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Stanchions available (1) NYSail at 12:52pm 03.19.23 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 5/1699 Free to a good home. Just pay shipping. From my 36-2
Bulkhead WOOD Hunter 50' hunter bum at 12:19pm 03.19.23 Ask All Sailors 2/428 Does anyone knows what type of wood is on the bulkheads of a hunter 50'?. I have some damages part w
Electric head replacement help. Le Bon Temp 1 at 11:12am 03.19.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/8 I have a 2003 Catalina that I need to replace the current electric Wilcox-Crittenton head. Going ba
Bronze Prop coatings; Interlux (1) Blitz at 10:04am 03.19.23 Ask All Sailors 8/1771 Wondering if anyone has used the Interlux Interprotect 2000e on their propellers or underwater bronz
Beneteau 1993 First 35s5 Keel Separation (1) TButler at 7:23am 03.19.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1028 Hi - I have a small gap between the keel and hull (see pic though this is right after haul out befor
Reversing the Beneteau Oceanis 31 aft cabin door. (4) SycloneDriver at 8:04pm 03.18.23 Ask All Sailors 13/1245 I remember reading a how-to on this subject, made it seem easy. A few days ago I decided to try it.
Replacement head (toilet unit specifically) Le Bon Temp 1 at 3:56pm 03.18.23 Ask All Sailors 15/1326 Needing some help please. I have a 2003 Cat/350. Need to replace my electric head which is a Wilcox
Screwed Up Cetol Project SailMaster at 10:58am 03.18.23 Ask All Sailors 3/611 Hi guys, I've never worked with this product so I need a little advice. I hired someone to do our t
Second Battery Souellette at 9:15am 03.18.23 Catalina 275 13/1874 Any advice on the easiest way to add a second battery to a Catalina 275? I've installed a chartplott
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep not too shallow (1) circa1971la at 8:08am 03.18.23 Ask All Sailors 7/668 Hi I have a dark blue gel coat on my sailboat. The inflatable dinghy tied up alongside left scratche
Grounding log WI Rigger at 7:43am 03.18.23 Ask All Sailors 14/1119 I read an article on installing a #6 electrical copper (not aluminum) wire lug at the bottom of the
Passport Renewal Terry Cox at 7:36am 03.18.23 Ask All Sailors 20/1523 In the works for this coming season, the Admiral and I have plans to sail Belle-Vie into British Col
O Day 28 radiator expansion tank waterking2 at 5:37pm 03.17.23 Bigger Boats 8/1082 I have a 1986 O Day 28 with the M-12 universal. There is no coolant expansion tank . Is this normal
2005 Hunter 33 Teak Laminate/Composite McPhee at 1:34pm 03.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 9/1417 I'm fixing up a 2005 Hunter 33, and mostly following Don Casey's book as well as the manual. For the
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 (6) Maxcromic at 11:51am 03.17.23 Smaller Boats 14/2317 Hello Everyone, I need assistance with repairs on my Hunter 240 I need to remove the centerboard sw
Defender Marine Bob S at 9:39am 03.17.23 Ask All Sailors 5/1109 Does anyone know if Defender still has a warehouse sale? I used to take advantage for spring commiss
Best backup source of 12 volt power I have ever seen. (2) Muttondressedaslamb at 3:23pm 03.16.23 Ask All Sailors 17/2468 After a lightning strike hit the top of my mast back in 2018, some of the electrical wires got fried
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? (2) rardiH36 at 2:55pm 03.16.23 The Cherubini Hunters 32/4548 Its been quite a few years ago that I last posted/participated on the Cherubini forum. Back now! T
another keel lockdown bolt discussion.... rpludwig at 2:38pm 03.16.23 Catalina 22 12/1383 '84 C22, no soft decks, no leaky windows, no leaky poptop, solid leak-free restored volcano, drains
410 Owners with Y-Valves for aft head? VanIslandGuy at 2:08pm 03.16.23 Big Boats 4/690 Does anyone have a Hunter 410 with the aft-head plumbed with a Y-valve? Ours wasn't fitted with one

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entry level electronics dlochner at 12:40pm 01.20.25 BTW, since you are on the Hudson, I would get a VHF radio with built-in AIS receiver at minimum and
Sunken Treasure jssailem at 12:11pm 01.20.25 migration of water into the laminate where it then can degrade the resin True fact. But Grumps is
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 12:10pm 01.20.25 Grumps, it would be remiss not to mention that even fiberglass can be degraded by immersion in water
Sunken Treasure shemandr at 11:57am 01.20.25 Grumps, it would be remiss not to mention that even fiberglass can be degraded by immersion in water
HUNTER 34 Tranny to prop shaft coupler jssailem at 11:51am 01.20.25 That is how I understood the information provided.
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 11:43am 01.20.25 You feeling Lucky?:biggrin: I want to pose a crazy question: What are your thoughts and/or experienc
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 11:42am 01.20.25 You feeling Lucky?:biggrin: Mostly bored
Sunken Treasure jssailem at 11:39am 01.20.25 You feeling Lucky?:biggrin:
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 11:34am 01.20.25 I want to pose a crazy question: What are your thoughts and/or experience with rebuilding a sunken s
Asymmetrical Spinnaker Sock/Bag Question MikeHoncho at 10:43am 01.20.25 bag should stay on deck. Look for a means to disconnect. There is a ring at the base of the sock
entry level electronics Scott T-Bird at 10:21am 01.20.25 BTW, since you are on the Hudson, I would get a VHF radio with built-in AIS receiver at minimum and
entry level electronics Scott T-Bird at 10:18am 01.20.25
Forestay to bowplate connection hardware (3) JBP-PA at 10:02am 01.20.25 It is not unusual at all for roller furlers to use a different kind of pin for the forestay and link
entry level electronics shemandr at 9:09am 01.20.25 With regard to chart datum it is notable that when the QE2 hit some rocks off Cuttyhunk in 1992, th
Forestay to bowplate connection hardware dLj at 8:08am 01.20.25
Forestay to bowplate connection hardware Joe at 7:58am 01.20.25 A clevis pin to secure a marine eye to a fork that could also have a turnbuckle in the sequence. Ha
entry level electronics kappykaplan at 7:44am 01.20.25 Sailing is not a video game, the instruments are there to supplement the visceral data you collect
How did you support your engine for installation of motor mounts. SoHaSailor at 7:39am 01.20.25 I replaced the mounts for my little Universal M2-12 last fall. I had seen all of the suggestions me
entry level electronics dlochner at 7:36am 01.20.25 Re. depth based on charts, in many places that is a joke book. In self-defense I was distracted b
entry level electronics thinwater at 7:28am 01.20.25 Re. depth based on charts, in many places that is a joke book. The shoals move around with floods an

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