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Method Used for Repair of Fatigue Cracks Centerline FWD of Keel Moxie - Bill Egan at 7:47pm 06.14.16 Big Boats 0/1053 Hello everyone - My name is Bill. I am a new member here. I recently purchased Moxie, a fairly we
Yanmar 2GM20F overheating. kcscoop at 6:11pm 06.14.16 Engines and Propulsion 23/6295 I have a 1987 Hunter 31....Had a problem one weekend when I was running under power......I heard a c
Sealing rubrail to hull (1) Capri at 6:11pm 06.14.16 Ask An Oday Owner 7/4541 Hi. See pic attached. Where the two piece rubrail meets the hull I cleaned up some awful caulking fr
Hunter 49 Glossy Laminate Floor Repair tkwhalen at 5:54pm 06.14.16 Big Boats 12/2338 I have the glossy laminate floor in my 49 and in several places there are discolored areas that look
Chafed halyard O'day 22 (1) Capri at 5:54pm 06.14.16 Day Sailers 5/1100 This weekend my main halyard got wedged in the mast channel at the top and as I was frantically tryi
Flush Lever on Older Raritan Head abinoone at 4:24pm 06.14.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 21/4702 I sail a 40 year old Bristol 32 with a Raritan II manual flush head. Today I discovered my cabin awa
Transmission All U Get at 3:46pm 06.14.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1486 Hi all, Anyone routinely change their transmission fluid? About when and do you drain from the bot
Fuel Shut off cable on an H31 -84 Keith13315 at 2:07pm 06.14.16 Mid-Size Boats 2/641 Has anyone replaced the fuel shut off cable? If so how big of a pain is it to replace? I need to rep
Am I the only one who has to loosen forestay turnbuckle to lower mast? Rick Macdonald at 1:21pm 06.14.16 Smaller Boats 14/1856 I'm wondering if this is normal or not. I've written everything I can think of to describe the situa
Interesting Material kloudie1 at 1:11pm 06.14.16 Ask All Sailors 1/418 Came across this stuff http://www.3pquickcureputty.com/default_v3.aspx a few days ago and figured it
Mast for Hunter 26.5 (1987) Hull # HUNB0148G788 Justin Morris at 11:30am 06.14.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/780 need a mast for Hunter 26.5 (1987) looking for an original mast for this boat, or even a section of
Massachusetts Question: Travel from Scituate MA to Plymouth, MA Plymouth Sailor at 9:29am 06.14.16 Ask All Sailors 2/592 Due to a boat ramp closing in Plymouth, MA (my hometown), my boat hauler needs to use the Scituate p
A Five-turn Rolling Hitch? Kings Gambit at 8:49am 06.14.16 Ask All Sailors 22/2115 For some reason, perhaps one of morbid fascination, I ENJOY reading those "lessons learned" or "voic
higher water levels cause stanchions to catch on pelican pole cleat Sailorgal49 at 8:46am 06.14.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/1662 We have a 1986 Hunter 34. The top of the stanchions stick out about 2 1/2 inches wider than the hull
Epoxy question DannyS at 7:53am 06.14.16 Ask All Sailors 5/1305 Quick question, what would you smear on a bolt to prevent epoxy from making the bolt a permanent fix
Crazing Windows Long Story at 7:51am 06.14.16 Catalina 310 15/6199 Our 310 is a 2001 Hull #52, always been up north here in Michigan or Wisconsin on the Great Lakes. (
Calabration of raymarine ev100 autopilot ChrisCall at 7:37am 06.14.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 14/5553 Just installed a raymarine ev100 autopilot on my Catalina 30. Does anyone know how to do the calabra
user manual cleavespoint at 12:39am 06.14.16 Catalina 30 1/776 I need to get user manual for cat 30 1989 mark II tall rig, anyone know how i can find this Thanks,
Electrical Installation!!!! Help!!! joranderson757 at 12:30am 06.14.16 Ask All Sailors 12/3169 I recently bought a 1973 Ranger 26. It currently has no electronics. Ive only ever sailed on a Bolge
Boom and Topping Lift (7) IAMCCF at 11:02pm 06.13.16 Bigger Boats 4/1597 Hi All, I could use some guidance, direction, advise on my topping lift and my boom. On my old Cal

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Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much Rich Stidger at 12:55pm 04.04.24 I don't know the answer, but I am interested in what you find. Pictures too. I have a 1997 h40.5 w
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much CbKl at 12:23pm 04.04.24 Z spar is the mfg.
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much Crazy Dave Condon at 12:10pm 04.04.24 First you need to identify the mast mfg. could it be Keyon Isomat or Z Spar? Look for mfg sticker
Cleaning foam cushions? Project_Mayhem at 12:00pm 04.04.24 I've dried foam overnight with a box fan overnight after they got soaked due to a leak. As for your
voltage drop with deck light only LloydB at 11:54am 04.04.24 Just off hand looks like a ground fault. So if you begin checking for that you will probably find ou
Moving from Ranger 12 to ?? Project_Mayhem at 11:52am 04.04.24 Here is a related question, I'm having a hard time finding boats I want locally around SLC but I'm
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger LloydB at 11:19am 04.04.24 What's a slip ring? Probably not but I thought I'd ask anyway.
Rode for Desolation Sound Terry Cox at 10:49am 04.04.24 The marina in Sturt is cheap and friendly and a safer bet than snagging old logs and cables on the
Rode for Desolation Sound (1) Hello Below at 10:34am 04.04.24 Pricey little beggars but I have used these chain markers for 12 years and never lost a one. A gues
Rode for Desolation Sound Hello Below at 10:28am 04.04.24 The marina in Sturt is cheap and friendly and a safer bet than snagging old logs and cables on the
Rode for Desolation Sound marcham at 9:47am 04.04.24 Do you have a spare anchoring system? Never used ours yet, but then again you never know when it mi
Cleaning foam cushions? william24424 at 9:31am 04.04.24
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler jssailem at 9:16am 04.04.24 Interesting project. From your location I suspect you are lake sailing. The use of your engine is mi
Solar / lithium question Stu Jackson at 9:10am 04.04.24 All battery monitors do is to offer an educated guess as to state of charge. The programming of bat
Ruined mast or not a big deal? jssailem at 9:05am 04.04.24 No Internet forum can substitute for on site inspection. :biggrin:
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler (3) jssailem at 9:03am 04.04.24 Like Michael, I had to decide about the shaft after I got the engine out of my boat.. It was a slam
Ruined mast or not a big deal? Scott T-Bird at 8:45am 04.04.24 I'll agree that the 2nd picture looks a little like a dent at the spreader, but It also appears that
Ruined mast or not a big deal? jssailem at 8:40am 04.04.24 Nice Call @thinwater . Solid advice for @cstan . And I like the new Avatar.. Your boat sailing fla
O'day 192 tidal mooring jssailem at 8:36am 04.04.24 the keel just barely touches the soft sand at the lowest tide. This will do a wonderful job of cle
Cleaning foam cushions? Scott T-Bird at 8:26am 04.04.24 Yes, replace foam. You don't want to... yet part of you understands you must. Also I'd suggest to c

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