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A few weeks back we sailed our 1979 Catalina 22' up to Seattle for the 05/02 game against Kansas City and Randy Johnson's number retirement! It was too bad the M's lost but we still had a great time. I don't think there is a better way to catch a ballgame.

We did it in three days:

Gig Harbor > Des Moines

Des Moines > Seattle

Seattle > Gig Harbor

We stayed at Bell Harbor Marina right in the center of the downtown waterfront, it felt surreal to be surrounded by the yachts of the Seattle tech elite in our Craigslist sailboat. Moorage only cost $35 a night!

A decent portion of the journey was under motor but we managed to sail for a good while in Elliott Bay and from West Seattle to the north entrance of the Colvos Passage on the way home.

My new boat came with a brand new ST2000+, I’ve never used one before since my previous boat had a wheel at the helm. As far as I’ve read, this unit is supposed to be pretty decent, so I’m quite happy it was in the cabinet when going through the boat.

However I’m a bit confused regarding the installation. The picture shows the parts I can find on the boat. The cable is installed in the cockpit, and the bronze bushing I guess is for the ap itself. But how to actually attach it to the tiller? There’s no bracket or holes or the like on the tiller.

So what am I missing? And also what are your thoughts on this device in general?

Much appreciated, thanks in advance

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I have a weekend of sailing ahead and last Sunday this is what it looked when motoring back. It's a 6hp four stroke japanese outboard in a well and it got a full service in spring 2025.

I do not remember it being there when motoring out of the marina. But it lasted maybe 5 minutes when i started it and went back. It was also spitting a bit of water as you can see. It's more gray than blue imo.

No suspicious noise or vibration and it went away after those ~5min.

I have a new to me Cal 22 that I’m excited to get out sailing on the Columbia. My issue is that I need to find people to sail with. I posted on sailpdx but it’s a pretty slow drip. Any sailors in the PDX area here want to get out on the water?

This weekend looks particularly great.

Gorgeous night for racing in the NY bay, albeit a bit windy!

Edit: I'm going to leave this here, or if anyone has a better resource please post it

https://cms.santamonicabay.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/when-nature-calls_FINAL_2019_for-web.pdf

Edit 2: for the "Ackshually pollen" crowd, visible bits of ground up toilet paper can be seen both in the pic and in person. If you have these "pollen" slicks in your marina I suggest looking a bit more closely at them before diving in.

Nothing else makes this specific "poop slick" on the water, and it takes days to go away. This is untreated human waste dumped directly into the marina I work in, I see it every day.

Its illegal. Also, divers clean bottoms, kids swim off boats here. People live here.

Everyone can see which boat did it. "Oh the wind will take it away". Guess what. Your neighbor downwind knows it wasnt him. Its super obvious, all your neighbors see it and know where it came from.

Please stop macerating and dumping your "black water" in the marina. /rant

Hello sailing friends! My husband and I are newbies with our first sailboat. We noticed this morning this piece is broken on our boom. What it is and how would we fix/replace it?

TIA