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Deck cleaning and restoration cbyl at 12:05pm 04.15.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/832 I purchased a 1967 O'Day Tempest last year and am looking to brighten the deck. Has faded badly over
Reasonable Canvas guy in Annapolis? Skipper at 11:54am 04.15.13 Ask All Sailors 41/5681 I'm educated, experienced, and talented at what I do. So why is it that a guy who sews canvas is ent
Bimini Top For Catalina 22 (1) karmadog at 11:36am 04.15.13 Catalina 22 5/1556 Hi all! I want to add a bimini top to my Cat22, but I have the main sheet release about two feet
Manuel Hunter 280 in French fredvanbochoven at 10:12am 04.15.13 Ask All Sailors 1/1085 Hi there all Hunter sailors all over the world. Proud owner of a 1996 Hunter 280 based in the South
The GRAND Plan. Good or Bad idea mdsdurango at 9:49am 04.15.13 Trailer Sailors 16/4397
Universal diesel engine wiring harness jcb2 at 9:44am 04.15.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1360 I have an O'Day 31 and just pulled my Universal diesel (M18) out to remove the prop shaft. In doing
Convert Jabsco Manual Head to Electric robfmcc at 9:38am 04.15.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/2218 I am thinking of converting my manual Jabsco head to an electric head on a 1998 Beneteau 352. I've
Ditching the Salon Table (1) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:04am 04.15.13 Catalina 310 13/3396 We are ditching our salon table. The area just feels so much bigger with the table gone. For now
Battery Isolation Nrmlspeed at 7:26am 04.15.13 Catalina 22 20/2605 I may be overdoing it but my technique for putting the boat away is to disconnect the battery. Is th
Commissioning my first time. Stormydog at 6:01am 04.15.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/1167 Hello all, this will be our first time commissioning our boat. Our boat is a 28' Catalina MKII. We d
swing keel removal (3) ancbob at 5:48am 04.15.13 Catalina 22 28/9247 Ok, so I have the sled built and under the boat. 3 of the 4 keel bolts loosened just fine. For the f
Fitting a life raft on a Hunter 33 Bertus at 5:29am 04.15.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/968 Does anyone know where a life raft is supposed to be fitted on a Hunter 33?
Electric Head seadaddler at 4:13am 04.15.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1919 Anyone put a electric head on a 2007 H-36,my wife talking to our friends with a raritan electric hea
Aircon & Genset Ken13559 at 4:11am 04.15.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1703 I've a 12000BTU Cruiseair Zephyr ZF12K aircon. Borrowed a friend's Elemax SHX2000 genset just for tr
Deck Recore Ajay73 at 3:14am 04.15.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/3511 Last week I cut into my deck under a turning block because of some wet plywood when drilling out one
Need to buy sail(s) airshac at 8:45pm 04.14.13 Trailer Sailors 11/2913 I just bought a Mac 22 and need sails for it. Looking mostly for the main sail to get started, I'm
need some help identifying Nosidamt at 7:42pm 04.14.13 Balboa 1/1236 I just purchased a Balboa Sailboat. It measures 24' LOA. I am not able to find a hull plate on it
Hull make up Tom Joad at 6:21pm 04.14.13 Newport 3/2807 Can anyone tell me about the makeup of the hull of a 1974 newport 27? Specifically thickness, mat
Asymetrical Spinnaker halyard on 35.5 Barquito at 5:45pm 04.14.13 Big Boats 0/790 Has anyone run a new spinnaker halyard in a 35.5. We are now the proud new owners of a 1992 Hunter L
What's the 1st thing you should do... (4) rgranger at 5:24pm 04.14.13 Ask All Sailors 10/2295 ... when you buy a 35+ year old sailboat? :troll: Remove the 10 layers of bottom paint to see w

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Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source Alan Gomes at 5:26pm 01.26.23 Friggin portable generators are the worst thing to happen to camping. Not quite as bad yet with boa
Cleat backing plates? pcharn01 at 5:21pm 01.26.23 And yet another thing to look at and possibly update. One of these days boat has to start going ba
Need a "double" block at the mast base (1) jssailem at 5:20pm 01.26.23 Is this what you think you are looking for? sive. https://www.garhauermarine.com/product-category/bl
Line routing to cockpit tenacity31 at 4:49pm 01.26.23 It would be helpful to identify the boat such as year and make to include the mast as well. There
Line routing to cockpit jssailem at 4:46pm 01.26.23 Downsides of halyards at mast (HAM) -Greater hazard of injury or falling overboard when raising sai
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source Leeward Rail at 4:44pm 01.26.23 Makes running even a larger AC unit a possibility without a big bulky package. Larry and Lin are
Diesel fuel cap 2004 Hunter 36 dlochner at 4:42pm 01.26.23 I've seen other references to the "build list". I have poked around the store and can't seem to fin
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source Leeward Rail at 4:42pm 01.26.23 The generator could be sitting outside in the fresh air running happily while the CO is drafting in
Diesel fuel cap 2004 Hunter 36 dkinzer at 4:37pm 01.26.23 The store here has the build list of parts for your boat. I've seen other references to the "build
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source Captain Larry-DH at 4:35pm 01.26.23 snip Minimize the load on your house batteries. All LED. Switch off anything that you are not using
Need a "double" block at the mast base JRacer at 4:29pm 01.26.23 @Justin_NSA Z spar and US Spars are one in the same. Look to see if there are additional holes in
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source Davidasailor26 at 4:20pm 01.26.23 Adding a bit of gas to the flame here! Just got an email advertisement that Honda has a new port
Need a "double" block at the mast base Crazy Dave Condon at 3:54pm 01.26.23 @Justin_NSA Z spar and US Spars are one in the same. Look to see if there are additional holes in
Cleat backing plates? (2) pclarksurf at 3:52pm 01.26.23 common -- although they may have considered this appropriate at the time (weak sauce)
Cleat backing plates? Project_Mayhem at 3:49pm 01.26.23 I use Square Unistrut washers. They're cheap, heavy corrosion coating, very thick and they'll outlas
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source TheBigDeal at 3:45pm 01.26.23 In our boat we bought a used dual fuel generator and got it for a great price. Online they are on sa
Diesel fuel cap 2004 Hunter 36 Crazy Dave Condon at 3:40pm 01.26.23 The store here has the build list of parts for your boat. Owner is a former Hunter employee
Diesel fuel cap 2004 Hunter 36 seadaddler at 3:34pm 01.26.23 West Marine
LPG tank Hunter 39 seadaddler at 3:34pm 01.26.23 I have been out cruising 3 weeks and always had plenty propane maybe get add on gauge from ac hared
Hunter 356 in-mast sailing conversion to hanks/rope and halyard option seadaddler at 3:29pm 01.26.23 I never had much jamming until my sail was 15 years old and many repairs from racing but got new sai

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