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Matt Rutherford is selling St. Brendan rgranger at 6:29pm 10.20.13 Ask All Sailors 2/2309 I'm sure most of you have heard about the recent circumnavigation of The Americas by Matt Rutherford
Help with oven use please MrBee at 6:22pm 10.20.13 Ask All Sailors 11/2136 I did a quick search so sorry if this has been asked before. We have an oven onboard and I have t
Saga of the Solar Panel Brian147 at 5:56pm 10.20.13 Big Boats 0/816 I know this has been an on going topic, but was hoping for some feedback I was thinking of replaci
Hunter 380 Under Cowling Fairleads Brian147 at 5:43pm 10.20.13 Big Boats 1/813 Hello, First off, please excuse my discription of this. There is a bar with three supports that ha
Cracks in Gelcoat Spence at 4:17pm 10.20.13 Musings With Maine Sail 3/3052 Does anyone know how to repair superficial cracks in gelcoat? The deck has some hairline cracks
Potted plants and sailboats CCrane2299 at 2:16pm 10.20.13 Catalina 22 1/935 I have posted and read posts from folks who have water under the cabin floor. I drilled a couple of
most spacious trailor sailor for 1/2 ton truck troutman at 2:08pm 10.20.13 Day Sailers 15/2659 Hi, I apologize for asking a question that has likely been asked before. I own a Ford F150 4 door,
Added bonus of replacing bulkheads (1) Indysailor at 12:02pm 10.20.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1038 During the off season a couple years ago, I pulled the old bulkheads on my boat and replaced them. F
Are you afraid of the fog? Ken Cross at 11:36am 10.20.13 Ask All Sailors 48/11775 I love to fish and lately we have been pretty well fogged in. Where we live there is relatively litt
Hunter 33.5 Hot water heater info needed. patrick33308 at 11:25am 10.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1075 Have a 1993 Hunter 33.5, just re-purchased my old boat back, and find that the hot water tank/heater
Standing rigging cost Buki at 10:37am 10.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1481 Still searching for a Macgregor 26. I recently found one for sale but apparently inspection says the
Moving my sailboat from the Chesapeake to Long Island Sound PlanetoSea at 10:36am 10.20.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/941 I am relocating to New Rochelle, NY from the Washington DC area. I have my Beneteau 311 in a marina
37c galley (4) med2463 at 9:55am 10.20.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1308 Had a new countertop installed. I put in the bar faucet, sink ' under counter water filter. Like t
Cutter track gone 37c (1) med2463 at 9:47am 10.20.13 The Cherubini Hunters 3/956 Removed staysail track, what a mess and was leaky. Filled in holes and just put last coat of paint
Sail repair Calgary Lost Parent at 9:07am 10.20.13 Ask All Sailors 0/836 Sorry lost your phone number and email , please pm me
Diesel winter stabilizers John Britten at 9:00am 10.20.13 Engines and Propulsion 0/981 preparing to winterize my 28 O"Day with 11 gallon Universal tank. Debating between 2 stabilizers I
ST1000 Tiller Pilot install O'day 22 (2) jshanley at 9:00am 10.20.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1278 Just wanted to share install information. I used a 3" drop bracket on the tiller and put the mountin
Winter Care Of Sails Don Guillette at 8:38am 10.20.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 18/9537 Rich H suggested this topic and it's a good one. It was not a problem for a sailor like me who had t
Locker/Bilge Finish Cool_Change at 8:12am 10.20.13 Big Boats 3/803 We have a 3000 H340 and am wondering what the inside of the lockers and bilge were finished with by
Restoring a 79 Hunter 30 kito at 6:10am 10.20.13 The Cherubini Hunters 54/9219 Hello all. I am picking up a 79 Hunter 30 in a couple weeks. I am having it transported to my backya

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Posting Guidelines Ward H at 5:57am 04.10.23 I've been trying out Video Editor apps for pre-editing on the phone right on the boat. Amazing tool
Spreader blocks location garymalmgren at 5:52am 04.10.23 Any set rule on how far from the mast to install them? Starboard spreader. halfway between mast an
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into? glanrock at 5:27am 04.10.23 I'm curious what you did about the cracks you found. Did you paint over them with epoxy primer? Did
Posting Guidelines TomY at 5:19am 04.10.23 Timely thread. I'm immersed in a self-imposed Youtube -'Shoot video on DSLR and Iphone'- crash cours
Removing Dyneema Core thinwater at 4:38am 04.10.23 The Warpspeed line has a Dyneema core so I figured that would be a Dyneema to Dyneema splice unless
Furlex 100s Bearing Tube Problem (3) KursadT at 4:29am 04.10.23
Alternator temperatures danooxnard at 4:25am 04.10.23 The FLIR and infrared heat guns only see the surface temperature. They do not seen inside things or
Install wash down pump? Slipin Away at 1:35am 04.10.23 See my solution to simple wash down Located under hunter 45cc modifications
Alternator temperatures Hayden Watson at 10:58pm 04.09.23 TICs (thermal imaging cameras) are notorious for being way off on the temps represented by the cros
Alternator temperatures MikeHoncho at 9:00pm 04.09.23 TICs (thermal imaging cameras) are notorious for being way off on the temps represented by the cross
Escape Rumba - Mast Replacement (4) rgranger at 8:33pm 04.09.23 Here pics of the one I had tos 214493 214494 214495 If they were about 50% bigger I might still hav
Escape Rumba - Mast Replacement rgranger at 8:28pm 04.09.23
Frozen Galley seacock JRT at 8:17pm 04.09.23 I used this product and it worked great in water. https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/other
Ice Box Lid Hold Open JRT at 7:58pm 04.09.23 I purchased these on Catalina direct and installed them on the fridge and dry storage lid. They wor
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 TreeRog at 7:48pm 04.09.23
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 TreeRog at 7:40pm 04.09.23 It went super smooth and easy. 3 men job to play it safe. The whole centerboard will be replace in
Schenker Zen 30 watermakee SycloneDriver at 7:03pm 04.09.23 I suggest that you figure why the operating pressure is low. The pressure is critical to push the w
Sanitary Pipe Routing - Tartan 4100 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:40pm 04.09.23 No it is not the way things generally are but from your drawing it looks fixable and I'll be glad to
Replacement Seals for Instrument Thru-Deck Fittings? BigEasy at 6:26pm 04.09.23 I have not seen replacement rubber grommets for Shakespeare #4189 cable outlet fittings. You can re
Posting Guidelines Tally Ho at 6:23pm 04.09.23 +1 I toyed with the idea of doing a YouTube Channel, but when I exchanged emails with a gentleman f

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