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1987 Hunter 23 water below cabin floor Vickie Fantozzi at 10:56am 06.16.10 Smaller Boats 15/3430 Just got the Hunter a month ago. Love the old Hunters!! I have read posting about Drifter (4/2010)
CB vs MH (silly question) kpgraci at 10:26am 06.16.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1627 Searching around I find references to both to an 'ODay 22 CB' and an 'ODay 22 MH'. Now I think CD
Setting up 411 for Baby A Domani at 10:13am 06.16.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1738 We have a 411 and a seven month old. Any thoughts on setting up a cabin and also where baby should
Add a 3rd Battery Ron M at 9:28am 06.16.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/5462 Recently purchased a B331. Several other owners have suggested that it does not have sufficient bat
Happy With My Insurance Mick at 8:25am 06.16.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1562 To start with I do not own any stock in Hartford, just some policies. On May 10 a tornado hit ou
Sprite manual johnc6007 at 8:10am 06.16.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1561 I am in the process of restoring a '66/'67 O'Day Sprite. Anybody out there have a manual for this li
a/c and Hot Water Heater betzhunter at 6:25am 06.16.10 Big Boats 14/2690 When using the a/c and hot water heater at the same time it blows the circuit breaker. Has anyone ex
Mercury 3.5 Outboard won't pump water sailcapt340 at 5:50am 06.16.10 Big Boats 6/7499 A little out of sailing but, any ideas as to what is causing my Mercury 3.5 Outboard to not pump wat
How is "Oh Joy" these days? blowinganddrifting at 5:12am 06.16.10 Ask All Sailors 10/2126 Haven't heard anything from Charlie Cobra lately, just wondering how she is comming along? Thanks,
Bedding cleats and blocks to the deck ffaubert at 4:26am 06.16.10 Ask All Sailors 17/6836 Is it OK to use plain (tub and tile type) silicone to bed cleats, etc to the deck or should I use 3M
Hunter 23 weather helm ChrisM at 3:25am 06.16.10 Smaller Boats 8/2178 Learned quite a lesson in rig tuning this past weekend! Ever since I started sailing my H23 it has
type of pvc cement to use on pvc dink? richk at 2:15am 06.16.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2165 I just bought a new pvc dink and need to glue registration numbers on it. Can I use the two part pv
Avoiding death by boredom Ross at 8:39pm 06.15.10 Ask All Sailors 26/3749 When provisioning for a passage away from land for weeks or months or even a circumnavigation of som
new mast needed dntrdave at 8:17pm 06.15.10 Day Sailers 2/1570 Where do I get a replacement mast for my 170? Seems the tree branches are hanging a little lower th
Interlux "Perfection" - Has Anyone had success with a mast application (exterior)? Barry7363 at 7:25pm 06.15.10 Ask All Sailors 14/8086 What was to be the last major project before sailing has turned into a nightmare...painting my mast
Wiring dc motor skipperlenny at 7:11pm 06.15.10 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1249 Anyone have a diagram ' wiring schematic showing how to install a macerator pump? Appreciate any adv
H380 Forestay coyo7e at 6:48pm 06.15.10 Big Boats 1/1225 There seems to be a lot of sag in my forestay, especially when close hauled. Any hints on how to tel
Beware of Spiders shipwreck66 at 6:07pm 06.15.10 Ask All Sailors 30/7357 Anybody out there have suggestions for keeping the exploding Jihad spiders off my deck? I understand
Help! Spider Attack! shipwreck66 at 6:05pm 06.15.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1486 Anybody have a suggestion on how to discourage spiders from taking up residence on my boat? The week
Lightning fix kpgraci at 4:23pm 06.15.10 Ask All Sailors 14/3502

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Tacoma Narrows jssailem at 7:35am 05.02.22 Hayden, I have not sailed down that far south but, having studied the charts for a planned explorati
Funny Friday!!! (1) JamesG161 at 7:27am 05.02.22 Terror Turkey stalks Walkers
Desperate leakinhg Scott T-Bird at 7:23am 05.02.22 Gentlemen, crack within half an inch is dead center. I spoke with Chief Rigger @ KKMI in Richmond C
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:22am 05.02.22 I know it's Monday... but this was too good to pass up... Ben Franklin's Bird Attacks Washington DC
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed Artey1 at 7:04am 05.02.22 Flightlead - go watch boatworks today on youtube. Andy is awesome at explaining how to do all of thi
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed flightlead404 at 6:28am 05.02.22 Any advice on how to repair would be appreciated. I'm not much of an FG guy
Wiring Rodsails at 6:18am 05.02.22 I believe a typical setup has a heavy gauge wire running from the starter to the positive terminal o
Smoothing boat bottom and painting Art12050 at 6:05am 05.02.22 Siamese: Thanks for that information. Makes sense if it works against algae and zebra mussel. Here
Anchor locker leaks (3) jdrutten at 5:27am 05.02.22
Iso Therm mixing value install (1) RoyS at 4:51am 05.02.22 If you want an additional feature, purchase a brewers thermometer with a long probe at a brewers sup
Tacoma Narrows Terry Cox at 4:44am 05.02.22 What is the max current adverse current that you would go through? Good morning Hayden. Never been
Corrosion on Lightning mast Seamus603 at 4:23am 05.02.22 Manchester, NH
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater sailme88 at 4:13am 05.02.22 I checked the heat exchanger and the elbow. Both looked almost pristine. Is there a wet muffler in
MaxiProp on 37c? Jim Legere at 4:03am 05.02.22 If you can't find a name plate on your Yanmar, chances are that it IS a QM series - as far as I can
Painting area between boot stripe and bottom paint Apex at 3:23am 05.02.22 Try removing the VC first: Acetone. You may find the gel coat still under there.
Painting area between boot stripe and bottom paint Davidasailor26 at 2:59am 05.02.22
Corrosion on Lightning mast Seamus603 at 2:58am 05.02.22 Manchester,New Hampshire
2008 Hunter 45 CC Rope Clutch Removal to Repair jim01749 at 2:39am 05.02.22 Thanks for the quick responses. I ended up disassembling from the top and that worked. There are de
Painting area between boot stripe and bottom paint Joe at 2:34am 05.02.22 But do I use topside paint this close to the bottom? Did you have another type of paint in mind? G
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 2:27am 05.02.22

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