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Best stripper twdevore at 11:29am 07.25.13 Ask All Sailors 33/13720 I'm refinishing the teak in my cockpit and am looking for a strong varnish stripper that won't hurt
Center boat jackline O34 or O35 DaveM at 11:00am 07.25.13 Bigger Boats 1/1347 I wondered if anyone has figured out how to run jacklines down the center of either one of these boa
Universal Diesel 5411 PaulET at 10:06am 07.25.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1120 I've been told that my O'Day 28 diesel engine needs an overhaul to correct low compression. Should
Survey what to look for. nolasafari at 10:04am 07.25.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/1248 Hi, all. My name is Jim and I live in New Orleans. I have sailed for many years, and now returning
CNG Supply in British Columbia Neil McDonald at 9:30am 07.25.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1149 River Marine, the long established marine CNG distributor in BC, closed their doors last year and al
Faux Teak GreenLight at 8:31am 07.25.13 Catalina 30 5/1855 The cabin sole on my 92 C 30 is white, slightly pebbled fiberglass with teak and holly plywood cutou
Ventless Propane Waterheater KenKindrick at 8:24am 07.25.13 Big Boats 5/1538 Does anyone have experience with a ventless propane water heater, such as the Excell 1000? Thanks
Stuffing Box/Packing Gland strangemagic77 at 8:24am 07.25.13 Catalina 30 2/1057 When engine is running in or out of gear the packing gland has no drip. Is this something to be con
White Squall (3) John T1594 at 7:48am 07.25.13 Sails Call Lounge 7/8529 They say that sailing can be hours of enjoyment interrupted by moments of sheer panic. Last week we
Electric Winch installation kevingreen5 at 7:01am 07.25.13 Big Boats 0/892 I am trying to find out how Hunter routed the wiring from the winch motor back to the navigation sta
Hatch leaking kingsailor at 6:07am 07.25.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1026 One of my Lewmar hatches is leaking. Does anyone know where to find a replacement rubber seal ? It's
Mainsheet cleat Clydo at 10:25pm 07.24.13 Catalina 310 6/2509 Newbe question. I singlehand most of the time and would like to replace open V mainsheet cleat on c
Newbie: Possible to get black water into fresh tank ? Delawaredave at 9:41pm 07.24.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1750 Newbie. The water from sinks really smells bad. I do not think it smelled that way when we bought
Building an Arch wufibugs at 9:04pm 07.24.13 Ask All Sailors 9/2229 I would love to have an arch as an attachment point for a bimini, for a radar pole and pole for gps
Ports and Hatches for early Irwin 27 Seabreeze27 at 5:30pm 07.24.13 Irwin 2/4485 '69 Irwin 27 - Ports and Hatches Greetings! Perhaps someone will be able to help me as I learn more
Boat sharing experience audriuskanape at 4:57pm 07.24.13 Ask All Sailors 17/3808 Could you please tell about a good experience of sharing a sailboat or any advice, how to get into i
"New" Owner--Bunch of Questions DanKo at 3:45pm 07.24.13 Catalina 22 10/1930 A few weeks ago I bought the boat mentioned in this thread and have been very happy: http://forum
raymarine st1000 calibration newsailor72 at 3:29pm 07.24.13 Ask All Sailors 7/4967 The unit should arrive by this Fri, I'm looking at the users manual now and am a little confused by
Acceptable engine water temp at 5knots mmeechan at 3:13pm 07.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 17/3327 I have a question I've searched for but while I found a bunch of interesting articles I didn't find
Need used prop for Catalina 320 Pacific Yachting at 2:50pm 07.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1200 Yanmar 3gM engine lost prop in the Monterey Bay, can you help me out?

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Hunter 28.5 Trailer Specs Rich McD at 4:45pm 05.13.23 Thanks Dave. I spoke to Adam at MT. It was a dead end but a great tip. He was really responsive. I s
Vordus at 4:43pm 05.13.23 Possessed by this song _TVBCl4CvZE
Non Skid; Black Spots DaveJ at 4:05pm 05.13.23 I had the same issue, I think. I removed the black by using a good boat soap, a medium bristle brush
Hauturier equivalent in USA? xavpil at 4:00pm 05.13.23 They may accept parts of your current license and give you some sort of credit, Where did you get
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? JamesG161 at 3:44pm 05.13.23 This is my informed advice on Anchor chains. Anchor chain Engineer Jim...
Hauturier equivalent in USA? Joe at 3:43pm 05.13.23 When I first came back from Europe, I was talking with a New York City tug boat captain, and he tol
Refrigerator Insulation Upgrade? MikeHoncho at 3:40pm 05.13.23
Refilling CNG Tank MikeHoncho at 3:33pm 05.13.23
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? JamesG161 at 3:32pm 05.13.23 you can lose 125% of the link diameter and still be ok. opps :facepalm: The link diameter has a 1
Non Skid; Black Spots Joe at 3:27pm 05.13.23 Try acetone. It works well removing carbon grease rubber types of marks.... such as shoe sole scuf
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dLj at 3:25pm 05.13.23
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dLj at 3:20pm 05.13.23 Huh? If you lose 125% of something, you've lost everything and then some. My best guess - missing
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage dLj at 3:14pm 05.13.23 I talk, text and exchange photos and videos with a surprising number of boat owners all over the wo
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dlochner at 2:59pm 05.13.23 PS: you can lose 125% of the link diameter and still be ok. Huh? If you lose 125% of something, y
Anchor windlass cautionary tale kappykaplan at 2:58pm 05.13.23 Great detective work and summary. :beer:
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? JamesG161 at 2:40pm 05.13.23 If not, why would this be corroding so significantly? Water dripping on or regularly exposed to ra
Stanchion bases Crazy Dave Condon at 2:39pm 05.13.23 It is a Hunter 310. Stanchions held fast to encapsulated aluminum plates if I recall. Just to be s
Non Skid; Black Spots dlochner at 2:37pm 05.13.23 The low spots of non-skid have very thin gelcoat. If you look closely you can see the fiberglass in

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