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Cockpit Table Mod Ray at 9:42am 04.12.08 Catalina 310 4/2154 All, I have the standard issue table in my cockpit (the white one, not the teak) and my wife wants m
Local Sailor to SE North Carolina Yankee Sailor at 10:39am 04.12.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/956 Is there any sailors out there lives and sails in Southeast North Carolina? I am new to sailing the
Brydon Head for a 1985 Mirage sailboat Taz at 4:34am 04.12.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/5871 I have a Brydon head (59128-0000)that is allowing seawater into the bowl even it is set on "Dry Bowl
U.S. built or France Bing at 2:34pm 04.12.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1324 We are looking to purchase a 2001 Beneteau Clipper and would like to know how to tell where it was b
No HIN Number Bing at 2:46pm 04.12.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/3074 I'm looking at purchasing a 361 Beneteau. The HIN number does not appear on the aft starboard side,
solar panels John at 4:25pm 04.12.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1198 To those who are familiar with solar panels: I have a line on two 65 Watt panels for under $200. Thi
Hunter 29.5 rudder (1) IgorC at 1:34pm 04.12.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1453 I am looking in to purchasing 1996 hunter 29.5. Boat is a bit neglected cosmetically but seems to be
Water entry through roller furler John at 8:58pm 04.10.08 Ask All Sailors 16/1762 For a year now, I've been struggling trying to figure out how water keeps getting into my bilge. Wha
Question for Great Lakes Sailors SailJunkie at 9:55pm 04.10.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2395 I finally uncovered the boat, and put the batteries back in. I'm planning on launching May 4. The
P36-2 Genoa Ariel at 11:37pm 04.10.08 Pearson 2/1520 I have a well used 135 genoa for a 1987 Pearson 36-2 for FREE if anyone with a 36-2 wants to have it
Trying something different Edwin at 11:44pm 04.10.08 Day Sailers 28/4630 I've got a '98 model H170, infamous for the APC cracking. I've named my boat appropiately "Cracked".
Ericson 26 -- Boat has a heavy helm Kathy13279 at 2:34am 04.11.08 Ericson 0/2374 Our tiller-steered Ericson 26 is difficult to sail and doesn't have much "feel" because the steering
Pulling New wire for Mast Light on Oday 23 Bobbystone at 4:27am 04.11.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1885 The wire coming out of the top side near the mast for my mast light has broken off very near where i
Rudder sensor, starting over sailaway78 at 5:54am 04.11.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1209 OK, so I go out and pull the big camel back helm seat. And there sits the rudder quadrant. This is
Vent question wchevron at 5:37am 04.11.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1481 peggie, i read your book and am installing my new plumbing system now. on the tank vent, my tank is
Mooring chain corrosion Scott at 12:08am 04.11.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1177 My mooring is laying on the ground at Lee's Park and will be put in the water later this month. I w
Need something hauled west to midwest? AircooledPatriot at 7:00am 04.11.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1200 I'm traveling from Seattle to Michigan on April 17th, and making the trip back on the 23rd. Traveli
Beneteau 285 Measurement and single handing? Cory Zyromsky at 3:45am 04.11.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1515 I am in the market for a Beneteau 285 and am DESPERATELY trying to get a measurement of the height o
V222 Single Handed Sailing Steve22116 at 7:51am 04.11.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/2812 Good afternoon all. I'm rebuilding a V222 (pop top) and have been thinking about routing all of the
Is My Boat a Pacific Seacrest? (1) Chris Broessel at 7:59am 04.11.08 Other Sailboats 0/2232 Hello, i am a newbie, i just bought a boat and was told it was a westsail 32, well it turned out not

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H26 Hole in mast cap (1) sail sfbay at 6:56am 11.21.21 Depends on how you store it............hole facing up, down or sideways. Even if stored with the ho
Re Yanmar 4JH2TE/ H 42- fuel in bilge??? Terry Cox at 6:33am 11.21.21 Hi Eian, a possibility, but have not had that issue appear. Hopefully, it is not coming from the fue
Is it ok to leave Shower Sump constantly on while docked? Terry Cox at 6:27am 11.21.21 Hi Artboas, thank you for your commentary. Were I in want of change, what you assert makes sense. Pr
Advice on replacing crazed and cracked portside fixed portlight on Catalina 310 Monheganlover at 6:20am 11.21.21 I recently replaced all of the ports on my boat. I bought the windows thru Warren at Catalina. It
La Ni�a dLj at 5:37am 11.21.21 Just looking at Windy, seems you might have a small window Monday, but I don't think that's long eno
Re Yanmar 4JH2TE/ H 42- fuel in bilge??? RoyS at 5:33am 11.21.21 How old is your boat?
Frostbiting on a grand scale? PaulK at 5:27am 11.21.21 First boats are expected to finish soon. The Ultime Trimarans are taking a bit more than 2 weeks for
Hatch Leak kappykaplan at 5:25am 11.21.21 Sikaflex should do it. That's how I repaired a gasket a few years ago.
La Ni�a shemandr at 5:19am 11.21.21 As you know this Sunday has started out fairly nasty. Sharing the pain may not help much, I guess.
Pearson 30 PaulK at 5:17am 11.21.21 Practical Sailor has a good write-up about the Pearson 30. Friends had one and enjoyed it a lot. Q
Legend 40.5 - Forestay chainplate B757Captain at 5:10am 11.21.21 I don't know how similar the 40.5 is to my 40 but I've got some photos of the inside of the bow show
Legend 40.5 - Forestay chainplate shemandr at 4:45am 11.21.21 I can't supply details of how that plate is mounted but I do agree something is wrong. At the very
Will this buff out? StanleyJ at 4:14am 11.21.21 It looks like a safe blue water boat to take anywhere to me (even the pirates will feel sorry for yo
Stove Make and Model PMK at 3:32am 11.21.21 Does anyone know a source for replacement parts for the Seaward butane stove? I need to replace th
Pearson 30 Rick486 at 2:44am 11.21.21 hey everyone, I know I would rather have a blue water boat but until I get enough money to find my
Pearson 30 jssailem at 10:43pm 11.20.21 The Pearson made boats are great sailboats. Granted they are from an earlier design standard. Narrow
deck stepped mast delamination concave repair jssailem at 10:37pm 11.20.21 There is also Coosa. high-density, closed-cell, polyurethane foam reinforced with woven roving con
Re Yanmar 4JH2TE/ H 42- fuel in bilge??? jssailem at 10:33pm 11.20.21 Certainly is possible.
Mods to our 35s5 (4) Hollyberry at 10:03pm 11.20.21 ........ Looks like you could add a cockpit table to enjoy outdoor dinning And right you were! F
New Outboard on Order CaptainRan at 9:25pm 11.20.21 A propane motor sounds like a wonderful thing.

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