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Trident 148 DannyS at 2:13pm 04.26.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2542 Hey Peggy, I read in the archives that you recommend Trident 148 for the vent hose but SBO doesn't s
starting battery for beneteau first 32.5 1989 gkahn at 1:59pm 04.26.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2066 In my 89 Beneteau First 32.5 I have one battery in the battery compartment. It seems that there is n
Need Help Identifying Ladder Bracket (1) onymous at 11:42am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2430 Try as I may, I cannot find any information on the source of the ladder bracket pictured. There are
Rare view of Catalina check valve (3) paulj at 11:33am 04.26.11 Catalina 310 4/2898 Removed this check valve from the end of the manual aux bildge pump hose. paulj :troll:
Ratsey taken to task FourPoints at 10:30am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1609 Came across this old newspaper article from 1903 when searching for something else about City Island
Help with measurement of opening port on 40.5 PrincessoftheLake at 10:04am 04.26.11 Big Boats 8/2048 Last year one of our charter guests somehow managed to break the strut that opens the overhead hatch
Footing Off Don Guillette at 9:32am 04.26.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 29/37055 I get most of the questions that come up on the forum from listers I talk to or from personal emails
Mast Cleanup charles baird at 9:02am 04.26.11 Big Boats 2/1293 My Mast is looking a little ratty with old tape from winter storage and scratches is there a cleaner
Mainsail Dimensions gabriel.donnelly at 8:37am 04.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/3930 Hey anyone know or know where I can get the sail Dimensions online... A guy offered to send me a us
How to stop the sail from binding on a hunter 45 margotlevy@telus.net at 8:36am 04.26.11 Big Boats 5/2348 Hi there anyone got any great input for stopping the sail from binding at the batten points? We just
God forsaken curved port lights for a 1988 hunter legend 45 margotlevy@telus.net at 8:27am 04.26.11 Big Boats 5/2579 Does anyone have a line on the fixed port lights with a curvature to the top quarter for a 1988 Hunt
Conversion from direct discharge to holding tank soric at 7:55am 04.26.11 Catalina 30 3/1940 We are thinking of buying a 1987 Catalina C30 that only has a direct discharge for the head. Has any
edson plastic throttle control jackpot at 7:09am 04.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1430 Does anyone have one of the old plastic throttle controls to sell? Or know where I can get one? Ed
Outboard Remote 26S Miller26S at 7:08am 04.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3171 Does anyone have remote throttle and shift set up in the classic model 26 mac. Getting ready to chan
Electrical Schematic 1992 35.5 mysticrun at 7:03am 04.26.11 Big Boats 4/1785 Hello all. I am going into my first full season with Mystic Run. The former owner created a unique
Pannel Switch for the Beneteau 381 sailortaylor at 7:01am 04.26.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1157 Does anyone know where to get a Carling Switch for the electrical pannel. I need a 34-10 AMP ( blac
Little Squall Line kloudie1 at 6:58am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2111 starting early.. These can come crawling through during the summer but this one is a bit early.. Th
A lovely new bottom (1) PrincessoftheLake at 6:51am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3552 Finally got one good weather day in Bayfield which allowed the completion of Emmanuel's bottom paint
Rigging my old drifter (2) DJN51 at 5:14am 04.26.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/6849 i would like to use on my 23.5 hunter with CDI furler.What I did was removed hanks,added double gro
Key West and Dry Tortugas seadaddler at 4:39am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2224 Still planning to leave am this thursday for Key West /Dry Tortugas and hoping for good weather and

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Weird Electrical Experience Johnb at 1:21pm 08.09.22 You don't say whether anything else worked on that outlet but, if the live wire was on the receptacl
Broken transom shower holder Bob S at 1:21pm 08.09.22 https://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1\|51\|2234270\|2234272&id=26989
Hinckley Alden 42' Yawl Hinckley or Die at 1:18pm 08.09.22 All depends on maintenance. That's why I will have a well recommended surveyor. That Alden 38" is s
Hinckley Alden 42' Yawl jon hansen at 1:18pm 08.09.22 zVfWh2qAZF4 watch this alden woody
37.5 1991 mast base plate (1) sail sfbay at 1:16pm 08.09.22 Congratulations on your new sailboat!! All my halyards, boom vang, mainsheet and continuous furler
Hinckley Alden 42' Yawl jon hansen at 1:14pm 08.09.22 fun question: how long does a wood hull boat last before a major rebuild?
Hinckley Alden 42' Yawl (2) jon hansen at 1:12pm 08.09.22 208171208172 see this cabin trunk? see this beautifull interior? 38' alden challenger. centerboar
Hinckley Alden 42' Yawl Hinckley or Die at 1:10pm 08.09.22 I have seen a few Molich Aldens, but I haven't seen another Hinckley. I have asked the broker to se
Hinckley Alden 42' Yawl Hinckley or Die at 1:06pm 08.09.22 Yes it is.
Hinckley Alden 42' Yawl jon hansen at 1:06pm 08.09.22 is the hinckley a centerboard boat? prolly is aeolus has a fiberglass hull, made by hullmatic in En
Quiet Air Conditioning on Mooring tfox2069 at 1:05pm 08.09.22 Very helpful @NYSail . I may well hit you up with some more questions.
Weird Electrical Experience (1) rgranger at 12:59pm 08.09.22 208168
Quiet Air Conditioning on Mooring NYSail at 12:58pm 08.09.22 I had the option of fixing a 16 year old Onan that was 380lbs or go for new which I did. I have sola
What kind of battery? Ralph Johnstone at 12:56pm 08.09.22 All I've got at the moment is 4 or 5 cabin lights, and the navigation lights Convert those all to
Universal M-12 running hot odaydokay at 12:49pm 08.09.22 I prefer the 12" long drill bit which is long enough to go all the way through the tubes. You are
Weird Electrical Experience Stu Jackson at 12:47pm 08.09.22 Remember the old days when it didn't matter which direction you plugged a two prong A.C. plug into a
Weird Electrical Experience rgranger at 12:45pm 08.09.22 If there was a rectifier (diod) bridge in the power lead that converts the AC to DS... that would ex
Cabin water leak Fleet at 12:39pm 08.09.22 I had a similar problem on my 310. Fill up the water tank and then it ran dry. Water went into the
Mainsheet location Stu Jackson at 12:37pm 08.09.22 You need to decide if you want to pull up or down to release the main. I'm looking for a way to c
Hinckley Alden 42' Yawl Hinckley or Die at 12:36pm 08.09.22 Looks like your boat draws way more than the Hinckley I am looking at. So not the same hull.

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