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Price check on O'Day sails and cushions? vtsailguy at 6:49pm 12.04.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1232 Not sure if its the right place, mods move if not. I have two sets of items from a totaled boat a
Scared to pull dummy plugs drumbeater at 6:45pm 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3204 Our "auction" Pearson has old SR depth and knot meters. I'm going to power them up soon and see if t
Hunter 34 : A new layout (4) Guillaume C. at 6:22pm 12.04.12 Big Boats 6/3556 Hello, I have completed my new boat interior and tough fellow H34 owner might be interested to see t
Moving fuel tank on Oday 28 Drift Away Boatsail1 at 6:06pm 12.04.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/909 :confused:
bottom paint teammt at 4:28pm 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 16/3079 This year has seen a lot of slime on the bottom. The good news is that there is very little room for
New Arch for an Older Hunter? neilleparkerjr at 10:37am 12.04.12 Big Boats 6/2583 Has anyone out there installed a new traveller arch on a .5 Legend series Hunter (or any model for t
Keel cracking on a catslina 30 sailsupnwegone at 9:56am 12.04.12 Catalina 30 3/2458 I'm told on top of the keel to the bottom of boat they have what is referred to as a Catalina smile.
Outboard for 217S Herbert at 9:54am 12.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1027 I have a Beneteau 217S ' would like to fit an electric start outboard. The lightest I can find is a
S2 8.0 cockpit cushions timtim at 8:09am 12.04.12 S2 4/2036 Looking to buy cushions and wanted to know what everyone else likes and what size fits best. Also li
Sun Glasses Rasselas36 at 8:08am 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 51/10114 I am buying a Christmas present and I am interested in your opinion as to the best brand of sunglass
Need Advice Adding A Wind Instrument To My Hunter 34 Joe Mullee at 7:42am 12.04.12 Big Boats 14/5845 I don't have a wind instrument and I'd like to add one. In the last two years I installed a Raymarin
270 V Berth kenh at 6:46am 12.04.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/3559 My wife and I are considering buying a 270, the aft cabin looks kind of claustraphobic, especially t
Kinda sorta sailing related DannyS at 5:07am 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2201 I'm not sure that landing in the sailboat was better or worse than going in the drink. http://youtu
Will Miss the 26D. Seen a Mac 19 for sale? MacNCheese at 3:42am 12.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/3395 As most of you know, I had put my Mac 26D up for sale to fund the purchase of my next boat, a Mac 19
423 mast Rob Spicer at 3:32am 12.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/3355 Does anyone know if the 423's were ever fitting with a shorter mast .
HAPS Cruise To Bell Harbor - April 12-14 thubbard84 at 10:05pm 12.03.12 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 4/3149 I would like to make reservations at Bell Harbor Marina ASAP for the HAPS April rendezvous. I need t
Cayo Costa State Park (4) patrickfarley at 8:04pm 12.03.12 Destinations 34/22293 A friend of mine takes her family to Cayo Costa every year for Christmas vacation. She will not mak
Shoaldrafter's Photos Roger Long at 6:36pm 12.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 15/7739 Shoaldrafter took these pictures of Strider going by a couple days ago. I believe they were taken ju
boom length on C30 drazlou at 5:19pm 12.03.12 Catalina 30 2/6190 The boom on my C30 MkII is at least 18" longer than the foot of the mainsail. Does anyone know why t
Raising H23 Up from Trailer (1) carboman at 5:13pm 12.03.12 Smaller Boats 9/2723 I need to raise my H23 up maybe a foot so I can finish the bottom of the keel. Any ideas? The atta

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FET Battery Isolator and Different Charging Voltages Maine Sail at 11:10am 04.04.23 How does an FET isolator, like Victron's Argofet handle different charging protocols? For example a
Hunter 28 chainplate cooperjack at 11:03am 04.04.23 Thanks so much! I was able to get it undone and thanks for the note on not letting the nut fall, tha
S2 9.2C wire/plumbing diagrams Mark Maulden at 11:03am 04.04.23
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question (4) JES7 at 10:56am 04.04.23 Look to see if you have a third sail and pole? Take a photo of the furler drum and post it. I was a
FET Battery Isolator and Different Charging Voltages Davidasailor26 at 10:43am 04.04.23 We have Cristec MOSFET based isolators taking the output of our alternator and splitting it to house
O'day 192 tidal mooring rmilofsky at 10:38am 04.04.23 I'd be afraid stuff on the bottom would jam up the CB keel stub that might prevent the CB from com
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment (3) Chase Hartzell at 10:34am 04.04.23 Installation wasn't anything too challenging. I marked the spacing and centers on the high-density
Holding tank relocation? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:31am 04.04.23 Where is the head located in the boat? What's the make/model/approx age of the toilet? How far is t
Keel rebedding or engineered fix for this catalina smile on Catalina 36? FastOlson at 10:30am 04.04.23 All are unknowns. I suspect to discover the extent of damage will entail several boat bucks. And li
Keel rebedding or engineered fix for this catalina smile on Catalina 36? Sailm8 at 10:25am 04.04.23 I would call Catalina and ask them your question. I just toured the Florida plant last week. They
Bilge Pump breaker Davidasailor26 at 9:48am 04.04.23 Back in the day lights on switches and dashboards of cars were called "Idiot Lights". When you thin
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment (10) Chase Hartzell at 9:16am 04.04.23 Now it was time for installation. Unfortunately, I had failed to realize that the new spreader brac
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment Mark15231 at 9:11am 04.04.23 Nice project! looking good.
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment (10) Chase Hartzell at 9:01am 04.04.23 Next I turned my attention to the spreader brackets. The original cast aluminum brackets were prone
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment (7) Chase Hartzell at 8:45am 04.04.23 What a long winter it has been. Six months of hockey have finally come to an end and now I can get
Keel rebedding or engineered fix for this catalina smile on Catalina 36? Leeward Rail at 8:38am 04.04.23 replacing the wood in the keel stump (what was Frank Butler thinking?) So it has Wood ?... Ugh.
Bilge Pump breaker cagreen75 at 8:38am 04.04.23 Back in the day lights on switches and dashboards of cars were called "Idiot Lights". When you think
Bed-It Tape is back! Leeward Rail at 8:35am 04.04.23 Just to help people reading/following this thread... It's available now. I have 4 rolls waiting a
Keel rebedding or engineered fix for this catalina smile on Catalina 36? dlochner at 8:28am 04.04.23 The worst case scenario, dropping the keel to rebed it and replacing the wood in the keel stump (wha
Keel rebedding or engineered fix for this catalina smile on Catalina 36? Leeward Rail at 8:17am 04.04.23 Does anyone have experience with this and can determine from pictures which job is needed. I can't

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