Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Delaware River Sailors Meet up DeniseO30 at 6:13am 05.06.10 Destinations 5/4548 I'm planning a meet up on Saturday May 29th, Please jump onboard if your interested! The Place is
Hunter Legend 35.5 shifter linkage broken Bruce21097 at 3:23am 05.06.10 Big Boats 6/3248 Shifting from reverse to forward yesterday when the shifter went limp. It looks like the linkage at
Launch Day! Roger Long at 2:27am 05.06.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1308 :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::d
Schaefer Jib Furler - Expert Advice (not) (2) Albanach at 2:04am 05.06.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1890 Has anyone else had a problem with chafe to their genoa from the furler? If so, how was it resolved?
What model Oday am I looking at? Uncle Hiccup at 8:32pm 05.05.10 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1820 I am new to sailing and new to this site but I am looking at a Oday sailboat and would like to know
good to see issues get resolved here thereisabelle at 8:13pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1384 going to the boat this weekend, got my new a/c panel, looking for advice/ input on changing them out
Steering while motoring a Hunter 23.5 douglata at 6:46pm 05.05.10 Smaller Boats 9/3757 I'm new to sailing - so please forgive me if this is a dumb question. I just put my 1994 H23.5 in
emergency tiller cover tpcasa at 6:27pm 05.05.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1320 Does anyone know where I can find a deck hatch for my O'Day 34 emergency tiller?
Broker Issue thaeni at 5:38pm 05.05.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1725 I just bought a 1992 33.5 Hunter from a Broker. The ad said boat had a new speed, depth, and wind i
Fein or ?? jibes138 at 5:10pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1825 I received an unsolicited input from Fein today for the WS14 compact angle grinder. I know the peopl
Gulf Oil Spill Effect On Fiberglass Hull BrianW at 4:20pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 19/6327 Does anyone know what effect spilled crude oil will have on a fiberglass boat hull? DAMN BP!!! Brian
Replacement Coolant Over-Temp Switch (1) Evening Star at 4:02pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2032 Our Morgan 41' has a Perkins 4.154 and the coolant over-temp sensor has a terminal broken off. It tr
What is this???? (3) newtosailing at 3:26pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2403 What is this???? Update* -So we picked up the boat and (it was at night) couldn't see any marking*
Hunter 40, need photo of outhaul shackles. Orion253 at 2:57pm 05.05.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1586 Hi Hunter 40 owners, I have misplaced the shackles that connect the Main Sail to the out-haul car o
Looking for material to build a switch panel (2) guidera48 at 2:24pm 05.05.10 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1334 The galley project is on hold until I receive the bolts for the seacocks. Cant beleive I paid 60 box
Islander 28 engine retrofit Heatwave at 2:22pm 05.05.10 Islander 1/3490 Hi Everyone, I'm thinking of acquiring a 76 I-28. Unfortunately, she has an ancient Volvo Penta MD-
Rudder repair??? james turner at 2:15pm 05.05.10 Bigger Boats 1/2277 My rudder has some rust colored fluid leaking from it in the fall. I am thinking about removing the
What oil do you use in your diesel? canavap at 1:34pm 05.05.10 Catalina 30 5/1803 I changed my oil in the fall as I was supposed to do but now I am perplexed by my choice of oil. My
Reefing the Main atwhite2 at 12:38pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2157 Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen... After some basic searching, there is a lot of information on this
Sailing on anchor Bill Roosa at 11:27am 05.05.10 Big Boats 17/5472 I was reading "Storm Tactics" and got the wild idea that I could stop Bardi Sea from sailing on her

Recent Replies

questions about a boat I am looking at, S2 92C Md80max at 6:41pm 03.09.22 The engine was a Yanmar 2gm, ran strong, the same owner for last 21 years, brand new mainsail, the 2
Winch Maintenance BigEasy at 6:39pm 03.09.22
Docking queries BigEasy at 6:30pm 03.09.22 Yes I was planning on splicing some double braid, did that on my Grampian 26 Nice, however, ve
Docking queries Dr. D at 6:29pm 03.09.22 Put your hands on some lines. Yes, there is a minimum size line for the length of the boat. OTOH, wh
Docking queries fred1diver at 6:24pm 03.09.22 Yes I was planning on splicing some double braid, did that on my Grampian 26
Docking queries dlochner at 6:20pm 03.09.22 Congratulations! Fenders choices are many and depend alot on the kind of dock they will be used on.
Docking queries Capt Robbie at 6:18pm 03.09.22 before buying any lines check out onlineropestore.com very reasonable and have a lot of good deals o
Winch Maintenance Davidasailor26 at 6:16pm 03.09.22 Old thread, but I thought I'd recycle with some further questions. I've not serviced my winches an
I got new crew Leeward Rail at 6:06pm 03.09.22 Based on the painting..looks like you had a previous crew member too. :beer:
Docking queries jnorten at 6:04pm 03.09.22 I recall when outfitting my rig that I Googled things and I was able to find recommendation for fend
Winch Maintenance JRT at 5:59pm 03.09.22 Old thread, but I thought I'd recycle with some further questions. I've not serviced my winches and
LiFePo4 Refresh Hayden Watson at 5:52pm 03.09.22 How's that? It's my understanding that excess current due to a lower load impedance creates more h
I got new crew Crusty Ol Salt at 5:37pm 03.09.22 Love it
questions about a boat I am looking at, S2 92C kloudie1 at 5:02pm 03.09.22 S2 9.2 - Practical Sailor (practical-sailor.com) some info.. not too useful but worth a read
Best anchor and chain kloudie1 at 4:22pm 03.09.22
In hull transducer and wax brazenarticle at 4:22pm 03.09.22 Roll a ball of wax from the toilet bowl ring, put it on the bottom of the transducer and stick it to
Standing Rigging brockangelo at 3:59pm 03.09.22 The jaw toggles commonly get bent, here is a link, yours are either 1/4 or 5/16, probably LH thre
In hull transducer and wax Capt Robbie at 3:50pm 03.09.22 mine is installed in clear silicone..... I used an old plasic container as a retainer for the silic
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Jconnors at 3:48pm 03.09.22 Hi VS, Is this your first sailboat purchase? I also assume you hired the surveyor. If s
What anchor and rode will physically fit the bow and anchor locker? (1) sail sfbay at 3:45pm 03.09.22 Do you have a bow roller to secure a Rocna/Manson/Mantus style anchor? if you do, then the anchor c

Contact
About
Terms of Use