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Sabre 36 Survey & General Info? SailingWithSons at 10:24am 02.04.20 Sabre Sailboats 4/2894 Hello Everyone, I am hopefully soon to be the owner of a 1985 Sabre 36 center board. My primary que
O'Day 34 rudder replacement Dan3121 at 9:52am 02.04.20 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1691 I have the opportunity to buy a 1981 O'Day 34 that looks to be in good shape except for a cracked ru
Traveler theory (2) jimshipsky at 9:10am 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 59/7494 My current understanding of traveler use is you can use it to ease the mainsail to leeward to reduce
Cabinet doors wont latch; leaky windows Jimski at 8:41am 02.04.20 Catalina 30 7/837 I am not kind to my Catalina 30. Much of my sailing is racing in Galveston Bay. Trying to eke out
Hunter Passage 42 1995 Scallywagger at 7:46am 02.04.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1138 Hello everyone. I am thinking Terry might answer my question before others. I would like to replace
Best Bilge Pump? AlastairLC at 6:39am 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 71/6718
Fluid Film RoyS at 5:48am 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 13/1603 I recently decided to have my pickup truck treated with Fluid Film to arrest corrosion of the underc
New owner of a Yamaha 25-2 (5) seatane at 8:24pm 02.03.20 Yamaha 1/1113
Mystery wire on alternator Jeffinjax at 6:52pm 02.03.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1604 Now that I have your attention, there really is a mystery wire on the alternator. On my Volvo Penta
Just joined...1977 S2 9.2A 1911tex at 2:19pm 02.03.20 S2 3/758 Second owner....1st had the boat since new. Above average condition and will enjoy doing all the th
Trailer bunk ideas (4) polyneux at 1:24pm 02.03.20 Trailer Sailors 18/2783
Zarcor companionway doors on your Hunter? (2) BlowMeAway at 1:21pm 02.03.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 27/2703
Catalina 30 shaft log Al17265 at 1:17pm 02.03.20 Catalina 30 1/585 What is the OD of the shaft log on a 1988 Catalina 30?
Kirie Elite Feeling 720 (1) Drinky Crow at 1:00pm 02.03.20 Racing 4/2657 Seems to be a few on Lake Ontario, what's it rate (PHRF)? Its got a HN (French rating) of 9.5
Hinges for lockers?! (5) ScottySailor at 12:16pm 02.03.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/407
Marina Fire in Alabama (1) rgranger at 9:35am 02.03.20 Sails Call Lounge 2/671 Have you all seen this story...? https://www.waff.com/2020/02/01/survivors-discuss-tragedy-jackson-
1970 O'Day Widgeon Restoration (4) BDuchon at 8:27am 02.03.20 Day Sailers 8/4582 Two years ago I took ownership of a 1974 (I believe) O'Day Widgeon. The boat was free but needed a
Threats of Water Ingress from the "Deck?" Kings Gambit at 7:13am 02.03.20 Ask All Sailors 15/2253
Best boat transport? Key questions to ask? gtg at 5:52am 02.03.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1037 From California to Oklahoma. 30' catalina. Fixed keel. Other hitch: Drop it in on one side of th
running rigging replacement. Tback1000 at 3:34am 02.03.20 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1298 i bought a 37c that has been sitting on the hard for about 6 years now with the mast on a rack. al

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Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? bzano at 6:29am 10.21.23 Yes capsizing is. rare event however you have think about high winds beating up on your boat. The r
Interesting to me dlochner at 6:25am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14. But if you use a 14 month year, y
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 6:24am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14.
Air is not welcome here! jibes138 at 6:14am 10.21.23 Make sure your priming bulb is mounted vertically with the flow direction pointing up!
Interesting to me dlochner at 5:59am 10.21.23 I don't know what builders you work with, but my customers are a who's who (including the nice folk
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:54am 10.21.23 A couple pics
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try kbgunn at 5:54am 10.21.23 I wrote a post here about using a Dell ruggedized tablet PC running Ubuntu as a chart plotter at the
1984 c25 sits bow down SailingLoto at 5:53am 10.21.23 My previous boat was a C-25. It sat vrey slightly bow up because of the outboard (Honda 50). Bow
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 5:52am 10.21.23 Model years are also 14 months long. So a boat started in June 2000 may be built along side of a 200
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:38am 10.21.23 So that was you! Not sure where I got the Mike part. Lol. I live in Rolla so won't be back for a bi
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 5:25am 10.21.23
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? Codybear at 4:16am 10.21.23 The 6.5' draft eliminates that boat. It was reported yesterday, the harbor entrance was carrying 4.5
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? danstanford at 3:54am 10.21.23 I'm currently at a cross-road right now. I'm actually considering selling my C275 to swap to a
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 11:28pm 10.20.23 Grazing the Antilles. razy Ivan" near Bermuda. Dammit Jim...
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup jssailem at 8:46pm 10.20.23 Servicing the injectors, if it has been a long time since last service is reasonable. You are correc
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup Ralph Johnstone at 8:38pm 10.20.23 It is a Kabota so first start of a trip always gets 12 seconds of glow, and then it is an instant s
Engineering Help Needed (3) jssailem at 8:09pm 10.20.23
Spinnaker Blocks (1) jon hansen at 7:37pm 10.20.23 paul Elvstrom was a superstar sailor from denmark. a 4 time gold medal winner in the olympics. he wo
Halyard mast clutch question Davidasailor26 at 6:46pm 10.20.23 I have a clutch for the jib halyard on the mast. The halyard routes from there through blocks to a w
Raymarine wifi or bluetooth radar duck21 at 5:27pm 10.20.23 We have a Raymarine radar which connects to our Raymarine chart plotter via wifi. So far it has work

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