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Buff & Wax VS A Polymer polish dive7mmwet at 7:23am 03.13.13 Ask All Sailors 23/5848 Wax Or Poly Its been covered by some of the Gurus I see but old school, Its that time of year as we
Grey Water Tanks David B at 5:10am 03.13.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/841 We have a 2012 Oceanis 50, and are wanting to fit grey water tank(s) as this seems to be a growing r
ground stevieb at 4:38am 03.13.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1108 I'm restoring an old 24 foot pocket cruiser that sleeps 4. I'm told that to get good ground, the bat
Self furling or folding Benjamin Disralei at 4:27am 03.13.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1509 Hi fellow Beneteau owners, in relation to a 361, 2002 french built with 30HP Volvo Penta drive, what
Need Mast for '84 Hunter 34, Kenyon 4873 46' captaincoconut at 4:14am 03.13.13 Parts Search 4/3121 Mast broke during huricane Sandy, need a suitable replacement. Kenyon B'R rig 46' tall, double swept
reefing lines sushiloco at 12:45am 03.13.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1077 I have a 1988 432. When I bought the boat the owner decided to remove the reefing lines. I was just
Solar Wire dspurgeon at 9:57pm 03.12.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1552 Solar Wire: I have a quandary involving the wire used to wire my solar panels. I did hours of rese
Engine clean jorgefife at 9:23pm 03.12.13 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1898 Back again! Read the other day an article about having a clean engine, and I thought I should do the
Jib luff length and or forstay length finding41 at 8:34pm 03.12.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1609 Does anyone know the Jib luff length and or forstay length on the Mac 26D/S? I can't seem to find th
Lewmar port light screens PORKCHOP at 8:30pm 03.12.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1170 My (somewhat new to me) H33.5 needs new Lewmar Port Light (old style) screens. These are the ones Le
Top 3 Casco Bay Spots JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 7:11pm 03.12.13 Destinations 10/5198 Hello All, We are planning on doing our first bit of Maine cruising this summer. Specifically, th
Almost Ready (1) rgranger at 6:50pm 03.12.13 Trailer Sailors 63/15805 Almost Ready - Pivot Pin Removed The P.O. glassed over the pivot pin so I need to get out my chisel
Access plates to Fiberglass tanks (1) BobT at 6:46pm 03.12.13 Engines and Propulsion 0/1267 The new Old Boat has glassed in tanks for fuel ' water. (It's a 1979 Gulfstar 37) Physically clean
winches teacher63 at 6:38pm 03.12.13 Smaller Boats 10/1603 I am adding a winch to my Hunter 23 for the main halyard. I am leaving the one on the mast. What s
Heater rant Jared1048 at 5:11pm 03.12.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/1120 So when I was looking at my boat the broker was quick to point out the Wallas diesel heater and said
deck step. Mcksailor at 5:02pm 03.12.13 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1703 Cut the step off my deck due to rott in the core. Plan on using the gray transom board material for
Exhaust flange and Mixing Elbow Jon4399 at 3:03pm 03.12.13 Big Boats 10/3984 The joint between the exhaust flange and mixing elbow failed on my Yanmar 3HM35. I want to replace t
Storage Area Closeouts for 23.5 chris8541 at 2:58pm 03.12.13 Smaller Boats 2/947 I need two of the rectangular-shaped plywood closeout panels that cover the storage areas in the aft
H41 AC & DS, Couch removal Capt Morgan at 2:14pm 03.12.13 Big Boats 5/2839 Any Hunter 41 AC or DS owners have experience removing the couch, starboard side ahead of the nav st
ok to use auto inline filter in outboard? newsailor72 at 1:54pm 03.12.13 Engines and Propulsion 10/3318 ok to use this kind of filter for my 6hp tohatsu http://www.ebay.com/itm/K-N-Inline-Fuel-Filter-1-4-

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Weather for Masters looks terrific. shemandr at 2:36pm 04.07.23 So sailors are allowed to follow golf! Good to know.
Lee cloths FastOlson at 2:26pm 04.07.23 I like your snap shackles not sure where you found them? may go with plastic quick release buckles.
Importing GPX File into a Garmin GPS 5212 Rich Stidger at 2:21pm 04.07.23 Maybe I can help. First a couple of questions- Do you have the owner's manual for the GPS 5212? Do
New furling genoa for a 76 30ft Catalina (1) TAJ at 2:16pm 04.07.23 Thanks for repling. As per pic. Its 1.5 meters from the main and 1 meter from the top of the mast. I
Damper plate? Waybad at 2:12pm 04.07.23 I put in a R&D from PYI they have three styles available they use a solid polyurethane center. It he
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains CrispyCringle at 1:46pm 04.07.23 If you need the hooks for the curtains, Sailrite sells those kinds of fittings that will work on mos
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains Crazy Dave Condon at 1:34pm 04.07.23 @patbratton I thought you were referring to window curtains. Yes there were privacy curtains on yo
Troubleshooting wind display (1) Ward H at 1:16pm 04.07.23 Here is a pdf on testing an iTC5 and wind transducer. Pretty sure the test points for the iTC5 would
Lee cloths Waybad at 1:15pm 04.07.23 FastOlson, Thanks for your input. I found a article about using Phifertex from about 20 years ago. I
Long distance boat ownership dlochner at 1:10pm 04.07.23 Pedant!!..... :) ;) Great Lake sailor. :) :beer:
Removing Dyneema Core thinwater at 1:07pm 04.07.23 ... The decored furling lines I have seen have been over sized, around ?". This allows for a better
Head Floor Non Skid thinwater at 12:46pm 04.07.23 Or you could build a cedar grate that is level. It might be more plesant and standing on a slope.
Weather for Masters looks terrific. ggrizzard at 12:30pm 04.07.23 Today nice... Tomorrow and Sunday :poop:ty
Long distance boat ownership Hollyberry at 12:05pm 04.07.23 Wrong. Colorado may have a few great lakes, but they have no Great Lakes. :cowbell::stir: Pedant!
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 11:53am 04.07.23 No where in the article does he say to isolate the anode from the metal it is intended to protect..
Long distance boat ownership dlochner at 11:47am 04.07.23 Yes. Colorado has a few Great Lakes. Wrong. Colorado may have a few great lakes, but they have no
Zinc on strut? dlochner at 11:45am 04.07.23 Sure. For instance- the author recommends electrically isolating the anode's fasteners from both th
Long distance boat ownership Allowishish at 11:43am 04.07.23 My opinion is....... wait. You are just going through the excitement phase of this decision you tw
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 11:23am 04.07.23 It would helpful if you could specify the bad information and provide references to support your cl
Zinc on strut? dlochner at 11:10am 04.07.23 Boy, there is some bad information in that article It would helpful if you could specify the bad

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