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Gel Coat Spider. Bill Groves at 7:48pm 10.12.22 Grampian 11/4162 Is there a relatively easy way to fill in gel coat spider cracks that still makes deck look OK?
Plexus Tater at 3:31pm 10.12.22 Day Sailers 8/3127 So, if I search "Plexus" on the Web, I get a multitude of products. Even a refined search including
Painting old boat. Bill Groves at 9:50am 10.12.22 Grampian 3/1180 I have a 1974 - 26' Grampian. The hull is in good condition. Can anyone suggest a paint which can
dry dock Gabriel74 at 9:33am 10.12.22 Ask All Sailors 4/942 i need to get my 28 ft sloop out of the water to redo the underside paint. my 2 years is up. my boat
26' Grampian Name Plates. Bill Groves at 9:30am 10.12.22 Grampian 4/1111 Does any company redo name plates on side of cabin and at cabin entryway? Does any company sell the
Raymarine electronics hookup help (3) Frill at 5:02am 10.12.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1502 I am trying to get farmiliar with the boat eletronics such as chart plotter, Ais, and auto helm. I a
Hunter 27-3 furling mast woes SteveandMaryAnn at 6:04pm 10.11.22 Mid-Size Boats 7/1521 On our new-to-us 2005 Hunter 27-3 has a US Spars furling mast with Doyle Sails. We broke the halyar
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. SycloneDriver at 5:58pm 10.11.22 Ask All Sailors 36/4213 I have recently taken an interest in anodes and underwater corrosion. In all the time I've had boat
US Spars mast parts SteveandMaryAnn at 5:25pm 10.11.22 Parts Search 1/905 I am looking for a halyard swivel on a US Spars z300 mast from 2005.
Transom seat in sugar scoop 1997 340 (paint?) TRS80sailor at 1:53pm 10.11.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1716 What would you use to paint the underside of the seat (that you flip when you access the sugar scoop
Advice on instruments (1) Cederholm at 1:13pm 10.11.22 Ask All Sailors 33/3481 Hi all, I'm refurbishing a 1980 Catalina 30 for coastal cruising in and around Long Island sound.
I bought it, now for the cribs... (1) HeelBoy at 12:21pm 10.11.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1585
IN Boom Main Sail Furling Albern at 10:19am 10.11.22 Mid-Size Boats 10/2297 Anyone have experience installing in boom furling on their catalina 315 Mine has in mast furling n
Invest 93L --> Tropical Storm Karl (1) JamesG161 at 7:37am 10.11.22 Weather and Forecasting 1/1444 Popped up this morning in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Looking like a Rain event since a lot of V
Beneteau 311 swing, center board version comments beny235 at 6:45am 10.11.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/726 We are very interested to hear your comments on the sailing performance of this boat, on all points
Where can I find taller stanchions ? xavpil at 5:05am 10.11.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1257
Cleaning bilge smell from carpet? adamv at 8:36pm 10.10.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1063 Through an unfortunate combination of maintanence failures (leaky stuffing box + corroded off altern
Dual engine controllers confusion xavpil at 7:43pm 10.10.22 Ask All Sailors 25/2508 i just bought a used Catalina 27 and the dual engine controllers confuses me. I get that the longest
Sea water filling holding tank tadd5181 at 6:50pm 10.10.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/928 I own a 2000 Hunter 420. Recently the rear holding tank guage has show full when it should not be f
Hunter 23.5 Trailer Fender Source Tom L at 6:46pm 10.10.22 Smaller Boats 2/841 The fenders on my trailer for my Hunter 23.5 have rusted out and are starting to crumble. The trail

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Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Captain Larry-DH at 5:09pm 06.24.25 Any other methods to be sure? Scratch and they should be golden color. If they are reddish color t
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Captain Larry-DH at 5:07pm 06.24.25 Thanks, the contractor at the boatyard was recommending me to replace the wood with PVC backing, bu
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. (1) jssailem at 5:02pm 06.24.25 Not sailing hard or anything. It is not the sailing hard... it is the saltwater corrosion that occ
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 5:00pm 06.24.25
Adding cleats to the mast (2) jssailem at 4:57pm 06.24.25 Something like these can work. You can use screws or rivets to attache them. I prefer to drill and
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Captain Larry-DH at 4:56pm 06.24.25 I'll be living aboard for several months at a time when not working. Not sailing hard or anything.
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 4:53pm 06.24.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 4:52pm 06.24.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Captain Larry-DH at 4:51pm 06.24.25 I will be living on the boat a significant amount throughout the year. I was a little surprised tha
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. dLj at 4:49pm 06.24.25 I will be living on the boat a significant amount throughout the year. I was a little surprised tha
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Captain Larry-DH at 4:48pm 06.24.25 I can't disagree with anything said here. If you are going to just replace the old valves try to m
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 4:47pm 06.24.25 I will be living on the boat a significant amount throughout the year. I was a little surprised that
Adding cleats to the mast Davidasailor26 at 4:23pm 06.24.25 A wide based cleat like that will probably not match the round contour of the mast. Part of the base
Tohatsu Outboard Mystery! Rick Webb at 3:58pm 06.24.25 Find a place that works on older cars. Anyone who is familiar with swapping out a TBI for a carburet
Replacing Deteriorating Accent Stripe Rick Webb at 3:50pm 06.24.25 at one time you could order vinyl stripes from West Marine Dunno, but maybe you still can any sign
BATTERY? Tally Ho at 3:46pm 06.24.25 What battery charger do you currently have? Most chargers other than the ancient ferro-resonate si
H340 Factory AC System - Am I lucky or not? markymac1961 at 3:29pm 06.24.25 Don't forget about the cooling requirements. It requires X amount of space to be able to draw air
H340 Factory AC System - Am I lucky or not? markymac1961 at 3:26pm 06.24.25 We don't own your model boat, so I can't answer the boat-specific stuff. However, the general ques
Hunter 306 Replacing Galley Faucet Internal Valve (1) Sutric at 2:57pm 06.24.25 I just replaced my head faucet with a generic one from the local hardware store. It was a bit of the
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Richard19068 at 2:46pm 06.24.25 Well, I'm one for making sure my boat doesn't sink and tend to stand on the side of the fence of re

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