Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Need to repair a stripped deck organizer anchor (1) SoSound at 10:21pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 18/2448 The deck organizer screws are threaded anchors, not through bolts... I'm trying to clean up the clus
Forward latch dogs Odontoblast at 9:01pm 08.02.20 Catalina 22 2/430 I am doing some repair/replacements on my '88 Cat 22. Purchased a set of the Bomar latch dogs from C
Packing nuts question Steve L22188 at 5:30pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 26/3577 I've developed a slow drip around the packing nuts - was surprised to find a bilge full of water tod
Bow Roller on O'Day 30? Althea30 at 4:50pm 08.02.20 Bigger Boats 9/2257
1986 Oday 272 Nav lights LazurusLong at 4:37pm 08.02.20 Bigger Boats 6/1760 Jean and I were on our boat this weekend at the sellers slip. The dock power is not functional, so t
Anchorage magnet... NYSail at 3:36pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 24/2072 Just so funny (or not).... happened twice so far on this trip. Wide open anchorage and what happens.
porthole windows for a Balboa 24 Blessed at 3:22pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 3/653 I was given a Balboa 24 and am in need of new porthole windows and am having trouble finding the rig
Ballast Cracked Problem (1) Goatman at 2:25pm 08.02.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3407 Hello, I recently purchased a 1990 26s that we trailer'd from Jersey to Ohio. When we put her into t
Lets talk tongue weight... rgranger at 12:55pm 08.02.20 Trailer Sailors 23/3163 I had an interesting experience this week. I towed my Hunter 26 a total of 465 miles from Montgomer
Installed Marvair CR330 Condensation (2) tfox2069 at 12:09pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 4/2918 Just finished installing a Marvair CR330 Condensation Removal Kit for my Dometic 16k a/c unit on my
Raymarine Bidata servicing??? (2) sbcwolff at 11:40am 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 1/389 Anyone know of where I could send this in to get fixed? Or should I just buy a new one? It came with
2005 H38 house batteries not charging while motoring? glonek5 at 10:07am 08.02.20 Big Boats 3/530 on the water right now and motoring home. went below and noticed that the house batteries are below
Saw the Comet last evening. Kings Gambit at 9:54am 08.02.20 Sails Call Lounge 5/927 Out on the boat at sunset last evening when the comet Neowise appeared in the western sky, maybe 30
Is this Boat a good boat? jssailem at 9:51am 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 21/2107 How many times do we hear the question: Can I sail this boat around Newfoundland? Across The Atlanti
Reef Hooks miketcook at 9:21am 08.02.20 Catalina 30 4/2480 Two quick questions - saw / read the other discussions. Appreciated the info and links. Have an '8
Cleaning Non-skid Gelcoat Surfaces? jviss at 6:27am 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 17/6062 Greetings, My cockpit sole is textured gelcoat, a fine, sand-like texture. I can't pull the dirt o
Speed polar Antoine88 at 10:40pm 08.01.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1504 I search polar speed Hunter 376 . With mainsail full batten
Bow thruster hunter Antoine88 at 10:34pm 08.01.20 Ask All Sailors 14/4060 Has anyone installed a bow thruster on Hunter 376 ?
Rebedding bow pulpit on Catalina 310 Monheganlover at 5:01pm 08.01.20 Catalina 310 7/1979 I recently purchased a 2002 Catalina 310. During the survey, the moisture meter read "wet" around tw
Teak trim gfrazier at 3:50pm 08.01.20 Mid-Size Boats 6/1281 Working on a new to me 1984 Hunter 31. Previous owner had the wood trim piece near stern ladder rem

Recent Replies

Steer Stop Kraffert at 5:31am 03.24.25 The issue with removing it is she's in the water, some have said that the radial holds the rudder, o
Steer Stop colemj at 5:17am 03.24.25 Flip the radial around and use the other half with the stop. Or take it to a machine shop, who wi
1982 H33 - boom vang rigging questions Joe at 4:41am 03.24.25 Do you have any idea who manufactured your vang. Not Hunter... but the company that made the Vang.
John Lund, September 13, 1942 - March 16, 2025 Joe at 4:24am 03.24.25 What a lucky man you are to share your passion with such like minded friends. God Bless all y'all.
7 Years no haul out twodzusfittings at 4:24am 03.24.25 About "No such thing as a free boat". s. I pride myself with having done just that. It's not always
Spreader blocks location sailme88 at 3:20am 03.24.25 You have coated cables as lazy jacks? That doesn't seem right. Make them out of 4mm dyneema - che
'Biggest outboard ever' swinging off a H340 Pushpit? dlochner at 3:17am 03.24.25 We have carried our 5hp Honda, the same weight as a 6hp Yamaha, on our pushpit for years and thousan
7 Years no haul out marcham at 10:49pm 03.23.25 The flip side is someone getting into boating with a free boat, planning $3000-$5000 for a refit and
7 Years no haul out Foswick at 10:32pm 03.23.25 I had written out a long post about this, but decided to cut it short. These posts come up all the
Engine Overheating BigEasy at 9:53pm 03.23.25
Trailer Boston Whaler 22' Revenge 900 miles? Tedd at 9:32pm 03.23.25 It looks like the trailer has surge brakes. You'll want to at least change the fluid in those, and b
7 Years no haul out marcham at 9:08pm 03.23.25 1) Why is he giving it away and not selling it (even at a family discount price??) 2) Get a survey.
'Biggest outboard ever' swinging off a H340 Pushpit? marcham at 8:56pm 03.23.25 It's near a double post support.... go for it. If it can hold a 200 lb person falling over, it'll h
Beneteau 311 swing keel drain tube...draining more than we'd like jbmia at 8:45pm 03.23.25 What are others doing to run this to a sink drain? Putting a tee in the drain hose from the sink?
Yanmar 2GM fuel system calibration efair at 8:23pm 03.23.25 Thanks for all the replies so far. We did perform an engine service, including replacement of both
Incompatibility With Windows 11 Boat Laptop & AIS / GPS jssailem at 8:04pm 03.23.25
Fiberglass battens for sailpack? Ted at 8:01pm 03.23.25 When I had a Stack Pack made by Doyle Sailmakers they used 3/4" diameter fiberglass rods. Metal slee
Engine Overheating (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:18pm 03.23.25 Huh ? What ? Howzat ? I can only offer a completely uninformed and baseless conjecture that the P
Yanmar 2GM fuel system calibration Ralph Johnstone at 7:01pm 03.23.25 Don't mess with those two adjustments that are wired shut as you can royally screw up your engine i
Removing Holding Tank (6) twodzusfittings at 6:31pm 03.23.25 I have an Oday 30. I took out my 12 gallon holding tank without cutting anything. The vent connectio

Contact
About
Terms of Use