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Midship cleats simi1947 at 3:07pm 04.14.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/916 If anybody, like me on my 2009 Beneteau Oceanis 31, was thinking of fitting the Barton 32mm track cl
Painting Interior Nevermoor at 2:35pm 04.14.13 Lancer 7/4164 Greetings and salutations, fellow sailboat owners! After the past week on the boat for spring break
Jim Seamons is back Crazy Dave Condon at 2:34pm 04.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1150 I recieved a call yesterday from Jim Seamons and they were mooring off for the evening at Hilton Hea
Lake Ponchartrain Sailors Idratherbesailing at 2:25pm 04.14.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1564 Has anyone been into Bayou Lacomb recently with a 5 foot or over keel? I used to take my 5'3" draft
Looking for a genoa. UPSGUY at 1:46pm 04.14.13 Catalina 22 1/778 Ok
Bowsprit hvbaker at 1:45pm 04.14.13 Catalina 30 0/1237 Has anyone put a Selden bowsprit on a Catalina 30 standard rig? If so, was any modification to the p
110 volt to 240volt Akapeterc at 1:32pm 04.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1668 I want to connect my new 2003 hunter 44ds to shore power in Australia and was wondering is there any
Gelcoat repair update (1) Hydro Therapy at 1:18pm 04.14.13 Day Sailers 10/2075 I recently made some repairs to my toe rails. I think one of the previous owners played bumper boat
Composting head Florida sail at 12:28pm 04.14.13 Ask All Sailors 29/8646 Has anyone had any experience with the C- Head? It is less than 1/2 the price of the Air head and c
Battery Question Finally Free at 12:16pm 04.14.13 Big Boats 5/1683 We have a 1995, 42 Passage. I am pretty sure I am going to need to replace the batteries. It has t
New leak source '84 h27 (1) amcmahon at 12:06pm 04.14.13 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1739 For 10 years now, since purchasing Radiant Beam, I have been trying to eliminate water leaks, both s
Raymarine ST60 rudder indicator actuator installation Euphoria2011 at 11:13am 04.14.13 Bigger Boats 0/1060 I got my hands on a raymarine rudder indicator with the atcuator unit and was thinking about install
Wooden Rib Replacement StumpSail at 10:44am 04.14.13 Day Sailers 2/973 I have recently acquired a 1964 oday mariner centerboard model and i have noticed that many of the w
Catalina Coronado 15 1986 donv at 9:23am 04.14.13 Smaller Boats 2/1770 Please send me any photos or owner manuals on the Catalina Coronado15 preferably around year 1986
Manual needed for Cruisair 7000btu A/C unit McZube at 9:22am 04.14.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1672 Does anyone have a link where I can find a manual for this A/C unit? Thanks
H 356 LPG solenoid sailmaster39 at 9:15am 04.14.13 Big Boats 4/1085 On my Hunter 356 I think my LPG solenoid has failed.I`ve checked everything.Stove sparks,tank is ful
Nonskid Material kaatz at 8:57am 04.14.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1492 Where can I purchase the nonskid material for the steps leading to the cabin. I just purchased a 199
Non skid mold pattern for 2008 H36 Ken Honeycutt at 8:04am 04.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1242 I need to repair some cracks on my non skid and want to use the flex mold sold in the store. Does an
Exhaust hose replacement r.oril at 7:55am 04.14.13 Catalina 30 8/4060 For those that have "been there, done that", today we do it on a 1985 Catalina 30. Wish me luck. M
Electrical issue Joe Roc at 7:50am 04.14.13 Ask All Sailors 29/3612 So here's what I know. Today I tried to find out why Nothing is working. I am getting 13V on my po

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Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains patbratton at 10:13am 04.16.23 I'm trying this curtain track that is lower profile than the traditional marine curtain track. http
New sail advice needed dLj at 9:57am 04.16.23 I can understand the challenge. At some point you need to filter out the options that are less impo
Rust on Keel I need Help. dLj at 9:35am 04.16.23 Agree 100%. Now I must decide if I remove that keel or not. Why would you remove your keel? You ha
Boom Vang Joe at 9:14am 04.16.23 The vang's primary purpose is to stabilize the boom (prevent bouncing) when it is swung outside the
keel help Ralph Johnstone at 9:13am 04.16.23 thanks I have a soda blaster scheduled to at least get started with this issue. Unfortunately, th
Beneteau Questions joker460 at 9:12am 04.16.23 Most of the Benes I went to look at had that as factory installed. I went with the Water witch elect
keel help Dil at 9:02am 04.16.23 thanks I have a soda blaster scheduled to at least get started with this issue. I do not know much
Identifying water in the bilge. sigsgmret at 8:47am 04.16.23 Great idea. Thanks
Identifying water in the bilge. (1) jssailem at 8:46am 04.16.23 Here is something that might work.. AquaChek Salt Test Strip Titrators for Pools - Salt Water Pool
Boom Vang (2) lakesurfsailor at 8:44am 04.16.23 Picture show the boom is Z spar. View 4 shows an eye for attachmentl Are there two of them one fo
New sail advice needed jon hansen at 8:43am 04.16.23 well said john. what john mentioned that i think is a must do, they bring the sail to the boat,
Boom Vang lakesurfsailor at 8:36am 04.16.23 Picture show the boom is Z spar. View 4 shows an eye for attachmentl Are there two of them one fo
Rust on Keel I need Help. Ralph Johnstone at 8:33am 04.16.23 @skipperclaud , can you supply a few closeup pictures of the joint. It may give us a better picture
Rust on Keel I need Help. jssailem at 8:30am 04.16.23 Perhaps it had an iron cable lying against the keel at some point.
Rust on Keel I need Help. Ralph Johnstone at 8:29am 04.16.23 Just got to give my head a scratch here. I didn't think Hunter, Marlow, whatever, had every used st
Boom Vang jssailem at 8:27am 04.16.23 how adding one would be adding a safety feature. You are correct in my thinking. A Vang is a trim
Beneteau Questions Wesleymi at 8:22am 04.16.23 My 1998 Oceanus 321 was the same way. I have since put in a float switch to activate the pump and wi
New sail advice needed jssailem at 8:15am 04.16.23 I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out all my options, and would appreciate some opinions
Rust on Keel I need Help. skipperclaud at 7:32am 04.16.23 There are fundamentally two ways to protect underwater steel structures: 1) Cathodic protection (th
Damaged Hull and repair to ballast tank Crazy Dave Condon at 7:31am 04.16.23 Spoke with the owner and the repairman on Saturday. There was a crack in the hull possibly due to

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