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NOAA forecasts (1) Piotr at 8:55pm 10.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/3087 are not very accurate. For those of you who read my other post (to reef or not to reef), you know th
3-blade prop:pitch and diameter for '83 O'Day 28 RBilly at 7:21pm 10.20.14 Bigger Boats 2/1330 Purchased last May an '83 O'day 28 with 5411 Univeral ( Kubota) diesel. Has a 12" dia x 11" pitch p
Cap shroud tension eugenesdream24 at 7:19pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 9/3269 I am reading a lot about shroud tension since I noticed today that my cap shroud is much looser than
Last Sail of the Season! Ward H at 6:57pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/893 Finished up the season with a day sail with the Admiral on Friday and then another day sail with a b
Looking for Interest in a Trailer Sailor Event at Lake Texom Barnacle Bob at 6:55pm 10.20.14 Trailer Sailors 9/3727 Ahoy, My name is Captain Bob. We are considering a Trailer Sailor event around the first week of Apr
Port-Starboard Question rpwillia at 6:27pm 10.20.14 Racing 30/20300 Last Saturday I was racing in a race and came across another boat on starboard tack when I was on po
H376 Help for Raising Mainsail (7) John Murphy at 6:11pm 10.20.14 Big Boats 1/1069 Dan ' Others Interested, Sorry for being sooo late in posting this info ' pics. but I am seriously "
Non-skid paint for H170 plastic deck? mark2 at 5:58pm 10.20.14 Day Sailers 0/1099 Hi all, I am making some repairs to several cracks in the deck of our 170. I had to pull up the anti
Non slip surface restoration Rick Templeton at 4:43pm 10.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/562 Looking into refinishing the non slip surfaces on our 340. Getting some nicks and stains under the m
cockpit enclosure Richard Olden at 3:54pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 9/6615 I am attempting to get some cost I formation on a cockpit enclosure for a Catalina 400. I am looking
Water Pressure Pump Dutch1 at 3:33pm 10.20.14 C&C 0/1645 I have three water tanks on my C'C Landfall 38 and ran out of water. Found out because the fresh wa
Sail Care mmsailor at 1:59pm 10.20.14 Smaller Boats 9/1578 I thought there was a company that did a re resin process to bring life back to older sails . I real
Johnson or Yamaha Outboard?? eugenesdream24 at 1:23pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 37/6512 Hey everyone, I am putting a 9.9 long shaft on the back of my Irwin 28 since my Atomic 4 seems to be
sprider cracks on the hull Richard Olden at 1:03pm 10.20.14 Big Boats 1/1046 I am looking at buying a Catalina 400 and I noticed there are some spider cracks on the hull just ab
Transmission Slipping in Forward peter_ms at 11:52am 10.20.14 Catalina 310 3/931 I don't have the damper plate issue but my transmission is now slipping in forward. This is presumab
shore power hummingbirdbassist at 10:22am 10.20.14 Big Boats 3/746 1980 hunter 30 Plug shore power plug into shore plug, Plug into boat,,,,,, no red light when flippi
Installing auto pilot H 29.5 james295 at 9:24am 10.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/985 Almost finished installing ,ray marine ev 100 . I have a couple of questions, the wheel drive motor
Keel Bolt Backing Plates (1) Rhendy30 at 8:27am 10.20.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2468 I would like to do this with my Catalina 30 BEFORE I experience any problems... I have a little h
8.0a - Life line stantions (5) jlillie at 7:39am 10.20.14 S2 5/786 Hi everyone. I know I've neglected to post for several months related to my restoration of my 8.0a.
Did I winterize right? njlarry at 7:19am 10.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 6/1914 Just winterized my MD-25XPB for the first time and wonder if I did it right. We ran 6 3/4 gallons o

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Mast Gate Woes Timm R Oday25 at 12:36pm 05.25.23 I had the same issue . I solved it simply by using a small piece of aluminum door trim . Easy to cut
Plans for hurricane season 2023? LydieBP at 11:51am 05.25.23 You are welcome. Where are you planning to spend the season? Barrier Islands off Tampa Bay
Seacock Mystery Ward H at 11:44am 05.25.23 Just another thought. The PO chose to leave the seacocks open and seal them from the outside rather
Finding the right LED replacement bulbs. LloydB at 11:40am 05.25.23 "Easier said than done. Some new fixtures say they are certified, but replacement bulbs seem to be a
Circuit panel wiring question. Scott T-Bird at 11:39am 05.25.23 Bow light is a little more obscure, but frequently mention, "boat at anchor" and " visible 360 degr
Circuit panel wiring question. Scott T-Bird at 11:36am 05.25.23 "Anchor Light"! hmmm ... that could be what is under the label! Oh, I just read your last post w
Circuit panel wiring question. Wm. Gill at 11:26am 05.25.23 running lights: red/green and aft white bow light: indeed steaming light, halfway up the mast for
Seacock Mystery capta at 10:40am 05.25.23 You are a pretty lucky guy. Those are REAL seacocks, not those silly ball valve things. First thing
Plans for hurricane season 2023? Don S/V ILLusion at 10:18am 05.25.23
Beneteau 43 Headliner BigEasy at 10:11am 05.25.23 I have to get to the travellar mounting bolts and wanted to know what I am getting into prior to di
Plans for hurricane season 2023? shemandr at 10:10am 05.25.23 One idea I had several years ago for my slip in Cutchogue NY was placement of a helical mooring some
1980 Hunter 30: How is the folding table supposed to work? ggrizzard at 10:07am 05.25.23 Hunter changed the table in 1980. The one in the pic uses a pole.
Possible SmartPlug problem jviss at 10:03am 05.25.23 He also mentioned a liquid good running out of one pole. It could have been melted plastic, .... H
Circuit panel wiring question. (1) Apex at 10:02am 05.25.23 running lights: red/green and aft white bow light: indeed steaming light, halfway up the mast fore
Plans for hurricane season 2023? LydieBP at 9:47am 05.25.23 Unless you can trailer your boat, moving out of the path of a hurricane could be logistically impo
Circuit panel wiring question. Wm. Gill at 9:22am 05.25.23 Decided the Dymo label needed to go. Panel says "Masthead Light" which matches the wiring diagram f
Circuit panel wiring question. Wm. Gill at 8:47am 05.25.23 I think you've got that wrong ... I think the "bow" light would be the steaming light. The anchor
1980 Hunter 30: How is the folding table supposed to work? (2) FigBug at 8:36am 05.25.23 If you posted a picture, we'd know far better what you were talking about. Only one or two people
Hunter 26 almost sunk in wind (1) rgranger at 8:32am 05.25.23 The idea of an anchor sail on an H26 will require some creative engineering. The H26 has swept back
Possible SmartPlug problem Ralph Johnstone at 8:27am 05.25.23 Thanks for following up. I'm curious, what made you think it was the boat side connector that's at

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