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Woohoo! BVI bareboat booked for March Tim R. at 7:18am 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 12/2276 Just paid my deposit for our 9 day BVI bareboat in March. It will be our first time there. Any tip
Autohelm ST4000, 3-Mount brackets Charlie3472 at 7:16am 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 4/2659 Good Morning all, I have an autohelm 4000 on my Catalina 30. The 3 brackets that mount the autohelm
Gear Here? Steve O. at 7:11am 09.30.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/1961 Is the Gear Here forum gone or am I just missing it? All in all I find the new site design much mor
Installing solar ventilator H26 Larry Caillouet at 5:56am 09.30.08 Smaller Boats 5/1579 Has anyone installed a solar ventilator in front of the mast on a Hunter 26? It seems to be the only
A few suggestions Mulf at 4:42am 09.30.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1662 Hi Phil: Just a few suggestions as I keep learning the new site. - On the Home page under the logi
diesel in base madelinemar at 4:40am 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1651 I own a nonsuch 36. It has a westerbeke 52 engine. I noticed lately the oil level climbing up on the
Exchanger zinc mac1840 at 11:43pm 09.29.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1134 Two questions on this one; the first is how do you get to the exchanger zinc on a westerbeke for a B
Where Do Hunters Sail? DavidB75 at 9:56pm 09.29.08 Smaller Boats 10/1804 Hello Again everyone, I wanted to see where Hunter Owners sail these fine boats. Are these boats go
deep cycle dieing question Roger (Ninette, Manitoba) at 7:49pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1868 My deep cycle battery is only 3 years old, but has experienced some fluid loss from being tossed abo
Recoring the deck. (4) Barry B. at 7:49pm 09.29.08 Catalina 22 2/4198 Now that we can post more than one picture per post I decided to chronicle my deck recore project.
Potomac River Raft Up Bad Obsession at 7:25pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 0/918 A group of us are planning to sail to Bretton Bay this weekend to raft up and hang out for the night
Sailboat Owners Catalina 310 Forum - WTFO rpwillia at 7:25pm 09.29.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/1863 What happened to the Catalina 310 forum? One day I can access it, the next day I get this!
ugly Oil ! thaeni at 7:13pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1546 I have a 12hp Westerbeke. Went to change the oil and found it grey in color and paste like. Does any
Trailer Storage? negronr at 7:02pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1209 Hello everyone. I live in Fort Lauderdale. I want to find a place to store my Tanzer 22 with it's tr
Volvo Round-the-World Sailing Race Steve A. at 4:43pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1421 Anyone planning to follow the Volvo Round-the-World race this year? I followed it last year -- lots
Nice site as usual coleHankins at 4:36pm 09.29.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1738 How do we change our new username? I couldnt find it in the FAQs
Make Your boat a Pirate Ship (2) earlfixit at 4:32pm 09.29.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1662 Our Club has Raft-ups during the late Spring to early Fall. The wife and I take one of the later one
Reefing main on a roller boom? 1972 22' tcstiles at 4:10pm 09.29.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1667 I recently came into posession of this boat, and have never used a boom where the sail rolls around
I Got Lucky This Morning (1) ITMaster at 3:42pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 18/2466 Went down to the boat to check on the tide, since everything has been so out of whack the last week
Solar Controller Question Rick D at 11:41am 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 13/1862 I'm going to ramble a bit before I get to the point. I was considering replacing my three-stage sola

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First time out of the water in 8 years SailingLoto at 7:24pm 01.20.22 Any idea what the keel is ? C.I. magnetic. Lead non-magnetic ? Has the keel detached from the hu
Ericson 38 Shroud U-Bolt sheared off from Deck. Wondering if this UBolt is threaded into the deck? Or is it welded... Any advice? FastOlson at 6:45pm 01.20.22 Note that there can be bimetallic corrosion IF water leaks are allowed down thru around the U-bolts.
First time out of the water in 8 years Davidasailor26 at 6:42pm 01.20.22
Fairleads Joe at 6:20pm 01.20.22 Also it is worth the slight effort and very minor expense to place tell tales on your sails. These
Sad Day sail sfbay at 6:17pm 01.20.22 What is this? Cannot open the link. Question?
1997 Hunter 336 Keel Question Ralph Johnstone at 6:15pm 01.20.22 I dried the bilge completely then put a paper napkin down and slowly the napkin got wet around the
Head Always Full Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:12pm 01.20.22 It's not necessarily siphoning, Greg...water outside the boat is doing what water does: seeking its
ZF 12M transmission 2:1 Joe at 6:00pm 01.20.22 Ordering a new one from the west coast All along the wisdom was to leave the trans in reverse when
Yanmar 3GMF still can't get above 2200 Rpm question ? LDBoats at 5:50pm 01.20.22 Don't get too married to the fuel system. It's also worth a look at the air system. A restricted exh
Frozen Fiberglass - Survey Issue? thinwater at 5:27pm 01.20.22 My surveyor took extensive meter readings on Mirage with a Tramex moisture meter. Temperatures appe
1997 Hunter 336 Keel Question DeniseO30 at 5:22pm 01.20.22 I don't know about your boat but are the transducers ahead of the keel? They usually are, they may
1997 Hunter 336 Keel Question Techstyle at 5:08pm 01.20.22 I totally dried out the keel and then put a paper napkin down. The napkin slowly started getting w
First time out of the water in 8 years sail sfbay at 3:48pm 01.20.22 epoxy barrier coating is a coating............hope that helps.
First time out of the water in 8 years Don S/V ILLusion at 3:40pm 01.20.22
First time out of the water in 8 years sail sfbay at 3:29pm 01.20.22 Sand, apply 7 coats of epoxy barrier coating then 2 coats of antifoulant paint.
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered dlochner at 3:11pm 01.20.22 @dlochner the comment was directed to the statement "Here in NY as well as in most (all) states as
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered Tally Ho at 3:09pm 01.20.22 In Indiana ( we have a shore on Lake Michigan), documented boats still have to pay the state registr
Fairleads Don Guillette at 3:05pm 01.20.22 To add to Joe's and Roy's answers: moving the leads in & out are used for both going upwind to get
First time out of the water in 8 years AaronD at 3:01pm 01.20.22 I'm a C-22 sailor, so I could be wrong about the -25, but I believe most older 25's had a cast-iron
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered smokey73 at 2:53pm 01.20.22 @dlochner - I wonder if we (you and I and others too) are using the word register in different ways

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