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The Baber Family at 10:05am 09.21.09
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Hello All, We've recently purchased a 32' Morgan, w/ the interior completely removed. I'm looking
pkdailey4 at 9:57am 09.21.09
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If you own a 321 then you know there's not much of a bilge. Nor is there alot of room for a convent
adamitodelaisla at 9:53am 09.21.09
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Hey! Does anyone know how is with the european homologation papers for pearson boats? Is it difficul
ngd at 9:49am 09.21.09
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I am looking for some 4 ft. stainless (so they won't rust) dock piling slides. I moved my boat from
emergpa1 at 9:36am 09.21.09
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I will need my boat to get to work...North Ga is way above average, and it is still coming down. May
Dick1505 at 8:29am 09.21.09
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Looking for person or persons to share expenses on a bareboat charter in the BVI. I would prefer to
Hunter30g at 8:00am 09.21.09
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In preparation for the off season I am planning on removing the stock holding tank (6 gallon) on my
Solmansail at 8:00am 09.21.09
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I have a 1984 Hunter 31 and for the last three years I have been having problems with mildew growing
Futsal Fred at 7:38am 09.21.09
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As a novice, I have a question about the standard lights on a 260. It's my understanding that techn
seathumper at 6:48am 09.21.09
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Peggy, in June I entered a thread on replacing my 1992 Legend 43 holding tank. I had the original m
wireland at 5:11am 09.21.09
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Has anyone ever scrapped a Catalina, removed the 2,700 pound lead keel and sold it for scrap? I see
David in Sandusky at 3:43am 09.21.09
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Next summer, we will take six weeks, and sail Lady Lillie from Sandusky Bay to the North Channel and
Phil Herring at 9:42pm 09.20.09
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Based on Maine Sail's suggestion, we have added a tag that will let you embed a YouTube video in you
HukilauMike at 7:24pm 09.20.09
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Went to the Newport Boat Show today. I don't think the weather could have been any better, and for
tantie67 at 7:18pm 09.20.09
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I have a Catalina 30 tall rig. After plugging into shore power overnight, my starter battery got su
arnie at 6:57pm 09.20.09
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I just bought a 2001 hunter 340, I would like to put in a air conditioner on board. When i was looki
Bob S at 5:58pm 09.20.09
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The closing seacock thread has been interesting and it seems it's much safer but maybe not always co
rpwillia at 5:55pm 09.20.09
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Doing up some race results and my wife was asking about PHRF ratings and who would have a zero (0) t
SW Fla Guy at 5:39pm 09.20.09
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I recently purchased a 1984 22' Mac. I pulled the rudder to fix some dings and noted that it is of a
ChuckThomas at 5:27pm 09.20.09
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One of the problems when reefing my genny is trying to move the blocks forward. What are pros and c

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Tally Ho at 3:11pm 04.15.22
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SV Bella at 3:11pm 04.15.22
The pressure release valve lever was hard to move and once it did it did leak. I took the pressure
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dmax at 3:07pm 04.15.22
I use Rustoleum Cold Galvanizing on my prop and shaft as well - I'm in salt water and get no barnacl
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Tally Ho at 3:01pm 04.15.22
Tried to patch with Splash Zone but it takes forever to set up, I couldn't hold in place too long m
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DeniseO30 at 2:42pm 04.15.22
I'm not going to repeat all the great advice from everybody else but I will say this. Once a TP val
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JamesG161 at 2:20pm 04.15.22
the water in the water heater became too hot during the long running of the motor. :plus::plus: I
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thinwater at 2:06pm 04.15.22
Good post @Scott B I'll just add that the fastening hardware should never be part of the conducting
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dLj at 1:56pm 04.15.22
I have about 8 hours of music on my phone but mostly I just listen to Spotify now. I use a Bluetoot
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We've only sold 512's and 715's for that boat, so if it is the bigger one, pretty safe bet it is a
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Rick486 at 1:33pm 04.15.22
In 47 years of sailboat ownership, I have never seen a fitting that looked like that. As kwe all now
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dkinzer at 1:27pm 04.15.22
We have a mast mounted clutch for our roller furling jib halyard. I decided to mount a horn cleat
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patbratton at 1:25pm 04.15.22
Obviously a noob question, but where do you all with 240s like to tie on your fenders for docking?
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rgranger at 1:13pm 04.15.22
At any rate, the Rust Oleum Cold Galvanizing I have never used this product as a bottom paint but
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How did you like it? How much do you want for it?
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NYSail at 12:31pm 04.15.22
@NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's
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dlochner at 12:30pm 04.15.22
She dropped off old and picked up new. Said every one of them are bent. a refund. If you are picki
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NYSail at 12:30pm 04.15.22
@NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's
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NYSail at 12:28pm 04.15.22
She dropped off old and picked up new. Said every one of them are bent.
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dLj at 12:27pm 04.15.22
@NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's

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