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Question for the Chemists out there Bob S at 5:26am 05.31.12 Ask All Sailors 9/1971 Just bought a lb of citric acid powder (thank you Ross) and will be mixing it with distilled water @
Fischer Panda Generator Jeff Jellick at 3:59am 05.31.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1647 I have a 8 KW Fischer Panda Generator on my 2006 Hunter 45 CC, and I am looking for an authorized Fi
Bulk head replacement on 78 Oday 23 Herco Dunlop at 2:58am 05.31.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1544 I am replacing the port bulkhead on my 23 Oday. Having removed it, there appears to be more space a
oceanis 343 one aft port seacocks is closed hansthulin at 12:43am 05.31.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1103 Hello, I have a Oceanis 343 Cruiser 2008, where one of the Aft port seacocks is closed, when lo
Shrouds Kleinknecht at 10:48pm 05.30.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/3473 How tight should they be? I don't have turnbucles only the slots with clevis pins. I have been told
Back in the water... BlueRunner at 10:26pm 05.30.12 Day Sailers 5/2117 Today (May 30th) I launched my 170 again for the year. I have a buoy in front of my home which is v
A little more storage (4) Coriolisbc at 8:25pm 05.30.12 Catalina 30 11/2052 So, I noticed there was some unused space under the starboard side of the V berth, here's what I did
Hunter 25.5 tilts starboard austinboston at 8:15pm 05.30.12 Smaller Boats 9/2004 I'm the proud new owner of a Hunter 25.5 built in 1985. The boat spent about a week under water layi
Folding Prop Is Gone (2) Maine Sail at 7:58pm 05.30.12 Musings With Maine Sail 23/12227 So this afternoon I got short hauled and removed the new Flex-O-fold two blade prop. The vibration w
Spreader tip boots (1) Veraneo at 7:06pm 05.30.12 Catalina 310 4/1921 I am a new owner of a 310 (#123). The yard that prepared it for transporation has lost the speader t
Hermann 19 eddiebe at 5:41pm 05.30.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2256 Hey everyone, I just picked up a free, (except for the work it takes to rebuild), Hermann 19. The fu
Stiff steering Bill Hall at 5:33pm 05.30.12 Big Boats 4/1922 The steering on my 2001 h410 is very stiff and difficult to turn the wheel. I have greased the fitt
Electricit� amelionne at 4:25pm 05.30.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1271
Transmission Dipstick Question joker460 at 3:32pm 05.30.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1271 Just changed out the oil on the 3gm30f, what a mess:eek:. Whoever designed the placemment of the oil
Waxing varnish Skipper at 3:31pm 05.30.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1844 Anyone ever waxed their exterior varnish? I have 8 coats of gloss Epifanes on loads of teak, and am
Spreader bracket replacement and shroud problem Trial and Error at 3:13pm 05.30.12 Catalina 22 21/8083 We just replaced the original aluminum spreader brackets with the Catalina Direct stainless steel br
40hp fourstroke fit on a Macgregor 19? Macgregor sailor at 2:32pm 05.30.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/3330 Has anyone installed a 40hp fourstroke Mercury outboard on a Macgregor 19? I am wondering if it will
Inside storage Bog13 at 2:30pm 05.30.12 Catalina 22 4/1254 Has anyone ever cut the front storage larger, will this effect the strenth of anything if I do? I do
Bottom Paint Fronk5 at 2:19pm 05.30.12 Catalina 22 14/2771 So this weekend I had my new to me boat in the water for the first time. I think it is the first ti
Leaning to port gregpallen at 1:00pm 05.30.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2971 I took delivery of my 2012 e36 in April 2012 and have noticed a slight tendency for the boat to be l

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Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 6:13am 01.08.23
Think your PO made mistakes? (1) Hayden Watson at 5:49am 01.08.23 I still contend that the real sin of the PO was allowing it to partially sink or flood with rainwate
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 5:12am 01.08.23 Still check the mast mfg As there were different masts at the end of the Hunter 26 production line
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 4:31am 01.08.23 I like tillers in boats under 30'. But I don't think that is that bad. It puts the helmsman in th
Set screw.... sailme88 at 3:49am 01.08.23 Consider yourself lucky....Murphy's first rule states, " Objects dropped or falling on a sailboat w
Set screw.... artboas at 11:17pm 01.07.23 Upper swivel furler set screw? Have you used binoculars to check your rigging? Many years ago, On
Single handing Will Gilmore at 10:22pm 01.07.23 take a ;picture for me to regenerate my brain please, You are on th I hope you meant to type that
Think your PO made mistakes? Calif. Ted at 8:44pm 01.07.23 Biggest chore with many boats is fixing the "Improvements" made by a previous clueless owner.
Dingy conversion (1) rgranger at 7:27pm 01.07.23 I'm envisioning a duct tape seam popping open while planing across a bay.... dj Lol
H26 Main sail rigging twalker H260 at 6:42pm 01.07.23 According to OP profile they have a 26, not 260.
Dingy conversion dLj at 6:09pm 01.07.23 On the other hand you can always hang the dingy up by its stern and cut the ends off the tubes as i
Rain water through the mast JoeWhite at 4:28pm 01.07.23 On my c36, water was leaking into the bilge from leaky windlass shaft seals aswell.
Think your PO made mistakes? Siamese at 4:26pm 01.07.23 A wheel on a Catalina 22. Maybe we can do a thorough search of the SailboatOwners site, and find th
Rain water through the mast jonelli at 4:14pm 01.07.23
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Orbweaver at 4:08pm 01.07.23 One thing that we REALLY like about the 23.5 is the windows: between the ones on the sides and the c
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Project_Mayhem at 3:26pm 01.07.23 Do not consider an O'Day 25. It's trailerable but not easily
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Crazy Dave Condon at 2:02pm 01.07.23 @steve_d You probably have a topside leak. The first thing i would check are the shroud chain pla
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 1:52pm 01.07.23 There were different masts/booms for the 260 which you need to advise. Look for the mfg. sticker ei
Hunter 25 -2 mast manufacturer Crazy Dave Condon at 1:50pm 01.07.23 He needs to identify the mast first as there were two suppliers at the time
Hunter 26 outboard engine Crazy Dave Condon at 1:48pm 01.07.23 Except for the power sailors whose transom is built to power boat standards, the max hp for all sail

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