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Replacing rotten core deck via inner skin removal pearsoncommander251 at 12:38am 04.21.13 Ask All Sailors 8/3945 Does anyone have expereicne removing rotten core wood from the deck by accessing and Removing Inner
Spinnaker pole size for First 310 Jossette at 12:31am 04.21.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1016 I lost my spinnaker pole overboard on a windy day with lots of guests aboard. I'm hunting for anoth
weather helm on 250 trevor clarke at 9:08pm 04.20.13 Mid-Size Boats 6/2480 i am in australia and am just purchasing a 250. it has a masthead rig so i wondered if raking my mas
San Juan Islands in August Ken Cross at 8:13pm 04.20.13 Destinations 16/8305 We plan on arriving in the San Juans around Aug 8th or so. It will take us about 2 days to get up th
Balmar alternator??? seadoggie at 7:58pm 04.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/905 Out hunter 40 has a Balmar alternator and a Heartguard charger/inverter. We have always taken day tr
A fender for a P.F.D. Chris Patterson at 6:03pm 04.20.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1817 Yep. This is what I told lovely bride she was getting for a new P.F.D. And if she's real good, I'll
Fractional Rig Headstay tension james2034 at 4:36pm 04.20.13 Big Boats 5/4361 I believe that my 1995 Hunter 35.5 fractional rig is tuned within tolerances, with a profurl furler,
Lavac marine heads Bonzai at 4:33pm 04.20.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/13412 Anyone have experience with these vaccum toilets? How do they hold up?
Yanmar Hour meter Repair Rick486 at 3:43pm 04.20.13 Ask All Sailors 7/2975 Does anyone remember a post with an excellent repair suggestion for the Yanmar flickering hour meter
New Mac 26M owner (PNW) serenity4u2 at 2:00pm 04.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/838 Looking forward to the rendezvous :)
Waiting, waiting... Roger Long at 1:48pm 04.20.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 11/8902
Forepeak Teak Finish Panel (2) garyg at 1:40pm 04.20.13 Morgan 1/1969 I own a 1970 Morgan 33 and I designed and fabricated a teak forepeak panel to finish off the origina
Lewmar Folding Wheel (1) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 12:52pm 04.20.13 Catalina 310 12/2865 Today is day 2 with the Lewmar folding 32" wheel and I love it. One of the best comfort upgrades I'v
Score! (1) David W at 12:09pm 04.20.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1132 The Boat Show is on here in Victoria, BC, and a local retailer had a great door crasher special. Fi
Repainting the interior of my Mac 25 (6) tkiss13 at 11:16am 04.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2343 I recently purchased in 1981 Mac 25. It had been sitting for about 3 years half full of water and th
A big step down in size mdsdurango at 11:16am 04.20.13 Trailer Sailors 20/7310 Third, or fourth post on this forum with much gratitude to all for your good advice. I started out a
Spinnaker gear - O'Day 28 SkiRacer1486 at 8:26am 04.20.13 Bigger Boats 0/1513 My family just bought an O'Day 28 and I am exploring options for outfitting the boat with spinnaker
St. Johns River and Electro-scan MSD ybrad at 8:17am 04.20.13 Big Boats 6/1404 Does anyone out there have familiarity with how far up (south) the St. Johns the salinity is high en
Rudder Rivet(s) John Danz at 7:56am 04.20.13 Catalina 22 17/2658 I just bought a used Catalina 22 that has been sitting on a trailer for about four years. Eeverythin
H37 V Berth Closet jphud at 7:52am 04.20.13 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1356 Has anyone reversed the hinge set up on this door, or changed the door style? Access is difficult wi

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Shakey in gear S/V Sideways at 11:53am 05.06.23 Thanks for the follow up. I am glad that the suggestion worked out you your satisfaction. It is e
Shakey in gear (1) S/V Sideways at 11:49am 05.06.23 In the end, the problem is solved and the cost is very quickly forgotten. Can you send a shot of th
Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... (6) jssailem at 11:48am 05.06.23 My boat lives in the briny waters of our Port of Everett Marina 24/7/365. I had her Hauled Jan 2018.
Life's Most Infuriating Moments jssailem at 11:21am 05.06.23 Perhaps Ralph will send you the remaining clip... Then you could image it and create a CNC 3D drawin
Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... JohnKeating at 10:49am 05.06.23 I don't know how many boats have blisters, or how much they slow you down, or the best way to fix th
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Dave at 10:42am 05.06.23 At the aft end of the engine is the oil cooler loop. It is near the area identified ast the source o
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Davidasailor26 at 10:39am 05.06.23
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Ralph Johnstone at 10:34am 05.06.23 You can do it. I know you can. . . I think? I am so pi$$ed off with the idea of spending $100.00
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Ralph Johnstone at 10:22am 05.06.23 :biggrin:always here to provide helpful information. I've got your name on speed dial in case I r
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Hello Below at 10:11am 05.06.23
Life's Most Infuriating Moments jssailem at 10:04am 05.06.23
Ducks in my backyard! Ralph Johnstone at 9:59am 05.06.23 Mostly this couple who have never come up on the dock until the other day Ducks must have a good
Life's Most Infuriating Moments (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:48am 05.06.23 If you buy a new one, $100, the clips are included. Those are truly words to warm the cockles of
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Ralph Johnstone at 9:32am 05.06.23 There were NO LEAKS observed! Absolutely baffling. Just can't see how it corrected itself and we
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour JoeWhite at 9:08am 05.06.23 Oil can also come out of the dip stick if not inserted back in.
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger sailcapt340 at 9:06am 05.06.23
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Hayden Watson at 8:43am 05.06.23 The other big challenge to going with LFP is preventing the alternator from cooking itself in its ow
Bottom Chip Repair Jacktar at 8:36am 05.06.23 True sail it til it breaks, repair and sail it again.
Hunter 41AC/41DS spinnaker tack location Sailor Arny at 8:30am 05.06.23 I am going to go without the furler this season, just pull it down into a deck bag, tired of all the
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer mermike at 8:28am 05.06.23 The secret to no boom is some FLA that is connected into the charging circuit to give the current s

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