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Need Sailmaker Ralph18414 at 11:13pm 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1597 The sailing on Joe Wheeler Lake in North Alabama was awesome this weekend. There was plenty of wind
Sump jabcoMac21 at 12:06am 10.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/738 Recent purchase of 75 Mac 21. The sump is just wired and below with the hose attached. I have only
Healing over Tom23400 at 12:34am 10.22.07 Smaller Boats 19/7583 I'm new to sailing (converted power boater) and wondered how far it's safe toheal over before tip o
Let me tell you about my weekend... Ross in Tampa at 12:41am 10.22.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1143 Did you ever have one of those weekends that is just a comedy of errors... we did. Here's my story..
Weather Helm TallyClassic at 12:11am 10.22.07 Smaller Boats 7/1515 Moving on to my next set of questions!!! The boat got launched, Sunday was her first sail. And a n
inmast furling line replacement Syversens at 12:39am 10.22.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/1659 hello all, I'm having some problems furling my sail these days and its getting harder, I think its d
attaching an outboard motor rebecca9359 at 1:20am 10.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/956 We bought a one-year old M26 with a HOnda 50 hp motor already attached. THe way the motor is attache
Raymarine ST40 wind instrument Dave O. at 1:32am 10.22.07 Smaller Boats 0/998 Does anyone have any experience with a Raymarine ST40 wind unit on their boat? It is quite a bit ch
Moving winches to the cabintop or poptop? Bobby McCullough at 1:57am 10.22.07 Smaller Boats 1/1385 I want to move my winches to the cabintop or poptop of my 81 C22. Has anyone done this...how did yo
Need New Sails Summers Eve at 2:03am 10.22.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1102
Atomic 4 replacement....? AJ at 2:36am 10.22.07 Ask All Sailors 14/3766 I'm thinking about taking out my Atomic 4 30hp. gas motor and putting a 4 stroke 9.9hp motor on a br
outboard size on 26m Trevor watkins at 2:39am 10.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1640 Have just bought a new 26m from the factory to be shipped to Mauritius. Need some advice on the outb
Repaired link George at 3:04am 10.22.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1240 Hi Peggie,As you requested, I reported the bad link to Phil Herring, and got a response from him t
Building a hard dodger Passrider at 3:46am 10.22.07 Catalina 30 6/3894 Has anyone built a hard dodger for their C-30? I'm interested in what materials and processes were
cast iron keel marty gelbard at 3:43am 10.22.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1129 Periodically I've sanded down the cast iron keel on my O'day 37 and applied epoxy. It seems corrosio
Autohelm Instrument Adjustment Terry Cox at 4:14am 10.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1577 Our boat came with the standard suite of Autohelm instruments including depth, speed, wind and autop
Winter Cover for 310; also Cockpit table Irish Ayes at 4:50am 10.22.07 Catalina 310 1/1563 Has anyone purchased a winter cover for their Catalina 310? If so, would mind sharing from whom you
Sailboat Shipping in Hampton Roads, VA BradG at 4:45am 10.22.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1423 I need a hauling company that has a hydraulic trailer to move my hunter 27 from carrollton to va bea
Diesel motor Noise Digger at 5:18am 10.22.07 Ask All Sailors 7/2471 I sail 1988 Catalina 30, Universal M18 Diesel (14 Hp) We have noticed an increase in Motor Noise.
Interior Cushions Davis at 5:10am 10.22.07 Catalina 30 2/1493 Hi all. I am new to this list. I have a 1989 Catalina 30 and the time has come to replace the cush

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Inner shell cracks on haul out (1) Tom J at 11:04am 11.05.21 Tom, could you post a picture of where those locations are? Would love to have that for future haul
EV-100 Autopilot 4000Mk2 Wheel Drive Repair Head Sail at 10:32am 11.05.21 But with the Clutch Lever failure the drive belt was still tight. You can force the helm to respond
Inner shell cracks on haul out marchem at 10:30am 11.05.21 My C310 has stickers near the gunnels that indicate where the slings should be placed when hauling.
How to remove old chart plotter on 311 pedestal mdibella at 10:23am 11.05.21 Looks like there are two designs. Some models have nylon studs and non-removable bezel. Some hav
Tall Rig or Standard Parsons at 9:29am 11.05.21 So, @EdWard3 , which rig do you have ... so we all can tell you why you got the wrong one ;)
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed SycloneDriver at 9:08am 11.05.21 How are you measuring the wind speed? Is the prop folding correctly?
Advice for Priming Fuel Pump - Westerbeke 30B jssailem at 8:42am 11.05.21
Fiberglas Thickness - 1987 - Hull and Deck Repair PSR at 8:28am 11.05.21 How did this project turn out? I am closing in on deck repairs on my sort-of-good old C27 and would
Cock pit table size jssailem at 8:04am 11.05.21 Wine cut outs do look like a good idea. A quite calm bay and thee. Not sure I would be able to set t
Cock pit table size Don Crowther at 7:37am 11.05.21 @Don Crowther how did the wine glass cutouts work in actual use? Looks like a good idea. They work
Cock pit table size Apex at 7:23am 11.05.21 @Don Crowther how did the wine glass cutouts work in actual use? Looks like a good idea. For @jssai
Single handing WI Rigger at 7:17am 11.05.21 Will I Have a Hunter 19-2. Sailing with a jib is something all new to me. All of my sailing up
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (5) JamesG161 at 6:54am 11.05.21 Just to show more progress and introducing TIMMY the Fiberglass repair Professional.... de Patch be
360 Vancouver Island 2022 Cruise leo310 at 6:38am 11.05.21 TCWL_2022_Volume5.pdf (charts.gc.ca) TCWL_2022_Volume6.pdf (charts.gc.ca) TCWL_2022_Volume7.pdf (ch
Single handing Joe at 6:18am 11.05.21 Joe, to communicate with you, do I just post my email address here? Will, I am not sure just how t
Cock pit table size (2) Don Crowther at 6:02am 11.05.21 Here's a couple of pictures of the table I made for our boat. I made it too wide so it's hard to get
Second halyard stern hoisted dinghy Joe at 5:52am 11.05.21 I'm trying to visualize how your mainsail and boom interact with the "halyard". I'm hoping it's not
grinding sound starting?? RoyS at 5:52am 11.05.21 Remove the air cleaner and look inside while you press the thermostart button. You should see visibl
grinding sound starting?? Boomer2it at 5:37am 11.05.21 LOL.....I wish I could use the extra boost.....(diesel)
EV-100 Autopilot 4000Mk2 Wheel Drive Repair (2) Davidasailor26 at 2:28am 11.05.21 It is a good question. Looking back through pictures of my linear drive it looks like there might be

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