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Installing an Electric Windlass macalla at 3:37pm 10.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1281 Any tips for retro-fitting an electric windlass on an Oceanis 390? The original windlass was manual
Davitts for an Oceanis 390 macalla at 3:29pm 10.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2420 I'm thinking of installing davitts on our Oceanis 390, so that we can use a 3m RIB with the outboard
Battery wiring diagram (1) Sefuller at 2:17pm 10.28.13 Musings With Maine Sail 13/7918 I believe I am finally ready to begin the actual wiring part of my project. I have a lot of the cab
P26 portlights bblument at 1:30pm 10.28.13 Pearson 0/1404 Howdy, all... My 1972 P26 has some pretty messed up portlight windows. Instead of repairing or res
Winch Strong Direction markwbird at 1:00pm 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 14/5467 I read the other day that most winches have a strong direction. Didn't know this. My understanding
Storage cabinets under V Berth on C-28 Captain Kirk1517 at 11:37am 10.28.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/1477 Purchased this boat new in 2002. The cabinets under the V berth are hinged at the bottom with a pia
charging system Hickdog at 11:14am 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1663 Need some guidance on charging system for my 26.5 Hunter (1987). at the present time my battery char
Holding Tank Oder seathumper at 11:12am 10.28.13 Big Boats 7/2329 A couple of years ago I removed the corroded aluminum holding tank and replaced it with a new 3M(?)
First post and question Guts1236 at 8:26am 10.28.13 Catalina 30 8/1501 Hello and thank you for letting me partake in your forum. My username is an old nickname from my co
Leaky port , hatch , ck o rings steve201 at 8:11am 10.28.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1029 just felt the need to post this, I had three ports that leaked bad.after reading about 15 posts on s
additional fins on cavitation plate on outboard henry53 at 7:57am 10.28.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1258 I have a 50 hp outboard on my 26x it seems to have to work hard to get on plane. I think a fin attac
Picture and Size of Logo for Sail kesagape at 7:41am 10.28.13 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1578 I am looking for a good picture and the size in inches of the sail logo for my Hunter Cherubini 33 m
Needing Outboard Motor Advice Kenneth Frehm at 7:15am 10.28.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1119 Looks like after 30 yrs, my Honda 7.5 is headed for Davie's Locker (city dump not under the lake)...
DSC Safety Call - Appropriate to use? FourPoints at 6:51am 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1528 I just got my new Icom M412 radio installed this weekend (purchased at the Annapolis boat show, grea
Mast stepped (tabernacle) on '77 C30 (1) AXEL at 6:06am 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1892 Took the mast down over the weekend. Getting ready for haul out and winter layup.
New owner of a Hunter 20 flynhi4u at 6:04am 10.28.13 Smaller Boats 6/4312 Hello everyone. We are new owners of a nice 1984 Hunter 20 swing keel. We just bought our first boat
Strong inflatable glue Rodd at 6:01am 10.28.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3087 Maine and the group- need to do some patchwork on a hypalon dink. I am out of my Carboline F-1 a
C22 Questions azguy at 5:57am 10.28.13 Catalina 22 8/1294 So, I looked at a very nice C22 yesterday, 1st one I've actually been on and I think it's perfect fr
NOAA weather All U Get at 10:24pm 10.27.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1619 Hi all, We have been making our way south and noticed some difficulty getting NOAA weather radio s
Lots of questions about new 19 bmiller at 9:21pm 10.27.13 Day Sailers 32/6212 OK I got the 1980 19 for a decent price even though it needs lots of TLC. The hull seems solid, stan

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Newbie rgranger at 8:18am 06.09.23 and when you pull out of your slip forgetting to unplug the shore power there are more than enough
Making curtains (1) Ward H at 8:12am 06.09.23 My boat had some Recmar curtain tracks in place when I got it. I purchased what I needed from Defe
Need some help to get my 87 finished enough to get my mast up - All Hands On Deck! ...3TacksontheWater at 8:09am 06.09.23 Hi, that's odd, I have a 1987 and it doesn't look like that. here is a pic. Part of my problem is
Making curtains (2) sailcapt340 at 7:16am 06.09.23 Our 340 has curtains as well. They do provide privacy and a sense of warmth up on the cooler days.
3D printing fun dLj at 7:01am 06.09.23 Replicator As replicator of old parts no longer available, I have always felt could be a decent bu
3D printing fun LloydB at 6:52am 06.09.23 Replicator
SS Rod popping sound jviss at 6:47am 06.09.23 Like Terry, when hard on the wind the lee stays release their tension. (Like a bass string not a hi
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion Nate at 6:38am 06.09.23 I'm contemplating switching from the Magnum to the Multiplus 12/3000 as well and I'm currently evalu
Non Skid; Black Spots jviss at 6:02am 06.09.23 Bar Keepers Friend was needed Bar Keepers Friend is quite acidic. FSR would probably work, too, m
Hatch For Daysailer2 Fozzybond at 5:46am 06.09.23 Hi Sunbird, Thanks so much for the response! That first picture is exactly what I was thinking.
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate (3) THECUSCUS at 5:17am 06.09.23 There is plywood core basically everywhere there is the non-skid surface (usually the baby blue area
1989-94 Hunter 27-2 schematics or manual Crazy Dave Condon at 5:04am 06.09.23 @dlochner the info for both hunter 27 and hunter 27-2 relate to the hunter 27-2 1989-1994. I got
Making curtains thinwater at 4:39am 06.09.23 Or he may have thrown out the curtains because the make the inside of the boat feel smaller. I think
Help Identifying model apell at 3:42am 06.09.23 The transom cut-out was original, from the factory. Forward ports (windows) also original (at least
Making curtains Dave Groshong at 2:56am 06.09.23 I like these, you can get custom sizes. They can be easily taken down to wash, or when you don't
Making curtains kappykaplan at 2:23am 06.09.23 Take a look at Sailrite.com for curtain suggestions. :plus:
Kent Narrows Chesapeake Captain Larry-DH at 2:09am 06.09.23 No amount of explaining can give you the important details you need. I was curious, and checked Nav
New Sailer - Mastjack Confusion (4) Sunbird22358 at 10:56pm 06.08.23 Are you sure the boat still has a mast jack?? You description sounds like the mast jack (if there or
Hatch For Daysailer2 (3) Sunbird22358 at 10:48pm 06.08.23 O'DAY used to offer an optional cowl vent that was located on the foredeck, that plus the slits in t
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate Mike25 at 10:24pm 06.08.23 I'm almost sure the second application will finish sealing the hole. It's amazing how the mixed resi

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