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God protects children, drunks, and fools. (1) kpgraci at 8:15pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 22/4957
Speeding up brass polishing njl at 8:13pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2866 I have 12 brass portholes that the PO neglected pretty badly. Today I worked away with a copper wire
Gluing Polyethylene ......................... Ralph Johnstone at 7:40pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 14/7499 I am looking at trying to attach a small 1/2" thick plate to the top of a 3/16" polyethylene potable
Demensions for the main sheet MLampner at 7:33pm 11.13.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1440 Oes anyone know the spec on the main sheet on a hunter 30 from 1977. Mine is in need of replacement.
Battery box? ami342 at 6:35pm 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1813 Hi Folks, Does an Oday 22 owner know where the battery originally was located ? I have a wiring n
Lowering a mast Bill Ellis at 6:03pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/4944 I would like to lower the mast on my 1985 Hunter 25.5. The mast is pinned to the cabin top. By remov
Installing inboaard motor on an O'day 23 AWalker at 5:55pm 11.13.11 Day Sailers 11/3776 I have been toying with the idea of putting an electric motor inboard on my O'Day 23. I ran across a
Mac 25 Electrical acox271929 at 4:50pm 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2073 I have a 1984 Mac 25. Need electrical schematic if someone has one. Thanks, Al Cox
The expanding bunk on the old Hunter 30 rochesterdriver at 4:43pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2179 Yep, it's a 78 model, Cherubini of course. There is no evidence that there was ever any fold out,
Slogging Roger Long at 4:21pm 11.13.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2812
Hunter 340 Mainsheet Replacement broble at 2:37pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1320 I recently purchased a Hunter 340 and on the trip home from San Diego the mainsheet let go. It shatt
Hunter 410 Blower Don Lucas at 1:46pm 11.13.11 Big Boats 3/1141 My 410 has a Blower breaker and there's wires to it. But to date I haven't seen a blower in the boat
H22 asy spi cabbyjprs at 10:43am 11.13.11 Smaller Boats 1/1428 Going 7.5 kts spi, jib and main sail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dnvjKhmPQ'feature=youtube_gd
Preparing to Head South From Puerto Montt Sequitur at 10:01am 11.13.11 Big Boats 0/878 I have just added a new post to our blog at: Preparing to Leave Puerto Montt There is a lot of info
All i want for xmas is 40+ feet of water. gabriel.donnelly at 9:04am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1805 My lake is dry, my marina is gone. The Knotty Girl is somewhere out there down the channel couple mi
Sail types - ratio? voltzwgn at 9:02am 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1470 Ok I'm sure the question will give it away but I'm pretty new to sailing at leasrat at more than a c
SIMONIZ ROYALE MARINE cleaner/wax VBJOEY at 8:59am 11.13.11 Day Sailers 0/2304 Why can't I find one thread on this product? I've kept an old can for many, many years and just tri
Engine odor... Doug/Karen at 7:59am 11.13.11 Big Boats 8/3580 As we prepare to close the boat for the season, we bring home several items of bath and bed linens.
Replaceing halyard mike pace at 7:38am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1999
Cockpit floor repair captdaveglass at 5:52am 11.13.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1866 Having started the job and determining that the plywood under the top surface does not extend to the

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First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 5:34am 11.14.22 You're going to love the P42. Great boat, easy to sail, stiff and fast. We purchased our 1991 model
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 5:26am 11.14.22 Thank you, John for updating the forum for me. We are in our designated slip in Cape Marina, finally
Engineless.... stickinthemud57 at 5:04am 11.14.22 Terry's comments are spot on. I look back on the days I sailed my dad's boats in and out of their s
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. Crazy Dave Condon at 5:00am 11.14.22 @isaksp00 is correct using the location of baby stay. Catalina Sport 22 had a mast raise system alo
Galley table question. kellerd at 4:58am 11.14.22 Had the same problem on my Hunter 35.5. The rust was on the lower sleeve that travels the post at th
Engineless.... Terry Cox at 4:56am 11.14.22 Mariners have sailed their engineless ships for eons, but usually had crews that kept them in safe w
CDI FF2 Crazy Dave Condon at 4:50am 11.14.22 @Brian M H23 said it very well. Thank you
Marina pump out broken when hauled out--help to pump out at home Crazy Dave Condon at 4:46am 11.14.22 Hunter 260 had an option for a marine head with a 20 gallon holding tank. The tank has a vent. No m
Mystery O-ring Crazy Dave Condon at 4:33am 11.14.22 A private message was sent to the poster with no response back. The deck portion of the boat inclu
Older Car 27: any ideas on how to open up the space? xavpil at 4:27am 11.14.22
Older Car 27: any ideas on how to open up the space? xavpil at 4:26am 11.14.22 some thoughts for sailing on lake michigan: jon thanks Jon. Those were well explained thoughts.
Engineless.... dlochner at 4:18am 11.14.22 The watermaker won't make much water without a diesel running to make electricity. Have you checked
Engineless.... kloudie1 at 4:07am 11.14.22 Yup. If you plan to primarily daysail coastally, an aux engine is probably your best choice, especi
Engineless.... garymalmgren at 4:05am 11.14.22 There's a famous sailor(he's name escapes me) that has been sailing almost forever without an engine
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Baby Sea Wolf at 2:31am 11.14.22 I end up taking the entire unit out. So I can fix that condensation problem because of poor build q
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Maine Sail at 2:12am 11.14.22 I would suggest startin your research here: https://marinehowto.com/drop-in-lifepo4-be-an-educated*
Engineless.... Joe at 1:12am 11.14.22 Josh Slocum sailed around the world without an engine or a watermaker. More recently, so have the Pa
Garhauer sale Dalliance at 11:42pm 11.13.22
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic artboas at 10:29pm 11.13.22 Similar to Maverick I plan on making the change to lithium lifepo4 this winter. To help with my pla
Engineless.... jssailem at 10:29pm 11.13.22 Choices are between a rebuild diesel or a desalinator. Why do you need either of these selections?

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