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can you splice like the pros? jon hansen at 6:19pm 02.19.21 Ask All Sailors 5/680 oCKr1S3mKFk
Keel bolts on 1980's Catalina 25's chilly at 4:49pm 02.19.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1827 I have a 1981 25' Catalina fin keel. When I bought her, I did a pretty good inspection looking at th
Paint recommendations for hard dinghy Davidasailor26 at 3:30pm 02.19.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1826 My Dyer Dhow restoration ( Got a new sailing dinghy ) is getting close to the point where I can thin
Cat 250 WB Concerns John Marrone at 2:59pm 02.19.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/943 Okay...........I'm new to this page and was already advised that my interest or questions about this
Hunter 35.5 opening in rear berth to change waste tank shawanaga at 2:33pm 02.19.21 Big Boats 14/1905 Does anyone have the dimensions for cutting the panel in the rear berth. A fellow Jim Rushings has t
Experience reducing Aero drag while trailering? Thaniel at 12:41pm 02.19.21 Trailer Sailors 28/4463 Hi All. Looking to see if anyone has attempted to reduce the Aero drag of their boat while towing
Wrong Control Lever for 29.5? (3) kjdoyle1 at 11:07am 02.19.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/379 Hey all, we recently purchased a 1994 Hunter 29.5. The dealer thought the control lever was installe
Roller Furler Rubbing on Metal Guide - Any ideas? (2) Nomad5555 at 9:57am 02.19.21 Ask All Sailors 19/1106 190497190498
TV problem (2) east coaster at 12:41pm 02.18.21 Ask All Sailors 25/2009 Have a 2002 Catalina 310, 166. Admiral wanted a tv onboard so got Glomex antenna up the mast, power
Harken SnubbAir (1) jssailem at 11:35am 02.18.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1390 Anyone tried out this new idea from Harken? I have been looking at the rigging for my Asymmetrical.
Stay sail ( Solent sail ) for Beneteau Oceanis 461 gunsiray at 10:50am 02.18.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1274 Hello. Has anybody had an experience of adding a stay sail or solent sail for Beneteau Oceanis 461.
Furler Sizing? Orbweaver at 10:31am 02.18.21 Mid-Size Boats 5/797 Since my boat (H26.5) is still about 3 hrs away, I can't measure the forestay length myself. I'm loo
Head Discharge Hose Rerouting (2) Eleven at 9:35am 02.18.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/658 Going to replace the current manual Jabsco with a Raritan SeaEra QC head sea water on my B311 and th
dried up lake bed/ rover II jon hansen at 8:49am 02.18.21 Sails Call Lounge 10/799 mars.nasa.gov. is the web page for the roverII. landing today watch it live, in about 2 hrs
Engine Reports (5) FBD at 5:18am 02.18.21 Ask All Sailors 8/819 Good morning I am buying my first sailboat, a Hunter 456. I had the engines inspected and the oils
Engine inspections and analysis on a Hunter 456 (5) FBD at 3:42am 02.18.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/640 Good morning I am buying my first sailboat. I had the engines inspected and the oils analyzed. Woul
Widgeon Hatch Covers, Attachment KMurph at 8:38pm 02.17.21 Ask An Oday Owner 4/907 Hi, I am wanting to make covers for the hatch openings on my '76 Widgeon. But I am not sure how best
Beneteau 343 head rebuild question (2) zimboy at 8:37pm 02.17.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/2527 I bought a 2006 Beneteau 343 a few months back, and although I have been sailing for many years, thi
Thru hull question sasafil at 8:16pm 02.17.21 Ask All Sailors 19/3569 I installed a new thru hull couple months ago. I used 3M 4200 sealant. After the install I also did
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Scott T-Bird at 6:50pm 02.17.21 Ask All Sailors 36/2787 I finally got around to performing the Exchange for our Documented boat that we purchased last summe

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Hoping to start traveling with the boat :) morbidfollower at 3:58pm 09.03.24 Don't restrict yourself to only California. The Tucson Sailing Club is inexpensive, mostly trailera
I sealed gap at h260 water ballast hole area border, to get halffoot more height for water.. Crazy Dave Condon at 3:51pm 09.03.24 ?
I may buy listing 5 degree H26, can water collect in hidden spots??? Crazy Dave Condon at 3:46pm 09.03.24 Suggest you hire a marine surveyor to look at that boat. Have you specifically looked inside in all
3M 5200 Rick Webb at 3:43pm 09.03.24 It's not currently banned there. Will something be banned in the future ? How would we know that ?
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:35pm 09.03.24 One more thing. Found a site called Plas TEAK. Uses recycled material and offers boat products...lik
DC Three wire deck light question. jssailem at 3:35pm 09.03.24 My wire is secured at the light fitting and then hangs loose in the conduits located in the mast.
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:32pm 09.03.24 Mermaid...probing into the handrail holes on the cabin top...I can feel nuts embedded at position 2,
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:24pm 09.03.24 Perfect...that is what I thought I could do. It would be interesting to see how far forward they go.
top side handrails jssailem at 3:19pm 09.03.24 You can see the acron nuts a washer behind the hand rail I wonder if that was the original design
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover dLj at 3:11pm 09.03.24 Nice write-up! Looking good! Yeah, ipe is hard wood for sure... dj
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover (1) Foswick at 2:49pm 09.03.24 I just realized I haven't posted updates as I said I would. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foreth
top side handrails (1) Riptide33 at 2:22pm 09.03.24 I will have to take alook at where the forward hand rail were. The last owner removed them. This is
3M 5200 dlochner at 2:15pm 09.03.24 Here we go again. I agree with "there is too much disinformation, misinformation, and plain old ru
3M 5200 dlochner at 2:11pm 09.03.24 I just Googled 5200 & California.. The information available indicates that California has indeed b
top side handrails sailmandan at 2:11pm 09.03.24 Riptide....I would appreciate pics.
top side handrails sailmandan at 2:09pm 09.03.24 Riptide....that is what I think I will end up doing. Drill all the way through and finish off with
top side handrails sailmandan at 2:01pm 09.03.24 Mermike...I removed the overhead panels and found the bolts do not go all the way through cabin top.
Bought an ODay 25 - Question about cracking/spidering around the mast cdenno1 at 1:33pm 09.03.24 Welcome aboard. I'm curious as to the configuration of this vessel. CB or fin keel? I'm guessing
DC Three wire deck light question. BAD ORCA at 1:21pm 09.03.24 I can see times when a down facing foredeck light might be useful to be dimmed. I would not want to
top side handrails kappykaplan at 1:11pm 09.03.24 You have rails installed inside the cabin. I think I remember looking at their orientation. Right a

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