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What's your home port?

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If you can get close enough to copy down the registration #'s, Virginia Dept of Game and Fisheries will give you the owners info. Tell them it's docked illegally or you need to contact the owner for some reason....OR, if it has a serial # on the transom, the manufacturers info can be looked up.....O...

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While I haven't used Poli Glow, I have used Penetrol. I surmise it's very similar in application and removal. I used it on an off white hull that had dulled significantly. Compounding and waxing with a high speed buffer was unsucessful. I applied the Penetrol with cotton diapers in very thin coats. ...

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If there is enough left to compare, take the old pawls to West Marine and compare to whatever winch repair kits that they have on hand. They are generally bubble pack of some sort, and the parts are highly visible.

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Looking at your youtube video....of the boat in the slip. You need to raise your boom a bit. It's going to rub a hole in the bimini. Don't ask me how I know this .....

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Wash your mouth out with hull cleaner!!!! Beneteau.......jeez........well, I guess you could have said Hunter....

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So all in all, sounds like a normal launch day to me.....

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Hijacking the thread here. I sold my Columbia Sabre today. Still have the 8.7, but looking at a Bristol 40 yawl. Any body know anything about them?

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Save yourself some time and trouble. Instead of the pressure washer, buy a bottle of MaryKates deck cleaner. Splash it on, work it a little with a brush, and rinse it off. If that doesn't do it...bleach and water, about 50/50. Let it soak a few minutes, and rinse well. The pressure washer is always ...

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You should feel virtuous.......I always do when I complete ANY project.

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Were it me, I'd go with the moorage with the best destinations. The more interesting the venue, the more likely you'll make the effort to go sailing. If that means an extra hour of driving, then leave home an hour earlier, and get home an hour later. I drive 90 minutes to the boat, and I'm about 2 m...

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Ray,
Not to avoid answering, but if you go to Sailboatowners.com there is a sailtrim forum run by Don Guillette (sp?) He can answer all your questions, and as well has a sail trim quick guide for sale. I have it, and it's great!!
Larry Wilson

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In a word, don't do it. If you're displeased with the scuffing on a bare mast, imagine how you'll feel when the now (then) white finish gets dirty, scuffed, scratched,bubbled and worn. And it won't take long... Clean the aluminum with soap and water, and a 3m pad, and apply wax. Collinite, Bowling A...

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Maybe this will be of interest? I can put you in touch if you're interested. From The Yahoo Columbia list: I got a 120VAC selctor unit. 30 AMP 3 selections plus off. i.e.: Inverter Generator Shore Off I bought it and used it for a bout a year. New system doesn't allow it to be used. So.... ANy offer...

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I have a UK Sails "Flasher" that came as an extra on a boat I bought for a quick turn. The sail was just too nice not to keep. My Columbia 8.7 is about 10,000 lbs, and can be a real dog in light wind using the factory 130 and main. I sail singlehand most of the time and can't deal with a s...

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Any idea if it's still available? I need another boat to balance out my landscaping.......seriously.....If it's still around, I'd be interested.
Larry Wilson

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Find out what they use on basket ball courts....should work as well as Ultimate Sole. I'm in the same fix. Used U/S before, and now at a loss as to what to use to overcoat it.

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Since you have multiple issues with the boom, why not replace it altogether? Find a boom of the correct length,with a good internal outhaul. Depending on that length, I might have just the thing in my spares. Holler if you're interested.
Larry Wilson

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I had the opposite problem. How to remove a sailboat from a trailer in the driveway. I built a stern support out of 4x4's and 2x8's and incorporated sliding wedges to adjust the height. I backed the trailer up to the support and adjusted everything so that the keel was just touching the keel bed of ...

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One of the skippers that I raced with told me that I wasn't a real racer until I'd drawn blood. So I hit him with a hammer........

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You should try doing it with a non - existent wallet!!!! I do! lol

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Somewhere it must be written that the number one requirement to owning a sailboat, is that one must be a masochist. I still have hematomae from my last visit almost 3 weeks ago. And it wasn't even MY lazerette. It was my dock neighbors exhaust system. It's odd; he's about 5'8" and says he can't...

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Did you ever find out what this cloth was?

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Post a date, I'll do my best to be there.

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Well....I couldn't go. Bladder infection and the wife fell going down the steps Thursday morning...so I cancelled. The other boat did however make the trip. Here's his report: Friday night was a dream, sailed across in moonlight on flat water at 5 kts one a single tack beam reach, wind dying out as ...

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To all and sundry Central Chesapeake Bay Skippers:SV Pogo, a Columbia 9.6 and SV AllAboutMe, a Columbia 8.7 will be departing Deltaville, Broad Creek, on Friday August 12, and returning Monday August 15. Current plan is to sail, or motor, to Onancock on the Eastern Shore. Additional anchorages if ti...

