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Selden Mast Survey John Frankel at 10:50am 01.28.11 Big Boats 12/3714 I recevied a letter from Selden Mast, regarding extrusion deformation of the furling mast on selecte
Deck Leak!!! dermotmccann at 10:12am 01.28.11 Columbia 0/2561 I have had a deck leak on my Columbia 41 that I have tried to conquer for 4 years. It drives me craz
A Question For Mainesail - Soldering? sailaway78 at 9:59am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 13/7731 Maine, I read your crimper tests, and am as always impressed with the way you go about your tests.
Thermal Expansion of Rigging jibes138 at 9:54am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2538 I wrote this on another forum but food for thought, comments? That brings up another subject. How
Removing mineral deposits from hull at the waterline hsims at 9:37am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2963 Hello, The hull of my Ranger 28 has an accumulation of minerals at the waterline. The boat has been
Local Knowledge - Tampa area Sailors BStevenson at 9:34am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3630 We are looking at a move to the Tampa area, specifically Apollo Beach, and are currently planning on
Transatlantic Advice??? Exiles at 8:55am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2600 Hello all, I am sailing a boat from Sweden to Greenland Nuuk via. Scotland and Iceland to reach the
Feb 2011 Issue of Practical Sailor Head Master at 8:10am 01.28.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2945 I wish to point out an error in the article on electric marine toilets, published in the February 20
One Of Those (1) kloudie1 at 6:56am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1857 Winter morning.. 29F at the marina yesterday but worth poking my head up .. it was 65F by noon.. nic
The first sign of spring! PrincessoftheLake at 6:52am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 14/2225 Forget hopping robins or blooming tulips-for me the first sign of spring is when my first shipment o
NMEA 2000 Drop Cable med2463 at 6:41am 01.28.11 Ask All Sailors 20/9553 Installing Garmin GWS 10 wind sensor. Connector on drop cable is too big for hole in pedestal botto
40.5 prop shaft Zinc Wayne Dengel at 2:41am 01.28.11 Big Boats 7/2145 So, I have to get a new one. My new boat does not have one at all. What size. I think the saft i
Catalina Fleet Clubs in Florida Bob Watts at 6:49pm 01.27.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/2026 I live in Palm Coast, FL and want to know where the 22 Fleet Clubs (No II or Sports) are located thr
H356 Saloon cushions... (4) Doug/Karen at 1:47pm 01.27.11 Big Boats 0/9 As part of an overall redecorating project, we are replacing our fabric saloon cushions with leather
deck hull flange keao at 11:40am 01.27.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1401 My 1991 43' hunter legend has an outward deck to hull flange. under the toe rail there seems to be
B285CC stripped interior pics (5) Bonzai at 11:32am 01.27.11 Trailer Sailors 21/9076 Finally got to bring the boat home.Hauled it 79 miles thru the N.Ga. mtns on a trailer that I haven'
Replating winches Aldo at 9:21am 01.27.11 Catalina 22 2/1736 Has anyone ever gotten their jib sheet winches replated? The chrome on mine is a little thin, and th
Phrf ? Quoddy at 7:25am 01.27.11 Ask All Sailors 18/5611 What does the PHRF number mean? B + PHRF, is the number of seconds it takes to sail a nautical mile
Good Guys kloudie1 at 6:55am 01.27.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2046 My Weems ' Plath "Martinique Ship's Bell" bulkhead clock started sounding really bad when it rang..
I need to replace my I beam HaleKai at 6:30am 01.27.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/1722 I just purchased a 30ft Hunter and noticed the I beam needs to be replaced. How on earth do I get t

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Catalina 22' MK II Bilge Delamination Stringer leak jssailem at 9:13am 06.26.22 Clean up is first and foremost finding and controlling (stopping) the source. Is the boat in the wa
Catalina 22' MK II Bilge Delamination Stringer leak jssailem at 9:11am 06.26.22 Welcome to the SBO forum, Could it be coming from the hose? Where does the hose start and where doe
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter Charts - 2005 Hunter 36 drm1 at 9:05am 06.26.22 Great news! First, the chart plotter seems to have come back alive after i did a factory reset. Th
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap Don S/V ILLusion at 8:57am 06.26.22 Barnum was right. Good job recognizing it.
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries jviss at 8:54am 06.26.22 As far as I can tell, from internet research, the vast majority of flooded lead acid battery failure
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 Ralph Johnstone at 8:49am 06.26.22 My vote is also air ingress in any fittings on the SUCTION side of the water pump.
Emerald Bay, Catalina Island Rick D at 8:44am 06.26.22 Didnt mean to imply that Emerald is bad all the time, cuz as you said its not. Thats the love part
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? jssailem at 8:39am 06.26.22 You could try to match the extrusion design to one provided by Dwyer... https://www.dwyermast.com/fa
Hypalon vs pvc gettinthere at 8:37am 06.26.22 Yep. The old stuff was good stuff.
Hunter 376 Anchor Rode to Locker Routing (1) jssailem at 8:28am 06.26.22 it doesn't feel like the system would work just "free standing." Hi Doug, Some thoughts, though I
Emerald Bay, Catalina Island Rick at 8:13am 06.26.22 Didnt mean to imply that Emerald is bad all the time, cuz as you said its not. Thats the love part!
Hunter 26.5 owners. (1) jssailem at 8:10am 06.26.22 With this image of the 26.5 you can see there is some space between the mast head and the top of the
Schaefer 2100 furler bearings jssailem at 8:02am 06.26.22 Very nice. With the two side by side it is easy to decide which on you want on the forestay adjustin
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 jssailem at 7:57am 06.26.22 Hi Arthur. The 331 is a very nice boat. The water appears to be surging (spurting in the video). The
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 kappykaplan at 7:51am 06.26.22 Air leaks could be one of several problems. Do the faucets have aerator screens? They could have j
Looking at a 1987 MacGregor 26D JBP-PA at 7:48am 06.26.22 In addition to the usual sail, motor, trailer, etc. condition, you want to check out the ballast tan
Good exercise of older boaters jssailem at 7:45am 06.26.22 Water balloons and water cannons Less damage than a spud wacking you.
Hypalon vs pvc dmax at 7:32am 06.26.22 As a point of reference, I have had my hypalon inflatable (made by Zeppelin) for 28 years, still loo
little egg inlet nj Dil at 7:12am 06.26.22 we came in the little egg Saturday and are staying at beach haven we had no issues coming in, howeve
Schaefer 2100 furler bearings (1) PlaneTom at 6:50am 06.26.22 I received the new drum from Schaefer and finally found time to do the swap. Easier than I expected,

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