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Fogg at 9:21am 07.04.14
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Hi all, With 170 watts of solar and a controller keeping my house 8D battery happy, I am considering
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Dear friends, I own a 1983 hunter 27 which presently sits on the hard in Charleston city boatyard. W
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I have an '84 Catalina 30, and I'm replacing the non ST Winches. The current ones are Lewmar 30s, bu
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We have a 1971 Macgregor Venture 24. We want to paint the bottom while it's on the trailer. This wil
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Does anyone have any recommendations east of Portland?
Terry in Naples at 7:02pm 07.03.14
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Hold on and batten your hatches. A #2 can cause a big surge and 100 mph winds are severe. Good luck
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All,I just purchased a 1985 Catalina 22. However, it didn't have an outboard. I found a short shaft
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I need to replace some lines on my Catalina. I would like to go to a local chandlery instead of West
Snowbird One at 3:57pm 07.03.14
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Well, after so many long days of work on the boat I finally got it out on the water yesterday! Had a
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I just noticed some corrosion on 1 terminal of my Blue Seas group 31 AGM batteries. It is blue corro
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anyone know where we might pick up some used cockpit cushions for an Oday 28' ? new ones w
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I have a Raymarine e7 on my pod and have uninstalled it to send it back for the recall. I noticed t
woodster at 12:47pm 07.03.14
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cluce at 12:15pm 07.03.14
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Has This Happend to You?
jviss at 5:46am 08.14.23
Yes, but having a sewing machine capable of this kind of heavy duty sewing is required. dj I have
Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Extinguisher in engine compartment, Hunter 33 2006
tfox2069 at 4:48am 08.14.23
Check out this thread - just went through this when I sold my 2009 H36: Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fir
Oday 20 Restoration
Clutch Cargo at 4:17am 08.14.23
Welcome aboard. Please share pics of your new charge.
Has This Happend to You?
dLj at 3:35am 08.14.23
It's not unusual at all to have the thread fail. Especially on roller furlers where some thread is
Has This Happend to You?
JBP-PA at 3:25am 08.14.23
It's not unusual at all to have the thread fail. Especially on roller furlers where some thread is a
Weather vane
dLj at 3:24am 08.14.23
I love my Windex. It's my main apparent wind indicator on the top of my mast. It works very well. L
trailer info, Hunter 23.5, 1994
Crazy Dave Condon at 3:12am 08.14.23
Make sure bunk board supports are long and adjustable if you go that route with four supports on eac
new companionway doors
JBP-PA at 3:10am 08.14.23
Very nice. Where do you store the screen panels? My screens suffer a lot from my abuse.
Gear box not engaging
Alex G at 12:24am 08.14.23
I recently replaced my HBW-50 with a Twin Disc TMC-40. The motor needs to be raised 1/4" and the s
Funny Friday!!!
jon hansen at 10:33pm 08.13.23
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Has This Happend to You?
jon hansen at 8:47pm 08.13.23
so the discussion really might be, 'how often should we have our sails serviced'. taken into our sa
Topside Teak Trim
morbidfollower at 8:10pm 08.13.23
do they get in the way of the pop-top enclosure?
Topside Teak Trim
morbidfollower at 8:09pm 08.13.23
I have handhold envy...
Bolt Rope vs Sail Slugs?
Gene Neill at 7:48pm 08.13.23
Once you have slugs, you will almost certainly want mast gates. Mastgates.com is my recommendation i
Bolt Rope vs Sail Slugs?
Gene Neill at 7:45pm 08.13.23
Heck yes, slugs
Topside Teak Trim   (4)
Gene Neill at 7:39pm 08.13.23
If things are easy to take off ill just do that. I don't have the handrails installed yet, so that
Topside Teak Trim
Gene Neill at 7:19pm 08.13.23
Might have both, and might have to remove the headliner. No headliner in a C22. Ten to one there
Weather vane
dlochner at 6:31pm 08.13.23
The surface area of the body and the wings are too large. Rather than reinvent the wheel, look at
Has This Happend to You?
PaulK at 6:00pm 08.13.23
We had the head of a spinnaker blow off once, but we were running in big seas and the sail would col
Lifesling Lifespan?
Rich Stidger at 5:58pm 08.13.23
I have the hard plastic container instead of the bag. After 25 years the harness looks like new and

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