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Leaking Lexan Main Hatch Stroke2017 at 7:51am 12.26.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/786 I just purchased Capt Lucky's 26.5 and am currently doing the "fix the stuff" prior to the spring to
Our third decade capta at 7:24am 12.26.17 Ask All Sailors 3/483 How interesting to put faces to the names. Thank you and may 2018 be the best year of your lives, so
What could cause this? (3) pateco at 7:11am 12.26.17 Engines and Propulsion 30/4973 So, two weekends ago while we were motoring south down the ICW on our way to the Fort Lauderdale Win
Buy Tiller Pilot fritz3000g at 6:14am 12.26.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/4078 I'm thinking of buying an old Autohelm tiller pilot for a really good price. My question is - if it
Keel Winch ChileanJK at 5:21am 12.26.17 Catalina 22 5/1250 Last weekend I put the boat for the first time in the water and took a ride on the lake just motorin
Seamanship - Line handling Will Gilmore at 4:22am 12.26.17 Ask All Sailors 28/2739 I wanted to share this video and technique from the Annapolis Performance Sailing Web site ://www.ap
Why is my Genoa so hard to hoist? (1) onlinelee at 11:35pm 12.25.17 Ask All Sailors 23/5265 Hi friends, Happy Christmas one and all:-) The tension required to hoist my Genoa is truly too much
Mystery item on the Mast (1) hookway at 9:02pm 12.25.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1784
Bow cleats, 29.5 Odyssey lll at 3:50pm 12.25.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/442 Has anyone installed bow cleats on the deck. The factory installed cleats are in the anchor locker '
O ' Day 19 JOHNMADDEN at 2:02pm 12.25.17 Ask All Sailors 15/1950 Drain hole in bottom of stern. Previous owner said leave open. When boat is in motion - it will dr
Isinglass Covers KZW at 12:37pm 12.25.17 Catalina 310 7/2686 Does anyone know what kind of breathable fabric should contact Isinglass? My dodger has covers for
H38 head sail richard9525 at 10:53am 12.25.17 Big Boats 3/930 Anybody know the furling headsail measurements ,110% I believe. and the tape size for the furling sy
New/replacement sails for sirius 21 ChrisNY at 10:33am 12.25.17 Sirius 21/22 3/1991 I know Santa just came, but I am already planning for next Christmas. I would like to replace the m
Engine problems flyingcr at 10:31am 12.25.17 Engines and Propulsion 25/3551 I own a 265 first. Just found out my engine needs to be rebuilt, for a cost around $5000 for top end
Cleaning a main sail sfgary at 9:10am 12.25.17 Ask All Sailors 11/1651 Merry Christmas all, I have searched the forums but have a specific problem. Unaware I was bleeding
God bless us all every one! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:00am 12.25.17 Ask All Sailors 15/931 On this Christmas Day, wishing all of you all the blessings of this joyous season. The 20 years y'al
Updating my v-berth Whatsit at 9:34pm 12.24.17 Ask An Oday Owner 17/2588
Done, Finished, Merry Christmas!!!!! (C30 Research) Ward H at 2:02pm 12.24.17 Catalina 30 2/977 It took me three months but I have now read every thread on the 139 pages of the Catalina 30 forum.
New O'day 27 owner and new to this forum Whatsit at 2:00pm 12.24.17 Ask An Oday Owner 42/2964 hi all My names Mike. My whole life I wanted to own a sailboat. Well on Sunday last week my dream ca
RAYMARINE EV-100 AUTO-PILOT GEAR ondine at 11:15am 12.24.17 Ask All Sailors 4/573 Hello my fellow sailors - I have my sailboat on a charter and one of members broke the autopilot, th

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CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? (3) rgranger at 3:30pm 07.06.24
Auto Pilot Simrad issues Davidasailor26 at 3:25pm 07.06.24 12.5 V while running should be adequate, but there could be a wiring issue causing voltage drop betw
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 3:17pm 07.06.24 In the FWIW department, we coincidentally have a wood refinished guy doing some work on a piece of
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? PaulK at 3:10pm 07.06.24 I have used it a lot.:beer: Is that because it takes a gallon to strip six inches of rail, or beca
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project eherlihy at 3:05pm 07.06.24 When we did a section of Skipping Stone's deck, we first found a section of the old non-skid deck i
Silent Air Conditioning dlochner at 2:54pm 07.06.24 Does the air conditioner run on AC or DC? There are devices which dampen the start up surge that wor
Silent Air Conditioning kappykaplan at 2:43pm 07.06.24 Is there any practical configuration to run the air conditioner by solar and battery that anyone kn
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 2:41pm 07.06.24 I just remembered this Hurricane from years past, Hitting Corpus Christi TX as CAT 5. https://en.wi
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 2:21pm 07.06.24 Bay City Texas Nearly same place the Fertilizer Ship blew up, years ago ! :yikes::yikes: https:
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? jviss at 2:18pm 07.06.24 I have used it a lot.:beer: How did it work out?
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? rgranger at 2:17pm 07.06.24 I have used it a lot.:beer:
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 Don S/V ILLusion at 2:00pm 07.06.24 In the FWIW department, we coincidentally have a wood refinished guy doing some work on a piece of f
Invest 95L smokey73 at 1:39pm 07.06.24 Interesting, the current path on Windy with the European model has it going right over the Nuclear P
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 1:22pm 07.06.24 Well, it turns out that Sherwin Williams can use the color comparator to match paint colors but does
Tartan Fantail questions jssailem at 10:47am 07.06.24 How do you know that? Experiences of a trailer sailer who enjoyed traveling the byways with his bo
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 (1) JamesG161 at 10:09am 07.06.24 My business has a World Wide Sherwin Williams Account ! Funny how Landlubber Business get discounts
Trident propane sensor fail Foswick at 9:48am 07.06.24 As for the sensors being sensitive to moisture and such, we had one installed near the bilge in the
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 9:38am 07.06.24 Better than taking a picture. I have one of the trim pieces. We have a Sherwin Williams commercial
Trident propane sensor fail dlochner at 9:17am 07.06.24 Funny. I just bought one of these a few weeks ago and found them widely available. But, sure enou
Invest 95L (2) JamesG161 at 9:15am 07.06.24 Update as of 10 AM today. Surge 225838 Dammit Jim... PS: Coming ashore as CAT 1 Hurricane

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