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Attention 272 Owners! floridabob at 6:05pm 03.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1258 New owner here, but not new to sailing. Would love to hear your impressions on the 272's sailing cha
Sea Cocks (1) Michael Paull at 5:24pm 03.01.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1509 I own a Beneteau Oceanis 473 which was bought new in 2004 and am wondering if anyone has had a probl
Advice for a newbie on sailboat type jaybrown at 4:46pm 03.01.12 Trailer Sailors 22/5708 I'm new to the site, and fairly new to sailing. Although I have been boating since I was a little k
Calling all Fort Myers sailors!!! tahoetim at 2:27pm 03.01.12 Destinations 4/6002 Hello all! I'm Tim, a Lake Tahoe sailor who will be in Ft. Myers the week after next. I am running
Musing and Breaking Down Roger Long at 2:22pm 03.01.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 6/2763 Droning along the long miles of the ICW alone provides lots of time for thinking. Without the input
rolling awlgrip paint salut! at 2:09pm 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 10/11925 My 38' Catalina is in need of a paint job. Due to the high cost of a professional painter, I am plan
got my Defender order today :-) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 2:06pm 03.01.12 Catalina 310 15/2980 And I just order it yesterday at 11:00 am and it had to shipped ground due to some of the items. Th
Straight Out Discharge Rick Webb at 1:09pm 03.01.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/3482 I am on the board of a nonprofit youth sailing program. We are looking at taking a donation of a boa
Daly's Oil vs Ship'n Shore Frank P at 1:04pm 03.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/13550
Life line fittings Art Butler at 12:30pm 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 17/5341 Time to replace the life lines. I have decided on covered wire but am torn between machine swaged f
OC 381 Transom shower housing replacement stevemylescarinosa at 11:33am 03.01.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2050 Can anyone help me locate a replacement housing for the transom shower? It has sheared off and now
Problems Maintaining Straight Course oceanview2 at 10:50am 03.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/2207 We Bought Our 2012 Macgregor 26m At The Factory Last Oct. Done As Much Sailing As Time Permits. On
V25 Transom Ladder ? Tsatzsue at 10:40am 03.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1530 Does anyone have a good suggestion on what kind of ladder I should get for a premanantly mounted, fo
mast rodgerkham at 9:24am 03.01.12 Smaller Boats 5/1370 I have been looking into the hunter 19-2 but I'm not straight on the length of the mast. any other
Hunter Keel assembly (1) robert dros at 9:01am 03.01.12 Big Boats 9/2345 I am in the process of buying a 2nd hand 376 and on survey we noticed a hairline crack on the right
Solar Panel Mounting Idea (2) GorillaToast at 8:34am 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 18/8724 Cutting to lenght, finishing, and mounting aside... Does this look like it would work for a solid
Any Pearson 323 sailors in the Florida Panhandle? RECESS at 8:24am 03.01.12 Pearson 0/1207 I thought that I saw Moon Sailer kept his boat in Panama City for awhile? I am bringing my new to me
Apps for you phone, pad, worth it? joes new addiction at 6:58am 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 16/2878 I get emails from "About Sailor on a regular basis. Being a newbie, I try to get as much info about
Hunter 34 hauled out any info needed... (5) betzhunter at 5:55am 03.01.12 Big Boats 28/4648 We had our H34 hauled out Monday at the Rigolets Marina and thought I'd ask if anyone needed any inf
My cruising grounds - Lake Superior DannyS at 5:48am 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2157 I came across this video on youtube of the Leap Day storm that dropped over a foot of snow on Lake S

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Battery Siamese at 7:47am 11.05.22 Go to the big box and get a couple of identical 12v deep cycle (so-called) flooded lead acid batteri
Its funny Friday! WayneH at 7:42am 11.05.22 I saw one of those make an underwater repair to a gudgeon. Try doing that with an electric drill.
Battery jssailem at 7:18am 11.05.22 For a literal answer to your query... If you need stored electrical DC power for temporary use than
Do you put your bimini down? RoyS at 7:14am 11.05.22 If you cannot stand up straight with the bimini and you are not happy with the design then you shoul
Pinole replacement RoyS at 6:54am 11.05.22 Try Rig-Rite on line.
Hunter 37.5 - Dinette Table Stuck svblackcloud at 6:51am 11.05.22 I pulled my compression post earlier this year. (37.5 legend) The counter weight is mild steel and i
Battery Tally Ho at 6:48am 11.05.22 I had a Hunter 280 that spent most of the time on shore power and was primarily day sailed. She had
Insurance for older boats RoyS at 6:46am 11.05.22 I have a nice local insurance agent. I thought my agreed value insurance was getting too expensive s
Battery Kings Gambit at 6:42am 11.05.22 An alternative answer might depend on how you use them. Group size 4D 12-volt flooded makes a good h
Wires up the mast Tally Ho at 6:39am 11.05.22
Do you put your bimini down? JBP-PA at 6:28am 11.05.22 ...I do need to remove the screws in the rear support legs... Can you replace the screws with togg
Sanitation hose recommendation requested George Braun at 6:25am 11.05.22 slight thread hijack - why would the hose leaving the head be 1", and the other end that empties int
Its funny Friday! 31seahorse at 5:36am 11.05.22 +1 to shemandr's comment. On our first "cruising boat", a Catalina 27, I carried a drill like that.
Insurance for older boats Rick Webb at 5:12am 11.05.22 Wherever you land with insurance make sure salvage and pollution mitigation are included in your pol
Battery dlochner at 5:03am 11.05.22 Seemingly simple questions are often more complex. Before anyone can give you an insightful answer t
Shorty dlochner at 4:46am 11.05.22 Usually the windward shrouds though. Yes, the other windward. ;)
Hot Water Heater Rear Heat Exchanger Plumbing sailme88 at 4:45am 11.05.22 The hot water system consists of 2 separate loops. The raw side that is discharged and the closed f
Its funny Friday! shemandr at 4:32am 11.05.22 I used to keep one on my boat. Always ready to go!
Shorty Old Climber at 3:48am 11.05.22
Hot Water Heater Rear Heat Exchanger Plumbing gonekayaking247 at 7:40pm 11.04.22 OK so shortly after posting this thread I visited the C34 site and found my answer: Flow directions

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