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Recommendations Needed-Bow Roller Mods rgranger at 6:36am 04.02.18 Smaller Boats 24/2873 Hello fellow hunter owners. I have an H26 and would like to add an anchor roller. If any of you ha
Stink Pot Humor (1) rgranger at 6:28am 04.02.18 Sails Call Lounge 5/2260 Was at the boat this weekend, pulled the headsail off and plan to send it in to have a new one built
Adding Second Bow Anchor on Hunter 44DS Rambunctious1 at 6:27am 04.02.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/560 Has anyone added a second anchor on the bow so both anchors are readily deployable? If so, please d
Faux Wooden Transom Plymouth Sailor at 5:39am 04.02.18 Ask All Sailors 23/1780 Dear Fellow Sailors: I have a Lloyds of London certified eighth of a inch teak plywood I want to pl
Cabin Access Security Loophole (1) dkerphunter at 5:31am 04.02.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1335 On two cabin versions of certain recent Beneteau cruisers (e.g. 41.1), the larger under-seat cockpit
Snow (1) seadaddler at 5:00am 04.02.18 Ask All Sailors 191/13141
Binoculars of 2018 Canonshooternb at 8:21pm 04.01.18 Ask All Sailors 12/1719 Looking for reviews and recommendation of binoculars for sailing and cruising. I have reviewed the
LED anchor bulb find (2) Skipper at 7:18pm 04.01.18 Ask All Sailors 12/1105 LED's are not new, but I can still find specialty items to geek out on. This is a bay15 double cont
Video, Flipping a C22 hull CloudDiver at 6:57pm 04.01.18 Catalina 22 13/2539 Sorry guys, I've been holding out on you. I finally dug this video from the deep dark depths of iPh
Moving to Hampton Roads, Virginia area - Marinas? Lady Sophie at 6:23pm 04.01.18 Destinations 6/970 Hello, My wife and I are retired and live in cold Michigan and have sailed all our lives on Lake Eri
How many coats of varnish? chschell at 5:09pm 04.01.18 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 7/4263 I have re-stained and am varnishing the hatch pull on our Hunter 340 -- any recommnedations on how m
O'Day Javelin Transom Repair NewsailorMA at 2:48pm 04.01.18 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2171 Hello all, Transom on 14' Oday is shot...totally rotted out. Wondering if anyone had any repairs do
It's the Easter Bunny Brian D at 1:49pm 04.01.18 Sails Call Lounge 1/457 Happy Easter! 7FPELc1wEvk
Erickson Oyster Catcher 25 specs Hollymae D at 10:48am 04.01.18 Ask All Sailors 5/1119 Im looking for help please. I have a 78 erickson, we bought last year. A boat that old is bound to h
What is the future of the Catalina 22? Gene Neill at 10:38am 04.01.18 Catalina 22 76/13584 Sorry, I don't mean for this to sound pessimistic or depressing. :) Does anyone know what the sales
Winch Maintenance Jacksail at 9:42am 04.01.18 Catalina 310 34/6819 Is there an alternative to the Harken or Lewmar brand winch grease? What kind of grease is it? I am
Finger holes in teak floorboards in cabin Chesapeake 331 at 9:26am 04.01.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1263 Still learning boat terminology so be kind. Our 2001 331 has the original teak cabin flooring. Most
It's all in the math... Brian D at 9:03am 04.01.18 Sails Call Lounge 4/659 XXCpC3SWzXc
Bene 361 Water Tank Dip Tube mcrow33 at 8:58am 04.01.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/708 My aft water tank has a dip/pickup tube that extends from the top of the water tank to the bottom.
Cushion re-cover (6) kbgunn at 8:12am 04.01.18 Catalina 22 7/1268 I've been working on re-covering the cabin cushions over the cooler months. Working with foam + canv

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Stray current in the water dlochner at 12:35pm 07.19.24 I guess you'll have to warn the thousands of hull divers working electrocution-free in saltwater ma
What wood to use for motor mount? Project_Mayhem at 12:16pm 07.19.24 I think my bracket is made of aluminum so I would have to use non treated wood due to possible corr
What wood to use for motor mount? FeelinMorgan22 at 12:07pm 07.19.24 I've had HDPE (Starboard), G10, PT, and plywood. HDPE is a hard NO for me. You guys are killing m
What wood to use for motor mount? dLj at 11:35am 07.19.24 Here''s a data table of woods including black locust. https://robidecking.com/compare-hardwood-deck
Trick for removing broken halyard from inside mast Sailor Sue at 11:31am 07.19.24 Another alternative since someone will be going up the mast... We've had good luck tying a small mes
Stray current in the water MitchM at 11:20am 07.19.24 old aluminum hull powerboats with shore power on were the villains in our former marina
What wood to use for motor mount? thinwater at 11:14am 07.19.24 I've had HDPE (Starboard), G10, PT, and plywood. HDPE is a hard NO for me. It will work, yes, you co
Mainsheet mike pace at 10:33am 07.19.24 Contact D&R MARINE, INC. ASK FOR RUDDY, HE WILL HAVE JUST WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. P.O. BOX
Trick for removing broken halyard from inside mast smokey73 at 10:29am 07.19.24 @smokey73 - Maybe you could send two chase lines in the tubing. Use one and tie the other one off
Trick for removing broken halyard from inside mast (1) smokey73 at 10:28am 07.19.24 In case I wasn't clear. Here is a picture of the irrigation tube up the mast.
'99 Hunter 450 Arch removal Ralph Johnstone at 10:14am 07.19.24 After removing nuts and bolts, what are people doing to break the bond and free the arch? Trying to
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Ralph Johnstone at 10:07am 07.19.24 Is prop movement/ realignment is fixable in the water. Check the health of your cutlass bearing b
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Ralph Johnstone at 9:55am 07.19.24 His additional posts were an unnecessary and arrogant criticism of the members who had offered supp
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Foswick at 9:40am 07.19.24 My point is that IF* you are going to paint a bottom with "non-effective" bottom paint, why go to t*
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Alan Gomes at 9:34am 07.19.24 If you think anti fouling paint doesn't retard fouling growth, I suggest you go a few months withou
Trick for removing broken halyard from inside mast Rich Stidger at 9:32am 07.19.24 @smokey73 - Maybe you could send two chase lines in the tubing. Use one and tie the other one off f
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? fstbttms at 9:29am 07.19.24 My point was, why bother with painting a boat bottom with antifouling paint that does not actually
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Alan Gomes at 9:25am 07.19.24 Anybody who thinks that cleaning an unpainted boat bottom (no matter how frequently) is a substitut
Trick for removing broken halyard from inside mast smokey73 at 9:22am 07.19.24 Thinking some more (as my wife says, "I hate it when that happens") I am going to try to feed one o
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? fstbttms at 9:22am 07.19.24 But in that case, why bother with painting it? Anybody who thinks that cleaning an unpainted boat

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