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Super speed boat rant tweitz at 3:01am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 40/2844 I was reading the February issue of Soundings and came across an article about a new boat, which the
Pulpit Robert J. Antonio at 4:54am 03.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/824 I am interested in installing a pulpit on thew Bow of the boat. I have seen other boats of the same
322 strut (1) Cliff Mann at 3:54am 03.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/952 Hi ..... I just purchased a 1987 Oday 322 #33...... the sturt has some play in it, it apprears to be
Bilge pumps dave63021 at 3:38am 03.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1849 Our Macgregor 26S is taking on about an inch of water every week. Some water is coming from one or
Bahamas and SSB radios EvenKeel at 3:36am 03.06.08 Destinations 12/3296 I'm hoping I can make it to the Bahamas for a few months next winter. I would probably spend a good
1.5 in discharge hose Norton at 3:31am 03.06.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1540 Peggy,This may be a silly question. I am replacing a short length of dischage hose. I bought whit
Fiberglass cleaning Michael15867 at 3:14am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1068 OK, looks like days off and good weather are gonna happen next week. I would like to clean my O'Day
Replacement paddle wheel for Standard model SL10 speed log Tim Haibach at 5:33am 03.06.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1559 My boat is a 1985, but I'm sure they used the same model speed log fora number of years. I tried go
Blackberrry Bryce22345 at 6:25am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 5/992 Philjust got back from a couple of weeks in the Caribbean and had good internet access from from th
Vendors to make a dodger in the Milwaukee area? mseifert at 6:20am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1160 I'm looking for a good company in the Milwaukee area to make a dodger and cockpit bimini for my sail
Two Against the Lake Sandy Stone at 8:56am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1296 Hey, did anybody here do the drifter last weekend on Lake Pontchartrain? On the Red Boat?
322 replace windows alan at 8:56am 03.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1812 I am looking to buy a 322 and the windows are all covered with a white haze. Does anyone have sugge
Jacklines on 26M Jerry at 8:57am 03.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/781 Does anybody have jacklines to aid reefing the mainsail? I want to add my own jacklines but I need
Iceboating on Muskegon Lake J Page at 9:00am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1095 Those DN were really movin today. 6 or 8 boats racing. Will try to get video tommarow if they are ou
The NINA sailaway78 at 9:24am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 12/1490 We made a run over to Ft.Walton beach last weekend to have a look at the NINA, or a reproduction of
LED anchor light Lyle at 9:54am 03.06.08 Big Boats 3/1672 Have any of you Catalina 350 owners replaced the stock anchor light with a LED bulb? If so do you kn
Hunter 23.5 vs. Hunter 240 erik14752 at 10:09am 03.06.08 Smaller Boats 1/2041 Hello,Can anyone tell me the differences between the Hunter 23.5 and 240? Other than the obvious .5
Whats your best Downwind speed on The Mac? please state type of Mac you have. Captain E at 10:19am 03.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/957 Ok I have only owned my mac a few months and have got 8 knots with stock Jib and mainsail at best on
Removing Refrigerator Evaporator shiloh-hp42 at 10:27am 03.06.08 Big Boats 4/833 I'm in the process of carefully removing the refrigerator evaporator to find a leak. The sniffer wa
Starter Problems rbarclay at 10:42am 03.06.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/872 I recently purchased a 28' Catalina that had a missing starter solenoid. Now that I have installed

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Launched boat#1! (1) Will Gilmore at 2:26am 04.20.21
New bottom paint, old barrier coats? Ward H at 2:20am 04.20.21 Hydrocoat works great to keep barnacles and slime off but there are patches where new and old coats
New Owner of an H34 JamesG161 at 10:12pm 04.19.21 My Ramarine autopilot default setting is 5; I set it to 3 and it definitely reduces the over-correc
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 10:05pm 04.19.21 There are sick jokes and you try to Helium, but if you can't, you Barium and find strength in your m
Replacing standing rigging with mast up marke14 at 9:56pm 04.19.21 Thanks guys. Yeah one challenge I have locally is there is a lack of cranes and mast storage for a
1989 Macgregor 26D.....new to me.. and a few questions kendyoozed at 9:42pm 04.19.21 Any recommendations for a good sailing app?
1989 Macgregor 26D.....new to me.. and a few questions (2) kendyoozed at 9:27pm 04.19.21 I worry about causing damage with water intrusion from any and all fittings. This boat has been stor
Launched boat#1! Jackdaw at 9:15pm 04.19.21 i'm 2 months out. we're due for 3" of snow tomorrow night here in toledo. if i were up nort, it's b
Launched boat#1! Jackdaw at 9:13pm 04.19.21 I put Tally Ho in the water on April 1. Only sailboat in even today, but I got out on the water to
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 9:11pm 04.19.21 We do? At least we have the solution. What's a chemist's favorite fish? 2-Na Sorry but after 6
New bottom paint, old barrier coats? njlarry at 9:03pm 04.19.21 Hydrocoat works great to keep barnacles and slime off but there are patches where new and old coats
Funny Friday!!! Allan12210 at 8:37pm 04.19.21 I'm a chemist. We do boring stuff. We do? At least we have the solution.
Back on the water. I got carried away, part 2 Beastmanh at 8:24pm 04.19.21 awesome :) I love documented restoration work
Any advice re: a swim ladder for a 2011 26M? There's no way I'm getting up that itty bitty ladder by the transom (1) Beggar's Game at 8:13pm 04.19.21 Here is what you need https://www.wholesalemarine.com/garelick-over-platform-6-step-wide-telescopi
Lancer 45' Robert Foster at 8:09pm 04.19.21 Yes, to all of the above. I have three filter systems, they are all clean because they have been re
New bottom paint, old barrier coats? rgranger at 8:04pm 04.19.21 I don't see any barnacles so it looks like it is working.
77' Coronado C15 rgranger at 8:02pm 04.19.21 Here is the rigging manual. I've owned two Coronados, a 23 and a 25. Decent boats. Have fun with
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 7:57pm 04.19.21 Why wait 100 years? I'm sure one of your advisees could use a good thesis idea right now. -Will (
Any advice re: a swim ladder for a 2011 26M? There's no way I'm getting up that itty bitty ladder by the transom (1) rgranger at 7:55pm 04.19.21 Here is what you need https://www.wholesalemarine.com/garelick-over-platform-6-step-wide-telescopin
Motor mount just not lifting any more (2) Grotto at 7:46pm 04.19.21 I just wish I could get rid of the teeth-shaking rattle our mount makes. It's so loud it's embarras

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