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Thermal Paint For Interior, Yes or No? Tradewinds at 7:54am 10.11.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1150 Anyone have any experience with insulating paint? Thinking about doing a couple of coats on my inter
TABERNACLE FOR DAY SAILER. WHERE CAN I FIND ONE TO SHIP TO BRAZIL. GUILHERME PEREIRA at 7:33am 10.11.19 Ask All Sailors 2/350
interior wood finish, 1997 beneteau sgiarc at 6:35am 10.11.19 Ask All Sailors 3/749 I have a beneteau 461 the interior woodwork needs a little tlc . Does anyone know what finish the fa
Hunter 28.5 cockpit speakers and placement? David21149 at 5:27am 10.11.19 Mid-Size Boats 4/1452 I'm a new owner and wd appreciate any advice incl photos for cockpit speakers and placement? Thank y
Blinds for fixed ports Franzcat at 5:08am 10.11.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1308 I have noticed some pictures of mini-blinds on the fixed ports of Catalina sailboats like mine (Cat-
Fall sailing is for Yawl sailing. (5) TomY at 4:45am 10.11.19 Ask All Sailors 2/1832 Am I the only yawl owner on the SBO? There are so many yawls on the coast of Maine and NE, there has
Connecting the boom to the mast (1) rmtrain at 7:04pm 10.10.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2595 I recently acquired a 1982 Hunter 22 (with the full cabin) that lost its mast. I have the boom, but
Mast Heighth scuba201 at 5:36pm 10.10.19 C&C 1/1055 Anyone one here know the mast height for a 1978 c ' c 26"?
The great loop (1) rgranger at 10:32am 10.10.19 Ask All Sailors 46/5730 I just started reading this book... "what boat to buy" and it is a very practical chapter. Specifi
Harvest Moon Regatta Bill19233 at 9:42am 10.10.19 Racing 16/3224 Harvest Moon Regatta 2019 - MAProgress Link to a good tracking site for the Harvest Moon Regatta fro
Considering an Ericson Independence 31 Todd Atchison at 9:18am 10.10.19 Ericson 8/7320 Greetings Ericson Owners - I'm considering an Ericson Independence 31as a potential cruising sailboa
Macgregor 26X Advice Canuck2112 at 8:14am 10.10.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 58/15951 Hello, I've been sailing a San Juan 21 for a few years, and now looking to upgrade to something big
New Lifelines for Smitty (6) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:13am 10.10.19 Catalina 310 1/1189 Today I finished our new lifelines. As a quick disclaimer, we haven't used side gates since the ICW,
Factory Installed Solar Panel on a 1999 380 tb_gb at 7:45am 10.10.19 Big Boats 10/1740 Question......My daughter just bought a 1999 Hunter 380. Is the factory installed solar panel on th
Headstay modification decktosser at 7:41am 10.10.19 Smaller Boats 7/852 Thinking about a roller furler for next season. The CDI FF2 furler instructions indicate that there
rudder range macwho at 7:34am 10.10.19 Catalina 30 5/1593 What is the correct or best range or travel from stop to stop in degrees. Mine has a range of 120 de
First time winterizing 2009 B37 Vegas at 7:28am 10.10.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1122 I think I know what to do to winterize the engine, but........for the first time, I will be winteriz
Staysail installation BlueHeronSailing at 6:32am 10.10.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1070 I am putting a staysail on my Hunter 457. I need to put a back plate on my padeye for a furler. Can
Help identifying my autopilot (1) hunta285 at 10:14pm 10.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1596 Dear Hunter-Owner, My autopilot has stopped working and I would like to source a replacement unit (
Diving to clean boat bottom Randall Schmidt at 4:38pm 10.09.19 Ask All Sailors 37/5550

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how many more years can I get out of her? Calif. Ted at 9:08am 09.21.24 I never look at the total for boat expenses, I'd just rather not know. I used to admit to $1000/mont
Angled Engine Control Enclosure jssailem at 8:38am 09.21.24 I like that one, @dmax. With a little creativity, the vertical panel could be changed to one that an
Starter motor burned up? (1) jssailem at 8:33am 09.21.24 This might help. ectrical current that drives the plunger into the solenoid contacts sometimes arcs
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Tally Ho at 8:32am 09.21.24
how many more years can I get out of her? kappykaplan at 8:29am 09.21.24 This is a Priceless bit of wisdom.:clap: :plus:
how many more years can I get out of her? jssailem at 8:27am 09.21.24 Buying a boat is an emotional decision and if you are worried about it being a sound financial deci
Starter motor burned up? (2) BTC1984 at 8:22am 09.21.24 Excuse my ignorance. Does the fact that I changed the starter and the selnoid both (it was a combo
Starter motor burned up? BTC1984 at 8:16am 09.21.24 Use an IR temp gauge tester aimed at the starter motor. If hot it has no shut off. You could also c
how many more years can I get out of her? kappykaplan at 7:14am 09.21.24
how many more years can I get out of her? Captain-Will at 7:14am 09.21.24
how many more years can I get out of her? smokey73 at 7:06am 09.21.24 For years as I was a kid my Dad and I went to boat shows looking for small cruising powerboat you co
how many more years can I get out of her? Captain-Will at 7:02am 09.21.24 Somethings are not about money. If all you care about is dollars and cents, and you expect put mon
Angled Engine Control Enclosure dmax at 7:01am 09.21.24 I used one of these, decent but it collects dirt because of the rough surface, I would paint it blac
how many more years can I get out of her? dmax at 6:55am 09.21.24
Sore eyes after day of sailing. smokey73 at 6:53am 09.21.24 Definitely try to hydrate more (Occam's razor) - your body needs extra water to flush the caffeine
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? dmax at 6:49am 09.21.24 Actually I do but there ya go. OTOH you don't notice a joke when you see one. You could have easil
Merit 22 owner manual Jnovva at 6:43am 09.21.24 Recently purchased a Merit 22 that came with the paper manual. I scanned it and it can be downloaded
how many more years can I get out of her? shemandr at 6:41am 09.21.24 Somethings are not about money. If all you care about is dollars and cents, and you expect put mone
how many more years can I get out of her? smokey73 at 6:38am 09.21.24 Until you hit 70 years old, like me, and realize you can't lift the sails of a 35 footer like you u
how many more years can I get out of her? LakeOntario270 at 6:29am 09.21.24

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