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Hatch cover - forward (1) RTSKI at 4:16pm 11.06.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/941 Just purchased an O'Day 19. The forward hatch cover has a tube-rod combination to allow setting the
Hunter 34 mast coxwaine1 at 3:51pm 11.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2711 Hunter 34 demast due to Sandy Hello, This has been one of my favorite websites for the last few
Looking for S2 8.0 center cockpit for sale Moonrat at 12:17pm 11.06.12 S2 1/2481 I'm trying to get a lead on a S2 8.0 center cockpit for sale. Please let me know if you heae of one.
refrigeration shawanaga at 11:52am 11.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2964 I am considering buying a 1990 Hunter 37.5 and it has an ice box Anyone know what in involved in in
Question for Chicago-area sailors jblersch at 10:59am 11.06.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2116 I'm considering a move to the Chicago area (Naperville) and I'm wondering if anyone has recommendati
Window Columbia 23 Bigler at 9:59am 11.06.12 Ask All Sailors 2/922 Hi, I am a new owner of a Columbia 23 and need to reset the windows due to heavy leaks, any one out
Lifeline Stanchion Install PATBUZZARD at 9:19am 11.06.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2501 When I bought my O'day 22 the lifeline stanchions were dismounted and stored on the V birth. I woul
Outhaul rigging (1) Ron-Anne at 8:48am 11.06.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1147 We are in the process of repairing our Hunter 30 and while going through the owners manual for the I
Sailing down the Missouri Rashido at 8:40am 11.06.12 Ask All Sailors 18/2505 Sailing down the Mississippi Hello, a few high school friends of mine want to build a true to life
Hunter 36 Vision technical info propellanttech at 8:22am 11.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1313 Does anyone have the wiring, and plumbing layouts for the Vision 36? I've looked around, and haven'
Getting Boat on Trailer on Land tmeade1041 at 8:02am 11.06.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2207 I was fortunate to not be damaged by Sandy, however, my 22 ft sailboat was lifted off its trailer.
Water Pump rebuild - con't Warren Milberg at 7:54am 11.06.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1314 Anyone know if the nut holding the pulley onto the raw water cooling pump for a Yanmar 2GM20f is rev
V21 swing / bilge keel? Ibbo at 7:41am 11.06.12 Trailer Sailors 2/4426 V21 swing / bilge keel? I have just joined this group after recently buying a Mac21' project boat,
Putting the pieces back together, how does it ALL work? joes new addiction at 7:28am 11.06.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1473 The pics I see of the distruction in N.J. and N.Y. is just too much. Even worse now that I'm a boat
V21 swing / bilge keel? Ibbo at 6:50am 11.06.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 27/3915 I have just joined this group after recently buying a Mac21' project boat, "Sol Lass" - an early one
Solar Panels (5) seadaddler at 6:27am 11.06.12 Big Boats 7/1930 We are at a dock with no electric or water in Tampa and running everything off the solar panels on t
Ratio and prop - options Philip_Oceanis 361 at 6:00am 11.06.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2103 Engine 29hp @ 3600rpm Option 1: Reduction gear Ratio 2.35:1 and propeller 16X10 (3 blades) Option
Solar (4) seadaddler at 5:10am 11.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/889 Solar Panels ddoing great job on our 3 week cruise thank goodness,it's raining right now early morni
Last Season; looking back. Bad Obsession at 3:36am 11.06.12 Ask All Sailors 17/2220 Looking back over this now almost past season, for most of us, how did you do? Did you get out of y
Just found this pretty cool website. caguy at 10:03pm 11.05.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1472 I just wanted to share this neat website, it maps current wind conditions and you can zoom in on you

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ProFurl B35S Drum Flip? BigEasy at 6:42pm 06.01.22 Good afternoon all, I sent my 2001 Hunter 380's genoa for a new sacrificial leech and am delighted-
Beneteau 323 railing item Davidasailor26 at 6:28pm 06.01.22
Gelcoat Touch up sail sfbay at 6:26pm 06.01.22 Mepk catalyst will not alter gelcoat color. Are you talking about cutting Topcoat deck paint with c
Beacon Near Point Grey Hello Below at 6:13pm 06.01.22 Thanks, @Hello Below ! I looked up the icon in Chart No. 1 but I could only identify the lighting
Charging from a tow vehicle mermike at 6:05pm 06.01.22 I don't doubt Victron's specs. I missed that you were using the smaller charger.
Gelcoat Touch up Davidasailor26 at 5:56pm 06.01.22 Thanks for the replies. I assume that adding thickener will alter the color? Thickener or catalyst
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging baycloud at 5:53pm 06.01.22 Thanks guys, I ordered the DVD and am continuing to read. To me it sounds like my upper shrouds are
Charging from a tow vehicle AaronD at 5:47pm 06.01.22 As a practical matter, the installations I do generally have large house banks and a 30A DC-DC char
Single-handed docking Project_Mayhem at 5:46pm 06.01.22 I thought there was a rule to never approach the dock faster than you would want to hit it. How do
Beneteau 323 railing item nitrogenase at 5:45pm 06.01.22 Agreed, just curious what it was for and why they bothered to remove it. Bizarre eh?
Oday 26 chain plate leak Project_Mayhem at 5:44pm 06.01.22 The sales brochure raves about this new technology they used to seal everything called silicone. Tha
O'Day 25 Head Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 5:42pm 06.01.22 That's exactly what I was gonna recommend. The "MSD" designation in the model name/number means it
Gelcoat Touch up Project_Mayhem at 5:40pm 06.01.22 Thanks for the replies. I assume that adding thickener will alter the color?
Need pic of O'Day 25 Bow Project_Mayhem at 5:39pm 06.01.22 Already tried before posting
Single-handed docking Daveinet at 5:35pm 06.01.22 Theoretically you could toss it over a dock cleat. I've never tried tossing a line on a cleat or py
Charging from a tow vehicle mermike at 5:34pm 06.01.22 As a practical matter, the installations I do generally have large house banks and a 30A DC-DC charg
Charging from a tow vehicle AaronD at 5:15pm 06.01.22 I used the Blue Sea Circuit Wizard. That makes sense. They default to the conservative 3% drop, wh
Marine plywood- to use or not to use? MikeHoncho at 5:03pm 06.01.22 my experience with PT plywood is that it is low quality with voids and shrinks significantly when dr
Beacon Near Point Grey MikeHoncho at 4:58pm 06.01.22 It's the center of the designated shipping channel outlined in purple. You can see there is another
Beneteau 331 rear swim platform teak insert Bluenose at 4:50pm 06.01.22 OK, but don't use 50 pounds - too much. Squeezes the stuff out.

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