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new season woes newboatowner at 6:15pm 06.22.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1073 After a long hard winter my Catalina 30 just went into the water and, lo and behold, I had to confro
Best GPS Big Fish at 5:26pm 06.22.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/700 I own an 1978 Hunter 27 and need to replace the old Garmin 135. Sailing around Penobscot Bay nothing
Mounting Origo stove a65sailor at 4:35pm 06.22.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1840 I have an Origo 3000 stove with gimbals I need to mount. If any one has pictures of how these mount
Retractable keel replacment jeyoungblood at 4:24pm 06.22.14 Smaller Boats 5/713 I have a 19 foot quest built in 1984. On a recent outing the retractable keel was completely lost.
Two problems captfrank at 3:00pm 06.22.14 Catalina 22 8/1497 I am refurbishing a Cat 22 I just bought cheap($1). Two problems (among lots of others others I am s
Keel issues on O'Day 322? Tally Ho at 2:52pm 06.22.14 Ask An Oday Owner 25/19867 A few years ago, I missed out on the opportunity to purchase a 1987 O'Day 322. I had done a lot of
Really?! One of the Many Bizarre Things PO did that PO'd me! (2) Snowbird One at 2:41pm 06.22.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1203 The "What Not to Do to Your Boat", thread. So I'm getting water running up under the benches on e
O'Day 40 prop shaft nramsey at 2:31pm 06.22.14 Ask An Oday Owner 0/693 Does anyone know the prop shaft length of an O'day 40? I need to pull the hub to replace the PSS se
Master Stateroom makeover 2005 Oceanis 473 B473 at 1:53pm 06.22.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/895 I have a former charter 473 that had a cabin forward with two bunkbeds. The bulkheads were modular
220V to 110V B473 at 1:48pm 06.22.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2364 I have not hit on the right search string to produce any past discussions on this. I bought a French
Anchoring Bridle for Storm KZW at 1:23pm 06.22.14 Catalina 310 3/1900 I'm purchasing a 310 - my first keelboat, and laying in tackle for anchoring out in storms - it bein
Old diesel fuel pelicanj45 at 11:34am 06.22.14 Ask All Sailors 51/17803
VHF 12v cable issue dis-patch at 11:02am 06.22.14 Big Boats 2/732 1997 Hunter 376 owner. I'm finally getting around to cleaning up the wire mess left behind by the P
Hard to find water leak cymeyer at 10:20am 06.22.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1274 Have a small water leak on the port side where the water drips into the electrical panel. I can se
Fuel hose and ethanol (1) BobM at 10:18am 06.22.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1172 It's in case you haven't checked your fuel lines. This is a little incentive. This is off my mower
Looking for a used engine druid at 9:41am 06.22.14 Engines and Propulsion 6/2032 I pretty much trashed my transmission by running it without oil, and I figure if I have to pull the
Repair hole in Hunter 170 deck Frank Fennell at 7:28am 06.22.14 Day Sailers 1/1755 I'm new to this forum and asking advice. A recent storm caused a tree limb to fall on my H170 and it
2002 Beneteau 331 tommoran5555 at 6:59am 06.22.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1345 This boat has a trashed Westerbeke 30Bthree Diesel engine. Westerbeke doesn't seem to offer this mo
Stainless Fabricator Recommendations for Bent Anchor Roller? (1) 4arch at 6:43am 06.22.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1284
Need help with bimini top 79 H30 kito at 6:02am 06.22.14 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1435 I wonder if someone can help me out. I want to order a bimini top for my 79 H30 project boat. Proble

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Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? Hayden Watson at 1:52pm 08.22.23 Elizabeth forwarded my email to Mark who replied that I needed the MT-2 upgrade. Looks like you al
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? Hayden Watson at 1:49pm 08.22.23 As an aside, I hate these designs with loose ball bearings. :) My winch handle grips are apparent
Stowing Winch Handles jviss at 1:43pm 08.22.23 That odd. I wonder if we are looking at the same product. Here's that link again: https://www.orga
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? Ward H at 1:43pm 08.22.23 Wow, that is a different response than I have ever gotten form Garhauer but I always dealt with Gui
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? JRacer at 1:41pm 08.22.23 Allways fun to toss a few of those ball bearings into the main on the boat next to you at the mark.
Stowing Winch Handles stickinthemud57 at 1:40pm 08.22.23
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? jviss at 1:27pm 08.22.23 As an aside, I hate these designs with loose ball bearings. :) My winch handle grips are apparentl
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 1:12pm 08.22.23 Why don't you wash the joints by spraying with commercial cleaner, rinse with garden hose pressure,
CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 1:10pm 08.22.23 Filleting the joint and glassing over it may also be a solution.
CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 1:08pm 08.22.23 I was considering this. West systems has quite a reputation. I Will look further into it. Now I am d
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? Hayden Watson at 1:03pm 08.22.23 Are they steel or Delrin? For Delrin that's actually not a bad price. For steel should be about 1
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 1:02pm 08.22.23 The West System by Gougeon Brothers is the one I have been using for the past 30 years and it makes
Hunter 23 Keel isaksp00 at 12:34pm 08.22.23 Also, looks like user @peptobysmol posted the earlier photos of the swing keel. Seems to have been a
Hunter 23 Keel isaksp00 at 12:29pm 08.22.23 Ok, while waiting for Crazy Dave, here is what it seems to me. First, since you don't see any riggi
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? jviss at 12:02pm 08.22.23 Then I could order the qty needed at $0.11 each. Are they steel or Delrin? For Delrin that's actu
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup Dalliance at 11:53am 08.22.23
Hunter 386 Exhaust/Water hose Gary Ryan at 11:48am 08.22.23 Ended up visiting the boat today and have the same as you. Doesn't look too bad, but I'll take the
H34 Mast Wiring Disconnet WasabiRush at 11:47am 08.22.23 Am I seeing this correctly that you did not replace the fir compression post with an aluminum post?
new companionway doors Hayden Watson at 11:46am 08.22.23 Here is a video of my bifold doors. Note that they use the original drop boark slides so they can b
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? (1) Hayden Watson at 11:41am 08.22.23 Wow, that is a different response than I have ever gotten form Garhauer but I always dealt with Guid

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