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Topside paint repair (3) malyea at 6:28pm 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1813 Casting a wider net... Got some very bad scrapes on my '82 Hunter 30 starboard topside - the photo
Find My iBoat! Ward H at 6:26pm 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1440 My boat is sitting in a cradle in the marina. Nothing much more I can do but hope it doesn't float a
Hunter 49 Engine Access Improved (1) artboas at 5:30pm 10.29.12 Big Boats 17/3741 57754.vB
Hunter 49 owners: An easy upgrade (1) artboas at 4:51pm 10.29.12 Big Boats 0/918 57752.vB
Current wind speeds (1) Maine Sail at 3:47pm 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1057 Had a tree fall across the road in front of me on the way home from the marina. http://images.in
Bent strut (1) Ron-Anne at 3:28pm 10.29.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1259 Well we got the strut removed from the boat and now it goes to the shop to get straightened. I've re
Wiring a Small Inverter .................. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:38am 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 17/2555 ............. Never really had much use for one but the day has finally arrived. I already have
Speed/ temp sensor magne at 11:35am 10.29.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1190 Does anyone here know the type and model number on the speed/ temp transducer on the hunter 33, 2005
Wiring a Small Inverter .................. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:35am 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 0/7 ............. Never really had much use for one but the day has finally arrived. I already have
Oday 19 Motor Mount Capacity and Access (2) weh5748 at 11:34am 10.29.12 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2095 I am planning to replace the 6 hp '79 Johnson outboard on my Oday 19, with a newer 8 hp Yamaha, Hon
How does your boat sit on her lines? OldCat at 11:12am 10.29.12 Catalina 22 11/2418 How does your boat sit on her lines? Mine sits stern down, with the boot stripe underwater. Is thi
Locker Boxes Bali Hai at 11:03am 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 0/889 I have a 1982 Oday 34 and my interior removeable locker storage boxes made of polyethylene resin are
Ideas from the boat show (5) timebandit at 10:23am 10.29.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1216 Just a couple of things from the show http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo57/Tmebandt/boatshow20120
What to do if in the Bahamas durring hurricane rgallagher at 10:18am 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2762 I am really interested in some honest imput on this topic in light of Hurricane Sandy. If you were
Peak Sails in Seattle SamNelson at 10:17am 10.29.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1147 Is anyone familiar with Peak Sails in Seattle, Washington?bare they still in business? I am having
HMS Bounty - combined thread higgs at 6:01am 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 103/16149 Another victim of Sandy http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coast-guard-monitors-tall-ship-in-di
Some Early Pics from Sandy (4) gpd955 at 6:53am 10.29.12 Ask All Sailors 9/1971 Here are some pics from the first high tide of the day in AC. Bulkheads already breached and they a
Spring Line Shock Cords Roger Long at 5:21am 10.29.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2154 The boat was snugging and jerking last night just after I turned in. I put my clothes back on and
How long dwells7297 at 4:58am 10.29.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1222 How long can you leave a sailboat on the hard? I have a Catalina 30 I bought in 06, and it was on th
Sandy Scks! bugbitten at 4:12am 10.29.12 S2 4/1735 But not as bad here, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, as folks are getting farther north. I was fortunat*

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Engineless.... Simon Sexton at 2:20pm 11.15.22 Another vote for engine here!
"Temporary" way to start the engine with two dead batteries? ggrizzard at 2:04pm 11.15.22 Benny is right. Your warranty starts when you leave the store, not when you install anything.
O'Day 39 mast step eherlihy at 2:02pm 11.15.22 You must call RigRite to get a price, or to order, on many of the pieces that they have in stock, or
"Temporary" way to start the engine with two dead batteries? Benny17441 at 1:54pm 11.15.22 Borrow the battery from your car. Don't buy batteries now, get fresher ones in the spring with a c
Racing Boat ID dlochner at 1:38pm 11.15.22 Older C&Cs almost always have a break in the cove stripe midship to display the boat's name.
Dyneema for furler line dlochner at 1:34pm 11.15.22 Image_6015 shows the start of the over wrap. That is likely the cause of your issue. The block also
Racing Boat ID PaulK at 12:41pm 11.15.22 Wrong toerail for a C&C, no? C&C ports are not usually rectangular - they generally "slant".
Racing Boat ID Parsons at 12:35pm 11.15.22 Kinda looks like a mid-30 foot C&C: http://www.cncphotoalbum.com
Racing Boat ID PaulK at 12:34pm 11.15.22 Layout of cockpit seems late 70's, early 80's. The catbird seats in the cockpit quarters makes it l
Do not lick this Toad! Leeward Rail at 12:19pm 11.15.22 Sounds similar to one my grandfather had. As a kid, I was terrified of that thing!! I was too. M
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose Ralph Johnstone at 12:17pm 11.15.22 By taking on the job myself, I must keep the same standards. When doing the job myself, my standa
Do not lick this Toad! BrianH at 12:08pm 11.15.22 Nope. Electric motor.. belt..pulleys.. shaft with bearings.. etc. Still worked when i gave it away
Perdido Key (Pensacola) Gulf Side Unit with Boat Launch and Trailer Parking hattha at 11:49am 11.15.22 I'd love to put a hobie down there, but it's too wide to get over the boardwalk :( would be a perfec
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose artboas at 11:48am 11.15.22
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose artboas at 11:32am 11.15.22 Not clear if you were able to re-clamp the hose with the Clamptite device ? If so, congrats. If n
Perdido Key (Pensacola) Gulf Side Unit with Boat Launch and Trailer Parking rgranger at 11:29am 11.15.22 goodby
H26 Trailer Keel Tray rgranger at 11:27am 11.15.22 (From a former member of the site along with other trailer mods - H260 Trailer 1) LOL: I have th
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose artboas at 11:26am 11.15.22 Suggest you just abandon the hose from the point you can gain access, then just fit a new piece the
Dyneema for furler line (7) Project_Mayhem at 11:18am 11.15.22 Here's a few pics as promised. Sail was unfurled at the dock in preparation for storage. Boat was fa
Racor 110A Hello Below at 11:08am 11.15.22 According to the Parker website, the Racor 110A series takes a R11T(10 micron) or R11S(2 micron). A

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