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Bottom Painting other questions Mike in Maine at 5:36am 05.30.12 Day Sailers 6/2157 Hi all , new Oday 222 owner here with a few questions . One is in regad to painting the bottom while
Folding Prop for Oc 351 sailrj at 3:37am 05.30.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2597 My fixed 3 blade prop on our 1996 Oc 351 has some chuncks missing and a little vibration. Looking a
water tank pick up- how much water??? eianm at 12:11am 05.30.12 Big Boats 1/999 I think this is probably dumb question, but how much water do you have to have in the bottom of ta
How well does Lake Huron treat a c22? wineboy at 10:04pm 05.29.12 Catalina 22 8/2953 I've spent my entire childhood sailing a sunfish on inland lakes and have finally finished making my
spare engine belts - notice plural Mark Maulden at 9:55pm 05.29.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3150 After rebuilding my engine and the trials and tribulations of getting it running well, we did a thre
D2-55 Transmission issues jeff.sailor at 9:42pm 05.29.12 Bavaria 1/1997 I've got a D2-55 Volvo sail-drive in my 2005 Bavaria 38 Cruiser. Lately, when coming into the dock
A great polishing technique for those hard to reach places. (3) caguy at 9:29pm 05.29.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2814 I don't have a lot of patience for polishing and finishing so I was planning on painting the bottom
Preventors on Fractional Rigs (2007 H33) syoun10 at 8:10pm 05.29.12 Mid-Size Boats 9/2746 The mast is so far forward on the Hunter 33 that I don't know where and how to install a preventor.
Catalina Jerry75 at 8:05pm 05.29.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2876 I am going to be sailing my Macgregor to Catalina for the first time. Looking for any advice you guy
Clean bottom, what a difference! cephius (Dave) at 7:58pm 05.29.12 Smaller Boats 2/1118 My bottom paint was mostly non-existent. When I was sailing last year it seemed that everything on
Need a fuel filter recommendation stevec22206 at 7:43pm 05.29.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/954 We have an 87' C27 with the M18 Universal. So many water / fuel separators to look at. Without spend
Stuffing Box Wrenches flyboy1717 at 6:53pm 05.29.12 Catalina 30 16/6378 I am a proud new owner of a cat 30 which I just launched this week. Unfortunately the stuffing box i
Anybody knows where to sail my hunter 23 ????????? velas470 at 6:20pm 05.29.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1114 I recently bought a hunter 23 and launched for mi first time in lake Toho st cloud did ok but the la
Your thoughts on my placement of an Airconditioner abk at 5:36pm 05.29.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2711 Added info: Your thoughts on placement of Airconditioner Added to the post. I have received some gr
want to get sail slug for my mac 22 newsailor72 at 5:07pm 05.29.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1343 which one should I get, the 1/2, 3/8 or 5/16? here's the link for the 1/2 http://www.sailrite.com/S
School me on chartplotters McZube at 4:47pm 05.29.12 Ask All Sailors 16/2977 The only thing I know for sure is that I need one. I don't need a ton of bells and whistles, I ju
cadran(rpm) amelionne at 4:22pm 05.29.12 Bigger Boats 5/1499
Narraganset Bay Roger Long at 4:01pm 05.29.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 9/5248 Do you think I've done justice to Narraganset Bay? http://www.cruisingonstrider.us/images/SBO/NBtra
lets talk knots! jeanmarc109 at 3:57pm 05.29.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1741 i've got my bowline down pat. can tie that sucker around anything, upsidedown, one handed.... it's
Magnetically Shielded Cockpit Speakers deangraham at 3:45pm 05.29.12 Ask All Sailors 20/9999 Hi does anyone have any experience magnetically shielded speakers in the cockpit about 2 feet away f

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Hunter 25 -2 mast manufacturer Crazy Dave Condon at 12:57pm 01.07.23 @sail sfbay This is a trailerable hunter that did not come with a furling mainsail. Look for a name
Hi All, Anyone replaced the shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 have any suggestions? Don S/V ILLusion at 12:53pm 01.07.23
Single handing Crazy Dave Condon at 12:49pm 01.07.23 take a ;picture for me to regenerate my brain please, You are on th
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters LloydB at 12:38pm 01.07.23 A check with Google found me this and made that question about as clear as "what kind of boat should
Dingy conversion LloydB at 12:20pm 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 if
Barlow Self Tailing Arms Justin_NSA at 12:15pm 01.07.23 I've bought parts for my winches from them. Not cheap but a reliable source. Or wait for a BOGO from
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Tally Ho at 11:42am 01.07.23 When all else fails, read the instructions. I was lucky enough to get a complete Yanmar Service Ma
Beneteau 37 circuit breaker replacement Karl T at 11:29am 01.07.23 You need to identify the watts for each of the units in the circuit controlled by the breaker. The
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting (1) Dalliance at 11:20am 01.07.23 When all else fails, read the instructions! I was lucky enough to get a complete 1GM-2GM-3GM Yanmar
Beneteau 37 circuit breaker replacement Karl T at 11:17am 01.07.23 To my surprise the breaker in our 2014 (Built in South Carolina with US 110V circuits) is also a PF
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters Tally Ho at 10:47am 01.07.23
Hi All, Anyone replaced the shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 have any suggestions? sailcapt340 at 10:44am 01.07.23 If you can show a few photos of what you have and can see at the moment. That will help a lot. The
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters LloydB at 10:18am 01.07.23 FYI What is Halon 1301? Why is it Banned? \| ORR Protection Systems Same issues as the refrige
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? ShalomOrchard at 9:30am 01.07.23 "One thing that I've noticed during my searching is that not all manufacturers put adequate thought/
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement jssailem at 9:13am 01.07.23 Defender has this bit of info. https://www.defender.com/pdf/ReplacingOldRayInstr.pdf
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement jssailem at 9:09am 01.07.23 https://www.ebay.com/p/552261714
Beneteau 37 circuit breaker replacement (1) Davidasailor26 at 8:54am 01.07.23 Hi David, Thanks for the reply. Yes the boat's AC system is 120, the usual US standard. I too was
Barlow Self Tailing Arms Zom-B-Land at 8:24am 01.07.23 Ok great thank you. Will check them out.
First time sailboat owner danooxnard at 8:14am 01.07.23 We always called it a Stitch Awl, takes speedy out of the equation.
Beneteau 37 circuit breaker replacement jssailem at 7:55am 01.07.23 Welcome Karl. Glad to have you aboard. As a new boat owner you are now responsible for all the syste

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