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1981 Sabre 30 Keelbolts Handy_Andy at 3:41am 07.30.25 Sabre Sailboats 1/353 I am looking at buying this model and vintage of boat and was wondering about the keelbolts and what
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Water Tank Paulam at 7:41pm 07.29.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/27 re 1987 36 - my water tank develops pressure when filling. Vent is clear.
Water Tank Paulam at 7:35pm 07.29.25 Ask All Sailors 13/793 Hello re 1987 Catalina 36. My main water tank develops pressure when filling. Vent line is clear. An
Tsunami Watch Foswick at 5:58pm 07.29.25 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/736 Just got notified about the incoming tsunami about 20 minutes ago. Been keeping an eye on it. It is
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Water ballast sailboat rudder uphaul lined Crazy Dave Condon at 1:19pm 07.29.25 Smaller Boats 7/947 It had been a long time since since installing uphaul rudder lines and I am reaching out to you for
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Rain water in cabin srqdiver1261 at 7:24am 07.29.25 Newport 4/1593 Hi I am a new member and first time Newport owner. I have a 1980 LN23 on the hard but rainwater as
Atomic 4 strange behaviour fred1diver at 5:23am 07.29.25 Ask All Sailors 16/1002 Hello everyone I already asked this on the Moyer forum, but no answer, so here goes I just got my t
Fuel Tank leak Oday 30 Robert19768 at 2:17pm 07.28.25 Ask An Oday Owner 5/430 Anyone repaired or replaced the leaking fuel tank in an Oday 30? What did you do?
My First Sailboat: a DIY rebuilding (3) Back At The Sea at 12:36pm 07.28.25 Ask All Sailors 0/14
Backstay on 1985 Catalina 22 (4) GeeDee at 11:13am 07.28.25 Catalina 22 7/778 Does anyone have a similar backstay configuration on their C22 as the photos? I have to believe some
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? Scott T-Bird at 10:33am 07.28.25 Ask All Sailors 18/1784 8 teens and 2 instructors had to be rescued last Wednesday in Avalon, NJ. The boat appears to be a
catalina 315 solar panels and suggested places for drilling deck for wiring? Tim Murphy at 9:09am 07.28.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/1050 wondering if anyone has experience with the catalina 5 series and adding solar panels. I am wonderin
Mud dauber wasp idea Justin_NSA at 8:50am 07.28.25 Ask All Sailors 20/1455 These things are real pests! They build their mud hives everywhere. They even plugged up the weep ho
Dog Days of a PacificNW Summer jssailem at 8:23am 07.28.25 Weather and Forecasting 2/550 It is shaping up to be a series of hot - cool Extremely HOT days as July comes to an end and August
All Storm Action is currently in the Pacific (1) jssailem at 7:50am 07.28.25 Weather and Forecasting 2/373 Stay Alert @garymalmgren . It appears you have a couple of severe storms headed northward towards
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Generator Overhaul Georgedoyle at 9:00pm 07.27.25 Big Boats 4/1132 Our Mastervolt 8 kw generator recently started spewing white smoke/steam. We decided to pull it out

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Help us all Understand proper preparation and cleaning options. Do's and Dont's you can offer? jssailem at 6:15am 12.22.25 :plus: With @thinwater
Help us all Understand proper preparation and cleaning options. Do's and Dont's you can offer? dlochner at 6:03am 12.22.25 Not trying to veer this conversation off course but small amounts of Scotch Brite pads become embed
Hello...I now own a Bristol 29.9 and am wondering what the small hole in the lower hull is for? Project_Mayhem at 5:50am 12.22.25 If it's threaded, then it's probably a garboard. If not, follow the advice in previous posts
Help us all Understand proper preparation and cleaning options. Do's and Dont's you can offer? Project_Mayhem at 5:47am 12.22.25 Maroon Scotch Brite pads are more abrasive than the green ones. I often use those between coats whe
Help us all Understand proper preparation and cleaning options. Do's and Dont's you can offer? dlochner at 5:30am 12.22.25 Epoxy takes a long time cure, the curing process continues even after the epoxy is hard to the touch
GOOD Automatic windlass model 5/8 work on a sailboat Woodworks1 at 5:30am 12.22.25
Speedseal It's Back???? Project_Mayhem at 5:24am 12.22.25 Surprisingly they don't have anything listed for the Universal M25/35's or Sherwood pumps
Help us all Understand proper preparation and cleaning options. Do's and Dont's you can offer? thinwater at 5:18am 12.22.25 I suggest focusing on function more than the specific words they use. This is causing you to over an
Help us all Understand proper preparation and cleaning options. Do's and Dont's you can offer? Carl Wonderful at 9:31pm 12.21.25 Also sometimes the instructions just say something like "clean up the sanding residue" or something
Help us all Understand proper preparation and cleaning options. Do's and Dont's you can offer? Carl Wonderful at 9:28pm 12.21.25 Almost all of your questions can be answered by reading the instructions for the product you are us
Help us all Understand proper preparation and cleaning options. Do's and Dont's you can offer? dlochner at 7:58pm 12.21.25 Almost all of your questions can be answered by reading the instructions for the product you are usi
GOOD Automatic windlass model 5/8 work on a sailboat dlochner at 7:34pm 12.21.25 I've never heard of the Good Windlass brand, so I am not in a position to voice an opinion about the
GOOD Automatic windlass model 5/8 work on a sailboat jssailem at 5:55pm 12.21.25 It is a learning process. I like to consider is as a whole system. Windlass, anchor, chain, rode (r
Need input. cherub78 at 5:54pm 12.21.25 Yes it is on the hard, I've inspected as far as the first spreader. all the hardware looks good,how
GOOD Automatic windlass model 5/8 work on a sailboat Woodworks1 at 5:38pm 12.21.25 jssailem, Thank I only know enough about windless anchors to be considered dangerous.
Holiday Greetings mermike at 5:20pm 12.21.25 Merry Christmas all! Here's to a lot of time on the water in 2026!
GOOD Automatic windlass model 5/8 work on a sailboat (1) jssailem at 4:44pm 12.21.25 I have Lewmar windlass hardware. Looking at the GOOD Specifications and manual it appears that that
Holiday Greetings Kermit at 3:59pm 12.21.25 Great to see you here again Kermit...!'ve missed you! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas, Peggie!!!
Crack Epidemic at the Boatyard dLj at 3:20pm 12.21.25 Technically, since it's cast iron it should really be brazed instead of welded. But I understand c
Crack Epidemic at the Boatyard Muttondressedaslamb at 2:48pm 12.21.25 Technically, since it's cast iron it should really be brazed instead of welded. But I understand c

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