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Holding Tank Upgrades wavydog2018 at 1:37pm 05.14.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/779 Hi Ms Hall - Read your latest book ( a Christmas present )- loved it - makes so much sense! In order
Prop For a 1981 Hunter 27 with Yanmar 1GM roadwornpa at 1:14pm 05.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/369 What is the proper size Two bladed prop for this boat?
Heading for the water ! (1) Villvind at 1:12pm 05.14.19 Big Boats 4/535
Spinnaker Pole length - exactly markwbird at 8:37am 05.14.19 Ask All Sailors 27/7198 I recently got a back alley deal on a used spinnaker pole from a guy who's name I did not catch. It
Steering wheel cover Beneteau 43 grevay at 8:22am 05.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/867 Has anyone restored their Beneteau steering wheel cover? Both are worn and I don't want to have to
SG200 and Firefly Garbonzo at 6:52am 05.14.19 Musings With Maine Sail 0/685 OK, My vintage BATMON from Ample Power (you gotta be old to even remember that product and company)
2012 Mercury manual Windcree at 5:49am 05.14.19 Engines and Propulsion 6/697 I just picked up a used 2012 Mercury 4 HP outboard. Does anyone know were I might download a manual
B361 temperature reading ping141 at 2:56am 05.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/2918 Hi! My ST60 Tridata display is stuck on -3.5 degrees Celsius. Even Norway is not that cold... Speed
Keeping the fridge/freezer cold while sailing pumpkinpie at 12:05am 05.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/7285 I'm in the process of purchasing a 2006 Hunter 41 DS. It has a Separate front loading Refrigerator a
catalina 250: replacing antifouling coat and boat stand rig francois.lavoie at 8:10pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 0/749 I have a catalina 250 with ballast and swing keel. I intend to sand the old antifouling coat only an
Deck Painting jamieFL at 6:55pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 20/2482 My project keeps drifting. Everything I do sparks more work. I'm working on a 1988 Watkins 25. At
Inflatable dinghy recommendations iamwhatiam at 4:05pm 05.13.19 Catalina 22 34/8376 I apologize if this has been asked already...tried the search engine but didn't see anything recent.
Oops we did it again (2) The Rabbit at 2:37pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 3/733 Good times in Miami
Splicing Tiny Dyneema (5) AaronD at 12:32pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 4/5720 I've been using single-braid dyneema (Amsteel, Endura 12, etc.) for a variety of applications. It's
Solids in the water tank (1) Oceanis 440 NY at 12:30pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1756 Hi All, Cleaned out the water tanks (to the best of my ability) and found these pieces of ??? In th
Hurrisheet? WayneH at 10:35am 05.13.19 Weather and Forecasting 2/895 I ran across an interesting website while doing "research". flhurricane.com with a tag line of "Hu
The 170 and an Asym Spinnaker..... Shorefun at 10:18am 05.13.19 Day Sailers 4/786 My boat came with the asym spinnaker which I doubt has ever been used. The hull did not get all the
Easier to replace a Jabsco head than to fix it? limbodog at 7:21am 05.13.19 Big Boats 21/5737 I've got two heads. One goes to a cracked holding tank. We won't talk about that. The other goes t
Leaking Water Tank On Port Tack-O'Day 34' Windchime2 at 4:22am 05.13.19 Ask An Oday Owner 5/997 On out last 2 outings one of the bilge pumps kept cycling on, but strangely only when we were on a p
Prop Stuck on Shaft Steverhnm at 11:49pm 05.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2220 After great pains and exhausting all manner of contraptions I finally cut the nuts off my prop shaft

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Repair water damaged wood. Newport 30 MK III dlochner at 12:36pm 12.20.24 Oh man can I relate, i have so many leaks inside the deck that looks just like that. I'm not sure h
Bimini tubing chafe Tally Ho at 12:35pm 12.20.24 Better the Bimini tube than the back stay :yikes: Greg
Retired person with too much time on his hands? (1) Tally Ho at 12:32pm 12.20.24
Repair water damaged wood. Newport 30 MK III Newport28 at 12:28pm 12.20.24 Oh man can I relate, i have so many leaks inside the deck that looks just like that. I'm not sure ho
Diesel injector testing Tally Ho at 12:28pm 12.20.24 It is fun to see that Happy Face when the engine they worked on fires up. I have enjoyed that feeli
Barton Marine removable traveler Tally Ho at 12:27pm 12.20.24 And if you are really concerned about spilling wind in a gust, use the traveller. I have mid-boom
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? Crazy Dave Condon at 11:58am 12.20.24 Suggest one strap over the cockpit. If new, I would recommend cushioning it going over the edges.
Barton Marine removable traveler bob45 at 10:19am 12.20.24 Right on Ya'll... I think the play is to run the traveller lines back (in case of de-power situation
Barton Marine removable traveler dLj at 9:58am 12.20.24 I have a 4:1 mid boom set-up... i thought i needed a winch? The only sailboats I've ever had that
Barton Marine removable traveler dlochner at 9:58am 12.20.24 I have a 4:1 mid boom set-up... i thought i needed a winch? Because of the increase loads on mid-
Barton Marine removable traveler jssailem at 9:58am 12.20.24
Barton Marine removable traveler (1) bob45 at 9:38am 12.20.24 Bob, with the proper blocks and minimized friction you should not need a winch to handle the mainsh
Barton Marine removable traveler jssailem at 9:28am 12.20.24 Lead the mainsheet back too, with room for a winch Bob, with the proper blocks and minimized frict
Bimini tubing chafe Project_Mayhem at 9:12am 12.20.24 My last boat had this issue. The back stay had cut all the way through a small portion of the tubing
Barton Marine removable traveler bob45 at 9:06am 12.20.24 Thanks for every ones input on this. some pretty compelling arguments both directions. quite a bit o
Winter wet storage in Massachusetts North Shore RitSim at 9:06am 12.20.24 I looked at winter slip storage but I would need a Spring Quick haul for bottom cleaning/ zinc repl
Diesel injector testing jssailem at 9:05am 12.20.24 It is fun to see that Happy Face when the engine they worked on fires up. I have enjoyed that feelin
Winter wet storage in Massachusetts North Shore dLj at 8:57am 12.20.24 Friends of mine that live on their boat in Boston, put a covering on to keep the boat warmer in the
H42P - Factory specs of the thru hulls below the water line 1992 Hunter Passage 42 Terry Cox at 8:41am 12.20.24 We do have a generator Our boat has a heat pump beneath the starboard settee, main cabin and one b
Bimini tubing chafe dlochner at 8:10am 12.20.24 Thanks for the photos. If you push the lower fittings for the forward bow up, it will push the forw

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