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how to winterize the elec. system ? Pat at 10:12am 11.11.17 Musings With Maine Sail 11/2094 Maine Sail, thank you for your great contributions and forgive my crazy question....Our O'day 272LE
How best to winterize a two battey/one charger O'day 272? Pat at 10:01am 11.11.17 Bigger Boats 7/1061 I need advice on how to secure the batteries and charger for the winter lay-up....I have access to m
Job Fueled for O'Day 222 kdmjme at 8:58am 11.11.17 Ask All Sailors 0/305 Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows a marine salvage shop near me where I may purchase a furle r for
Auxiliary Battery Bigfish at 6:29am 11.11.17 Mid-Size Boats 13/1089 On my 1978 Hunter 27 I have had to replace the auxiliary battery that runs the GPS, depth finder, li
Hunter 49 / 50 shore power transformer artboas at 11:52pm 11.10.17 Big Boats 25/3284 Ok, first of all, I'm just not sure how many owners have this transformer mounted in their boats. It
Sprucing up the galley on 26S need advice on glue for cabinets Bfranchini at 6:43pm 11.10.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/1713 I am planning of passing the winter months building cabinetry to spruce up the galley on Egret. For
Diesel fuel stabilizer for winter layup Capt Robbie at 5:47pm 11.10.17 Ask All Sailors 3/484 Had a full tank of fuel at end of season and I added stabizer last year before winter layup as I hav
Wintering trailered Catalina 22 One Life at 3:13pm 11.10.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1121 Hi, I'm a new C22 owner and new sailor and live in Northern California. I'm planning minor tarping
Adding a wind turbine to my boat. Ghostcyber at 1:50pm 11.10.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/811 I have a new wind turbine I want to attach to the stern of my Catalina, I bought an aluminum post, a
cabin cushion cleaner Bill Greenberg at 11:22am 11.10.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/674 Can anyone recommend an off the shelf cleaner I can use on the original blue cabin cushions in my 19
H23.5 Jib Genoa Question JL Stratton at 7:17am 11.10.17 Smaller Boats 12/1141 Awhile back I posted here about my woes with a 135% genoa the previous owner purchased that over pow
Couldn't say it better (1) Brian D at 6:39am 11.10.17 Sails Call Lounge 15/992 143570
Hunter 376 holding tank clogged reinesj1 at 5:50am 11.10.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/1608 Please advice your experiences with clogged tank pipe thru macerator
Electrical issues (2) The Book of Sail at 5:02am 11.10.17 Ask All Sailors 14/1989 During a recent survey, I received the following finding on my 2002 Hunter 356, "Under Generator pow
H340 chain plate, stuck propane tank Chew Oon at 4:15am 11.10.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1034 Hi, I just got a 2001 H340. 1) One of the chain plate nuts is rusted. The bolt is hidden behind t
eastern erie canal Captmayhem at 6:42pm 11.09.17 Ask All Sailors 34/2109 I don't want to jinx it, but a new toy may be in my future. She's up north and west, I would likely
Hunter vision 36 wind instrument Sockeye 737 at 4:02pm 11.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/518 I need help on hot to install a new B'G wind instrument on my Hunter 36. How would one fun the wire
Hunter 36 vision Yanmar 3JH2E Sockeye 737 at 3:45pm 11.09.17 Big Boats 1/501 New to the Forum, just purchased a 94 Vision 36. I have been looking for a while and found this one
More M26S questions please. dingy, roller furler Mike Harvey at 2:10pm 11.09.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/997 Hi group I have 3 questions answered please, TIA! As some may remember I purchased a 1990 26S last
Bottom paint amount? hphoyt@gmail.com at 1:52pm 11.09.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/2128 How much bottom paint should I order to put 2 coats plus 3 on water line on Catalina 36 wing keel? A

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Catalina 22 Running rigging - need a diagram! (2) pclarksurf at 2:35pm 05.21.24 How you attach might be very boat specific depending: but excellent diagrams at harken (albeit gene
Outdated Flares of All Types..... (1) sailcapt340 at 2:31pm 05.21.24
Mosquitoes and Other bugs Tally Ho at 2:22pm 05.21.24 I usually buy a No-Pest strip, cut a few pieces off to put in my propane lockers and lazzarette. Th
Salon table redo FastOlson at 1:40pm 05.21.24 If you like the table but need to shed some weight you might want to construct a new one using foam
Repair Don S/V ILLusion at 1:18pm 05.21.24 WTF? It looks like someone somehow caused the roller fitting to pull out of the bow. does it look si
Outdated Flares of All Types..... Mark Maulden at 12:41pm 05.21.24 Electronic flares have their place. At the Seattle boat show, there was a booth of such. I asked h
Hunter 356 cockpit cocktail table..HELP! Brian Choi at 11:42am 05.21.24 I assume the cockpit table below is what you had. I had/have the same on my Hunter 386 / 46. Some o
Recovery Marine's Mast Ladder experiences? BAD ORCA at 11:04am 05.21.24 Always roll the ladder for storage so that the loops pop open. Tension HARD so that it does not mo
Hunter 356 seahood advice wanted JamesG161 at 10:57am 05.21.24 Do you have pictures? The Tinted Plexiglas is repairable. JIm...
Hunter 356 seahood advice wanted Neil Spooner at 10:51am 05.21.24
Recovery Marine's Mast Ladder experiences? thinwater at 10:37am 05.21.24 Always roll the ladder for storage so that the loops pop open. Tension HARD so that it does not mov
Does anyone have a rudder they bought from Rudder Craft rgranger at 9:53am 05.21.24 I used to own a Balboa 26 with a Rudder Craft rudder. It was a significant upgrade. The design all
inline blower question Dave R. at 9:52am 05.21.24
Mooring and bilge pump Don S/V ILLusion at 9:36am 05.21.24
Rodeo anchoring Scott T-Bird at 9:26am 05.21.24 I was anchored at Tices Shoal in 5-6' of water with less than a couple hundred feet to shallow sand
Just purchased C30 MKII! catsails8 at 9:24am 05.21.24 My boyfriend and I are super excited about this purchase. Its a 1989 C30, looking forward to learni
Has anyone installed new Companionway Slider Track Felt? nhodgson at 9:16am 05.21.24 The source of the noise is probably the starboard spacer block that mounts to the underside of the f
H49/50 Boom Preventer Rigging flightlead404 at 8:51am 05.21.24 I've been thinking about this situation for a while given than I'm single-handing a lot and recently
Fabric search morbidfollower at 8:26am 05.21.24 Im pretty sure I had the exact same factory fabric on my 88 before I recovered them. At least you kn
Mosquitoes and Other bugs David in Sandusky at 7:43am 05.21.24 Meticulous maintenance and use of screens for all cabin openings works well against mosquitoes. I al

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