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What's this hardware? (1) Faris at 9:05pm 05.26.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1481 This sits right in the middle of the fore deck of my recently-acquired Catalina 27. I assumed it wa
Repair a cast iron Keel Tumbleweedtaylor at 8:51pm 05.26.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/4099 I just dropped my keel on a Mac 25. The cast iron keel looks like the surface of the moon after clea
First Solo Sail! Ward H at 8:26pm 05.26.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3045 Weather report for today was sun and 5 to 8 mph winds. Sounded like a good day for my first sail in
engine clean in boat ironhors42 at 7:53pm 05.26.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1169 I am thinking of cleaning my engine in the boat with gunk before changing oil, oil filter,and trans
C27 How to fix/ use head (1) trasel at 6:12pm 05.26.12 Mid-Size Boats 8/1923 My new to me 1983 Cat 27 has a Wilcox, Crittenden Div manual head that I can't seem to get funtionin
Inexpensive Bottom Paint OK If Boat On Lift? Annapolis Day Sailor at 5:59pm 05.26.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1641 Bought a Hunter 23 in good shape. Boat will be on a lift. Bottom needs to be repainted. Can I get a
Sail Trim In Light Air Ducati at 5:30pm 05.26.12 Ask All Sailors 16/4261 I spent the day bobbing in light air trying to trim sails for winds under 1 kt. The windex also coul
bedding for forward berth fchurch at 4:33pm 05.26.12 Catalina 310 5/2285 We are awaiting delivery of a new to us C 310. We were attracted to the island queen berth with a tr
Hull question - help Ima90sJezus at 3:57pm 05.26.12 Catalina 30 11/2594 It's spent all day stripping the bottom of my cat 30, I used franmar soy strip, didn't work like adv
2008 hunter 25 job jib troutsmustang at 3:56pm 05.26.12 Smaller Boats 2/1119 Had great sailing today in Columbia SC with 17 mph winds. The top of my jib torn and jib came down.
Loss then surging of rpms Steve s at 3:24pm 05.26.12 Engines and Propulsion 6/2352 The diesel on my Beneteau 393 has been operating fine except for today. After about 20 mins of motor
oday 31 replacement sink noanker at 2:45pm 05.26.12 Bigger Boats 1/1199 needed to replace the 17x13x10 stainless sink in my oday 31...couldnt find one anywhere on the inter
Deck thickness ParamourII at 1:21pm 05.26.12 Catalina 30 1/2255 Hey All, Anyone know what the thickness is of the deck and liner on the cabin top where the clutc
Fan for adler barber fridge (1) luken7 at 12:54pm 05.26.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1485 Hole pounding our way to Ocracoke, the loudest noise started emitting from the fridge. Oiling system
fairlee Creek, shuttle dinghy? DAVA390 at 12:48pm 05.26.12 Destinations 3/4381 The Admiral and I are planning our first out-of-the-river excursion.We are planning to sail over to
Morgan 28? (1) afrears at 11:57am 05.26.12 Morgan 5/2897 Hi all, Im a new Morgan owner that in a moment of stupidity took a boat that was fire damaged. I hav
Outboard Motor for Mac26S Brian Aldeghi at 11:16am 05.26.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1152 Has anyone installed a Suzuki 9.9 hp outboard on their Mac 26S? I particurly like the tiller handle
Minnkota npsheehan at 10:42am 05.26.12 Catalina 22 0/1033 New to the forum. I just switched over the old gas for a minnkota and I'm trying to plan the best s
slipper 17 secondchance22107 at 9:08am 05.26.12 Trailer Sailors 10/14909 are there any slipper 17 owners that can share some pictures......i am redoing a slipper and have so
Rusty water in the bilge(?) capejt at 8:45am 05.26.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1574 I went down to open the boat for the season after spending the winter in the water. The bilge had a

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2001 Beneteau 361 Engine Mount Bracket Replacement Mechone at 6:23pm 12.01.22 I repaired 2 brackets for fellow boaters ,never failed again and that was 5 to 6 years ago My boat i
Hunter 49 Ceiling lighting artboas at 6:19pm 12.01.22 Quick question for any of you H49 owners who are fortunate enough to be on, or close to your boats.
2001 Beneteau 361 Engine Mount Bracket Replacement GDanko at 6:19pm 12.01.22 My parts (both front brackets) shipped yesterday....Knowing what I now know, I would have had the cr
Replace Lifelines Ralph Johnstone at 6:06pm 12.01.22 Can anyone recommend a cutter or method of cutting A Dremel with a small carborundum wheel MAY b
Replace Lifelines jssailem at 6:00pm 12.01.22 Replacing lifelines can be accomplished in several ways. This is for Life Lines... cutting corners s
Selden rigid boom vang rodkicker without gas strut? sail sfbay at 5:56pm 12.01.22 Does it work?
Replace Lifelines Hayden Watson at 5:46pm 12.01.22 I do not know if it will apply to your boat, but I was able to save the very nasty vinyl coated life
2001 Beneteau 361 Engine Mount Bracket Replacement (1) Mechone at 5:24pm 12.01.22 Very common failure on Westerbekes . I have welded up a few for others beefing them up with gusets
Selden Rodkicker strut replacement Hello Below at 5:16pm 12.01.22
Roller furling halyard webeegone at 5:06pm 12.01.22 I did not think to look at the brand. I was thinking the mechanics are basically the same in that
Selden Rodkicker strut replacement chuckwayne at 5:06pm 12.01.22 I'm pretty sure Hunter never installed the optional gas strut unless it was ordered by the original
Stock Color for 85' 22 Gene Neill at 4:42pm 12.01.22 I've made some very close mixes using a white base, a TINY LITTLE SPECK of black, and a surprisingly
hunter yanmar MFD at 4:41pm 12.01.22 As others have said - there will be a plate on the engine (somewhere). That is by far the most accu
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? garymalmgren at 4:22pm 12.01.22 Ah, yes. The tiller pilot is working perfectly. I can tell because it is keeping a perfect track as
Roller furling halyard justsomeguy at 4:21pm 12.01.22 What brand furler is that?
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? ggrizzard at 4:06pm 12.01.22 Worst nightmare? Being too infirmed to sail my boat and having to sell it.
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? (2) SycloneDriver at 3:51pm 12.01.22 211302This comes to mind. I got to call a friend of mine and tell him that his boat was "hanging fr
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Tally Ho at 3:42pm 12.01.22
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? stickinthemud57 at 3:39pm 12.01.22 Gee. Hard to top that. :eek: For me (until now, anyway) it would be falling off the boat while unde
2000 Hunter 380 AC electrical problem SycloneDriver at 2:58pm 12.01.22 The first thing to do is eliminate the splitter. Do you get a reverse polarity light with no loads

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