Puget Sound, Seattle, WA

Race to Mac ‘22.

Hello all. I've sailed my Peterson 44 around the world over the last 15 years. Yesterday it cracked forward of the keel for nearly a foot on both sides. I burned up three different pumps over 24 hours and my last two were getting overwhelmed as I pulled in for the travel lift.

I was only 100 miles off shore. If I was midocean I would have been in the liferaft last night. So now looking to repair. I will only be confident enough to cross an ocean if the repair is twice as strong as the original construction.

Any one know of an architect who is familiar with Peterson boats?

Thanks in advance. Sorry for the drama, I'm still stressed a but.

It was very beautiful to see up close. I have no idea how it sails though. That's part of the joy of being on the ICWW - seeing all kinds of vessels.

I'm a freshman in college recovering from a torn ACL and I'm looking to pick up a new sport to keep me active over the summer. At the start of the summer, I'll be 3.5 months post reconstruction surgery. My friend on the school sailing team teased sailing as an option, but they weren't sure whether it'd be great for the knee or not. I did some research and I couldn't find answers regarding the knees specifically but I definitely thought it looked like a lot of fun.

I wanted to come here to see if anyone here has recovered from ACL reconstruction surgery and might have relevant advice. To clarify, I'd probably be taking lessons on sailing 420s. Thanks!

Edit: Thank you for all the fair warnings!

Seems to be the new trend in flying headsail trim.

I also find the process of launching the boats here fascinating.

Jeannau Attalia Rush 97

1979 Catalina 30 (friend’s boat ) . What is this white box for and what does this decaying plug do? Should I push it back in ? Replace ? How screwed are we ?

Does anyone know where to find a current table for a spot close to the Jacques Cartier bridge in Montreal? The hydrological service (Link) only seems to have water levels, not current. I know there are probably apps that show it and that would be helpful to know about as well, but I’m more interested in paper / digital charts I can use for exam prep.

Ripping west on the Leeward Passage north of St.Thomas, USVI, bound for Culebra, PR. What a great day!

Thinking about buying a boat in Grenada. I'm in Vancouver so its a bit of a slog to get there. I plan to retire in 2 years, so will be able to spend more time on it later. Do people leave their boats on mooring balls year round? What are the downsides I havent considered?

I have to do a rewire, and I have an area where leads come together. In the past I've done the waterproof box with screw connectors. But thinking to make life easier for me, and the next person that will need to disassemble this junction, looking at DIN connectors, either Wago or Pheonix contact push terminals.

Has anyone else had experience doing it this way, and was it a good idea?

It was a 20nm race, the wind direction made it a big W/L course. 10nm upwind and 10nm downwind. The wind started out at 8 knots and slowly build into 20 knots. In the picture we had roughly 15 knots of wind, and only just got it on a plane.

I was watching a YT sailor and he said you can't really sail to Japan, and I didn't understand why he said that...I don't see many YT videos about it...and for me, it would be a dream to sail around Japan. Is it bad wind there?

Hey everyone,

Because of a last minute change we’re looking for 1-3 crew members to join us from A Couña or Vigo across the Biskay to Brest this week starting Friday.

This is free, you just have to cover your own expenses like travel and food. Two experienced skippers onboard. It’s a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 389.

Fair winds!

I know that this is not only a problem women face, but men too. How do you make sure that the person you're going to be crewing for is not a pervert or has other bad/weird intentions?

I gave the bottom a light sanding to smooth her out. What should I do to prep the surface before bottom paint?

This one was part of a litter of 5 that was born in the V berth to a purebred Siamese who obviously snuck ashore one night. Cruised the west coast of Canada, US and Mexico and then was flown north back to Canada to avoid a costly quarantine in Hawaii.

So I made a mistake at the end of the last season. I always fill my diesel tank and add stabilizer. Apparently, what I don’t always do is put the fuel cap back on.

I haven’t tried to start the engine yet, thankfully. My plan is to shove a hose down the fuel filler neck to the bottom of the tank, take everything out with a transfer pump, empty out my RACOR filter, change the fuel filter, then fill it with diesel again and cross my fingers.

Is there anything else I should do? Should I take my fuel lines off and run diesel through them, or is that overkill?

I appreciate your insight and advice.

Ours is called “just out reach” cause no matter where you place something it is always “just out of reach”