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Webasto 16K A/C Manny at 6:05pm 04.17.18 Ask All Sailors 0/732 Hey, Anyone a Webasto A/C expert on here? On my new (to me) boat i tried firing up the a/c this pas
Hunter 28.5 Keel rust removal jetblast at 6:04pm 04.17.18 Ask All Sailors 5/1322
Autoprop B.B. rebuild LeslieTroyer at 5:02pm 04.17.18 Musings With Maine Sail 4/670 im rebuilding an Autoprop I picked up for a good price. I was going to grind a socket to use as th
Cowl Vent (1) Tom & Deb at 2:58pm 04.17.18 Catalina 310 8/1017 My cowl vent fell off and they need to be custom ordered for $160 a pair. This is the fiberglass ven
Mast Halyard Slides and Mainsail Shackles OdayGeorge at 10:48am 04.17.18 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2569 Hi, My mast slides have started to break and the new slides sold at West Marine and Defender fit th
Catalina 320, Over rated? (4) WKW at 9:29am 04.17.18 Forum Help (Site Talk) 14/8142 The Catalina 320's are plenty out there and they held their value well. Unfortunately, you have many
Help needed snadd1s at 9:09am 04.17.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/619 Hello, Due to an accident in the marina, i need the length of the baby ( fore ) stay on a Bene 473
Bedding coachroof slide rails Northstar1014 at 7:52am 04.17.18 Ask All Sailors 10/725 Hello all, This spring I removed the teak companionway / coachroof slides from my Cape Dory 27 to ha
AMF Sunbird 16 Swing Keel Removal Simon Sexton at 7:39am 04.17.18 Ask All Sailors 3/3047 Hey Everyone, Good morning! Last night I was working on the AMF Sunbird I've been restorin
Should I remove my water heater? SirMichael at 6:24am 04.17.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1715 I have an 88 Hunter 28.5 that I purchased three years ago. I have never used the water heater (curre
St. Louis area sailing jblersch at 7:59pm 04.16.18 Smaller Boats 0/8
St. Louis area sailing jblersch at 7:56pm 04.16.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/341 I am considering a new job in the St. Louis area (St. Charles, to be specific) and of course need to
H23.5 Replacing Jam Cleats and other modifications Chris Flanagan at 6:51pm 04.16.18 Smaller Boats 6/556 I am looking to replace the worn out jam cleats with a double rope clutch one for the main halyard a
Long shaft 20" versus 25" ronkS2 at 6:22pm 04.16.18 Smaller Boats 15/3652 Hey guys had one last question on long shafts 20 vs. 25. I have been very happy with my 20 inch sh
Anyone ever hear of this stuff? Good for making you go faster... Maybe? (2) BranThomps at 6:15pm 04.16.18 Smaller Boats 12/831 I caught wind of this earlier today. I'm wondering if I need to purchase any. What do you think? Loo
hunter 41 house banks Valerio at 5:43pm 04.16.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/618 I just recived my new to me 2005 hunter, my house bank is a automotive 225 amps bank. With only usab
Running Lights Beneteau 37. DLW at 4:35pm 04.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/642 Recently bought a 2013 37 ltd. The starboard navigation light is not working. I removed the mounti
Inflatable dinghy service life dave_and_dd at 4:34pm 04.16.18 Ask All Sailors 7/621 Hey guys, I have a 2005 inflatable I'd like to get rid of (I've never used in the 3 years I've had
V berth fresh water tank leak Clydo at 3:57pm 04.16.18 Catalina 310 14/1576 Anyone have this problem? Drained and refilled fresh water tank ( 37 gals) under V berth. Opened f
Shaft key SS or Bronze? Solstice at 11:54am 04.16.18 Musings With Maine Sail 8/1043

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Ground? Tally Ho at 1:56pm 07.16.23
Shooting some video in the harbor dlochner at 1:53pm 07.16.23 Thanks, Dave, I've seen many of those. Most of my crash course has been on Youtube video channels.
I have an 21' American Fiberglass dlochner at 1:41pm 07.16.23 We're going to need a better description of the information you want. Photos help a lot.
Ground? jviss at 1:30pm 07.16.23
Ground? (1) Tally Ho at 12:53pm 07.16.23 Interesting. What gauge wire? Solid or stranded? Stranded. Not sure what gauge it is. I just c
Genoa? Gennaker? Other? Hollyberry at 12:10pm 07.16.23 If you're short/double handed tacking a 135 is several degrees easier than a 150, though possibly no
Winch handle safe use stickinthemud57 at 11:58am 07.16.23 While I normally do not leave the winch handle in the winch unless it's being used, like every rule
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May (1) Dave at 11:47am 07.16.23 For us dyslectics switching between North up and Course/heading up is problematic. Some fuses may
Winch handle safe use Hayden Watson at 11:46am 07.16.23 You can save yet another step in those conditions if instead of centering the traveler and then pul
Winch handle safe use Stu Jackson at 11:36am 07.16.23 center the traveler; You can save yet another step in those conditions if instead of centering the
New owner! Vincent Williams at 11:11am 07.16.23 Just purchased 2014 Catalina 275 in the process of getting it from lake Huron to LI sound in CT. Boa
Genoa? Gennaker? Other? David in Sandusky at 11:07am 07.16.23 If you are cruising, I vote for an Asymetric. If you are racing, you need a sail to allow you to go
off to the races PaulK at 10:36am 07.16.23 Nice. Chi-Mac is great, but the weather can get more interesting than one might wish. We blew out
Hunter 30 Cheurbini - Rigging and Mods PCannonSr1 at 10:29am 07.16.23 I own a 1979 H30C. Send me a PM on this site and I'll walk you through each section of the rigging
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May shemandr at 10:27am 07.16.23 I can read that.
Catalina Stickers dmax at 10:03am 07.16.23 When applying vinyl stickers, put a small amont of dish soap or laundry soap with water into a spray
Ground? (1) jviss at 10:02am 07.16.23 FWIW, here's the ground and bonding scheme schematic form the Tartan 3800 manual. It is, indeed, #8
Vacu flush bowl seal deforming Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:56am 07.16.23 If it's happening immediately after installing new seals, it appears you got a defective Teflon piec
Catalina Stickers Jacktar at 8:55am 07.16.23 Ritgold, good eye, it was 2 parter and I did not get it exactly level on port side, did better on st
Ground? Scott T-Bird at 8:44am 07.16.23 I'm having a hard time understanding where the ends of wires (and how many wires) are connected but

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