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Question for MaineSail re: AGM batteries Ivan at 5:07pm 02.16.13 Big Boats 1/1147 I just read your great article on "battery orientation" on your site. Very informative. However, a
Keel Protector - Keel-X carboman at 4:58pm 02.16.13 Smaller Boats 3/1435 I am looking at this for the bottom of my Hunter 23' keel. http://www.linex.com/pages/2010/light_i
Best cruising RPM therobesons at 4:47pm 02.16.13 Big Boats 4/1569 My Stock 1999 Hunter passage 420 has the stock 3 blade cruising prop. Does anyone know the red line
Cracked Hull/Deck raul bandas at 4:41pm 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 33/11060 Last week I purchased a beautiful 2003 Beneteau Oceanis 311. The original owner kept it in excellen
Hull Cracked / Deck Damaged - Beneteau 311 raul bandas at 4:11pm 02.16.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 67/36778 Dear Beneteau Oceanis 311 Colleagues, Last week I purchased a 2003 Beneteau Oceanis 311. The origin
Wind advisory? Nope Prob's. (1) emergpa1 at 3:23pm 02.16.13 Ask An Oday Owner 11/1728 Wind advisory; gusting to 30, we experienced gust of 25, with an average wind speed of around 18. Sa
Numbers for Rig Tuning TJM8187 at 2:53pm 02.16.13 Catalina 22 6/2391 Does anyone know of a good guide for rig tuning a C22. Going to be doing it for the first time this
Dropping the Keel bornin59ca at 2:17pm 02.16.13 Big Boats 2/1004 Ok the time has come to fix my Keel on my Hunter 40 Legend. I have been fooling around with it for t
Winterizing Raw Water Exhaust Joe Mullee at 1:51pm 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 18/5527 I have a 1983 Yanmar 3GMF. Always winterize the raw water side with the pink stuff from West Marine
Looking for the Best Marina's at the Best Price in Rhode Is jerseyjoe at 12:20pm 02.16.13 Destinations 14/7278 I am moving my boat from NY to Rhode Island this season and I have done a lot of research but wanted
Thru hull fittings Luca1467 at 11:42am 02.16.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1279 I bought my 47.7 around 3 years ago. It is now 12 years old. I do not know if the previous owner eve
FEEDBACK REQUEST: New search installed Phil Herring at 10:26am 02.16.13 Forum Help (Site Talk) 7/2579 Sorry for the delay on this! We now have a new search function installed on all sites (excluding th
st40 or st60 VMG to wind Quoddy at 9:21am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 6/3925 Does anyone know if the Raymarine st40, (now i40) wind instrument will feed enough data into the Ray
Need new freshwater pump advice tomgrigsby at 8:43am 02.16.13 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1995 My 79 H30 has a ShurFlo 220-033 pump for the freshwater system. Pump doesn't anymore. I can't find
New mainsail galliob at 8:14am 02.16.13 Big Boats 12/2011 Just learned I need to replace my mainsail. Anybody have any recommendations? Considering Sailcare
Painting Lost Parent at 7:45am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1069 Has anyone tried painting small areas with the small pressurized cans that are screwed onto small ja
Bulkhead replacement jamesstpierremb at 7:18am 02.16.13 Catalina 30 16/8824 Have previously changed the bulkhead in the 27 Catalina and it wasn't too bad a job. Recently a lea
Moisture Meters caguy at 6:36am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1893 I am planning on buying a moisture meter to check my house (lathe and plaster), howerver, I will pro
T Head Slip omnia470 at 6:12am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 10/2058 We have moved to a T head and our boat is 47'. Looking at different ways of securing boat as well a
Mainsail on Ebay dlandersson at 5:35am 02.16.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1226 Perhaps of interest: :D http://www.ebay.com/itm/350589486427?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT'_trksid=p3984

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Need instructions to remove HUNTER polycarbonate windows Ralph Johnstone at 8:46pm 02.11.23 Boatworks Today. Pretty much the gold standard in boat bodyworks. https://www.boatworkstoday.com/v
mooring pendants jssailem at 8:41pm 02.11.23 2 of the 3 mooring pendants were pretty much garbage after all the chafe and stress, Moral of the s
Need instructions to remove HUNTER polycarbonate windows ggrizzard at 7:51pm 02.11.23 I have replaced all of my original portlights on my 1979 H 30C twice over the past 42 years. And, wh
Need instructions to remove HUNTER polycarbonate windows Crusty Ol Salt at 6:37pm 02.11.23 All I got is, that is some scary caulking " Mercy sakes
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Crusty Ol Salt at 6:35pm 02.11.23 That's great! From where would you be departing? Norfolk Virginia mine is a little bigger, a hu
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (2) dlochner at 6:33pm 02.11.23 The trip back is easier than the trip down. Warmer weather and more daylight. There are many beautif
Halyard Diameters 1979 H37C Crusty Ol Salt at 6:30pm 02.11.23 Go to the homepage click shop by model Choose your model Click rigging Choose your model again cli
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 6:25pm 02.11.23 Good to hear all is well. I (as well as many others I am sure) have been watching his adventure wit
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Crusty Ol Salt at 6:18pm 02.11.23 Good to hear all is well. I (as well as many others I am sure) have been watching his adventure with
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 6:11pm 02.11.23 Hey! Sorry to be silent over the last couple of months. Captain Fiero is alive and well! He's gr
Need instructions to remove HUNTER polycarbonate windows Terry Cox at 5:34pm 02.11.23 Our 1991 side port lights do not leak and no messy caulk to deal with, so no advice to offer. Howeve
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida shemandr at 5:18pm 02.11.23 If there is any reluctance to post the details of a voyage that didn't achieve its stated goals, I
3jh5e impeller replacement artboas at 5:06pm 02.11.23 Two pliers will work, however you may damage the impeller. Not an issue if you are replacing the im
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Davidasailor26 at 5:05pm 02.11.23 I was going thru old emails, you know the drill file or delete, NEXT..... I came across a reminder
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Crusty Ol Salt at 4:20pm 02.11.23 I was going thru old emails, you know the drill file or delete, NEXT..... I came across a reminder f
3jh5e impeller replacement Terry Cox at 4:14pm 02.11.23 Do any of you out there use anti seize on the splines to help replacing the impeller? No. Glycerin
Missing boom PRoberaon at 3:58pm 02.11.23 What numbers will tell you the mold number?
mooring pendants ShawnL at 3:14pm 02.11.23 I had 3 1/2" 3-strand nylon pendants (on my Catalina 22). 2 to the bow cleats and one longer one as
Need a "double" block at the mast base (1) Justin_NSA at 3:04pm 02.11.23 Ordered my p/n Z-272 turning block from Rig-Rite today. Holy crap! $107 with shipping! Just need to
To boot or not to boot...turnbuckles Justin_NSA at 1:37pm 02.11.23 They should. They come in various pin sizes. Also colors if that interests you. Mine are grey

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