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Potted plants and sailboats CCrane2299 at 2:16pm 10.20.13 Catalina 22 1/965 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 15/2833 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 2/1069 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 48/12339 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 3/1097 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 3/1526 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 0/963 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 6/1338 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 3/999 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 0/842 Sorry lost your phone number and email , please pm me
Diesel winter stabilizers John Britten at 9:00am 10.20.13 Engines and Propulsion 0/997 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 2/1302 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 18/9799 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 3/815 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 54/9833 Hello all. I am picking up a 79 Hunter 30 in a couple weeks. I am having it transported to my backya
Roof panels Bertus at 4:36am 10.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/702 I have a Hunter 33 Legend (2008 launch) i would like to add extra spinlocks on the coach roof. I hav
Electrical gremlins on board JonnyQuest at 9:28pm 10.19.13 Ask All Sailors 15/2452 So for a couple of weeks the Quest sailboat has been experiencing electrical problems and I have com
H356 macerator pump replacement Bob 04 H260 at 8:27pm 10.19.13 Big Boats 18/4272 On our 356 the macerator pump is connected to the holding tank and then to the discharge thru-hull.
old boat sails joyride at 6:20pm 10.19.13 Catalina 22 7/1165 Bought an old 1974 Cat 22 to learn with. So far so good, making repairs and upgrades as I go. Howeve
considering a Cat 30 woodyt26 at 4:39pm 10.19.13 Catalina 30 10/1865 We currently sail a Tanzer 26 and find that this light displacement cruiser/racer leaves us feeling

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Glow Plug Push Button O'day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 11:57am 06.06.23 On our 85 the glow plug button was the same type as the starter button. So if you were able to sourc
Stainless Rub Strake Installation dlochner at 11:20am 06.06.23 No need for baking plates. I have a couple of those strakes on my toe rail to prevent chafe on the w
Jabsco volume per stroke kloudie1 at 11:19am 06.06.23 Just further reading: The geek in me popped out so I measured stuff. It turns out that for every st
Stainless Rub Strake Installation Rick Webb at 11:18am 06.06.23 Adhesive and screws will work fine. A bit like this makes it easy to get the screw holes centered i
Advice before I buy C30 Hayden Watson at 11:16am 06.06.23 While you'll pay a little more look for a 89 or newer C30 try looking for one to avoid the plywood
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 kloudie1 at 11:10am 06.06.23 A turkey baster will get the excess out.
Merit 22 owners Centex at 11:02am 06.06.23 I had been looking around online for a better trailer for the boat I had (S2 7.0). Thinking maybe I
Forward lower shrouds length on a 1979 S2 0.2 C Avi at 10:53am 06.06.23 Not sure if you are in the S2 Facebook group, but it is pretty active. I posted your question there
Stainless Rub Strake Installation Don S/V ILLusion at 10:51am 06.06.23
Xanbus System Control Panel Freezing tfox2069 at 10:44am 06.06.23 You can call Tech support. When I did, they told me about a Factory Rest. That did the trick. Ne
Intracoastal Waterway Sailing Captain Larry-DH at 10:29am 06.06.23 NYC harbor is much easier. :D you might be right.
Newbie Terry Cox at 10:25am 06.06.23 Seeking honest advice for a newbie with zero experience sailing. A couple of pointers. When we pur
Engine Control xavpil at 10:00am 06.06.23 interesting discovery while looking for the single lever. CatalinaDirect has the perfect replacement
Advice before I buy C30 Ward H at 9:59am 06.06.23 While you'll pay a little more look for a 89 or newer C30 try looking for one to avoid the plywood i
Engine Control xavpil at 9:57am 06.06.23 Clunk you hear could be too fast idle. idle is not easy to find with this lever because if you go
Engine Control xavpil at 9:56am 06.06.23 You have to let the engine come to idle. it is not easy with the lever because if you pull it bac
Where to find Engine Guages Nav Pod Calif. Ted at 9:48am 06.06.23 It always struck me as an incredible bargain for Navpod at less than $100, I got one for a chartplot
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion Nate at 9:46am 06.06.23 Hi Art, Our system is planned at 600+ah of lithium and we would like to heat hot water and reduce c
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion artboas at 9:26am 06.06.23 Hello, I am in the process of finalizing the design of the Victron lithium conversation on my Hunt
Newbie dlochner at 9:18am 06.06.23 That is a very succinct way to frame it.:beer: Trending. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threa

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