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Curiosity, How are the chain plates attached on the 170? Shorefun at 6:35pm 09.23.18 Day Sailers 3/590 Just looking at my 170 and the chain plates caught my eye. They do not need to come out and I am no
Just observation on Plexus MA300 Shorefun at 6:18pm 09.23.18 Day Sailers 4/1051 Not sure if this was covered before. The Plexus MA300 in 50mL has it is equivalent to Devcon Plastic
95 Santana 2023c water tank in the bow?????? squarerigger at 5:22pm 09.23.18 Trailer Sailors 4/1648 just bought a 95 Santana 2023c and there is a tank /void/???? in the bow of the v berth forward of t
Keel locking pin (3) kclancy at 3:18pm 09.23.18 Catalina 22 57/4269 Hi all, I finally got tired of all the water i would have in my boat after a day or two of sailing.
Rebuilding a roller furler sail Charlie of Sarasota at 2:42pm 09.23.18 Ask All Sailors 8/412 My roller fueler was damaged in a storm. Only the luff was damaged and I want to replace the panels
Subtropical Storm Leslie JamesG161 at 12:56pm 09.23.18 Weather and Forecasting 7/945 This a North Central Atlantic Storm. It has been brewing for days. It doesn't look to threaten any l
Roller Furlers for Racers markwbird at 9:48am 09.23.18 Ask All Sailors 13/1692
Restoring a 1970s Keel Andrewjh26 at 9:07am 09.23.18 Ask All Sailors 4/442 Any tips or suggestions?
ODay 272 LE andyjeff at 8:19am 09.23.18 Ask An Oday Owner 2/874 Does anyone have information on a getting dodger for an Oday 272.
Hunter 216 mooring Hunter216 at 8:02pm 09.22.18 Smaller Boats 23/3637
Replaced throttle cable, idle running at high RPMs Brian D at 7:39pm 09.22.18 Ask All Sailors 8/2579 The length of the throttle cable from my pedestal to the outboard was 13 feet. It needed to be repla
Splice Mast Bonding Wire? (1) SteveB at 5:40pm 09.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1073 I inadvertently cut the mast ground wire during unstepping process (see photo). Can I splice this wi
Too much rust? (2) Gi49336 at 2:29pm 09.22.18 Trailer Sailors 7/963
New Battery Installation (1) 2 OLD PIRATES at 10:06am 09.22.18 Catalina 310 14/2569 Well my batteries finally FRIED. 8 yrs old. I have a Charles which I think I should replace when I g
Hunter 37 cutter Mast Rake and Prebend bommers at 8:46am 09.22.18 The Cherubini Hunters 15/2621 Hunter 37 cutter owners, how much prebend and rake do you run....Yes its a very stiff mast :) Got
Barber Hauler (1) Bill19233 at 7:30am 09.22.18 Ask All Sailors 59/20720 To avoid hijacking another thread, I thought I would post a new topic. Does anyone regularly use a b
Tropical Depression 11 JamesG161 at 6:31am 09.22.18 Weather and Forecasting 7/871 This one is different than all the Invest's being tracked now. TD 11 popped up over night, most like
New Running Rigging pfaffk at 6:16am 09.22.18 Mid-Size Boats 7/909 Good Morning, I had planned on replacing all of my running rigging next Spring, as they have never b
Propane system safe? (2) uralite at 8:06pm 09.21.18 Catalina 30 11/2301 I have a Catalina 30 TR from 1982 with Force 10 propane stove. The owner of the boat (I coop) says s
Hunter 270 for the win (10) Lee3170 at 6:54pm 09.21.18 Smaller Boats 10/3019 All right guys here it goes.....we bought a 2002 Hunter 270 last may, blown out sails, rotten floor

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New to me Cat 22 (1) LakeShark at 1:15pm 04.01.24 @mashmaster Welcome to the forum and the boat ownership club. I would highly echo @morbidfollower i
Nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log mermike at 12:56pm 04.01.24 Yep, I'm aware. Other Yammie owners might know.
working on my yanmar 2gm Scott T-Bird at 11:00am 04.01.24 I don't see a cable attached to your shut off lever. The cable is normally attached to a handle mou
Catalina 22 Paint project with Alexseal. (2) Fidgit at 10:56am 04.01.24 Here's a picture of the roller (post use) it's normally white foam. The texture is tough to get but
Moving from Ranger 12 to ?? LloydB at 10:43am 04.01.24 I read post #8 as having said they won't let their rental sailboats go out when wind speed above 15,
Asymmetrical Spinnaker hardware LakeShark at 9:36am 04.01.24 Does anyone have a setup for adjusting the height of the tack with a tack line? Or are you just doi
Asymmetrical Spinnaker hardware Davidasailor26 at 9:32am 04.01.24 Does anyone have a setup for adjusting the height of the tack with a tack line? Or are you just doi
Nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log kappykaplan at 9:22am 04.01.24 mermike, the OP hasn't been seen since 19 Feb 2020.
Asymmetrical Spinnaker hardware morbidfollower at 8:55am 04.01.24 Does anyone have a setup for adjusting the height of the tack with a tack line? Or are you just doin
Not understanding stop solenoid function Scott T-Bird at 8:53am 04.01.24 Thanks Claude, So that sounds even better. I don't have to worry about the hold position running t
Bent wing keels artboas at 8:49am 04.01.24 I recently looked at a Hunter Passage 42. The aft edge of the wing keel was bent with a curv
Are you Ready for Spring? jssailem at 8:31am 04.01.24
Stuffing box question. Ralph Johnstone at 8:24am 04.01.24 As a surveyor once told me : "no good comes of water inside a boat!" ESPECIALLY when it's in your
Stem Fitting marchem at 8:16am 04.01.24 The one on our 310, hull #31, from 2000 is the new version. But it may have been replaced when the b
Not understanding stop solenoid function (2) Claude L.-Auger at 8:08am 04.01.24 Hi Scott, I installed the Trombetta 610 on my 3GM30F 2 years ago. I wired it such that the Hold wire
Not understanding stop solenoid function Scott T-Bird at 7:56am 04.01.24 Just wondering why you'd replace a manual shutoff that is nearly foolproof as long as the cable fun
Not understanding stop solenoid function Scott T-Bird at 7:45am 04.01.24 The drawing on the first page shows the plunger in the retracted position when on and extended whe
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . (2) Jim Legere at 7:36am 04.01.24 In my town (Halifax, Nova Scotia) we have two suspension bridges that those behemoth container ships
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 (2) Scott NIelsen at 6:49am 04.01.24 Having gone through all the above mentioned permeations described above I replaced the macerator wit
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . jssailem at 6:20am 04.01.24 In less than a minute one can get a glimpse into the money decisions made in Baltimore and Maryland.

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