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Wood rot First 38 twdevore at 1:08pm 04.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/832 Our new to us 1984 First 38 has got some major wood rot in the plywood separating the Lazarette from
Installing a Plastimo Contest 101 compass paddy4699 at 12:48pm 04.29.13 Catalina 22 2/4256 We are trying to install a Plastimo Contest 101 compass on our C22. This is not going well due to t
color codes for Oday 222 1984 dbabb at 10:59am 04.29.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/977 need color codes for 1984 Oday 222
AC Power from Inverter. SieraHotel at 10:47am 04.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2452 The shore power on my Hunter is working fine, but the output from my DC inverter does not feed the A
B361 Westerbeke idle speed bshock at 10:35am 04.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/3866 Hi all, I'm not at my boat and can't check the model number of my engine, but I'm wondering if it
423 Engine belt and alternator hedleyrw at 10:20am 04.29.13 Ask All Sailors 0/835 I have a 2004 423 with a Volvo D55 engine. I have seen a new drive belt at several boat shows this w
Rustoleum oil-based enamel sailsail at 10:13am 04.29.13 Ask All Sailors 12/9249 Has anyone used this on their deck or cockpit? Any opinions? Or does anyone have any other suggest
Oven Fire dscribner at 10:05am 04.29.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1210 I read an interesting article in Good Ol' Boat this week. A couple's cabin burst into smoldering fl
Stuck bolts on Edson pedestal nestorph at 9:51am 04.29.13 Islander 7/4600 I've been prepping my new-to-me I-30 and need to run a cable or two up the steering pedestal for the
Replacing floor boards? Fully Detached at 9:42am 04.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/511 Hi, can anybody tell me if they have ever replaced the floor boards on their hunter? If you have, wh
Custom Exhaust Riser/Mixing Elbow (8) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 9:22am 04.29.13 Catalina 310 23/7262 Since acquiring Smitty one system that has constantly given me a hassle has been the wet exhaust. In
Boom height above deck Glenn17467 at 9:22am 04.29.13 Catalina 30 12/7434 When raising the main sail, I cannot seem to get it flat. It seems to be not fully up. The only wa
Electric windlas for B 343 Gaudeamus at 9:16am 04.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1153 Can anyone tell me what kind of an electric windlass can be fitted on a Beneteau 343? It looks li
O'Day 28 Mast shozbot at 8:46am 04.29.13 Bigger Boats 0/826 Have a 28' and trying to figure out what mast I have? It's a kenyon but that's all I know.
Gouges in gelcoat James19955 at 8:36am 04.29.13 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1931 Mainsail - I have followed your waxing tips with great success. Now I'd like to do a littlw repair
Air Conditioner Rasselas36 at 8:21am 04.29.13 Big Boats 29/7078 :cry: Looks like I am going to have to replace my a/c. I am having to add freon every month and I d
Mainsail luff stretch - remedy? Skipper at 7:57am 04.29.13 Ask All Sailors 6/2267 Hi, My mainsail luff is stretched to the point that the tension is no longer on the tack grommet,
water cooling egine sempre amantes at 7:32am 04.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/617 has any one hade problems with water to engine sucking air aftert raceing at high angels of heal hav
Interesting Statistic Roger Long at 7:22am 04.29.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/3635 Heard at the RVOC meeting: Since about the time of the Titanic, lifeboats have killed more people t
munter 34 weather helm sempre amantes at 7:20am 04.29.13 Big Boats 1/747 put more twist in mainsail pull traveler up to wind and release boom vang should only need 1 reef an

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Forward gear engaging only when RPM's revved?? markwbird at 2:16pm 07.10.22 Clutch.
Im pretty proud of this so posting it here too markwbird at 2:15pm 07.10.22 Bravo.
Im pretty proud of this so posting it here too dlochner at 2:12pm 07.10.22 Looks Great! :beer:
solution for rigid solar panels on hunter 45 ds 2010 (1) dlochner at 2:11pm 07.10.22 I built a frame over the top of the Bimini.
37C: Winter haulout or bubbler? Tally Ho at 2:10pm 07.10.22
Identification Help capta at 2:10pm 07.10.22
Simple Engine Maintenance Log Tally Ho at 2:06pm 07.10.22 Good list. What sort of batteries do you have? Mine are FLA, so I would add check battery water le
solution for rigid solar panels on hunter 45 ds 2010 capta at 2:02pm 07.10.22 As you can see, I installed mine onto the bimini frame. Stiffened the frame considerably as well.
I did a bad thing. Dipstick tube help. Tally Ho at 2:00pm 07.10.22 I like @SycloneDriver idea, if the tube that came off is still in the dipstick tube. Bailing wire,
Identification Help Davidasailor26 at 2:00pm 07.10.22 Kinda looks like a poor man's Thistle from a kit? It does look pretty close. @mulaasigirl do you
Replacing Cushions on my Hunter 320 Dalliance at 1:59pm 07.10.22 I had a local auto & boat upholstery shop do mine. If you opt for vinyl, as I did for ease of maint
bulkhead angle for a new compass brockangelo at 1:50pm 07.10.22 That looks pretty slick. What is the B&G plotter?
Identification Help capta at 1:50pm 07.10.22 Kinda looks like a poor man's Thistle from a kit?
Leaks at the Hatch mjsb at 1:45pm 07.10.22 Back up on the inside, yes.
bulkhead angle for a new compass (2) AaronD at 1:27pm 07.10.22
Im pretty proud of this so posting it here too kappykaplan at 1:21pm 07.10.22 Looks very good, @SailingLoto ! :beer:
Identification Help Davidasailor26 at 1:19pm 07.10.22 Is it possible it could be a kit boat? I get the feel that it might older like pre-1975 or definite
Identification Help (2) mulaasigirl at 1:09pm 07.10.22 Thank you for the reply. I know the sail is quite large for the boat itself. The person we got it fr
Sailing and restoring #9874 (1) AaronD at 12:55pm 07.10.22 The beauty is above - now for the ugly This was my first time to blow a trailer tire, and I did it
Re-constituting 3M 4200 MikeHoncho at 12:52pm 07.10.22

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