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H34 Jib Sheet Hangs Up Dave Perry at 5:09am 10.18.08 Big Boats 8/1788 Maybe it's unique to me... but more often than not, when I tack, my jib sheet gets caught up under t
Painting over old boat name on transom remo7e at 3:47am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 11/6967 Hello all, I bought a boat a few weeks ago and would like to rename her. The previous name is pai
H23.5 Mark H at 10:31pm 10.17.08 Smaller Boats 3/1227 My new 1993 H23.5 was found with water near bottom step after half inch rain. Boat was setting on le
On the level Divecon at 9:50pm 10.17.08 Trailer Sailors 3/2527 I can't seem to get my Catalina 250WB level on the trailer without several attempts. There is about
Headsail suddenly releases? (1) SoSound at 7:51pm 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 4/3005 Taking advantage of the last couple of gorgeous days before we end our season and move on to winter
cheek block (1) paulj at 7:13pm 10.17.08 Catalina 310 14/2926 Added a cheek block to tame those forsail and asym sheets. It's a lot easier now.:dance: Block added
Great Interest in Trailerables out there.... dvideohd at 6:57pm 10.17.08 Trailer Sailors 11/4270 I was towing the Mac26D to the lake this evening. While in a parking lot (getting the last minute s
Getting a 192 off a trailer bullwinkle at 5:58pm 10.17.08 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1475 I need to get the boat off my trailer but don't know how. Need to drop centerboard for a new line th
I bought a little sailboat at the used car lot (2) Dale_K at 5:43pm 10.17.08 Trailer Sailors 15/25803 My first post. I live in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas and I saw a little boat in the back of the us
Bicycles Aboard Talisman108 at 4:46pm 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 14/1843 Hello, I'm a beginner to the sailboat world and am currently looking around for a 27' or similar ve
Salon table restoration Mysterious Ways at 4:21pm 10.17.08 Big Boats 2/1333 Hi, I have removed the water-stained salon table from my H35.5 and will restore it as a winter proje
Hunter 34 Washed Ashore (2) steve21968 at 4:17pm 10.17.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1517 This week, I had my 1983 Hunter 34 washed up on the beach in Anguilla, B.W.I. as a result of hurrica
Winter Cover PatChicago at 1:29pm 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1267 I know I've seen people post the step by step process of building a winter cover for a sailboat with
Parasailor Spinnaker (1) rpwillia at 1:27pm 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 2/2710 At the Annapolis sailboat show I ran into the Istec racing booth where they were talking about their
Strange AC Volt meter. (1) AndrewB at 1:17pm 10.17.08 Big Boats 4/1168 I have just noticed after a couple of years that the AC Volt meter when plugged into the shore power
Quarterberth bulkhead removall J Page at 12:33pm 10.17.08 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1602 Hi all, As I prepare for haulout up here in MI, My thoughts go back to last year when I could
Donate vs E bay Buckeye at 11:31am 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1296 A couple of months ago I posted to request the names of organizations that would accept a boat donat
Did my User name change really go thru? HukilauMike at 10:54am 10.17.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1871 When the site changed over, I was assigned a new user name because my old one was not unique. I sub
water under the head's sole. Robert19700 at 9:56am 10.17.08 Smaller Boats 13/1914 Hi guys, This is my second post about the subject. The sole in the head of my 2001 Hunter 260 is n
Classified suggestions Chris Burti at 9:04am 10.17.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/1909 Phil, after getting better acclimated to the new site, I have a couple of suggestions for changes to

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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
Trying to identify this boat kloudie1 at 11:22am 01.18.22 A little more poking around and the weiner is .. Ericson 27.. They were available with a deep transo
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Stu Jackson at 11:07am 01.18.22 I'm a sailor and love wind in my wings. It appears I will need to un-step/load&carry/re-step at lea
Coast Guard multi year renewal CYQK at 11:06am 01.18.22 Soooo..... I phoned the uscg just now and the person explained that there is a bug in their software
Coast Guard multi year renewal NYSail at 10:59am 01.18.22 Be careful! I paid $100 more going through that agent that mimics USCG National Vessel Documentatio
Support for Rod Collins' Recovery shemandr at 10:58am 01.18.22 . But your punctuation is good. :biggrin: (That's a reference to the funny Friday thread going on)
Support for Rod Collins' Recovery shemandr at 10:50am 01.18.22 But your punctuation is good. :biggrin: (That's a reference to the funny Friday thread going on)

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