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Hey Keith, I cutta hole in my boat too and more (8) RBone at 7:12pm 05.03.11 Day Sailers 3/1927 Back in late '08 when I started repairing Pronto I found rotted core under the mast step. http://fa
Dinghy Davits - Another Post (2) stephen Penny at 6:36pm 05.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/3571
Sealing Deck Penetrations to Prevent Core Rot Bob S at 6:21pm 05.03.11 Musings With Maine Sail 2/4164 Maine, I appreciate the time you take in helping us through all our boat maintenance chores. I am ad
Stack Pack vs. In-mast furling jgortych at 6:14pm 05.03.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 4/6091 We have a Seldon in-mast furling system with an original Catalina factory mainsail on our 309. We ha
Star Wars Day Freedom77 at 6:12pm 05.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1274 Don't Forget Tomorrow Is Star Wars Day!! May The Fourth Be With You:) Fair Winds And Full Sails...
To Do List Roger Long at 5:55pm 05.03.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/4558 I just had to cross post this reply in a thread over on Maine Sail's section which turned into a To
the adventure continues..LOL zeehag at 5:03pm 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3577 will leave ensenada finally on may 5th before sunset---- wont be able to post pix until sometime in
Can't shift into gear ? dlewis812 at 4:48pm 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 8/4235 Launched today. Got everything cleaned up, rigged etc. Ready to pull away from the marina to move
Can you tell me what these things are? (1) ejet99 at 4:15pm 05.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/5087 This is the mast and boom of a 1973 Venture 2-24 . I sailed this boat last year but I still don't kn
'83 H31 Curtain sliders for plastic track tinkicker78 at 3:29pm 05.03.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/2664 Taking delivery of a new to me H31 in two weeks (still in the yard for some upgrades and repairs) an
Sunscreen Ruins White Shirts Ducati at 3:20pm 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2496 Have not seen the sun in months but whenever it reappears I always use sunscreen. (as per orders fro
Wet Cushions... Patrick S/V Shangra-La at 2:54pm 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 12/6378 I got my v-birth cushions wet with salt water, and you know how salt attracts moisture. So I remove
Real Time Wind Prediction For Mac Users Ducati at 2:32pm 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1726 I probably asked this before but I'm looking for a real-time wind prediction technology that can be
swim ladder pad replacement? doehunter at 2:19pm 05.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1542 Hey guys, One of my pads came off on the way home last time out and I've been looking around for ne
Bent strut Val at 1:45pm 05.03.11 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2325 Does anyone know of a company that can make a strut for an 85 h37c? I believe it is the Dahmer sail
leakage Hunter 34 (2) marginal at 12:34pm 05.03.11 Big Boats 10/3963 Hello to all, I have issues with interior cabin leakage. Leak is located on port side, on the shel
how do I remove vinyl tape stripes? jamesstrobel at 12:08pm 05.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/9005 I need to remove then replace the decorative Hunter blue vinyl tape stripes that are on the cabin po
Cleaning up Cetol peterbud at 11:15am 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 6/5061 While doing my Teak I spilt some cetol. Dose anyone know what I can use to remove it from the Gel co
Dock Bumper/liners or fenders paul1938 at 11:10am 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 8/4438 I have a 34 footer and I am currently in a slip which is about 2 to 3 foot wider than my beam at doc
Stupid question 1874-B dscribner at 11:05am 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 39/6204 Ok, why do sailboats use diesel while many stink-potters use gasoline? That said, what would be wron

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Island Time Progress report (1) CaptainRed at 5:05pm 09.01.22 Side view of panel shows the extra clearance I got from downsizing the destroyer wheel to 22". Just
Island Time Progress report (1) CaptainRed at 5:02pm 09.01.22 Instrument panel back. The lowest part of the back section blocks view down into the cabin, and bl
Testing coolant pump? CowboyWay at 4:55pm 09.01.22 Oh, and is just the tach needle dropping, or is the engine actually starting to stall? If you have
Island Time Progress report (1) CaptainRed at 4:53pm 09.01.22 Instrument Panel front. 99% finished.
Ideas to reinforce outboard bracket for trailering azsailing at 4:49pm 09.01.22 Is the bracket the motor's on really worth the trouble? I had the motor mounted directly to the tra
Propane pressure gauge smokey73 at 4:41pm 09.01.22 Excellent question! I'd like to hear from someone who's tried. I don't know if it would be accura
Propane pressure gauge Head Sail at 4:21pm 09.01.22 Could you not use a non-contact temperature gun to see where the temperature changes on the surface
2 year old Diesel Stabilzer Richard19068 at 3:29pm 09.01.22
Catalina 18 - Advice on mast raising? MarkHejtmanek at 3:10pm 09.01.22 Thanks Andrew - much appreciated basics! I'll get a number of opportunities to sort out the process
Propane pressure gauge Ralph Johnstone at 3:06pm 09.01.22 But enough info on the post to meet most boaters needs. I don't want to know what the hell any b
Invest 91L kappykaplan at 2:54pm 09.01.22 Confirmed fish storm, Danielle.
Just a little surface rust kappykaplan at 2:39pm 09.01.22 This looks innocent enough. But it's not... Definitely not! :beer:
Just a little surface rust dlochner at 2:36pm 09.01.22 Yep, been replacing my cheap HW store clamps with the Scandvik clamps on essential systems. A couple
How worried should I be about the Home Depot technique for crimping stainless wire? thinwater at 2:29pm 09.01.22 All sorts of cute sollutions (I would go with Dyneema if I did not have the proper crimper, and prob
Hunter Hull laid up Crazy Dave Condon at 2:28pm 09.01.22 @DOCKHAND Never heard back. If you can be more specific as to model and year, damage and/or conc
Propane pressure gauge JamesG161 at 2:24pm 09.01.22 suppose an apology is in order Apology Accepted. I saw the switching back and forth between Weight
How worried should I be about the Home Depot technique for crimping stainless wire? dlochner at 1:59pm 09.01.22 The issue with the bulldog clamps and Nico press style swaging is attaching the stud that needs to
How worried should I be about the Home Depot technique for crimping stainless wire? tfox2069 at 1:55pm 09.01.22 Thanks for all the advice everyone. I will probably use the $6 solution for this long weekend trip,
How worried should I be about the Home Depot technique for crimping stainless wire? dlochner at 1:43pm 09.01.22 The issue with the bulldog clamps and Nico press style swaging is attaching the stud that needs to g
This could have Merit (or: look what followed me home) rgranger at 1:41pm 09.01.22 I am hoping that I can properly (and reasonably) fix the trunk so I can continue sailing this wond

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