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Painting 23.5 on trailer, how best to 'tip' to get where it sits on the rails Lynnie at 11:00am 05.04.09 Smaller Boats 22/3479 Hi folks, I need to bottom paint 23.5 and I'm going to do it here at home with the boat on the trai
Feedback Needed on Blue Performance products Clark at 10:30am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1659 Feedback Needed on Blue Performance sheet bags We need some sheet bags and the Blue Performance ver
AGM Batteries. seem to be dying. luvitt at 10:06am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 33/4908 Ive had my boat on the hard about 16months. when i got it, I gave the batteries a good charge and t
Battery Monitor Manufacturers Stu Jackson at 9:57am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 20/3748 A friend of mine recently experienced serious performance "issues" with his battery monitor, and is
No-Skid Maintenance Question philwsailz at 9:40am 05.04.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/894 I have an '87 C-22 that I am cleaning on and getting rady to splash for the season. I accumulated a
Wanted: SB rental / lodging in lower keys in June ktbowles at 9:38am 05.04.09 Destinations 2/2889 My wife and I will be in the lower keys the month of June and would like to rent a 25' to 35' sailbo
Tender Outboard: 6hp vs 8hp druid at 9:36am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 7/9132 Hi Had a kinda busy weekend around the house, and one thing I got "done" was started the old 8hp out
Atomic 4 removal DRSNOOK27 at 9:16am 05.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/2162 I would like to talk to people that have removed their Atomic 4 or universal motors from their 27' o
Adding Bow Cleats thagan1 at 8:33am 05.04.09 Big Boats 1/1482 Looking for some advice on adding bow cleats to a 1988 Catalina 36. Would like to add them starboar
Rigging for the first time mfavro at 7:42am 05.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1262 I just bought a used 1983 Macgregor 25ft this weekend. Does anyone have some good pictures or diagra
Local Knowledge Gray's Creek BLIGHT at 7:36am 05.04.09 Destinations 4/3102 Does anyone have any "Local Knowledge" of navigation about Gray's Creek which off of the Magathy Riv
V berth Leak H290A at 7:23am 05.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1253 Hi all you H290 owners, anyone ever run into a leak somewhere on the starboard side in the V berth?
Best option for repairing sail? CaptianJack at 6:55am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1340 Hello all, We had a violent windstorm a few weeks back and my jib (on a roller furl) was not as ti
Mistral 33 - hydraulic steering issues jack pine at 6:33am 05.04.09 Hallberg-Rassy 2/6233 My Mistral 33 was built in 1972 and has its original hydraulic steering. The steering has been some
Oday 23 Main Sail cover measurements PapaJack at 6:23am 05.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1741 Mast down, need to order main sail cover. Do you know the various standard length and circumferen
Unusual incident Witzend at 4:38am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2254 I have not filled my water tank yet, since winterization. I'm on my mooring and wanted to run the en
Single handed vs. family aboard Hermit Scott at 10:18pm 05.03.09 Ask All Sailors 37/3719 We made it to the boat today. There was a point in the day where I wish we hadn't. The wind was not
Bilge issues pmitch at 9:45pm 05.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1471 Does anybody know if the area under the two quarter births have drain holes which route back to the
Furling Main Jam Pat Hooyman at 9:17pm 05.03.09 Big Boats 9/3179 Our furling main jammed - it is a Selden mast with a Doyle vertical batten main on an H38. First it
Can't Eliminate Lee Helm - Gremlins??? svwalkabout at 8:49pm 05.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3123 Well... Where to start... I can't eliminate the lee helm problem that I seemed to have built mys

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Yard Recommendations - East Coast Refit dlochner at 4:35am 12.02.21 Heading in a little different direction, consider Cayuga Wooden Boatwork in Ithaca NY. They restored
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? dlochner at 4:28am 12.02.21 thanks, Dave, how is this? "I was on the sailboat owners forum and saw your ad. I am very intereste
Score of the day! SailingLoto at 4:03am 12.02.21 Meanwhile... our school district participates in an Aquaculture Magnet School Bridgeport Regional A
Proper Course danstanford at 3:05am 12.02.21 Were you within 3 boat lengths of the mark?
Rig Tension with 5/32" Rigging Will Gilmore at 2:13am 12.02.21 This is exactly why I don't like the standards for tuning based on breaking strength. It takes a sp
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? jssailem at 9:27pm 12.01.21 AH... There was more to the story. There is nothing insincere about wanting a bigger boat. You have
Proper Course JohnShannon at 9:26pm 12.01.21 I think they were both racing.
Proper Course Stu Jackson at 8:52pm 12.01.21 My head's spinning. :banghead: Clarity. Please.
Yard Recommendations - East Coast Refit dLj at 8:22pm 12.01.21 OK the place at Founder's Landing in Southold is a combination of two employees from the former Woo
Through-mast leak? RitSim at 7:21pm 12.01.21 A few comments. The front bilge wall on my boat was penetrated by a drain hose from the front part o
American Fiberglass 21 upgrades PaulK at 7:15pm 12.01.21 In that case the top of the lifting keel/daggerboard should be accessible when it's lifted up into t
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? Crusty Ol Salt at 7:08pm 12.01.21 Well Jimmy, let me tell you the rest of my story.... After making the offer on the 18' cat, my wif
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? jmczzz at 7:07pm 12.01.21 Here's one for you. Let the seller know you are on SBO and saw his ad. https://sbo.sailboatowners.
Score of the day! PaulK at 7:01pm 12.01.21 Meanwhile... our school district participates in an Aquaculture Magnet School Bridgeport Regional Aq
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? dlochner at 6:58pm 12.01.21 Here's one for you. Let the seller know you are on SBO and saw his ad. https://sbo.sailboatowners.
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? jmczzz at 6:57pm 12.01.21 I don't think any of us were suggesting you were a scammer. .... Why not look closer to home? I am
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? jmczzz at 6:52pm 12.01.21 good point Marcus, I have not been on here for a while cause i am about 2 -3 gens behind a lot of t
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? dlochner at 6:41pm 12.01.21 I don't think any of us were suggesting you were a scammer. Scams often start with "I really like
Proper Course PaulK at 6:40pm 12.01.21 The relevant rule is 17 - ON THE SAME TACK; PROPER COURSE If a boat clear astern becomes overlapped
Maybe I have blundered and offended the sellers of two boats i have tried to buy? Crusty Ol Salt at 6:38pm 12.01.21 I was looking at an 18' Catalina last year. On the day that I went to look at the boat, there was an

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