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Cockpit cushions dgilley at 12:01pm 05.17.17 Smaller Boats 5/532 Anybody know how to remove the seat back cushions on a H26. Mine need reupholstered.
What do you clean your rubber dingy with? sailnewbie at 11:45am 05.17.17 Ask All Sailors 6/636 Got my 8ft sea worthy out after sitting all winter and not only is it filthy but now I have white re
Hunter 34 masthead PThomas at 10:31am 05.17.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1008 Hello I have to climb the mast to replace my main halyard does anyone have any pictures of it or an
Stretching Antifouling Plymouth Sailor at 9:51am 05.17.17 Ask All Sailors 25/3800 I realize I'll be told not to experiment or cheap out on painting my boats bottom however there's th
Offshore With the Hunter 35.5 John Nantz at 9:37am 05.17.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/806 Just posted this article "Offshore With the Hunter 35.5!!!" from an early issue of "From the Masthea
C30 MKIII mainsheet question AXEL at 6:38am 05.17.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/627 I bought a 2000 C30 MKIII last year. I don't think I had the mainsheet set up correctly last season.
Red flags when buying a used H260 Chuck C. at 6:32am 05.17.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1003 I'm viewing to buy a 2005 H260 this week-end and was wondering if anyone has any advice on what I sh
What dolphins think is cool (1) Jackdaw at 6:20am 05.17.17 Ask All Sailors 21/1547 Many of us have sailed and have had dolphins frolic of the bow wave. We think its cool, and assume t
Oceanis 45 Compass Light Power Source SteveInMD at 5:30am 05.17.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/985 Does anyone know when the nav lights and compass light wiring comes together and are powered?
Oday 23 core repair pics and leak question (5) Peter Sai-Ngarm at 12:49am 05.17.17 Day Sailers 8/1645 Hey all. I recently purchased an oday 23. I've gone sailing on it a few times now in the San Francis
Just Purchased a Hunter 33 MightyMike at 11:52pm 05.16.17 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1215 After more than 10 years ashore I have just purchased a 1980 Hunter 33. A non-sailing friend asked
Dickinson Newport Diesel chimney placement on Catalina 30? patrickkidd at 8:33pm 05.16.17 Catalina 30 1/1186 The title says it all. My Newport heater arrived and I am trying to work out exact details of the ch
423 Shaft removal sailmariner at 7:57pm 05.16.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/904 Hello: I looking for some information regarding removal of the shaft on a 2003 Beneteau 423. Does t
Genoa sheets Douginmd at 7:43pm 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 7/915 May be a really dumb question. My old boat had a standard jib with a port and starboard sheets I n
Crack in Cockpit 2003 Hunter 216 Mike At Door County at 6:26pm 05.16.17 Smaller Boats 3/872 Previous discussions...
chirp transducers for a sailboat? Ken Cross at 5:02pm 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1818 Hi all. I'm thinking of going with a CHIRP sonar/plotter (which I also don't own yet.) I haven't se
New gantries (2) Dennis Kitchen at 2:20pm 05.16.17 The Cherubini Hunters 2/557 Just finished building my new gantries. Almost time to get the keel back under her.
New Dacron sails Windtherapy at 1:23pm 05.16.17 Day Sailers 6/2208 Has anybody bought a pair lately and figured out a way to soften them up maybe? I just took my new
Source of AICW information SFS at 1:00pm 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 4/406 We are starting to toy with the notion of a trip up the coast for the summer, from FL to NC. I've r
Head Y (diverter) valve (1) JosefR at 11:29am 05.16.17 Catalina 30 3/998 Looking to find which size of this my boat has: http://www.go2marine.com//docs/3/9/4/0/y-valve-39406

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Refrigerator/Freezer issues Clay Smith at 11:53am 06.12.24 Never mind I found the issue.
I'll trade ya my Irwin for your Pearson, the state of the boat biz pgandw at 11:29am 06.12.24 I think people are just as much into being on the water as ever, maybe even moreso. But they are ch
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners SteveHughessails at 11:17am 06.12.24 Wows, thanks so much for all of this. You are referring to epoxy, I actually have some west system e
Refrigerator/Freezer issues Don S/V ILLusion at 11:05am 06.12.24 One common cause for electrical failure when a load starts is low voltage due to bad connection(s).
Leaking deck plate replacement skunther at 10:40am 06.12.24 The center plate is screwed in and doesn't object to being stood upon for endless hours. together,
Leaking deck plate replacement (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:33am 06.12.24 The center plate is screwed in and doesn't object to being stood upon for endless hours. zon for a
West Wight Potter - Batten Lenght Tally Ho at 10:24am 06.12.24 No. The battens have fit in the pockets and should be secured by whatever flaps or covers are incorp
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (8) rgranger at 10:21am 06.12.24 You will need to get a backing plate in there. I've done this sort of thing once before and I have
Main Cross Traveler ... shemandr at 10:09am 06.12.24 There must be a cleaner solution. I guess part of the reason for the complexity there is to spread
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (1) SteveHughessails at 9:42am 06.12.24 I took a picture of the damage. We just rented a Buoy until the end of September. I sure hope our Ma
NGCC In Memoriam KCofKC at 9:40am 06.12.24 Many times the people that organize events get out of sailing, get old, many reasons. Add to that i
Group 24 starter battery skunther at 8:50am 06.12.24 Roger that. I will add it to the list for the fall and hope that helps as well. In the meantime, reg
Leaking deck plate replacement JoeWhite at 8:46am 06.12.24 On my C36 it is made of metal. I am not sure what size it is, but it is the screw on type. Now I se
I'll trade ya my Irwin for your Pearson, the state of the boat biz LloydB at 8:32am 06.12.24 PWC or YouTube can get you to the place the old guys hang out with a lot less time and money investe
Group 24 starter battery FastOlson at 8:20am 06.12.24 Aside from doing some other "work" on the engine, it's normal for the starter motor to need a rebui
Leaking deck plate replacement Calif. Ted at 8:14am 06.12.24 Mine was an 8" as yours also appears to be, I must have caught them on sale, might want to shop it a
Wiring SiriusXM antenna or solar panels jdrutten at 8:13am 06.12.24 (1) I don't have lights or speakers on the arch (yet), That surprises me and could potentially be
Group 24 starter battery jssailem at 8:08am 06.12.24 Sure makes sense. I am at my boat or a couple days. Pleased that it started on the second attempt. T
Group 24 starter battery skunther at 7:54am 06.12.24 Thanks for all that. I will review the links provided. Long story short, after some work done in the
rigging tension shemandr at 7:53am 06.12.24 There's a point in tightening the standing rigging where further tightening doesn't increase the rig

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