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New Subjects Don Guillette at 7:43am 04.12.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/1816 Ship mates: OK, we've beaten telltales to death - is there anything you'd like to discuss about sail
chainplates Pat17338 at 7:29am 04.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/932 I,m starting to notice a little corrosion around the port chainplate.I,m going to remove it and chec
Fiberglass soft spots Joe S at 6:56am 04.12.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/906
Holding Tank replacement Joe11740 at 6:16am 04.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/1118 Has anyone removed a holding tank from a C30? I must have incorrectly winterized it and it leaked t
Stern Seat on Hunter 320 John Kearney at 5:48am 04.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/892 The hinges on my drop-down stern seat/boarding platform on my 2001 Hunter 320 have come loose. I th
Battery bank capacity David W at 5:45am 04.12.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1412 After having read the Ample Power Primer, Nigel Calder's book etc. I have a question. Everything I h
gas tanks for 26x Nomad17046 at 5:26am 04.12.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2337 What are the dimensions and brand name of a 12 gallon gas tank that will fit the gas tank compartmen
Rigging a safety jackline; harness reco Jim at 5:19am 04.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1190 I am interested in ideas on the best way to run a safety jackline from bow to stern on my 29.5. Si
B 411 solent deck attach point Richard Wright at 4:46am 04.12.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1072 I am proceeding with installing a solent sail (staysail) on my hull #182. I am looking for the 'pref
Update on moving batteries in H356 Jim Seamans at 3:04am 04.12.05 Big Boats 2/839 Finally got into the water Saturday Apr 9 and on Sunday took a good hard look at the boat and ITS LE
Removing black mold stains from oiled teak RobG at 2:47am 04.12.05 Ask All Sailors 4/7827 bulkhead. Yup the chainplates leaked while the PO had the boat in storage. He fixed the leaks (not p
Heat exchanger Bob at 2:39am 04.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 4/937 I was motoring yesterday from my winter lay over location to my slip in Annapolis, which took up mos
HUNTER 22 TRAILER. DARREL MURRAY at 2:13am 04.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1057 I PURCHASED A 1983 HUNTER 22 WITHOUT A TRAILER. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE I CAN RENT ONE TO TR
Mast base cracks oday 20 carver at 2:09am 04.12.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1420 I have an O'day 25, new to me. Stepped the mast this weekend and noticed 2 cracks in the base of the
Non opening side windows Colleen at 1:55am 04.12.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/915 I have a O'Day 322 and I am looking to replace a port side non opening window. It's one of the tint
Maxwell 21 and 25 Winch Dimensions Thundar at 1:33am 04.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2480 does anyone know what the dimensions are for a Maxwell 21 winch and Maxwell 25 self tailing winch ar
Spider Removal/Deterrent? DCC22853 at 12:45am 04.12.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1031 Previously we had a trailered sailboat, this will be our first year with a permanently slipped boat
Beta Diesel Replace Atomic 4 Tim at 12:37am 04.12.05 Ask All Sailors 4/3673 I have a 1971 Ericson 29 with a dead Atomic 4. I have decided to replace it with a diesel and am sh
Auto bailer parts fred bradley at 12:05am 04.12.05 Day Sailers 2/2567 Dear fellow DS owners:I have a green 1976 DS II that has not been in the water for 20 years. ( C
Anchor rode question. who sells good stuff? william3045 at 11:19pm 04.11.05 Smaller Boats 5/1061 i need to replace the 1/2" nylon rode on my h23. there's allot of stuff on ebay but i don't know the

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Hull construction at keelson, O'Day 40 DonEvans at 6:27pm 03.27.21 so after some exploratory drilling with an 1/8" bit. to the beat of my knowledge the vertical portio
fog scares me! jssailem at 6:27pm 03.27.21 Tom, You are correct. In order for it to work you need it on, and you need to be at the wheel observ
Mystery Mastic Ken Cross at 6:24pm 03.27.21 It may be something someone just smeared there when it was on the hard. Assuming none found inside,
fog scares me! Tom J at 6:23pm 03.27.21
fog scares me! jssailem at 6:23pm 03.27.21 You know Will. It might be fun to occasionally randomly slip the words A$$ault w&apons... Ca99on fod
Dinghy Security justsomeguy at 6:01pm 03.27.21 Lock the outboard to the transom, take the engine cutoff key and disable the oars, i.e. take the pad
Mast Support patrickfarley at 5:57pm 03.27.21 Ok. Here is the problem. The boat was built in 1981. Now with the support in place the Shrouds(sid
Dinghy Security Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 5:39pm 03.27.21 I took a long chunk of shroud wire, stripped the core from some double braid, ran the wire through t
Great Lakes Navigation quadrille38 at 5:05pm 03.27.21 You might want to investigate a membership in the Great Lakes Cruising Club. They publish harbor re
Precision closing down Kuwull at 4:49pm 03.27.21 There is a new owner who will continue making and selling parts, but no new boats. Spoke with him th
Kill switch required for all boats under 26' Jackdaw at 4:42pm 03.27.21 Interestingly enough, the Ultimate 20 will plane at full throttle of the Torqeedo 1003 electric OB.
Mystery Mastic Ron20324 at 4:38pm 03.27.21 That's not an anchor locker drain the owner was not happy with? Certainly not a drain UNDERWATER?
fog scares me! Will Gilmore at 4:37pm 03.27.21 big brother is listening! this popped up on my phone. imagine that! https://www.lifeofsailing.com/
Standing Rigging on Hunter 34 Whatfiero1 at 4:28pm 03.27.21 Last failure I witnessed was stem ball pulling out mast so rig didn't fail mast failed so all the i
Man Overboard Equipment Recommendations jon hansen at 4:13pm 03.27.21 i like the blue
Man Overboard Equipment Recommendations (1) sailme88 at 4:04pm 03.27.21 This is a mother -in-law PFD.....
Man Overboard Equipment Recommendations MikeHoncho at 3:58pm 03.27.21
Dehumidifier Suggestions sesmith at 3:55pm 03.27.21 I just picked up one of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V6NT3P6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_tit
Man Overboard Equipment Recommendations jon hansen at 3:45pm 03.27.21 https://marinegyaan.com/what-is-williamsons-turn-for-man-overboard
Mystery Mastic JamesG161 at 3:44pm 03.27.21 The shape should be a smooth curved line, no goop sticking out. Well that Goop will not affect the

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