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water in the hull when on board only charles moyer at 1:52am 05.28.04 Smaller Boats 6/975 I would like to know if anyone out there can help me with a problem that I cant seem to figure out.
Beneteau 235 Headliner (any good ones?) Mark at 1:03am 05.28.04 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1824 Hi,Fantastic boat but I am wondering ifBeneteau ever changed their formulafor the adhesive used i
Another new Macgregor 25 owner Zeke at 12:55am 05.28.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1205 So I just bought a 82 Mac 25 and the owner wasn't there when I acquired it (his son was) and so I co
Get Hitched Ron M at 12:47am 05.28.04 Smaller Boats 1/693 Found a great product to make hooking up a trailer an easy one man job. It's called Get Hitched. It'
Knapps Narrows MD Matias II Santiago at 11:56pm 05.27.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/997 Goiong to Oxford via Knapps Narrows this weekend. Is the channel well marked and with depths greater
Thru bolting the deck Dan Dawson at 11:53pm 05.27.04 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1142 I have a 1984 Hunter 27. I want to run a boom vang back to the cockpit. Doing so will require that
droopy main, need used sails too...... martin at 11:20pm 05.27.04 Smaller Boats 4/850 i posted this on another forum but didnt get much feed back. the main on this boat seems to be cut v
Waxing the deck Mike at 11:09pm 05.27.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1136 While waxing the topsides of my boat, I casually mentioned to the owner of the yard that I was going
Which Laptop Nav system Tom Chastain at 10:43pm 05.27.04 Big Boats 19/885 I just purchased a laptop computer to use on the boat. Now the question is which chart software to
Main Sheet psness at 10:39pm 05.27.04 Day Sailers 5/1194 I recently bought a 1979 DS II and it came without a mainsheet. The rigging includes a small block o
Under Galley Thru Hull? JayK at 10:38pm 05.27.04 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1210 Hello, I recently bought a 1979 Oday 25 and noticed a valve under the galley sink that the ice
Varnish over Poly? Tim R. at 10:18pm 05.27.04 Ask All Sailors 9/1490 I built a cockpit table this year and have so far applied 5 coats of oil based poly. No matter how
The more I have my boat,the more disappointed I am Paul Aubrecht at 10:13pm 05.27.04 Big Boats 16/1172 I bought a brand new 2003 356 in September,and the more time I spend on the boat,the more disappoint
New Owner - MacGregor 25' Bob at 10:00pm 05.27.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1039 We are the new owners of a 1984 MacGregor 25' with a 9.9 H.P. Johnson motor. This is our first year
Why does varnish Peter J. Brennan at 9:13pm 05.27.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1013 instantly weather and lift from wood surfaces where you so carefully put it after properly preparing
ensign for a small boat? Richard at 9:07pm 05.27.04 Smaller Boats 9/1264 Howdy,This is timely since it is almost Memorial Day. Anybody fly an ensign on their small boat? I
INSIDE HULL CARPET LINER Mike O'Shurak at 1:39pm 05.27.04 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1365 The inside hull carpet liner is sagging on the inside of my Oday-25,How do you fix this problem???
Rotten wood in the bilge of a O27 SailorSteve20828 at 1:24pm 05.27.04 Ask An Oday Owner 0/923 Lately I've noticed a squeaking sound when I stepped on to the floor of the main cabin of my 1977 O'
Seeking Information on Capri Cyclone Roger Kennedy at 12:59pm 05.27.04 Smaller Boats 1/1213 I'm with a community sailing program in Louisville, KY. On May 15, 2004 a 1980 Capri Cyclone was don
compass fluid mark15225 at 12:46pm 05.27.04 Grampian 0/1519 The fluid level in my compass is getting rather low, so I found a refilling portnear the top and I

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Hypalon glue, need a lot Hello Below at 9:26am 10.29.20 Google - Hypalon Glue Gallon Google - Hypalon Accelerator
Help: Steering Wheel Locks Up When Hard To Port catalanc at 9:26am 10.29.20 Dave, Yes, that vertical bar was put on by the PO for winter storage. I did not think to check if t
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two (2) jssailem at 9:20am 10.29.20 Do you have your times right? The incident was reported at 07:40 local (GMT+2). 9:30UTC would be 11
Pearson 303 ; Mast Pad Eye Location Claude L.-Auger at 9:08am 10.29.20 Not a necessity if you only use the 150 but a track with adjustable padeye would give you a lot more
Masthead flotation? Rick Webb at 9:06am 10.29.20 The Bobs on top of masts are not at all unusual and are becoming more and more common. If you are g
Invest 95L JRacer at 8:55am 10.29.20 Sorry to see that Jim. Hang in there.
Masthead flotation? Justin_NSA at 8:41am 10.29.20 Several small boat sailors in our club sport flotation devices. We get some really squirrely winds h
LP pump on Yanmar 2GM20F wdonovan at 8:36am 10.29.20 I may be missing something here, but as previously mentioned, a failure of your lift pump to operat
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two Jackdaw at 8:33am 10.29.20 OK its getting clearer. Here is the Hellenic Coast Guard release: The captain of the container ship
DIY leather steering wheel cover project Justin_NSA at 8:05am 10.29.20 Do you seal it before it starts picking up dirt and oils?
DIY leather steering wheel cover project VisionPNW at 7:58am 10.29.20 Pontedero full-grain, A/B grade Italian veg-tanned, hand-stained cowhide, 3.5-4.5 oz.
Masthead flotation? Kings Gambit at 7:53am 10.29.20
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two Jackdaw at 7:49am 10.29.20 Not sure it helps a lot. ent of course changes happened about 09:30 UTC That first maneuver occu
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two dlochner at 7:45am 10.29.20 The container ship had a crew of only 22. https://gcaptain.com/maersk-launceston-captain-arrested/?
DIY leather steering wheel cover project dLj at 7:42am 10.29.20 It was an Italian whole hide from Tandy Leather. Finding one big enough was difficult, we ended up
Help: Steering Wheel Locks Up When Hard To Port dlochner at 7:41am 10.29.20 A couple of thoughts. The problem may be inside the boat with something hanging up in the pedestal
P42 Bimini/Dodger Upgrade to Solar (2) HandsOnTech at 7:34am 10.29.20 As promised, here is the second prototype. The two forward panels are Newpowa mono 150w and the aft
Pearson 303 ; Mast Pad Eye Location sail sfbay at 7:30am 10.29.20 These threads below provides guidance on pad eye location. See post 3 in the second thread for pad
Container Ship cuts Minesweeper in two Pirate Dave at 7:26am 10.29.20 The curious thing about all of this for me: the news story said there were only 27 sailors on board
Sailing Porn Jackdaw at 7:23am 10.29.20 This popped up on my FB page from January of this year. Figured someone would enjoy it. 40 kts .mp

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