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Deck paint Lost Parent at 5:55pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1489 Anybody ever use Krylon or automotive spray paint in a can for deck paint
Broke my mast foot jblersch at 5:37pm 10.13.13 Smaller Boats 4/1129 While lowering my mast yesterday for winter storage, the mast foot of my 240 snapped where the pin i
Sail Trim Topics Don Guillette at 4:07pm 10.13.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/5366 I've trawled through the many sites for the past few days but can't find any subject of interest for
Bronze paint for boot stripe IH82BL8 at 3:56pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3457 I'm looking for a paint for my boot stripe that neither WM nor Jamestown seem to have. I want a boo
Bilge odor Hunter 31, 1984 steve1366 at 3:35pm 10.13.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/3369 Does anyone have any pics of the holes people drilled into the bilge area to drain water from the li
Boat Meals Roger Long at 3:01pm 10.13.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/4428 Four Points asked for the recipe to this un-named dish I served him on the leg from Milford to Croto
Is some hull flexing normal? We2Sail12113 at 3:00pm 10.13.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/1006 I'd like to know if some sections of the H27 hull is normal to flex easily? When I say flex, I me
Water in Bilge that won't drain WallyLake at 2:23pm 10.13.13 Day Sailers 1/1793 I recently purchased an O'Day DaysailerII. Upon removing the bilge inspection overs I noticed a fa
Ferrites With A Raymarine ST60+ Depth Finder Joe Mullee at 2:21pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1637 First; please excuse my ignorance. I installed my Raymarine DF. I used an Airmar hockey puck style t
Sail material Lost Parent at 2:14pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1408 Is there a way to determine what material my sail is made of
Annapolis meet-up photos (6) Phil Herring at 1:31pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3052 Thanks again to everyone who braved the wild weather in Annapolis this week to hang out for a while
Surveyor found a "soft spot" in hull. patrick33308 at 11:57am 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 4/3526 Had my old 1993 Hunter 33.5 surveyed last week, I bought it back, and during the survey he banged on
Fuel lift pump - Yanmar 2GMF jmce1587 at 11:47am 10.13.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1880 I have a leak around my fuel lift pump on my H31 Yanmar 2GMF. Is this item repairable or will have t
Winter Cover Frame (1) 2 OLD PIRATES at 11:27am 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4246 Another Puzzler!!! I have a winter cover made by Genco for my 310. Unfortunately there was no frame
Winter Cover 2 OLD PIRATES at 11:21am 10.13.13 Catalina 310 6/1673 Another Puzzler I have a winter cover made by Genco for my 310. Unfortunately there was no frame w
Shaft Replacement roypaul2 at 11:16am 10.13.13 Big Boats 1/1195 I've got to replace the prop shaft in my 2002 Cat 36. The motor is the Universal 35 h.p. Anybody kn
right water heater for oday 28 shozbot at 11:14am 10.13.13 Ask An Oday Owner 0/694 Want to replace original 6g Raritan heater? Want to capitalize on on going defender sale but want to
Why are we terrified of soft decks? Skipper at 11:00am 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 35/17479 There's one stanchion base that is inaccessible on my Bristol. It's behind the quarterberth ceiling
Back on Webcam in Solomons Roger Long at 10:47am 10.13.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/3997
Bomar Hatch Gasket jbowersett at 9:16am 10.13.13 Bigger Boats 4/1841 I need a new gasket for the mid ship hatch on an ODay 34, 1982. The hatch is original equipment Bom

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Long distance boat ownership Allowishish at 5:18pm 04.07.23 Wrong. Colorado may have a few great lakes, but they have no Great Lakes. :cowbell::stir: Fair e
Bilge drain holes on Hunter keels? Terry Cox at 4:44pm 04.07.23 Our boat consists of a watertight barrier between the bilge and the keel stub. As long as that barri
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 4:28pm 04.07.23
Adding midship gates on a 1996 H336 capseaquel at 4:21pm 04.07.23 Great, did you have a question? or a picture? How to install? Do the lifelines have to be replac
Zinc on strut? Davidasailor26 at 4:15pm 04.07.23 Now who is misreading? I never said he told you to isolate the anode from the part being protected.
Weather for Masters looks terrific. shemandr at 4:14pm 04.07.23 Those were some big trees that fell! I'm not sure of the wood but I couldn't help but think think
Importing GPX File into a Garmin GPS 5212 TimFromLI at 3:49pm 04.07.23 The Garmin has a slot for an SD card. If you can copy them onto an SD card, you should be able to i
Weather for Masters looks terrific. Joe at 2:48pm 04.07.23 Already on weather delay at noon. Not looking good.
Adding midship gates on a 1996 H336 Joe at 2:43pm 04.07.23 Great, did you have a question? or a picture?
New furling genoa for a 76 30ft Catalina Hollyberry at 2:42pm 04.07.23 Taj... what you're calling the 'main' is your forestay or headstay. The 'baby stay' (mid) in your pi
Long distance boat ownership FastOlson at 2:40pm 04.07.23 The comments about the effect of "money" are right on. When we were docked at the posh marina at Sid
Weather for Masters looks terrific. shemandr at 2:36pm 04.07.23 So sailors are allowed to follow golf! Good to know.
Lee cloths FastOlson at 2:26pm 04.07.23 I like your snap shackles not sure where you found them? may go with plastic quick release buckles.
Importing GPX File into a Garmin GPS 5212 Rich Stidger at 2:21pm 04.07.23 Maybe I can help. First a couple of questions- Do you have the owner's manual for the GPS 5212? Do
New furling genoa for a 76 30ft Catalina (1) TAJ at 2:16pm 04.07.23 Thanks for repling. As per pic. Its 1.5 meters from the main and 1 meter from the top of the mast. I
Damper plate? Waybad at 2:12pm 04.07.23 I put in a R&D from PYI they have three styles available they use a solid polyurethane center. It he
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains CrispyCringle at 1:46pm 04.07.23 If you need the hooks for the curtains, Sailrite sells those kinds of fittings that will work on mos
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains Crazy Dave Condon at 1:34pm 04.07.23 @patbratton I thought you were referring to window curtains. Yes there were privacy curtains on yo
Troubleshooting wind display (1) Ward H at 1:16pm 04.07.23 Here is a pdf on testing an iTC5 and wind transducer. Pretty sure the test points for the iTC5 would
Lee cloths Waybad at 1:15pm 04.07.23 FastOlson, Thanks for your input. I found a article about using Phifertex from about 20 years ago. I

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