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Thru hull strainer (4) All U Get at 9:28am 04.21.11 Ask All Sailors 14/5199 Hi all, After reading all the posts about strainers I decided to check mine. Four little screws were
Main Sheet Activity Long Story at 8:07am 04.21.11 Catalina 310 14/3456 Hi Just closed on my, new to me 2001 Catalina 310. I see a lot of good information out there, some
Had my first article published (1) DannyS at 7:32am 04.21.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2186 Check out Good Old Boat magazine this month... I had my first article published on how I built my ra
Lowrance HDS-5 owners? doehunter at 6:13am 04.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 25/4324 I started a new thread because I didn't get the other unit, and it doesn't need to be referred to.
Stepping the mast Saturday FourPoints at 6:05am 04.21.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1826 Boat is getting launched Tomorrow afternoon, planning to step the mast around lunch time Saturday.
Dumb question from new-to-outboards JMolare at 5:56am 04.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 6/3054 After many years on the water with diesels I downsized to a b27 and am coming up to speed on my 80's
Mainsail Cover Measurements? ChockFullOnuts222 at 5:00am 04.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1050 Hi guys, I'm hoping that a fellow MacGregor 25 owner can help me out here. My M25 didn't come wit
Sherwood Water Pump Replacement Bolts bobgelb@gmail.com at 4:07am 04.21.11 Catalina 310 6/2942 Taking out the three bolts on my Sherwood Water Pump was hell. In doing so, I stripped out the threa
Anybody ever use "Vertglas #1" for oxidation removal? Jared1048 at 12:06am 04.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1721 I'm working on restoring the shine on the fiberglass and am not sure the best way. This Vertglas stu
Standing rigging replacement, unstep or not Endurance2010 at 10:28pm 04.20.11 Big Boats 6/2886 Has anyone replaced their standing rigging on the mast, without unstepping the mast? I really don't
Stirring the anchor pot - 310 version rpwillia at 8:17pm 04.20.11 Catalina 310 2/1802 Has anyone mounted a Manson Supreme anchor on their 310 and how does it fit? I am referring to the S
recommendations on a dingy and Torqeedo electric motor luken7 at 8:06pm 04.20.11 Ask All Sailors 11/6012 I had posted this on other forums but want as much feedback as possible. We got our Bene 361 last su
Sealant for teak bowlinguy800 at 7:58pm 04.20.11 Catalina 22 4/1661 Hey everyone, After I have refinished the teak trim on my Catalina 22 I need a sealant around the e
Key West and Dry Tortugas seadaddler at 7:48pm 04.20.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2501 Well still cleaning all the salt from our trip to Tarpon Springs and getting her ready for our trip
Raising the mast Stepping Stone at 7:19pm 04.20.11 Day Sailers 15/6597 Can anyone give me the dimensions of the metal triangular plate that attaches to the sidestay for th
Strain relief for anchor light wire? (1) Cool Beans at 6:55pm 04.20.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2826 This is question. . .6? of 462 I think :dance: Thanks for your patience ;) See picture below. I
Bilge Wire installation FourPoints at 6:29pm 04.20.11 Musings With Maine Sail 15/6830 Maine, My boat didn't come with an electric bilge pump originally, so I'm in the process of instal
Oberdorfer seals/Air cleaner Mitch at 5:41pm 04.20.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1950 Hello all. Hope your all doing well. Boat was launched last Friday and burried with snow Monday. I l
Maritime Moblie sullyj020 at 5:34pm 04.20.11 SSB and Ham Operators 1/7566 Taking the new TS-590 and an Outbacker on the lake this weekend. Listen for me on 7.200.....73's K
Quiet Flush Toilets? Really...? av8tor1 at 5:31pm 04.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1778

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Hi I just purchased a hunter legend 40 87 model with a yammer 4jh engine has a b control panel that is the proper way to start it up an shut it off Tally Ho at 7:50pm 05.31.22
New Catalina 30 Owner (4) mikeracca at 7:50pm 05.31.22 So I mentioned before that my muffler needed some repairs. I gave it a good bath then I dug out the
Charging from a tow vehicle AlanSD at 7:46pm 05.31.22 The Victron Smart Orions do not have a setting for reduced current, it would always want to put out
Hi I just purchased a hunter legend 40 87 model with a yammer 4jh engine has a b control panel that is the proper way to start it up an shut it off kloudie1 at 7:36pm 05.31.22
Beneteau 323 mystery through-hull part Davidasailor26 at 7:20pm 05.31.22 Perfect - thank you! One quick follow-up. Can you post a link to the spare parts site that you use.
Max prop issues kloudie1 at 7:15pm 05.31.22 LH prop on a Right Hand application? Sounds like the blades are going to the wrong position when un-
Beneteau 323 mystery through-hull part nitrogenase at 7:11pm 05.31.22 Perfect - thank you! One quick follow-up. Can you post a link to the spare parts site that you use.
Beneteau 323 mystery through-hull part Davidasailor26 at 7:05pm 05.31.22
Screwed through the hull dlochner at 6:27pm 05.31.22 "I would not use butyl to close the end of the hole as it will be difficult to insert the butyl and
Screwed through the hull dmax at 6:24pm 05.31.22 "I would not use butyl to close the end of the hole as it will be difficult to insert the butyl and
Screwed through the hull tenacex at 6:16pm 05.31.22 Amazing. I will give it a go this fall! Scared to drill a hole through the hull but this makes sense
Screwed through the hull dlochner at 6:09pm 05.31.22 I'd drill it out to a quarter inch and use West System GFlex. It is a good epoxy and you will find m
Screwed through the hull tenacex at 6:04pm 05.31.22 Ok great thank you. The hole is incredibly tiny, a standard wood deck screw size. Maybe 1/20 of an i
What is this? DianaOfBurlington at 5:55pm 05.31.22 I have since received education about the solar-charging controller that renders a bit of what I sai
Ballast tank Crazy Dave Condon at 5:53pm 05.31.22 Do tie off the trailer winch handle just in case the winch lock fails as it happened to me. Once th
Kanzaki transmission dip stick svCasaMia at 5:53pm 05.31.22 The manual I just downloaded was for a ton of different Kanzaki transmissions. This is the text: T
Block Specifications JoeWhite at 5:43pm 05.31.22 If it cannot lift a person it does not belong on a boat.
Screwed through the hull dlochner at 5:40pm 05.31.22 Wow that is great news! Just to confirm, the exterior is inaccessible so it will just some epoxy ha
Laser crazing - is this a problem dlochner at 5:29pm 05.31.22
Block Specifications Davidasailor26 at 5:25pm 05.31.22

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