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Air Conditioner Tripping Boat main breaker Unwinder at 7:06pm 02.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/5212 My reverse cycle cooling/heating unit (with 2 blowers) has worked great since I bought the 1994 Lege
1986 Hunter 34 "My First Big Sailboat" chrisrezba at 6:02pm 02.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/733 Please Help ~ This is my 1st big sailboat and I am really enjoying all the challenges I am being fac
LiFePo4 drop in replacement batteries njl at 5:42pm 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 8/4104 What do you guys think of all these new "drop-in Lead Acid replacement" LiFePo4 batteries? Brands in
1984 222 outboard bracket kdmjme at 5:24pm 02.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 5/838 Hi, does anybody know the original outboard motor bracket model? I'm looking to replace with somethi
Hunter 38 rudder post material question Picaro at 4:22pm 02.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/729 Does anyone know what Hunter means when they say the rudder post is composite on the Hunter 38? It c
Dropped the steaming light wire (oops) rkuris at 3:30pm 02.25.15 Catalina 30 9/1923 The old steaming light had given up the ghost, so I went up the mast to replace it. During the proce
Square Footage twodzusfittings at 2:49pm 02.25.15 Smaller Boats 10/1244 I could use your help in calculating how much bottom paint I will need. The coverage on the paint bu
Dropping the Hook Etiquette Brian D at 1:33pm 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 25/6714 Suppose one is boating up a coast/waterway and on the chart the next marina has an area for anchorin
replacing wheel and installing a tiller Grefyne at 1:26pm 02.25.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1168 Hi, I want to replace the steering wheel with a tiller on a 281. Has anyone done that? Thanks, Scott
Prudent Speed in Low Visibility kloudie1 at 1:08pm 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 39/3661 So this guy was going a prudent speed in the fog.. and keeping a good lookout, just as the COLREGS s
Insurance quote redhead78 at 12:33pm 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1774 Hi all, spring is just around the corner..I have insurance with a co I won't mention by name initial
Hull ID no. question 19' Weekender oliversdad at 11:58am 02.25.15 Day Sailers 6/1903 I'm missing a digit on the transom HIN. It looks as if it has blistered off and can't be read. Does
Survey Botch? Drhoppy at 9:42am 02.25.15 Smaller Boats 0/37 Hello All: I'm new to this site and, hopefully, will be a first time sailboat owner. I'm in the p
Survey Botch? Drhoppy at 9:40am 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 34/3493 Hello All: I'm new to this site and, hopefully, will be a first time sailboat owner. I'm in the p
Manual Bilge Pump benfirst at 9:15am 02.25.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1962 My manual bilge pump on my First 30E needs to be either rebuilt or replaced. The problem is that it
Chinese Knock Off Solar Panels (1) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:05am 02.25.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2095 Here is an excellent article about comparing the real deal Solbian with genuine SunPower Cells vs th
Beneteau Sail Seminar bob_pattison at 7:58am 02.25.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1194 Just a note for Beneteau Owners in New England looking for an end to winter... Prestige Yacht Sales
Opening passageway to forward compartment davidmhull at 7:57am 02.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1617 I have an Oday 22 that I am refurbishing. The opening leading to the forward compartment is really t
Offshore Cruising LMatthews svCamelot at 6:42am 02.25.15 Lancer 4/2034 Hello; New (to me) 30' Lancer owner. Intention is to Blue Water Sail at sea up to a month at a tim
Cockpit table wflowe2 at 6:22am 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1255 Has anyone tried the Lagun cockpit table hardware? If so, what do you think? Bill Catalina 320 #1146

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Misc repairs and changes Project_Mayhem at 4:28pm 10.19.23 Camcleats have an advantage over clutches. In many cases (not all), you can give the line an upwards
Odd Sailboat ads Will Gilmore at 3:46pm 10.19.23 I... THINK... I can see how that gold dock line is wrapped. What I'm curious about is how it was ex
Kevlar skid plates? dlochner at 3:24pm 10.19.23 The boat is currently in storage about 1 hr away. I was planning on heading up there in a few wee
Kevlar skid plates? (2) Project_Mayhem at 3:13pm 10.19.23 I could be wrong but it looks like some of your bunks aren't touching the hull in your pic. A proper
New Sails jssailem at 1:48pm 10.19.23 Not sure what you are seeking. North Sails are excellent. They have supplied the sails for my boat.
Engineering Help Needed (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:18pm 10.19.23 When I test and if I don't drown expect photos! If it doesn't work out as planned, perhaps you co
New Sails dlochner at 1:12pm 10.19.23 Look no further. https://shop.sailboatowners.com/cu/detail-sails.php?Sail+Loft A basic cross cut
Odd Sailboat ads jssailem at 12:27pm 10.19.23 it comes with dock line Gold Threaded!!
Engineering Help Needed jssailem at 12:25pm 10.19.23
Engineering Help Needed kappykaplan at 12:19pm 10.19.23 When I test and if I don't drown expect photos! :thumbup:
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 12:17pm 10.19.23 :worthless: When I test and if I don't drown expect photos!
Engineering Help Needed kappykaplan at 11:47am 10.19.23 Project complete: all that remains is strapping it on and testing. :worthless:
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger dLj at 11:26am 10.19.23 This is good - you will have projects with a sailboat no matter trailerable or not.... What I im
1984 c25 sits bow down JoeWhite at 8:48am 10.19.23 Bill, Honda 50 is too big and heavy for c25. 10 horsepower is all that is needed.
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 7:52am 10.19.23 Project complete: all that remains is strapping it on and testing. Maybe I can go play tomorrow.
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger (1) william24424 at 7:22am 10.19.23 I prefer the room on the high side while tacking on my larger boat. Two people maneuvering around ea
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger RoyS at 6:53am 10.19.23 I'm intriqued . How does the line inside the clear tubing come out ? Is there a slit ? No slit. Ve
Whisker Pole Seahawk345 at 4:59am 10.19.23 Thanx for the reply's....very much appreciated.......
'83 O'Day 28 Fuel Pick Up Tube RBilly at 3:33am 10.19.23 Thanks for reply. Haul out time here. Will tackle that next Spring.
Misc repairs and changes tcbailey67 at 2:42am 10.19.23 was thinking about cam cleats with fairleads, that's another option

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