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Best orbital sander? (I've got 11 bottoms to paint!) SV_IdleHour at 4:16pm 02.09.21 Ask All Sailors 41/6643 Hey all! Something with enough power, but not too heavy. Any recommendations? Thanks!
3GM30F runs rough when starting karellen at 3:29pm 02.09.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1561 My Yanmar is running very rough for about 5 seconds after starting then smooths out: T426adFRJQw It
Inflatable boat trailers? azambella at 1:36pm 02.09.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1283 We are looking for a trailer for our inflatable dinghy. needs to be saltwater launch worthy. Lookin
Wheel removal. NasKeeper at 12:08pm 02.09.21 Ask All Sailors 1/496 Hi , I have been trying to get information on the removal of the wheel on our Beneteau 343. It has a
Advice on Getting a Boat lvjkuhn at 10:14am 02.09.21 Trailer Sailors 11/1755 Owned a Rhodes22 on the Chesapeake. Moved inland and had to sell her. Found a small lake within dr
Wandering wires Jeffinjax at 10:00am 02.09.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/739 I have a 2004 Beneteau 423 (third owner +) and recently was tidying up some wiring in the aft cabin
Photo Contest voting error yesterday Phil Herring at 9:49am 02.09.21 Ask All Sailors 1/453 Some of you may have been blocked from voting yesterday, getting an error message that said you alre
Cooler/Fridge Cover Replacement for 29.5 kjdoyle1 at 9:30am 02.09.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/565 Is there anywhere to get a cover for the cooler? I don't see one on the Hunter Parts site. Ours is m
1989 Catalina 22 "New Design" Bulkhead Templates? (2) Aeolos at 8:56am 02.09.21 Catalina 22 17/2616 Hi everyone, I am getting Aeolos ready for the season, I think it's time to redo the mid cabin bulkh
Shakleton Expedition (4) william24424 at 8:39am 02.09.21 Ask All Sailors 14/935 And so we set off across a frozen sea...(at least a mile and a half across a cold Cape Cod bay to Wa
Stut Kaput on O'day 31, Looking for Replacement (1) Mild53 at 8:24am 02.09.21 Ask An Oday Owner 3/704 HI all. The propeller strut on my O'day 31 loosened six years ago and after an extensive repair,
Cold war (1) TomY at 7:57am 02.09.21 Sails Call Lounge 10/809 190173
Beneteau 323 screens Babette04 at 7:41am 02.09.21 Ask All Sailors 4/794 After 6 years of owning my 2004 323 I have not found a system for installing the screens in the wind
From the Skuttlebutt site... rgranger at 7:34am 02.09.21 Ask All Sailors 1/477 Heart Warming Video 1699204803573739
Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 6:51am 02.09.21 Catalina 310 58/7121 Hello All, I've enjoyed reading this forum for the past couple of months. Finally a C310 came avail
Anchor Rode for Southeast Alaska Patrick34 at 1:00am 02.09.21 Ask All Sailors 19/3104
Vakaros Atlas (1) Jackdaw at 9:14pm 02.08.21 Racing 20/7609 Bunch of questions regarding the Atlas, so here goes. The Atlas is a tactical instrument designed a
For those interested in a Raspbeer Pi4 interface with Nmea183 and Nmea 2000 joker460 at 8:12pm 02.08.21 Ask All Sailors 2/613 https://seabits.com/nmea-2000-powered-raspberry-pi
Broken Autopilot Wheel Drive Dendawg at 7:12pm 02.08.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1532 I have a Raymarine ST4000 autopilot and the wheel drive unit when out. Is the Raymarine ST4000MK2 W
Leaking keel on a Hunter 31 Wnilsen at 5:40pm 02.08.21 Mid-Size Boats 14/2284 I have a 1981 Hunter 31. In the summer of 2019 we had the steel keel sanded and three layers of epox

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Oldest Boat to Buy dlochner at 4:37am 01.09.25 Not to be stickler... but something isn't right with this. $100/$1000 would make the insurance $10
Pulling new cable up Mast colemj at 4:35am 01.09.25 I've done this before. Attach a weight like a nut to the end of string and drop it down from the ho
Oldest Boat to Buy Marmalade at 4:26am 01.09.25 It works out to approximately $100. per $1000. of value. i.e. if your boat has a value of $100K, yo
Self launching anchor dlochner at 3:53am 01.09.25 While I haven't tested this yet, mp line run to the cockpit. Hang the anchor over far enough to s
Self launching anchor (1) Rich 35.5 at 3:42am 01.09.25 While I haven't tested this yet, mg is to use a quick release snap shackle with a trip line run to t
Self launching anchor Davidasailor26 at 3:29am 01.09.25 We had a Delta anchor that always needed a kick, then we upgraded to a Mantus and found its self-dep
Its funny Friday! justsomeguy at 3:09am 01.09.25 Justsomeguy had to be thatguy?! :ass: -Will Somebody has to.
Christian Williams' home possibly burned down to the ground in Pacific Palisades kappykaplan at 2:38am 01.09.25 Very sad. Tks for letting us know.
Scored a mast climbing system! dLj at 9:00pm 01.08.25 My apologies. There seems to be some problem with my ability to copy image links. Try this blog pos
Scored a mast climbing system! dLj at 8:55pm 01.08.25 In fact, you do NOT have to lower the main. You can anchor the ladder just on one side and tension
Scored a mast climbing system! thinwater at 8:21pm 01.08.25 I'm getting Blue Wave fittings with that link.... dj My apologies. There seems to be some problem
Scored a mast climbing system! thinwater at 8:19pm 01.08.25 I looked up the Mastmate ladder and realized I've used them. One difficulty is you need to lower yo
Help with procedures prop shaft alignment Cocoa Beach Sailor at 8:11pm 01.08.25 From what you describe, I think you are in for a full blown alignment. Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig deal.
Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? higgs at 7:56pm 01.08.25 Perhaps this company would take your sails. I actually own a jacket made by them. It is great. Ve
Scored a mast climbing system! Tally Ho at 7:42pm 01.08.25 I climb my mast 2x a season. I use 2 Petzl ascenders on the main or spinnaker halyard, a chair con
Self launching anchor Kings Gambit at 7:35pm 01.08.25 My.bow roller assembly tilts. I just elevate the shank some, the rollers rock forward and the anchor
Help with procedures prop shaft alignment Don S/V ILLusion at 6:52pm 01.08.25 . After I splash the boat I will make some attempt at measuring the alignment but from my understan
Scored a mast climbing system! dLj at 6:39pm 01.08.25 I looked up the Mastmate ladder and realized I've used them. One difficulty is you need to lower you
Self launching anchor dlochner at 6:33pm 01.08.25 Darn boat designers who can't anticipate changes in anchor technology some 20 or more years later. I
Scored a mast climbing system! dLj at 6:25pm 01.08.25 I think I've only had help once in 40 years. Sometimes there were people around, but not helping.

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