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Rebedding fixed portlight (1) karellen at 2:57pm 03.27.19 Big Boats 15/4295 Continuing in my quest to rid the boat of leaks, I've been getting a good amount of water coming in
Resin All U Get at 2:23pm 03.27.19 Ask All Sailors 4/398 Hi all, I was doing a minor repair and grabbed a one shot 5 minute epoxy that we had onboard maybe
Farewell friends Mike4116 at 2:16pm 03.27.19 Sails Call Lounge 26/2346 The 28 O'day has a new owner to love and care for her. Alas I am out of boating for what, I suspect
AIS GPS Location Bob S at 1:09pm 03.27.19 Ask All Sailors 4/578 The Defender Warehouse sale is here and I am ordering a Vesper XB-8000 at a great price. I have to f
C22 Cockpit Drains JackHeaston at 9:07am 03.27.19 Catalina 22 15/4021 Wanting to put cockpit drains in the transom of 1984 C22 Boat on its trailer a few hours away. Does
Iron Keel prepping and fairing and painting markwbird at 8:49am 03.27.19 Ask All Sailors 18/7304 I'm fiddin' to haul my H34 for a bottom job. (I'm doing it) and I want to grind the keel down to bar
New barrier coat? refish at 7:29am 03.27.19 Ask All Sailors 50/4618 Beneteau 331 (2003) just hauled for annual maintenance including bottom paint. Yard says, "After loo
Genoa size Flip Rutledge at 7:10am 03.27.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1442 I am looking at replacing the jib on my Hunter 31. I am looking for advice on the size genoa to get.
Navionics VS NV Charts Project_Mayhem at 5:45am 03.27.19 Ask All Sailors 1/1337 I'm new to the world of marine navigation and was looking for some opinions from those who have actu
Rollers w/o Tipping Plymouth Sailor at 4:43am 03.27.19 Ask All Sailors 4/1689 Fellow sailors/boaters, any suggestions on the best roller for oil/alkyd based paint? I used one a
External alternator regulator seadaddler at 3:45am 03.27.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/562 Have a friend with 36 cat not charging and has one of those max external reg and what to check to fi
Boat lines and rigging Canonshooternb at 8:13pm 03.26.19 Big Boats 11/1743 I know there is so many variations and personal preferences on line types and sizing but would like
Anyone Actually Cut up a Sailboat for Disposal? Rick Webb at 6:48pm 03.26.19 Ask All Sailors 31/4011 Our youth sailing program may be disposing of a boat to make way for a donation to our program. Cutt
Crazy way to design alternator charging?(Hunter 45CC) S/V Talisa at 4:31pm 03.26.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2120 Hi, On my Hunter 45CC, the factory saw fit to insert a solenoid between the house and starter batter
Slips available at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Ca Brian D at 4:29pm 03.26.19 Ask All Sailors 5/680 I know this is not an "Ask All Sailors" but I just wanted to inform anyone that there are slips avai
I recently purchased a 1996 Hunter 280 with a water intake cooling question Little Kai at 8:41am 03.26.19 Engines and Propulsion 10/889 Where can I find/locate the cap for the water strainer/filter so I can look and insure there isn't a
Boom mounted hammock? Project_Mayhem at 7:35am 03.26.19 Ask All Sailors 12/3993 Is the forestay strong enough to support 220+ lbs hanging off of the boom?
Slight Bulge In My Batteries (1) GonzoF1 at 7:14am 03.26.19 Musings With Maine Sail 41/6476 I was topping off our GC-2 batteries this weekend and found an every-so-slight bulge in the battery'
Anyone in the Bahamas from here now? Sumner at 6:44am 03.26.19 Destinations 19/3388 We have been in the Bahamas for about a month now. Left the boatyard on Florida's west coast Feb. 1
Support Yachts dlochner at 4:39am 03.26.19 Sails Call Lounge 6/790 As we think about spring outfitting, here's one item that we all need. I think I'll go with the encl

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Weeping Holes at Mast Step Terry Cox at 11:33am 05.02.24 Can anyone recognize this setup and give me some advice? Had a similar problem with our boat and w
want to raise main from cockpit (1) Tally Ho at 11:29am 05.02.24
Weight of an O' Day 27 Tally Ho at 11:17am 05.02.24
West Marine CPP Ablative Antifouling Paint - Opinions? (3) Ralph Johnstone at 10:59am 05.02.24
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Tally Ho at 10:58am 05.02.24 My H280 has a single lever transmission / throttle, and I assume yours does too. You may be referri
Weeping Holes at Mast Step (2) Rich Stidger at 10:47am 05.02.24 You mast leak problem is very common. It looks like you have a Z-Spar mast similar to the one on my
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 10:46am 05.02.24 If you're still looking, These are great and take up very little space. : Amazon.com Thnx
Sailing Sidekicks (1) Timm R Oday25 at 10:42am 05.02.24 Ruby ,our American Staffordshire loves the water ..
want to raise main from cockpit twodzusfittings at 10:14am 05.02.24 All of the above bolted down equipment will need heavy duty backing plates. Drill your holes oversiz
Flickering House Lights BAD ORCA at 9:31am 05.02.24 I just started following this thread as my cabin lights are LED and have been for quite some time n
Outboard depth in water. pclarksurf at 9:14am 05.02.24 @Gene Neill aka sir mix-a-lot ;) That Cat's got back !
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 matts997 at 9:05am 05.02.24 I had a H280 for 8 years (great boat!). Agree with everything mentioned here. My fuel line pull kn
Funny Friday!!! RussC at 8:57am 05.02.24 I was searching for a swim pad to hang out on at anchor and found this photo... If you're still l
Looking for ideas on galley remodel jssailem at 7:52am 05.02.24 I feel your pain Fred. I am about a year behind you, but have been thinking a lot about this future
Outboard depth in water. (1) Gene Neill at 7:48am 05.02.24 I haven't figured out why the stern sits so low. Only weight in the back is the outboard (tohatsu s
hull port (windows) leaking jssailem at 7:44am 05.02.24 It is not instant. I think it will need to be in a mechanically fastened piece of hardware. Tack o
Funny Friday!!! (1) dmax at 7:43am 05.02.24 224528
Looking for ideas on galley remodel dmax at 7:41am 05.02.24 For countertops, I used plywood (epoxy sealed) covered with formica, with teak edge moulding from de
hull port (windows) leaking Project_Mayhem at 7:27am 05.02.24 I used butyl on one of my windows. It's still not 100% flush with the fiberglass as the amount of fo
Remove hot water tank 1988 Hunter 28.5 Claude L.-Auger at 6:52am 05.02.24 My guess is it's probably empty since PO bypassed it. To drain, if it does not go directly to the dr

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