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Good Deal on Handheld VHF Bad Obsession at 7:52am 03.27.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1082 Today West Marine is doing a special for $20 off any purchase over $100. I bought a Standard Hori
shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plugugly at 7:45am 03.27.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/18 I'm seeking a 27 Catalina with/wing keel/tiller/ and preferably outboard, but will consider diesel,
Mac 25 Winch tannaberton at 6:52am 03.27.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1136 Winch will not move up or down so I am going to replace it with a small 12v winch I have hanging aro
Gate Valves Going - How to cut thru-hull? (1) Tom-in-Annapolis at 5:52am 03.27.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/5319 I'm in the process of replacing my gate valves and thru-hulls. The gate valves looked good on the o
Drilled Keel Stub Ajay73 at 3:54am 03.27.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/952 I got tired of constantly sponging water out of my keel stub and so drilled a 5/16" hole through the
Battery Monitor JeffThompson at 3:47am 03.27.13 Big Boats 16/3469 Wanting to install a battery monitor in our Hunter 38 and need some advice on two topics. We have t
Starch on board? szymk at 3:16am 03.27.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3219 It always puzzled me... I found copious amounts of spray-on starch for clothes on board of a boat I
Running a tack line M26 Chrisbee at 11:24pm 03.26.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/3285 Hi Guys, 1st post on this site. Easter weekend for us looks like a good weekend for my Mac 26M with
Watermaker 12 volt or 110 volt. Pro and Con murrayabbott at 7:18pm 03.26.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/8564 Hi I am getting a water maker installed. Just reviewing options and I see 12 volt models and
New B (1) CCrane2299 at 6:38pm 03.26.13 Catalina 22 52/5016 First post, new member, long time lurker. I have spent several days reading the whole Catalina 2
Legend 40.5 Anchor Roller NotFast at 5:08pm 03.26.13 Big Boats 6/1777 Has anyone had to replace the Legend 40.5 anchor rollers? There are 2 a large one in the front and s
Cockpit drain Joe Dunn at 5:04pm 03.26.13 Sabre Sailboats 3/38126 So I am replacing the seacocks, thruhulls and hose that drain the cockpit. I am looking for the tai
mounting a boom bail fiestaMojo at 4:55pm 03.26.13 Ask All Sailors 9/5539 I'm mounting a bail on my boom to install a boom vang, and thinking using a thru-bolt with a sleeve
Bow roller for 393 iwindance at 4:01pm 03.26.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1334 I have a single bow roller for my Delta 35 and would like to add another for a Fortress 25, any sug
Question on towing a Hunter 23.5 strobeone at 3:08pm 03.26.13 Smaller Boats 26/6346 I am thinking of purchasing a new truck to pull my boat out of the water occasionally...mainly for m
3 blade prop for h290/h306 Adam678 at 12:02pm 03.26.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1313 Any h290/306 owners with a 3 blade fixed prop. What diameter, pitch and brand do you have? Campbell
Spring... (1) Warren Milberg at 11:58am 03.26.13 Ask All Sailors 28/3506 For those of you looking for an early spring...
H27 main halyard winch Mike 1 at 11:56am 03.26.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1522 I have noticed as I hoist the sail if I am not careful the line coming onto the winch rolls over the
Motor for Oday Wideon Auratron at 10:47am 03.26.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2526 Does anyone have experience with an outboard motor on the widgeon 13 footer? What size or make woul
Sump pump in the head JohnM at 10:12am 03.26.13 Bigger Boats 1/1188 The sump pump in the head stopped working. Has anyone repleac ed theirs? How did you do it? Thank

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Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? (2) Leeward Rail at 11:44am 02.01.23 For those interested, here is a link to National Fire Protection Association (USA Trade body) http
Wear and Tear from Long Term Anchoring? Alan Gomes at 11:27am 02.01.23 When you say "anchor out" - do you mean use the anchoring system on your boat or do you mean to put
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? Ralph Johnstone at 11:25am 02.01.23 That said..In an era when people who buy sailboats can't tell if they have a diesel or gas inboard.
Hunter 49 - Windows - Top of Saloon artboas at 11:25am 02.01.23 The Hunter 49 has a a couple of large fixed windows in the Saloon roof. They have been quietly leak
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC artboas at 11:23am 02.01.23
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC artboas at 11:20am 02.01.23 I'm in the planning stage preparing to replace the stern tube hose and re-pack the stuffing box on
Wear and Tear from Long Term Anchoring? FastOlson at 11:12am 02.01.23 Pete your query is difficult to answer. You have a boat that is 51 years old. You do not identify t
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? Leeward Rail at 11:03am 02.01.23 Follow the directions of the manufacturer of the life saving device That assumes they aren't rippi
Spinnaker on Hunter e33 Scott B at 11:01am 02.01.23 When you attach a tack to a tack sheet on the bow you are deploying an asymmetrical Spinnaker. Whe
Wear and Tear from Long Term Anchoring? dLj at 10:51am 02.01.23 What does "awhile" mean? A week? A month? 6 months? A year? When you say "anchor out" - do you mean
B&g linear ram to-1 Captain Larry-DH at 10:48am 02.01.23 One other thing - you need to make sure the ram's travel is limited before it reaches the end of its
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? LloydB at 10:21am 02.01.23 Follow the directions of the manufacturer of the life saving device. Otherwise it may as well be a r
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC RoyS at 9:50am 02.01.23 I suppose so, except no lock washers.
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD (5) Sail22Capri22 at 9:44am 02.01.23 Ok, so the Thetford 550p MSD on Amazon IS the MSD version! It came in the mail today. Looks like a g
Headed back to BAJA LakeShark at 9:38am 02.01.23 I don't mind meeting up with them but I always make it into a much larger adventure. I'm the sa
Headed back to BAJA Wyo George at 9:32am 02.01.23
Headed back to BAJA Rltgold at 9:04am 02.01.23 Hi LakeShark ! Yes I have, many times. I live in North San Diego and am part of a group of trailer
Headed back to BAJA Ralph Johnstone at 9:04am 02.01.23 I know it sounds absurd by it's been really cold here in San Diego too ! I can imagine. Your win
How many Yamaha 33 were built? jssailem at 9:02am 02.01.23 Could it be the 25th boat of 1983? That would be a little over 2 boats completed a month.
How many Yamaha 33 were built? mermike at 8:58am 02.01.23 That might be low. They were in production from '78 to '84 (or later). As an '83, I would guess ther

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