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Keel needs work. (3) Ed Schenck at 4:42pm 03.26.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1603 Day 3 of ?? at the lake is history. I did a light sanding of the bottom and rudder. Also sanded th
Cracked water filter (2) FourPoints at 4:20pm 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1921 while going through the spring commissioning I noticed my water filter for the galley and lav sink h
Almost Own an O'Day Mary and Joseph at 3:21pm 03.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 39/5265 I am almost an O'Day owner. Not quite, but almost. I put an offer in on a boat today, and haven't
great salt lake...? biorapper at 2:25pm 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 5/4949 have the summer off and looking for a new lakes on a road trip west. Saw the website for yacht club
water hose replacement olddude at 12:57pm 03.26.11 Big Boats 2/1138 On my gmf30 there is a hose running from the raw water pump to the heat exchanger that needs replaci
Unkown sailboat! (6) waba5134 at 11:28am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2560 I've had this sailboat for about 3 years now, and it's been a great boat and I've never had problems
Sandbag Ballast thisoldspouse at 11:21am 03.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/4143 I know this could be asked of all sailors, but since I have a 77 Venture 222, I thought I'd start he
What is this tiller fitting for? (2) jjsbiggs at 10:27am 03.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1998 I refinished my tiller and there is a fitting at the end of the tiller could anyone tell me what it
Swival clam cleat (2) emergpa1 at 8:45am 03.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1111 Anyone installed this on their boat? The pic doesn't show, but there is a swival block that attache
O'day Daysailer Vs Other Makers: Price & Quality? Spaudling at 8:15am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 8/14984 I'm trying to buy a Daysailer. The O'Day built ones represent the standard, but made in the 1970's s
flex o fold for a passage 456 sailboatdiscovery at 7:44am 03.26.11 Big Boats 3/1420 I would like to swap my 3 blade fixed prop on my 2002 passage 456 for a 3 blade flex o fold. The eng
hull gel coat prep? richk at 7:26am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1641 Since the last time I did the sides above the waterline I had the stern awlgripped. I've heard I sh
Cleaning the wood seadaddler at 7:05am 03.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1492 Hi I am just wondering what other Newer Hunter owners use to clean all the wood down inside the boat
Install tips for a Carver Bimini Richie50 at 6:48am 03.26.11 Catalina 22 3/2093 First, thank you to everyone for the wealth of information that is made available by fellow Catalina
Networks (3) Bill1565 at 6:30am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2156 I am doing something I said I never would, networking instruments. We bought a Garmin wind indicator
YIKES -- Different lengths on inner/lower shrouds ? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 6:20am 03.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1407 :doh:Help...We have pulled off both pairs of the inner/lower shrouds off the mast of our 1981 H-33,
stuffing box wjs at 6:14am 03.26.11 S2 6/2797 I have a 1981 9.2A. with a yanmar 2gm. Last summer I was told that I needed to repack the stuffing b
Check those shrouds! dscribner at 5:02am 03.26.11 Trailer Sailors 6/5198 A bit of advice. Last year, I split my shroud covers to make them fit better, you know how they spl
A/C by portable generator agaliha at 4:29am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 16/4725 I don't think my Honda 2000 is big enough to start the marine air conditioner in my B361. But will
Wet Sand Boat Bottom - How Much Time? Ducati at 12:29am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 8/5518 I never wet sanded the bottom of a boat before so how much time should I set aside for this job? We

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swing keel spacer bearing dLj at 6:44pm 05.23.22 I'd buy a piece of this and make the part. https://www.mcmaster.com/uhmw-polyethylene/slippery-uhmw
Flush thru-hulls flange/head size on Catalina 42. (1) jssailem at 6:22pm 05.23.22 Looking at your images it appears the concern is the diameter of the flange is an issue. You said th
swing keel spacer bearing snick at 6:19pm 05.23.22 If you have a photo or sketch of the part you are looking to replace it would help to answer your q
swing keel spacer bearing snick at 6:12pm 05.23.22 A couple pieces of schedule 160 3/8 PVC might work or maybe even just a stack of washers an inch an
Hunter 41DS Holding Tank Back-filling with Raw Water jssailem at 6:00pm 05.23.22 @smokey73 is correct. In the US when in no discharge zones (pretty much the entire Puget Sound) the
Dirty Fuel (2) jssailem at 5:54pm 05.23.22 exhausting changing the fuel filters What type of fuel filter system are you using? FWIW... I have
Hunter 41DS Holding Tank Back-filling with Raw Water smokey73 at 5:07pm 05.23.22 I was under the impression that the holding tank overboard discharge valve was required to be "secur
Life Jacket recommendations (2) pclarksurf at 5:00pm 05.23.22 I haven't really looked into how people rig up a harness line for walking around the boat, but woul
St Marys Boat Services smokey73 at 4:41pm 05.23.22 Surprised to hear that but maybe they haven't recovered yet. Despite that, visit Cumberland Island
Port hatch on Hunter23 help Billleathen at 4:11pm 05.23.22 Thanks
FORT MYERS... MARINAS The_Sailing_Pelican at 3:54pm 05.23.22 Brownell also makes these great hydraulic trailers for launching and retrieving boats. least I find
Flush thru-hulls flange/head size on Catalina 42. (1) Tally Ho at 3:51pm 05.23.22
Galley Stove (Part 2) -2003 36MKII Tally Ho at 3:35pm 05.23.22 Thank you all. We got it working/figured out with your help!!! What was the answer? Inquiring m
Dirty Fuel SycloneDriver at 3:20pm 05.23.22 That's a lot of polishing! What are your symptoms? What are your fuel filters collecting? What is y
Off to the darkside... capta at 3:12pm 05.23.22 We just picked up a 17.1 Mako center console. I checked the transom by violently shaking the outboar
H280 - Pulling a New Outhull Tally Ho at 3:09pm 05.23.22
St Marys Boat Services The_Sailing_Pelican at 3:06pm 05.23.22 You should have no problem with St. Mary's GA. They were devastated by one of the hurricanes a few
Great Lakes Maiden Voyage Help dLj at 2:59pm 05.23.22 Hello all. I recently purchased a boat roughly 450 nautical miles from where her future home is. I
swing keel spacer bearing dLj at 2:20pm 05.23.22 If you have a photo or sketch of the part you are looking to replace it would help to answer your qu
Thru-Hull Stats dLj at 2:08pm 05.23.22 Trudesign thru hulls and eliminate the concern about corrosion and exercising. That's an opinion.

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