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Hunter 42 Passage midships water tank Old Sailor 2 at 11:13pm 03.19.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/916 Last summer I spent the better part of a week cleaning and checking the midships water tank in my 19
Inline fuses katana750 at 10:24pm 03.19.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/2462 Hi again I had a quick question about inline fuses. Does it matter where in a circut I mount an in
Life Raft Brand Parkercr at 8:02pm 03.19.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2112 I'm looking for a life raft (new 4-6 man) 20 miles off shore max. Considering the several choices wh
Pedestal Engine Controls Sancia at 7:20pm 03.19.13 Catalina 30 5/2893 I have a 1979 catalina 30' with a d/a (DonAllen) pedestal and helm. The engine controls are on the s
Rudder delamination dbh252 at 6:56pm 03.19.13 S2 4/1612 My '83 9.2C is on the hard waiting on me to paint the bottom. I noticed some delamination on one sid
Fueling C30 hvbaker at 5:59pm 03.19.13 Catalina 30 8/1683 I just added a fuel air separator on my boat to prevent spitting diesel out the stern vent. Now it t
Catalina 310 ARCHIVE INDEX paulj at 5:50pm 03.19.13 Catalina 310 6/1551 Thanks to Phil http://forums.sbo.sailboatowners.com/archive/index.php/f-111.html paulj :troll
Wanted - A Commander DavidHankey at 5:46pm 03.19.13 Pearson 0/1130 I recognize that this is a long shot. I'm an experienced sailor, who's grown up and lives on the Che
What is it? (1) Brian Buzz at 5:35pm 03.19.13 Catalina 30 5/1262 What is this chain for over the table in my new Cat30? I hope it's not to hang myself for buying thi
Great Lakes Walk About JohnnyMac at 5:30pm 03.19.13 Ask All Sailors 23/3867 This summer I plan to explore parts of the Great Lakes I haven't seen before the point in my life wh
Chemical stripping hull vs blasting it McZube at 4:46pm 03.19.13 Ask All Sailors 23/6383 I was planning to blast my hull using walnut shells, but I see that WM sells a chemical stripper to
Extra Rudder dj2210 at 4:43pm 03.19.13 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 3/9675 NO LONGER Available Since I sold my C27 which the rudder was replaced with a Booth rudder, I still
Hunter 280 Info Terry Lockhart at 3:31pm 03.19.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/3206 Hi all. First timer at this. I'm searching for a Hunter 280 for this coming summer. Looking for an
BoatUS wants 3 people on board while cruising mexico? Jared1048 at 3:30pm 03.19.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1302 Getting info on insurance for cruising to Mexico mentioned that they want 3 people on the boat? W
Just getting started Kevinbilly at 2:46pm 03.19.13 Catalina 22 2/701 I registered my boat today. According to prior registration ot a 1970. C-22. Can anyone give me som
Wood on an Islands17 werfrat at 2:20pm 03.19.13 Ask All Sailors 2/858 I am in the process of sanding the tiller/hiking stick on my islands 17 and now i ask, what kind of
h336 Sail Trim at 37kts ??? curtdo at 2:15pm 03.19.13 Mid-Size Boats 14/2522 I had a heck of a race recently where the wind unexpectedly was in the range of 30-37kts. Most I eve
diesel motor scooter at 2:06pm 03.19.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/1216 just got a 79-80 cat 27, has been out of the water for 10 years in a very dry climate, dont want to
Macgregor Yachts Not Going Out of business Lost Horizon at 1:45pm 03.19.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/9675 Quick introduction, I've placed only a couple posts here before but, I have owned a few Macgregors,
Don't hate me... Justin_NSA at 1:00pm 03.19.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1869 but I'm thinking of selling the Mac. We have no water to sail at our marina, and my wife wants somet

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What's this called? twalker H260 at 7:39pm 06.30.22 Looks like it had a ubolt welded to the plate? You could remove the plate and take to a machine sh
Old bronze brass sailors bell? Calif. Ted at 7:38pm 06.30.22 Looks much like this "spinning doorbell" on Ebay. Vintage Unique Hand Crafted Metal Bell Spinning Do
G10 Material for Mast Step boonefamily91 at 7:16pm 06.30.22 Thank you very much ery much for your response! I appreciate it.
Fridge/freezer use Windpilot at 7:07pm 06.30.22 I don't think Dan's original question wanted this in depth drain discussion. It's at the bottom, unl
Mystery beneath my prop strut dlochner at 7:04pm 06.30.22 How are you going to replicate the position of the strut? I once pooched a strut re bedding becaus
What's this called? Tally Ho at 7:03pm 06.30.22
DOWNWIND Tedd at 7:00pm 06.30.22 Thanks, @Davidasailor26 , I didn't know about that. I'm not planning to race my next boat but I'd li
Need advice on paint dlochner at 6:51pm 06.30.22 Thanks RGRANGER, Yea I am looking for bottom paint. Thanks for the info. All the best Generally w
Fridge/freezer use jviss at 6:50pm 06.30.22 That would work, but it might be difficult to know that the "trap" had water in it, unless it was t
Wouldn't it be cool... dlochner at 6:43pm 06.30.22 The most you're going to use to cool is about 5A, but that's going to potentially allow you to driv
Fridge/freezer use jviss at 6:39pm 06.30.22 "A fridge also needs a drain, but a simple open hole at the bottom will allow the cold air to quickl
Old bronze brass sailors bell? edw_kym at 6:33pm 06.30.22 I give my vote to "doorbell". If the circular handle is turned, I think the inner parts would rota
DOWNWIND Davidasailor26 at 6:33pm 06.30.22 I've actually looked into that but I haven't found one at a price I was willing to pay. Do you know
Fridge/freezer use jviss at 6:30pm 06.30.22 why would you want or expect water to be inside your frridge I don't know about anyone else, but e
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:25pm 06.30.22 I got out to Luna today and all is good. One of the guys at the marina dove under my boat for me and
Simple Ladder (1) sail sfbay at 6:22pm 06.30.22 Install a permanent one like this:
Fridge/freezer use jviss at 6:21pm 06.30.22 Suggesting it indicates a complete lack of understanding of basic plumbing functions I do happen t
G10 Material for Mast Step BAD ORCA at 6:17pm 06.30.22 thanks for your response! But I thought the point was to prevent corrosion between the stainless st
Old bronze brass sailors bell? 31seahorse at 5:57pm 06.30.22 I give my vote to "doorbell". If the circular handle is turned, I think the inner parts would rotat
G10 Material for Mast Step boonefamily91 at 5:48pm 06.30.22 That seems like a great place to put it. G-10 can handle high compression loads so it makes sense

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