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Correct H260 rudder rake angle (3) soling42 at 12:00pm 09.17.11 Smaller Boats 8/2194 Need the correct H260 rudder rake angle Damaged the head of the rudder where it contacts the vertic
Battery charger reset? DougMc at 11:08am 09.17.11 Big Boats 2/1507 I have a 04 H-36. The battery switch panel has a reset button for each battery bank. The house batte
Beneteau 331 as coastal cruiser Billy at 11:05am 09.17.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2219 Hello, all. I am new to the forum and look forward to info available here. I have a 2002 Beneteau 33
Sort of a boat related story rgranger at 9:25am 09.17.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1342 A friend sent me this link.... Just loved it and wanted to share... Www.slothster.com/2352-Cat-On-
Remove companionway hatch cover Oday 25 Ritdog at 9:17am 09.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1546 Does anybody know how to take the companionway hatch cover off an Oday 25? I'm assuming you drill o
Texas Sailors merlinuxo at 7:47am 09.17.11 Ask All Sailors 6/1648 Glad to hear Texas is finally getting some rain. Hope it's enough to get you floating again and put
Sun Cover for ST60 Tridata Instrument Rxman47 at 6:23am 09.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1000 If anyone has a sun cover for the old ST60 surface mount Tridata Instrument, I sure would like to bu
prop rotation boxcarbuz at 6:02am 09.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1020 prop rotation on O'Day 37 CC Does anyone that has a O'Day37 CC know which way their the prop shaft
Potable pressure releif valve atwhite2 at 5:47am 09.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1004 In the process of installing an "official" water system in the boat. I purchased a 10 gallon poly ta
Refrigerator conversion Florida sail at 5:46am 09.17.11 Ask All Sailors 22/8429 The, possibly, new boat that I am looking at has an ice box rather than a refrigerator. In my resea
Blue Whales in Redondo Beach Bay (1) caguy at 12:46am 09.17.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2166 I went out last Wednesday on a whale watching tour out of Redondo Harbor. I was able to capture the
Venture 25 Keel Replacement jenquay at 9:29pm 09.16.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1802 Hi, I'm new to MacGregor Owners. We just bought a 1975 Venture 25. The boat, rigging and sails are i
Ensuring a safe Fresh water system Bluewater Sailor at 7:44pm 09.16.11 Big Boats 3/2439 The previous owner of our Catalina 380 did not use the forward water tank and as a result, the condi
Dirty Dinghy rfrye1 at 7:02pm 09.16.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2249 My pvc dinghy is dirty. Kind of sticky gunk that wont come up. I've tried Island Girl products. Acet
Derecktor Shipyard is closed (1) FourPoints at 5:34pm 09.16.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1238 Just came back from the marina where we have a couple new transients that showed up sometime yesterd
Sailing this weekend on lake cumberland (2) allen-deckard at 4:54pm 09.16.11 Catalina 22 5/2095 http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=36.876099,-85.054045'zoom=14'markers=36.876099,-85.
Anyone checking out the America's Cup World Series gghost at 4:28pm 09.16.11 Ask All Sailors 16/3679 Plymouth England, 9 cats from 7 countries, short races and fast boats! http://www.youtube.com/user/A
Fridge Waeco Sailkaz at 4:10pm 09.16.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/2044 Waeco fridge on 2006 Catalina 309 cycles on and off every minute or so under shore power.....does no
Wasp Zapper merlinuxo at 2:05pm 09.16.11 Ask All Sailors 16/2595 I picked up an "electric fly swatter" http://www.harborfreight.com/electronic-fly-swatter-40122.html
Lifting saloon table neilmcc at 1:37pm 09.16.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/1943 Another question about my neglected Hunter 336. She has been sitting out of the water for a few yea

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Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot Leeward Rail at 5:27pm 10.21.22 there are online sources that will tell you which Walmarts Many RV websites show information that
Shore power questions zitiboat at 5:22pm 10.21.22 A little small for live aboard but I had a refrigerator cold panel installed in my insulated cold bi
23.5 lifelines and cabin cushions zitiboat at 5:07pm 10.21.22 Try any Ace Hardware store with the helpful hardware man. He can "nicopress" tail piece fittings or
Hunter 18.5 mast section Z145 sail sfbay at 4:01pm 10.21.22 Ouch!! Contact Rig Rite:www.RigRite.com
23.5 lifelines and cabin cushions Ralph Johnstone at 3:50pm 10.21.22 Lifelines and cushions are generic items and not specific to your Hunter. You will be able to find
Boat damaged by IAN (1) RTsailsJ29 at 2:59pm 10.21.22 Sorry about your damage! My Hunter 18.5 Yikes! was blown off the trailer and broke its mast about 4
Recycled rope (lines) ? dlochner at 2:42pm 10.21.22 looks like they didn't quite get the metric conversion correct... 12 mm is not a 1/2" line, just a
H19 (1994) Standing Rigging - Mast Foot Not Level (1) OceanAnarchy at 2:40pm 10.21.22 Here is the fore-aft level picture as a JPG.
Recycled rope (lines) ? BigEasy at 2:38pm 10.21.22 My original halyards lasted 10 years; think I will stick to a proven product.
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? Hollyberry at 2:01pm 10.21.22 Not as user friendly as today's typical twin-aft-facing grooves, but a narrower crossection foil...
Bed-It Tape is back! ggrizzard at 1:47pm 10.21.22 OUT OF STOCK???? :cuss: NOOOOOOOO!
Alternator (1) Hello Below at 1:38pm 10.21.22 tfox2069 , from the Balmar Max Charge MC614 Manual page 3 describing Terminal 9: "9. POSITIVE VOLTA
CDI FF2 patbratton at 1:34pm 10.21.22 The part shown is a T ball top portion on the forestay. It goes through a black cap that is affixe
Alternator Stu Jackson at 1:28pm 10.21.22 In this diagram it appears to go to the external regulator and then to the house bank (switch is mi
Alternator Maine Sail at 1:21pm 10.21.22 So here's the wiring diagram for a Balmar external alternator regulator from the Balmar manual. Its
H19 (1994) Standing Rigging - Mast Foot Not Level Crazy Dave Condon at 1:03pm 10.21.22 Could not open. Four pictures needed 1. Pictures of port and starboard chainplate Shroud tu
CDI FF2 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:51pm 10.21.22 The part shown is a T ball top portion on the forestay. It goes through a black cap that is affixed
H19 (1994) Standing Rigging - Mast Foot Not Level (1) OceanAnarchy at 12:51pm 10.21.22 Hi All, Thanks for your responses and questions. @CrispyCringle : Since you did not replace the c
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot Tedd at 12:30pm 10.21.22 But as that says... Ask the manager. As I mentioned earlier, that's not really necessary because t
Recycled rope (lines) ? thinwater at 12:11pm 10.21.22 This is also why the sunburned, brittle bottles you find on beaches go in the trash, not the recycle

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