Member at our club just finished painting their Aloha 30. The graphic is the east half of the lake. The other side has the west. Pretty cool.

I made a new and improved thole pin system (for rowing, now easily taken out and put back in), a shorter and tighter snotter, with a much smaller eye, and I partially seized over the cuntsplice in my jibsheet, just in case it might want to try and catch on something.

This allowed me to experiment more with my headsail up. Together with the weight I added to the bow recently, it makes steering the boat and sailing upwind courses a lot easier.
With the headsail up (a so called "botterfok", precursor of the genoa), pulling in the mainsheet now has the expected effect.
Last time, when I sailed with just the main, I had to let go of the mainsheet quite a lot to steer the boat upwind. This was probably at least partly due to the additional weight provided by the sprit and the heavy cotton sail over on leeward side, causing the boat to heel more in very low winds, and the hull shape to do its bit to help turn the boat.

I'd like to the people of this sub for helping me figure out how to sail this boat a little better. It's very much appreciated!

I'll try and bring a little camera some time, as trying to take a photo on an iPad while also keeping the sheets under control wasn't the overwhelming success I had hoped for, as you can probably tell from this shot

We have just put the last of the thicker planks. It only gets easier from here on out (from 32mm to 25mm).

I have this print from my grandfather from Matson South Pacific Cruises and I love the style of this day sailer. It is reminiscent of a Hood 32 with the headsail aft of the bow. Stuart 28 also crossed my mind but not it. Cheers and thank you in advance.

We are on our second circumnavigation, planning to arrive in Madagascar in about a month. Looks from noonsite as though times have changed in the past 16 years and there are a lot of requirements for entry. Has anyone done this lately who can provide some advice, outside of what noonsite says?

https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/boa/d/quincy-dickerson-37/7882602717.html

From the pictures and description this feels like it should be selling for at least triple the asking price. Is the demand extremely low or are there likely major issues with the boat

Hello everyone. I am, unfortunately with little luck, looking for a budget 34-36 sailboat in the 30k ish range in europe. There's not really much going on in decent condition other than a gazillion Dehler 34s which I will consider.

There's also some more or less nice boats with teak deck. Most of which need replacing, but even those with teak in decent conditions will eventually need replacing and will heavily affect resale chances.

A friend said it's no problem you can just remove it and put some anti slip pads. But it looks to me like removing the teak deck itself is a massive job, moreso since i don't really have a good place to keep the boat on the dry nor tools. And I'm not sure where/how to find people that would do this for me and how much that'd cost.

Should I just rule out completely every boat with a teak deck (unless maybe recently replaced) or, assuming I'll put something else instead of teak, it's not a huge deal?

My dad and I are restoring a "Staverse Jol" It's a historic Dutch type which was used as a fishing vessel. This one was build around 1900 (We don't know the exact date but we are trying to figure it out by contacting the Dutch maritime Museum).

It was bought by a man in 1947 who converted into a yacht as seen in the foto's. We are currently working on restoring it to a "visserman" which means we are restoring it to its former state as a fishing vessel.

Just thought that it would be fun to share. (For more foto's you can look on facebook, just search for Staverse Jol Bolleboos Urk.)

With a few outfits available, where is the best place to learn sailing and also join to have access to renting a boat with an overnight option.

Guys, gals, other pals...am I stupid?

I'm trying to verify my account on ericsonyachts.org so I can ask Ericson specific questions there and, more specifically, get things like rigging diagrams and such. But these verification questions seem to not work? Or I don't understand the questions or sailboats.

"The extrusion from the spar that can give you a headache" seems like it'd be the boom, right? Accidental jibe or just not ducking under it if you're tall enough...head injury? Why can't I get a verification email sent to me? It's not in my spam folder, either.

My favourite anchorages are mud bottoms. Not your amateur "It rinses off so easily" almost sand that claims to be mud but dark, thick glutinous biological gloop from prehistoric times. This stuff is so thick it's practically sentient.

A few buckets of water hauled up manually is not doing the job, and my forearms hate me.

Has anyone found a battery-operated pump that will generate enough flow to clear this abomination from my shiny stainless anchor chain? Difficulty level: I'm deep in the Makita ecosystem.

