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Installing Electric Brakes rgranger at 8:23am 12.01.11 Trailer Sailors 23/7548 So I'm hoping someone on this list has installed their own electric brakes on a trailer. I recently
Water Intrusion/Balsa Core atrometer at 7:14am 12.01.11 Day Sailers 5/2279 Apparently a lot of boats (O'Day included) get water intrusion/wet balsa (rotted) under stanchions,
Best book for structural fiberglass repair? brian3820 at 6:46am 12.01.11 Big Boats 10/4302 Hi everyone. As many know, we are restoring and refitting a 1984 H34. I do have a couple cracks in t
Mustang Recalls 2 Inflatable PFDs Soundbounder at 6:00am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1350 Mustang Survival is voluntarily recalling all model number MD2010 and MD2012 Inflatable Personal Flo
Devastation Roger Long at 5:23am 12.01.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/4322 We waited out the windy and rainy day at R. E. Mayo in Hobucken. It was a delightful stop, a place
Feeling / Kirie Boats reworb at 5:08am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 14/16142 My house is located on shallow water and I really would be most comfortable with a boat that draws a
Safety measure to prevent demasting Mich222 at 4:25am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 10/4717 Have you installed a second set of lines/wires/ropes/ standing rigging as a safety measure backup o
Teak question jfrench at 4:13am 12.01.11 Catalina 22 7/2354 I can never remember the nautical name for the cabin door boards, but the broker who sold my boat de
Quandry over New Holding Tank System for 1983 Pearson 37 kappykaplan at 3:33am 12.01.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3492 Peggy, one of the items on my refit list for this winter is to get rid of the 5-gallon bladder that
Hope all boats are OK Kestle at 2:36am 12.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/979 It is 2:30 am, and we have been getting gusts north of 40 knots in Los Angeles. I'll make a trip do
H27 pulpit wanted DianaOfBurlington at 8:59pm 11.30.11 Parts Search 1/2033 Looking for a bow pulpit from a later-vintage (1980-ish) Hunter 27. It will have four legs, a bowma
Triple Spreader Mast Russf at 7:32pm 11.30.11 Ask All Sailors 6/6016 I understand that a triple spreader mast requires a great deal more effort and skill to tune than a
Motor mount screws dvpatton at 6:55pm 11.30.11 Day Sailers 9/3561 Hello, everyone. I've had a heck of a time with the screws that affix the motor mount to the deck of
Winch Loop Ralph Lee Terry at 6:26pm 11.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1547 The loop that is used to wench the boat onto the trailer is loose. How do you get to the back side t
Side windows on a 42 Passage ttac at 6:02pm 11.30.11 Big Boats 6/1693 Our 1991 42 Passage side window's in the salon have been leaking! I have tried to seal them with 3M
fresh water holding tank collie at 5:29pm 11.30.11 Smaller Boats 3/1476 where can i find a schematic of the fresh water holding tank, every week I empty about 5 gallons of
holding tank bench removal dutchy at 3:45pm 11.30.11 Big Boats 3/1381 I want to replace and clean all the hoses around my holding tank on my '87 Hunter 34. The tank is u
Some GOOD Pumpout News Les at 2:47pm 11.30.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2368 I just read in the December issue of 48 Degrees North, our Puget Sound Sailing Magazine some positiv
JB Weld??? rgranger at 1:43pm 11.30.11 Ask All Sailors 12/9613 Anyone have experience using JB weld to fill in dinks in the hull? I have a few chips missing from
Identify this red thundebird sail maker's logo (1) kpgraci at 1:34pm 11.30.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2583 Anyone recognize this sailmakers logo? ('m assuming that's what it is) It's a red thunderbird, old

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Vs on luff of asymmetric spinnaker Sailfanatic at 1:12pm 09.19.22 The V shape allows the sail trimmer to recognize how much curl is in the luff of the spinnaker. The
Oil in Bilge (Atomic 4) Ralph Johnstone at 1:04pm 09.19.22 Your #1 job before anything else is to find the exact source on the engine of the oil leak and go fr
Have any builders dabbled Galvanized Iron? rgranger at 12:09pm 09.19.22 I have a decently capable shop, my ide was to order some Zink flat bar stock, and drill a couple th
Connecting NMEA 0183 from nexus classic hbethell at 12:09pm 09.19.22 daydreamerjr were you ultimately able to connect your Nexus Classic to a wireless bridge? If so, whi
Regional crops rgranger at 12:08pm 09.19.22 I noticed that in both stories.... the hunters are wearing crocs... :biggrin::thumbup:
Have any builders dabbled Galvanized Iron? (1) HeelBoy at 12:07pm 09.19.22 I have a decently capable shop, my ide was to order some Zink flat bar stock, and drill a couple thr
Regional crops rgranger at 12:06pm 09.19.22 Same area.... 6 years earlier https://abcnews4.com/news/local/mammoth-800-pound-gator-caught-in-sou
Have any builders dabbled Galvanized Iron? (3) rgranger at 11:52am 09.19.22 I Iike the idea of a zink anode, same prinipals as a metal hull. I can make one of those for about
Perfect for the Headmistress on you holiday gift list Bob S at 11:33am 09.19.22 But it's not a Raritan!
FM Radio/CD player connected to starter battery smokey73 at 11:28am 09.19.22 Agree with @JamesG161 There is no way the radio that is turned off drained your battery. There is
Have any builders dabbled Galvanized Iron? dLj at 11:26am 09.19.22 As it's advertised, the thermal spray supposedly rides closer to hot dipped than any kind of coatin
Arch on bigger hunters Daze at 11:13am 09.19.22 You can find some information that you are looking for in the document link located in the "Ask A Hu
Vs on luff of asymmetric spinnaker shemandr at 10:59am 09.19.22 The theory that the lines are help visualize the shape of the sain that critical area make sense to
Have any builders dabbled Galvanized Iron? capta at 10:53am 09.19.22 Before I bought my first big boat I was low on the totem pole in a boat yard. We were preparing a st
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? Don S/V ILLusion at 10:53am 09.19.22
FM Radio/CD player connected to starter battery JamesG161 at 10:46am 09.19.22 On my H430 Stereo is connected to House Batteries. Never worried about presets since I set them aga
Joker valve question - back-flow problem in my Jabsco Quiet Flush toilet capta at 10:40am 09.19.22 If memory serves, I went through your thought about the opening in a new valve and settled on the th
Joker valve question - back-flow problem in my Jabsco Quiet Flush toilet Head Sail at 10:31am 09.19.22 What do you mean by "backflow problem"? I think the joker valve just prevents large chunks of nasty
Vs on luff of asymmetric spinnaker Bill Russell at 10:29am 09.19.22 Yes, that photo shows what I'm asking about
2 mm halyard leader - Canada jssailem at 9:55am 09.19.22 I like the Dyneema core lines with polyester (Dacron by any other name) covers. You get the strength

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