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This seems like a really nice example. I had an 80 or 81 that I bought for around 800, including outboard and trailer. I never had the chance to sail it, but sold it for 3k after some basic refit. The name when I bought her was "Bay Reefer". Took some grief for that, and removed it. The se...

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First thing I'd do is confirm that this is fiberglass. I've seen woven nylon that I would have sworn was glass. There were a couple of hundred rolls in a surplus office supply yard. I have no idea what this fabric is used for, but I've handled hundreds of yards of woven fiberglass, and I really coul...

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Captain Crunch's wife, yes. The place across the creek would be Walden Bros Marina. The son is running it now, and he's cleaned out most of the clutter and remodeled the chandlery. Another treasure trove was Irvington Marina, Andy Wiley's place, but I think he's died, and the property is in a legal ...

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Mostly junk, but there is some good stuff in the yard...a few pieces in the back of the shop as well.

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Bill,
Have you looked at Nauti Nell's in Deltaville? I think I saw a couple there, in bronze, needing polish.
Also check http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f64/
You might post a wanted ad...or there may be something there already.

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Y're a better man than I am, Charlie Brown!!! My Yanmar gave up on me as I tied up last Saturday nite, at the stroke of midnite, after having been towed back from Towles Point Shoal. Spent three hours Sunday replacing fuel line and bleeding the fuel system with no positive result. I'm not going back...

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Didn't say "spare" ....just..... time...lol .
I forget y're a lawyer ....billing hours and all that.....

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When you have time one day, could you come by and help me hook up a harness for bench testing my A4?

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A good razor knive and a steady hand, or a Dremel with a laminate trimmer, or, as you said a router, if you think you can get your money's worth out of it. I have two router tables and an extra plunge router and generally all I manage to do is mess up lots of good lumber. I had a laminate trimmer th...

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Bill, Any progress on the 8.3 move? And to the group in general, any interest in getting together for another attempt at some quality male bonding? I'm open for any dates except June 18 to 26. I'll be cruising the Bay. Anyone else planning to be out that week? I'm hoping to head out to Tangier, then...

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I'll have to find the file or take new pictures, but I'll do that and post them here.

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Looks good. Good photos. My biggest issue at this point is finding affordable sails and fairing and painting the whole thing. I found a rudder and tiller that fits, but has yet to be tested, and I need to reattach the keel trunk to the cockpit floor. I probably won't have time this season, but maybe...

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I'm so glad I didn't say something like "good luck with that" .....because now, I can't say, "I told you so" . Unlike Ric, I've never had any luck on a first attempt at moving an acquired boat under sail. I always assume the worst, and hope for something less than horrible. I try...

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[quote][/quote]Well if all goes as (very loosely) planned, I will be on a sailboat tomorrow and Thursday, sailing down the northern Bay from Havre de Grace, MD to just below Annapolis.[quote]

So did that happen?

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It is Morse/Teleflex.

This is the closest replacement I've found.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... &langId=-1

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A little more than JUST a bracket. It's the bracket and receiver for the filter bowl...I have an extra on the way to D'ville, the big question is whether this is the entire issue or not. But thanks for offering.

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And here is Windfinder for the weekend.

http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/stingray_point

I may be sailing, but probably not on my boat, unless I can solve my engine issue (busted fuel filter bracket) fairly quickly Saturday morning.

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There is an updated replacement available for several hundreds of dollars.Nice, but it does not have the removable handles. http://www.teleflexmarine.com/products/controls-and-cables/mechanical-single-action/mjb-control/ I had no luck finding parts for mine, which had the same issues as yours. I did...

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So really, all we need is a little piece of property, somewhere in the West End, with a hunormous barn....for about 50 bucks a month.....easy peasy....lol

Hope all goes well on your transit south from H'dGrace.

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Bristol Jonny, Welcome to the fray. Glad to see yet another member close by. If y're needin a sailing fix, here is probably a good place to sign on as crew. Dinghy races aside.....sigh.....lol. I have a Hobie 16 all but ready to go in the water...does that qualify Ric? My Coronado 15 may be ready fo...

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Jimmy,
Did you have a Rhodes of some sort at one time?
Glad you checked in. Maybe we can all get together sometime when you're in Richmond.

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Bill, If you'd be interested, I have a Victory 21, on a serviceable trailer, with a launching extension. I could be convinced to let it go cheap. The boat needs some work, but nothing insurmountable.All the hardware is serviceable, the rigging is good, and the spars complete. I have a main sail, but...

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Bill, The Rainbow would be a fun daysailor for sure. No issues here with Ferguson, but I didn't go to the showroom. I went to the wholesale counter in the back. If you decide to buy your assorted pipes and elbows from them, let me know and I'll order via my wholesale connection and you can pick up t...

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Bill, Enjoyed dinner and the conversation. It was good to meet another Richmond sailor. Ric, sorry you missed it. We'll have to do it again soon when you can join in. We should work on getting as many Corinthians as possible to join in. Bill, the supply house I was telling you about is Ferguson, jus...

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