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Flattening The Main Sail Gudenuph at 8:36am 05.05.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/8773 Just wondering about how to quickly and easily, really flatten the main on a non-bending mast to de-
Interior Liner in the way whichislandnext at 8:21am 05.05.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1115 I am wondering if anyone else has addressed this issue. I have a starwind 27 with an interior liner
Rudder Sensor Installation on Hunter 33.5 mz4wheeler at 8:09am 05.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1990 I just bought a new Raymarine rudder reference sensor for my (almost installed) ST4000+ autopilot.
H-34 Bilge Pump Outlet (4) kloudie1 at 7:56am 05.05.15 Big Boats 18/1894 Original bilge pump outlet (30 years old) broke this past weekend. Hose sagged down and bilge water
Restoring sun faded teak cam at 7:52am 05.05.15 Catalina 310 8/1652 Hi all, I own a 2005 310 based in sunny Western Australia. Although I take precautions to protect my
O'Day 26 Sink drain mlindberg1 at 7:26am 05.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1269 Can anyone tell me how to access the seacock that is for the galley sink drain? I need to inspect
2006 393 Transmission Jimbo357 at 5:53am 05.05.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1544 I have some questions on my 2006 393 , with a Yanmar 55HP 1/ What is the opinion with putting the t
first time in the water (1) spartacus99 at 5:51am 05.05.15 Catalina 22 14/1423 This last weekend I finally was able to put the boat on the water. She didn't sink! A couple of sma
First 211 water ingress TonyH at 1:04am 05.05.15 Ask All Sailors 12/4217 Hi Chaps, We bought a 13 year old Bene 211 in August last year. She was in a rather sad state hav
Black Smoke- explanation sought nick at 9:43pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1772 First basic facts: -Yanmar 3YM30 -10 years, 1300 hrs - Hunter 33 2004 - Had been running perfect
Attempt to restore gelcoat sail_MN at 8:20pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 15/5218 Last week I went up to the boat with hopes of restoring my chalky white gelcoat. I have read Mainsa
Quick type of hose question. (1) Ward H at 7:09pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 1/686 The attached photo shows the hose connecting the molded in fiberglass pendant tube to the next secti
Mystery loss of battery fluid Rich Stidger at 6:47pm 05.04.15 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2034 MS- Maybe you or someone else can explain why 7 of 12 cells in my US Battery 2200 6V flooded lead a
Ten seconds to live. emergpa1 at 6:24pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 21/2933 In ten seconds I would be required to make a decision that decided if we lived or died and I had no
Running engine blower. Wdmcp at 6:17pm 05.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1809 I have oday 32 and have always run my blower when running engine. Someone was telling me that they
Morgan 28 hatch cover dianawtyler at 6:01pm 05.04.15 Morgan 4/3238 We have a 1970 Morgan 28 sloop, and are looking to replace the forward hatch cover. Anyone have any
The Hydrovane. Any tips? Chris Patterson at 5:37pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 12/2747 Got Hydrovane troubles, people. This is a wonderful piece of equipment by the way. It appears to fun
Credit to sailboat owners .com store rtmccue at 5:01pm 05.04.15 Big Boats 1/804 I replaced my overhead lights with LED , what a difference at night I can read a book with out a fla
McGregor 26 sail for a Catalina 25 krowe512 at 4:51pm 05.04.15 Smaller Boats 5/1668 Just bought our boat last week and the sails were in terrible shape. We took her out yesterday and t
chaulk gone piedpiperIII at 4:18pm 05.04.15 Catalina 22 3/643 I got the name for my boat today and decided to take 2000 grit wet sand my hull and stern. It actual

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1975 oday 22 Project_Mayhem at 9:55am 10.09.23 There's a ton of concoctions for removing mildew from boats. Practical Sailor would be an excellent
P42 Watermaker Install (5) Neffilicious at 9:22am 10.09.23
Is gas UV sensitive? jssailem at 9:04am 10.09.23
Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Autopilot Catching (1) jssailem at 9:02am 10.09.23
Islander 28 - Stuck zippers in interior headliner yak4fish at 9:00am 10.09.23 Thank you everyone for the responses - "Siamese" is correct with the headliner response. The headlin
Navionics price increasing JoeWhite at 9:00am 10.09.23 Note that open cpn works on older cell phones only. It does not work on my new cell phone. It freeze
what is the standing headroom? Anomymous 163294 at 8:57am 10.09.23 i will get exact measurements later on
Another dipsh@# trying to read a dipstick... mforum at 8:57am 10.09.23 I used GMC ATF MD-3 which says suitable for use where Dexron III so I hope I should be OK. Thanks.
what is the standing headroom? Anomymous 163294 at 8:57am 10.09.23 well . its about 4.5 . im 5.9 and have to bend over like hunch back.
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Is gas UV sensitive? Project_Mayhem at 8:51am 10.09.23 I created a chamber for air bubbles to travel to a few inches above the filter as a test so this gas
Is gas UV sensitive? rgranger at 8:39am 10.09.23 This source feels like it provides relevant information to address your query.. Appears the change
P42 Watermaker Install Jim_H42 at 8:35am 10.09.23 Thanks capta - your install and research parallels my thinking as well. I'm thinking for around $
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? cagreen75 at 8:34am 10.09.23 If you anchor out often you might consider a large alternator with an external regulator setup to ch
Removing rust stains from sail fabric...? jssailem at 8:34am 10.09.23
Removing rust stains from sail fabric...? rgranger at 8:31am 10.09.23 Try cascade dishwasher gel , has high oxalic acic content and wont kill the cloth fibers. I am not
Is gas UV sensitive? jssailem at 8:29am 10.09.23 This source feels like it provides relevant information to address your query.. Appears the change i
Is gas UV sensitive? Project_Mayhem at 8:27am 10.09.23 My motor is a two stroke, hence the bluish color. It doesn't seem to have any affect on the motor's

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