what offshore pfd recommendations do you have? i have used several but never take note of brand/model. I'm looking at this mustang md3184; something with harness built in and easy enough to travel with.

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Picked up a Force 5 dinghy plus trailer years ago, for the low low price of $100. Prior owner had let water sit in the mast tube, cracking it vertically. Trailer bunks were set up improperly as well, leading to some gnarly cracks in the hull. Without having any sailing experience, I was besotted with her (I can't resist a good project), until I learned the sail slipped over the mast and wasn't raised via halyard. I set her aside for a few years while I worked on other boat projects that fell into my lap (O'Day 19 & Westerly Centaur).

I'm based on a river with height restrictions in both directions, preventing me from actually sailing with the O'Day and the Westerly. The dinghy can make it under with feet to spare. I'd like to get some actual sailing in,, so I've set myself a goal to finish the rehab and get her on the water before the end of the season.

Mast tube has been repaired. Ground out and beveled the cracks in the hull, then fiberglassed several layers over. I hate mixing gelcoat, so I'll be painting instead. PVC replacements for the thwart bits are sitting in the pile, ready to go.

Trailer needs some work as well: bunkers need to be secured better, tires and bearings need inspection.

After four hours of sail through the rain. Just after we docked the sun greeted us.

Forecast had it miserably hot, but turned out to be decent. Way nicer than I was expecting.

O'Day 23-2 rafted up to a 32' Benateu, and another O'Day (272LE).

This was taken in the Hornsund - southern Spitsbergen. I would love to go back - a very stark and beautifiul place.

I'm rigged up and ready to go on a weekend where I got in three consecutive days of sailing -- first time ever. Next acquisition: tiller extension. It is now clearly in the must-have category.

Does anyone have any handy resources for doing electrical work on a boat? I have to update most of my electrical systems as part of a repower I'm doing. The stakes are pretty high with electricity so I want to be sure I'm doing it right.

I'll be racing J35 Osprey 205 miles over 40ish hours with 7 other people. You can track our AIS here: http://kws.kattack.com/WPlayer/WPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1928

Left the engine on the boat and sailed my dinghy to shore today for a grocery run.

This is my hobie 18. I mostly sail inland lakes. I got it because I was tired of taking my pocket cruiser out and it not moving because there wasnt enough wind. This cat will move in much lighter blows.

Stolen from Lemmy world news (not sure how to x-post

The bioluminescence of the water caused my AC discharge water to glow at my slip last night.

That’s a first for me.

Could also watch the glowing outline of fish swimming!

Avalon specifically, which has the densest mooring field I've ever been in.

From a slip at Farmer's Cay Yacht Club (all 3 slips of it)

After buying a Hunter 23 last year fall, then finally getting it out at a local reservoir I figured I needed to get all my ducks in a row. Currently learning in a 4 person group on a J/24.

Pic is my hunter 23 under mainsail with no jib as a trial run. Or it would be if I didn't get an error trying to upload a picture.

Had to get out of the sun for a few moments while doing some boat work. Got a good long look at the mast.

We loaded up the Hunter 170 today to see how she would sail when loaded down with camping gear in preparation for next weekend’s trip to the Apostle Islands.

My wife is still a bit nervous, but feeling much more confident after today. Please ignore the watering can. She wanted to put a bit more weight onboard just in case.

Just out here on vacation and drove past this thing... Never seen anything like it.

Folding trimaran.

I'll stipulate up front that I know electrical setups vary wildly between specific boats. That said: I'm about to do a weekend charter on a 36 ft sailboat, and I was wondering if there is a general amount of time that is typical to run the engine per day to top off the house bank.

Last Sunday I participated to my first regatta in Italy. It was the “100 Vele” in the Tyrrhenian Sea nearby Rome.

It was a great day to be in the marina.

Hey! Just curious if anyone has read this book. Also, in the beginning it mentions buying Nylon twine (36-48), double braided Dacron rope, and three strand spun Dacron rope. I went to my local West Marine and had trouble actually finding this stuff, it's a smaller store so maybe they didn't have it? Can anyone point me in the right direction to find this stuff?

Wrote some info on how to make those rope bags I posted earlier.

S/V Pinnacle, a Tartan 4100, leaving Buzzards Bay at the start of the 2023 Marion Bermuda Race. You can just make out my gray beard fiddling with the mainsail trim if you squint hard.

Photo Credit: Fran Grenon

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Stole this from another sub (don't know how to cross-post) but it's an interesting application of sailing.

There was so much energy in the storm after it passed last night.

Not the best wind, but it was sailing none the less. Sailed about 10 miles averaging 4kts

This boat has been anchored in this spot for about a month. Every time the tide goes out the boat sits on the mud. I've been curious if this is harming the boat anyway? Seems like a weird spot to anchor long term.

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I just finished building a model of a pirate ship and want the flags to be pointing the right direction. Should the flags be blowing to the bow because the wind is behind the ship, or to the stern as the ship drags the sails along?

Looking at paintings they seem to mostly be blowing to the stern, however there are some that have them blowing to the bow aswell; so I figured it'd be best to ask people who have experience.

This guy mostly does real estate videos, but this boat is pretty extraordinary.