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Cutting Kiwi Feathering Prop Ken13559 at 5:13pm 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 13/1210 Has anyone tried cutting/trimming the blades of KiwiProp to shorten it? I've damaged all 3 ends of t
What the devil is this?? (1) chrisings at 5:10pm 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 7/642 So, this is a, big, beautiful sailboat in our marina. It's on the hard and has this little, bitty sa
splashdown on monday fred1diver at 5:09pm 05.20.16 Trailer Sailors 3/598 I'm finally going to be able to get the boat in the water on monday, my welder just finished modifyi
Ball joint on the steering lever loose (1) marginal at 4:03pm 05.20.16 Big Boats 23/3395 Hello to all, I have Hunter 386 2002. Under the pedestal, there is a bar that connects the rudder
Mac 25 windlass (2) Claude at 3:50pm 05.20.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/618 123686 123687 123686 123687 well i wanted to do this for three years now and here it is. 123686
Favorite sailing pic! (1) T_Cat at 12:53pm 05.20.16 Destinations 213/26859 Just for fun. Post a pic of a trip you took sailing. Location and date included. Golden Gate Bridge
HANDY CAT 14 HELP!!!!!!!! surfer007 at 12:22pm 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 0/248 Anyone ever replace the line that passes through the trunk to the rudder on a Handy Cat 14ft......li
Backing plates for through hulls jmkinsfbay at 11:38am 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 18/6601 Various sites show wood, fiberglass, etc., for backing plates. Has anybody used, say, Corian or HDPV
Metal Plate Under Mast? LordNelson at 11:17am 05.20.16 Ask An Oday Owner 5/659 The area under the mast on my 1974 O Day shows some weakness with slight indentation over the summer
Bronze or meralon ball valves and thru hulls? ChrisCall at 10:50am 05.20.16 Catalina 30 6/1057 Ok decided to haul out to replace leaking engine raw water intake thru hull and ball valve . In my 1
Bronze or meralon ball valves and thru hulls? ChrisCall at 10:50am 05.20.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1477 Ok decided to haul out to replace leaking engine raw water intake thru hull and ball valve . In my 1
Bronze or meralon ball valves and thru hulls? ChrisCall at 10:49am 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 9/529 Ok decided to haul out to replace leaking engine raw water intake thru hull and ball valve . In my 1
That Aqua Lift Muffler.......... chrisings at 10:25am 05.20.16 Catalina 30 25/5437 Why oh why would someone epoxy the aqua lift to the hull??????? I thought I had a good plan going to
Replace fuel tank Catalina 27? claytone at 8:15am 05.20.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/2014 Hello, all - I have a 1973 Catalina 27 in dry storage in Saugatuk. Recently was on board checking th
Smelly Holding Tank. Quick silver at 7:47am 05.20.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/1152 I have a 1987 O day 322. I replaced all its sanitation lines last year. After wrestling with the tan
should I keep her or let it go frankies56 at 7:03am 05.20.16 The Cherubini Hunters 27/2464 Hello friends, comes a time when a sailboater put things in perspective and I would like some opinio
Mounting a Raymarine P70 Head options Canonshooternb at 6:35am 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 15/8745 I have just purchased a Raymarine Autohelm with a P70 Control unit for my 28-2. I do not have a po
Water problem abinkc at 9:50pm 05.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/525 After running the motor for a while I'm getting water with either oil or diesel in it collecting und
Self stepping 41' mast -30' C&C (10) SwitchintoglideIII at 8:45pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 4/1526 Thought this might interest the general sailing community.
Hunter 40.5 owners: Has anyone built companionway doors? Rich Stidger at 6:52pm 05.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/668 I think I want to ditch my companionway lexan boards for hinged doors. Has any owner done this and

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Precision 23 dock size rgranger at 9:11am 10.12.23 ... and sometimes bystanders would clap when I entered because it didn't look like it would fit. W
Precision 23 dock size Calif. Ted at 9:03am 10.12.23 Floating docks and long waitlists are the norm here. I was on a 10 year waitlist and got called afte
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? tfox2069 at 7:58am 10.12.23 When I had to remove 4D batteries from my 356 I used a spare 3 part mainsheet with becket and cam.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dmax at 7:47am 10.12.23 Yes, the Duracells are 11" tall - many boxes can't fit them.
Catalina 30 Survey dmax at 7:45am 10.12.23 A 1985 will have a plywood core in the keel stub, where the keel boats are - this is not a problem u
Water tank leak Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:16am 10.12.23 Your tank is polyethylene...and unfortunately there is no "glue" or sealant that will bond to PE per
Perkins M30 Heat Exchanger salt water intrusion into sealed side of system (3) ddines at 7:05am 10.12.23 Congrats on tracking down the problem, good detective work. I am writing to inform other who have th
Precision 23 dock size Scubagirl62 at 6:36am 10.12.23 Yes. I've lived on an inland lake on an island all my life. I never think of tides. Yeah. That would
Precision 23 dock size tfox2069 at 6:15am 10.12.23 The widest part of the boat is at the gunnels and tapers down to the waterline. Currently, at our
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try mermike at 4:13am 10.12.23 I use OCPN more and more, as my Garmin 742 is obsolete and the remote screen function is unreliable.
1975 oday 22 Timm R Oday25 at 4:05am 10.12.23 I wasn't aware the earlier O'Days had no centerboard . That's one thing I really like about this for
yanmar ysm 12 engine and transmission seperation garymalmgren at 2:49am 10.12.23 Hi riverview. Pretty easy. Especially with the engine/ gearbox removed from the boat. Which is what
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try dLj at 2:44am 10.12.23 I started the way most of us start any new project... I did a web search for OpenCPN and quickly fo
Navionics price increasing dLj at 2:39am 10.12.23 I just login and it works. I have an Android phone and tablet, it also works on my iPad and when I
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Setup? Need Help (2) FreedomCrawler at 2:21am 10.12.23 @patbratton @Monsterfish @FreedomCrawler Look at my response in general Hunterowners Looks like a
Topping Lift suggestions for trailerable sailboats FreedomCrawler at 2:19am 10.12.23
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (2) SoSound at 10:26pm 10.11.23 I started the way most of us start any new project... I did a web search for OpenCPN and quickly fol
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Ralph Johnstone at 9:10pm 10.11.23 All my sensors have never worked since I purchased the boat last year. Does your high temperature
Just how big is British Columbia? (1) SoSound at 7:57pm 10.11.23 Sometimes, when Mother Nature throws you a snowball, you just have to do the best you can do with wh
When to tack shemandr at 7:43pm 10.11.23

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