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Hard to find these SAILS (1) bobincorliss at 11:03am 12.29.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1598 What better place to search for help then here ! We are in the middle of a complete restoration o
I need affordable sails. andythewys at 7:06am 12.29.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2243 Hello folks! My wife and I recently purchased an O'day 20' "Sandy victim". She needs quite a bit of
Our Hunter30 Ron-Anne at 4:49am 12.29.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1171 We do have an interesting story, back in October 2000 we bought a 1990 Hunter 30 and sailed her for
Large concaved onside of boat J D Wilson at 4:14am 12.29.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1240 Ii have a 78 300 hunter that has deloaped a concave place on side undeer the chain plares on side ho
old nasty headliner StinkBug at 1:15am 12.29.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1540 I just picked up my M25 a couple months ago, and overall I got a pretty great deal on it, but the in
Cat 310-Side Decks Colour Albanach at 12:20am 12.29.12 Catalina 310 1/1638 Has anyone ever tried to match the colour of the non-skid gelcoat of the side decks or cockpit sole?
Sailing with the Main only... silvercharlio at 10:31pm 12.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/4906 season greetings to all...please let me know your experience sailing only with the main, your oppin
Questions about hull defects. (4) Ward H at 9:56pm 12.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1554 Closely inspected the exterior hull and bottom of my O'day today. The bottom paint was very thick an
Water Water Everywhere IN MY BOAT! Ward H at 9:20pm 12.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2007 I know I have/had a slight rain-water leak and have had about an 1" of water in the bilge on and off
Bent Boom TR6 at 5:08pm 12.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1615 Anyone have experience of trying to straighten a slightly bent boom ? It is bent at the mainsheet mo
Freezing Ballast in 23.5 Browndog68 at 4:37pm 12.28.12 Smaller Boats 20/4852 The temps have been cold here in Kansas this past week. Parts of the lake have frozen, including ar
Catalina 375 Owners??? Hummingbird1 at 2:55pm 12.28.12 Big Boats 1/2171 Am I the only one?
Mainsail slug size Don Crowther at 2:35pm 12.28.12 Big Boats 3/1868 Hello fellow H 34 owners: I'm needing to find out the slug/slide size for my mainsail. I thought I
Nav System Ideas FredV at 2:24pm 12.28.12 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1631 The "Laptop Navigation" thread prompts me to ask about other navigation options. I've been playing w
Autopilot/seatalk/gps rdees at 12:39pm 12.28.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/6326 I have a '93 OC400. Recently purchased an Autohelm 7000+ autopilot contol head to replace the 7000
Need Mast 22' - 1981 fdc at 12:07pm 12.28.12 Smaller Boats 2/1024 I had the rare accident of losing my mast while sailing my 1981 Hunter 22 this past summer and I'm l
Southern California Coast sailing with a Mac walt at 10:51am 12.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2548 I lived in LA (Huntington Beach and then Long Beach) for a few years a LONG time ago and spent a lot
Battens oday630 at 9:45am 12.28.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/9999 My mainsail has 4 battens, the top batten is full length. I believe these battens are original to th
Zebra mussels... whats the risks? Jackdaw at 8:23am 12.28.12 Ask All Sailors 17/5186 After being 'introduced' in Lake Minnetonka 2 years ago, these things have exploded, pretty much cov
Battery Out-gassing question Stan Breaux at 7:58am 12.28.12 Ask All Sailors 5/3974 I have a 1996 Catalina 36 MKII with two 4D batteries and a separate starting/reserve battery. I'm

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Grounding log LloydB at 10:53am 03.18.23 'What I find curious about lightning, no one is sure if it comes down or if in fact it originates in
Passport Renewal Marmalade at 10:50am 03.18.23 in a few weeks I will call their hotline to see when they plan on completing processing Just went
Grounding log Brian D at 10:36am 03.18.23 Current flows from positive to negative, and voltage flows from negative to positive. The earth is n
Macerators Sailm8 at 10:28am 03.18.23 After replacing 2 expensive electric pumps I bought this 5 or 6 years ago. As near as I can tell it
Second Battery Joe at 10:17am 03.18.23 This book is a must for sailboat owners. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T
Passport Renewal (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:13am 03.18.23 I understand skepticism but they will tell you the same thing if you call any border crossing gate
Second Battery Davidasailor26 at 10:06am 03.18.23 That diagram is pretty much the right idea. The group 24 you have is better suited for the engine th
Second Battery (1) Souellette at 9:56am 03.18.23 I like the idea of the ACR. Was referring to this diagram from Blue Sea Systems. Not sure where the
Second Battery Souellette at 9:53am 03.18.23 Here's the link to the battery. It's a group 24. Thanks.
37C Deck flexing from stanchions Jim Legere at 9:48am 03.18.23 Sounds like it could have been Divinycell, which is a PVC foam coring material (quite hard) used in
Second Battery Davidasailor26 at 9:44am 03.18.23 What size battery do you currently have (e.g. group 24, 27, 31)? If what you have is large enough fo
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep dlochner at 9:32am 03.18.23 Collinite and the 3m products are really popular. TotalBoat.com has TotalBuff which is also a good p
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep Don S/V ILLusion at 9:20am 03.18.23
Grounding log WI Rigger at 9:00am 03.18.23 Dave, What I find curious about lightning, no one is sure if it comes down or if in fact it originat
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Passport Renewal Don S/V ILLusion at 8:57am 03.18.23 In all the years we've been crossing the border, a passport has always been the order of the day wi
Grounding log Don S/V ILLusion at 8:56am 03.18.23 By making it permanent, you would attach the ground lug to the mast step and NOT the mast itself. T
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep Don S/V ILLusion at 8:52am 03.18.23 We have a similar color topsides gelcoat and way too much experience buffing out gelcoat scratches.
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep dlochner at 8:49am 03.18.23 Wet sanding will take out some the smaller shallower blemishes, but not the deeper ones. Wet sanding
Passport Renewal Terry Cox at 8:44am 03.18.23 In all the years we've been crossing the border, a passport has always been the order of the day wit

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