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Bottom Referbushing NavySailorII at 9:01pm 02.17.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/909 Can any one suggest a reliable intermediate approach to repainting a hull bottom that has a case of
My chart plotter came back to life NiceBeny at 8:26pm 02.17.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1520 after many months of my ray marine pedestal mounted plotter having a black screen it came back on th
Repowering Project Research - Volvo MD2B SailMaster at 7:32pm 02.17.16 Engines and Propulsion 0/477 Well the cost of parts has pushed me to the limit of thinking seriously about replacing our beloved
New Orleans Monty VM at 6:02pm 02.17.16 Ask All Sailors 10/2500 hello everybody, we will be sailing from Panama up to NOLA late April and May. We will stay at south
keel venture 224 vrs 25 sailnewbie at 5:39pm 02.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/949 anyone know if a mac 25 keel will work in a venture 224, mines rough and there's a 25 for sale
Power Inverter Location Doug J at 4:04pm 02.17.16 Smaller Boats 5/629 I'd like to get safety tips regarding the installed location of an 1800 watt inverter. I installed o
Anchor roller Windtherapy at 3:49pm 02.17.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/706 Does anybody have any photos by chance of their anchor roller installed on their O'Day? That is one
Hunter 216 Headsail anchoredatasandbar at 3:21pm 02.17.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/401 Has anyone replaced their stock jib on their Hunter 216 with a genoa in the 140 -150 range? Has it p
Wanted - Toilet with option of Pumpout or Manual emptying Jim Hawkins at 3:02pm 02.17.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 29/6299 *Title should have read "and" not "or" I sure hope Peggy is out there or someone that can steer me
NOCO charger and commissioning new batts Elysium_Van_Isl at 2:04pm 02.17.16 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1529 Maine, have a question on commissioning and breaking in a new set of batts. Background for you firs
Hunter 376 keel bolts Shawnboom at 12:22pm 02.17.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/890 My keel bolts appear to have a slow leak. When I haul next month, I plan to tighten and or re-bed th
Where to sail in San Diego YVRguy at 12:21pm 02.17.16 Ask All Sailors 10/3934 I am going to be visiting friends in San Diego next week. They enjoy sailing with me on my boat whe
Fresh water system info for owner's with newer (2000's?) boats (2) Craig Cook at 10:06am 02.17.16 Mid-Size Boats 14/3747 As a reference for those of you that have Hunter's built recently. I don't have exact dates but hop
More on ACR with Battery Chargers Dan_Y at 9:25am 02.17.16 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1063 Mainsail - I noticed the BSS P12 Battery Charger has an output for controlling an ACR (open when ch
Drippy front hatch cover flynhi4u at 8:39am 02.17.16 Smaller Boats 3/643 The front hatch cover on our boat is great at bringing in large amounts of fresh air when we are on
Fresh water flush system marathonguy at 7:06am 02.17.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 11/4194 I own a 2001Catalina 28 MKII. It is equipped with a 26 hp Universal diesel with a fresh water flush
stiff steering on Hunter 42 Passage BellaSogno9119 at 6:32am 02.17.16 Big Boats 12/2877 I have been re-conditioning a 1991 Hunter 42 CC. The steering was very stiff when I purchased the b
Power Inverter Location Doug J at 6:27am 02.17.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1889 I'd like to get safety tips regarding the installed location of an 1800 watt inverter. I installed o
lookin for a dodger Highpirate66 at 12:26am 02.17.16 Parts Search 0/657 looking for a dodger for my 1965 pearson vanguard, if anyone know where i could find a used one in a
Spinnaker Lobinson at 12:04am 02.17.16 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/1220 Hi all, Thanks for the help with my reefing question, will be conducting a reefing practice on the

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Collision follow-up dlochner at 7:06pm 09.20.23 Always call your insurance company and get the contact info for the boat, at least the registration/
2003 Catalina 36 MK11 moisture in the stringers dlochner at 7:04pm 09.20.23 What is in the core of the stringers, wood or foam? The strength of the stringer is in the fibergla
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging (2) SV Maverick at 6:52pm 09.20.23 Planning on another 300-400W flex cells on bimini and separate MPPT controller for a total of 800W f
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. Ryan61065 at 6:28pm 09.20.23 Mac 25 owner here -- I've been sailing my swing keel boat since 1985 and have never needed to lock
Hunter 23 wing keel mast raising system isaksp00 at 6:20pm 09.20.23 I used a home made system but not A frame. Kind of complicated, but used an aluminum tube gin pole.
Collision follow-up Terry Cox at 5:15pm 09.20.23 I had a hit and run several years ago that caused some hull, stern pulpit rail and dingy damage. Lon
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix ...3TacksontheWater at 5:09pm 09.20.23 FWIW, in August of 22, I took pictures of that C-25 to the local marina and the quote to do the repa
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. Captain Ron 18 at 5:05pm 09.20.23 Mac 25 owner here -- I've been sailing my swing keel boat since 1985 and have never needed to lock t
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. LloydB at 3:15pm 09.20.23 If you turn the boat turtle the swing keel will retract whether you want it to or not it is after al
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument Ward H at 3:01pm 09.20.23 I have a 2006 Raymarine ST60 wind instrument and a C80 series system. My wind transducer on the mas
Alternator output to..... Justin_NSA at 2:41pm 09.20.23 We should hope so! :) But that wasn't your question, was it? Is there a connection between your AO
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument shemandr at 2:17pm 09.20.23 .. Anyone know of a possible cause... 17 years?
Alternator output to..... Stu Jackson at 2:09pm 09.20.23 the wire from my starter to the AB switch is much larger. We should hope so! :) But that wasn't y
Alternator output to..... Justin_NSA at 2:02pm 09.20.23 OK, so let's do some engineering. BlueSea wire sizing chart says 10 AWG good for 10A 30 feet, 30A 1
Alternator output to..... Stu Jackson at 1:53pm 09.20.23 That would make sense, but I don't OK, so let's do some engineering. BlueSea wire sizing chart say
Need help with part ID from 85 Mac 25 (4) Captain Ron 18 at 1:42pm 09.20.23 As THECUSCUS said, the strap goes behind the post and inside the head. I just shot some photos so yo
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument Captain Larry-DH at 1:31pm 09.20.23 ST60 Wind Testing To perform the check, you will need a multimeter, and a DC power supply. You will
Alternator output to..... Justin_NSA at 12:43pm 09.20.23 Do you have an ammeter in your cockpit panel? That would make sense, but I don't
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument BarryL at 12:38pm 09.20.23 Hi, More than likely the transducer needs to be repaired. There are lots of troubleshooting guide
C&C 30' MK II - Do you have a cage over the forward halyards on your mast head? sheardc at 11:26am 09.20.23 So we are using the same size line and my front halyards are binding at the cage/forestay clevis pin

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