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pourable foam rognvald at 4:52pm 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1648 Anyone with any first-hand experience using pourable foam-ie;U.S. Composites or any other brand? Th
Atomic 4 and standered prop reverse RJ1946 at 4:46pm 05.13.10 Catalina 30 12/4481 Hi, I'm a fairly new owner of a C30 with Atomic 4 and was wondering if all atomic 4 C30's are as slo
exhaust configuration (2) West Virginia Sailing Nut at 4:28pm 05.13.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1953 I am in the process of restoring a 1978 h30 and have just completed the re-installation of the motor
Propagation chart Brian D at 3:58pm 05.13.10 SSB and Ham Operators 0/3516 Here is a good website for band conditions. Currently, according to the charts, only 40M is usable.
Rudder Bearings sealegs at 3:04pm 05.13.10 Smaller Boats 3/1283 Hello everyone. I have a 1978 25' Hunter and was told I should replace my lower Rudder bearings. Doe
New port lights advice. caguy at 2:21pm 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1744 I am replacing the fixed portlights with Plexiglas. The salesgirl suggested poly carbonate with scra
Help....unknown sailboat (5) cmujosh at 1:59pm 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2376 hello folks, I was wondering if anyone on this site could help me identify and inform me on this lit
More Autopilot woes PrincessoftheLake at 12:46pm 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 9/1923 We pulled the course computer for our Raymarine ST6000 because after it failed last year both our ma
Aquarius 23 Kobuk at 12:42pm 05.13.10 Balboa 2/5314 I am the proud owner of an Aquarius 23. I belioeve that Balboa is the successor to the Aquarius Sail
Cutlass Bearing RTL at 12:19pm 05.13.10 Bavaria 1/2522 Footloose is a 85' 960 in need of new Cutlass Bearing. I have no information how it is attached to t
Install Holding Tank in C&C 35 MkII Ghaegele at 11:50am 05.13.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 16/8194 I posted this over in C'C forum but figure I might have a better chance for info here: I have recen
More Autopilot Woes PrincessoftheLake at 11:41am 05.13.10 Big Boats 10/2234 We pulled the course computer for our Raymarine ST6000 because after it failed last year both our ma
Mast re-wire project (1) KandD at 11:15am 05.13.10 Big Boats 4/1492 Top of the to-do list while the mast is down is to re-wire it. I need a new masthead light, and I w
Merc 9.8 1984 manual ejet99 at 10:51am 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1882 Anyone know where to get a manual for a 1984 merc 9.8 HP . I need to know the basics like pre-mix ra
Removing headliner on a H38 Pat Hooyman at 10:33am 05.13.10 Big Boats 2/2177 I have a stain coming through the vinyl coated fabric headliner in the main salon of my H38. I want
Single Handling for a V-21 jkrug at 9:24am 05.13.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2224 I am in the process of replacing my halyards on my V-21 and would like to get ideas, schemes, sugges
Battery state of charge by measuring voltage Bill Roosa at 8:30am 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2285 Who says you can't tell the battery State of Charge (SOC) by looking at the voltage? All you need t
Cylinder Head Nuts Won't Tighten geoffschultz at 8:29am 05.13.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2987 I guess that I broke the cardinal rule of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." In doing some PM on
Water temp guage reads hot gordhodgson at 8:26am 05.13.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1203 I wondered whether anyone has experienced having their temp gauge start reading at 180 and go up fro
Freshwater capacity zrolimt at 7:26am 05.13.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1527 I have 2 freshwater tanks on my b361. Will someone explain how the freshwater pump takes water from

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320 Deck/Mast wiring connection (4) jssailem at 11:43am 05.19.22 Your boat may be factory installed or Previous Owner modified. There are 2 basic methods frequentl
Survey Survey Survey dmax at 11:40am 05.19.22 O'Day originals were not flanged, all replaced with flanged ones with new backing plates. Eliminated
Where do you keep the booze? dLj at 11:18am 05.19.22 WE just discovered....:biggrin: Pronouns.... dj
Thru-Hull Stats JamesG161 at 11:10am 05.19.22 I presume if they are all bonded ? No need to bond the Marine Grade Bronze valves inside the boat
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 11:02am 05.19.22 I don't have a 3d printer so my thought always to cutting down from solid stock. Starboard machine
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (4) JamesG161 at 10:51am 05.19.22 Progress, Progress... now installed, with Quadrant, in the boat! Bolt hole, thru the new Schedule
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Martin-Galini at 10:51am 05.19.22 Thanks, will try that. I did write to Hunter but not got any response yet but definitely will try t
Thru-Hull Stats Bob S at 10:39am 05.19.22 I remember reading Rodd, Maine Sail, posting about the importance of exercising your thru hulls. It
Survey Survey Survey (1) Davidasailor26 at 10:18am 05.19.22
Thru-Hull Stats Ralph Johnstone at 10:17am 05.19.22 then your Shaft Zincs protect the Marine Bronze I presume if they are all bonded ?
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 10:08am 05.19.22 You have been making some great progress! The engine panel looks like an awkward part to print. Hav
Survey Survey Survey (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:08am 05.19.22 All not flanged and factory installed in 1998 NPS through hulls.
Newport 28 mk2 battery condition indicator BarryL at 9:59am 05.19.22 Hello Again, Just some additional information. For insurance, you can buy some cheap battery powere
Thru-Hull Stats JamesG161 at 9:58am 05.19.22 If your Valves are Marine Bronze, like my Propeller and Valves are, then your Shaft Zincs protect th
traveller change/upgrade Calif. Ted at 9:52am 05.19.22 They have Harken available at the store here and may know what is appropriate for your boat, or Garh
The Best Charles Charger Retrofit Battery Charger Ralph Johnstone at 9:31am 05.19.22 In the end, it was my fault I guess as I left the charger in the "on" position on my board. And i
Thru-Hull Stats Ralph Johnstone at 9:16am 05.19.22 Simply grab the hose and tug in all directions while looking for tears or bulges. ...............
Topping Lift HC37 ggrizzard at 9:13am 05.19.22 Let's assume (dangerous, I know) that the fixed length of your original wire topping lift is just ab
Galley Stove (Part 2) -2003 36MKII Ralph Johnstone at 9:06am 05.19.22 The key in my mind is to have a flame at the burner as soon as you turn on the valve, so you know t
Newport 28 mk2 battery condition indicator adamv at 8:56am 05.19.22 Thanks Jssailem, Barry and Tally Ho for the warm welcome, advice and kind offer! I'll head down to t

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