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Old wiring voltage drop (2) vhoisington at 10:21pm 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 6/733 138474 138472 To set the stage: 1977 Islander Freeport 41' Ketch, front navigation lights come on w
Converted H25 To Cutter Rig Sailavie1 at 9:31pm 07.07.17 Smaller Boats 11/857 After obtaining a code 0 a few years ago, I saw the potential of perhaps running both headsail toget
Soft Cockpit & Soft Deck Nickelrw87 at 6:38pm 07.07.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/1821 Aloha! I have what i would consider a "bouncy" cockpit floor. When stepping off the seats onto the
Looking for a prop redunculous at 4:56pm 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 0/33 Hopefully this is an ok post. I was lucky enough to hit a submerged object and lost my prop, broke
Advice for my main sheet block and tackle set up Megaro76 at 2:03pm 07.07.17 Catalina 22 14/4473 im ready to make things right with my 76 Cat 22. Here is a pic of how the main sheet set up came to
Ok, what is this on my Harken Roller Furling (1) SeanP at 1:26pm 07.07.17 Mid-Size Boats 5/643 Hi there, I have just had my genoa repaired and re-installed on the roller curler/forestay. I note
Fighting the laws of physics in holding tank installation MightyMike at 1:21pm 07.07.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/5457 I've just installed a new 6 gal holding tank and was pleased with my speed in completing the install
Replace fresh water pipe to head faucet question SeanP at 1:17pm 07.07.17 Mid-Size Boats 19/1336 Hi and TGIF to all, When I got this 1986 Hunter 31, the PO told me there was a leak in the hose to
Mixing Elbow Thread Sealant Solution (1) John Nantz at 12:02pm 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 6/892
Starting Battery Sizing Head Sail at 11:26am 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 7/1137 I installed a 80 Ah GM style (side posts) starting battery for my 23hp diesel engine thinking it sho
22 Wing keel width at base. stonybrookpictures at 11:16am 07.07.17 Catalina 22 0/374 Researching boat movers for the boat. Local guy wants to know how wide the wing base is at its wides
1974 Oday rudder spring stop LordNelson at 11:14am 07.07.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/679 I have a small piece of flat bent stainless steel attached to the back of the rudder which acts as a
Rent or borrow 22 wing keel trailer. (3) stonybrookpictures at 10:40am 07.07.17 Catalina 22 0/412 Just got a 97 Catalina wing keel, Trailer is shot. I have jacked up the boat and can remove the trai
Standing Water in bilge pump compartment above the keel dhjawor7 at 10:16am 07.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2052 I have just bought my dad's 1983 Hunter 33- he sold it to someone else about 13 or 14 years ago who
Lewmar OP2 Electric Winch problems - circa 1997 - discontinued winch Rich Stidger at 9:52am 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 2/1551 I installed the Lewmar OP2 (larger than the OP1) on my h40.5 at delivery in early 1998. Although it
O'day 322 Traveler Replacement Query AlastairLC at 7:28am 07.07.17 Ask An Oday Owner 18/2138 Have any of you replaced your traveler track and if so calculated the curvature radius? The formula
One Skipper, Two Skipper 3 or more? Macmanjams at 6:55am 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 16/942 Hi all, New Sailors here. Bought a 76 Cal2-29 last August. 3 Owners. We all have about the same a
My solution for propwalk when backing out danstanford at 6:51am 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 34/8243 I am in a new slip this year which is meant for a 25' boat and my boat is 33' and my neighbour is a
Looking for good cat 22 wing trailer (3) stonybrookpictures at 4:38am 07.07.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/569 Picked up a 97 wing keel 22 for cheap. Trailer is funky. It is a load rite of the same year, but was
Yanmar 4jh4-hte mixing elbow Velero49 at 4:31am 07.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/340 My Yanmar has 2 plugs that in theory I should be able to clean the mixing elbow. Has anyone try to c

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Portlight help dlochner at 7:22am 12.11.23
Portlight help Rasselas36 at 7:13am 12.11.23 Hi! Just bought an 05' Hunter 46. Need to replace the portlight over the instrumentation panels f
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! kingle at 7:13am 12.11.23
Fall Sailing trip-October 2023 ...3TacksontheWater at 6:22am 12.11.23 Great video! Thank you. George
Adding above water line thru hull.... rgranger at 6:21am 12.11.23 If accessible drill about two thirds of the way from the outside in then from the inside out and yo
Compass deviation shemandr at 6:08am 12.11.23 Of course the Professional Mariner article is talking about more sophisticated compasses used by pro
dropping the rudder for maintenance colin59 at 6:06am 12.11.23 thanks for the info.. Colin
Monoceros cabin sole Jim Legere at 5:49am 12.11.23 Personally, I would not cut out the cabin sole to install bracing. The 90 degree bends at the base o
Portlight help Project_Mayhem at 5:43am 12.11.23 Have someone spray it with a hose while you watch for leaks on the inside
dropping the rudder for maintenance DStegs49 at 5:41am 12.11.23 I had to on our replace ours on our Legend 37. The rudder had a de-laminated bubble of about a foot
Adding above water line thru hull.... NYSail at 5:33am 12.11.23 Thanks for all the good input. Simple enough job, but as I said, never cut into gel coat (on purpose
Monoceros cabin sole monocerosin at 5:12am 12.11.23 You know that the Cherubini Hunters were constructed with a full interior pan glassed into the hull
Adding above water line thru hull.... Morgan donor at 5:01am 12.11.23 +1 on running the hole saw in reverse. It minimizes chipping of gel coat. File a slight countersink
Compass deviation Rick Webb at 4:58am 12.11.23
Compass deviation American_Mainsail at 4:48am 12.11.23 Check in your local area for a compass tech. The deck should be able to correct " local" interferen
Compass deviation sailme88 at 4:18am 12.11.23 Check in your local area for a compass tech. The deck should be able to correct " local" interferenc
Compass deviation rgranger at 3:56am 12.11.23 If you have an iPhone or Compass app on your phone uses GPS data. You can use that ap to make your d
Width of wing on wing keel Crazy Dave Condon at 3:53am 12.11.23 As a former dealer owning hydraulic and fixed welded supports trailers, a lot depends which trailer
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? john2 at 3:41am 12.11.23 i , m with Peggy ! our hoses were at 20 years and they did stink through the whole boat. No vent ca
Emergency Tiller (2) john2 at 3:12am 12.11.23 i finally found it.... pipe outside is 2-1/4 inch and at the end it is 56mm

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