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Beneteau stock batteries or AGM upgrade? zoya at 5:18am 08.25.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/6490 I am being offered a $800 battery upgrade to AGM batteries on my new Beneteau Oceanis 41 3 batteries
Mutineer -I need to seperate the hull from deck rshwin at 9:18pm 08.24.12 Chrysler 1/51634 Hello All, I had read that someone atempted to seperate the hull from the deck on a Mutineer a few y
How to empty standpipe? Geoff K at 7:30pm 08.24.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/4573 Sail L. Superior; no discharge. Toilet to holding tank is a solid 1 1/2"PVC run except for the first
sails littlescoop at 7:18pm 08.24.12 Catalina 22 5/1661 Looking for a 100 or 110 jib for sail...I live in Monterey California
B393 Questions (Fresh water and waste tank) BCDurbin at 7:08pm 08.24.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/7365 Well we finally got our '03 393 delivered to our home in SE VA. All manuals and some extras include
Loose Footed Main - Which Side of the Boom? Sam Salter at 6:26pm 08.24.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 14/6613 What side of the boom should a loose footed mainsail hang? One theory was that on the leeward side
Need help identifying 14 foot O'day (4) ErinM32 at 5:26pm 08.24.12 Day Sailers 15/7661 Hi, My dad and I are trying to restore an older O'day day sailer. We haven't been able to find a
Reanodizing mast? 25yearslater at 4:50pm 08.24.12 Ask All Sailors 27/10007 Hi gang. Has anyone had their mast reanodized? What type of pricing did you get? The RigRite #8 i
Stupid filters. Chris Patterson at 4:29pm 08.24.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1736 On my Westerbeke, I have a small fuel filter mounted on the engine proper, it came from the factory
Stays and shrouds size of wire Emory M at 2:40pm 08.24.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1142 Afternoon, I need to know wire size for my fore and back stays,also the shrouds. I have right now a
O'day Mariner or O'day 20? rwilliams125 at 2:20pm 08.24.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1620 Hi all, I've been looking at O'day Mariners for a while and have just started considering the O'day
Harken Winches cmead at 1:30pm 08.24.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1103 I have a 1994 Hunter 28 and have never, ever done anything to the self-tailing winches adorning the
Back to Boating Roger Long at 1:08pm 08.24.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/3235 I finished the varnishing this morning and cleaned up the boat. She can leave the dock any time aft
Refreshments PERCHER at 1:02pm 08.24.12 Big Boats 7/1885 We have struggled with bringing cases of various types of sodas on board and then having to deal wit
O'day 20 rigging Sastevenson at 12:35pm 08.24.12 Day Sailers 1/1727 Hello all, I need to replace some shrouds on my oday. I was wondering what the breaking strength
40.5 Holding Tank replacement hun4449 at 12:19pm 08.24.12 Big Boats 4/1244 Have tried to contact Triple M Plastics for new holding tank. Complete radio silence on both phone a
reefing mainsail Tom G at 12:15pm 08.24.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1157 Hi, First post. I have an '83 Macgregor 25. I have limited experience. My question is about reefing
40.5 Holding Tank replacement hun4449 at 12:07pm 08.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1264 Have been trying to reach out to Triple M plastics to order new holding tank for 1995, 40.5. Numerou
Beating, but not going anywhere? Bennito at 10:15am 08.24.12 Mid-Size Boats 9/1765 Hi All! Second season now of sailing on our '81 Hunter 27, and its been amazing. Last weekend we t
Peggie Hall Head Mistress Archives Stu Jackson at 9:17am 08.24.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1575 Phil advised me: Peggie's forum was moved out of Featured Contributors and into Shared Forums where

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My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Thaniel at 9:05am 12.06.22 :yikes: Did you figure out why? There had been water intrusion (from rain) in the hull from the in
2001 Beneteau 361 Engine Mount Bracket Replacement Ralph Johnstone at 9:05am 12.06.22 Westerbeke's response was to raise the price so each sells for $467 Sounds like their company goa
Boat yard suggestion smokey73 at 8:59am 12.06.22 I don't know anyone at the Naval Yard. It was on the "former" Charleston Naval Shipyard property,
2001 Beneteau 361 Engine Mount Bracket Replacement (1) GDanko at 8:59am 12.06.22 Received the new brackets from Westerbeke. They have the gussets which the originals did not. Shoul
Clever Boat Names (1) Jumpstart at 8:52am 12.06.22 My last boat, Jumpstart I an a SCA survivor
Warped Rudder (1) sbrogden at 8:51am 12.06.22 The rudder is laminated and curing.
House battery recommendations Hayden Watson at 8:34am 12.06.22 I have seen lots of spreadsheets and apps to work out an energy budget but have never been able to g
Sarasota Bay Returning patrickfarley at 8:19am 12.06.22 I have a wife two adult children and a puppy on vacation with me. We stay in a condo. I stay on th
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Leeward Rail at 8:15am 12.06.22 to our horror the hull starts to buckle where the fenders were placed. :yikes: Did you figure out
House battery recommendations Kings Gambit at 8:07am 12.06.22
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? kappykaplan at 7:57am 12.06.22 to our horror the hull starts to buckle where the fenders were placed. :yikes:
Sarasota Bay Returning rgranger at 7:56am 12.06.22 Sounds like you two would also enjoy the sound side of the North Carolina Outer Banks.
House battery recommendations dlochner at 7:54am 12.06.22
Boat yard suggestion rgranger at 7:49am 12.06.22 I also recall there may be a boat yard in Charleston on the old Charleston Naval Shipyard. I went
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Thaniel at 7:47am 12.06.22 and no old folks wanting to play pickle ball. :biggrin: That truly made me laugh. Oh suppose that
H240 Bilge Pump Location patbratton at 7:45am 12.06.22 That will place the pump much higher vs where it is now. I was involved with the design. Your
It's never easy. Autopilot install. joker460 at 7:39am 12.06.22 I came across this thread on this site. You may need a special bracket to allow you to pivot the whe
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Daze at 7:35am 12.06.22 I purchased the tubing from Defender. Connectors from various on-line sources - US Marine Canvas (b
Main sheet cleat options- running to rear (1) bonkle at 7:30am 12.06.22 That is possible. It may also be that when the boat was launched the rigging was at the end of the
House battery recommendations Kings Gambit at 7:00am 12.06.22 Start with calculating the amount of energy that you will need to power your toys for as long as y

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