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Keel bolts on 1980's Catalina 25's chilly at 4:49pm 02.19.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2388 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 5/2407 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 3/1245 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 14/2510 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 28/5960 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 2/426 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 19/1645 190497190498
TV problem (2) east coaster at 12:41pm 02.18.21 Ask All Sailors 25/2597 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 6/1920 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 3/1693 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 5/991 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 2/803 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 10/1057 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 8/1012 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 4/758 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 4/1149 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 13/3241 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 19/4668 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 36/4654 I finally got around to performing the Exchange for our Documented boat that we purchased last summe
dreaming (2) Orbweaver at 6:33pm 02.17.21 Trailer Sailors 7/1311 That's all I can do right now, dream about being on the water. Most of the water around here right n

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Spring Cruise - San Juans Stu Jackson at 6:48am 05.21.25 Nice report. In the future there's no need to split into two threads, just keep adding. Because th
Passage advice - Arlington VA on Potomac to Annapolis MD Art12050 at 6:46am 05.21.25 Have you considered having it hauled overland? OK then, good luck!
How bad is this healing? dlochner at 6:43am 05.21.25 Sorry I meant adjusting turnbuckles, not spreaders. Oops. Thank you for all the replies! I will do
Spring Cruise - San Juans mermike at 6:41am 05.21.25 Now I know!
Spring Cruise - San Juans pt 2 Project_Mayhem at 6:07am 05.21.25 Beautiful space! I saw an insane asylum that looked like that in a movie once :biggrin:
How bad is this healing? duncan14 at 6:05am 05.21.25 Sorry I meant adjusting turnbuckles, not spreaders. Oops. Thank you for all the replies! I will do m
Jabsco Lite Flush electric toilet Foot switch alternative Project_Mayhem at 6:04am 05.21.25 I'm not sure what specs you need but I've used this for starting an outboard and it was exposed to t
How bad is this healing? duncan14 at 5:57am 05.21.25 Makes sense! Will bring level with me next time.
How bad is this healing? smokey73 at 5:55am 05.21.25 Lots of confusing information and possible "optical illusion" in the picture. First the possible opt
How bad is this healing? duncan14 at 5:55am 05.21.25 Thanks! I already tried adjusting turnbuckles yesterday. The top of the mast was bending left and ri
How bad is this healing? dlochner at 5:53am 05.21.25 Small point, boats heel, cuts heal. ;) The method you are using to measure the list does not indic
How bad is this healing? Tally Ho at 5:47am 05.21.25 Hard to tell if it is an optical illusion, but the mast definitely looks like it is leaning to STB.
Catalina 23 Swing Keel (4) P0intnHold at 5:34am 05.21.25 I am not able to determine what is supporting the crossmember.
Passage advice - Arlington VA on Potomac to Annapolis MD flyingwaspsailing at 5:17am 05.21.25 Ditto to that. I really bought the boat for this kind of thing and while it's a little daunting and
Catalina 23 Swing Keel (2) P0intnHold at 5:09am 05.21.25 I'll post some more pictures, these two aren't great.but shows from little further back. The step is
Is this boat bottom okay? colemj at 4:54am 05.21.25 Rust inhibitor is for keel Is the centerboard metal? It looks like fiberglass from the limited v
Down the (New Design) Hatch! kappykaplan at 2:21am 05.21.25 Looks great! :beer:
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure adamv at 10:27pm 05.20.25 UPDATE!: ... fixed! So turns out that @smokey73 and @Ralph Johnstone had good instincts that there
Spring Cruise - San Juans Foswick at 10:14pm 05.20.25 We left Marc and Diane and headed to Bellingham to pump out and top off fuel and groceries. And you
Manual sanitation pump outlet DinghySailor at 10:03pm 05.20.25 Thanks Peg, et al. Project complete. New lines throughout with vented loop, Y-valve, and Whale pump

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