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Buying a First 260 Antos at 1:58pm 08.19.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1766 I'm looking at buying a 2003 First 260 Spirit fixed keel. Interested in any known issues or areas I
Fishing Jfelkins at 1:12pm 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 33/5042 I'd love to hear how you fish from your boat. What setup up do you use? What do you fish for? When d
Head Faucet lehigh375 at 1:10pm 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1655 I need to change out the faucet in the head of my 6 year old Hunter. Can I use one from Home Depot
NEED TO REFINISH STAIRS ON A h33 paul1938 at 1:07pm 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3200 I'm going to have to refinish the stair treads on my H33, 2005. I know that the balance of the inter
Yanmar ignition panel puzzle Sailor Sue at 12:26pm 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2922 Recently I've noticed the warning buzzer does not sound when turning the key to the pre start positi
Reinforcing Transcom on Oday 25 glong3 at 12:01pm 08.19.10 Day Sailers 1/1780 I'm a newer owner of an Oday 25. The boat came with a 5hp Nissan 4 stroke outboard. I've noticed som
Bilge Sewage Gbetsch at 7:56am 08.19.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2947 I discovered sewage in the bilge compartment under the aft head in my 2003 - 393. While it is not cl
H23.5 Cockpit Cooler VT Fitz at 7:56am 08.19.10 Smaller Boats 2/1532 I have had a notion to install a cockpit cooler on Grasshopper and thought I'd find out if anyone el
PSS bellow sailaway78 at 7:46am 08.19.10 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/987 A couple weeks or so ago I posted up that I had a PSS bellow for a 1" shaft and 1"' 1/2 shaft log.
H23.5 Front Hatch Replacement VT Fitz at 7:36am 08.19.10 Smaller Boats 1/1081 With the greatest regret, I confess we didn't get Grasshopper's keel wet last season due to baseball
Staying Awake wflowe2 at 7:32am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 24/4181 How do you keep yourself awake on watch in the middle of the night when things are going smoothly?
H31 versus H33 advice sea_casper at 7:11am 08.19.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/2134 Looking at newer H31 2006+ and H33 2004+ models with in-mast furling and shoal keel. Has anyone act
Mounting bulkhead compass Chiriqui at 6:15am 08.19.10 Day Sailers 0/1410 I have this Ritchie compass I purchased and now I'm faced with mounting it in the Bulkhead. I'd lik
Rules of road Quoddy at 5:32am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 27/5020 I was on starboard tack with our H260 in no particular hurry. A small sailboat off the port bow on
Dinghy Repair Questions adirondackbob at 5:21am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 9/3035 When I bought my Catalina 30 last fall, it came with a 15-year-old Zodiac dinghy, the kind with the
Broader batten, any difference? Ken13559 at 5:21am 08.19.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/942 My mains has two full batten (upper) and 2 short ones (lower). The batten width is 5/8". The batten
radar / chart plotter Chuck Creel at 5:14am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1749 does anyone have information where i can get an owners manulal for a raymarine SC70 radar /plotter d
Jib pulsing. Quoddy at 4:31am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2405 How do I keep the jib from pulsing? The situation. The wind was moderate with minor gusts. We are
Replacement Keel Winch nemosuit at 4:13am 08.19.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1424 About the only thing my '78 M22 didn't come with is the keel winch. I'm told the original "brake wi
length of a 37.5 kwalker at 10:13pm 08.18.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1605 I'm hoping for some guidance, has anyone ever heard of shortneing the LOA of a 37.5? My harbor rule

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Hunter 240 Motor jurovichfa at 9:53am 05.20.22 Thanks to everyone who responded! Everthing passed along to me is incredibly helpful, and y'all conf
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta kappykaplan at 9:52am 05.20.22 Geeezzzz they are moving faster than I expected. Well, it's taken a long time to make progress! '
Electrical Question (Advice Needed) (2) AaronD at 9:42am 05.20.22 Ok I think I'm missing something, I assumed coffin was another term for lazerette but now I am not
Off to the darkside... Calif. Ted at 9:34am 05.20.22 I just sold a '92 Wellcraft with a 88 hp Johnson, there was no play in the steering, it used a Telef
2022 PacificNW Weather Update jssailem at 9:33am 05.20.22
Any recommendations on repairing or replacing the plexiglass in this front hatch window? (2) pipedream at 9:31am 05.20.22 Just finished mine yesterday. I had the basic measurements cut, then put the radius corners in with
Broken (Cracked) Companionway Slider jssailem at 9:24am 05.20.22 While it is always possible to fabricate a replacement, (Tap Plastics would be a resource), I would
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta jssailem at 9:16am 05.20.22 Now the question: With Navy Blue bottom, will the whales get confused and swim into the boat thinkin
Does anyone recognize this knot? jssailem at 9:14am 05.20.22 Dave identified it. Looks typical of a sailor with too much line and not trusting the bowline to h
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (1) JamesG161 at 9:09am 05.20.22 Looking less like a Junk Yard boat.
Any recommendations on repairing or replacing the plexiglass in this front hatch window? KGarvey at 9:05am 05.20.22 The boat is a 1989 Beneteau 35S5 Dimensions gasket to gasket 15 &1/8" wide 20 &1/4" depth
Any recommendations on repairing or replacing the plexiglass in this front hatch window? Ralph Johnstone at 8:51am 05.20.22 If you are a diy guy, you can get the lens custom cut and install it yourself. That same DIY can
Off to the darkside... sail sfbay at 8:46am 05.20.22 ..............How much play is expected in a cable steering system if I attempt to move the outboard
Broken (Cracked) Companionway Slider Phil Herring at 8:39am 05.20.22 Hi @Kirsten, Give us a call at 877-932-7245 (Pacific time) until 3:30pm today. We should be able to
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta JamesG161 at 8:33am 05.20.22 Actually seems it is manufactured so that it will work either way? Yes! Edson made it for many ty
silly question on gas detector jssailem at 8:24am 05.20.22 nocturnal flatulence may set it off. Valid concern? As stated, likely NO. But it does bring up th
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta smokey73 at 8:21am 05.20.22 @JamesG161 Interesting. I guess mine is "upside down" but that is how it came from the Hunter fac
silly question on gas detector dlochner at 8:14am 05.20.22 I wonder why they didn't go with ethylene for boats. it compresses to a liquid at ~500 psi and it
silly question on gas detector sunlover at 8:09am 05.20.22 My propane sniffer has two remote sensors and also controls my solenoid so that if I get an alarm, i
silly question on gas detector Hayden Watson at 8:04am 05.20.22 My propane sniffer has two remote sensors and also controls my solenoid so that if I get an alarm, i

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