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Mast climber (3) All U Get at 12:44am 01.23.13 Ask All Sailors 15/3280 Hi all, One of my projects has been to climb the mast and change the light bulbs. I did the search
Keel Bolts 432 Moorings sushiloco at 11:59pm 01.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/4059 I'm trying to find out about keel bolts for a 1988 432 Moorings boat. I bought this boat after looki
Keel Bolts 432 Moorings sushiloco at 11:51pm 01.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2503 I'm trying to find out about keel bolts for a 1988 432 Moorings boat. I bought this boat after looki
BVI's & small children rfrye1 at 8:46pm 01.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1687 I am wanting to do a BVI trip with my kids. But my son has a 3 yr old ' a 1 year old. Has anyone att
Lancer 36 JoeSmith at 7:15pm 01.22.13 Lancer 1/1964 Hello, I'm looking at buying a 1981 Lancer 36, and I'm wondering if anyone know if this model has a
Need idea for CAD/CAM project! karmadog at 4:33pm 01.22.13 Catalina 22 29/4918 Hello! I need an idea for something I can design and make in my CAD/CAM class. We're using Maste
Intercooler plugged with impeller debris lorhall at 4:16pm 01.22.13 Big Boats 1/1334 I have a 1997 Hunter 430. Had been noticing steam with the exhaust for the past year. Did not notice
salon table forms berth in 331 or 351?? capnJudd at 3:50pm 01.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/884 I'm looking to buy a used 351 from 1995 which has a dinette tabletop mounted on the compression post
Havasu Registration CaptDon01 at 12:11pm 01.22.13 Catalina 22 0/899 Time is about to run out to avoid late charges and the chance to order all that neat HPCC stuff. Ju
masthead or not ? trainmanjess at 12:09pm 01.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1159 hello all i noticed my mast doesn't have a masthead for the halyards to attach to. they attach to
has anyone sailed chesapeak bay medkid134 at 10:27am 01.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1100 i have a new to me mac 26d that i am year round docking on the chesapeack bay near fishing bay aprox
Mast Bolt Brian Buzz at 10:19am 01.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/4218 I'm trying to rig the boat as quickly and easily as I can so I'm trying to find a better way to do c
Transom Vent Paul and Judy at 10:14am 01.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1432 I have a 33.5 and will be installing a Danfoss BD50 compressor in the Starboard side seat locker. I
hard top bimini southernheat at 10:02am 01.22.13 Big Boats 1/1182 Has anyone put a hard top bimini on a Hunter 420 CC or similar size boat? I am wondering about the 3
Purchasing a boat from Canada and importing to the US PDReynolds at 9:52am 01.22.13 Ask All Sailors 8/17913 Hi Everyone, I am looking at purchasing a boat that is located in Annapolis, but the flag of regi
CDI FF2 Roller Furler Reddleg101 at 9:45am 01.22.13 Ask All Sailors 1/977 I have a 2001 Hunter 240. I lost the bottom half of my roller furler while trailering. Does anyone k
New Fuel Tank (4) FourPoints at 9:31am 01.22.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2498 I'm installing a new fuel tank this year, the old one was steel is rusted out. My plan is to go alu
deck core thickness on a 25?.... centerline at 9:21am 01.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1665 Im wanting to attach a couple brackets to the inside of the coach roof and would like to know what t
h27 steering maintenance (4) amcmahon at 7:28am 01.22.13 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1170 OK, so yesterday I openned up the rudder packing gland and literally dug out the old packing and aft
Subscrub Hull cleaner Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 6:44am 01.22.13 Big Boats 3/2741 Ran across this today and wonder if anyone has used this device for cleaning your hull. If so, woul

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Allan Villiers 31seahorse at 2:18pm 12.02.22 How does the old saying go........? Iron men and wooden ships! Watching the video reminds me I hav
New plywood dinghy flooring sealants Rich Stidger at 2:08pm 12.02.22 I am doing a similar floor restoration as you for my Achilles. I have always used West Systems epox
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt Project_Mayhem at 2:05pm 12.02.22 If you blow the hole in the aluminum plate, you can re-tap and thread one size up. I keep one of t
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion flightlead404 at 2:04pm 12.02.22 With these overnight loads and given your total house bank capacity, what would you expect the SOC
New plywood dinghy flooring sealants dmax at 1:52pm 12.02.22 West Systems is not a big fan of penetrating epoxies: Penetrating epoxy: legend or myth? - Epoxywork
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Kings Gambit at 1:12pm 12.02.22 The only actual nightmare was being swept into the center-span fender of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion Hello Below at 1:07pm 12.02.22 Overnight down to 70% on the house, which is a big loss for running anchor light, fridge, and freez
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Roland5048 at 1:01pm 12.02.22 Fire! Definitely fire. Been in storms. (Haven't we all). Almost sank once. Had rigging failure
Stock Color for 85' 22 BubbaV at 12:49pm 12.02.22 Anyone know of or had any experience with the product below? Comes in several different "whites". O
Binoculars thinwater at 12:36pm 12.02.22 I bought this one after some research. Very serviceable price $139 on Amazon. Brand. HOOWAY Object
Replace Lifelines stickinthemud57 at 12:24pm 12.02.22 I wonder if you're using the straight carborundum grinding wheels. They can break and shatter and
Water Jug on sail? sbrogden at 12:14pm 12.02.22 Your wife wins the prize. i lived on a 12 ft deep lake in college on which we sailed a Hobie and it
Another Rave Review For Coppercoat fstbttms at 12:14pm 12.02.22 I think it still comes down to location, location, location. Of course it's about location. In an
Water Jug on sail? Don S/V ILLusion at 12:13pm 12.02.22 Your wife wins the prize. i lived on a 12 ft deep lake in college on which we sailed a Hobie and it
Another Rave Review For Coppercoat (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:01pm 12.02.22
Selden rigid boom vang rodkicker without gas strut? Kings Gambit at 11:19am 12.02.22 I replaced the gas spring in my Rodkicker about 18 mo ago w/ a Selden part. The gas spring that was
Another Rave Review For Coppercoat Don S/V ILLusion at 11:07am 12.02.22 And you can imagine how bad the fouling would be if the boat were sitting in a marina as opposed to
Replacing control cables. Terry Cox at 10:47am 12.02.22 Ditto new cables. Teleflex brand was the most common used by Hunter. Stiffness could come from vario
Another Rave Review For Coppercoat fstbttms at 9:35am 12.02.22 And you can imagine how bad the fouling would be if the boat were sitting in a marina as opposed to
Another Rave Review For Coppercoat Ralph Johnstone at 9:34am 12.02.22 specifically about how badly Bagshaw's Coppercoat bottom fouled while he was underway during the ra

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