I have a 1983 Hunter 22 that was sitting on a trailer and the left bunk shifted and the side of the bunk made an impression and then a crack formed. I have sanded the full length of the crack until it is gone and want to apply fiberglass repair, but I am concerned with the impression. Should I be concerned with this or just sand it down to where the hull is normal shaped and then fiberglass?
Hello all. I have a broken upper halyard swivel on my staysail. It's a Hood 705 Seafurler with a round 1.25" (31.75mm) foil. A Profurl C32, C320 would probably work too as it's round 32mm
Any ideas on where to search used sailboat parts? I've tried Bacons Anchors and Oars and that Sailor consignment place in Ft Lauderdale.
If anyone happened to have one for sale I'd likewise be interested too.
I’m in my late 30s and recently decided to get into sailing. I bought a small sailboat two years ago, but it’s been sitting in my yard until now. I’m planning to put it on a nearby lake soon.
While replacing the engine, I noticed that one of the lines on the mast is badly frayed and probably needs to be replaced. The problem is: I don’t actually know what this line is called or what its purpose is.
Can anyone identify it and explain what it’s used for?
Edit to add it is a 50’ Columbia
I'm a professional captain of a 70 foot carbon sailing yacht. I tend to live in my fowlies around this time of the year but my musto mpx jacket is getting a bit tired after 10 years of heavy use, Velcro is failing, it gets a bit heavy in a deluge, etc. What jackets are you using for offshore racing and deliveries?
I'm looking at zhik's offerings as they seem pretty reasonably priced at $820 for the ofs800. I could go back to MPX but I feel like musto has fallen off in terms of quality recently. I would love a north sails jacket but it's a bit hard to justify a 1200usd jacket.
Excuse me calling the helm mount a post, i don’t know what the Edson Wheel mount is called.
However, as the title says, i have to do a throttle cable, its on a Edson wheel mount, do i just remove the globe compass and everything will be under there?
Been sailing for a while and the one thing that always bugs me a little is that weather apps show current data, but it's just not accurate – especially for wind.
Got me thinking – what if boats had small solar-powered sensors you just screw between your wind indicator and the mast, sending real wind, temp and GPS data to a shared map? No cables, no charging, just mount it and forget it. Uses a low-power mobile connection so it works anywhere with cell coverage, no WiFi needed. If enough boats had one, you'd get actual real-time conditions from real sailors instead of interpolated model data.
I've planned it out technically and think it's doable for under $200.
Does something like this already exist properly? Would you use it?
So I've been trucking cross country for a while now and every time I pass into Norfolk or by the Great lakes I see all the marinas and it tugs at something the same way semis did so I did some looking and it seems like boats called motorsailers are a good choice for a decently well rounded craft since if my luck runs out and my engine dies I can just sail back to shore. What I need recommended is one that I can safely take offshore about 75-100 miles since me and a couple Amish buddies want to try and catch tuna. I looked at a couple MacGregor's first since they were reasonably priced around 30k ( I'd like to not spend more than 50 tops ) but according to google they're made more for inland and coastal sailing and not really suited for waters more than a couple miles out and I'm not really sure where to go from here. Any recommendations are heavily appreciated. ( I know used boats are my best bet for my budget so knowing what to look for to ensure I'm not about to buy a huge project would be great )
I just got this beautiful boat but she is loosing air.
I got this adapter for an stand up paddle, but it doesn't seem to fit.
So do zodiac use special valves or is this User error.?