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Hunter 30 Keel Work (2) ggooch at 4:46pm 04.18.20 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1423 Working on bottom paint this year and trying to decide what to do about the keel. Lot's of flaking
Mounting midship cleats, guidance on orientation (2) williamtl at 2:42pm 04.18.20 Ask All Sailors 27/3650
Clean up on aisle 5: how to clean up old cleats (1) williamtl at 2:32pm 04.18.20 Ask All Sailors 14/3154 I am using these cleats to replace the forward port and starboard cleats on my Mac. Thought I would
Holly and teak 85bittersweet at 2:19pm 04.18.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1259 Looking for a place to source replacement Holly and teak flooring for my 85 hunter 40.
Installing Holding Tank: HOW!? Apex at 2:13pm 04.18.20 Ask All Sailors 10/2294 Taking advice on installing a new bow holding tank. I have the fittings, new tank (Ronco) etc. foll
Novice sailor/boat owner....lots of questions.... RyanH at 12:40pm 04.18.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1260 I am very very new to sailing, just got a catalina 27. I am in the process of cleaning it up, fixin
New mainsail question for a 2005 Beneteau 323 furling mainsail FrostyBeverage at 11:25am 04.18.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/3371 I recently purchased a 2005 Beneteau 323 with a furling mainsail and a US Spars Z400E mast. The sai
Table into a bed? joecool911 at 10:26am 04.18.20 Smaller Boats 5/2748 Does the dinette table in the H26 convert to a full area bed?
Adding a spare halyard on h41 Valerio at 9:17am 04.18.20 Big Boats 5/680 Hi to all h41 owners, my h41 only comes with an halyard each for genoa, spy and main, I would like t
How is my rudder attached to the skeg of my S2 11.0C (1) Grace on hard at 8:05am 04.18.20 Ask All Sailors 12/1756 My S2 dragged anchor and went aground tearing the rudder off the rudder post. ( see photo). I need t
Handrail leaking jsachetti at 7:26am 04.18.20 Ask All Sailors 4/1685 The handrail on my oday 25 is leaking in only the forward t3 bolt holes out of 10 bolt holes. I trie
The planet has a fever ? sailme88 at 7:00am 04.18.20 Ask All Sailors 10/738 At least it isn't accumulating.... otherwise I'd be shoveling white fever from the driveway this mor
Have you watched a sailing interview? jssailem at 6:30am 04.18.20 Ask All Sailors 6/683 With all this time ashore, after viewing the forum, imagining the cruises ahead, plotting my trips,
Yanmar YSM8G -engine racing w/ lots of smoke FlimFlamII at 6:24am 04.18.20 Engines and Propulsion 7/1217 It was running under power fine when suddenly the engine began racing and pouring out smoke. I shut
Boat transport Joe Perez at 10:29pm 04.17.20 Ask All Sailors 12/3570
So peaceful looking, yes? (1) Brian D at 7:35pm 04.17.20 Sails Call Lounge 10/1268 177714
New guy questions Starboardport78 at 4:54pm 04.17.20 Ask All Sailors 26/2936 Hey everyone, I have just got my first sailboat. A Starwind 19 and I have no idea how to find the
Fuel pump/lift pump failure Clydo at 2:57pm 04.17.20 Catalina 310 29/9203 Question is how long do our lift pumps last? Went back four years in archives and very few comments
Grace, the video Brian D at 1:00pm 04.17.20 Sails Call Lounge 11/907 Here is one more from my collection. Performed on a 2006 Martin D12X1 12-string. D_cacyVUeHk
Trailer Bunk Carper or Slides or something new? LakeShark at 11:04am 04.17.20 Trailer Sailors 15/3929 Ok so I have been around long enough to know that this has been discussed before but not for a while

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Cabin Top Winch Advice... ...3TacksontheWater at 4:27pm 10.25.24
Urban Sailing dLj at 4:22pm 10.25.24 Beautiful! New York Harbor is very interesting. Enjoy! dj
Escrow and Survey before seeing a Boat Stu Jackson at 4:21pm 10.25.24 Ralph's right. IIRC, BoatUS should have a "How to sell your boat" procedures and recommendations ri
Winterising Scott B at 3:39pm 10.25.24 Hi Greg , do you use the pink plumbing A/F for the fresh water cooling portion of your engine? I se
Escrow and Survey before seeing a Boat Ralph Johnstone at 3:28pm 10.25.24 That looks like one of the last documents to be signed once all the rest of the nuts and bolts are s
Vendee Globe Scott B at 3:26pm 10.25.24 Me, I'm rooting for Sam Davies. Have always been a fan since her race 12 yrs (?) ago, watched the m
Catalina 42 MK 2 Strut questions (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:17pm 10.25.24 Personally I think his report will show numbers in your order of magnitude, he was very clear that
My rudder broke off wardk at 2:38pm 10.25.24 Anyone have a source for the upper bearing
Catalina 42 MK 2 Strut questions Dorfl68 at 2:34pm 10.25.24 Ralph, I appreciate the time. "aligned" here as determined by the surveyor given the small movement
Varnishing difficulties. dlochner at 2:29pm 10.25.24 Thats beautiful. Thats what i want it to look like. I tried again this afternoon with a natural b
Varnishing difficulties. BAD ORCA at 2:17pm 10.25.24 Of course, all the info is important, but from my experience, it's about preparing the wood. Any ol
Varnishing difficulties. jssailem at 1:35pm 10.25.24 I like your thoughts, @capta. I have a dorade resembling the "dorade old box 1" image. Maybe I can g
Vendee Globe JamesG161 at 1:31pm 10.25.24 Predict Wind is the official supplier of weather information for the Vendee Globe Piffle Jim...
Catalina 42 MK 2 Strut questions Ralph Johnstone at 1:10pm 10.25.24 I had forgotten you are still in the process considering buying this boat This is a complex (meani
1993 Catalina 28 Stanchion Snapped Surfside at 1:08pm 10.25.24 There are several threads about this on the Catalina 28 group. If you reach up behind the teak trim
Catalina 42 MK 2 Strut questions (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:57pm 10.25.24 For what it's worth, this thing is straight and aligned. Can you explain how you determined the s
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass dLj at 12:38pm 10.25.24 $2K to replace a holding tank??? A new top quality plastic tank up to 25 gallons shouldn't cost yo
Vendee Globe capta at 12:04pm 10.25.24 Oh no! This means that the Evel Knievels of the sailing world will be out there again.
Varnishing difficulties. (3) capta at 11:57am 10.25.24 Of course, all the info is important, but from my experience, it's about preparing the wood. Any old
1993 Catalina 28 Stanchion Snapped brazenarticle at 11:54am 10.25.24 There are several threads about this on the Catalina 28 group. If you reach up behind the teak trim

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