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Hunter 23.5 Minimum Vertical Clearance? Rick Webb at 2:03pm 12.04.14 Smaller Boats 10/2609 A friend of mine just bought a house in St Pete on a canal. We were talking about getting my boat to
Mast compression block tigerjohn10 at 2:03pm 12.04.14 Bigger Boats 3/1679 The wooden block that sets in bilge between top of keel and bottom of bulkhead post has rotted away.
taking mast off for move seamonkeys at 12:06pm 12.04.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/577 I am thinking of transporting my hunter 27 How do i take the mast down its a 1981 hunter 27
1984 First 35 Propane Locker Location gbgreen59 at 11:43am 12.04.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1567 I have a 1984 Beneteau First 35. I want to add a propane locker. Is there anyone who can advise wh
Passport renewal ???? woodster at 11:24am 12.04.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1586 i need to renew my passport ...it is 10 years old and about to expire the end of this month....when
Pearson Hawk captaindavid at 8:39am 12.04.14 Pearson 1/1107 Anybody out there in the Midwest have a Pearson Hawk? I would love to get my hands on one!
P30 Bushings pawhitman at 8:31am 12.04.14 Pearson 3/1049 We sail a P30 and last summer noticed water coming in the rudder shaft. Boat was fully fueled and mo
Anyone use their wife's sewing machine for sail repair? kito at 8:16am 12.04.14 Ask All Sailors 62/20203 Well, my luck ran out on Ebay as far as buying used sails. I wanted a used main as a back up for my
Marina/mechanic Larry D Calander at 6:17am 12.04.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/765 Anybody know at marina/ mech in ft Myers area for Hunter
323 anchor light bulb Ron20324 at 5:31am 12.04.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1526 I have someone going up the mast to hang the Parade of Lights display soon. He will change the ancho
Sailboat busts restricted launch area CYQK at 4:15am 12.04.14 Ask All Sailors 26/3215 Who are these jackasses that for two times in a row have disrupted a launch at Kennedy? You can see
butyl tape precaution Time_Out at 9:28pm 12.03.14 Catalina 22 4/1480 Just a heads up for any of you in the process of installing hardware or rebedding existing hardware
79 Hunter 25 or 82 Catalina 25 JanS48 at 7:07pm 12.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1147 Greetings - I'm torn between purchasing a 79 Hunter 25 that looks to be in good condition vs a Catal
Lancer logo USNAmom at 6:35pm 12.03.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1374 After commissioning from the Naval Academy, my son rescued and restored a Lancer. He eventually had
Do I need a vang if I have a traveler? umphrey1012 at 6:21pm 12.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 30/10995 Recently bought a Hunter 27 and it has a cabin-mounted mainsheet traveler, but does not have a boom
Newby needs mast stepping help! (1) keljohnso at 3:30pm 12.03.14 Catalina 22 33/9343 So I've built a gin pole out of a 1 5/8 fence post. The problem I'm having is the mast wants to swi
Best trailerable boat Wayunderated at 1:58pm 12.03.14 Trailer Sailors 77/25481 I'm looking to purchase a good boat that I can trailer from location to location. Something that's
Winterizing a Seaward S600 water heater smoothsailing at 1:08pm 12.03.14 Big Boats 5/2874 Winterizing a Seaward S600 water heater on a '97 Hunter 340 What is the best way to clear the water
solar controller Don Crowther at 12:41pm 12.03.14 Ask All Sailors 22/2352 This is a question that I might have seen the answer to but for the life of me can't remember! Wh
Trailer Sailors and Marine Sanitation Bad Obsession at 12:40pm 12.03.14 Trailer Sailors 27/6760 On another forum that I am on we are having quite the discussion about marine sanitation on small sa

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The Sewing Machine Thread Apex at 5:22pm 09.25.23 @jviss Test what you got, and beyond leather and sunbrella: add in layers of dacron and webbing ple
The Sewing Machine Thread jviss at 5:17pm 09.25.23 easy @jviss, if there is a machine that can sew the head of a jib, I'm buying iT! I confess I am s
Catalina 34 MK II Compression Block Repair or Replace? (1) Calif. Ted at 5:15pm 09.25.23 Here's the TSB from Catalina for repair of the compression post block on a C34, if you have evidence
The Sewing Machine Thread Apex at 5:13pm 09.25.23 What's your point? By the way, this is the sewing machine thread, not the sail repair failure thre
The Sewing Machine Thread jviss at 5:09pm 09.25.23
Catalina 34 MK II Compression Block Repair or Replace? Stu Jackson at 4:53pm 09.25.23 I did go to the C34 forum first, but didn't see a lot of activity so thought it would make sense to
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix pclarksurf at 4:45pm 09.25.23 To some earlier points on whether you can safely gel coat on top of epoxy resin (and to a larger ex
The Sewing Machine Thread (3) Tally Ho at 4:44pm 09.25.23
New O'Day 25 Rudder? Sunbird22358 at 4:12pm 09.25.23 D&R Marine does have replacement rudders for the 25, not cheap... but stronger than the original!
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 4:08pm 09.25.23 Makes one wonder what keel bolts are made from. 302 and 304 I know are subject to crevice corrosio
Catalina 34 MK II Compression Block Repair or Replace? jbmia at 3:43pm 09.25.23 Hmm. I don't see any loose laminate around the rest of the keel as if there were an impact down ther
2010 Honda 9.9 with new impeller doesn't "pee". Diablito at 3:23pm 09.25.23 Thanks to all of you. This is a used 2010 engine, bought with the understanding that some TLC would
Clamshell Vent Covers Mechone at 3:10pm 09.25.23 I hit it with the buffer, went to marine store and purchased a stainless one , looks better and shou
Just a bit too much heel and helm (1) FDL S2 at 2:55pm 09.25.23 On the 24, we would "vang-sheet" in puffy conditions. We set the vang on hard (whatever was good fo
Mast up winter storage sailme88 at 2:47pm 09.25.23 No matter how well you wrap the shrouds ( if wire) you will have water run down them. Rod rigs are s
Mast up winter storage dlochner at 2:13pm 09.25.23 EIGHT?!?! pad cradle?! Couldn't think of a more secure means. In Muskegon, there are many on 4pad
Just a bit too much heel and helm JRacer at 2:10pm 09.25.23 PS, I would prefer 10 and not more than 15 degrees of heel vs 20. That's what we would shoot for on
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? drewlamparello at 1:43pm 09.25.23 Enjoy, the fin will be nice...
The Sewing Machine Thread jviss at 1:29pm 09.25.23 test the head of a jib. A Palm and needles couldn't get through that mess: 3 broken needles and a
Just a bit too much heel and helm Don Guillette at 1:10pm 09.25.23 Thanks Don, and I do have the Sail Trim Chart. Was my free QUICK REFERENCE included? With all the

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