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Hood Swivel arelic1949 at 6:04pm 10.23.24 Parts Search 4/688
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Dyneema Double Eye (2) FlimFlamII at 5:31pm 10.23.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1117
30 amp Circuit breaker Sanfelice at 4:28pm 10.23.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/731 FYI - Catalina used a 30 amp circuit breaker on late 80s and early 90s cat 30s . Perhaps other model
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 (1) KGarvey at 2:20pm 10.23.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1289 Hello All, I was wondering if anyone has experienced their propeller shaft bracket dropping down as
Too Good to be True But maybe worth the Price of Admission Hello Below at 10:53am 10.23.24 Musings With Maine Sail 13/1854 I have not done any research into this device with the exception of clicking on a Home Page news sto
What is this stuff on my hull? (1) illusion1024 at 10:39am 10.23.24 Ask All Sailors 13/1291 After haulout and power washing, a number of black deposits (see photo) remain on the hull below the
@nd fuel tank in Hunter 50AC betsyderek at 9:37am 10.23.24 Ask All Sailors 3/355 Hello, From the factory in our 2012 Hunter 50AC there was a 2nd fuel tank under the galley floor. It
35.5 running rigging jeanmarc109 at 9:35am 10.23.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/455
Universal M25XP dies after 30 to 40 minutes V&J at 8:32am 10.22.24 Engines and Propulsion 19/3909 On our 1991 Catalina 30, the Universal M25XP engine has been stopping shortly after it reaches opera
Yanmar engine life RickK at 7:15am 10.22.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1519 I'm thinking of buying a Ranger 265, 28 years old with the original engine. Can anyone please advise
Cabin Top Winch Advice... ...3TacksontheWater at 12:11pm 10.21.24 Catalina 22 11/12407 Getting ready to plan for repurposing my Lewmar #6 winches on the cabin top to handle the lines led
New Windows for Oday 272 Iriegal at 10:55am 10.21.24 Ask An Oday Owner 15/1765 Hey All, I am getting ready to replace the windows on my Oday 272. I already have the Starboard si
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass baycloud at 10:42am 10.21.24 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 34/14643 Hey all, another video in my series (man I wish I had more time to do more!) So...against all advic
Axle length Steve Pysher at 6:20am 10.21.24 Smaller Boats 9/1199 Does anyone know the axle length for a Hunter 26 trailer? I need to replace an axle that broke in ha
Hurricane Nadine (2) jssailem at 4:27am 10.21.24 Weather and Forecasting 4/10990 Spawned yesterday in Guatemala this TS is anticipated to develop into a Hurricane as it heads wester
Hurricane Oscar (2) JamesG161 at 5:38pm 10.20.24 Weather and Forecasting 0/353 Dammit JIM...
1990 O'Day Daysailer 3 - sunk in Hurricane Helene AGMTurning40 at 2:40pm 10.20.24 Day Sailers 6/1083 I owned a 1990 O'Day Daysailer 3 for the last 25 years. This boat provided me and my family with som
Aluminum Mast (including forestay and port and starboard shrouds) and boom- from 1990 O'Day Daysailor 3 AGMTurning40 at 12:33pm 10.20.24 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/197 Both mast and boom in good condition. Have forestay, and shrouds with spreader still attached. Boo
Wooden rudder/tiller from 1990 O'Day Daysailor 3 - good condition, recently refinished (2) AGMTurning40 at 12:17pm 10.20.24 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/174 This rudder/tiller was used on a 1990 O'Day Daysailor 3 and has been varnished multiple times in the

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Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? colemj at 2:53pm 10.12.25 Is the limit four batteries in series or four batteries in parallel? I understand the series limit,
How to identify and dispose of abandoned sailboat. rgranger at 2:38pm 10.12.25 So you just want to steal a boat and do what you want with it. Sounds like a real solid plan....
Reefing lines jamming shawanaga at 2:16pm 10.12.25
Reefing lines jamming shawanaga at 2:15pm 10.12.25 Hook blocks on to where you have your vang connected, on either side That's what I do and it works f
How to identify and dispose of abandoned sailboat. dLj at 1:57pm 10.12.25 We've got lots of attorneys, any tip on who to contact? We are not concerned with unpaid storage,
How to identify and dispose of abandoned sailboat. Rick Webb at 1:21pm 10.12.25 If it was Documented with the Coast Guard and not titled with the state you are going to be dealing
How to identify and dispose of abandoned sailboat. David in Sandusky at 12:37pm 10.12.25 You do need to be concerned with obtaining the legal right to junk the boat. Something like the proc
How to identify and dispose of abandoned sailboat. JBP-PA at 12:24pm 10.12.25 There are companies that will do a title search for the documentation. The club will have to file
Remote access for OpenPlotter SV Temenos at 11:49am 10.12.25 I'm running version 2.91 of the cerbo. I don't see the screen you have. How do you navigate to it?
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? sailbadsinner at 11:24am 10.12.25 So with the October Amazon Prime Days this week, I ended up buying a Zetawale 2,500 W pure sine wave
How to identify and dispose of abandoned sailboat. dlochner at 10:53am 10.12.25 There are companies that will do a title search for the documentation. The club will have to file a
Waterlogged Project_Mayhem at 10:48am 10.12.25 For above water fittings I'd use BedIT. For below, Id use 3M 4000UV or 4200. Loktite has a version o
Plastic boats Project_Mayhem at 10:40am 10.12.25 Thank you for the kind words. Perhaps, and I have absolutely no idea of how, we could set up a page
Ceramic heater on board? JBP-PA at 10:38am 10.12.25 One human is about 100 watts of heat. Dogs and cats vary.
Deck core repair around mast base. Oday 23-2 Project_Mayhem at 10:37am 10.12.25 Nice work so far! On my 25 the wiring was ran in the corner where the bulkhead met the cabin top bu
Replacing ALL of the plumbing (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:26am 10.12.25 The quick connect "toolless" connectors are really expensive. At the risk of running afoul of Mr.
Irwin 1970 23ft Project_Mayhem at 10:14am 10.12.25 You should put new packing in the stuffing box. I don't think it really matters what type you use as
Electrical Project Almost Complete ShawnL at 9:33am 10.12.25 Or if you get up north, we have some nice places to sail as well (without having to brave Superior).
Hunter 18 swim ladder install Crazy Dave Condon at 9:30am 10.12.25 Thank you for advising. I became involved with all small boat designs in 1989 at Hunter
Merit 22 owners RussC at 8:42am 10.12.25 If the shrouds are really slack they need to be tightened. If there is not enough room on the turnb

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