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Good Deal on Handheld VHF Bad Obsession at 7:52am 03.27.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1103 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 2/1157 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 8/5388 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 1/969 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 16/3567 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 12/3339 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 22/3348 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 8/8845 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 52/5192 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 6/1849 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 3/38252 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 9/5780 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 4/1369 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 26/6577 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 6/1332 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 28/3605 For those of you looking for an early spring...
H27 main halyard winch Mike 1 at 11:56am 03.26.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1575 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 2/2610 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 1/1230 The sump pump in the head stopped working. Has anyone repleac ed theirs? How did you do it? Thank

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Please critique my masthead antenna! (1) jssailem at 9:35am 04.12.23 including these good ol' Shakespeare squeeze-on connectors. :biggrin: HOW it all still worked, I do
Sea water pump hasket sailme88 at 9:31am 04.12.23 I have a rubber O ring gasket. I use the same material with it that I use on the gasket of our well
AITA? Racing situation that came up william24424 at 9:22am 04.12.23 Yes, thanks for clarification Barry. I meant early tack = as soon as you realize you're not going to
Sea water pump hasket WayneH at 9:19am 04.12.23 On my engine, the pump faces aft and downhill so I need something to just hold the gasket in place w
Leave the refrigerator on or off? arf145 at 9:17am 04.12.23 I leave the fridge running all the time, and the boat plugged into shore power, of course. The worry
Sea water pump hasket Ralph Johnstone at 8:05am 04.12.23 I use a very thin film of silicone grease.. like Super Lube mostly to hold the gasket in place duri
AITA? Racing situation that came up BarryL at 7:55am 04.12.23 Hey, I think* what william meant by 'tack early' is that if you're not going to make the mark, tac*
Damaged Hull and repair to ballast tank Crazy Dave Condon at 7:51am 04.12.23 Spoke with the owner this morning and have a telephone call planned this Saturday with the repairman
Leave the refrigerator on or off? Riverdaze at 7:33am 04.12.23 I started another post just now on where the compressor is located and how to access it, but though
Fuel tank gasket Sailor Sue at 7:14am 04.12.23 I had a similar situation, but with an aluminum tank. The tank had 3 large inspection ports, the co
AITA? Racing situation that came up stickinthemud57 at 7:14am 04.12.23 This is common in our Wednesday racing, boats get stuck on lay line parade and are some are missing
Hull/deck Leaks Crazy Dave Condon at 7:06am 04.12.23 Use to be a Catalina dealer too and Frank Butler use to ask me what to do on small boats. Catalina
Please critique my masthead antenna! dlochner at 7:00am 04.12.23 New mounting spot. Whether or not it performs better, who knows, but I'm already sleeping better. :
AITA? Racing situation that came up william24424 at 6:52am 04.12.23 bfQiTSYffho I'm not sure if this video shows the rounding but sailing too far right of windward mar
Sea water pump hasket kloudie1 at 6:47am 04.12.23 I use a very thin film of silicone grease.. like Super Lube mostly to hold the gasket in place duri
AITA? Racing situation that came up william24424 at 6:41am 04.12.23 This is common in our Wednesday racing, boats get stuck on lay line parade and are some are missing
Damaged Hull and repair to ballast tank Project_Mayhem at 6:35am 04.12.23 Posting mainly to follow this thread but take some pics of the interior floor. If you can, take some
Found a 2003 C310 (5) JRT at 6:35am 04.12.23 Life without my father has had a bigger impact then I ever considered. It has had a lot new commitm
F'ing mice Project_Mayhem at 6:28am 04.12.23 Dryer sheets are supposed to work well a suspended shelf made of plywood. Mice would have to eithe
Hull/deck Leaks Project_Mayhem at 6:25am 04.12.23 As @jsailem mentioned, it's more likely to be a deck fitting in another area letting water in and th

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