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Barrier Coat Failure: Who is responsible? (1) Dean Strong at 9:48pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 20/4060 I'm just finishing up a major three week ordeal with defective barrier coat epoxy paint. Sanded her
Barient 28 winch disassembly obsailor at 8:31pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 3/3879 Anyone disassembled a Barient 28 ST 2spd winch recently? I have the exploded parts diagram and want
Unpleasant Surprise Today (1) caguy at 8:24pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3367 The Admiral and I were ready for a day on the water, but when we got to the mast up storage lot I no
VBerth Light (1) rpwillia at 7:18pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2114 The light in the aft starboard site of my forward cabin is getting some kind of brown stick residue
Want to rent by night in lieu of hotel in San Francisco Shellback at 6:57pm 09.17.12 Destinations 6/3719 Crazy thought. I'm heading to San Francisco for work and thought it would be great if someone rente
My non-boating weekend McZube at 6:38pm 09.17.12 Sails Call Lounge 5/6056 Since there's not much activity in this particular category I'd thought I'd contribute. I own a 197
Winter projects agprice22 at 6:12pm 09.17.12 Catalina 22 5/1432 Alright everybody, Winter is about to close Seneca Lake in Upstate NY for the year, so, given that t
Genoa tracks and sheets MORNING LIGHT at 5:18pm 09.17.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/2130 Hi, been sailing a capri 26 for 3 years but the tracks for my genoa are on the cabin while every oth
Gps or iphone JasonC at 5:17pm 09.17.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1665 So I am planning a three day down the Potomac and back, for Columbus day weekend. Since my Magellan
Ham Radio ? David S at 3:06pm 09.17.12 Trailer Sailors 12/3091 Back when I was a kid in Fla in the 40's, my Dad had a big floor model radio with several radio band
She's Gonna Blow Witzend at 2:13pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2456 Will be hooting in the Chessy and along the Mid-Atlantic tomorrow, batten down the hatches!
diesel additive redhead78 at 2:09pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1684 Hi all, where did the summer go... I picked up 3 - 55 gal barrels of red dye #2 diesel and I am sto
windlass bearings Lost Parent at 1:58pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1059 Does anybody know the bearing and seal #s of a Anchorman windlass ?:confused:
Galvanic isolators mjmercer19248 at 1:19pm 09.17.12 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2132 For the shore power A/C power.........Needed or nice to have? I'm an EE and it sounds like BS to m
Las Vegas, Rhode Island (2) Roger Long at 12:46pm 09.17.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 10/2870 Special on the casino restaurant menu: Crow Those of you who have followed my mechanical adventure
Battery Selector Knob (2) DanoDano at 12:29pm 09.17.12 Big Boats 2/1301 Went to the boat today (Hunter 356) and noticed the lights on my DC panel were all off. While troubl
Battery location 235 lskid47 at 12:17pm 09.17.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1343 Sold my T-10 and took a 90 Beneteau 235 in trade. Very nice boat. I can't find where the battery loc
Plastics Engineer FourPoints at 9:44am 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1178 I have an idea for a marine product that could potentially be of interest to every person on this bo
Hunter 28: replacing the holding tank LTicheli at 9:12am 09.17.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2378 I'm about to replace the holding tank on my Hunter 28 and would greatly appreciate thoughts on my pl
removing speed transducer - help (1) iSailor at 8:50am 09.17.12 Catalina 310 21/5251 anyone here remove their speed transducer while in the water? Mine is not working and want to see i

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purchase a Hunter 146 with small cracks rgranger at 8:35am 01.23.23 If the crack is only in the gel coat, that is not un-normal. You would have to inspect more closel
Slip n slide! Allan12210 at 8:23am 01.23.23 I've been using Woody Wax for years. Easy to apply with a broom. Looks great. Cleans great. And not
Slip n slide! Dalliance at 8:17am 01.23.23
Need ideas to renovate galley in Pearson 30 Hollyberry at 7:58am 01.23.23 Not a lot you can do about the layout, I don't think... a flip-up cutting board/counter surface on t
Slip n slide! cymeyer at 7:57am 01.23.23 I assume the non-skid spray is less slippery? Much less slippery and also makes cleaning the deck
Slip n slide! Rick D at 7:45am 01.23.23 I have used Woody Wax in the past and it worked well.
Slip n slide! rgranger at 7:27am 01.23.23 A couple of years ago we detailed and then hand waxed the deck. It looked good and stayed cleaner f
Need ideas to renovate galley in Pearson 30 RoyS at 7:23am 01.23.23 Plus 1 on the sink cover. Not sure how extensive your plans are but be aware that the sink is near t
Slip n slide! Leeward Rail at 6:52am 01.23.23 The only sailboats I ever waxed the deck on was daysailer dinghies. That was only the foredeck were
Slip n slide! Project_Mayhem at 6:43am 01.23.23 I assume the non-skid spray is less slippery?
Slip n slide! cymeyer at 6:28am 01.23.23 A couple of years ago we detailed and then hand waxed the deck. It looked good and stayed cleaner f
Water heater, electrical enigma TumbleNor at 6:27am 01.23.23 Could also be a bad breaker. Take it out and inspect for burn marks. I put in a new breaker, hopi
Water heater, electrical enigma TumbleNor at 6:27am 01.23.23 What happens if you disconnect the water heater power wires from the water heater and connect it to
Chart plotter choice overwhelm thinwater at 6:16am 01.23.23 Skip the knot meter unless you plan on cleaning it regularly. Yes, I know there is a difference betw
Need ideas to renovate galley in Pearson 30 Project_Mayhem at 6:15am 01.23.23 Assuming you get dirt kicked into your sink from feet/shoes, I'd add a larger divider. Something fle
Looking to add NMEA2000 to Hunter 386 - cabling routing? dtrask at 6:05am 01.23.23 @Crusty Ol Salt I've been looking at the Ancor products as my initial research shows they may have a
Chart plotter choice overwhelm jssailem at 6:05am 01.23.23 Hi. Hope you are enjoying SBO. See you had a coolant leak. Hope you got it fixed. Many ideas and qu
Mast stepping sailme88 at 5:14am 01.23.23 It's on the yard, it will happen on the yard and Monday I'm finding out about outside services been
Chart plotter choice overwhelm Joe at 2:21am 01.23.23 I put 7" B&G Vulcan on a double swing arm mounted just inside the hatch on starboard side. The unit
Need ideas to renovate galley in Pearson 30 Joe at 1:59am 01.23.23 "Check out the sailing blog "Sailing Uma" Go back to their first few years and you'll find a lot o

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