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Soda blasting and barrier coat ed stack at 6:00pm 01.28.14 Ask All Sailors 8/3217 Hi all, I am thinking of getting the last 24 years of bottom paint removed via a local soda blastin
Bradenton, FL Christian Sailing at 5:10pm 01.28.14 Ask All Sailors 2/999 Any recommendations for a 30 LOA in Bradenton? Fees/Amenities/etc...? Thanks Bryan
Filling fuel tank problems on H36 Ken Honeycutt at 4:43pm 01.28.14 Big Boats 13/1510 Wondering if anyone besides me has problems filling their fuel tank. I'm not sure it is a problem wi
Serious Grounding Rick D at 4:11pm 01.28.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1794 ...but this one was intentional... http://news.yahoo.com/video/ferry-smashes-ship-breaker-39-1505289
Recomend a bottom paint? Dave Sharp at 3:54pm 01.28.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1338 We now keep our boat in Rock Hall (Swan Creek). We had good luck with WM bottom paint which I think
Pex Dennis1679 at 3:39pm 01.28.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/2816 Is. Residential pex appropriate for a cruising boat?
rudder marvin at 3:25pm 01.28.14 San Juan Sailboats 5/9264 I have a San Juan 26 and would like to know if a sj21 rudder would work for me, I was told the riggi
Looking for Advice on Selling Mac 26d 1990 medkid134 at 1:21pm 01.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3140 Hello All, Looking for advice on selling my Mac 26d 1990 due to shallow water bay where I curre
Haul construction help skryan5747 at 10:17am 01.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/583 We just pulled our boat out of the water for a bottom job and we were looking to find out if a 1989
Pattern for flooring available? RocketDogs at 9:33am 01.28.14 Day Sailers 5/3406 Greetings all! I am trying to gather resources and information so I can get working on our DS1, whi
starter motor installation - Universal M-18 Richard19068 at 8:42am 01.28.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/1086 I'm installing a new starter motor. When I removed the old one there was no shim or gasket but there
Beneteau 43 Reef lines Dave9854 at 6:38am 01.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1315 I have a 2008 Beneteau 43 with a classic rig, wondering what size the reefing lines should be, and h
Shore Power-SmartPlug vs. 1938 (long post) (45) Maine Sail at 5:22am 01.28.14 Musings With Maine Sail 13/12018 For those of you who have already seen this on my site I apologize, please skip over this, but I lik
Need to repair Bow Roller Ken13559 at 3:38am 01.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/932 Hey, its my bad. Made a mistake of sailing too close to a friend's boat. Was approaching him port to
Anyone else bake on their small boat? (1) dgreen1991 at 9:35pm 01.27.14 Catalina 22 15/2152 Tried this little folding coleman oven. Folds flat 12x12x2. If you buy one don't trust the gauge. Ac
Mast Stolen acordb at 7:33pm 01.27.14 Balboa 7/10740 I'm looking for a mast for my Ensenada 20 !!!!! The original was stolen ' probably cut up for scrap
Heads we win!! 2sticks at 7:21pm 01.27.14 Bigger Boats 1/1071 Just finished installation of the new composting head mfg. by Sandy at C-Head. From the first contac
Windex Nahart51 at 7:21pm 01.27.14 Catalina 22 19/2698 What size windex do you guys recommend? Windex Sport 10 or Windex 15? Thanks
Mast Stolen acordb at 6:55pm 01.27.14 Balboa 0/1500 [f
sheaves for Kenyon spars alallen1 at 6:27pm 01.27.14 Big Boats 5/1672 I have been unable to locate sheaves for the Kenyon boom on my 37 cutter. A company named Rig-Rite

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Request Help Deciphering Trail-Rite Capacity Decal Tedd at 11:23am 06.27.23 My guess would be that the 5806 is a serial number. The trailer probably pre-dates when VINs were re
Tiller, Rudder, etc. capta at 11:18am 06.27.23 Perhaps it is the pics, but I don't see anything wrong with the metal pieces. If it is just looks yo
Recommendations for a new head plenny7 at 11:12am 06.27.23 Raritan SaniFlex RaritanSaniFlex hose is the top rated hose because it has a 10 yr warranty against
Beneteau Cockpit Speakers Original Replacement BigEasy at 11:10am 06.27.23 Our original cockpit stereo speakers that came installed I think by Beneteau or perhaps the Dealer
1x19 cable for standing rigging? capta at 11:09am 06.27.23 It has to do with the number of strands and their size. Obviously 7X7 strand will be lots more flexi
ampacity of disconnects Rick Webb at 10:54am 06.27.23 You could make the pigtail longer and the final connection somewhere for convenient. An additional
Keel position from winch view HeelBoy at 10:36am 06.27.23 I share the concerns and it drove me to completely redo that area of the boat with anew companionway
ampacity of disconnects Richard19068 at 10:35am 06.27.23 Thanks everybody for the responses. I appreciate the time and the insight. The pump is rated at 16
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment (10) Chase Hartzell at 10:00am 06.27.23 217316 Judgement day. First day raising sails since I took ownership. 217317 Teaching the young ho
34Mk2 back stay adjustment Stu Jackson at 9:49am 06.27.23 Your question is somewhat boat-specific, so ask here: https://c34.org/bbs/index.php/board,11.0.html
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment (8) Chase Hartzell at 9:48am 06.27.23 217303 Rub rail vinyl is STIFF and not interested in being told what to do. I knew this going into
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment (10) Chase Hartzell at 9:33am 06.27.23 Whelp, I'm probably due for another update, and this feels like a big one for me. After two years o
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Ralph Johnstone at 9:12am 06.27.23 "I'm not exactly sure what you mean, I'm nearly in perfect alignment now. What I meant to say is tha
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 9:09am 06.27.23 After an overnight, there were the slightest spots of fuel. In fact if I had my absorb sheets under
Dissimilar Metals Maine Sail at 9:00am 06.27.23 I am considering putting a jam cleat to my aluminum boom. My concern is attaching it with stainles
Dissimilar Metals markwbird at 8:53am 06.27.23 Stainless screws are fine.
Request Help Deciphering Trail-Rite Capacity Decal Chase Hartzell at 8:36am 06.27.23 They do not. There doesn't appear to be any vin on this trailer or documented anywhere in the regis
Request Help Deciphering Trail-Rite Capacity Decal Rick Webb at 8:35am 06.27.23 Do those numbers match up with a VIN or serial number on your registration?
Trailer Capacity Estimates? SantaCruzin at 8:30am 06.27.23 Piece vs peace. Totally different meaning in this case! I feel bad for anyone learning English as a
Request Help Deciphering Trail-Rite Capacity Decal Jacktar at 8:20am 06.27.23 Might just be the serial number of the trailer, it is next to manufacture date on same line, all lo

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