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Swing keel (4) ancbob at 4:42pm 04.02.13 Catalina 22 14/12675 I took ownership of a 1977 catalina 22 back in August of last year. Been working on getting her read
Info re: Picaroon DonB at 4:09pm 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1853 I inherited a 20/21 foot mahogany boat a few years ago and am just about ready to launch this Sprin
Raising the mast this weekend, au manual treeman at 3:58pm 04.02.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/979 I swear I'm going to have a gin pole for next year.........maybe I can attach the boom and mainsail
Electric heater / engine water circulation DonB at 3:31pm 04.02.13 C&C 2/1134 .First post - thanks for viewing. I have a C ' C Landfall 39 and I did notice till recently that th
Advice on best ports to add for ventilation robertsapp at 1:57pm 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1139 Our Hunter has beautiful expanses of smoked acrylic that lets in tons of light, but no air. In other
Tohatsu 9.8 O/B - Impeller change Gunni at 1:40pm 04.02.13 Engines and Propulsion 8/17159 Need to change a 4 year old impeller on my 4 stroke Tohatsu 9/8. In the past I took my O/B to a me
Double SS sink temporel at 1:10pm 04.02.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1481 Hi everyone, Me and my boyfriend just bought a Hunter 34, 1985 and it is in another country for th
Shaft coupler willhamlin at 12:45pm 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 10/2084 Hello, I am re-powering my sailboat with a diesel and was wondering about flex couplers. Would it be
Bottom Paint Boomvang at 11:52am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1577 After three years in the water I pulled my 34' O'day. The bottom had no hard growth, but the prop an
How to clean the foam in cushions twdevore at 11:30am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 21/38045 Just bought a boat and was messing with the cushions. My eyes went crazy afterwards and I'm thinking
Rough waters ahead dreamdoer at 11:17am 04.02.13 Day Sailers 14/1931 Hello all: My first post to this site. Lets say I am an accomplished and proven sailer. What would
motor size for a Hunter 140? TravisKelly at 10:55am 04.02.13 Day Sailers 3/2462 My new (used - 2006) day sailer has a motor mount, and I was going to buy a Yamaha 2.5 HP 15" shaft,
Control Cables - Edson Pedestal NYSail at 10:53am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1970 Hello all.... One of my projects is replacing steeling chain /cable and break assembly in my Edso
Rivera Beach Houseboat - Fran Lozman wins again MrBill_FLL at 10:47am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 0/816 ran a search but no hits on Lozman... surely this was posted before.... anyway, he won in state app
A hidden message... (1) dcfleming at 10:45am 04.02.13 Smaller Boats 7/1178 I'm in the process of restoring a 1984 Hunter 25.5. I dropped the mast this week for various repair
Honda 2000 and Wabasto air conditioning ybrad at 10:42am 04.02.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2865 Just finishing the 115 VAC rewire and now addressing air conditioning. I've got a Honda EU2000i and
Tongue Tied Craiger at 10:26am 04.02.13 Catalina 22 22/3121 Has anyone had success at unfreezing a rusted tongue extension on their trailer? Last year I bou
B37 Freezer PaulVCraig at 10:06am 04.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1048 I am interested in adding a freezer to my 2009 B37. There is a cooler/storage box on the galley coun
Best Thru-Hull Fitting for Small Poly Holding Tank stwagstaff at 9:01am 04.02.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/9398 I am installing a SeaLand (Dometic) gravity head with an integrated tank - basically an oversized po
Lewmar folding wheel on B361 (1) bshock at 8:27am 04.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/5622 Hi all, I'm the new owner of a 2000 B361 in Sandusky, Ohio. I'm seriously considering switching ou

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Topping lift halyard isaksp00 at 9:17am 07.04.22 Doesn't matter exactly, depending on how you want to rig it. Original was to run line from mast cran
Clamcleat replacement for jib sheets cb32863 at 9:04am 07.04.22 Every boat I have been on and the vast majority I have seen that do not have self tailers use a cam
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? capta at 8:50am 07.04.22 I use my engine room (it is actually a walk in engine room) exhaust fan to circulate air when workin
Clamcleat replacement for jib sheets MrEd at 8:45am 07.04.22 No, but aren't jib sheets usually handled with winches? Seems those clam cleats might be a possible
Music Problems - Help sailcapt340 at 8:26am 07.04.22
recently purchased a 26D 1987 found about 200lbs of lead shot. Tedd at 8:23am 07.04.22 If it's easy to remove, then that would be my inclination. The other route you could go would be to
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? higgs at 8:22am 07.04.22 I checked the temperature in the engine compartment with the blower both on and off and found no dif
Roll on Columbia -- like a lot! MikeHoncho at 8:08am 07.04.22 If you were in Europe it would be a metric shit ton ! Lol
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests MikeHoncho at 8:05am 07.04.22 Your could buy all the saw you need, do it yourself and have a saw left over for the next project
Music Problems - Help kappykaplan at 8:01am 07.04.22
How to connect a depth sensor to my Samsung tablet and phone? jssailem at 7:56am 07.04.22 Nice find Barry :wow3:
Newport 28 mk2 masthead fittings Tally Ho at 7:54am 07.04.22 So yes my 'solution' is affront to all engineers but it does mean my estimates/ calculations/ sheer
How to connect a depth sensor to my Samsung tablet and phone? BarryL at 7:54am 07.04.22 Hi, I believe the Airmar DST810 will do what you want https://www.airmar.com/productdescription.ht
How to leak-proof a split sliding aluminum frame Catalina window Jacktar at 7:54am 07.04.22 Check out local rubber specialty outlets that stock gaskets for vehicles and RVs, they may have some
Music Problems - Help jssailem at 7:51am 07.04.22
Swing keel delrin rod stuffing box Tally Ho at 7:50am 07.04.22 I agree with @ggrizzard, there should be packing material (usually about 3 rings) inside the large p
Tying up at the dock (1) jssailem at 7:49am 07.04.22 <p>
Galley Stove (Part 2) -2003 36MKII jviss at 7:48am 07.04.22 I hear you, John, but the puzzle is that there are valves at both ends of the hose. How does the ga
Galley Stove (Part 2) -2003 36MKII jssailem at 7:40am 07.04.22 IMPROBABLE>>> Imagine that the hose is in a vertical position above the burner. You shut off the ga
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? jviss at 6:40am 07.04.22 I confess that I don't use mine, because it doesn't work, the switch (which I think is the blower sw

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