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Ponding water at toe rail Steve L22188 at 11:42pm 04.29.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1023 I just purchased a 88 O'day 302 and have a problem with water ponding at the toe rail about 8 feet f
turnbuckles - to grease or not to grease ? Ron at 10:44pm 04.29.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1480 There seems to be at least two schools of thought when it comes to turnbuckles. One school says to
Confused Buyer Bill Pinkstaff at 10:11pm 04.29.05 Smaller Boats 7/1172 I'm looking at 2 boats, '81 Catalina and '85 Hunter. They're both in great shape my wife and I are w
Steering Problem Tom Heiting at 9:12pm 04.29.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1659 The Orion steering system on my 1979 Morgan 32 is "binding" and difficult to turn. I thought the pr
A Smooth Bottom Phil at 8:02pm 04.28.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1034 Boats go back in the drink this week. I noticed how really smooth the bottoms of many boats really f
Hunter '37 Cutter Owner's manual AkCwDiver at 4:51pm 04.28.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1271 I am in the process of acquiring a Hunter '37 Cutter. I need an owner's manual. Does anyone know w
Mast Crutch DEnnis at 2:33pm 04.28.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/2501 Does anyone have any idea's for building a crutch? THe boat I just bought(1988 26D)had one but was h
Looking for mooring cover for 22' catalina kkerner at 2:31pm 04.28.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/862 New to sailing. Looking for advise on buying a mooring cover for my 1988 22' catalina.
Looking for Jeff from Pollock Pines, CA R. A. Lueck at 2:21pm 04.28.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/770 Jeff,We exchanged e-mails a few weeks ago concerning the drawing you had created for rewiring a Ma
new sails kingprawn at 2:16pm 04.28.05 Smaller Boats 3/838 I just placed an order for a new main and a new 110% genoa from thesailwarehouse, and now I'm scared
Installing main halyard inside mast on a Hunter 23 ken frost at 1:39pm 04.28.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/996 During the mast raising on my Hunter 23.5 today, my main halyard was lost inside the mast because I
digipak-ca linda burdett at 12:21pm 04.28.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1522 I recently bought a First 235. It has a digipak-ca system which looks like it has a depth meter, kno
The Grenadines Jonesey at 11:37am 04.28.05 Destinations 5/1897 I would like to hear what the Grenadines are like, we have a Moorings 38 cat next January. Is it as
Cabin Ventilation. Looking for options others have Mark at 11:36am 04.28.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/908 Hey ya'll, I'm wanting to out an end to all moisture inside my cabin. Right now it's not a problem a
New Hunter 27 Chuck K. at 11:33am 04.28.05 Mid-Size Boats 4/871 Has anyone seen the new 27? If so, I'm interested in comments and thoughts.
New Hunter 31 Jay at 10:53am 04.28.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/879 I just found pictures of the new Hunter 31 on the web (link below). I hadn't seen anything about it
Guest Expert Forum Ends After Friday cry Rick D at 9:38am 04.28.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1001 Brion, this has been a great forum and one that will be alive for a long time in the archives. You d*
Cockpit locker for Stearn Anchor Mark at 9:26am 04.28.05 Ask All Sailors 0/930 The stern lockers are open from one side to the other. It is evident that the anchor and chain are i
Batteries HiHo Silver at 9:14am 04.28.05 Big Boats 1/804 I need to replace the five house batteries on my '88 Legend. Looks like AGM is the way to go. Curren
new sailor Kathy at 9:09am 04.28.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1005 Our Catalina 27 needs its standing rigging replaced. The previous owner raced the boat but we are n

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Marking anchor rode Ron20324 at 7:53am 02.22.21 :plus: :plus::plus: The electric orange ties.
Hypalone Fabric and Glue Ron20324 at 7:49am 02.22.21 Had to patch an inflatable with over 20 patches. Point the shotgun at a
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Capt jgw at 7:45am 02.22.21 Who knows how the government thinks. We used to go to the KS Wildlife & Parks office to get our ann
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Justin_NSA at 7:40am 02.22.21 Who knows how the government thinks. We used to go to the KS Wildlife & Parks office to get our annu
Seeking rudder blade Catalina 22 Bowleys Quarters Catalina at 7:31am 02.22.21 Hi, Looking for a list of parts for a Catalina 22 "Restore". Did you have any luck finding a source
Are you ready for the wind to pick up. (1) DayDreamer41 at 7:28am 02.22.21 We made it in for this one, but I have been out 15 or so miles to catch one of these on the nose, dr
Modern Design Anchors senechals at 7:27am 02.22.21 Watch the Mantus testing videos, pretty impressive, they are fantastic engineers. Yes. We have w
Modern Design Anchors JRT at 7:25am 02.22.21 We have a Rocna on our 310. It works great on our lake bottom of mud, clay and weeds. Our boat cam
Modern Design Anchors Dave Groshong at 7:23am 02.22.21 Watch the Mantus testing videos, pretty impressive, they are fantastic engineers.
Hypalone Fabric and Glue Bowleys Quarters Catalina at 7:22am 02.22.21 Had to patch an inflatable with over 20 patches. Got the Patch Hypolon from Grainger. Did a deep div
Spring Clearance Auction Coming Soon Bowleys Quarters Catalina at 7:12am 02.22.21 Sounds fun. Count me in! Chris (Bowleys Quarters Catalina)
Be Aware of Documentation web sites! Capt jgw at 7:07am 02.22.21 If they do all the existing doc's now for 5 years, not only will there be no money coming for 5 yea
Sanitation question Parsons at 7:00am 02.22.21 And it smells like vanilla :tongue: Betcha the interior won't smell that way in another few months.
How many coats of varnish? jon hansen at 6:57am 02.22.21 thanks for the head's up. he prolly sold the boat after the varnish project got to be to much
Marking anchor rode Terry Cox at 6:56am 02.22.21 The first segment of rode on our boat has 50' of chain and 150' of three strand nylon. Repurposed a
New owners/new name Rick Webb at 6:54am 02.22.21 Think about what the name will sound like on the radio. We had a buddy whose boat's name was "Islan
all rope windlass Capt jgw at 6:53am 02.22.21 My new boat has a rope-only windlass and only 3 feet of chain. OId boat has a chain/rope windlass, 1
Hypalone Fabric and Glue justsomeguy at 6:53am 02.22.21 Online through Defender.com?
How many coats of varnish? (1) justsomeguy at 6:51am 02.22.21 You guys are talkin' to a ghost.
Marking anchor rode Kings Gambit at 6:49am 02.22.21 I have SS chain and windlass, but your marking issue is similar to mine. No real good way to mark th

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