can be safely carried on my ODay 23? Just got this boat a
Making a Drinking Playlist OulaMan at 6:44am 05.27.11 Sails Call Lounge 11/14556 Looking for a good mix of songs to drink to, any suggestions?
Oxalic Acid - What Is This Stuff Ducati at 3:58am 05.27.11 Ask All Sailors 11/7993 I have a bottle of Interlux Teak Cleaner which I have never used because I hear it is too harsh on t
Have I got a rudder problem? Roger Long at 3:43am 05.27.11 Ask All Sailors 17/6572 I'd like to call this meeting of our metal and corrosion experts to order. Rich, Bill, Mainsail, pl
Full keel boaters and backing from slip! Brian D at 11:05pm 05.26.11 Ask All Sailors 14/20610 How hard is it to back a full keel boat? How much room do you need? Does the boat start to turn when
Replacing Winch Bolts Faris at 10:32pm 05.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1343 So, I installed winches on my V22 last weekend, which went pretty well except that the heads of the
OldCat where do you place tell tales for max performance. caguy at 9:34pm 05.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/4785 If the OP or anyone else desires, I can give recommendations on tell tale placement and usage for be
Weekend Events FourPoints at 8:31pm 05.26.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1647 Have some friends coming up from NYC and DC for the weekend, and they want to go out and spend some
"No Drill" Bowsprit (1) Bill19233 at 8:01pm 05.26.11 Big Boats 8/9603 I think I finally got all the kinks worked out of the "no drill" bowsprit. My son and I had a great
Rolled furling not rolling up enough Mike 1 at 7:40pm 05.26.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2278 I have an '82 Hunter 27. It has a rolled furling headsail and I noticed when I roll the sail I only
Anyone install these steps lately paulj at 7:00pm 05.26.11 Catalina 310 1/1598 http://forums.catalina.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=104585 paulj :troll:
masthead sheaves dspellman at 6:41pm 05.26.11 Catalina 30 3/1744 I need an exploded view of what the masthead and sheaves look like. I tried to thread a new halyard
A proper head on our C-22 (4) CaptDon01 at 6:29pm 05.26.11 Catalina 22 5/3428 Here is an idea I've been playing with for awhile. Our original C-22,(1980 version), had a full mari
mac 22 swinging keel problems alfred gamil at 5:45pm 05.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1510 remember me , last summer, keel banging on the sides of the casing, I lifted the boat, got the keel

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Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Benny17441 at 9:37pm 09.08.22 In no particular order, just jutting down things as they come to mind. Due to the size of the boat
Catalina 18 - Advice on mast raising? (1) MarkHejtmanek at 9:04pm 09.08.22 Does the forestay have a turnbuckle? And is the backstay adjustable? The backstay has a turnbuck
What am I looking at here (surveying a C30)? Qorgyle at 8:59pm 09.08.22 commonly used with dodgers Ah, that makes sense, there are other dodger fittings around that area.
How worried should I be about the Home Depot technique for crimping stainless wire? jssailem at 8:32pm 09.08.22
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history Rick D at 8:26pm 09.08.22 Suffering with you! As Peggie Hall would tell you, I have had Jabsco (manual) heads on my boats for
New Mailsale jssailem at 8:24pm 09.08.22 Find a loft who will help to measure your boat and build sails to your boat and a type of sailing yo
Traveling alongside Crusty Ol Salt at 7:56pm 09.08.22 Funny topic. I couple of years back I had a guy that decided to witness my work instead of verifyi
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:33pm 09.08.22 It is telling that the Jabsco rebuild kits are almost as expensive as a new Jabsco toilet. At leas
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:31pm 09.08.22
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:23pm 09.08.22 I find it remarkable that you are unaware of her steady and persistent encouragement to boaters tha
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:18pm 09.08.22 As for never buying another Johnson product, I think you will find that in most case Jabsco is far
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history dlochner at 7:11pm 09.08.22 Agreed; Raritan, a NJ company, has been the Cadillac of boat toilets for as long as I can remember.
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history DianaOfBurlington at 7:06pm 09.08.22 I threw out every brand but Raritan for consideration. Agreed; Raritan, a NJ company, has been the
What am I looking at here (surveying a C30)? dlochner at 6:27pm 09.08.22 Walk away. The first picture is a really poor attempt to stop a chain plate leak. Leaks can not be
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history Scott T-Bird at 6:00pm 09.08.22 I've been to Defender's brick & mortar store numerous times and been on the phone with them as well.
Legend 40.5 - what length hose for forward head replacement? artboas at 4:28pm 09.08.22 Or you could just buy a PVC "hose mender" fitting (male-male) and "cement" the hoses onto it using
Another Auto-Pilot Accident Tater at 4:25pm 09.08.22 This reminds me of a time fishing. The boat was a 30? runabout with big twins. Once we cleared the b
New Mailsale Crazy Dave Condon at 3:53pm 09.08.22 Depends on the loft but generally the company is respected. Is the loft near Oriental?
Internet entrance test Will Gilmore at 3:42pm 09.08.22 And I think you'll have to admit that THAT is truly amazing ! And not just kind of unique, but "ve
Caveat: Worst marine toilet in history Stu Jackson at 3:40pm 09.08.22 Realized this toilet will never be reliable, removed it, photographed it for this post, and will sh

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