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Boat building season begins LloydB at 8:37am 10.10.24 Ask All Sailors 1/365 A recent statement was made on another thread "Boats are built to make money, not to educate the unk
New Cockpit enclosure Laker69 at 8:28am 10.10.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/377 As part of our new ownership of the 2006 Hunter 45 CC we will need to replace the entire dodger / bi
Transducers mm2347 at 8:19am 10.10.24 Ask All Sailors 3/407 How to test a hummingbird transducer on a trailer?
Hurricane aftermath Don S/V ILLusion at 6:16am 10.10.24 Ask All Sailors 26/2085 Hope everyone affected had no damage. We and our boat live only a few miles from where the eye came
Lifeline stanchion mounting hardware (3) PlaneTom at 5:11pm 10.09.24 Catalina 310 15/1573 Greetings, A question on the mounting of a lifeline stanchion. Catalina 310 #73 The forward stanchio
Engine Start sailliny at 1:20pm 10.09.24 Catalina 310 8/1174
Hunter 310 Paceship at 12:33pm 10.09.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/653 I am interested in buying hunter 310, I know the manufacture says it weighs 8500LB. Has anyone actua
ASA 101 course norfolkcatsailor at 8:09pm 10.08.24 Ask All Sailors 4/465 Asking for a friend ;) How long is the actual sailing time during the course? Wondering because I ha
Lazy Jacks ? BTC1984 at 10:02am 10.08.24 Mid-Size Boats 31/2453
Good price?? egabe38 at 5:28am 10.08.24 Mid-Size Boats 12/938
Dodger and Bimini features you love? paulheth at 12:40pm 10.07.24 Ask All Sailors 28/2574 I am buying a boat that has the framing for the dodger and bimini. I like the design and plan to ke
I find that I'm Punch Drunk. Can you help me? ...3TacksontheWater at 11:39am 10.07.24 Catalina 22 7/1314 I recently installed the MastGater Sail Track Guide and while I did get installed, I sure was not ha
My Water Pump Impeller "Adventure" odaydokay at 8:26am 10.07.24 Engines and Propulsion 15/1871 This turned out to be a bit of a a struggle, when in fact it should be easy. When I bought this (Ob
Keel bulge (1) c&cgal at 7:42am 10.07.24 Ask All Sailors 9/733
Tiller Clutch awesome ! (2) BTC1984 at 5:14pm 10.06.24 Mid-Size Boats 9/851
Asymmetrical Spinnaker rigging paparog at 5:13pm 10.06.24 Catalina 22 2/944 Any videos on how to do a spinnaker on a Catalina 22
Lazarette clasp ? (1) BTC1984 at 5:05pm 10.06.24 Mid-Size Boats 10/1099 Any ideas for something other than these metal clasps to hold the lazarette lid down? They gouge my
Spinlock xas bob45 at 11:09am 10.06.24 Ask All Sailors 3/411
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control JBS Mystic at 7:30am 10.06.24 Catalina 30 11/1109 Yesterday we sailed our 1984 Catalina 30 from her Larchmont mooring to the Mamaroneck marina for win
Bow Eye pcharn01 at 6:18am 10.06.24 Catalina 22 11/1534

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Round "sail slugs" VS flat "sail slides" dmax at 9:47am 07.07.25 I have had both and can't say I noticed a difference. I went with slugs on my new main.
Anchor Swivel Foswick at 9:36am 07.07.25 Since the question was "what size", not "do I need" ... I do not subscribe to the idea that it is a
Round "sail slugs" VS flat "sail slides" Project_Mayhem at 9:16am 07.07.25 Very interested in hearing feedback on this. Regardless, a proper cleaning and lube of the slugs/sli
3 of us lowered mast H260, that mast is heavy, I admit gin pole is needed Project_Mayhem at 9:13am 07.07.25 I saw a 260 being towed a few months back. It looked HUGE! The wireless controller is a big help.
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS Project_Mayhem at 9:11am 07.07.25 We have an issue with birds sitting on the lifelines. I'm thinking a solid piece of fabric to form a
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Davidasailor26 at 8:48am 07.07.25
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] JoeWhite at 8:15am 07.07.25 I am not sure what engine we are dealing with but on my Universal engine the heat exchanger has end
That 42 year old Atomic 4 . . . Compass Rose oh at 8:07am 07.07.25 I have a 77 C30 with an A4 when I bought it the distributor was put in 180 degrees out and it ran ok
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS JoeWhite at 8:02am 07.07.25 Yes, ribbons work. For the bow I have two lengths on left and right side tied to the bow pulpit back
Seeking a whisker or spinnaker pole for an O'40? LouisMK at 7:58am 07.07.25
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS dmax at 7:35am 07.07.25 No, just in the fore-triangle - the ribbon was shiny and I think all the reflections just made them
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS dhandzy at 7:24am 07.07.25 I had the same problem with cormorants, nasty mess. The solution I used that finally worked was to
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS dmax at 7:18am 07.07.25 I had the same problem with cormorants, nasty mess. The solution I used that finally worked was to a
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] (1) sailcapt340 at 7:12am 07.07.25 On my 340 there is a weep hole in the stringer that is just behind the engine compartment. This is
3 of us lowered mast H260, that mast is heavy, I admit gin pole is needed h2o_snow at 7:08am 07.07.25 I use a small 4 wheeler winch with a portable battery pack & reinforced gin pole. Great for single
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS (1) Kermit at 7:04am 07.07.25 Only 9 years too late for me. I ended up hoisting a pig stick and added a line diagonally across th
Tropical Depression 3 Kermit at 6:55am 07.07.25 The storm was good to us inlanders. Beautiful Saturday with cooler temp, clear blue sky and occasion
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS BigEasy at 6:50am 07.07.25 Wow! :yikes: Makes me thankful that I only have to deal with purple martins when they are on locati
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 6:43am 07.07.25 Was definitely past time to replace those fittings! That situation was a catastrophe waiting to hap
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine smokey73 at 6:12am 07.07.25 @artboas The minimum they could have offered is to look up my account and offer the pro-rate my "sub

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