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Water between the Cockpit floor and ceili of the berth below dcwestcott at 1:10pm 04.08.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1316 Hurricane Sandy lifted my boat off of its jackstands and floated it across the club parking lot. It
Mac 22 bottom/blister Job (10) TahoeMAC at 12:00pm 04.08.13 Trailer Sailors 4/2317 Ahoy All; I just finished bottom job to remove/treat blisters and apply barrier coat to my Mac22. Fo
Is it too late to visit 10000 Islands? Joe A at 12:00pm 04.08.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1206 I had planned to sail the lower west coast of Florida in early March. The plan was to launch the bo
Settee size bbyer at 11:52am 04.08.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1105 Hi folks, Would anyone be so kind as to tell me the length of the settees in the Catalina 310. Can
Does the H240 Need a Gin Pole to Raise the Mast Caribbeanknight1 at 11:37am 04.08.13 Smaller Boats 10/1817 You can tell its spring as all us new owners seem to be having trouble raising the mast. Supposedly
Connecting top of CDI furler to mast Eric Riegner at 11:36am 04.08.13 Smaller Boats 5/1362 I just bought a used 1994 Hunter 26 with a CDI furler. At the top of the furler shroud there is a sm
Sherwood Raw Water Pump - Is it supposed to weep? Bob4203 at 10:34am 04.08.13 Catalina 30 15/9696 I was running my Universal M-18 equipped with the Sherwood Raw Water pump this past weekend, checkin
Provisioning in Tortola rgallagher at 10:19am 04.08.13 Destinations 5/5906 we are going to go on a Sunsail Flotilla in July and are wondering where is the easiest and best pla
Keep Horizon Cat or buy Hunter 260 rlawton at 9:41am 04.08.13 Trailer Sailors 17/14281 I Love my Horizon Cat but miss some things from sailing my previous Seaward 25 and 26RK, like a head
Replacement Holding Tank MSN-Travelers at 9:28am 04.08.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/831 The holding tank on our 352 is only 13-15 gallons and is located in the compartment behind the aft b
How to remove Origo Microwave tgillesp at 9:22am 04.08.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/2065 My Origo microwave quit on me. Anyone know how to remove it from it's wooden cabinet? I've looked a
Outboards kgmcgrath at 9:21am 04.08.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1566 Hello All: I have an 89 26 D. I want to upgrade to a 9.8HP tohatsu 4 stroke. If I mount it on
Another 1973 22' O-day to add to the count. (2) hp18carr at 9:03am 04.08.13 Day Sailers 3/1159 This is one of my first post here... hope it all works. I'm now the owner of a 1973 22' O-day sailbo
120 Volt Question Marc14857 at 8:43am 04.08.13 Ask All Sailors 14/1960 I need to run a 120 volt supply to under my settee to tie in a new central vacuum that will be house
Tempest 23 - Excess/supplemental ballast needed? hangin at 8:31am 04.08.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/842 I just purchased my first Tempest 23, 1970 Canadian build. I am curious as the compartments under t
Origo 6000 Stove/Oven RLMahan at 8:20am 04.08.13 Big Boats 32/9096 Hi all, I'm in the process of sourcing a new stove/oven for my H34. The one of the previous owners r
Base board support for holding tank Skipper at 7:53am 04.08.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1169 Hi, I have an infinitesimal holding tank - 3 gal. The hilarity is that the builder installed the v
Potomac River Overnighter rzobel at 7:48am 04.08.13 Destinations 3/2217 I have my boat slipped in Aquia Bay and want to do an overnighter with a friend in a couple of weeks
Mast base pullys (1) RvrSailor at 7:08am 04.08.13 Big Boats 10/2137 Is this standard or a user modification? Any idea how the pin is removed?
Exhaust issue adwashin at 6:46am 04.08.13 Bigger Boats 14/2234 So I bought a '78 O'day last year and had no issues (my first sailboat). This past weekend was the

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Second Battery (1) Souellette at 9:56am 03.18.23 I like the idea of the ACR. Was referring to this diagram from Blue Sea Systems. Not sure where the
Second Battery Souellette at 9:53am 03.18.23 Here's the link to the battery. It's a group 24. Thanks.
37C Deck flexing from stanchions Jim Legere at 9:48am 03.18.23 Sounds like it could have been Divinycell, which is a PVC foam coring material (quite hard) used in
Second Battery Davidasailor26 at 9:44am 03.18.23 What size battery do you currently have (e.g. group 24, 27, 31)? If what you have is large enough fo
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep dlochner at 9:32am 03.18.23 Collinite and the 3m products are really popular. TotalBoat.com has TotalBuff which is also a good p
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep Don S/V ILLusion at 9:20am 03.18.23
Grounding log WI Rigger at 9:00am 03.18.23 Dave, What I find curious about lightning, no one is sure if it comes down or if in fact it originat
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep circa1971la at 9:00am 03.18.23
Passport Renewal Don S/V ILLusion at 8:57am 03.18.23 In all the years we've been crossing the border, a passport has always been the order of the day wi
Grounding log Don S/V ILLusion at 8:56am 03.18.23 By making it permanent, you would attach the ground lug to the mast step and NOT the mast itself. T
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep Don S/V ILLusion at 8:52am 03.18.23 We have a similar color topsides gelcoat and way too much experience buffing out gelcoat scratches.
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep dlochner at 8:49am 03.18.23 Wet sanding will take out some the smaller shallower blemishes, but not the deeper ones. Wet sanding
Passport Renewal Terry Cox at 8:44am 03.18.23 In all the years we've been crossing the border, a passport has always been the order of the day wit
Grounding log dlochner at 8:42am 03.18.23 By making it permanent, you would attach the ground lug to the mast step and NOT the mast itself. T
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint (1) dLj at 8:30am 03.18.23 Its simple: don't use 'ball valves' or 'gate valves' of any sort. You need a seacock that, by defin
Passport Renewal Hello Below at 8:07am 03.18.23 Also a Washington State Enhanced Driver's License (EDL) maybe the ticket. Washington State Enhanced
Grounding log WI Rigger at 7:53am 03.18.23 By making it permanent, you would attach the ground lug to the mast step and NOT the mast itself. Th
Passport Renewal Don S/V ILLusion at 7:53am 03.18.23
37C Deck flexing from stanchions kappykaplan at 7:49am 03.18.23 DianaOfBurlington, went back through my records and found the receipt from August 2015. "Measure, c
Grounding log Don S/V ILLusion at 7:47am 03.18.23 The consensus is that a grounded mast can direct a hit directly to ground (water). Not sure trying t

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