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Home brew computer nav station (6) windwagon at 7:34pm 11.12.12 Big Boats 19/10783 Last year I posted pictures of a micro computer I built as my Nav station. During last winter I rede
26X Spreader Repair papamills at 7:11pm 11.12.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2381 The spreader tube on my 1999 26X had a clean break where it enters the spreader socket shortening th
stern teacher63 at 6:44pm 11.12.12 Smaller Boats 5/1431 After the second time of my portable fish finder transducer being cut and another $75, my patience i
Barient winch (line stripper ring) davjonLegend at 5:33pm 11.12.12 Big Boats 12/7916 The plastic line strippers in my Barient 23-11 winches need to be replaced (again). The last ones I
Old NMEA to New Raymarine e7 Question Old Sailor 2 at 5:04pm 11.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/784 I am getting braver. Many of you have helped me get into tghe guts of my boat and all excursions so
Connect GPS to VHF hunter43sail at 3:52pm 11.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1237 I have a Raymarine C70 classic that I want to connect to my Standard Horizion GX 2100. Just wanting
Webasto 3500 heatef (2) carlager at 3:41pm 11.12.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1265 When I turn on my Webasto 3500 it sends out a lot of white smoke. After 2 attempts the green LED on
Rustoleum Marine Paints KingAirDriver at 2:58pm 11.12.12 Catalina 22 8/3929 Has anyone had any experience with the Rustoleum Marine Paints? I was looking for a topsides paint
1976 C-30 Ice Box RhodySail at 2:55pm 11.12.12 Catalina 30 7/2032 Hello All, I just picked up a 1976 C-30. I think i got pretty good deal on her but she has no sh
Electrical Part Identification (1) Pafb at 2:21pm 11.12.12 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1398 I have reached the point in my O'Day 28 upgrade/refurbishment that I am now tackling electrical issu
Wood-challenged (4) jmo2012 at 1:18pm 11.12.12 Big Boats 5/1609 I want to make the wood on my 1990 Legend look better and live longer. The floorboards are pretty wo
Grenadines Charter Blue Pearl Captain at 12:29pm 11.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1526 I'm chartering a Jeaneau Sea Odyssey 50 DS for a 10 day round trip Grenada to Grenadines loop next J
battery charger? splax at 12:25pm 11.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2325 :)hello, I just purased a '87 H34 and was stunned to find it did not have an installed AC battery
Bimini 235 lskid47 at 12:00pm 11.12.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/3109 Looks difficult to have a Bimini on a 235. Anyone have one and how/where is it rigged on deck? Any m
Votage regulator question katana750 at 11:53am 11.12.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1637 Hi there First time posting, but many hours reading I just bought a 26s last year and have sailed f
Sailcare Warren Milberg at 10:44am 11.12.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1288 I'm not a flak for Sailcare, but have used their services over the years and have been very satisfie
jack stand placement on Hunter 27 foster at 10:30am 11.12.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1760 We purchased a 1976 Hunter 27 with a shoal keel and the boatyard put it on stands for us. My concern
Vendee Globe Scott B at 9:48am 11.12.12 Ask All Sailors 15/2999 Anyone following the Vendee Globe. Just started over the weekend and already 2 boats out with damag
Rigging gfrazzle at 8:20am 11.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/875 Hi all, Anybody happen to know the type/ size/ length of the outhaul for a 41DS with a furling ma
How do you interconnect your electronics? (1) Ed Schenck at 6:31am 11.12.12 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1767 On my "pod" I have two Nexus displays, wind and multi. These are daisy-chained from a small cable w

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Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed Scott B at 5:03am 04.01.23
Stuck tell-tales thinwater at 5:01am 04.01.23 Try spraying them with Sailkote. The disks should come off easily with xylene. That said, there is
Thread maintenance on my sailboat dlochner at 4:22am 04.01.23 Lanocote will also work. Tefgel will work too, but I wouldn't use it in this application as it is to
Passport Renewal jssailem at 3:44am 04.01.23 Yum. Happy Days are coming.
Thread maintenance on my sailboat (1) JamesG161 at 10:03pm 03.31.23 LanocoteTef-Gel vs. Lanocote - Practical Sailor Jim...
Advice for newbie on equipping a boat with a Main Sail rgranger at 9:22pm 03.31.23
Thread maintenance on my sailboat zinahewitt at 9:09pm 03.31.23 Ok, Mineral spirits it is. I checked and brass brush is more gentle than steel wire, so I'll go with
Survey Question Greg_D at 9:04pm 03.31.23 I did a quick look, my best guess would be a price range of 10 to 20k. Sounds expensive! I loo
Bilge Pump breaker Benny17441 at 9:00pm 03.31.23 Sounds like redundancy for the float switches, if the lower fails the upper should catch it. What a
Survey Question Crusty Ol Salt at 8:57pm 03.31.23 Any rough idea on how much something like that would cost? First I would get a new survey. This w
Goosneck to Boom justsomeguy at 8:32pm 03.31.23 Hello https://www.sailrite.com/Sail-Track-Stop-Round?gclid=Cj0KCQjwiZqhBhCJARIsACHHEH9rTuRmjYI_XUy
I'm a newbie fresh and green! Clay Smith at 8:23pm 03.31.23 Yeah no it says all over the paper work that I have a right to back out of the deal at anytime and t
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into? Justin_NSA at 8:20pm 03.31.23 What are the cracks coming thru the bottom layer telling me? If that layer is a barrier coat then wh
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into? Sailfanatic at 8:01pm 03.31.23 The black layer sounds like it is definitely a barrier coat. I would not remove it, get the rest o
I'm a newbie fresh and green! dlochner at 7:48pm 03.31.23 I told you guys my wife says I'm obsessed with this. I have already found another boat of the same
I'm a newbie fresh and green! Clay Smith at 7:26pm 03.31.23 Ha ha ha. I'm not a chicken farmer any more. The local bear, coyote, mink and raptor population s
Thread maintenance on my sailboat Ralph Johnstone at 7:15pm 03.31.23 Hard to say what the parent material is. Possibly aluminum. At any rate, I'd use a fine steel wire
Legend 40.5 - Refrigerator and Freezer manuals fero at 6:34pm 03.31.23 Thanks Rick for your input. My freezer, knock on the wood, works without a hitch since I have the bo
Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed Davidasailor26 at 6:20pm 03.31.23 I also use a sock, with a very similar launch and recovery procedure as Tally Ho. I do keep the shee
Thread maintenance on my sailboat dlochner at 5:56pm 03.31.23 Try using mineral spirits to clean the grease off the threads. Use a brass brush or a nylon detailin

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