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I40 Ballast Mike Wagner at 12:20pm 04.27.14 Irwin 1/1817 Our Irwin 40 MK II has several lead ingots under the sole in the salon. Any other I40s or Citation 3
Bent Pulpit Rail Okie44 at 11:47am 04.27.14 Catalina 22 1/625 Bought a C 22 a month ago, still setting in my driveway. Had a wind storm and a limb fell on the ce
Deck Anti-skid Pads (1) kloudie1 at 11:16am 04.27.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/879 On the H-34, on either side of the mast base, there are two Treadmaster pads so ya can stand there s
What paint to use on inside wall of a boat? sd1953 at 10:46am 04.27.14 Ask All Sailors 17/76843 I have a wall in the navigator's desk area that needs to be painted. What kind of paint do I use fo
Pressure water pump runs on for no apparent reason Skipper at 9:26am 04.27.14 Ask All Sailors 18/2315 -RESOLVED- Of all the systems on this boat, the domestic water system requires the most attention.
Transom on 25 - solid fb or sandwiched? USY27 at 9:21am 04.27.14 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1715 I recently became an owner of 79 Oday25. The boat is in very decent condition even for its age as it
Headliner Cleaning/Replacement Kper at 8:59am 04.27.14 Day Sailers 0/769 Reposted on the main O'Day page.
Fill in Outboard cutout on O'Day 23 ? Ready2Sail at 8:48am 04.27.14 Day Sailers 1/901 My 70's 23' O'Day has a cutout in the stern for an outboard motor. This area is rotted and a concer
Replacing fixed port on 356 nosocks at 7:13am 04.27.14 Big Boats 1/841 Has anyone replaced the fixed port lights on a 356? I found a link here to Hunter's instruction th
Anchor Roller TRBS size?? chrisings at 7:02am 04.27.14 Catalina 30 5/1446 Hello forum friends, Getting really close to launching and have a question. We have an '83 TRBS Ca
37c shower faucet med2463 at 6:53am 04.27.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/671 Anyone replaced shower faucet on 1979 37c? I'm dreading it but needs to be done
Painting a Widgeon Tyler R at 6:52am 04.27.14 Ask An Oday Owner 19/2197 I've started the laborious task of removing the old paint from the inside of my Widgeon. What would
Our new/ used Hunter is home (5) Bateau Margo at 6:50am 04.27.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/798 After a brief wheel bearing incident on the way from the marina to the house she is finally home.
Replacement of Spinlock Cam Lock bobgelb@gmail.com at 6:44am 04.27.14 Catalina 310 1/1164 My Spinlock XTS (0814)...cam lock for the jib halyard (port side) is not holding the halyard, rope
Infant grandson on board dis-patch at 6:38am 04.27.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/3463 I would like to have my grandson, he's one now, come visit me and also take the whole family out for
Rebedding stanchions knotcarin at 6:06am 04.27.14 Big Boats 3/1444 I have a loose stanchion....it took a hit last summer as a powerboat alongside pulled out of a tight
Motor Mount bmw2007z4 at 5:56am 04.27.14 Smaller Boats 1/558 I have the motor mount but I don't know the spec's for the fasteners. Can anyone help?
Water Stains on Wood Birchy at 5:41am 04.27.14 Catalina 310 1/1100 I have dark water stains on port side wood work behind table. Looking for suggestions on bringing ba
Wing Keel Weeping, My boat Sank on Land Birchy at 5:23am 04.27.14 Catalina 310 17/3307 My boat sank on land this year. Long story. My boat yard shrink wrapped my boat and didn't shrink ri
goldstar radar hotrodderjim at 4:33am 04.27.14 Ask An Oday Owner 0/601 Anyone know of anyone who repairs Goldstar units in the RI/Narragansett bay area? Thanks Jim

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Catalina 27 teak before and after jon hansen at 7:44pm 07.22.23 nice work
Catalina 27 teak before and after jaysweet at 7:38pm 07.22.23 Wow, great job! Hardly looks like the same boat!
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA jaysweet at 7:35pm 07.22.23 I did start at Gibson Island, but that was only where I did the boat preparations. I was keeping my
CHI-MAC today DayDreamer41 at 7:34pm 07.22.23 best of the great lakes. wind, waves, fresh water, sun burn, biting black flys, blue berry pancake
CHI-MAC today PaulK at 7:33pm 07.22.23 We had a light-air night one time. Other watch wrapped the spinnaker around the forestay about 15x.
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA dLj at 7:27pm 07.22.23 Nah: I'm in Rock Creek (White Rocks Marina), and it was my understanding that you started at Gibson
Catalina 27 teak before and after (8) BTC1984 at 7:27pm 07.22.23 More photos. The Coaming covers were breaking and had gaps. I used Gflex to fill in the gaps and I
New Hunter arch panel (4) jaysweet at 7:20pm 07.22.23 Here are the Hella Courtesy Lamps (back side), which look to be mostly waterproof (IP67) and a prett
I have an 21' American Fiberglass (3) Perry Welch at 7:14pm 07.22.23 Lets go back to the :Short Sail", problem. As you can see from the pictures I got the cunningham hoo
Have you tested your PFD? Leeward Rail at 7:05pm 07.22.23 It is good to test these things. Knowing how they work before you go in the water in an emergency i
CHI-MAC today jssailem at 7:04pm 07.22.23 Windy shows a stronger wind field closer in to shore. Maybe that is the difference. Going to be an i
New Hunter arch panel (6) jaysweet at 7:03pm 07.22.23 So I bought a couple of hunks of pretty expensive solid teak, just a bit over 1" thick (true), and m
CHI-MAC today jssailem at 6:58pm 07.22.23 WOW... The boat out in the lake is doing 6kts while the boats closer to shore are doing 8+
I have an 21' American Fiberglass Perry Welch at 6:56pm 07.22.23 Hey Stick If you would bother to look at the picture, you will see that the center board is a Dagger
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement jssailem at 6:53pm 07.22.23 Nice job. Write that up in your boat log so that you can remind your self of the experience and the
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement (3) BTC1984 at 6:48pm 07.22.23 I took the belt to the Napa store and he matched it with a gates 7395 XL. I only loosened bolts one
Catalina Metal Plaque (1) Skipper John at 6:47pm 07.22.23 the fact that they don't make 'em anymore, and haven't for a long, long time. Just to correct the
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? JohnShannon at 6:44pm 07.22.23 your most cost effective solution is to steal one, if it doesn't work out, what are you out?
New Hunter arch panel (4) jaysweet at 6:43pm 07.22.23 Here's an update on the new arch panel project (maybe console is a better term?). So what was I star
CHI-MAC today jon hansen at 5:54pm 07.22.23 they are sailing fast now

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