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mast damage at deck mounting plate attachment point (1) pugetsoundsailer at 1:58pm 09.19.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1131 looking at getting my third Mac, this one had it's mast knocked over by a wire. any good threads or
C80 to E80 gczenis at 1:09pm 09.19.21 Ask All Sailors 2/611 C80 video wigging out. Trying to swap out with a E80 unit but cannot figure out the color codes. The
Asymm Spinnaker (1) bmccormick at 12:19pm 09.19.21 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1326 I flew our spinnaker for the first time on my 1978 O'Day 25 CB yesterday. It is an asymmetrical, so
Can anyone id this boat? (1) SailingLoto at 8:14am 09.19.21 Ask All Sailors 3/628 I went to look at a Pearson and the marina owner told me to make an offer on any of the boats on thi
Permanently marking a PVC inflatable dink 31seahorse at 5:10am 09.19.21 Ask All Sailors 8/2066 Hello SBO Members, After much deliberation we will soon be the owners of a Zodiac PVC inflatable di
5200 or West Epoxy (1) DAVA390 at 3:37pm 09.18.21 Ask All Sailors 15/1789 This is whats left of the starboard side battery tray mount in my C.S. . 2005 vintage, gonna replace
Irwin 28 Systems Plymouth Sailor at 10:13am 09.18.21 Irwin 1/1131
Sail Kote Saves the Day (again) (1) BigEasy at 10:01am 09.18.21 Ask All Sailors 9/928 Had to replace my spare halyard after it chafed in Hurricane Ida. The halyard was old ' beyond its
1987 Catalina 22 Circuit Panel John Marrone at 9:19am 09.18.21 Catalina 22 6/2121 Adding some USB Ports and Battery Voltage Indicator and not sure where to connect these devices. Fro
mail sail rigging questions (1) stricklandmma at 3:32am 09.18.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1457 I think I'm rigging my main sail wrong. 1. attach the boom. 2. slide the main sail up the mast 3. sl
Anyone around Fortman Marina, Alameda? HeatherE at 8:24pm 09.17.21 Ask All Sailors 18/2172 Hi, new to sailing, finished basic cruising... bought a CAL34. I don't know anyone in the Bay (move
Propane Locker on Beneteay 41S georgetheleo at 4:54pm 09.17.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/680 In checking out the safety of the propane set up on my 1990 Beneteau 41S5 I find its just really stu
Sailboat Conversion to Trawler Deep Sea at 12:24pm 09.17.21 Ask All Sailors 36/8130 I've just been reading some articles about converting my small sailboat to a Trawler. Does anyone h
Cal 21 Year Built Deep Sea at 12:19pm 09.17.21 Cal 6/1924 How can I tell when my Cal 21 was built? Wikipedia tells me that there were 500 Cal 21s built betwe
Hunter 410 Refrigerator Light Wiring Coastieee at 11:21am 09.17.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/544 Hi all! I've been perusing this site since around February soaking up some great info. I purchased m
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? (1) AndyL at 10:09am 09.17.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/5291 I am new to having lazy jacks and wonder what people do regarding any adjustment or releasing of the
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? DeniseO30 at 8:23am 09.17.21 Big Boats 18/2903 I will make it a point to look again but, when I first checked out the boat I noticed the anchor li
1/4 berth bulkhead (H34) DeniseO30 at 8:18am 09.17.21 Big Boats 14/1939 I hope to address access to the fuel tank and lazarette area in the next couple weeks. Question I h
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? danstanford at 5:31am 09.17.21 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 23/5973 This is kind of related to my post before about judging the line between more power and less drag, b
Replacing passive skimmer with electric field pump and automatic switch (3) SeaDogRun at 6:02pm 09.16.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1051

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Cleaning boat deck - recommended products and process Project_Mayhem at 6:56am 04.30.25 The last yard I was at used brushes on brushes on little Milwaukee drills and Zep cleaner. Brushes s
Thicker secondary filter o-ring and bleed screw gasket (3) sailcapt340 at 6:43am 04.30.25 I just came from drilling out the hole for my remote mic on my boat, sorry I missed this posting, I
AEDs Tally Ho at 6:15am 04.30.25 I am preparing a presentation on managing medical emergencies onboard for coastal cruisers and othe
Boat aground in Queensland Australia shemandr at 6:09am 04.30.25 How do you "Sink" when you are hard on the rocks?
Thicker secondary filter o-ring and bleed screw gasket (1) colemj at 5:55am 04.30.25 The bleed screw has a seal. Yours may still be stuck to the housing.
Boat aground in Queensland Australia dLj at 5:49am 04.30.25 Must be the moon... That first story - their second rescue? Good grief.... dj
I need a Solar System! Do you like yours? colemj at 5:36am 04.30.25 I didn't even know Kyocera made panels. I'll look for them. Thank you for the response Kyocera
I need a Solar System! Do you like yours? colemj at 5:27am 04.30.25 I'm not seeing those prices so I'll keep looking. I also like the idea of bi-facial bc I assume re
Hunter 290 throttle/ transmission cable dlochner at 5:06am 04.30.25 Look on the cable jacket for the model number. Encoded in the number is the length of the cable. The
Replacing a cutlass bearing dlochner at 4:56am 04.30.25 The stern tube likely had a cutlass bearing as well as the strut. I doubt there were 2 cutless be
Catalina 22 New Design - Dinette Table Size? chipmonger at 3:17am 04.30.25 On my way to work, will look at this evening. Thanks again!
AEDs Foswick at 2:15am 04.30.25 Walking up to the window, I mentioned that I thought I was having a heart attack, and within second
Boat aground in Queensland Australia (1) garymalmgren at 1:26am 04.30.25 Also this one last week 2116883185450578
AEDs capta at 1:05am 04.30.25 I think the amount of medical equipment aboard should be proportional to the amount of time to a med
Thru-Hull Replacement - How do I get through this mess? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 8:37pm 04.29.25 I think I would still like to know what is under that blob of epoxy. Agreed ! I don't remember
Sunken Treasure azambella at 8:28pm 04.29.25 Can we see her with Googlemaps?
Cleaning boat deck - recommended products and process (2) Ralph Johnstone at 8:22pm 04.29.25 I'll try to apply the KISS procedure here. Remove the loose surface dirt with whatever soap and/or
Larger genoa for B323 jssailem at 8:13pm 04.29.25 A 165 is too big and heavy for the rig ( in my opinion.) your creating drag as the wind separates ha
Replacing a cutlass bearing jssailem at 8:00pm 04.29.25 The stern tube likely had a cutlass bearing as well as the strut.
Sunken Treasure SteveHughessails at 7:50pm 04.29.25 Hoping it goes in your favour! :-)

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