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Port Replacement wbuckl at 8:55am 10.30.11 Pearson 3/1260 Am upgrading my Pearson 36-2 (love the boat!) Any advice on replacing all ports. Are drop in replace
How do you heat your trailer sailer? r.oril at 8:02am 10.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 63/13010 We are taking our 26D on it's first sleep over at the After Turkey Day Sail Mission Bay. I have the
Hunter 35 keel to hull joint Ariadna at 7:49am 10.30.11 Big Boats 3/2378 Hi, As a new owner of old Hunter 35 Legend 1987 with deep lead keel I got concerned about design how
Batteries & WInter Storage cb32863 at 7:39am 10.30.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/5635 So a boat I am probably bringing home has 2 banks of one battery each. Wired for shore power as well
Running Radar Cable JeffThompson at 6:57am 10.30.11 Big Boats 4/2110 I'm in the process of installing a radar on our 38' Hunter and wonder if anyone has performed this f
Hey Joe, sunny and warm here... (1) Shoaldrafter at 6:37am 10.30.11 Ask An Oday Owner 41/4955 Hey Joe, I looked at: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KWST.html It is a lot different
Fixed keel damage? geontemt at 4:57am 10.30.11 Ask All Sailors 15/3458 I am looking at getting my first fixed keel boat. Can anyone tell me if these cracks are structural
Scupper Ball Valve replacement (3) Phaedrus at 9:34pm 10.29.11 Catalina 22 0/1461 I am planning to replace the scupper ball valve and associated thru hull fitting this winter. I plan
Lancer 28 mounting a compass AtlanticAl at 7:56pm 10.29.11 Lancer 6/2073 Where is a good place on the 28 to mount a compass, i dont want to have to use two, one either side
Snow is here.. Maine Sail at 5:23pm 10.29.11 Ask All Sailors 18/2621 Wind is moving this way. Station Buzzards Bay buoy is steady at 43 knots gusting to 48 knots or stea
The "Lady" and I Squidd at 5:13pm 10.29.11 Ask All Sailors 44/6787 We're getting closer... This is the first chance I had to spend a little time getting to know he
Replacemant hatch for a 30 Pearson Northern Waters at 3:18pm 10.29.11 Pearson 0/1147 Hello, I have a 1973 30ft Pearson. I want to replace the hatch. Should I flatten the crown or build
Extreme Rudder Fouling (1) Russ1964 at 2:00pm 10.29.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 10/3224 I purchased a Catalina 309 last spring, hull #190. We had the boat hauled out in late August for hur
failing windlass iwillmott at 1:57pm 10.29.11 Big Boats 6/1442 I have a 40.5 legend and the horizontal drive windlass seems to have packed it it. It barely turns w
Wet sanding in late October brian3820 at 1:55pm 10.29.11 Big Boats 13/2422 For those who don't know, we are restoring and refitting an 1984 Hunter 34. Today, started at 31 deg
DIY switch panel (wiring) question Cool Beans at 12:27pm 10.29.11 Ask All Sailors 14/7419 So my Ranger33 has a factory custom panel at the companionway, and the PO installed a second panel i
Winter (outboard) Follies have begun odaydokay at 9:05am 10.29.11 Ask All Sailors 16/2475 So I go to winterize my brand new (June 2011) used 5 times Honda 2 HP outboard. Gotta get the fuel
Pop Top Cover 1988 Mac 26D r.oril at 8:17am 10.29.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 50/19572 I have located a used Pop Top cover for a 25 Mac. I have a 1988 Mac 26D. Question: Is there a differ
Mast Work Catalina Big Hook at 5:47am 10.29.11 Catalina 30 21/3828 My first thread so bear with me. I will soon be hauling my boat out and intend to do some work on th
C27 spreader caps Joel H. at 5:32am 10.29.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1446 I'm overhauling my mast this winter, (new everything more or less). I was stripping off the chafing

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What are these. shemandr at 4:18am 02.25.22 Cushions look like back rests. The tarp looks like a home made cockpit shade. How it rigs evades
Another Ship is burning. dlochner at 3:22am 02.25.22
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Roger F at 3:00am 02.25.22 Montage - actually our slow leak is coolant not water. Did you check your drain plug and hose and
Another Ship is burning. Will Gilmore at 2:36am 02.25.22 Thanks. I wasn't familiar with that clip. It was originally broadcast in 1991, a bit after my time.
O'Day 39 owners manual Rgluv2sail at 2:29am 02.25.22
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Montage_55 at 2:25am 02.25.22 Hi Roger, I have an Oceansis 55 with the same problems. The freezer works well but it leaks water. I
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 10:36pm 02.24.22 jssailem is correct that Romex has no place on a boat but before you start ripping out the AC cables
HJull number engraved on hull of Hunter Legend stuendan at 10:31pm 02.24.22 HIN number on my 2003 H326 is on the hull side, starboard rear quarter, 'bout 2 meters from the tran
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 10:29pm 02.24.22 The hump is absolutely standard in older C30's with the diesel engine. The engine bed, stern tube a
Expanding Hardening Foam thinwater at 10:06pm 02.24.22 Thinwater, can you explain why you're not a fan of deck injection? Not to hijacka thread, but I ha
Acquiring a 2012 Marlow Hunter 50... artboas at 9:52pm 02.24.22 Hi folks. Although I have never owned a Hunter, seemingly, the boat I have been looking for recent
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc Zencra at 9:48pm 02.24.22 The fuel gauge is a totally separate entity thank Art, I have had a look at wiring and couldn't noti
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback dmax at 9:45pm 02.24.22 I thought about bung'ing the screws but decided it was too much trouble and I can always go back and
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc artboas at 9:44pm 02.24.22 how do I connect the maretron to chartplotter? my maretron fuel guage has just stopped working and
Long term lay up info dmax at 9:41pm 02.24.22 Second question: Boat's going to be on the hard. Why bother with running the engine? It ain't go
New to us Hunter 40.5 artboas at 9:38pm 02.24.22 Update. I have been working on the boat a little at a time. I have been cleaning bilges and cleanin
Another Ship is burning. JRacer at 7:59pm 02.24.22 Leeward rail, "got it" :laugh:
Need to Replace a Reading Light, or its Switch DayDreamer41 at 7:49pm 02.24.22 Have a look here, this is the company who supplied the original fixtures https://itcshopnow.com/coll
Long term lay up info Ralph Johnstone at 7:24pm 02.24.22 Inded, I can't think of ANY reason it should be/needs to be run at all. Not unless you're trying
Sail question Rickth at 7:16pm 02.24.22 Thanks for the replies. Sounds to me like it is an anchor riding sail.

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