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Hunter 240 Centerboard Repair - Rest on Trailer without Centerboard? (1) Captain Beyond at 6:18am 05.17.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/532 I recently purchased a Hunter 240 and need to drop the centerboard to repair a crack. The boat yard
Hatch Area Leaking--solution? (1) Steffied99 at 6:02am 05.17.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/757 HI all, We recently replaced the main hatch near the galley since we thought it was leaking. After
Bad day in a J/24 Jackdaw at 5:23am 05.17.18 Ask All Sailors 80/7916 Know these guys. Duluth MN YC beercans last night. Everyone OK. Will know more later. 7792455489364
bow weight Franklin at 12:12am 05.17.18 Ask All Sailors 21/4176 With a chat with a neighbor sailor, he mentioned something about a chat he had with a boat builder a
Navy stealth boats in Dana Point (5) Skipper at 7:39pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 24/4680 Navy Special Boat Operations. Today in Dana Point. Although a different sailor aboard said not Nav
Almost time to pull her out (1) flynhi4u at 7:25pm 05.16.18 Smaller Boats 4/572 Finally getting caught up enough to start getting the boat ready to launch. One of the things I like
343 mainsheet system connecticut at 4:12pm 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/2036 Im a proud new B343 owner. Not so proud about having trouble rigging. The owners manual is not great
And what do you hear? Brian D at 3:09pm 05.16.18 Sails Call Lounge 34/2507 JvKKd32Yw2E
Mast leak h40.5 Solved! (6) Rich Stidger at 2:18pm 05.16.18 Big Boats 10/2653 Three years ago I pulled the mast in my h40.5, and ever since then I have had a water leak down thro
Dual Battery Setup Question Northstar1014 at 1:35pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 12/2088 Hi all, I have a question about using a deep cycle and a starting battery as part of the same batte
Anyone on Lake Ouachita Texas Gun-Man at 1:20pm 05.16.18 Trailer Sailors 0/543 I posted on another spot but it was suggested that I check on this forum. Anyone on Lake Ouachita i
Dinghy Brackets (1) Randall Schmidt at 12:22pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 3/662 A neighbor at my marina with a 27 foot cruising sloop mounted L brackets on his port side stanchions
Midnight Sun Blaise at 12:09pm 05.16.18 The Cherubini Hunters 4/685 We just finished our 7th race from St Pete, Fl to Isla Mujeres (just off of Cancun). We finished fir
Attaching boom vane to mast on Lancer 25 Deanner60 at 11:07am 05.16.18 Lancer 2/2140 I have a 1980 lancer 25 . The boom vane wase removed and stored in the boat. I am trying to reinsta
Lake Ouachita in Arkansas Texas Gun-Man at 11:04am 05.16.18 Destinations 5/2262
Replacing furler on a Legend 37.5 wouterdebie at 10:59am 05.16.18 Big Boats 3/702 Hi all, I recently bought a 1992 Legend 37.5 that has a rolling headsail furler with a continuous l
prepping to paint the pearson p26 - advice and insights welcome :) (1) tipsyravensailing at 10:20am 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 3/766 Hey all. been a hot minute as i've been bringing other things around at the house. but i'm back on
Best fire prevention device for sailboat w/ diesel engine, etc. Pat at 9:03am 05.16.18 Ask An Oday Owner 27/2867 my original fire ext. needs to be replaced I think....I purchased it in the spring of 1986...it says
Secondary Fuel Filter Not Needed Jeff652 at 8:56am 05.16.18 Catalina 310 10/3657 I was perusing Catalina Direct web site and I was surprised to see that the secondary fuel filter (U
B331 starboard seat back Chesapeake 331 at 8:07am 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/11 Hello all! Still working on the clean up of our Beneteau 331 and I've just now realized that the sea

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3M 5200 dLj at 7:25am 09.03.24 5200 is not banned. Stay on topic and try avoid the political bs/fud. Actually - the topic IS the
Cat 25 volcano leak!! kloudie1 at 7:21am 09.03.24 If you've confirmed that it is not seeping from the hose, I would suspect that the wire rope-to-keel
3M 5200 Leeward Rail at 7:19am 09.03.24 it would seem that California has banned more an more things over the years. Hmmmm guess the Lith
Speed over water not working Scott T-Bird at 7:16am 09.03.24 If you bought the transducer within the past 2 years it should be on warranty. Call B&G service dep
3M 5200 Leeward Rail at 7:12am 09.03.24 It is better to fix fiberglass than missing wood Not sure how a teak beam that Is bolted down with
3M 5200 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:59am 09.03.24 5200 applied from water line and down along with hull to deck joints was always suggested by the ind
H42 Passage lists to port Terry Cox at 6:34am 09.03.24 Has anyone else noticed this? No. No list here. Our boat has a pretty balanced load even with the
3M 5200 Ward H at 5:41am 09.03.24 "I raised the issue because there is too much disinformation, misinformation, and plain old rumor m
top side handrails mermike at 5:03am 09.03.24 I'm not 100% sure. I thought the handrails were through bolted from the inside, with the nuts under
Passage 42 Bent Keel shemandr at 4:37am 09.03.24 Yeah, you have to look at the tabbing around the keel pan and the tabbing around all the bulkheads.
Passage 42 Bent Keel georgeleo at 4:35am 09.03.24 Your right .entire keel area will need minute inspection.
3M 5200 sailme88 at 3:22am 09.03.24 it would seem that California has banned more an more things over the years. Along with that goes a
3M 5200 dlochner at 2:32am 09.03.24 This is simply not true. If it was then get rid of all your epoxy and polyester resin. I agree that
What kind of propane regulator to use? MikeHoncho at 10:21pm 09.02.24 I don't have a picture of the refill adapter, so I will describe it. Listed in order of connection
What kind of propane regulator to use? MikeHoncho at 10:12pm 09.02.24 The pressure fluctuation is the result of LPGs vapor pressure and is consistent with the data. They
Megayacht Bayesian sank Hayden Watson at 10:00pm 09.02.24 I was also thinking the hull got punctured, but first I asked myself how much anchor rode they had
3M 5200 MikeHoncho at 9:59pm 09.02.24 There is nothing on a boat that is a never remove solution. This is simply not true. If it was the
top side handrails jssailem at 9:06pm 09.02.24 Using plugs is a good thought to finish off the look on the liner. That would resolve the issue in
To charge or not to charge SEMPERAVANTI41 at 7:55pm 09.02.24 When I stated 3 independent outputs of the Cristec charger, I meant that the 3 outputs were isolated
Lake Superior morning (1) DaveJ at 7:29pm 09.02.24 Lake Ontario evening. Mouth of the Niagara River. cheers

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