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A Little Off The Top - Cabinless 17' DS arswann77 at 2:47pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 26/8739 Greetings all, New to the forum, so bear with me... A neighbor gave me his 1977 O'Day 17' DS.
Anchor Light Replacement JeffThompson at 2:10pm 09.11.11 Big Boats 6/2492 Unfortunately, the anchor light on our 2005 Hunter 38 has decided to go out. Instead of going all t
Close off mast slot opening David W at 2:02pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 29/7171 Greetings all, my wife and I sail Crown 34; 1978 IOR hull design, large fore triangle, smaller main.
Compass Calibration Sailgunner at 1:45pm 09.11.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2135 My compass is reading about 15 degrees different than my GPSs so I assume I need to calibrate my com
Swing keel Mark Waters at 1:24pm 09.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1663 Where can I get a refurb or new swing keel for my Mac 22? I have a keel from a 25' Mac, both are Ven
Rigging GotKnots at 1:01pm 09.11.11 Com-Pac 2/3835 Hello, I'm new to the forum and to sailing. Just bought a Comapct 16 ('81.) Need some info on riggin
Anchor on a 30 tall rig (1) BillyK at 12:39pm 09.11.11 Catalina 30 17/9771 43537.vB Has anyone installed an anchor holder on the front of their 30 tall rig? We've anchored a
Anybody use cushions on your 170 or 18? ddeand at 12:08pm 09.11.11 Day Sailers 1/1652 Just wondering if any of you have used cushions on the seats. My wife might like them on out boat.
Ice Box williammarshall at 11:48am 09.11.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1169 I am considering putting in refrigeration......but. Has anyone taken the old ice box out, or at lea
Monterey Ca, littlescoop at 11:16am 09.11.11 Catalina 22 6/1277 Looking for some one in Monterey California with a C22 Swing keal.. Would like to meet up and take a
Spinnaker dimensions for 2004 H41 AC ice breaker at 11:01am 09.11.11 Big Boats 9/2236 I am looking at buying a used a-spinnaker for my H41. Does anybody have a spinnaker that they could
Boat Ramp Blues. (1) BadMoon at 9:52am 09.11.11 Trailer Sailors 13/6345 I thought I was see things..... 0 Point Marina double boat ramp on Lake Onatario, I had a chuckle w
H376 Shower Sump Discharge "hole" rfrye1 at 9:49am 09.11.11 Big Boats 6/1768 My H376 shower sump shoots straight out all over the dock. Not an issue at my marina since I dont sh
Raw water stink sailcruiser at 8:56am 09.11.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 22/8928 Hello head mistress, I have a new to me boat with a much different setup than I've ever had for th
Stalling engine Hal B at 8:54am 09.11.11 Catalina 30 23/4569 I need help! Our 1995 Catalina 30 MkIII is having engine probs. Last week while coming home from ou
Repacement Deck hatch for my Balboa 22 coester at 8:32am 09.11.11 Balboa 1/2614 I am a new owner of a 1980 Balboa 22 Windrose swing keel. I need to replace the Plexiglass deck hatc
Sealing H23 chain plates isaksp00 at 8:02am 09.11.11 Smaller Boats 1/1264 We got a lot of rain in the NE Pennsylvania area from Irene and then moisture sucked in by the next
New Guy in Texas ishmael3 at 7:53am 09.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2193 Hi, not sure if this is the correct place to post this. The drought here in Texas has dried up My sa
Thinking of adding batteries - but where? redunculous at 6:37am 09.11.11 Big Boats 2/1137 Hi all I'm thinking about adding 2 x 6volt trojan batteries to my house banks. I already have 4 of
Cracked Head Scott F. Murphy at 11:51pm 09.10.11 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1970 I recently learned that my old 2QM15 has a cracked head. Thought it was just a matter of a valve job

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Anyone in PEI CA willing to check a boat out? Leeward Rail at 6:55am 09.24.22 Why not hire a professional surveyor? The future financial savings will more than compensate for the
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean Don S/V ILLusion at 6:41am 09.24.22 Hi again... Things I could do to my 1985 Pearson 303 to make it safer for Bahamas/Caribbean journey
Persistent Fresh Water Leak RoyS at 6:38am 09.24.22 Instead of wiggling hose connections, simply tighten all of them at least once a year. Purchase flex
MK1 interior rearrangment. pete c at 6:26am 09.24.22 Geeze guys, don't hold back. Tell me what you really think!!!! :D Thanks for your honest replies.
Rebedding Catalina 310 chainplates with the mast up Tally Ho at 6:04am 09.24.22
Fischer panda generator Question artboas at 6:04am 09.24.22 If it worky fine, no fixy needed. The lift pump on our Genset (three cylinder Kubota) brings fuel f
suggestions to try for : my brand new New Yanmar 1 Gm10 which won't start. ? Tally Ho at 6:01am 09.24.22 A Diesel engine needs 3 things to run: -Fuel - have you verified fuel is getting to the injectors?
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit artboas at 5:55am 09.24.22 so we've finished our install of the Candy Smart 5kg front loader and it's a perfect fit and fits t
Invest 98L smokey73 at 5:43am 09.24.22 Dammit Jim, hope you are doing well this morning. Any perspectives. I am supposed to attend a "bea
05 H36 Non-technical question on B&R rig artboas at 5:39am 09.24.22
H49/H50 main sheet input artboas at 5:30am 09.24.22
H49 Deck Dorade / Cowl vents artboas at 5:05am 09.24.22
H34 Companionway Doors artboas at 4:52am 09.24.22
Thru-hull discussion - Upgrades and issues Hayden Watson at 4:47am 09.24.22 Here is a link to a very long thread that has a full discussion of the problems and fixes that I wen
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean dlochner at 4:45am 09.24.22 There's a big difference between going to the Bahamas, a long day sail from Florida or to the Caribb
Thru-hull discussion - Upgrades and issues Hayden Watson at 4:17am 09.24.22 I upgraded all four on my Mk2 C30 to those thru-hulls a year ago and am very happy with them. One t
Help Me Choose A Boat !! Davidasailor26 at 4:05am 09.24.22
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean kappykaplan at 3:28am 09.24.22 What electronics do you currently have? Is the deck rigged for jacklines? Is the main rigged for r
Help Me Choose A Boat !! petecasey at 12:05am 09.24.22 Lots of you are raising good points. It is tough to decide on a boat when on the one hand I want to
It's a good thing that I checked the web site! Kings Gambit at 11:23pm 09.23.22 Just tonight returned from two weeks at Santa Cruz Island; 10 hr of motoring to get back here. Our p

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