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Fatal accident on Buzzards Bay Roger5024 at 5:01am 07.19.08 Ask All Sailors 103/4878 More details needed, but this is a bad one.
CAL 25 RUNNING RIGGING EDCcal25 at 4:22am 07.19.08 Cal 0/2422 I AM IN THE FINAL DAYS OOF A TWO YEAR RESTORATION OF A CAL 25 BUT I AM AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO RIG T
Boom George Haynie at 4:11am 07.19.08 Pearson 1/1421 I have just purchased a 1971 Pearson 30, and am preparing it for re-sale. I just noticed that the t
Cat 22 vs P19 New sailor at 11:19pm 07.18.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2625 Hey mates...Im looking for a first boat.Im looking for shallow draft trailerable sloop from 22-26.
Westport CT, Marinas/Moorings Rob at 9:51pm 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 1/2734 I am thinking of moving my boat up to Westport CT (Compo Beach area) in mid August; any suggestions
Crazy Dave...A rigging question Mike Howell at 9:39pm 07.18.08 Smaller Boats 10/1043 Or anyone that wants to answer. The side shrouds on my 23.5 has the 'lower' shroud mounted in in
Centerboard plate machine screws Jimbo at 9:02pm 07.18.08 Ask An Oday Owner 15/960 I am purchasing an o'day 25 that has had the cb removed. (have parts). 2 of the 4 screws were sheare
Life jackets ....food for thought sailortonyb Allied Mis at 8:57pm 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1062 Should you wear a life jacket inside a boat? Yes and No. If a boat were to suddenly fill with wate
Cetol finishing products for the home. CalebD at 6:03pm 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 10/1500 I am not sure if this should be in the 'sails call lounge' forum but it is related to maintenance of
Oil and compression. Benny at 5:53pm 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1281 A lot of sailors are running older engines with unknown amount of hours. Performing a compression t
Staying to the Right -- What Constitutes a Narrow Channel? rardi : H36 ( Cherubini) at 5:51pm 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1155 Having read and taken on board many of the Rules of the Road concepts (at least the most important o
Mandates Cap't Ron at 3:47pm 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 53/2054 How many of you think there should be a required course for boaters? For my part, I vote in favor
Anybody need some itty bitty set screws???????? jackhartjr at 3:46pm 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 0/885 Hi folks, on my Oday bow pulpit and rear rails they are held on by 1/4X28X3/16 set screws, stainless
Height of Motor Mount on a 23.5 Rick Webb at 1:58pm 07.18.08 Smaller Boats 4/846 I have ordered an extension for my outboard. I was trying to describe the advantage to my idiot brot
What part of a sailing trip makes you.... sailortonyb Allied Mis at 11:27am 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 23/1529 the most nervous/apprehensive/anxious? For me, its anchoring out and sleeping or trying to. Most o
Bronze prop vs Other??? The Friar at 9:50am 07.18.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/871 Ola gang! need some advice. I have a Bronze 3 blade prop on my 27. And it seems to be a magnet f
Yamaha 21 Adam at 9:39am 07.18.08 Yamaha 0/1958 Hi...I'm looking to buy a Yamaha 21 and was wondering if anyone had any experience with this boat? a
Pearson 23 Centerboard Leak Wind Power at 9:23am 07.18.08 Pearson 0/1998 The centerboard on my 1979 23 foot Pearson sailboat has side to side play and the seals around the p
Anchor Roller for Cat 36 Nunzio at 8:25am 07.18.08 Big Boats 6/1834 I would like to mount a bruce anchor on the bow but my 1984 Cat 36 only comes with a double anchor r
Spinnaker advice please? Breaking wind at 7:36am 07.18.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1422 I had a mouse get into my turtle and gave me a few 1/4 inch chew holes in a few spots on the chute,

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Polars Beneteau 45f5 (1) TimFromLI at 7:28pm 09.23.21 found it.
Hunter 306 sailboat needs a rubber plug for the gear shift/throttle Ken13559 at 7:20pm 09.23.21 The rubber cap comes of easily, hence I put some sealant to make it stick but can be remove if requi
Polars Beneteau 45f5 (2) TimFromLI at 7:12pm 09.23.21 Attached is a file with a tiny picture of the polars. I thought I had a good one somewhere. I'll pos
Tropical Storm Sam (1) JamesG161 at 7:11pm 09.23.21 This is an "Watch Alert" Latest ECMFW model run...
Motor mounts 37.5 Hunter Yanmar 3 HM 35 F Sanfelice at 6:32pm 09.23.21 Can't answer your question directly but I had a 1987 28.5 with a Yanmar engine. As I recall the fron
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star shemandr at 6:12pm 09.23.21 Although I'm zoomed out on this image so you can't see the depths, this whole area looks pretty goo
Beneteau 361 Cutless Bearing Repalcement Ralph Johnstone at 6:05pm 09.23.21 Has anyone here changed thiers and how did you get the bearing out? Hopefully, this will get the
Squeaky bulkhead sail sfbay at 5:56pm 09.23.21 Suggest obtaining a permanent fix strategy from a sailboat design engineer and/or builder AND/OR co
IS my 1990 Beneteau s 41S5 alternator working?? georgetheleo at 5:12pm 09.23.21 Thanks!, I have 2 115 Amp hour new Full River sealed batterys -always linked together. The charger
Squeaky bulkhead wade the giant at 5:04pm 09.23.21
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star dlochner at 4:53pm 09.23.21 Well, that's another part of my story that I didn't exactly reveal. We did alright with 2.5 days n
Spinnaker halyard on 272 (1) Tally Ho at 4:48pm 09.23.21
trailer extension Seascoutship501 at 4:40pm 09.23.21 Hehe. IMO it is always better to find out something is easier than expected, than to run into proble
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star Scott T-Bird at 4:37pm 09.23.21 Well, that's another part of my story that I didn't exactly reveal. We did alright with 2.5 days no
trailer extension Leeward Rail at 4:36pm 09.23.21 this is so easy I feel so stupid... live and learn. Hehe. IMO it is always better to find out some
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star (1) dLj at 4:35pm 09.23.21 Because I have a friend with a beach house in Lewes, DE I have observed boats anchoring in the lee
cat22 woe's Seascoutship501 at 4:29pm 09.23.21 so I'm pretty sure one of my scouts lost the clevis pin for the keel fork. is it 5/16" x 3/4"???
trailer extension (1) Seascoutship501 at 4:28pm 09.23.21 so I finally had a chance to get by the trailer and this is so easy I feel so stupid... live and lea
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star dLj at 4:27pm 09.23.21 We'll be in the Chesapeake for about a month before heading south. Sharing adult beverages and tel
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star Stu Jackson at 4:27pm 09.23.21 That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Ahh, fiction or poetic license. I'll take door # three...

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