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Annapolis Boat Show Oct 9-13 Jim Seamans at 12:34pm 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 2/899 First shot.. Joan and I are going on Oct 9 due to travel plans. Is there interest in trying to g
Retirement sailboat "winter cabin" walt at 11:41am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1050 I would like to hear "stories" and get some ideas from folks who maintain lives in Northern places b
Hull Speed Tom23400 at 10:57am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 8/4860 They say you can determine your max hull speed by knowing a sail boats length in the water. If that
Survey: For Sailors Who Have Converted from 2-Blade to 3-Blade Prop: PropWalk rardiH36 at 10:31am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 20/2231 Here goes: For those that have actually converted boats from 2 blades to 3 blades (or know someon
Knots Bob S at 9:38am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 25/2796 Being a novice I am still learning how to tie knots and stumbled on this animated website.
mast needed H23 Grymkiwi at 8:15am 08.06.08 Smaller Boats 6/1340 any one know where I can find a mast for an H23 ???
Tropical Storm sailaway78 at 7:51am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 5/998 Any of you guys down in the Galveston, Sabine Pass area get any damage at all from that little tropi
BVI Charter Co. needs 45' provalorbrent at 7:25am 08.06.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/884 I have a new, small, growing Yacht Charter and Yacht Management company in the British Virgin Island
Battery Combiners vs Isolators Bill Murray at 6:58am 08.06.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/2102 My 1999 H410 has an electrical system composed of a house bank of 2 4D batteries and 1 SRM-24 starte
Boating amongst the plastic trash Ctskip at 6:08am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 30/1977 I just viewed a program about a large plastic/trash dump and it's circling the pacific from Japan to
Fairlead Tracks Ken Prichard at 5:47am 08.06.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/2970 How is the correct distance, from the center line, determined for locating jib fairlead tracks? I've
what is this? LordNelson at 5:34am 08.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/824 someone gave this to me and i have no idea what it came from. does anyone know what it is?
what size drain plug? RNC725 at 4:37am 08.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1067 bought a standard drain plug for the water ballast, it appears to be a bit too small? What the heck
Cabin sole Randy Church at 3:34am 08.06.08 Big Boats 1/1061 Another cabin sole post-agghhh!! Have searched the archives but nothing on this particular method o
Keel up or down on the mooring? ODay25 Capt at 8:53pm 08.05.08 Catalina 22 8/2482 Sold the O'Day and bought a 22 swing keel. New Haven is a choppy harbor and the boat is on a mooring
Keel up or down on mooring? ODay25 Capt at 8:50pm 08.05.08 Smaller Boats 6/2881 Sold the O'Day and bought a 22 swing keel. Wanted to know if the keel should be kept up or down when
Tidal Grid MarkieMark at 8:41pm 08.05.08 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1093 Hello All, just bought a 76 22 Oday. I am thinking of using the tidal grid at the marina. Any issu
Mast stepping boatsaremike at 7:49pm 08.05.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1488 I just purchased a 27 ft Catalina 1981. I'm a new sailor and don't really understand some of the te
Hunter 29.5 Small Port Light Screens Joe Karner at 6:31pm 08.05.08 Mid-Size Boats 0/1232 The four smaller opening port lights in our boat carry the brand name "PYHI". I would like to repla
nice sail david at 6:27pm 08.05.08 Day Sailers 3/1298 Had a good time sailing last week. A couple of REALLY windy days! Fortunately, I was able to find

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What am I doing wrong Phil Herring at 1:00pm 11.19.21 Thanks @twalker H260! Great input. This situation turned out to be a VPN running through a data cent
What am I doing wrong twalker H260 at 12:56pm 11.19.21
What am I doing wrong Phil Herring at 12:44pm 11.19.21 Yep, that's exactly what we're looking at now...
What am I doing wrong dlochner at 12:39pm 11.19.21 Are you using a VPN?
bottom job or sand and paint? DayDreamer41 at 12:38pm 11.19.21 If you choose VC17 then I would plan on taking the bottom down to Gel coat, sanding with 320 then 60
Raising the Mast Tater at 12:30pm 11.19.21 A mast crutch could support the mast at the stern while you position it at the base/step. Just meas
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? JamesG161 at 12:29pm 11.19.21 Noteworthy was the Philippine labor source for shipping. The United States Navy has been using Phil
Is it ok to leave Shower Sump constantly on while docked? HermosaHunter at 12:29pm 11.19.21 Wouldn't a more pertinent question be: How is a leak in your domestic freshwater system making its
Is it ok to leave Shower Sump constantly on while docked? Stu Jackson at 12:23pm 11.19.21 Wouldn't a more pertinent question be: How is a leak in your domestic freshwater system making its
Teak darker than expected after refinish? (1) randerson5726 at 12:12pm 11.19.21
Is it ok to leave Shower Sump constantly on while docked? HermosaHunter at 12:12pm 11.19.21
Teak darker than expected after refinish? (1) randerson5726 at 12:09pm 11.19.21 FastOlson: I didn't use TeKa A & B or any cleaner, just sanded it down to raw wood then varnished. T
Is it ok to leave Shower Sump constantly on while docked? Don S/V ILLusion at 12:07pm 11.19.21 . I don't leave my water pump on but I believe the slow leak is in the shower circuit somewhere an
Is it ok to leave Shower Sump constantly on while docked? HermosaHunter at 12:01pm 11.19.21 I leave mine on. Thanks for the quick reply! I was wondering if that's something people did, fig
Raising the Mast Project_Mayhem at 11:50am 11.19.21 A mast crutch could support the mast at the stern while you position it at the base/step. Just measu
Is it ok to leave Shower Sump constantly on while docked? Sailgunner at 11:29am 11.19.21 I leave mine on.
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina cymeyer at 11:21am 11.19.21 I am betting this story is a haux. Just odd the way it came about. If my boat was at Safe Harbor
What am I doing wrong LakeOntario270 at 11:03am 11.19.21 Just tried sailboatowners.com and received didn't send any data ERR_Empty_Response.
What am I doing wrong Phil Herring at 11:02am 11.19.21 Because I'm not having the problem from here and we haven't had any other reports of it, I have to a
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Richard19068 at 10:59am 11.19.21 This video just came out from Wendover Productions. It does a good job of explaining the break down

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