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Iron keel - white, acidic liquid? BrolleSenior at 10:32am 04.23.18 Ask All Sailors 13/1534 Hi! First year with my new old boat out of the water and I notice this weird, white, acidic liquid
Electric system for Hunter 240 Chern at 9:32am 04.23.18 Ask All Sailors 16/2243 I just got Hunter 240 and need to set up new power system. Batteries, solar panels etc. I need to p
My Weekend Painting Odyssey... Plymouth Sailor at 9:25am 04.23.18 Ask All Sailors 0/292 Fellow Sailors, if I may, I would like to impart my experience, success and foibles in painting my t
What's the Lock for on Jabsco Toilet? (1) Manly at 9:06am 04.23.18 Ask All Sailors 23/7851 This is probably a dumb question, but on the standard lock/twist model of the manual Jabsco toilet,
Crack in cockpit floor (1) Milton.Audas at 8:14am 04.23.18 Catalina 22 25/6394 G'day. Has anyone encountered this cracking problem in the cockpit floor of the early model (1980) C
hardware compatibility question Justin_NSA at 7:31am 04.23.18 Engines and Propulsion 7/1538 I was finishing up my propshaft coupling installation and had a problem with the pinch bolts. I sent
Raymarine raydome RWSlater at 7:13am 04.23.18 Ask All Sailors 4/925 I have an RD218 raydome and need to unplug the cable, put some dielectric grease in, and reseat the
Outhaul replacement line Jon Elliott at 6:42am 04.23.18 The Cherubini Hunters 43/7365 Looking for some guidance on replacing my worn outhaul line on our 1978 H27 with the in-boom double
Hunter Owners on the Race Course Bill19233 at 6:20am 04.23.18 Racing 9/2001 Raced my Hunter 340 in the GBCA 2018 Conundrum double handed cruising class this weekend. 22 boats i
How to get this fixture open to replace bulb? (1) danstanford at 5:59am 04.23.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/1537 Any ideas? Riveted to mast so no way to get at the back of it without a lot of work.
Key Snapped in Mobella Lock (2) Eds-Therapy at 4:39am 04.23.18 Ask All Sailors 17/3076 I have recently snapped the key inside a Mobella lock on my boat. Fortunately the lock is in the ope
Important notice re: Splendide Washer / Dryer combo artboas at 8:24pm 04.22.18 Big Boats 4/1837 Ok, so I'm lucky enough to have a washer / dryer in my stbd aft cabin on my 49. But, what you must r
Sold my 272! (1) agprice22 at 3:24pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 12/737 Getting my old 272 ready for delivery this week.... I think it looks pretty good!
Were the kids ever in danger? Brian D at 3:24pm 04.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 44/3966 View the video and give us your opinion. I am sure none of us are Marine Biologist here so unless yo
Removing unknown sealent (1) JRT at 3:01pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 11/915 The previous owner did some very messy sealing of the ports. It is holding fine and I really want t
Window issue (2) stonybrookpictures at 2:56pm 04.22.18 Catalina 22 5/697 Has any one had this problem. I have a Cat 22 MKII and the interior base of one of the windows is de
Controlling shaft key dehler25 at 2:45pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 8/699 Anyone find a trick to keep the impeller shaft key from sliding back on reinstalling the impeller. I
DIY battery pack from recycled 18650 cells Hayden Watson at 2:26pm 04.22.18 Musings With Maine Sail 2/2038 I have to ask. There are a bunch of DIY vids on building a Tesla style power wall battery pack usin
Is it ever OK to see smoke coming from the alternator ... shemandr at 1:16pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 33/10432 Today I hooked up the batteries in order to test some gauge circuits. No shore power. Battery swit
Air conditioner strainer cleaning (1) Vegas at 12:47pm 04.22.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/4502 Gonna finally get around to cleaning my air conditioning seawater strainer....see picture. Any tric

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Halyard lines for a rudder capri 16.5 ShawnL at 1:14pm 08.31.24 Honestly, unless you're beaching it, etc. I'd just lock it down and be done with it. I have a '72 C
What kind of propane regulator to use? Ralph Johnstone at 1:10pm 08.31.24 but you are thinking outside the insane asylum. Oh c'mon, just outside their front door at worst.
What kind of propane regulator to use? Rich Stidger at 12:38pm 08.31.24 Ever think of converting the oven portion of the range into a wood burning oven ? to think outside
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario Foswick at 12:30pm 08.31.24
What kind of propane regulator to use? (1) Rich Stidger at 12:26pm 08.31.24 I think I see a light at the end of this tunnel. With the oven thermostat removed, I bought a tap t
How do you paint under the keel when on a trailer LloydB at 11:13am 08.31.24 Sailboats are designed to lay on the ground when the tide goes out (or at least should be). Lift the
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario shaant01 at 11:03am 08.31.24 There are no tides on Lake Ontario. There is a general west to east current, however on most days i
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario shaant01 at 11:00am 08.31.24 Thanks for the information! I would like to know how to chart an accurate course in case the elect
porthole gasket, 1974 Cal29 servechilled at 10:59am 08.31.24 Interesting. That's definitely closer to the profile I'm looking for. The challenge is finding it in
Raw water strainer for the air conditioner pump Moon Dytuck at 10:52am 08.31.24 So you know, those screen type filters aren't going to stop the "silt" that you mentioned. Which is
Raw water strainer for the air conditioner pump Moon Dytuck at 10:50am 08.31.24 Ours is all still original after nearly 10 years, and it still feels as solid as ever when I take i
2014 Marlow Hunter e33 Issues Hello Below at 10:44am 08.31.24 You can find a little info on this site. Hunter e33 Documents - SBO Otherwise most manuals, for indi
What kind of propane regulator to use? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:57am 08.31.24 Actually everything is connected and working properly and I am down to getting a replacement oven t
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario Foswick at 9:16am 08.31.24 I think they have probably already heard of GPS and understand the benefits. The question was about
2014 Marlow Hunter e33 Issues Occasional Heeler at 9:14am 08.31.24
porthole gasket, 1974 Cal29 (4) jssailem at 8:29am 08.31.24
Catalina 16.5 mast support (2) Oldskoolguy at 8:18am 08.31.24 Bungees
Catalina 16.5 mast support Oldskoolguy at 8:11am 08.31.24 Thank you, Dave. Yeah, I figured it out that I needed to lash the mast at both supports, and also
Catalina 16.5 mast support Oldskoolguy at 8:10am 08.31.24 @Oldskoolguy please post a photo how the mast is supported at the transom. @pgandw gsve you advise
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario David in Sandusky at 7:57am 08.31.24 I, too would recommend a GPS, and/or app like Navionics on your smartphone. But I made my first, 40+

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