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Help needed. J Alfred Prufrock at 5:30pm 05.03.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3024 I am a complete novice and dumber then dirt when it comes to boats. I recently purchased a 21ft Mac
42 passage prop and stuffing box Matt at 5:25pm 05.03.10 Big Boats 12/3767 I have read the past posts on the props. I have a 1990 42 passage and would like to move form the 2
Water Tank Guage med2463 at 5:12pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 4/510 Water Tank Gauge The water tank gauge on our 1979 Hunter Cherubini 37c isn't working. Need to repla
weather helm piedpiperIII at 5:06pm 05.03.10 Catalina 22 16/3231 I did adjust my mast to 8" rake as I read to do. I was sailing in 20 mph winds and a gust took us to
Rudder Tube Bluechart at 4:51pm 05.03.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1399 I have a question on my Beneteau First 42 based in San Francisco. I have a leak around my rudder tu
Stanchion Base for 2004 Hunter 36 piper1277 at 4:48pm 05.03.10 Big Boats 3/1877 Looks like the Lake Michigan winds + Heavy winter cover has caused one of my lifeline stanchion base
Let the painting begin! (12) emkay at 4:41pm 05.03.10 The Cherubini Hunters 17/3726 This has been a busy week, I stripped the bottom and boot stripe, faired and barrier coated the keel
First Hunter (2) robert6749 at 3:03pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1698 I have been helping my friend work on a 1979 Hunter Cutter. He passed away and left me this great bo
Erie Canal mast raising & lowering Sailor Sue at 1:45pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 0/1741 I'm wondering if any of you eastern Lake Erie sailors know of any yacht clubs or marinas near Buffal
Water and unknown fluid in bilge sloop6312 at 1:29pm 05.03.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1531 1995 C-30 with PSI dripless stuffing box. cannot determine where how water mixed with a petroleoum-
C30 Illustration (1) SailingWebGuy at 1:19pm 05.03.10 Catalina 30 3/2284 Another cleaned up illustration. This one is a side profile.
ArrrrrgH! (H.W. TP relief valve) Roger Long at 1:15pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 26/6588 I'm cleaning up the boat preparing for launch when the F.W. pressure set starts cycling every 15-20
O'Day 40 Ocean Sailing holmek at 12:27pm 05.03.10 Bigger Boats 0/1464 Hi Guys, I believe that Jim Hunt had an O'Day 40 that he circumnavigated with after some modificatio
What should I look for in H146 inspection? tpzahm at 12:00pm 05.03.10 Day Sailers 0/1531 I'm going to look at a 2005 Hunter 146 tomorrow, with the hope of buying it. Since I'm new to Hunte
Leaky fresh water system GWG at 11:27am 05.03.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1771 Is it common to have fresh water leaks? I seem to have them too often, generally caused by washers t
Show me your vang Marc Bergmueller at 10:42am 05.03.10 Bigger Boats 5/1905 My Oday 28 does not have a boom vang. I can find no evidence of a bail or other attachment on the m
Diesel Additives Bad Obsession at 10:33am 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 17/3352 What is your favorite Diesel Additives that you put in your boat? What does it do? How well does i
Leaky keel ells at 10:21am 05.03.10 Day Sailers 1/1512 Has anyone ever worked on a leaky Oday 19? I know the part of the leak is around the screws that ho
pulpit repair StillFloat at 10:07am 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1738 i have old pulpit with worn out tap screw on bracket where pulpit stanchion connects. Does anyone kn
Popped Blisters and Pox - can I use it for the season if I paint? RonRelyea at 9:40am 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 15/5179 I've got boat pox and a number (around 20) of larger fluid filled blisters on my hull below the wate

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daysailer1 boom needed odaydokay at 9:07am 06.16.22 Rudi at R&D will at least know who can fabricate or he may have one.
Bilging Every 3 Minutes Davidasailor26 at 9:04am 06.16.22 Every 3 minutes would definitely concern me. Routine causes of nuisance bilge water include keel ste
Bilging Every 3 Minutes odaydokay at 9:00am 06.16.22 Is this an inboard engine? If yes, checking the stuffing box would be a place to start.
Replacing engine instrument panel Scott T-Bird at 9:00am 06.16.22 @Calif. Ted , I think I'm going to try to remove the face of the pod and fabricate something with a
Replacing engine instrument panel Ward H at 8:59am 06.16.22 Hey Scott, Maybe time for a home built solution? I'm thinking something that puts the gauges on bo
Funny Friday!!! kappykaplan at 8:52am 06.16.22 You are showing your generational bias... (reading? --- get real!) Woke up man!:badbad: Today's mod
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 8:45am 06.16.22 I don't see a magazine rack :confused: You are showing your generational bias... (reading? --- ge
Hunter 260 V Berth Under Bed Hatch Crazy Dave Condon at 8:36am 06.16.22 It would have been too costly to make new interior floor deck pans upping the cost of the 260. It w
Funny Friday!!! Justin_NSA at 8:34am 06.16.22 I don't see a magazine rack :confused:
Said goodbye to an old friend Phil Herring at 8:34am 06.16.22 It hurts my heart to see that boat on a trailer, but what follows is 100% inspiration!
Vented Hatch Covers rgranger at 8:33am 06.16.22 Windscoops are nice and do a good job of pushing a lot of air through the cabin (unless there is no
Cannot log into TrailorSailor ? Justin_NSA at 8:33am 06.16.22 The internet has spoken. You need to get a bigger boat! ;)
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 8:32am 06.16.22 206330 Looks like its going to be a new mod for the head.
Vented Hatch Covers sesmith at 8:25am 06.16.22 My wife made that with some scraps of sunbrella she had.
Replacing engine instrument panel Calif. Ted at 8:21am 06.16.22 On the last model made (MKII) they made the cockpit wider and added a larger console similiar to Hun
Vented Hatch Covers patagoniadave at 8:17am 06.16.22 This works for us, unless the rain is blowing. Awesome, thanks for the photo! I was just talking t
Cannot log into TrailorSailor ? Epic1969 at 8:16am 06.16.22
Vented Hatch Covers (1) sesmith at 8:13am 06.16.22 This works for us, unless the rain is blowing.
Sirius 21 pulpit snippard at 7:47am 06.16.22 Hey! Recently we have picked up a pair of Sirius sailboats with the goal of getting one boat put tog
Cannot log into TrailorSailor ? Brian D at 7:44am 06.16.22 @Phil Herring While waiting for Admin help, go ahead and completely log out of SBO and then make su

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