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Pedestal mount compass rsotomayor at 7:44pm 10.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/982 Need to change the pedestal mount compass on a Benetau 32- it is a Plastimo 135, it has a bubble a
New Battery Storage Fred Villiard at 6:16pm 10.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 14/5011 Hi Maine, Friday I bought 4 GC2 batteries from Sam's, was going to install them on Sunday. Satur
Genoa - repair or replace? scmartin257 at 5:05pm 10.22.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1580 We have a new-to-us 2000 C320 with in mast furling and a 135 genoa on a Schaefer roller furler. We
Penetrating Oil Study John T1594 at 4:45pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 19/5798 A friend sent this to me and I have no way to verify it but I thought I would pass it along for comm
Bulkhead replacement fitting problems Ritdog at 4:42pm 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1416 I'm in the process of refurbing an Oday 25- I pulled the bulkheads out because they were getting old
core klif at 4:36pm 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1213 Does the 29.5 1994 hunter have a core center hull?
Rudder bearings Replacement bobcat30 at 4:23pm 10.22.13 Catalina 30 1/1300 I have a 1995 30. My rudder has a slight give to it when I shake it (on the hard) My zinc on the sh
Cradle construction question Sefuller at 2:31pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3098 I need to have a storage cradle built this year, and have been working with a local welder, but woul
vibration in rudder under sail? puddlejockey at 2:19pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4216 Hi guys; I'm getting a vibration...more like a throbbing, in the rudder of my H27 while under sail,
new owner trainmanjess at 1:54pm 10.22.13 Kittiewake 2/2980 hello all I am the new owner of a kittiwake 23 sailboat... it is a full keel boat designed by Carl
What PFD/Harness bootht at 12:27pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3616 My wife and I have been sailing for several years managing to survive with your basic orange Type II
Annapolis Power and Sail Boat Show observations Mikem at 11:40am 10.22.13 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/2704 As Ruth and I represented HAPSat both the Annapolis Power and Sailboat shows this year (in conjuncti
Running an additional halyard bshock at 11:03am 10.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1025 Hi All, As a new-ish owner I'm running into a lot of "firsts" with this boat. This next first has
Lost half my rudder! (2) Flyboy69 at 10:42am 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1652 Afternoon all! Look what I noticed when my Karma Girl was hauled out of the water for the winter las
Date & Time on a Raymarine Nodak7 at 10:32am 10.22.13 Big Boats 4/7529 I have a Raymarine E80 MFD on board our boat. I have a Navionics Map set up in it and within the Map
smelly bilge smell solved cherub78 at 9:37am 10.22.13 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1069 Hi thanks for all the ideas.my cross timbers were delaminated and saturated for years of my 78 27ft
Mothball Fleet (1) Benny17441 at 8:03am 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 23/5613 Ran into this Mothball Fleet in the California Delta. Just waiting to be sold for scrap I guess.
Hunter 31 or 34 in Seattle? Phil Herring at 7:29am 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/725 If you have a 1980's vintage 31 or 34 at Elliott Bay, Shilshoal, or on Lake Union (or elsewhere, eve
Repowering from a 40 yr old Volvo SailMaster at 7:20am 10.22.13 Engines and Propulsion 7/1533 Hello all, We are going to stop throwing money into our old Volvo MD2B and repower with something
wet/dry storage dlewis812 at 6:43am 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 1/885 after 2 past seasons wet storage thought about dry this winter; maybe good to let sit out for awhile

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Danfort Corsair compass bulb replacing (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:13am 03.02.23 Not looking too good but may explain why you can't open the body. andwiched in there.
Rainwater leak under cockpit deck Scott T-Bird at 10:08am 03.02.23 So my plan is to raise the wires up as far as I can w/out drilling a new hole and then using some t
Window replacement Hollyberry at 9:47am 03.02.23 I've found images of the First 38 with and without obvious aluminum exterior frames, so job one is t
Hunter 42 change to LPG Terry Cox at 9:31am 03.02.23 Boat Info tab contains this article about a conversion. Hunter 42 Owner Modifications and Upgrades
Leak in water tank: what are my options? JBP-PA at 9:17am 03.02.23 After you replace it, practice repairing the old one as Peggie describes. That way you'll learn how
Rainwater leak under cockpit deck matts997 at 8:57am 03.02.23
Replaced all my sanitation hoses Mike Oldak at 8:53am 03.02.23
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC (2) Ralph Johnstone at 8:15am 03.02.23 For separation of the flanges, I still believe that a socket located in the centre, and using bolts
Hunter 42 change to LPG DRhoads at 8:11am 03.02.23 I don't think I will be of much help since I have a 2004/5 version of the 420 Passage and it has a s
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Breezy1 at 7:53am 03.02.23 Here's where I got mine. Price varies with material chosen. Don't forget to have the new coupling
Single handing JBP-PA at 7:36am 03.02.23 That only applies to human waste.
Single handing Will Gilmore at 7:23am 03.02.23 People with dogs sometimes have the fake grass type carpet. No glue, tie it down. You can then to
Proper way to attach spare tire as working tongue wheel MikeHoncho at 7:21am 03.02.23
Wind generators, yay or nay? MikeHoncho at 7:18am 03.02.23 Hello everyone, another couple of questions for the hive mind. was looking at getting solar panels
Single handing JBP-PA at 6:34am 03.02.23 What do you think about glueing down outdoor carpet on the sole of the cockpit? On my Hunter, I hav
Shroud i bolts source ricopenthouse at 6:29am 03.02.23 It can be very frustrating when something like this happens, especially if you are on the water. As
Single handing WI Rigger at 6:10am 03.02.23 Thanks Will
Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 5:12am 03.02.23
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC artboas at 12:45am 03.02.23 I remember playing with an induction heater about half a century ago back in class. What we were l
Single handing Will Gilmore at 6:35pm 03.01.23 If you are interested in sailboat design, the Boat Design Forum has a sailing specific forum and man

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