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Bilge ventilation Manny at 8:11pm 03.08.10 Ask All Sailors 15/3363 I didn't want to hijack Jared20459's cabin sole sealing post, but Ross brought up something i've bee
Electric anchor windlass bgdrewry at 7:33pm 03.08.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1545 Hi... I've just bought a 1996 Catalina 28MkII and want to install an anchor windlass. It doesn't loo
Looking for O'day 26 John Stevens at 6:47pm 03.08.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1014 I'm looking for an O'day 26 with or without a trailer. I'm located in Florida. John
Hunter 50cc Wallpaper rob831 at 6:45pm 03.08.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/3192 Looking all over for hunter 50 cc wallpaper...can't find a single 1. Anyone know where I might fi
Securing the Jib Sheets... Team118 at 6:41pm 03.08.10 Catalina 30 6/1903 I've done some searched, but the words are too common for the search engine. Currently, my jib she
Transom Reinforcement on 1987 23.5 carboman at 5:26pm 03.08.10 Smaller Boats 1/1077 I have been thinking of beefing up the transom on my 1987 23.5. I was thinking of pumping some type
blisters suds22334 at 4:41pm 03.08.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1437 After you open a blister of any size how do dry the out.
Hunter Service ? rob831 at 4:22pm 03.08.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1820 How are hunter sailboats and how is the service after you buy one? Looking at Hunter 45cc.
Intro/New O'Day 25 owner! ridgeback37 at 2:33pm 03.08.10 Day Sailers 5/1814 Just want to introduce myself. I recently purchased a '76 O'Day 25 and would like to learn more abou
O'Day 272 Water Infiltration pgiorda at 2:20pm 03.08.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1762 I have fresh water leaking into the area behind the aft berth and transom. I've reset and caulked t
stonypoint ny to littleneck bay-newbie digitek718 at 1:46pm 03.08.10 Destinations 26/9007 I bought my first sailboat-81 oday 25 cb- in the fall-from a guy up on the hudson river-stonypoint n
Catalina 22s invited to participate in 2011 Charlotte Harbor Regatta bglesun at 1:11pm 03.08.10 Catalina 22 0/1184 The Charlotte Harbor Regatta is a one-design regatta in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Charlotte Harbor
In Mast Furling jceccant at 12:53pm 03.08.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1170 In main sail creases when furling in. Any suggestions??
Replacements for ACP models? Clark at 12:45pm 03.08.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1213 I believe I read on here a while back that Hunter planned to discontinue the ACP line (or some of th
On the Rocks - Off the Rocks (4) Sequitur at 12:30pm 03.08.10 Destinations 2/3345 In late January as we were sailing across the Sea of Cortez to San Carlos from Santa Rosalia, there
New Florida Anchoring Restrictions Chuckbear at 10:10am 03.08.10 Ask All Sailors 0/1428 Just when you thought it was safe to drop anchor, Florida: Less than a year after the Florida legisl
boom justsailing at 9:57am 03.08.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1204 I have a hunter 27 and i cannot seem to find a boom for it, would a smaller boat's boom work for it
How to install waste tank and remove old toilet system. To be environmentally friendly. (2) Seamon at 7:56am 03.08.10 Seidelmann 7/4248 Hi people, I have a s25 1979, I removed the whole floor, the plumbing of these boats (ouput) used to
Need advice on rebuilding Titan 10 surge coupler. caguy at 7:53am 03.08.10 Trailer Sailors 6/2885 I was reassembling my surge coupler last night and I noticed that I was able to move the shocks in a
Icebox lid arm Banooma at 7:51am 03.08.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1588 The mechanism in the arm that holds my C28 mkII icebox lid open, then when lifted a little releases

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Great Lakes Maiden Voyage Help Marmalade at 5:28am 06.02.22 @Scott T-Bird has a great start on an itinerary, but 3 thoughts: 1) averaging 5.5kts seems to be th
ProFurl B35S Drum Flip? jssailem at 5:24am 06.02.22 Fixing the sail would be straight forward. Rather than opening the drum can you untie the stopper k
Beneteau 323 railing item DougM at 4:06am 06.02.22
ProFurl B35S Drum Flip? kappykaplan at 4:02am 06.02.22 I would bring the sail back to sail loft and demand that they correct it. :plus:
Insurance Premiums kappykaplan at 3:42am 06.02.22 I'll let you know when the truck comes due in Aug (if I remember!). @jssailem , my vehicle premium
Being contacted Crazy Dave Condon at 3:13am 06.02.22 I use to be a well respected investigator on the east coast before coming a sailboat dealer. In f
Thru-Hull Stats nramsey at 11:17pm 06.01.22 The Trudesign composites are designed to last the life of the boat. My composite thru hulls will ne
Anchor windlass for Hunter 340 mromanow at 10:31pm 06.01.22 Regarding my factory installed windlass, as in the photo above. I had about twenty+ feet of chain
Mercury 5hp Outboard Shifting / Starting Problem Slipin Away at 10:13pm 06.01.22 If they changed out the water pump impeller, they might not have aligned the two rods and coupling c
Beacon Near Point Grey jssailem at 9:27pm 06.01.22 Yellow is usually the initial point of reference for the channel into a harbor or harbour in Canada.
Single-handed docking jssailem at 9:14pm 06.01.22 Theoretically you could toss it over a dock cleat. This is not theory, it is fact. Only issue you
Great Lakes Maiden Voyage Help Scott T-Bird at 8:36pm 06.01.22 It's a 2005. Trailering would definitely be easier and it's still in the cards, I'd just hate to mi
Gelcoat Touch up sail sfbay at 8:06pm 06.01.22 Never added thickener to gelcoat. Maybe a quick drying agent. Gelcoat is reatively thick. Just gelco
Gelcoat Touch up Project_Mayhem at 7:32pm 06.01.22 I've seen a few articles that suggest adding thickener such as 404 or 406 which sounds logical if th
O'Day 25 Head Project_Mayhem at 7:19pm 06.01.22 Regardless of which route you go, I would highly recommend oderlos treatment solution. Thanks for re
Single-handed docking capta at 7:16pm 06.01.22 For me, even on freighters and tugs, it is all about spring lines. Spring lines, spring lines, sprin
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging ben solomon at 7:08pm 06.01.22 What I have done in the past is sail on one tack, i.e. port tack and then tightened the leward shrou
Cheap crib board source found! Hardhead at 6:57pm 06.01.22 As soon as I started reading, I was going to say -- "try old cutting boards". In my opinion it's
ProFurl B35S Drum Flip? BigEasy at 6:42pm 06.01.22 Good afternoon all, I sent my 2001 Hunter 380's genoa for a new sacrificial leech and am delighted-
Beneteau 323 railing item Davidasailor26 at 6:28pm 06.01.22

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