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Towing Oday 25 PapaJack at 6:26am 03.09.11 Day Sailers 8/3983 Bought Oday 25 with trailer. To my knowledge Boat weighs 4,000#, and guess trailer at 1,000. For
Catalina WIth Rust On Stainless Steel allantodd at 1:00am 03.09.11 Catalina 22 2/1512 I have read a lot of material on how to remove surface rust and protect stainless steel. My Catalina
Rebuild Skipper II: Help Peggy Please!!! Prime Time at 7:18pm 03.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/3335 I've decided to rebuild my vintage 1988 W-C Skipper II heads. Their prior function by last fall can
New Tiller --- What Finish? KevinMc at 6:57pm 03.08.11 Smaller Boats 9/8447 Just purchased a new tiller for my Hunter 25.5. What is the best finish to put on it. The manufactur
Ranger 33 Standing Rigging Sizes? Cool Beans at 6:18pm 03.08.11 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 6/6104 Hello! Yes, I did search but didn't find what I was looking for :redface: Does anyone happen to kn
Yanmar replacement kdshutler at 4:38pm 03.08.11 Seidelmann 7/2867 I need an engine. I have a Seidelmann 30, and have an opportunity to buy a Yanmar 12hp. Is that big
Stepping and tuning mast Robert Epps at 2:59pm 03.08.11 Day Sailers 6/4061 Just bought 23ft O'day Drop Keel Pop Top The Mast has no pin at the base....Please advise on ea
Sealing chain plates chp at 2:29pm 03.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/3102 Tried searching for info on sealing my chain plates. Couldn't find much. I've tracked down some smal
My Bilge Pump/Electrical Issue Bad Obsession at 1:40pm 03.08.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2736 My electrical system is a house bank consisting of two group 27 batteries and I have an aux. battery
smelly marina dlewis812 at 1:38pm 03.08.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2296 sorry if any of you are there http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/08/millions-of-dead-anchovies-flo
Catalina 27 used sails Rick19254 at 1:09pm 03.08.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/9054 Hello everyone, looking for used sails that are in good shape. Main and Genoa 150%. Anybody wanting
Scary - Winterizing Roger Long at 12:26pm 03.08.11 Ask All Sailors 6/3653 I crawled headfirst into the engine compartment today to install the new exhaust riser and water coo
Lewmar folding wheel SBinNSB at 11:54am 03.08.11 Catalina 310 3/2455 Not sure if anyone else has found the standard 32" wheel too small and hard to reach from the side o
repairing a PHII head gettinthere at 11:53am 03.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2760 I have a repair kit for my PHII. Planning a rebuild. The discharge hose runs up about 5' to the syp
Swim ladder mikefin at 10:53am 03.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1657 I have an '85 H34 in Baltimore, MD and my swim ladder flew away over the winter. I was hoping someon
Do battery chargers go bad? richard965 at 10:21am 03.08.11 S2 5/5525 I have the original S2 9.2 battery charger for two batteries. Do they go bad and how do you know?
Washing Sails oreana123 at 10:06am 03.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/2718 I have a set of sails I am caring for. There are no tears and I plan on using them in various spots
Catalina 25 swing keel winch replacement Captnkev25 at 9:57am 03.08.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 16/8005 Does anyone have any experience in replacing the winch on a Catalina 25 swing keel? What would a fai
Rudder shoe for 1976 35' Pearson Gateway at 8:58am 03.08.11 Pearson 0/1504 I sent my rudder shoe to a machine shop to be repaired and they have misplaced it. I need to either
Reading the inclinometer (1) Kermit at 8:16am 03.08.11 Ask All Sailors 17/6685 The compass on my boat has a built-in inclinometer that I have absolutely no idea how to read. Noth

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Trailer for a Fin Keel? Project_Mayhem at 10:09am 05.18.22 Some paints need to be splashed after drying but it's generally not an issue. Just read the datashee
Thru-Hull Stats Don S/V ILLusion at 10:09am 05.18.22
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Brian D at 10:07am 05.18.22 I don't have a Hunter, but my control cables are 13'. Wanted them to be shorter (tried 11') but that
Thru-Hull Stats dlochner at 10:00am 05.18.22 A high quality properly installed through hull will seldom if ever fail and flood. The failure mode
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? (1) Calif. Ted at 9:45am 05.18.22 This one is 8 ft.
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? BOSSailor at 9:35am 05.18.22 I have not had to replace mine so I'm not certain but I believe I read somewhere that each cable has
silly question on gas detector sunlover at 9:29am 05.18.22 I'm switching to a surface mount device and I'll install it below the battery isolators on my Benete
Diesel smelll, diesel leak . 35.5 Legend MikeHoncho at 9:14am 05.18.22 Thanks fellas this is all great advice, now time to get to work sniffer this out!! Question: does t
silly question on gas detector MikeHoncho at 9:11am 05.18.22 Short answer No. We produce methane which has a vapor density (weight) of a little more than 1/2 th
Diesel smelll, diesel leak . 35.5 Legend FDICsailing at 8:59am 05.18.22
Beneteau 373 2005 - i need to replace the engine compartment access door gas strut. Does someone have part numbers? Thank you in advance! ldalmonte at 8:17am 05.18.22 The site is BENETEAU USA. To get a username and password you need to contact a Beneteau dealer (any
Beneteau 373 2005 - i need to replace the engine compartment access door gas strut. Does someone have part numbers? Thank you in advance! Davidasailor26 at 8:16am 05.18.22 Hey, is there a link to Beneteau spare parts site you can provide me? The site is BENETEAU USA. To
Electrical Question (Advice Needed) AaronD at 8:10am 05.18.22 I am no expert on any of this, but two things helped me as I was upgrading to all LED fixtures. 1)
Beneteau 373 2005 - i need to replace the engine compartment access door gas strut. Does someone have part numbers? Thank you in advance! ldalmonte at 7:55am 05.18.22
Anchor roller Wasi1961 at 7:39am 05.18.22 Thanks for the question. I recently purchased a 1980 hunter 33. Looking g to install bow anchor rol
Asymmetrical spinnaker sheets catch on bow pulpit. jssailem at 7:24am 05.18.22 Just like boys... Lines will be lines... If they can get in trouble and get caught on something, the
Asymmetrical spinnaker sheets catch on bow pulpit. Joe at 6:56am 05.18.22 Tape a length of batten or a stick to the top of the light case so it extends out in front of the p
Bottom Paint? (1) tfox2069 at 6:54am 05.18.22 So here's a screenshot of the lowest cost ablative bottom paint package from a very large marina in
Trailer for a Fin Keel? Leeward Rail at 6:49am 05.18.22 Further to what @Project_Mayhem said.. We have a 1987 Catalina 22 We started using a slip, but the
Trailer for a Fin Keel? RichardSprince at 6:48am 05.18.22 While I agree that in this case it's probably better to look for a different boat, here's how it wo

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