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Wanted: SB rental / lodging in lower keys in June ktbowles at 9:38am 05.04.09 Destinations 2/2951 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 7/9541 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 5/2302 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 1/1518 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 2/1294 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 4/3351 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 1/1293 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 5/1386 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 2/6309 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 3/1828 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 14/2333 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 37/3895 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 4/1531 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 9/3273 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 14/3339 Well... Where to start... I can't eliminate the lee helm problem that I seemed to have built mys
Islander 32 Marc Bjorklund at 8:47pm 05.03.09 Islander 1/3461 I have an Islander 32, Robert Perry design, !972. The fuel tank has developed a leak and needs repl
Adding Reefing Hardware RJMartin at 8:20pm 05.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2416 I need to add reefing hardware to my V224. I have a reasonably good description of a "jiffy-reefing
Catalina 30 Electrical Short C30 3058 at 7:04pm 05.03.09 Catalina 30 8/3628 I have a short in my electrical system that is causing severe battery drain whenever the battery swi
o'day 40 strut free play markl at 6:37pm 05.03.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1215 Hello O'Day 40 strut free play.Any suggestions how to fix it? Thank you, Mark.
Boat name letter boards jybiom at 5:58pm 05.03.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1214 Hi. I am looking for a company that makes letter boards that can take a boat name that is about 6 "

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315 Mast Hole jssailem at 3:02pm 03.04.22 John, If you take you mast down on the hard, you might be able to get a welder to put a patch over t
No hot water DinghySailor at 2:49pm 03.04.22 Thanks all. Jviss, you nailed it. When testing the line for leaks I removed the check valve to inspe
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar (1) dlochner at 2:31pm 03.04.22 Once upon a time I had a boat with a bronze strut. On haul out I noticed some pinking, didn't think
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 2:23pm 03.04.22
Standing room only dlochner at 2:15pm 03.04.22 I noticed that most of the folks standing and driving their dinghies were much younger than I am and
Hunter 31 Mast Capt Robbie at 2:12pm 03.04.22 how much corrosion to old mast ? A good welder should be able to repair it
Sunday Weather (3) dlochner at 2:11pm 03.04.22 It wasn't Sunday, it was Tuesday. 15-20 kt on a broad reach down Hawk Channel. Hit 8+ through water,
Best Mooring Snubbers/Suggestions dlochner at 2:00pm 03.04.22 Wayne Hamilton of Hamilton Marine, understands moorings. Here's a video on his take. (If you like cl
I'm Tweaking My Battery Banks and Need Advice dlochner at 1:56pm 03.04.22
Catalina 310 Prop Shaft Diameter? Monheganlover at 1:51pm 03.04.22 Of course, I could have measured the shaft but the boat is far away on the hard
Builder's Plaque Rick486 at 1:37pm 03.04.22 @Sean K this one's for you! One great disappointment to me is that the builder's plaque for my boa
Standing room only dLj at 1:19pm 03.04.22 We used to call it gunnel bobbing. Another form is to put a kid on each end of the canoe, each trie
Standing room only DArcy at 1:11pm 03.04.22 There is actually a technique of standing on the gunnels of a canoe and pushing up and down with yo
Builder's Plaque jviss at 1:11pm 03.04.22 I don't know what the tagline is. The baby stay never interfered with the jib.
Builder's Plaque Sean K at 1:04pm 03.04.22 Is it a problem with the Genoa when you tack or gybe? My factory supplied running rigging sheet sho
Hunter 31 Mast jssailem at 1:00pm 03.04.22 Ballenger Spar in Watsonville CA might be an option. https://ballengerspars.com
Builder's Plaque jviss at 12:55pm 03.04.22 Sorry, I wrote two messages, do you have a Baby Stay on your foredeck? I do. I think its purpose
Builder's Plaque Sean K at 12:40pm 03.04.22 Sorry, I wrote two messages, do you have a Baby Stay on your foredeck?
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 12:36pm 03.04.22 Modern bronzes are more complex than the historic use of the bronze definition of copper-tin alloys
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar (1) dLj at 12:26pm 03.04.22 No, it's not archaic information, it is fundamentally correct. While there certainly are alloys re

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