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Thru Hull Repair Paint billjoye at 7:53am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/431 I have a question which I've been unable to resolve. How to you properly finish a thru hull repair?
Macgregor 22 keel cable (2) pulsewave at 6:49am 03.14.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1654 Hi all, The keel cable on my Macgregor 22 looks like it's getting a little frayed (see pics). Any
Pulpit + Piling + Tornado = (1) PGIJon at 6:31am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1520 Result of a tornado last night here in Punta Gorda. Not a lot of damage around us other then trees
Questions on buying a new used boat Bob S at 4:59am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/365 We've been looking to move up to a bigger boat and had some questions. Yachtworld has some interesti
Beneteau461 Polar Diagram gunsiray at 4:10am 03.14.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/424 Dear Friends, does anybody has the polar diagram of Beneteau 461 ( year 1997 ) ? Or else could you
Wiring Harness Upgrade (3) gypseywannabe at 10:19pm 03.13.17 Catalina 30 14/5152 Hi All, In the process of updating my wiring harness from the original, dangerous trailer plugs. Th
Cabin Sole Teak Questions... (1) Jtcf78911 at 9:57pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 2/368 Hi everyone. Well. Mother winter just couldn't let us go without one more big dose of snow. We had
Hunter 33 2QM15 sinister_me at 9:57pm 03.13.17 The Cherubini Hunters 21/1815 Recently acquired a hunter 33 with a bad engine. PO had rebuilt, but said the alarms kept going off.
Foggy Notions in Southern California (1) Kings Gambit at 9:11pm 03.13.17 Destinations 14/2125 I was more than a little surprised on Saturday to hear NWS forecasting severe fog conditions along t
Albemarle Sound Cruise - North Carolina (1) GL-WindPower at 7:55pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 5/2289 Hi everyone, from Michigan here. Hard to think of sailing when the temp for the day is only 24 degre
Sun Gypsy 2017 cruise Michael Davis at 7:35pm 03.13.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 47/3926 Into Sydney this last weekend to take our Gwaii Haanas orientation. Stopped at Tanners to order char
Yamnar Engine mount rubber parts (2) Tally Ho at 5:41pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 15/2315 Does anyone know if the rubber parts of one of these Yanmar engine mounts can be purchased? or is a
B361 Holding Tank Flush Procedure 361BenGary at 4:44pm 03.13.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3480 We did not capture the procedure for flushing the holding tank with seawater for our 2003 Beneteau 3
Electricity replacement Richard Bayle at 1:23pm 03.13.17 Big Boats 13/1099 OK, moving away from snubbers and rodes to another topic. How to put back the electricity. I have
Do you paint the depth transduceer? markwbird at 1:15pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 34/4927 I am doing a bottom job and I also replaced the depth transducer. This is a through hull transducer
Vinyl Striping Applied Over Vinyl Striping? rardiH36 at 9:52am 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 25/7192 I know that vinyl striping can be successfully removed. Either by careful and very time consuming
2QM20 Engine Integral Cooling Water Pump Replace/Repair rardiH36 at 9:39am 03.13.17 The Cherubini Hunters 21/5282 Has anyone with a 2QM20 engine replaced or rebuilt the engine integral cooling water pump? Mine has
Bottom of mast has broken tabs SameODay at 9:14am 03.13.17 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2193 I searched this problem and found no results, if it has been addressed please forgive me. I have an
Shaft strut replacement mauruuru at 8:49am 03.13.17 Engines and Propulsion 1/507 Recently bent the strut. I have ordered a new one which I will replace when received. My question is
mast cleat on 40.5 pmcrosta at 8:37am 03.13.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/446 Hi, I just ordered a mast cleat (http://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/part.php?m=40.5'c=6'p=52773) to pu

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Microwave on Hunter 306? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:47am 03.11.24 And if all fails , contact. Al or Mike at SBO who are former Hunter employees
New Restrictions for Boaters in the Exumas shemandr at 6:47am 03.11.24 ... Set moorings won't tear up the bottom the way transient's anchors do. Is sea grass better for f
Compression Post - way to stop the bleeding? kloudie1 at 5:34am 03.11.24 welcome to the forum!! It usually is a result of plugged drain holes in the mast base. Small ports t
Cockpit Handrail on Beneteau Oceanis 400 (1996) NYSail at 9:01pm 03.10.24
Hunter 376 arch modification DSqr at 7:48pm 03.10.24
Mattress for aft cabin DSqr at 7:44pm 03.10.24 We bought our mattress from McWhorter in Fairbury, IL. We gave them our old mattress to replicate, b
Kent Narrows Chesapeake DSqr at 7:31pm 03.10.24 We chartered out of Rock Hall in October and our contract specifically prohibited transiting the Nar
Broken Rudder KeukaSailer at 7:23pm 03.10.24 Or you could make one yourself with simple hand tools...get a nice piece of 4/4 teak, mahogany, or c
Yacht Racing 101-FREE Seminar in San Pedro CA PaulK at 5:49pm 03.10.24 So... How'd it go?
New Restrictions for Boaters in the Exumas PaulK at 5:47pm 03.10.24 Maybe they're expecting the sea grass to spread into the clear sand bottom areas once people stop dr
Puck Lights chuckwayne at 5:35pm 03.10.24 I'm looking for 3", tap on/off, led puck lights to replace the lights we have with the micro switch
Puck Lights jssailem at 4:37pm 03.10.24 I have seen puck lights that are tap capable but battery powered. There are puck lights that are 1
Acp to fiberglass Crazy Dave Condon at 2:26pm 03.10.24 I thought I had spoken you but heck , I am an old fart that cannot remember squat. I sent you a pr
Acp to fiberglass KeukaSailer at 2:05pm 03.10.24 Hey Dave! Hope all is well! Spoke to you at length via message and phone call a when I first got it
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? Justin_NSA at 2:01pm 03.10.24 This is what happens when you don't use the blower when fueling a gas engine. Fortunately no one was
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? (1) tfox2069 at 2:00pm 03.10.24 I had a Yamaha 9.9 long shaft high thrust on my 1974 Catalina 27. It worked great, but you need the
Cockpit table - how to secure it gwoolverton at 1:54pm 03.10.24 223429 That's a nice solution. Thanks.
CONGRATS TO CRAZY DAVE CONDON.. OVER 10,000 HELPFUL MESSAGES tfox2069 at 1:52pm 03.10.24 Thanks for your posts over the years Dave! Great milestone.
Acp to fiberglass Crazy Dave Condon at 1:46pm 03.10.24 @KeukaSailer Take a few photos of damaged areas and post them here. Former dealer for this boat.
Beat way to fix this interior wall Crazy Dave Condon at 1:38pm 03.10.24 Spoke with @Bluebonnet87 today. Suspect rain water in bilge unless if salty; however, bottom last p

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