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Beneteau 393 (3) locogato at 5:19pm 05.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/50 A client is buying a Beneteau 393 in Raiatea Tahiti and I will be delivering her San Diego. I had po
water in engine oil trichardson at 4:53pm 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2172 I have a Hunter 430 with a 50hp Volvo engine. A couple of weeks ago I came up with water in my engin
Static battery charger rgranger at 4:45pm 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1924 Hey All I read this article on using static electricity from wind blowing over a wire to charge a b
Chesapeake Hunter Rendezvous Aug 9-12 (1) Carl sv WINDROSE at 2:59pm 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2216 The Hunter Sailing Associations of the Chesapeake are pleased to announce The Hunter Chesapeake Rend
Stem Fitting Sealant (1) Clark at 1:26pm 05.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2964 Rascal, my Capri 22 got into an argument with a Hunter 28.5 and lost. I have to replace the stem fit
painting copper sallylynnh at 1:16pm 05.23.12 Engines and Propulsion 2/2721 I have cleaned my heat exchanger and now need to paint it. I'm having trouble finding what paint to
Securing Swim Ladder reworb at 1:04pm 05.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2899 The swim ladder on our new to us 311 is held in the up position by a ratty old sticky bungee cord.
Stern Boat drain robert19954 at 11:42am 05.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2877 Water gathers on my stern deck. It used to drain out of the back but for some reason it doesn't and
Leakage into the bilge Brian Aldeghi at 11:31am 05.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1765 Just bought a Mac 26s. Has a few issues--the worst of which is about 10 gallons of water coming fro
Mast steps, Fixed or foldable? Gyberman at 11:13am 05.23.12 Catalina 30 1/1399 Hello Catalina 30 Owmers, I recently purchased a 1987 MK 2 Cat 30. My problem is the Spreader lights
26C trailer chad6647 at 10:54am 05.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/927 Has anyone ever modified a 26X (2005) trailer to work for an older 1993 26C?
Catalina 27 radio installation navigateur at 10:30am 05.23.12 Mid-Size Boats 37/8180 I just finished my radio installation on my C27 and thought it might be of some interest. it seems t
Show Us Your Waterline Stripe (1) Sail123 at 9:49am 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 13/4823 Am redoing my bottom paint and looking for ideas. I have this left to do and feel stumped. Black
ReWiring O'day 23' Electrical System rs8684 at 8:26am 05.23.12 Day Sailers 6/4770 Hi All- I have a 1979 23' O'Day. One of my projects this summer is to get the electrical system wo
mast for kirby 25 Kootenay pirate.. at 8:22am 05.23.12 Parts Search 0/2751 Anyone have a mast for a kirby 25.?
Through hull clean out....... woodster at 7:12am 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5956 i am putting a through hull fitting on the outside of my bottom to receive sea water for cooling my
Lightening struck TerryGufshoz at 6:13am 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1684 Lightening struck my mast 2 days ago and I'm searching for advice on what damage to check for. I'm
What is the weight of the Mast? RonRock at 5:58am 05.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/7946 After reading the excellent post by tkanzler I've decided I'd like to figure the loads on a planned
O Day 28 Halyard Wrap on Forestay Rag Doll at 5:07am 05.23.12 Bigger Boats 7/3514 I have an Isomat Mast on my 1986 O Day 28 and have a rigger finishing the installation of a Schaefer
The Pride of Baltimore Roger Long at 4:41am 05.23.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2371 I'm bumping this up from out of another thread because I think some people here might be interested

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Installing a Spinnaker (1) Bosman at 3:12am 01.01.23 What you have is a genaker, if this is a factory one. It is a poor quality photo, but if you zoom in
Older sailers Rick486 at 2:51am 01.01.23 We sold our Hunter 44 DS "Maxine" in 2020 after 14 years of great sailing from Maine to NYC. She was
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 Mike8074 at 12:29am 01.01.23 I am thinking of doing on the lower sides of the aft cockpit. Other manufacturers do installs this w
My C30 YouTube Channel (SailingSole) SailingSole at 9:39pm 12.31.22 Thanks Jon. Do you have a Catalina 30?
Happy new year to all (1) JamesG161 at 9:36pm 12.31.22 More sailing please...
Happy new year to all Kings Gambit at 8:54pm 12.31.22 Going sailing tomorrow to start the year off right!
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? sail sfbay at 8:54pm 12.31.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Start with DR Marine for parts.
My C30 YouTube Channel (SailingSole) jon hansen at 7:24pm 12.31.22 fun videos. loved it!
Happy new year to all WayneH at 7:24pm 12.31.22 May everyone's new year be filled with more sailing and less fixing. I've had enough of fixing the b
Older sailers Hollyberry at 5:56pm 12.31.22 Our sailing crowd is primarily in the 60-80 range, with a couple of standouts in their mid 80s. Admi
Older sailers heritage at 5:11pm 12.31.22 Sailing and sail boats have always been my number one passion. That passion is still strong at age
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? Terry Cox at 4:55pm 12.31.22 do you have it? can you recommend it? if it's no longer available (15 years later, after all) can
Hunter 41AC/41DS spinnaker tack location sail sfbay at 4:55pm 12.31.22 Not a Hunter 41AC/DS with a fractional rig, but my Hunter 386 fractional rig topdown furler tack was
Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 4:37pm 12.31.22 Towing capacity is the maximum weight a vehicle can tow. Whereas, Gross Combined Weight Rating {GCWR
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions jssailem at 4:17pm 12.31.22 I suspect they could be both. I know on my rebuild of the Perkins, we have found that hoses for cars
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions Syversens at 3:50pm 12.31.22 I was hoping to get access to the zinc through the plate. Even if i was able to get a drill back und
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions jssailem at 3:27pm 12.31.22 Joe, Not sure about your HE zinc, but mine is visible in the space between the cover plate and the e
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions jssailem at 3:24pm 12.31.22 Paint over metal reduces the probability of metal corrosion. My regular engine color is Perkins Blue
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions JoeWhite at 3:20pm 12.31.22 I am not clear as to why you are trying to remove the end plate. If you are trying to remove the bro
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions Syversens at 3:17pm 12.31.22 I'm thinking you're right, there is absolutely no room on the side and taking it out would allow me

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