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Mag Var. DesertSailor07 at 7:50am 02.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1399 If I introduce 5# of iron will I experience wierd compass variances?
Mast tang problem animation (1) Roger Long at 7:49am 02.12.11 Ask All Sailors 22/7819 I just made this animation for my web site of what has been going on with my mast tangs for the last
Pressure Plate Rich (P303) at 6:13am 02.12.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2775 I have just had my transmission rebuilt, however it has not been installed yet... and am planning to
Scuba in BVI Pat T at 9:00pm 02.11.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3135 Am going to BVI in March using Moorings. Planning to scuba. Any comments on dive sites? Our plan is
Windless for 40.5 Jlambert61@msn.com at 7:54pm 02.11.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/3516 Can anyone tell me what make and model number windless is in a late model 40.5?
Legal Model Year ISFISSY at 7:49pm 02.11.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2948 What is considered the "legal model year" of a sailboat? The year it was launched, the year it was s
Boat Name Plaques? ARModen at 5:40pm 02.11.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2399 Anyone know if there is a place that does good boat name plaques? I bought a 1978 Hunter 30 a few m
Keel Rust SailAway1 at 1:47pm 02.11.11 Catalina 22 8/3725 I am getting ready to re-finish the keel on my 1980 C22. There are a few places where a bit of rust
Vintage Sawmill For Vintage Restoration kloudie1 at 9:58am 02.11.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2597 Check out this link. It is an Historic sawmill that is making the spars and some timbers for the res
Rigrite Rant Ted at 9:13am 02.11.11 Ask All Sailors 22/6183 I've been trying to get a boom quote from Rigrite since the beginning of January. After numerous e-m
T-9 Rust Protectant BillyK at 8:56am 02.11.11 Ask All Sailors 4/7204 Looking for some input on this product.. i used to use it when i had a waverunner to keep the moistu
Liferaft advice please! Exiles at 8:10am 02.11.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2208
Westerbeke W 33?? Florida sail at 7:59am 02.11.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1932 I am looking at purchasing a boat powered by a Westerbeke W 33 with low hours. I've been told that t
lectrasan? gettinthere at 7:34am 02.11.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/3499 Boat came with a Lectrasan. It needs new electrodes, about $700. Is it worth doing? I will be coast
Outboard mystery kpgraci at 6:22am 02.11.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1918 This my be more appropriate for a motorboater forum, but I have an older (circa 1972?) Mercury 2-sto
Rigger--Saint Petersburg Acadia at 9:42pm 02.10.11 Big Boats 5/1822 Can anyone recommend rigger in the Saint Petersburg, FL area that knows the hunter rigs well (85 H40
Replacing Mixing Elbow (2) Salty at 9:20pm 02.10.11 Ask All Sailors 31/24599 I am looking to replace the mixing elbow on my Yanmar 2GM20F. The elbow is all rusted out and needs
Glass on the front cabin bulkhead pfschmid at 8:47pm 02.10.11 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1470 Would it be safe to install an additional cabin window on the front bulkhead of an O'Day 22 cabin or
Lazy jacks - installation Endurance2010 at 6:28pm 02.10.11 Big Boats 9/3096 Has anyone installed these before? If so, how hard was it? My impression is that I drill a couple
C-22 MK-II Autohelm Installation (8) CaptDon01 at 5:12pm 02.10.11 Catalina 22 13/4291 I sure missed the Autohelm that went with our Capri-18 when we sold her. I finally purchased another

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Need a used Catalina 22 swing keel sail sfbay at 1:31pm 07.31.22
Stinky Bubbly Hot Water Don S/V ILLusion at 1:13pm 07.31.22 also check for a deteriorating anode in the tank which would cause what you described.
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) MikeHoncho at 12:55pm 07.31.22 I beach start and stop my Laser. On the way In I release my rudder line and disconnect the centerboa
Stinky Bubbly Hot Water JoeWhite at 12:50pm 07.31.22 Yes. It is due to not being used. The electric heating element inside the water heater combines with
The one armed electrician... MikeHoncho at 12:42pm 07.31.22 I bought a digital flow meter from Amazon that also was a timer and controller that connected to a e
Wobbly wheel. (4) Rattlenebang at 12:40pm 07.31.22 207832207834 Its corroded, but that's not the reason for the large gap. 207835207836 As you can s
Stinky Bubbly Hot Water MikeHoncho at 12:39pm 07.31.22 Hydrogen sulfide built up in the tank due to decomposing materials would be my guess.
Rust-looking Stains on Hull Beneath Through-hulls and Drains Stu Jackson at 12:07pm 07.31.22 I must say, that is fairly brilliant! The Catalina 42 skippers figured this one out 20 years ago.
Rust-looking Stains on Hull Beneath Through-hulls and Drains jviss at 11:39am 07.31.22 stuff a short stub of hose into the scupper outlet. that will direct the water out away from the si
Wobbly wheel. smokey73 at 10:52am 07.31.22 pictures!
Hunter 326 Microwave Ken Honeycutt at 10:49am 07.31.22
What's going on with Marlow Hunter? (1) Ken Honeycutt at 10:39am 07.31.22 This is what I did after the clips broke a couple years after I bought the boat new. Works fine, jus
Exhaust blower on an 11a Ralph Johnstone at 10:25am 07.31.22
Any Hawaii Big Island sailboat owners here? kappykaplan at 9:56am 07.31.22 @Phil can probably help. :beer:
The one armed electrician... capta at 9:48am 07.31.22 It occurs that this might be a good time to collect everything in your "how to" section and personal
just sailing shemandr at 9:44am 07.31.22 Bravo!
Saildrive won't engage stopped suddenly fstbttms at 9:38am 07.31.22 I wonder if insurance will cover the loss or if the company will say it was lack of maintenance. I
Saildrive won't engage stopped suddenly dlochner at 9:35am 07.31.22 Yanmar and Volvo use different attachment hardware. Also, if the prop that was lost was a folder or
Saildrive won't engage stopped suddenly fstbttms at 9:32am 07.31.22 Thanks. Are all sail drives similar or is this specific to this brand? Yanmar and Volvo use diffe
Saildrive won't engage stopped suddenly dlochner at 9:31am 07.31.22 There is no prop metalic nut as there is on a conventional shaft and strut system. A sail drive is

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