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Sailing Magazine, April 1971 sheri carey at 6:46pm 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3184 Hi - I'm new to sailboats and to this forum so please forgive me if I'm asking the wrong question in
Sail cleaning jorgefife at 6:37pm 03.01.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1732 I know there was a posting here, but cannot find it I sold a sail for a Pearson 35 to someone in Flo
Attention 272 Owners! floridabob at 6:05pm 03.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1270 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 0/1515 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 22/5807 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 4/6044 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 6/2769 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 10/12107 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 15/3028 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 10/3490 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 18/13834
Life line fittings Art Butler at 12:30pm 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 17/5448 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 3/2071 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 17/2258 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 5/1555 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 5/1375 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 9/2366 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 18/8876 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 0/1232 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 16/2911 I get emails from "About Sailor on a regular basis. Being a newbie, I try to get as much info about

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Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt (1) garymalmgren at 11:23pm 11.30.22 Give penetrating oil and these Try to ply the deck fitting up a bit and get the oil where it will
Marina pump out broken when hauled out--help to pump out at home Project_Mayhem at 10:58pm 11.30.22 I just saw this thread now. I had a similar issue last year. We poured some West Marine ExterminOdor
0day 25,130 genoa Project_Mayhem at 10:45pm 11.30.22 What kind of furler? I have one or two old ones that might work. They have a wire through them as op
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt Project_Mayhem at 10:40pm 11.30.22 Whether you are using a screwdriver or impact, you want to use 90% of your strength to push the tool
2000 Hunter 380 AC electrical problem (2) JamesG161 at 8:25pm 11.30.22 After 14 year, I had to replace those weaken breakers. Dual Breaker for A&B. This is my Lazaret Br
Side Stay Tension Joe at 7:53pm 11.30.22 So, with regard to the mast being straight, how much rake should there be? Set your rake first,
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion (1) DayDreamer41 at 7:08pm 11.30.22 <p>
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion (1) DayDreamer41 at 7:03pm 11.30.22 @flightlead404 This look familiar
Raymarine Axiom chuckwayne at 7:02pm 11.30.22 that wasn't my point - he would have to add the sensors, too. oil, temp are on/off warning switches
Bent Roller Furler / Storage for winter DanMaine at 6:48pm 11.30.22 I'd try to bend it straight first. Maybe clamp one end to a board and carefully bend against the bo
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion Davidasailor26 at 6:37pm 11.30.22 Before you remove the solenoid you could just check the voltage across the posts that energize it. I
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt twalker H260 at 6:25pm 11.30.22 If the bolt head is still fairly undamaged you could try drilling the head off by using a bit just s
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt Ralph Johnstone at 5:43pm 11.30.22 Mouse Milk. As a penetrant, or just to add to your morning coffee ?
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt LloydB at 5:29pm 11.30.22 Mouse Milk.
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard (3) Project_Mayhem at 5:24pm 11.30.22
2000 Hunter 380 AC electrical problem don&sam at 5:24pm 11.30.22 Thanks for the suggestions. I'm also going to check the air conditioner cooling water filter to see
2001 B361 Chain Plate leak (1) Mechone at 4:22pm 11.30.22 First its a Beneteau chain plate , you cannot use Butyl tape as some have suggested ,use 3m 4200 . T
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion flightlead404 at 3:22pm 11.30.22
Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale Leeward Rail at 3:19pm 11.30.22 Great post and warning. If you search the Catalina 22 sub forum there are a couple threads on ful
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection Tally Ho at 3:10pm 11.30.22 Follow up, for any other interested sailors: I met with a master boat builder in our area (Joe Park

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