Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Not a BOGO, but close Jackdaw at 5:57am 09.16.20 Ask All Sailors 1/626 WM skipped their BOGO on Lewmar winches this year, but Defender is coming very close with this curre
Remove Hunter 28.5 Mast SirMichael at 5:53am 09.16.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1019 The coax up to my antenna failed inside the mast And I have lighting problems (bulbs?) but being cau
Loos Gauge near Canyon Lake? CAT22SWTEXAS at 5:52am 09.16.20 Catalina 22 11/1468 Hello Cat 22's. New owner, first post. I purchased my Boat in Tulsa OK. Attempted to trailer home
On the beach (1) Jackdaw at 5:43am 09.16.20 Racing 6/1265 A report from a Dutch friend of mine. A fine read of race report, with an unexpected ending early s
C30 MKiii length over all - how did the addition of the sugar scoop swim platform affect length? Captain.Olives at 1:03am 09.16.20 Catalina 30 8/2117 Shopping hard for a C30 MKii or MKiii. I am length limited in my San Francisco slip, and know that
O'Day 222 - end of another great sailing season in the Midwest, Lake Pewaukee, WI (5) Waitewigmailcom at 8:16pm 09.15.20 Day Sailers 2/760 184982184978184979184981
Why Oceanis boats cost so much more than Sun Ods? ThinkingAboutIt89077 at 5:19pm 09.15.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/2100 Everyone - new to the Forum. Studying right now for ASA 101. Looking into the future, I hope to st
Cunningham Rigging CurtisC at 4:21pm 09.15.20 Catalina 30 7/2101 I plan to add a cunningham to my Cat 30 TM with the control line lead back to the cockpit. There is
High Water Alarm - Oceanis 45 (2012) (2) karwas at 4:02pm 09.15.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/2500 Hello, I am new to this forum, and I could not find answer for my question anywhere, including arc
Yanmar stalling issue mpassero at 12:52pm 09.15.20 Engines and Propulsion 20/7361 Hi there, Wondering if anyone has had similar issues with their Yanmar 3YM30 stalling out? Purchas
outboard motor tgrayson at 11:52am 09.15.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1360 have a chance to get a new 6 hp mercury outboard short shaft at a reduced price, hoping i can use it
In-Boom Furling AlastairLC at 11:30am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1909 Has anybody had experience with in-boom mainsail furling? I've heard that in-mast furling can cause
First 235 Winch Swap (5) cb32863 at 11:04am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 5/887 So it seemed that no matter what I did, my port Lewmar 16ST winch was a bit "grabby". Wouldn't spin
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? LakeShark at 10:20am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 66/7334 I wanted to start a conversation amongst those who have been around a while about the ASA courses.
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings dennisv at 9:46am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 49/4776 Fellow sailors' All of my sailing experience has been based on the boat beings docked in a marina.
SV Preston Point rescue IASailor at 8:50am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 24/2746 As a lake/river sailor, this story has many lessons for myself and probably others. What do we think
Torqeedo on C22 Tfahey at 7:18am 09.15.20 Catalina 22 3/803 Has anybody replaced their outboard with a Torqeedo ? If so what has been your experience
87 Hunter 28.5 reefing the jib Shaw_2112 at 6:44am 09.15.20 Mid-Size Boats 4/960 I'm new to this so please bear with me. Can another 28.5 owner explain to me how to reef the jib? I
Frigoboat Brahmany at 9:56pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 4/1411 Hi, I think the Frigoboat compressor speed controller has failed. Currently the compressor is runnin
Main sheet twist (1) Mark Maulden at 9:00pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 51/4994 This is my main sheet. How would I keep this from twisting around itself? I have taken the line out

Recent Replies

Cups on strings on covers? Why?? dlochner at 6:29am 12.09.24 To prevent mice from climbing up? That would be my guess, to slow down critters from climbing up
Cups on strings on covers? Why?? (1) william24424 at 6:25am 12.09.24 To prevent mice from climbing up?
Looking for a sailing buddy in Colorado! Allowishish at 5:58am 12.09.24 Lake Pueblo stay open year round. We had a boat down there for 5 years and only one winter could not
How do I access nuts to remove prop shaft strut on 1984 37c ?? Jim Legere at 5:14am 12.09.24 There's a pic floating around out there that shows the end result. Basically the glass needs to be
Yanmar Engine mounts. kloudie1 at 5:06am 12.09.24 I changed out my 1985 mounts in 2012 with Yanmar but that was before the price got outrageous! Based
Capri C-15 Coronado parts needed dlochner at 4:48am 12.09.24 The gasket looks like a piece of Dacron sailcloth. Flying Scot, Inc may be able to help you as they
Capri C-15 Coronado parts needed Joe at 4:34am 12.09.24 Here's a parts page from CatalinaDirect.com There is also a customer service department at the
Yanmar Engine mounts. Rodsails at 4:14am 12.09.24 Even though they looked okay they were probably wasted 10 years ago. I learned the hard way. I have
How do I access nuts to remove prop shaft strut on 1984 37c ?? sailme88 at 3:46am 12.09.24 There's a pic floating around out there that shows the end result. Basically the glass needs to be
1989 Hunter 335 Rubbing strip fixing Help Johnny Perrin at 3:36am 12.09.24 Hi Greg, Many thanks, that all makes sense. It appears at some point past it was repaired using s
How do I access nuts to remove prop shaft strut on 1984 37c ?? Jim Legere at 3:24am 12.09.24 On my '83 H37C it was much as @Johnb describes: remove the plywood that separates the plywood divide
Route & weather planning Screen Saver at 1:19am 12.09.24 I haven't invested lots of time into other products at this point but it seems from afar that the pr
Route & weather planning dLj at 10:29pm 12.08.24 For long range planning I use the pilot charts. They are quite good. Then can be freely downloaded f
Route & weather planning jssailem at 9:44pm 12.08.24 I use a group of data sights and the weather models the produce. We have different resources than wh
Antifreeze (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.08.24 * I thought the pan might be full of antifreeze from a previous situation, but the quantity of the
Engine alignment needed mermike at 8:33pm 12.08.24 Motor mount replacement is in my near future. I'm gathering as much info as I can.
Antifreeze JoeWhite at 8:04pm 12.08.24 Cheapest way is to install a new cap.
do I really need winches on my mac 26d? Project_Mayhem at 7:53pm 12.08.24 You'll definitely want winches but you most likely won't use/need winch handles. That might lead t
Engine alignment needed Ralph Johnstone at 7:53pm 12.08.24 Aren't you supposed to do the final alignment in the water? If you have open water nearby. I'm p
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? jssailem at 7:24pm 12.08.24 :plus:Len

Contact
About
Terms of Use