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water cooled ref. compressor damar18 at 6:14pm 12.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/951 I just purchasd a used 1999 hunter 376 and find that in order to keep my ref. compressor running i h
H34 Sole Replacement rsears54 at 5:36pm 12.06.12 Big Boats 2/1072 Just removed entire sole from my 83 H34. It's pretty rotten but not too bad for 30 yrs. Getting read
2007 Catalina 26'11" wing keel seaworthiness? Chief RA at 4:04pm 12.06.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 14/6796 Still researching which trailerable boat to buy. Is this wing keel boat capable of island hopping d
Does anyone know what make this boat is? (2) dustinboater at 3:52pm 12.06.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3363 My grandfather gave me his sailboat and I do not know the make of it. Does anyone know?
V-Birth Cushion Design. geehaw at 2:52pm 12.06.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2779 I Making new cushion for the whole boat. The v-birth currently has 2 cushions running front to back
New Transducer Delema FourPoints at 2:12pm 12.06.12 Ask All Sailors 20/6748 I want to add a wind instrument, and replace my old SR Mariner knot indicator and log with a matchin
Pulling up Stakes Roger Long at 2:08pm 12.06.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/8377 I liked Georgetown more and more as I spent time there but the noise of the mills, the coffee ground
Warning - Don't Store Strong Cleaners Onboard Bob Camarena at 1:24pm 12.06.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1055 This is a warning to not store strong cleaners onboard, especially those containing acid. I had a j
Foredeck Paint tgupton at 12:55pm 12.06.12 Catalina 30 1/1324 I want to tape off and paint a section of the foredeck on my 83 Catalina 30 where the paint has weat
Photos of Upgrades or Updates Elysium_Van_Isl at 11:39am 12.06.12 Catalina 30 86/27145 Hi all, I know there are general forum threads out there for this topic, but didn't see anything sp
Which model is this boat? MrBill_FLL at 11:14am 12.06.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1407 is this a V222 or a V23 as listed? http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/boa/3459652288.html hey M
Beneteau First 310 dsurrette at 9:24am 12.06.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2205 I have a 1993 First 310. The vinyl covering in the forward and aft berth has let go. What is the bes
Water in Bilge captcoho at 9:15am 12.06.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1852 Got the boat sitting on the hard. Had gave the bilge a fresh coat of paint. Went to give it a second
fixed port installation (1) gettinthere at 8:38am 12.06.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2878 I have 4 salon portlights that need replacing. They are only fastened with adhesive. ling and faste
Hardtop rlrmystic at 4:53am 12.06.12 Mid-Size Boats 8/1459 I have an H295. Built in '95, there's a 'hardtop' for lack of a better description. Looks like I nee
Author Needs Input On C&C 38-3 bajajim at 11:17pm 12.05.12 C&C 0/3092 Hi I am Jim Elfers author of the Baja Bash and currently working on another book with a chapter on t
Clear cystals found in undersink cabinet dannykrygsman at 10:01pm 12.05.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2339 The cystals are probably Sodium Cloride (salt) because they taste like it. Is this indicative of sea
Catalina 27 New Owner (1) motobasturd at 8:43pm 12.05.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/2272 I'm a new owner of a 1981 Catalina 27, bought this past July and sailed until October. Had a blast l
Winterizing heads with ethylene glycol thinwater at 7:57pm 12.05.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/17691 Pre-2000 the bellow was the Jabsco recomendation. Any reason why this is not still so? (from a 200
Original Fabric (2) AndyGnaedig at 7:27pm 12.05.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1044 Does anyone know where to get or the name of the 1983 30' oday original cushion fabric?

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Contessa 32 Owners ... AlastairLC at 5:53pm 01.09.23
Ugly wallpaper Davidasailor26 at 5:52pm 01.09.23 A similar project was documented on the Sail Life YouTube channel. He starts around 1:15 at IJDTwJMn
help on hunter 34 keel pan (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:46pm 01.09.23 Boat was on the water therefore could not check the keel but owner said that the bottom was done fe
Beneteau house-starter battery switches Davidasailor26 at 5:42pm 01.09.23
Ugly wallpaper (2) Hollyberry at 5:38pm 01.09.23 Check out my thread on a similar upgrade..... https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/mods-to-our
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? (1) CowboyWay at 5:38pm 01.09.23 Was that TV antenna mounted up high on the mast? I have one just like it, but I keep it stored on
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 5:31pm 01.09.23 Do most of you sail wearing gloves? Or are gloves for the heavy duty larger boats? Thanks I wear t
Contessa 32 Owners ... Morgan donor at 5:30pm 01.09.23 Reminds me of an old school Olin designed SS boat from the 60-70's. Narrow beam'd lead bomb. With so
Treadmaster TreadCote Reconditioner - Gray PJL at 5:27pm 01.09.23 Not with that... Living in Mexico and had my deck redone. First coat was Alumagrip (sp) as were al
Ugly wallpaper Timm R Oday25 at 5:15pm 01.09.23 Roughly two weekends . I spent perhaps most of a day making templates and figuring out how to work a
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? Project_Mayhem at 5:05pm 01.09.23 If you have bushing based sheaves in your masthead, adding some grease will work wonders
Busted Mast sbrogden at 5:04pm 01.09.23 If I can find a 6061 -T6 pipe the right size, I'm comfortable it can be repaired; it's close to the
Busted Mast Project_Mayhem at 5:01pm 01.09.23 Ouch! That's a bad break in a bad spot! I'd be concerned that any repair would make it difficult to
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? Ralph Johnstone at 4:59pm 01.09.23 Not sure its worth replacing the mast mounted lights with LED since I don't really sail at night?
Occaisional Head Smell Project_Mayhem at 4:58pm 01.09.23 Well.... i got the smell out! Leave the stink in the head not the cockpit! I started off using t
Busted Mast (2) sbrogden at 4:51pm 01.09.23 Took a couple this afternoon.
Busted Mast Project_Mayhem at 4:49pm 01.09.23 Do you have any pics?
Ugly wallpaper Project_Mayhem at 4:48pm 01.09.23 As a fellow Oday owner perhaps this will help . Pulling off that nasty burlap was almost fun. that
Raymarine Axiom Mike Oldak at 4:34pm 01.09.23
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 4:30pm 01.09.23 Thanks for the information, folks.

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