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Material for a rudder Mac at 12:13pm 06.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/11866 Went for a walk down the isles of Lowes and looked at some potential material for making a rudder.
Battery isolater/combiner/relay question uptownsteve at 11:35am 06.12.10 Big Boats 4/1585 My 2003 H386 came with a battery charger. I am in the process of replacing it with a Xantrex charger
Shakedown Cruise #1 (1) ksquared at 10:41am 06.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2058 Shakedown Cruise #1__with Questions Hi All, Well the 1985 Macgregor 25 that we bought last winter
Rudder removal-through the cockpit (3) sailaway78 at 10:27am 06.12.10 Ask All Sailors 56/8403 Boy was I wrong. Origionally my belief was the rudder was simply broken loose from the post, and th
Mast base leak mpsych44 at 10:25am 06.12.10 Mid-Size Boats 1/1325 Anybody have a solution to stopping leaks into the cabin at the point where the mast is stepped? I
Sails For A Newport Surprise lostboy at 10:05am 06.12.10 Trailer Sailors 2/3568 I have a surprise with no sails, does anyone wher I can get some. I would even use sail of similar s
newport surprise lostboy at 9:55am 06.12.10 Newport 0/3806 I have a surprise with no sails, where can I find them? I'd like used ones, even some suggestion
LED Lighting ialmostdid at 9:31am 06.12.10 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1888 Has anyone have experience with adding LED lighting to the stairs, interior cabin, and deck on your
new trialer wflowe2 at 6:35am 06.12.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2380 I just got a new trailer for my Catalina 320. I have the deep (6'2" draft) keel so the boat will be
Tank sizes - water and holding JackSparrow at 6:04am 06.12.10 Big Boats 4/1404 I am on my first boat, a 1997 H376, and just ran out of fresh water. I checked the original literat
Beneteau 331 Anchor Light MDO at 12:10am 06.12.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1654 I need to replace the anchor light fixture on our 331. I would like to replace it with an LED. Any s
Honda outboard help needed. Shane82 at 9:36pm 06.11.10 Ask All Sailors 21/11523 Ok so, I have a 2003 Honda 4-stroke 8hp outboard (BFP8D3XHA) I recently got the boat and it ha
novice sailer by myself at 5:18pm 06.11.10 Smaller Boats 7/1492 If you can reef the main sail can you also reef the jib sail
Faulty electronic wind indicator mpsych44 at 4:32pm 06.11.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1725 I've had a problem with my electornic wind indicator on my 29.5 Hunter for the last couple of years.
New Hunter EDGE - We Wanna Dodger lojad at 12:39pm 06.11.10 Smaller Boats 5/2132 Hi Y'All I'm a new Hunter EDGE owner and am looking for a custom dodger to be installed. Anyone got
Cockpit Cushions nbabic at 12:39pm 06.11.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1479 Looking for the two bottom cockpit cushions, like to find a used set??? Any Ideas??? Wife about to k
Jib/Genoa cars corixid at 11:11am 06.11.10 S2 0/42 Good day... First time out on my S 2 8.0m w/ roller furling and 155 genoa last week. Finally afloat
reefing? gel3 at 10:49am 06.11.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/1864 I'm pretty new to this and I'm not sure how to reef the main on my hunter 290.Just got it home it's
Fair Price for Preping&loading boat on truck billt1 at 9:46am 06.11.10 Big Boats 6/1644 Whats a fair price for prepping and loading a boat if the marina does all the work ? I received a
Sea Tow vs Boat US gatorgirl at 9:11am 06.11.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2072 Does anyone have any recommendations as which company is better. Have a 26ft Hunter on a trailer. Th

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Thoughts on moving the teak handrails to the pop-up Grotto at 8:27pm 06.10.22 I am actually thinking of going the other way and completely removing the hand rails. I asked my wif
Replace Toilet Hose on 92 H30 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:48pm 06.10.22 Good to know my time spent here isn't entirely wasted! :biggrin:
Where Is Your Battery Charger? Kingjim91 at 7:09pm 06.10.22
Where Is Your Battery Charger? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:02pm 06.10.22 Location for a charger is like Location in Real Estate. So where's the view ? ? ? ? Real Estate
Where Is Your Battery Charger? Ralph Johnstone at 6:52pm 06.10.22 I have always heard that you want to keep the charger as close to the batteries as possible to redu
Replacing datamarine transducers with Raymarine? FulmarCT at 6:48pm 06.10.22 I am in this situation, I replaced a Datamarine S200DL transducer with the Raymarine transducer that
Wire Size Ralph Johnstone at 6:40pm 06.10.22 Consider dumping all your tungsten lights and converting to LED's. Easy to compare to your old ones
New Anchor Recommendations/Experiences Bluenose at 6:36pm 06.10.22 I think we are giving him some good parameters here!
Replace Toilet Hose on 92 H30 Justin_NSA at 6:21pm 06.10.22 I got the tip from you Peggie !
Replace Toilet Hose on 92 H30 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:12pm 06.10.22 If one hose needs replacing, you'd be smart to replace all the hoses at the same time. 'cuz if one n
New Anchor Recommendations/Experiences jssailem at 5:59pm 06.10.22 On my 35 ft 15000 lb boat, I use a Mantus Marine 35lb Galvanized Steel anchor. We anchor in varied c
New Anchor Recommendations/Experiences Bluenose at 5:30pm 06.10.22 It depends upon the bottom of where you sail. In Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, it is mostly mud, so a cla
Where Is Your Battery Charger? jssailem at 4:54pm 06.10.22 Location for a charger is like Location in Real Estate. You want the charger to be in a place that
Fuel Cap Winch Mark - AK at 4:31pm 06.10.22 Beneteau is where to get it and it does both sizes .P/N can be read on it Thank You for the Benet
Packing gland nut getting hot. Crusty Ol Salt at 4:26pm 06.10.22 Try changing the packing material. Remember these stuffing box "glands" were originally made for fl
Wire Size MaryEllaRose at 4:10pm 06.10.22
Asymmetric spinnaker on oceanis 37 SoSound at 4:06pm 06.10.22 I should be able to get you a photo in the next day or two. we have a 12 hour drive to get home aga
Question about boat speed under power (Tartan 31 jaysweet at 3:49pm 06.10.22 Thanks to all for the quick and informative responses. Let me answer a few of the questions I shoul
2022 PacificNW Weather Update (1) jssailem at 3:47pm 06.10.22 Has Summer finally come to the Pacific NW. With a current "Pineapple Express" shooting across the Pa
Packing gland nut getting hot. jaysweet at 3:26pm 06.10.22 I'm getting at least one drip every 60 sec. I used PTFE FLAX 3/16" I removed 4 flax rings so I pu

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