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home built forward hatch hellerjo at 5:38am 06.08.11 Smaller Boats 0/1057 Has any one out there built a hatch. What material should be used? Fiberglass, lexan, wood,etc. T
Chainplates (1) furdui at 10:39pm 06.07.11 Yamaha 28/9433 Hi,yamahanians,I am new at this forum,but I own a Yamaha 25 MkII for about 10 years (and for that re
Gas Spring lifts Mark Juetten at 9:46pm 06.07.11 Big Boats 5/1701 Would like help locating source for Gas spring lifts for icebox on 96 376 Thanks
Portable AC Bad Obsession at 9:03pm 06.07.11 Ask All Sailors 15/8325 I am thinking about getting a portable AC to cool my Catalina 30. I have seen some posts about this
Quiet Mast? Happy Dolphin at 8:08pm 06.07.11 Day Sailers 3/1563 Applied copper pipe insulation tubes into my mast to silence the Bell Clapping from the newly instal
Pearson 33 Spinnaker Bail JTL1017 at 7:16pm 06.07.11 Pearson 2/2390 I need to hook up a spinnaker bail at the top of my mast. I have a Pearson 33 1987. Has anybody done
Electric Winch stephen Penny at 7:13pm 06.07.11 Big Boats 5/2245 Can the forum offer any advise installing an electric winch conversion kit onto a Lewmar 40 and 44 o
Painting the deck. MalibuC at 7:03pm 06.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1501 Getting ready to take ownership of a 1984 Hunter 31 that I would like to put a fresh coat of deck pa
New Radio sullyj020 at 6:59pm 06.07.11 SSB and Ham Operators 1/4642 Have you seen the new KX3 portable? This will be great for the boat. Built in Batt, Mic and Ant. Fu
Hunter 18.5 Mast TrailerSailingSam at 5:25pm 06.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1566 Does anyone know the brand name of the mast for the Hunter 18.5 sailboats? I'm trying to find th
Battery cables simplicity at 4:19pm 06.07.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4091 Would you agree that #4 wire battery cables is sufficient for a Universal M25 Diesel with a total le
Zincs and where are they located? simplicity at 4:16pm 06.07.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1236 I have an O'Day 34 which I recently purchased and would like to know if anyone knows if there are sa
Universal M25 Diesel Starter simplicity at 3:14pm 06.07.11 Ask All Sailors 3/10489 Does anyone know about how many amps a Universal M25 diesel starter uses? I want to replace my battt
Cabin table DanCurilla at 3:10pm 06.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1220 Building a new cabin table for 2006 hunter 31. I am looking where to purchase the female post end th
Sail Trim Question Don Guillette at 3:09pm 06.07.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 29/15968 There is a great sailing picture on the home page of this site shown under the heading "trim to cour
whisker pole, fixed mounted ring Ken1492 at 3:07pm 06.07.11 Big Boats 3/2384 Looking to add mast mounted fixed ring whisker pole mount to my boat. To date, I have not been able
Desperate For Toe Rail Cap joelmcc at 2:48pm 06.07.11 Parts Search 1/2498 I tried this before and got links to TACO metals site. They got nothing. Anybody out there know wher
accumulator tank richk at 1:04pm 06.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1178 My H35 has original qest (quest?) fittings in the pressurized potable water system. I'd like to ins
The very rich mans "trailer boat" (1) soling42 at 1:03pm 06.07.11 Trailer Sailors 5/4278 Just back from a cruise(ship) to Barcelona where we docked near a ship that my envious mind wanted t
Stern pulpit (1) AADIVER at 12:29pm 06.07.11 Catalina 30 17/5714 My wife had trouble climbing over the crossbar connecting the port and starboard stern pulpit sectio

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Replace grunert 110v with 12v system testimonies nxavierm at 9:58am 08.22.22 Nick, about 5 years ago we also replaced our Grunert 110V refrigeration with a Sea Frost 12V system
Fuel Vacuum Gauge JamesG161 at 9:51am 08.22.22 "high-grade cellulose and synthetic nanofibers" filter media I doubt fiber breakdown is ever a pro
AIS question JoeWhite at 9:13am 08.22.22 There are 2 types of antennas. If you remove the coax that is connected to your antenna on the mast
Fuel Vacuum Gauge (1) jssailem at 9:03am 08.22.22 You post a good question. I have always used the vaccum guage as a guide to contamination. If you ha
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 8:57am 08.22.22 Good point. Many sailors put on larger halyards figuring that it will reduce streatch but the mast
AIS question Hello Below at 8:52am 08.22.22 What does the performance monitor software (ProAIS2) tell you?
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 8:45am 08.22.22 Leo, you must live with my wife's long lost twin sister. I feel your pain, man. :poke: -Will
Fuel Vacuum Gauge (1) Hello Below at 8:45am 08.22.22 le devil, I used to religiously replaced my Racor primary filter on an annual basis. Not no more.
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 chriscampbell at 8:44am 08.22.22 Is it possible to route the wire through another path? I'm not familiar with the 240 specifically b
Hunter 49 Instrument / Engine panel tkwhalen at 8:43am 08.22.22 Thank you to all that sent the labeling info ... I read it and said oh yeah that's what that was ...
Two Things Hunter 49 jssailem at 8:39am 08.22.22 Congrats to you for these accomplishments. It is a great feeling when a plan comes together and is
AIS question jssailem at 8:36am 08.22.22 Does the VHF radio work with the new antenna? Your AIS transceiver uses nearly the same broadcast f
Mattapoisett boatyard fire (1) Bob S at 8:30am 08.22.22 I got an email from Dave this morning. I had a mooring there for 7 years, great bunch of people in a
Any woodworkers about? Will Gilmore at 8:17am 08.22.22 There is a slight camber to the coachroof. When I lay a straightedge on the roof, the center of the
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! kloudie1 at 8:17am 08.22.22 I think I knew that guy.. I saw him on his new catamaran smoking a cigarette, calmly putting gasolin
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 jssailem at 8:15am 08.22.22 Richard19068 said: "You don't have to use that gate very often" This is true. You can also make a n
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! jssailem at 8:02am 08.22.22
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Ralph Johnstone at 7:58am 08.22.22 Do you enjoy math? Here is a link about how floating was invented. Don't believe in these fershlu
C&C 29 MkII Traveler and tracks and car blocker sail sfbay at 7:28am 08.22.22 Welcome to the forum!! Looks like the traveler in front of the companionway. Long shot............
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 BOSSailor at 7:26am 08.22.22 Is it possible to route the wire through another path? I'm not familiar with the 240 specifically bu

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