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keel venture 224 vrs 25 sailnewbie at 5:39pm 02.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/984 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 5/667 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 2/743 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 0/417 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 29/6821 *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 3/1573 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 3/927 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 10/4334 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 14/3987 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 3/1102 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 3/680 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 11/4465 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 12/3026 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 9/2075 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 0/669 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 2/1285 Hi all, Thanks for the help with my reefing question, will be conducting a reefing practice on the
Catalina 400 Stern Tube hump reset kimelmore at 10:10pm 02.16.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 15/3108 I have had my eye on a Catalina 400 for a while as I think about upsizing. There is one that has be
Stuffing Box n Cutlass Bearning captianjim at 7:37pm 02.16.16 Ask An Oday Owner 0/519 Help ! My 1975 Oday center cockpit, I need to replace my dripping stuffing box, no repacking doesn't
Best sealant for through hull replacement. obdoor at 6:09pm 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 10/7638 I'm not a fan of 5200. I'm replacing a depth/speed transducer and through hull what do you folks rec
Calculus professor who has clearly never been sailing (1) Phil Herring at 5:43pm 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 58/2887 119752

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Santa's Gifts 2023 BigEasy at 8:08am 12.24.23 Haulout, bottom paint, couple of thru hull fittings & assemblies, and a new blade set for folding p
Santa's Gifts 2023 (1) JamesG161 at 8:07am 12.24.23 This is an important quote from this Movie er, George: no man is a failure who has friends." CLAR
Christmas cruise 2023 Kings Gambit at 7:50am 12.24.23
Santa's Gifts 2023 kappykaplan at 7:45am 12.24.23 New fuel lines
Santa's Gifts 2023 smokey73 at 7:30am 12.24.23 A Garhauer rigid vang! New Main halyard, new Genny halyard.
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead G Newboat at 7:15am 12.24.23 Well, you might be right, but I already bought a sheet from a local plastics company in town for $23
Weather patterns for the PacificNW Kings Gambit at 7:05am 12.24.23
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year & Most of all a big Thanks to the folks that make it happen. Terry Cox at 6:40am 12.24.23 Merry Christmas to all and a most Happy New Year.
Yanmar 2GM Engine Questions ChrisHunter at 6:12am 12.24.23 Thanks for the great suggestions. I will add these to the winter chores. Must admit, I do not have
Beneteau 343 ZInc Location Radiance at 5:19am 12.24.23
Beneteau 343 ZInc Location BigEasy at 5:05am 12.24.23 .so every time I replace the zinc on the shaft I have to remove the prop...crazy also..the cap an
Beneteau 343 ZInc Location Davidasailor26 at 5:02am 12.24.23 You should not need to remove the prop. The collar should split into two halves. Just clean up the s
Beneteau 343 ZInc Location (1) Radiance at 4:24am 12.24.23 thank you for your replies .so every time I replace the zinc on the shaft I have to remove the prop.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year & Most of all a big Thanks to the folks that make it happen. jssailem at 3:18am 12.24.23 Thank you Claude. A very Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Beneteau 343 ZInc Location BigEasy at 9:42pm 12.23.23 I found this photo on a forum but it's not clear to me where the anode goes Agree with @David
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 7:21pm 12.23.23 Thanks, I'll take it to an alternator shop and ask them if they can add a regulator.
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 6:39pm 12.23.23 I tried disabling the alternator on the generator so the new lithium start battery wouldn't fry it,
Beneteau 343 ZInc Location Davidasailor26 at 6:30pm 12.23.23 The collar should go on point A, as close to the prop as possible.
H49/50 battery replacement dlochner at 6:10pm 12.23.23 I tried disabling the alternator on the generator so the new lithium start battery wouldn't fry it,
I am in the process of helping a friend reconnect the plumbing that a person he let stay on his boat decided to vandalize it. I need to find out what Stu Jackson at 6:01pm 12.23.23 No dought about that it wasnt my boat I am juts a friend trying to help in sort out the mess. Good

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