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water leak vbunce at 2:41pm 08.12.15 Pearson 4/1332 looking to buy 1992 pearson 34-2 the boat is in vary good shape, but it is leaking water from the ma
SS Tubing Solar Panel Clamp Recomendations? McIntoshUSA at 2:17pm 08.12.15 Ask All Sailors 9/5118 Does anyone have a good recommendation on clamps to use to mount solar panels to 1" SS tubing. I hav
Bottom painting on a trailer (1) Seahorse24 at 1:09pm 08.12.15 Trailer Sailors 8/2136 We discovered the stub keel could support the whole boat. We removed the twelve foot long bunks on b
Supply Source for 10 MM Polyester Yacht Braid Marc14857 at 12:51pm 08.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/799 I believe that the in mast furling line on my H 44 and probably many of your boats was originally si
hunter 380 stiff steering Helmut at 12:33pm 08.12.15 Big Boats 7/2112 I have a 2000 model Hunter 380 and find that the steering is very stiff. Any suggestions/advice/reme
canvas work in kemah peaceofmind at 12:14pm 08.12.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1556 Does anyone know of a good canvas shop in kemah? I need a bimini extension made and need to discuss
Adding a panel to a Hobie 16 jib Daveinet at 10:45am 08.12.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 1/1743 There is a new set of Hobie 16 sails for sale on Ebay. The Hobie 16 main is commonly used on my RL24
Jabsco contact email address?? holdech at 9:52am 08.12.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/5543 I thought it might be worth a try contacting Jabsco. I replaced the entire pump assembly a little ov
converting ice box to frig jotruk at 9:29am 08.12.15 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2955 I know that this topic has been beat to death but I was unable to find what a good thickness of insu
Interior wood refinishing Don Lucas at 9:25am 08.12.15 Ask All Sailors 14/4034 I'm going to need to do interior wood refinishing soon. Besides the standard vanish what have others
Macgregor 26S Boom needed Eddiefuego at 9:13am 08.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/558 Greetings, I tweaked my boom on my Mac 26S. I've searched the sites that I know and have not fo
Water holding tanks Hunter 34 Ilanortho at 9:08am 08.12.15 Big Boats 7/1638 Hi;I'm trying to figure out the plumbing for water holding tanks. There is a valve adjacent to the p
antenna mount ??? deltaten at 8:31am 08.12.15 Ask All Sailors 4/966 Any (electronic/RF) reason I shouldn't/ can't mount small VHF whip on there outboard end of a spread
boom tent? Hobopacket at 5:55am 08.12.15 Catalina 22 6/2283 What are people doing for a boom tent to cover there pop up when anchor and it's raining? I forsee i
New H 23.5 Karyon at 5:47am 08.12.15 Smaller Boats 4/812 Well after a 10 year sailing hiatus, we decided to get a sailboat again. after scouring the internet
376 water under engine Michel16055 at 4:59am 08.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1442 Hi, I've narrowed my search for a new boat to the Hunter 376 The boat I'm looking at is in excellent
Jabco 36600 fresh water pump burnswelds at 4:03am 08.12.15 Catalina 30 1/603 My fresh water pump switch failed on my accumlator pump. Any ideas where i can get a new pressure sw
Go Fund Me, please pass around Akapeterc at 10:59pm 08.11.15 Ask All Sailors 1/700 I am hoping that every one could cut and paste my web site address and send it out into the world fo
Yanmar 2QM15 Water Hoses 1864sailor at 7:34pm 08.11.15 Engines and Propulsion 5/1758 My Hunter has the original 1980 Yanmar 2qm15. She works like an amazing charm, but I'm in need of wa
Smashed rukidn at 7:16pm 08.11.15 Catalina 310 10/2077 Our Brio was hit in the stern while in slip by a wayward Doral. A dockmate had a mechanical failure

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Strange beep from cockpit engine panel gfroch at 7:59pm 07.22.23 OK. You know how when you're sailing and you hear a faint noise and you can't tell where it's coming
Catalina 27 teak before and after jon hansen at 7:44pm 07.22.23 nice work
Catalina 27 teak before and after jaysweet at 7:38pm 07.22.23 Wow, great job! Hardly looks like the same boat!
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA jaysweet at 7:35pm 07.22.23 I did start at Gibson Island, but that was only where I did the boat preparations. I was keeping my
CHI-MAC today DayDreamer41 at 7:34pm 07.22.23 best of the great lakes. wind, waves, fresh water, sun burn, biting black flys, blue berry pancake
CHI-MAC today PaulK at 7:33pm 07.22.23 We had a light-air night one time. Other watch wrapped the spinnaker around the forestay about 15x.
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA dLj at 7:27pm 07.22.23 Nah: I'm in Rock Creek (White Rocks Marina), and it was my understanding that you started at Gibson
Catalina 27 teak before and after (8) BTC1984 at 7:27pm 07.22.23 More photos. The Coaming covers were breaking and had gaps. I used Gflex to fill in the gaps and I
New Hunter arch panel (4) jaysweet at 7:20pm 07.22.23 Here are the Hella Courtesy Lamps (back side), which look to be mostly waterproof (IP67) and a prett
I have an 21' American Fiberglass (3) Perry Welch at 7:14pm 07.22.23 Lets go back to the :Short Sail", problem. As you can see from the pictures I got the cunningham hoo
Have you tested your PFD? Leeward Rail at 7:05pm 07.22.23 It is good to test these things. Knowing how they work before you go in the water in an emergency i
CHI-MAC today jssailem at 7:04pm 07.22.23 Windy shows a stronger wind field closer in to shore. Maybe that is the difference. Going to be an i
New Hunter arch panel (6) jaysweet at 7:03pm 07.22.23 So I bought a couple of hunks of pretty expensive solid teak, just a bit over 1" thick (true), and m
CHI-MAC today jssailem at 6:58pm 07.22.23 WOW... The boat out in the lake is doing 6kts while the boats closer to shore are doing 8+
I have an 21' American Fiberglass Perry Welch at 6:56pm 07.22.23 Hey Stick If you would bother to look at the picture, you will see that the center board is a Dagger
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement jssailem at 6:53pm 07.22.23 Nice job. Write that up in your boat log so that you can remind your self of the experience and the
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement (3) BTC1984 at 6:48pm 07.22.23 I took the belt to the Napa store and he matched it with a gates 7395 XL. I only loosened bolts one
Catalina Metal Plaque (1) Skipper John at 6:47pm 07.22.23 the fact that they don't make 'em anymore, and haven't for a long, long time. Just to correct the
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? JohnShannon at 6:44pm 07.22.23 your most cost effective solution is to steal one, if it doesn't work out, what are you out?
New Hunter arch panel (4) jaysweet at 6:43pm 07.22.23 Here's an update on the new arch panel project (maybe console is a better term?). So what was I star

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