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oday 28' owners Dragon Fly at 4:41pm 08.03.12 Bigger Boats 11/3448 [ about to purchase an 28' oday 1984. 2 questions: 1. 10 h.p. universal diesel enough powe
marine surveyor papabenn at 2:59pm 08.03.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/908 I am looking for a good reasonable marine surveyor in Daytona Beach to survey a Catalina 30 next wee
Vertical Windlass cincinattus at 2:35pm 08.03.12 Catalina 30 0/923 What is the best type and model vertical windlass to install on a 30' tall Rig model year 1991?
Bimini Top on a Lancer 25? keys2heaven at 1:58pm 08.03.12 Lancer 2/3192 Has anyone added a bimini top to their Lancer 25? If so, can you give me specifics on it? This is t
Attaching Jib Sheets (3) Roger Long at 1:52pm 08.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 20/15766 I was putting left over epoxy from the last coat on the strut over various patches on the keel when
Can My Rigging Hold a 200lb Guy in Bosuns Chair? JoelHoover at 12:50pm 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 14/6935 I've got to replace a nav/stern/anchor light doodad on the top of my mast (see posting "I Hit a brid
Assistance in some coding for sailing tracking site redunculous at 12:32pm 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1303 Well.... I recently read about the Aegean loss (I've been stuck without access to the civilised w
Garmin Data Card 182C Florida sail at 11:57am 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 11/4769 Does anyone know where I can get updated Data cards for my Garmin 182 C GPS/ chart plotter? Garmin
Saga of crazed hatch lens replacement info (3) John T1594 at 11:37am 08.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/6652 E-Mail message from ME to LEWMAR: I have a number of Lewmar hatches on my 2000 Hunter 340 sailboat t
Transporting a Catalina 25 Milwaukee Protocol at 11:23am 08.03.12 Smaller Boats 7/6284 My brother-in-law and I are looking to transport his Catalina 25 from NY to WI and to put it bluntly
Fwd cabin question Dana and Luba at 9:32am 08.03.12 Big Boats 3/1136 I have a 2001 Passage 450. When the forward macerator decided to quit, it leaked out on the compart
Resale of an Older 22 Slow Mo^cean at 9:11am 08.03.12 Catalina 22 8/1538 I'm really getting into restoring the '84 C22 I have and so far have done minor free and cheap tasks
Battery Bank & Charger Wiring Questions (3) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:17am 08.03.12 Musings With Maine Sail 17/11111 Battery Bank ' Charger Wiring Questions Edited Hi Maine, I am planning to redo the charging/wir
Leaking water tank valve connection irwin30 at 7:25am 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1161 I have a 1979 Irwin Citation 30 water tank that is leaking around the output water valve connection.
Hunter 450 Wire Chase? Bowedtoothdoc at 7:08am 08.03.12 Big Boats 2/823 On my Hunter 450 there is a wire chase with a string behind and to the right of the starting battery
Hunter 23.5 Listing - should I move Battery? Rasemans at 6:52am 08.03.12 Smaller Boats 3/1410 Hi, My Hunter 23.5 lists to starboard when sitting in a slip. I am not sure why, but I suspect it is
New Venture owner and new to sailing Model 70 at 5:42am 08.03.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1797 I picked up a Venture 21 while visiting in Connecticut and towed it back to Oklahoma, what an advent
Looking for deck fill caps for 1979 Hunter 30' WillSailor at 8:47pm 08.02.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/897 Any body knows where I can get replacement fill caps for 1979 hunter 30", could not get the waste ca
r&r transducer, it's more of a hull question (2) rbrtnaylor at 8:44pm 08.02.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/812 First, Hello to all from the new guy. I bought an '88 legend 37 ( I'm very happy). Todays project is
Fun with the kite (2) Tally Ho at 7:33pm 08.02.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2152 Out sailing with 2 Hunter 33's the other day (I have a Hunter 280) and the wind died off as we were

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Simrad WP30 Belt Tension Richard19068 at 11:44am 05.08.22 Good info. Thanks for sharing. I thinks it okay to post the name of a supplier. Are the slides you a
Anyone installed Raymarine RV100 on a sailboat? Sean Hutch at 11:35am 05.08.22 So I have a Hunter 240 and my Axiom 9 came with the RV-100. Has anyone had experience with this yet?
Macgregor 25 Main Sail Replacement stickinthemud57 at 11:31am 05.08.22 The mid-level jib I bought from BWY was made by Rolly Tasker. They offer budget and high end sails,
Cracked hull Davidasailor26 at 11:22am 05.08.22 I feel like the ideal solution would be to remove the delaminated surface and lay up new class, prop
Loose shrouds? El Pinguino at 11:12am 05.08.22 Here is a video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jD5RGUWLx70
Mystery bottom coating Ralph Johnstone at 11:12am 05.08.22 I couldn't get it off with paint stripper, acid wash, rust remover, or acetone. If it's that resi
Deck Fill Cap - lanyards/chains Ralph Johnstone at 11:05am 05.08.22 Considerably more important than the chain and frequently neglected is the O-ring that seals the ca
Deck Fill Cap - lanyards/chains Ralph Johnstone at 11:01am 05.08.22 If you purchase a couple of replacements, you will never lose your current ones.:) Pretty well ap
Deck Fill Cap - lanyards/chains Hello Below at 10:53am 05.08.22 If you purchase a couple of replacements, you will never lose your current ones.:)
Replace Volvo Penta Shaft log seal with a PSS from PYI shaft seal on my 1990 41S5? also retention collar? georgetheleo at 10:29am 05.08.22 What is leaking on your Volvo seal? The lip or the clamp end? How old is it? Greg LIP
Deck Fill Cap - lanyards/chains Calif. Ted at 10:23am 05.08.22 I have some of each and frankly those chains are so unreliable I feel better with the cap in my pock
Simrad WP30 Belt Tension SabreToothedEngineer at 10:16am 05.08.22 Does anyone know, or have a good guess about, what the material that V-groove ring is made of? I'd l
Tacoma Narrows MikeHoncho at 9:51am 05.08.22 Regarding foulies. Check out Expert Voice. If you qualify, you can really find some screaming deals.
Simrad WP30 Belt Tension SabreToothedEngineer at 9:46am 05.08.22 I took it completely apart again and discovered a couple of things. Most importantly, the two nylon
Tacoma Narrows MikeHoncho at 9:43am 05.08.22 Leaving from Tacoma and normally heading to Penrose, I tend to turn on Point Defiance and track to t
Hunter 376 inverter charger Don S/V ILLusion at 9:41am 05.08.22 hit was just enough to start it and within minutes the link 2000 was showing 13.5 on the house and
Mariner 2=2 El Pinguino at 9:36am 05.08.22
Deck Fill Cap - lanyards/chains dlochner at 9:20am 05.08.22 Sounds about right. I did find these: https://www.amazon.com/Danco-80039-Stopper-Stainless-Rep
Rescue off New Jersey coast on Friday evening arf145 at 9:14am 05.08.22 Glad they were rescued. But I do have to wonder what they were doing out there. That storm was well
Deck Fill Cap - lanyards/chains sunlover at 9:13am 05.08.22 Attaching the chain would require removing the fitting to access the screw. Which would be a PITA

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