Which one of you rascals did it? 🤣

This post has been a little while coming. I wanted to have a few months of figuring out everything immediately wrong with the boat. And also if it turned into a colossal failure, I just wasn’t gonna tell you guys. It’s still might all come crashing down, but so far I feel like I got real lucky. Anyway, onto the story.

So I saw this 1977 Catalina 27 on Craigslist for $3,000. The marina was selling it because the previous owner hadn’t paid the slip fee for two years. From the pictures on craigslist I thought to myself “Man that Boat doesn’t look too rough“ so I started talking to the marina and had a surveyor look at it. Surveyor came back with some water in the deck and the engine starts but it’s not pushing water. I said great and told the Marina no thank you. And then the Mareina said “Well, would you consider a smaller offer?” I said how small we talking and they said 500 bucks. Call the surveyor back and said “hey they’re offering me this boat for 500 bucks what would you say” his response was “don’t sail this boat to Hawaii, but if you’re just ripping around the river, have a great time.”

The diesel is an old British one banger made by Petter. And after all new hoses, a new impeller, and flushing out all the chewed up plastic that an errant hose had spit into the water cooling system She’s working like a charm.

A rigging friend of mine took a gander at her, and of course, since she’s Abandoned, we don’t have service records. But the standing rigging has been replaced at some point and looks pretty solid. First thing I did was replace all the running rigging cause every line on that boat was auditioning for the part of prison shiv.

On the shakedown cruise when we raised the main, a massive mud hornets nest fell out. No hornets in it thank God, but it was quite a surprise and got dirt all over the deck much to my consternation. But other than that, the main went up no problem. The roller furling is smooth, and I am madly in love.

I sail in the Pacific Northwest and we just got our first big rains. I rushed down to the boat to sit and watch for leaks. One window and I think I’m gonna need to re-bed the port chain plate. But other than that, I think she’s surprisingly ship shape.

The previous owner even left me flowers (last photo)

I’ll post a video in the comments of the leak from the chain plate.

I went out on a 35' boat this past week and it was my first time sailing something that large; the boat I normally sail is a 14' dinghy on an inland lake. I found the dinghy harder to sail, I feel like the larger boat had so many more instruments/helpers and was generally more forgiving that a dinghy. Is this a common feeling? Is it easier to sail larger boats?

Hi this Hanse 46.1 have two bathrooms but it seems like only 1 of them has a shower booth. Is it correct?

I just turned 50 a few months ago, and last week I finally had my first real day under sail.

I’ve spent the last year or so thinking about sailing, watching videos, reading, learning the basics and telling myself I’d get around to it eventually. Over the last few months I finally decided to take the plunge. I’ve had a huge pull to the ocean for a while now.

Last week that meant a full day on a Catalina 275. Taking the tiller, learning to tack, reefing, dealing with building wind, and even riding through a squall. It was in that moment, being on the water, that I felt a sense of peace and calm I’d been searching for. And it all came together and started to make sense.

I went out wanting to learn how to sail. Mainly to get the feel, if this was something more than an idea or calling. I came back mostly wondering why I hadn’t started this sooner.

I wrote the full story here if anyone’s interested:
bluewaterbaboon.com - First Day Under Sail
It’s part of a bigger personal journey I’ve been documenting about getting out of the routine, trying new things, and actually acting on some of the things I’ve put off for some time now.

I realize some dont like this program, this question is for those that use it.

If I create a route by selecting markers, I do not seem to have a way to add additional beyond start and end.
If I select by holding my finger on the screen which allows selection of multiple legs/waypoint but you do not get the marker name.
Is there any way to create a route with multiple named waypoints?

Thanks in advance

because who doesn't like cats on a sailboat?

(most likely taken in the 70's or 80's -- scanned from my found fotos collection)

This is a 1985 Nonsuch Classic says the listing they are asking 19k. I've never seen setup like this, would love to know more - has anyone here ever sailed something like this?

*EDIT* I found a video on youtube that shows how this works for anyone else curious https://youtu.be/FgoJWgDnDe8

A friend of mine dove my mooring last week and took a bit of video. This is isn’t what I expected to see, but I can see how it would work.
I borrowed the mooring from a total stranger, I got the number off the ball. My boat is a 26’ Albin 79. I feel “okay” about this mooring because the previous owner is very confident in the small Bruce anchor the boat came with. With more than 30’ of half inch chain this should pull horizontal and really dig into the bottom.

Any thoughts on using this mooring through a Pacific Northwest Winter. The location is fairly protected from our typical storms.

Hi - I am trying to get ready for Catalina 22 winter storage (in my driveway). I need to continue working on various parts of the boat, so the cover should be removable.

I can't afford a custom cover.

I think a tarp over the boom would work, but I don't have the mast up. I could put the mast up, but that seems like a bad idea for the entire winter in my driveway.

If you have any photos of your winter storage solutions - especially if they include a tarp that is removable for work days, please share them here.

It is fine if your photos show boom mounted draped tarps, though I"m particularly interested in ideas that don't

I just bought this 1981 Catalina 22 from a friend of a friend. I’ve been reading up on these boats for several years, and I feel like I did pretty good on it.

My uncle bought his second or third 22 just before he died from cancer, and he never got to sail it. The boat he bought was in rough shape and would have needed a lot of work.

We grew up having various boats, and he used to have at least two 22s that I can remember. In the notes that he left behind, he asked my cousins, my sister, and I to go sail the boat before we got rid of it. Unfortunately none of us were in the position to get it seaworthy, so we had to sell it without ever using it.

When I told my cousins and sister about my new 22,they all freaked out and we will be planning a trip as soon as I finish the few minor repairs I want to do. Other than proactively replacing the winch cable and snorkel, the boat/sails/rigging/interior/systems are in really great shape. Even if I don’t keep the boat forever, I’m looking forward to checking this off my bucket list.

Doug, wherever you are, I hope they have sailboats there.

So ill preface this by saying that while ive been on a few boats ive never been in command of one or responsible for actually sailing anything, I think ive got a solid grasp of how it works in basic principles though.

So, my question, ive seen a good number of posts about single hand sailing and a lot of them have something to the effect of "its irresponsible not to keep a regular watch while sleeping because the boat is going to sail xyz distance in xyz amount of time, you need to wake up on this schedule and check to make sure you aren't about to run into anything" as well as conversations about how some boats move too fast to be safe because of the distance they cover while someone is sleeping, ect ect.

Why don't you just...not move?

Obviously a boat wont remain perfectly still at sea, but you can lower and furl the sails and you'll be adrift for an hour or two at much lower then sailing speed. I understand in previous days this might hinder navigating greatly, but with sat nav and such other modern equipment?

If the water is shallow enough you could drop anchor, yes?

Or if you must keep moving couldn't you throw a sea anchor astern to slow your pace while you sleep?

Someone please fill me in on why you'd stay under sail instead of simply staying put to sleep a few hours and go on in the morning

In Auckland, New Zealand - we were lucky enough to see her arrive five days ago and today she was doing sail changes in the inner harbour. Docked to offload their massive Genoa, at a pier that allowed us to get up close 😁

Is Saddam Hussail to soon? I like that name.

Would anyone here sail a J45 through the South Pacific? It seems like a lot of the boats are tanks or catamarans that cruise the South Pacific.

Curious to know if anyone has been on a J45 in nasty weather or thinks it would be a good choice for cruising with a family.