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Cheap Ebay SLA batteries (1) PropellerHead at 8:43am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1715 I would like to install a trolling motor on my Hunter 23.5 for the purpose of navigating in/out of d
Mast for C250 Jacob Herman at 8:40am 09.28.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/556 Hello everyone, First time post, and first time sailboat owner. I purchased a 2002 C250 WK. It needs
Understanding Weather Forecasts? Kings Gambit at 8:32am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 44/2889 It's not uncommon to hear from sailors about how NOAA's weather forecasts are often wrong and cannot
Cal 22 Swing Keel GrumpyPawPaw at 7:06am 09.28.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1491 I haven't decided if I want to keep the boat in a slip or haul it out on the trailer. Does anyone ha
Keel backing plates behill at 6:26am 09.28.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2521 I have a Beneteau 310. The backing plates have rusted and need to be replaced. I want to replace the
Stand-up blocks or deck organizers? kito at 5:41am 09.28.16 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1377 I am about to rewire the mast and change out the halyards on my H30 project boat. I am upgrading all
Ah yes the Catalina table paulj at 10:17pm 09.27.16 Catalina 310 1/799 This will be my next project lOZsFMOU8Pg The elimination of the table scooting. paulj :
Navionics Question Stu Jackson at 8:31pm 09.27.16 Ask All Sailors 28/6875 I downloaded Navionics the other day. It took so much memory that I got warnings on my Android phon
I just love sailing t-shirts (1) Kermit at 6:55pm 09.27.16 Sails Call Lounge 45/8779 128563
Traveler mount bracket on 280 (1) Tata duende at 5:23pm 09.27.16 Mid-Size Boats 0/480 128562 Have a 280 and noticed last week that the rectangular stainless starboard mount for the cabin
After market Volvo Penta parts? alexco38 at 3:41pm 09.27.16 Ask All Sailors 15/3619 Got a shock today. I went to Bristol to get Volvo oil filter for 2002, price is up to $25 each and t
Sailboat rental in Hawaii kimelmore at 3:30pm 09.27.16 Ask All Sailors 14/7243 The Admiral and I have decided to check off one of my bucket list items and visit Hawaii early next
Yanmar solenoid bart at 2:50pm 09.27.16 Big Boats 18/5682 When I turned on the ignition switch on my 41DS the battery light on the instrument panel came on as
LP gas solenoid installation rschultz at 2:30pm 09.27.16 Ask All Sailors 13/2398 12V LP gas solenoid on my Beneteau 323 is frozen closed...and in need of replacement. It is the fac
The Saga of Buying a Boat and Being Legal in Belize Bill and Kathy McDonald at 12:19pm 09.27.16 Catalina 22 20/9126 I have owned and sold a half dozen boats in the US and the entire change of ownership, registering,
Cleaning and Refinishing Teak Bill and Kathy McDonald at 12:07pm 09.27.16 Catalina 22 17/4436 The exterior wood on the boat we just bought needs some TLC. I have been reading articles on cleani
'81 H36 colling water temperature question tmjb at 11:08am 09.27.16 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1681 I posted a related question about this not long after purchasing my H36 in late 2014 and got great i
Holding tank vent size marchem at 10:10am 09.27.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/801 I think I know the answer to this, but I'm gonna ask anyway. I know a 1" ID vent hose is preferred,
Santa Rosa Island Report (1) Kings Gambit at 9:37am 09.27.16 Ask All Sailors 0/307 Took Island Packers for a day-trip to Santa Rosa Island on Saturday. Passed along the south coast o
Hunter 49 - Impeller changing (1) Bizbat at 9:25am 09.27.16 Big Boats 30/5985 Hello all, Artboas developed an interesting technique to overcome the ~2 hr headache of getting int

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What's the most wasteful project you worked on this winter? TimFromLI at 6:52pm 01.22.24 Removing dead wires from 30 years of upgrades, and I'm still not done.
Noisy boats shemandr at 6:40pm 01.22.24 Halyards/wires slapping in the mast were a problem. Noodles/zip ties cured that. Other than that i
Hunter 306 fresh water leak jdrutten at 6:33pm 01.22.24 My h306 has a port-side midship leak, and if the rain comes in at the right angle and intensity, I g
Noisy boats quadrille38 at 6:32pm 01.22.24
trick to release screws from lewmar MKII frame dLj at 5:55pm 01.22.24 Your picture does not show the screws you are asking about, but maybe it's because I'm looking on my
Legend 35.5 Chainplates. My Surveyor asked for something impossible and I'm now stuck. Please help :( (1) Richard19068 at 5:33pm 01.22.24 Yea, all sounds very extreme to be. On hunters there is a plate set in the deck that the top plate
What's the most wasteful project you worked on this winter? Don S/V ILLusion at 5:18pm 01.22.24 My project is to get people to understand that not everyone lives up north where winter implies not
Acoustic guitar and boats. Allowishish at 5:01pm 01.22.24 I have 3 mandolins. I keep one on the boat. It used to be my cheap mando but when I bought my 3rd m
Legend 35.5 Chainplates. My Surveyor asked for something impossible and I'm now stuck. Please help :( (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 4:52pm 01.22.24 222695
Rub rail Pearson 28 Project_Mayhem at 4:52pm 01.22.24 D and R marine. Call or email them. Rudy should be able to tell you if its original. One warning - B
Noisy boats Jan11 at 4:52pm 01.22.24 To prevent hull slapping make a diaper out of noodles and cloth. I never had the problem but that's
Noisy boats dLj at 4:48pm 01.22.24 Between slapping halyards, gurgling drains, a clanking keel, popping stringers, and creaking cabine
Noisy boats Jan11 at 4:47pm 01.22.24 My experience with boat owners who say they enjoy the halyards slapping are the ones who go home at
Is separation for the best? Project_Mayhem at 4:40pm 01.22.24
Rebuilding a Yanmar 4JH4E Raw Water Pump Screen Saver at 4:39pm 01.22.24 Be sure its the water pump. My 4J4HTE has done nearly 8000 hrs and had one water pump seal replaced.
Legend 35.5 Chainplates. My Surveyor asked for something impossible and I'm now stuck. Please help :( Screen Saver at 4:34pm 01.22.24 Yea, all sounds very extreme to be. On hunters there is a plate set in the deck that the top plate b
Noisy boats Allowishish at 4:27pm 01.22.24 Jssailem, wow! Great writing. My first night on our Catalina 27, all the noises were new. I was sli
Noisy boats OS2Dude at 4:27pm 01.22.24 My boat is silent 99% of the time. Internal halyards with the external lengths of the halyards led
Looking to replace my 6 gal water heater on Hunter 320 TimFromLI at 4:16pm 01.22.24 I can't comment on the quality of Kuuma but when I replaced my Raritan, I used the opportunity to in
Is separation for the best? rgranger at 4:15pm 01.22.24

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