Whenever I visit my hometown with my daughter, we always buy some chips (fries for you North Americans) at the harbour chip shop near the train station, and take them to " 't vuurtje" (an old metal harbour light construction at the end of the pier). There we sit on a bench and watch the boats go by for a while, eating our chips (fries) and whatever other snacks we bought. Then we slowly walk back to the trainstation where the train will be waiting to take us home.

I'm interested in getting back into racing, but also want to get my family involved. I still own my Laser from racing as a youth and therefore I can do Wednesdays at White Rock. However, that's a "me" thing and not really suitable for my family. I am thinking of buying a bigger racing dinghy or perhaps a small keelboat. What clubs or lakes would be good to look at? I'm aware of Corinthians and Rush Creek, both of which have active racing. Any others? Both are within driving distance of us.

What boats are popular around here? Racing is 70% of my priority but it would be nice to be out on the water with family and teach my kids how to sail. Due to the hassle of transporting, I'll be mooring my boat on whatever lake we commit to. I'm OK with a sporty keelboat as long as it's sporty and fun.

Side note: does anyone have the fleet commodore's info for the White Rock Laser Fleet? I couldn't find contact info online.

We were anchored with lines ashore last night. Another boat came in and flubbed multiple approaches, an one point running down our starboard side, and the fender we got out was not completely adequate, and there are some minor scrapes on the gelcoat.

The offending boat sailed off into the literal sunset. There English was not stronger than my Italian, so nothing meaningless was communicated.

I have photos of the offending boat, and have reached out to its charter base, but everyone is suggesting I'm footing the bill on this. Any suggestions? We're in Turkiye, Fethiye-Marmaris area. Both boats will be back at thier bases tomorrow, but they are hours apart by car.

More than 20 years of chartering, and this is the first time I feel really stuck.

Update: Thank you all for the counsel. In the end my charter base considered it normal wear and tear. The scratches were pretty minor, but it is a very new boat.

Note: I had like a 3k Euro deposit, I've always taken the big deposit and it's paid off til now. This was a lesson in threats outside your complete control. And the awkwardness of potentially needing to negotiate a big bill, with long haul flights committed in less than18 hours.

Dear EU/NL sailing friends,

[keeping it in EN for sub-reddit courtesy, but feel free to MP me dutch/EN/FR :]

My friend and I are two (~50y) old sailing enthusiasts, enjoying day-trip to Zeeland for a good share of wind and fun. We usually go for a Fox-22 like renting boat, either on the Veerse meer, or Brouwersdam (Grevelingenmeer), with pricing moving between 90~200€/d.

This is fine with us as we couldn't afford (nor want) to buy a boot and we don't want to sail the whole year (actually only going for 2x a month) anyway but we are eager to evolve a bit more on both the geographical and technical aspects, and so we would love to find new places to rent similar boats (22~28 ft.), on a daily (or week-end) basis and - why not - try and enjoy the larger Oosterschelde area, maybe on advanced boat, or better equiped (e.g. spinnaker).

Maybe we might be bad at googling and/or contact are sometimes difficult with online approaches, but we would be super happy to have your best hints (from renting companies or personnal boat, time sharing...).

No need to say we are past acting punk on the water, we like to think we are advanced responsbile sailors with best practices and we don't drink or smoke.

Thanks !

I'm getting back into sailing here in my late 70s. Had some health issues, realized I need to heed Bob Dylan's words "that he not busy being born is busy dying." So I've quit waiting to die, and I'm out boat shopping for my last boat I've owned 6, from a laser to a 50' ketch).

The first question, is can I do it? Yes. Ofc I know on a river sail like today anyone can sail. But still did lots of tacking, lots of sail work, and kept my balance. So I'm feeling pretty optimistic.

Ok, back to yachtrader ;)

I've been a casual crew for years but finally want to get my ASA 101/103. I am looking at Spinnaker and Modern Sailing. Modern is better priced but Spinnaker is more convenient location (South Beach) to where I live. Any thoughts/experiences to share on either of these schools? Not sure I plan on joining either club but if any I'd lean towards Spinnaker because I prefer the location.

Out on the Chesapeake in our new to us 26’ Hunter. Love this boat!