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Coast Guard Inspections Ariel at 7:33am 03.08.10 Ask All Sailors 42/6502 I just read on another forum that in Maryland and New Jersey, when the CG stops a boat for an inspec
Pedestal mounted engine control Kenlee at 7:32am 03.08.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1052 My 1978 O'day 30 has a single lever engine control for the Yanmar engine. It's mounted near the dec
Nice Break From Winter for an East Coaster (7) ITMaster at 7:22am 03.08.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1364 I hit the jackpot recently. Some friends called me mid January from California and asked if I want
The wing keel of my Beneteau 35S Chuzzlewit at 7:22am 03.08.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1316 draws 5" less than the rudder. Is this normal and will drying against a harbour wall damage the rudd
My Beneteau 35S has a wing keel Chuzzlewit at 7:16am 03.08.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1711 which draws about 4'6". The rudder draws 4'11".Has the boat been modified in the past and willl the
Beneteau 331 in the Bahamas Bum at 6:54am 03.08.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2849 Hello All, My wife and I are cruising again in the Bahamas on our Beneteau 331 w/swing keel along wi
Cabin Sole underside sealing (1) Jared20459 at 4:44am 03.08.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2757 I am refinishing our cabin sole of our Hunter 34. The old one has some moisture problems, so I had
H34 Boom Cap? Bob Poff at 3:38am 03.08.10 Big Boats 6/1426 Yesterday I finally had enough of the huge glob of black duct tape and stuphe covering the aft end o
Jib markstv at 10:16pm 03.07.10 S2 4/1729 Thanks for the input on the prop.I am looking at buying a jib or genoa for my 8.0cc any suggestions
Keel salt water morage captnemojr at 10:14pm 03.07.10 Catalina 22 2/1478 I know that there has been lots of discussion on mooring in salt water and keel up or down. well i j
looking for seacock (3) acceri at 10:06pm 03.07.10 Pearson 3/96 I just got a 1974 10m. Looking for what needs to be done..found a lot.. But I cannot find toilet se
Cheap Chart Plotter nick at 9:49pm 03.07.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1869 I helped sail a 43ft Cat back from the Whiitsundays to Brisbane (around 600 miles) last month and on
Transome Trim 26macsailer at 8:09pm 03.07.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1900 Im needing to replace the fiberglass trim (u-shape) piece that goes around the rear, top portion of
Cutlas bearing larry100 at 7:29pm 03.07.10 Catalina 30 2/1627 Just had a new cutlas bearing installed on my 1988 catalina 30. Immediately started hearing a high p
New Hunter 22 Owner MARKMOON at 7:01pm 03.07.10 Smaller Boats 5/2844 I just bought a 85 hunter 22 i have been looking for awhile for a boat in my price range so i found
Genoa Track Reseal foolproof at 6:54pm 03.07.10 Catalina 30 6/4043 Hello all: I am interested in rebedding the Genny rails on my C30 while I'm rehabbing everything e
Going South jwieneck at 6:37pm 03.07.10 Big Boats 13/1931 Looks like we are really going to go south with our boat this fall. I am trying to decide between t
Hunter 23 rub rail replacement Gruby at 6:26pm 03.07.10 Smaller Boats 1/1919 I have water leak only during high wind sailing (boat healing > 30) comming possibly from leaky rub
prop size jdgrnt66 at 6:07pm 03.07.10 Big Boats 7/2278 Hey guys and gals. We want to switch from a 2 bladed prop to a 3 blade prop for cruising. Anybody
newbie-torn-decisions what to buy cbig at 5:20pm 03.07.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/3558 Not new to sailing (sailed cat 25's, coronado 15's) but older now and want a boat my teenagee daught

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Gelcoat Touch up sail sfbay at 6:26pm 06.01.22 Mepk catalyst will not alter gelcoat color. Are you talking about cutting Topcoat deck paint with c
Beacon Near Point Grey Hello Below at 6:13pm 06.01.22 Thanks, @Hello Below ! I looked up the icon in Chart No. 1 but I could only identify the lighting
Charging from a tow vehicle mermike at 6:05pm 06.01.22 I don't doubt Victron's specs. I missed that you were using the smaller charger.
Gelcoat Touch up Davidasailor26 at 5:56pm 06.01.22 Thanks for the replies. I assume that adding thickener will alter the color? Thickener or catalyst
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging baycloud at 5:53pm 06.01.22 Thanks guys, I ordered the DVD and am continuing to read. To me it sounds like my upper shrouds are
Charging from a tow vehicle AaronD at 5:47pm 06.01.22 As a practical matter, the installations I do generally have large house banks and a 30A DC-DC char
Single-handed docking Project_Mayhem at 5:46pm 06.01.22 I thought there was a rule to never approach the dock faster than you would want to hit it. How do
Beneteau 323 railing item nitrogenase at 5:45pm 06.01.22 Agreed, just curious what it was for and why they bothered to remove it. Bizarre eh?
Oday 26 chain plate leak Project_Mayhem at 5:44pm 06.01.22 The sales brochure raves about this new technology they used to seal everything called silicone. Tha
O'Day 25 Head Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 5:42pm 06.01.22 That's exactly what I was gonna recommend. The "MSD" designation in the model name/number means it
Gelcoat Touch up Project_Mayhem at 5:40pm 06.01.22 Thanks for the replies. I assume that adding thickener will alter the color?
Need pic of O'Day 25 Bow Project_Mayhem at 5:39pm 06.01.22 Already tried before posting
Single-handed docking Daveinet at 5:35pm 06.01.22 Theoretically you could toss it over a dock cleat. I've never tried tossing a line on a cleat or py
Charging from a tow vehicle mermike at 5:34pm 06.01.22 As a practical matter, the installations I do generally have large house banks and a 30A DC-DC charg
Charging from a tow vehicle AaronD at 5:15pm 06.01.22 I used the Blue Sea Circuit Wizard. That makes sense. They default to the conservative 3% drop, wh
Marine plywood- to use or not to use? MikeHoncho at 5:03pm 06.01.22 my experience with PT plywood is that it is low quality with voids and shrinks significantly when dr
Beacon Near Point Grey MikeHoncho at 4:58pm 06.01.22 It's the center of the designated shipping channel outlined in purple. You can see there is another
Beneteau 331 rear swim platform teak insert Bluenose at 4:50pm 06.01.22 OK, but don't use 50 pounds - too much. Squeezes the stuff out.
Oceanis 352 - location of refrigerator compressor ("Cold Machine") (1) joker460 at 4:35pm 06.01.22 Mine is located on the stern port side (basically under the propane locker, near the hull. I have to
Mast.... (1) sail sfbay at 4:17pm 06.01.22 .......Also I need to know the overall height from bottom of the keel to the highest point(I guess

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