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Entering Canada with children. Hayden Watson at 1:45pm 04.11.24 Ask All Sailors 26/4861 My Daughter and family are going to go on a cruise with us and we got to thinking about the possibil
Hunter Lead Keels form the 80 Rodsails at 12:19pm 04.11.24 Ask All Sailors 4/651 Anybody have a clue who Poured the Hunter keels for the big boats in the Eighties
Alternator charging AKlight at 12:14pm 04.11.24 Big Boats 15/1970 All, I have a '99 450 with the 8kw Kohler genset. I have separate switches for my start battery f
1996 Beneteau 440 Owners Manual w/Perkins Info William Taylor at 5:58am 04.11.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/565 Does anyone have the service manual for a Perkins engine BB30143U688339Y? I am looking for informati
cleaning out head calcium brad minda at 8:38pm 04.10.24 Catalina 30 5/1038 How long can i leave the head in a solution of 12 to 1 muriatic acid and how best to dispose of the
de-calcifying my marine head brad minda at 7:50pm 04.10.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/33 I have removed the head from the boat and it is now sitting in a mixture of 12 part water to one par
A fresh old gelcoat reveal Drinky Crow at 7:34pm 04.10.24 Ask All Sailors 10/1352 I just payed a lot of $$$$ to have 38 yrs of antifouling paint removed by dustless blast. Haven't s
Suggestions on moving my boat forward on trailer (1) GoldenSails at 2:32pm 04.10.24 Ask All Sailors 10/1816 I am in a pickle right now so please read and send viable suggestions. I bought a boat 3 1/2 hours a
Hunter 23 teak slats on seats daydreamerh23 at 1:46pm 04.10.24 Day Sailers 13/1699 Hi! We just bought a 1986 Hunter 23 and I am curious as to why there are wooden slats on the cockpit
Electric Windlass gregrosine at 1:30pm 04.10.24 Ask All Sailors 8/897 We have a 1999 Beneteau 352 with a manual windlass. We would like to replace the manual with an ele
Hunter 23 Roller Furler boardmanlake at 11:47am 04.10.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/409 Looking to add a roller furler to my Hunter 23 Can anyone link me the tangs/link plates they used t
Beneteau Shallow Bilge - Paint, Gelcoat (1) jbmia at 11:45am 04.10.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/627 Question for the group... Can anyone confirm what material is used in Beneteau shallow bilges where
Small Wood sailboat (2) zinahewitt at 7:08pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 10/1301 Hi All, I have a small wood sailboat 12' feet. Clinker built. I trailer it and it sits in my carpor
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon (2) smokey73 at 4:15pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 8/545 Does anyone know what material would be good to make a replacement cover for the outside sun shade f
2005 Catalina C36 MK2 - Shaft and Strut parts Info sail4sf at 3:56pm 04.09.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/748 We had an incident recently that broke our strut, propeller, and prop shaft. We are not able to ord
Replace just acrylic on bow deck hatch? (1) kjdoyle1 at 1:16pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 7/1068 I have a 1994 Hunter 29.5 and the acrylic on the bow deck hatch cracked. Can I have someone just rep
Converting compost toilet to tank system 2007 Hunter 31 (1) DH31 at 12:57pm 04.09.24 Mid-Size Boats 1/633 Bought boat with compost toilet. Running new waste lines to holding tank, any easy way to get access
Dufour 500 GL Bluesmoods at 12:00pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 8/2214 Greetings folks I am giving serious thought to acquiring a Dufour 500 GL. Although the market has
Dodger mold stain Clydo at 8:36am 04.09.24 Catalina 310 3/951 Anyone have suggestion for good mold stain remover? Whole lotta products on the market. Guy that u
Farmer's Almanac report - Mid West and South Singing times 2. (1) jssailem at 7:38am 04.09.24 Weather and Forecasting 0/497

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Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. dLj at 4:08pm 10.26.25 So more tankage? There seems to be a lot of unused space under the cockpit that would be handy for
Spin-Tech Furler cokomo at 4:05pm 10.26.25 Thank you for your quick response The first two offered no link or info. the Practical Sailor one I
Hull preparation colemj at 4:03pm 10.26.25 Spraying gelcoat won't fill gouges. You will need to fair the hull first. This isn't that bad - us
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. shemandr at 4:00pm 10.26.25 Dreams keep us going. You may or not get there but it's the beginning of a journey that will enhanc
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. kappykaplan at 3:39pm 10.26.25 It took me three years to finally go solo on my boat. You've set a quite ambitious goal for so litt
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. sv_regulus at 3:36pm 10.26.25 Are you sailing solo to Hawaii? That's the plan as of now! Trying to convince a friend to do it wi
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. kappykaplan at 3:27pm 10.26.25 So more tankage? There seems to be a lot of unused space under the cockpit that would be handy for
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. sv_regulus at 3:13pm 10.26.25 You are certainly not foolish - or we all are! (you could make a strong case for either). I recent
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. john6206 at 3:09pm 10.26.25 You are certainly not foolish - or we all are! (you could make a strong case for either). I recent
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. sv_regulus at 3:07pm 10.26.25 Welcome to the forum! :beer: Here's a link to what Sailboatdata says about your new-to-you boat: ht
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. kappykaplan at 3:00pm 10.26.25 Welcome to the forum! :beer: Here's a link to what Sailboatdata says about your new-to-you boat: htt
Hull preparation unclejack3 at 1:40pm 10.26.25 Hi all. So I have basically removed all the paint, antifoul and gelcoat using a rotary sander which
Spin-Tech Furler jssailem at 1:36pm 10.26.25 I have not had any experience with the Spin-Tech Furlers. I did find some info using an AI search. (
Statue of limitations on DPO ? (1) jssailem at 11:32am 10.26.25
Invest 98L jssailem at 11:28am 10.26.25 :plus:
Statue of limitations on DPO ? rgranger at 11:28am 10.26.25 How in the world did you find a pic so fitting for this? AI? Yep! I used copilot.
Statue of limitations on DPO ? Project_Mayhem at 11:13am 10.26.25 Time to abandon ship... ? AI?
Hunter 460 Padeye installation StbtWilly at 11:12am 10.26.25 Is there an update to this thread? Is there a backing plate molded into the fiberglass or did you ma
Invest 98L kappykaplan at 11:04am 10.26.25 PS: Pray for Jamaica and all :pray::pray: :plus:
Invest 98L (1) JamesG161 at 11:04am 10.26.25 235165 Dammit Jim... PS: Pray for Jamaica and all :pray::pray:

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