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Best place to find dock piling slides ngd at 9:49am 09.21.09 Ask All Sailors 9/10253 I am looking for some 4 ft. stainless (so they won't rust) dock piling slides. I moved my boat from
If it keeps raining.... emergpa1 at 9:36am 09.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1464 I will need my boat to get to work...North Ga is way above average, and it is still coming down. May
Share Bareboat BVI Charter? Dick1505 at 8:29am 09.21.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2642 Looking for person or persons to share expenses on a bareboat charter in the BVI. I would prefer to
89' 30G Removing the holding tank Hunter30g at 8:00am 09.21.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/1457 In preparation for the off season I am planning on removing the stock holding tank (6 gallon) on my
Hull mildew above boot stripe Solmansail at 8:00am 09.21.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1173 I have a 1984 Hunter 31 and for the last three years I have been having problems with mildew growing
H260 Steaming Light Futsal Fred at 7:38am 09.21.09 Smaller Boats 4/1823 As a novice, I have a question about the standard lights on a 260. It's my understanding that techn
Ronco seathumper at 6:48am 09.21.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2441 Peggy, in June I entered a thread on replacing my 1992 Legend 43 holding tank. I had the original m
lead keel wireland at 5:11am 09.21.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1575 Has anyone ever scrapped a Catalina, removed the 2,700 pound lead keel and sold it for scrap? I see
Itinerary - Erie to North Channel David in Sandusky at 3:43am 09.21.09 Ask All Sailors 16/5322 Next summer, we will take six weeks, and sail Lady Lillie from Sandusky Bay to the North Channel and
New YouTube tag Phil Herring at 9:42pm 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1735 Based on Maine Sail's suggestion, we have added a tag that will let you embed a YouTube video in you
Great Deal at the Boat Show HukilauMike at 7:24pm 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1520 Went to the Newport Boat Show today. I don't think the weather could have been any better, and for
battery overheating? tantie67 at 7:18pm 09.20.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2115 I have a Catalina 30 tall rig. After plugging into shore power overnight, my starter battery got su
hunter 340 air conditioner arnie at 6:57pm 09.20.09 Big Boats 4/3979 I just bought a 2001 hunter 340, I would like to put in a air conditioner on board. When i was looki
Closing the engine seacock while sailing? Bob S at 5:58pm 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 21/6250 The closing seacock thread has been interesting and it seems it's much safer but maybe not always co
What boats have a PHRF rating of 0? rpwillia at 5:55pm 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 14/7394 Doing up some race results and my wife was asking about PHRF ratings and who would have a zero (0) t
Macgregor Rudder Float? SW Fla Guy at 5:39pm 09.20.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/7257 I recently purchased a 1984 22' Mac. I pulled the rudder to fix some dings and noted that it is of a
use barbor hauler when reefing roller furler? ChuckThomas at 5:27pm 09.20.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 22/9404 One of the problems when reefing my genny is trying to move the blocks forward. What are pros and c
Leaky fuel fitting Tom23352 at 4:35pm 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1697 is making me crazy! The banjo fitting on the intake side of the fuel feed pump on my Yanmar 2GM20F
Cleaning the bilge Smitty at 3:40pm 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 29/24659 Over 1800 hours my Westerbeke has dripped a little oil and sometimes when I change the oil filter, I
Another fuel topic-340 tank Andy1237 at 1:58pm 09.20.09 Big Boats 1/1143 I think the fuel sending unit in our 340 is caputz!. Anybody know how deep the tank on the 340 is?

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Bent Wing Ken13559 at 1:27pm 04.01.22 My h326 shoal draft Wing Keel was bent upwards both sides once when I drove over a submerged breakwa
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cheeseNcrackers at 1:16pm 04.01.22
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer AaronD at 1:14pm 04.01.22 My $.02 worth: My understanding is that you're right about using 4200 - butyl isn't the right produ
Bent Wing dLj at 1:09pm 04.01.22 Well-meaning strangers on the internet cannot remotely heal that wounded keel. A "laying on of han
Bent Wing dLj at 1:05pm 04.01.22 Try a magnet for iron metal. Lead is non-magnetic. Jim... Good first step. Won't tell you what th
Bent Wing FastOlson at 1:03pm 04.01.22 Interesting and potentially useful comments in this thread about keel material and repair. The poste
Worthwhile Courses by Nigel Calder PaulK at 1:01pm 04.01.22 I enjoyed the line: ... there are no shortcuts in th it.
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cb32863 at 12:37pm 04.01.22
Air conditioning Banooma at 12:36pm 04.01.22 I do like my Catalina and feel a step up to another Catalina is the best way to go for a lot of reas
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cheeseNcrackers at 12:26pm 04.01.22
Rescue? I must be missing something jssailem at 12:18pm 04.01.22 Like a diligent husband, he always follows the directions of his wife even though it may mean the en
New Catalina 30 Owner Stu Jackson at 11:25am 04.01.22 A friend of mine used that on his boat and it looked really good. Mike and DAarcy, I actually used
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. jon hansen at 11:25am 04.01.22 would i want a plank on frame vessel today? no way :cool:
Bent Wing JamesG161 at 11:14am 04.01.22 Anyway to know what the actual keel material is? Try a magnet for iron metal. Lead is non-magneti
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. jon hansen at 11:12am 04.01.22 If you are thinking the wooden boat is the best for handling difficult sea conditions, I'll respect
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 11:11am 04.01.22 Yes, Look at your Private Messages for more information. Jim... Gee, Jim, why not share here?
Air conditioning kloudie1 at 11:07am 04.01.22 I used a unit in the companionway for a couple of years then I got tired of humping the thing to the
Bent Wing Crazy Dave Condon at 10:53am 04.01.22 MARS METALS BUILT THE KEEL. CALL THEM AS THEY CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. JF THE YARD BENT IT, thei
Bent Wing dLj at 10:49am 04.01.22 Starboard side bent down? Looks to me like it's the port side bent up... But what do I know, I've ne
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 10:34am 04.01.22 How much fun would it be to hear people like me say my fiberglass hull is 61 years old and hasn't n

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