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need Ray Marine auto pilot Type 2 Rotary Drive unit Sailgunner at 6:50am 04.13.13 Ask All Sailors 1/938 We are in need of this part for our sailboat in the Ft. Lauderdale area by Sunday April 14. Any id
Installing new Rub Rail rajhnsn at 5:28am 04.13.13 Bigger Boats 16/2703 Graceful-lee is being painted and having a new rubrail installed compliments of Sandy and Progressiv
Air Breeze driving me nuts hoges in wa at 4:46am 04.13.13 Ask All Sailors 2/987 Hi. I've had an air breeze on since about Aug. 2011. The nuts bit is that it often goes into a mod
Trying To Save Her.... hangin at 1:29am 04.13.13 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/3916 I recently picked up a 1970 O'day Tempest 23. I knew it would involve some project work to bring her
what brand windlass for 356 Jimongee at 10:22pm 04.12.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/3108 Hello all, After several bottles of Ibuprofen I realize it's time to purchase a windlass. Today I a
Keel Turning Ball Help jroddy at 8:15pm 04.12.13 Catalina 22 5/1822 My newest '76 C22 is difficult to crank keel up or down. You can do it but it seems to hang.. Could
Re-Bedding Pedestal rpwillia at 7:58pm 04.12.13 Catalina 310 0/826 Anyone done this? Anything special I need to be aware of? I think mine may be leaking.
looking for someone in pensacola fl allen-deckard at 7:48pm 04.12.13 Catalina 22 7/1074 Me and wife want to take a sailing trip next year with our 22. Last year we went to Pensacola witho
Engine Commissioning bobcat30 at 6:55pm 04.12.13 Catalina 30 6/1612 Can anyone point me to a site where I can read about changing fuel filters on the Universal M 25 XP?
Interior Paint Color Kevinbilly at 5:55pm 04.12.13 Catalina 22 4/1008 I have c22. Does anyone know a paint code. I need to do some touchup. Its a off color white. What'
Cockpit seat hatches Lost Parent at 5:55pm 04.12.13 Catalina 30 3/1296 Has any body replaced the dumb little hinges on there cockpit seat hatches with a long stainless pia
Head scratcher from this weekend's boat show in Oakland (1) Phil Herring at 5:31pm 04.12.13 Ask All Sailors 15/2005 Note, it does not fly.
What is this junk on my hull (2) Skippy at 5:22pm 04.12.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1880 So I was getting my boat ready for summer and i noticed these tiny raised bumps on my hull. they're
VC-17 Stormydog at 2:54pm 04.12.13 Catalina 30 4/1579 Hello all, this is a two part question. First one is applying a VC-17 to the bottom of our boat.
Rudder improvement papamills at 1:27pm 04.12.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1428 1999 Mac 26X, twin retractable rudders, 48"L X 9" tappered to 8", poor control at low speed, no bite
Solar mast head lights Blane at 12:22pm 04.12.13 Big Boats 11/7400 WE are all trying to save power on the hook. Has anyone tried a solar light on the mast head? If so
Hunter 34 Stern Tube Jacques C at 11:38am 04.12.13 Big Boats 19/5390 I have discovered that the propeller shaft has worn through the bottom of the bronze stern tube. So
Oday 28 bottom work? Dragon Fly at 11:31am 04.12.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/973 Ahoy ! spring bottom painting scraping and general cleaning: what tools needed? a rotary
Barrier Coat - Catalina 380 - 2001 bob_kowalski at 9:42am 04.12.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1376 I bought this boat in 2008 and it had a fresh coat of ablative bottom paint. I sail on the Chesapeak
Planning to replace hatch slider rails this weekend Brian S at 8:59am 04.12.13 Day Sailers 4/1259 Are there any gotchas I should be aware of? I got new sliders from D'R. As near as I can tell, th

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Posting Guidelines Will Gilmore at 12:31pm 04.09.23 Nice videos. Sorry to read about the flat. I've only recently noticed ads on YouTube. The annoyin
Thread maintenance on my sailboat FastOlson at 12:22pm 04.09.23 My sailboat a 1975 Dufour 34 is steered using the ship's wheel, I found the emergency tiller for it
Install wash down pump? Sailgunner at 12:14pm 04.09.23 I guess you could tie into the windless. I ran a separate line with a new breaker. FYI, the coil h
Posting Guidelines dlochner at 11:56am 04.09.23
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Adding Ballast to Hunter 240 (2) patbratton at 11:49am 04.09.23 The tanks arrived. They are well made but there is no fitting to plug the openings. I understand tha
Zinc on strut? Don S/V ILLusion at 11:07am 04.09.23
Removing Dyneema Core Project_Mayhem at 10:08am 04.09.23 A simpler method, since splicing DB to Dyneema is complex, is to just pull a polyester cover over t
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 10:03am 04.09.23 If the strut is in the bonding system, it is indeed connected to the shaft through the bonding syst
Zinc on strut? dlochner at 10:01am 04.09.23 The point is that the strut is not in direct electrical contact with the shaft and that the shaft a
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 9:59am 04.09.23 Not all struts are electrically isolated. Some are connected to the bonding system. The point is
Its funny Friday! smokey73 at 9:55am 04.09.23 A senior citizen drove his brand new Mercedes convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the
Zinc on strut? dlochner at 9:55am 04.09.23 Seriously? The shaft is isolated from the strut by the cutless bearing :facepalm: Not all struts
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 9:52am 04.09.23
Zinc on strut? Don S/V ILLusion at 9:49am 04.09.23 As the strut is electrically isolated from the shaft, anodes on the shaft do not protect it. If the
Install wash down pump? jssailem at 9:44am 04.09.23 Thoughts. Beyond the power concerns, you have the water sourcing internal plumbing running hoses a
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 9:38am 04.09.23
Thread maintenance on my sailboat jssailem at 9:33am 04.09.23 There are many different products being used. Lancote is popular. I am using it in the same way Greg
Companionway replacing pen boards for easy access while cruising Rick Webb at 8:31am 04.09.23 I don't have a picture. I made a frame using dowels and vinyl tubing in the corners to attach them
Importing GPX File into a Garmin GPS 5212 Rich Stidger at 8:16am 04.09.23 Does it matter what I name the ADM file? I don't think so. But I don't have this GPS5212. I have u

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