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Hull polish and cleaning recommendations Stiffwind at 12:14pm 04.19.11 Big Boats 4/1558 I have a H34 that has not seen any love from buffer or polish in years. I am looking for recommendat
Anchor swivels revisited Snotter at 11:13am 04.19.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2823 I did a search on swivels in the archives and found a lot of old postes. Many of the posts were ant
Water leaking from ice box garymuir at 11:02am 04.19.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1670 Beneteau 381 1999, ice box. Water is accumulating from ice box other than condensation any reasons f
Choice of fasteners Snotter at 10:45am 04.19.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2038 I want to attach 5 inch round bronze strainers over three 1-1/4 thru hulls. The bronze strainers ha
BP observations and facts sailaway78 at 9:23am 04.19.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2669 Not long ago I posted a thread concerning the death of baby dolphins, and some being stillborn. The
Should I upgrade my Outboard savyauto at 9:01am 04.19.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2031 Just looking for help from the experience of the "old Salts" out there. I have a chance to upgrade
Trailer Mod Drock360 at 8:16am 04.19.11 Catalina 22 14/2633 I recently purchased a shoreline galvanized trailer and am looking to modify it in order to accommod
Mast went up yesterday Tim R. at 6:26am 04.19.11 Ask All Sailors 13/2797 Had my mast stepped for the season yesterday. A friend and I motored up to South Freeport where it
Please identify this sailboat emblem for me!!! (1) dohcdelsol93 at 5:53am 04.19.11 Ask All Sailors 25/8327 http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t192/dohcdelsol93/SAILBOAT.jpg i purchased a sailboat with a re
extra 8D battery location- H42- 1991 eianm at 4:55am 04.19.11 Big Boats 4/1520 I have a 1991 H42 . I want to add an extra one , but idealy 2 x 8D batterys. I have A/C front and re
TRAVELER: DIY or For Sale?? nemosuit at 2:59am 04.19.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/10849 Hi again! :dance: I'm thinking of a traveler system for my 22-foot Mac. Where is there something
WM in Houston Ken13559 at 9:39pm 04.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2627 My last trip to Chicago, I didn't have enough time in WM store. I'll be going to Houston in next 2
Y-valve o-rings?? sailrj at 8:43pm 04.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1747 Need to replace the o-rings on the swivel connectors on the y-valve for the head, holding tank, and
How do you edit your profile on this site? Beautiful Day at 8:22pm 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2758 I have searched but simply can't find the method to edit my profile. I'd like to add a photo. Any he
Mysterious trapped space 2 levels under Lazarette?? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 7:19pm 04.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2847 During our recent haulout, we pulled the water pump from its spot under the horizontal locker cover
keel bushing and spacer (3) jamt225 at 5:57pm 04.18.11 Catalina 22 3/1465 I made this from brass plumbing parts. Anyone forsee an issue with this? I plan on using 4200 to sec
What TV Antenna seadaddler at 5:47pm 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2909 The wife gave the order she wants TV on the boat we have the TV/DVD and we usually watch DVD's but s
Atomic 4. What do I need to know? Faith 1969 Corithian 19 at 5:34pm 04.18.11 Engines and Propulsion 8/8851 Atomic 4. What do I need to know I just bought a beautiful 1972 Sabre 28 hull # 9. That boat is
Cleaning "hazy" fixed porthole windows rfrye1 at 3:48pm 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 9/9761 On my Hunter H376 I have a few fixed "plastic" smoked porthole windows that have become hazy the tou
depth sounder not reading scmcgraw at 3:12pm 04.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1358 hi folks I took my mac out this weekend with the kids and had a great time. Just one problem i had w

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Windlass Power Source Hayden Watson at 10:09am 09.05.22 Thank you John for responding. The issue was as to which battery bank to get the power for the wind
windless (1) capta at 9:46am 09.05.22 If you find yourself windless, I can get you all the sailboat fuel you need at a very good price.
Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) Davidasailor26 at 9:39am 09.05.22 But if the clock has an alkaline battery I would remove that to prevent it from leaking. Just to c
Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:33am 09.05.22 Alcohol is liquid to about -120C so you should be good for MOST Canadian winters. for the winter.
Windlass Power Source (1) dlochner at 9:20am 09.05.22 I just got my first boat with an electric windlass and I've been worrying about that very thing, so
Hunter Europa transom bung Ralph Johnstone at 9:16am 09.05.22 Glad that's cleared up.
Hunter vision in mast wires P Lund at 9:00am 09.05.22 I put a bore scope camera into main halyard mast hole. Looks like 3/4 in PVC. This might be a chal
Windlass Power Source Tedd at 8:53am 09.05.22
Hunter 326 running rigging sail sfbay at 8:43am 09.05.22 9.5 -10mm (3/8") low stretch is fine for your length sailboat. This article recommends 8-10 mm for
Bottom Paint Clarification colb218 at 8:36am 09.05.22 Paint the through hulls, marine flora and fauna will grow on the thruhull as well as the fiberglass.
Windlass Power Source dlochner at 8:29am 09.05.22 Second Star's windlass is wired to a Positive Bus Bar before the battery switch. All of the charging
Main sheet line Hunter 326 jssailem at 8:23am 09.05.22 Beautiful scenic water. Kind of explains why boats developed so many different sails. Trying to capt
Hunter 326 running rigging RobAL at 8:22am 09.05.22 One more question on this topic - for some reason the main sail halyard spec isn't in my manual, my
Bottom Paint Clarification dlochner at 8:13am 09.05.22 Paint the through hulls, marine flora and fauna will grow on the thruhull as well as the fiberglass.
Windlass Power Source jssailem at 8:13am 09.05.22 The Studer MBI 100/3 is using a diode/capacitor technology. This is different from the BlueSea ACR w
Main sheet line Hunter 326 (2) RobAL at 8:06am 09.05.22
Airmar ST 800 Odd Problem dlochner at 8:02am 09.05.22 Sounds like there might be fault in the cable or connector. When the transducer is installed the wir
Windlass Power Source Scott T-Bird at 8:01am 09.05.22 I think to a greater extent it depends on your start battery. I don't think you have described it e
Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) dlochner at 8:00am 09.05.22 I leave my clock and barometer on board all year. Even leave the battery in. It gets cold here on th
Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) Davidasailor26 at 7:48am 09.05.22

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