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Remove Lectrasan franst8 at 4:05pm 07.15.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/4310 My boat came with a lectrasan system for waste treatment. I'm sure it's too old to be legal to use.
Need Help for Restoration KevinBeaulieu33 at 2:53pm 07.15.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/917
Cushions in cabin Buoysmom at 2:45pm 07.15.13 Big Boats 21/5494 I am wanting to recover the settee and the seats at the table. The form is in great shape just need
Head liner Buoysmom at 2:42pm 07.15.13 Big Boats 3/1031 Has anyone replaced the head liner in a 1984 34 Hunter? If so what did you do and was it a success?
Looking for a Special Gasket (1) Duke at 2:19pm 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1383 I am looking for an unusual type gasket / O' ring for the fill cap on my galley stove's pressure tan
Y24 Parts (1) Island_Andy at 2:18pm 07.15.13 Yamaha 1/1783 New owner of a 1979 Y24. Beautiful boat in amazing shape. Been reading through the forums and was wo
Dodson boat yard Stonington CT seasonal prices Joe Roc at 1:59pm 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1715 Can anyone tell me what the seasonal moorings cost per foot at Dodon Boat Yard in CT? Thanks!
Dodson seasonal prices. Stonington CT Joe Roc at 1:57pm 07.15.13 Sails Call Lounge 1/8182 Can anyone tell me what the seasonal moorings cost per foot at Dodon Boat Yard in CT? Thanks!
How to clean paint off of varnish Skipper at 12:58pm 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 1/788 I didn't spill any paint, but rather a much more unanticipated anomaly has occurred. My companionw
Cutlass Bearing aka Prop Shaft Bearing patricia01 at 12:26pm 07.15.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1288 I have a 2003 Beneteau 243 and want to replace the cutlass bearing but am not sure what size to orde
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on, revisited - Part 4... Skip Gundlach at 12:20pm 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 0/844 Whole lotta shakin' goin' on, revisited - Part 4... My apologies for the late posting - we, among
Cat 28 mk II wing keel too tender? losey at 12:16pm 07.15.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1180 I'm considering purchase of a 1994 Catalina 28 mk II with a wing keel. I am a bit concerned about ho
1988 McGregger 26' transom plug alabamaranger at 11:13am 07.15.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1705 I am looking at a 1988 McGregger 26'. The question I was wondering is the threaded plug on the botto
Gate Eye SEAMATE II at 10:56am 07.15.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/859 Does anyone know if the life line gate eyes on a Hunter 320 are 1/4 or 5/16 x 24 thread?
Bridge Question kpgraci at 10:39am 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1505 If with mast up I can easily pass under a drawbridge do I still need to hail the bridge operator? :c
2014 Cruiser Challenge XV? CaptDon01 at 10:34am 07.15.13 Catalina 22 0/1420 The annual "Cruiser Challenge" just ended. This race started out as a grudge match between the West
Needed Choke Cable ECARP at 10:07am 07.15.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1306 I have been searching for a 13' foot choke cable for my Tartan 34. The 12'foot one that NAPA has is
"Get the camera" lokiii at 9:02am 07.15.13 Day Sailers 1/1173 Since I'm logged in, thought I'd share. I was sailing by myself in Morro Bay yesterday and headi
Engine Hour meter HOBOS at 8:46am 07.15.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/6948 Digital display for hour engine hour meter not working. Wondering about most likely cause. Sending
Replacing mast step on O'Day 222 bischopj at 8:33am 07.15.13 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1175 Hi, I have an O'Day 222 with a Z-spar mast step. I broke the aluminum casing and need to replace it.

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Replacing prop strut - typical # labor hours? Davidasailor26 at 6:54pm 02.26.23 At first blush more than a week of labor sounds like a lot to me too. But how much disassembly is ne
Proper way to attach spare tire as working tongue wheel PaulK at 6:48pm 02.26.23 Or you can leave the spare where it is and use something like this: 1000 lb. Swing-Away Trailer Jack
Boat Speed and Pointing jon hansen at 6:45pm 02.26.23 bimini? dodger? solid prop? 10 year old sails? perfectly clean bottom? crew on the high side rail? c
Boat Speed and Pointing Davidasailor26 at 6:42pm 02.26.23 In the absence of published polars experience will probably be the best way to find this data for yo
Boat Speed and Pointing jssailem at 6:20pm 02.26.23 Dave. Your are looking at tacking angle as if that is the metric. You best metric is VMG, Velocity M
Wind generators, yay or nay? Rich Stidger at 6:12pm 02.26.23 It's been my understanding that it depends upon where you sail. Also that often when there is limit
Boat Speed and Pointing JoeWhite at 6:11pm 02.26.23 Typically shoal keels do not point to wind as high as fin keels. Your tack angle may be 90 degrees w
Replacing prop strut - typical # labor hours? JoeWhite at 6:07pm 02.26.23 Ask them how many will be working on the boat at the same time. Sometimes it requires 2 persons to m
advice on auto chart plotter Stu Jackson at 5:01pm 02.26.23 Interestingly enough, those who state, with conviction, that in their opinion paper charts are a "wa
Boat Speed and Pointing Dave Powell at 4:53pm 02.26.23 Tacking angle is the angle between opposite tacks, another way to look at pointing. I know a beam or
Proper way to attach spare tire as working tongue wheel Orbweaver at 4:48pm 02.26.23 Hi and welcome! I had to google to figure out what that boat is. That's so light I can't imagine the
Boat Speed and Pointing Brian D at 4:42pm 02.26.23 What do you mean by 'tacking angle'? Are you referring to how well your boat points into the wind?
Funny Friday!!! WayneH at 3:01pm 02.26.23
Wind generators, yay or nay? jon hansen at 2:15pm 02.26.23 nay
Wind generators, yay or nay? Don S/V ILLusion at 1:23pm 02.26.23
Wind generators, yay or nay? Crusty Ol Salt at 12:51pm 02.26.23 I do not own a wind generator. The guy that owns the catamaran on the next pier over does. Our boats
Wind generators, yay or nay? dLj at 12:17pm 02.26.23 It's been my understanding that it depends upon where you sail. Also that often when there is limite
1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust Ralph Johnstone at 11:02am 02.26.23 Not 100% sure; however, I believe that Beneteau used interlux to initially coat all of the steel ke
1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust BigEasy at 10:43am 02.26.23 Damn, I have seen coal tar epoxy used in some gawd awful places and it just will not let go, ever.
Wind generators, yay or nay? rgranger at 10:01am 02.26.23 Seems to me you might consider both solar and wind.

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