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Anyone redone a cabin sole? ruidh at 4:29am 11.09.11 Ask An Oday Owner 21/6108 This is my next big project and it scares me a little. I think I'm going to have to tackle this beca
Old Boats, Old Friends (2) Roger Long at 3:54am 11.09.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/4518 While waiting for my friend in Saint Michaels, I looked over at a boatyard and was surprised to see
Need owner's manual christaarrabito at 10:38pm 11.08.11 S2 6/2362 We just bought our S2 and have found that the owner's manual has been very badly water damaged. Can
Retire That Silly Worthless Gate Latch (1) Sail123 at 9:01pm 11.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/4324 Retire That Silly Gate Hasp I call this the "The Authentication!" What was Roger thinking anyway
Seeping thru hull valve simplicity at 6:31pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 16/5863 I installed a seawater pump for a new AC unit to an existing 3/4 inch thru hull valve that goes to
Battleship Iowa (2) Johnb at 5:32pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 23/4492 On Sunday I went out from Marina Bay Yacht Harbor in Richmond and was privileged to get to see the I
New Safer Boat Stove RyanHelfrich17 at 5:27pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 37/6817 I am a student at Lehigh University currently working on developing a new type of boat stove that wo
Now working late at night brian3820 at 5:05pm 11.08.11 Big Boats 1/1047 In an effort to get the exterior done before the snow fly's, I am now reduced to working at night af
trying to remove stuffing box from first42 CrazyLegs at 4:30pm 11.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1559 New to us boat = new to us problems. We want to change the stuffing box on our 1984 Beneteau First 4
Small Craft Advisor article BrokeNotBroken at 4:09pm 11.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2241 I wrote an article, "My First Sail" for Small Craft Advisor and they just printed it in issue #72, p
Halyard exit plates (1) guidera48 at 3:34pm 11.08.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1464 I have two exit plates that I have replaced while re building my mast. They look original and have 2
Peaking Roger Long at 3:34pm 11.08.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2292 Occasionally, in this cruising life, everything comes together in a period of such beauty and intens
Pearson 34-II Drawer System Joe11776 at 1:47pm 11.08.11 Pearson 1/1655 Anyone know if the manufacturer of the drawer system for the drawers under the owners' birth for the
Lacquer Sticks For Interior Wood Repairs Ducati at 1:41pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1745 As I have said earlier, the inside cabinets took a beating this season. I spotted a set of 12 col
Fuel Locker for O'Day 25 (1976) Gudenuph at 1:10pm 11.08.11 Lake Murray Catalina Owners 0/36825 It's my understanding that later models of the O'Day 25 have a fuel locker under the stbd seat in t
Ice box will not drain amberjack915 at 1:07pm 11.08.11 Bigger Boats 7/2479 My wife and I purchased an O'Day 280 this past September (2011). Very nice boat and we are enjoying
Rub rails: To seal or not to seal? rognvald at 11:30am 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2564 Is there a benefit to seal the upper and lower edge of an existing rubrail (where it abuts the hull)
Looking at a C&C 34+ sailingdeac at 6:53am 11.08.11 C&C 2/7559 I am very interested in an available 1990 C'C 34+ Any helpful information will be greatlyl apprec
Time for CNG Conversion to Propane?? Old Sailor 2 at 6:47am 11.08.11 Big Boats 20/7026 I am just now getting into sailing our new older boat which is outfitted with CNG for stove. I find
Airmar PB150 weatherstation alexco38 at 6:09am 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2590 Has anyone use an AIRMAR PB150 with a Raymarine ST60 Plus wind display? Here's the link to Airmar

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Filling Instrument Holes Joe at 10:01pm 11.10.22 I wish I had time to find the article, but it is there on youtube. In this case, the repair was don
Lithium Installation for Legend 40.5? Rich Stidger at 9:17pm 11.10.22 Rich Impressed with the genset install. I was going to put in a FP 4 kw unit, which just would have
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! jssailem at 9:12pm 11.10.22 feel like we are being pranked What was you first clue? The size of the prop in comparison to the
Holding Tank Ventilation Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:48pm 11.10.22 All tank vents--fuel, water and waste-- have two functions: to provide an escape for air displaced
Folding Prop Verdict artboas at 8:18pm 11.10.22 After a Summer and Fall with our new Gori folding prop we feel like we can make some judgements abo
Lithium Installation for Legend 40.5? artboas at 8:14pm 11.10.22 I have four 6-volt FLA batteries in the port lazarette and a 5KW Westerbeke generator in the starbo
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater mermike at 7:52pm 11.10.22 I've got a drain at the elbow leaving the heater. And definitely next time. Or next boat.
GPS antenna on Hunter 23 rgranger at 7:52pm 11.10.22 Thanks. The picture helps alot. Is that a vhf antenna on top of the gps antenna? Yes
Looking for a used trailer for a1990 C22 wing keel Salty Jack at 7:05pm 11.10.22 Thank you Tedd. I will keep this in mind.
Filling Instrument Holes dlochner at 6:58pm 11.10.22 The inside of the bulkhead appears to be covered in vinyl, there will be no matching that. To fill
Happy Birthday Marines (1) WayneH at 6:56pm 11.10.22 From my marine stepson.
Filling Instrument Holes Davidasailor26 at 6:55pm 11.10.22 BoatworksToday is a very handy YouTube channel for this kind of thing. This video in particular shou
Black Widow vs VC-17M? dlochner at 6:53pm 11.10.22
Happy Birthday Marines Justin_NSA at 6:19pm 11.10.22 Semper Fi VMCJ1, VMFP3
Marina pump out broken when hauled out--help to pump out at home Eileen14284 at 6:13pm 11.10.22 Lots of good ideas here for us to try. As Tally Ho said we don't have overboard discharge or a mace
Filling Instrument Holes shank at 6:08pm 11.10.22 No, sorry, I wasn't clear. I just want to glass over them to match the rest of the cockpit wall. Tha
Happy Birthday Marines FDL S2 at 6:08pm 11.10.22 Happy Birthday Marines! Semper Fi
Holding Tank Ventilation Tedd at 6:08pm 11.10.22 Thanks for the reply, @Peggie Hall HeadMistress . I feel like I may not have explained my system ver
Sanitation hose recommendation requested artboas at 5:59pm 11.10.22 If the hose could normally be done in 1.5 without additional fittings, adding a reducing coupler ju
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Ralph Johnstone at 5:55pm 11.10.22 Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely Compared to that prop, having NO prop would be

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