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Rudder material thaeni at 6:10pm 04.19.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1438 I have a 27' 1984 Hunter and the rudder has some hair line cracks in one side. What is the rudder ma
Catalina 30 Insignia rpell46 at 5:11pm 04.19.09 Catalina 30 2/1641 Hi all, I have a 30 Cat MkII, 1991 vintage and was wondering if there might be a source where I ca
Friends request Hermit Scott at 5:11pm 04.19.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 9/2784 Finally someone wants to be my friend but when I try to open the page the entire page is blank. Tech
Request for Outboard Recommendations Echo at 5:07pm 04.19.09 Sirius 21/22 9/4381 Hi All~ We are looking into purchasing a Sirius 21 and are in need of a outboard for it. We are in
Maxwell 17 Winch Keith13315 at 4:57pm 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 2/2508 I have a Maxwell 17 Winch and I found out the hard way today that the top ring is made of a composit
Eyebrows, where to get new ones? Gary Kunkel at 4:45pm 04.19.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1973 Has anyone had new "eyebrows" made for his/her/their Catalinas? Mine have been sanded to the point w
1976 oday 20 bsailn at 4:38pm 04.19.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/902 there's a oday i'm going to buy it has a mast thats 3ft longer than original what are the ramificati
New boat buddy, first sail, and he has to leave. Darn (2) sailormanbigd at 2:54pm 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1431 Just met a new boat buddy Ed and had a nice ride on his h37c and he has to leave-darn it!!!!! Beauti
GPS and Fishfinder mount (3) OdayDave at 2:43pm 04.19.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2147 Last year I added mount for a fishfinder since the shoals in Door County can be a problem in a few a
Bilge Blower Technique higgs at 11:14am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1748 When I had a gas engine I would run my bilge blower during fueling. As best as I can remember, this
Don Jordan and the Jordan Series Drogue (1) sailingdog at 11:04am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 18/4466 In my opinion, the greatest storm safety device ever created is the Jordan Series Drogue. The JS
sailing experience in opb needed avoisine at 10:58am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1330 I am very novice sailer very experienced in moving large and heavy masses from a number of professio
Soft spots avoisine at 10:45am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 17/4344 Recently I asked a question about buying a "fixer-upper". Most of the answers I received indicated
Irwin Citation 35 hatches jeanh1259 at 10:00am 04.19.09 Irwin 1/2504 We have a leaking hatch on our 1986 Irwin Citation 35. We were told that we needed the manufacturer
Updates amd questions on all the repairs (3) Hermit Scott at 9:51am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 48/5076 As scheduled we put the boat back in the water Saturday. There were no leaks from the through hulls
Genoa furling top swivel mokum2 at 9:15am 04.19.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/904 I was hoisting the genoa on our hood furling system yesterday and noticed that the top swivel attach
Do I want a 26M? Chilly Willy at 8:38am 04.19.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2305 My first mate (wife) and I are ready for a newer boat. She does not share my dream of a live aboard
Experience with Hydocoat Multi Season Ablative Barry White at 7:20am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1482 Hi to all, I am contemplating using Petit's "Hydrocoat" which among the multi-season ablative paints
Wire routing Farland at 7:08am 04.19.09 Big Boats 4/1249 I need to run wind indicator wiring from mast base to elect. panel. Can anyone tell me the best and/
How serious is this? (3) Valentina at 6:54am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 26/3794 Fellows, I have finally zeroed in on a boat model that I want to buy. I found 3 within 300 mile radi

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Coast Guard multi year renewal sail sfbay at 2:40pm 01.18.22 The benefit of a five-year expiration is NOT having it expire BEFORE the annual renewal application
Coast Guard multi year renewal Rich Stidger at 2:34pm 01.18.22 Please educate me. What is the advantage of a multi-year CG Documentation renewal if the yearly pri
Ericson 38 Shroud U-Bolt sheared off from Deck. Wondering if this UBolt is threaded into the deck? Or is it welded... Any advice? Alan Gomes at 2:33pm 01.18.22 Definitely not "threaded into the deck." And yes the EYO forum will be by far the best place to get
Ericson 38 Shroud U-Bolt sheared off from Deck. Wondering if this UBolt is threaded into the deck? Or is it welded... Any advice? Stu Jackson at 2:27pm 01.18.22 You could also ask here: https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/forums/maintenance-mechanical.1
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? dLj at 2:27pm 01.18.22 Deck stepped mast, hinged at the deck. Hinge has a pin that you take out and put in to keep everythi
Trying to identify this boat kgallowaypa at 2:26pm 01.18.22
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Scott T-Bird at 2:23pm 01.18.22 Your boat - I suspect that a 27' boat would be much too spartan for the trip. You are talking about
Ericson 38 Shroud U-Bolt sheared off from Deck. Wondering if this UBolt is threaded into the deck? Or is it welded... Any advice? Rick D at 2:20pm 01.18.22 Based upon what you have, they should be through bolted. Hopefully, there is no cabinetry in the way
New tool :) (1) jeepbluetj at 2:17pm 01.18.22 Can you show a picture of that? I just got a solar setup for my boat still trying to figure out th
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Scott T-Bird at 2:00pm 01.18.22 You start with a very ambitious plan but then you make it sound all sketchy when you talk about DIY
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? shemandr at 2:00pm 01.18.22 At least in regard to the Shinnicock Canal, which isn't in your route but is part of the ICW, there
bolt rope extrusion removal from selden mast dlochner at 1:41pm 01.18.22 Try warming with a heat gun. That should soften the PVC enough to bend. If the mast is down it may
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Project_Mayhem at 1:21pm 01.18.22 I assume you'd be trying to minimize the hardware you have on board so a gin pole using your boom or
Lower shrouds AaronD at 12:53pm 01.18.22 Some pictures would be helpful. If I understand correctly, your new shrouds have swaged eyes, design
Dometic AC needs capacitor Ken13559 at 12:34pm 01.18.22 I don't remember much and keeps forgetting where I ....... I'm that old too.
Trying to identify this boat cb32863 at 12:29pm 01.18.22 I love how people try to convince someone to buy a rotting POS and put money in to it. :rolleyes: Ju
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? SandCat at 12:16pm 01.18.22 Consider a Hunter 260 or other large "trailerable" design. They have very well thought out mast rai
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? dlochner at 12:10pm 01.18.22 At least for the Erie Canal sections, the marinas at either end have cranes and the rates are consid
Trying to identify this boat DArcy at 11:50am 01.18.22 Ericson 27 is a good boat. Very similar in size to the C&C27 I had for 20 years. It will be a great
Options for new main halyard Sailfanatic at 11:42am 01.18.22 Definitely no on Sta-setX. I would second the recommendation of VPC for a main halyard, I used it f

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