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rudder repairs/replacement Dan Clifford at 10:32pm 03.12.10 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2140 Any ideas on the rudder replacement cost for a rudder
How shiny should my top-side be? 1977oday22 at 9:27pm 03.12.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1416 Hello all, I've gained a wealth of information here and I thank you all. I finished - refinishing my
Mast step Bolts balexander3 at 7:48pm 03.12.10 Smaller Boats 1/1168 Someone peermanently borrowed my mast stp bolts that you lock the mast to the step plate once you ra
You know you might be a .... RonRelyea at 6:03pm 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2215 sailor in the Northeast winter.... if your house is under water and your keel is not ..... who'
Hunter 26 stock rudder awoody at 5:03pm 03.12.10 Smaller Boats 11/3629 There must be something that I do not understand about the uphaul on the Hunter 26 stock rudder. It
Draining Antifreeze from Yanmars Honeyman at 3:29pm 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1514 It's finally time for me to drain the 3GM30F in my 35.5 and replace the antifreeze mixture. I've rea
Stealthy gremlin - Please help Skipper at 2:52pm 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 15/2074
Update on newbie liveaboard butchrobbins at 2:27pm 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 15/3149 Well, I've been on the boat now 6 months (of course during the coldest winter in 30yrs) and haven't
Scanned Charts and SeaClear II.......... Sumner at 11:08am 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 13/4103 Charts: SeaClear II uses raster charts and can use most SB/KAP version 1 - 3 and GEO/NOS commercial
Hunter 33 Prop Shaft mnikisher at 10:22am 03.12.10 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1969 Does anyone know how long the 1981 Hunter 33 prop shaft is? Thanks, Michael
soda blasting Scott at 8:43am 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2934 I'm contemplating blasting ablative bottom paint to lay on a barrier coat. What pressures are neede
Heartbroken chrisrand at 7:41am 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2228 I'm doing this concerning my Dad's boat. I don't remember how to spell it. It's a 1967, 24 ft Norweg
Mobility comfortzone at 6:55am 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 42/4769 Ross mentioned he's having hip replacement (I hope all goes well). I'm about to schedule the same a
cleaning MARKMOON at 5:35am 03.12.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1401 Hey guy's I just got a hunter 22 1985 model i was wanting to clean the boat up any ideas on how to
Raw Water Impeller Bad Obsession at 4:51am 03.12.10 Catalina 30 7/3659 I just wanted to pass on this information: For a Catalina 30 MKii with the Universal M25 XP the Glo
Mildew killers Roger Long at 4:17am 03.12.10 Ask All Sailors 25/4538 Two winters in a damp and sun warmed shed and a summer on a mooring where I couldn't keep the boat a
Building a new dinghy Ross at 8:50pm 03.11.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1496 I particularly like the lines of the dinghy the Roger Long published on this forum. However I have a
new transducer rmdakine at 6:20pm 03.11.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1307 The transducer that came with the chartplotter I bought is a transom mounted unit. The instructions
Should I prime bare lead? RobG at 5:55pm 03.11.10 Ask All Sailors 11/5204 I did some repairs on the trailing edge of my keel ('87 Ericson 28) last weekend leaving it bare lea
Raw Water Pump update Stephen K at 5:41pm 03.11.10 Ask All Sailors 15/9942 Awhile back, I posted that my Sherwood G908 raw water pump was dripping a slight bit of oil at the w

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Leaky Windows Project_Mayhem at 2:40pm 02.22.22 If you can find some Bed-It, it's a pleasure to work with. The automotive stuff I picked up to resea
Lower shrouds kclancy at 2:32pm 02.22.22 Hi All - I went ahead and did it the right way. I replaced all the shrouds, fore & back stays. All n
2007 Hunter 41DS Autopilot Linear Drive Failure jviss at 1:56pm 02.22.22 These linear drives are notorious for clutch and also gear failures, but they are also ubiquitous.
gel coat cracks dlochner at 1:54pm 02.22.22 A good option, I've used them too. It is necessary to thin the gelcoat or the sprayer will clog and
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:48pm 02.22.22 Brass is not a good choice in a marine environment. This article from Sail magazine is worth the ti
Leaky Windows mikeracca at 1:25pm 02.22.22 I used butyl for one of my windows. If you put too much on you'll never get all of the extra to squ
Battery options mikeracca at 1:22pm 02.22.22
Universal Diesel M18 overheating and coolant escaping from bleeder problems jviss at 1:12pm 02.22.22 I've had my boat for 4 1/2 years now, and I still can't find the macerator. :)
Mercury 3.5 Hp Water in oil jviss at 1:10pm 02.22.22 I have looked into seal replacement for the lower unit on my Mercury two stroke 15HP. It's not triv
Universal Diesel M18 overheating and coolant escaping from bleeder problems Stu Jackson at 1:08pm 02.22.22
2007 Hunter 41DS Autopilot Linear Drive Failure DayDreamer41 at 12:59pm 02.22.22 DayDreamer41, your suggestion was correct. There is a access cover when removed gives you direct a
Universal Diesel M18 overheating and coolant escaping from bleeder problems jviss at 12:54pm 02.22.22 If all you find if the heat exchanger then you don't have a water heater. Also, if you turn on the
Down windsails. Diablito at 12:48pm 02.22.22 I just love this forum! you are all a wealth of information.
gel coat cracks Project_Mayhem at 12:32pm 02.22.22 @dlochner What's your opinion of the Preval sprayers for small jobs?
Leaky Windows Project_Mayhem at 12:31pm 02.22.22 I used butyl for one of my windows. If you put too much on you'll never get all of the extra to sque
2007 Hunter 41DS Autopilot Linear Drive Failure keepsmilin at 12:29pm 02.22.22 DayDreamer41, your suggestion was correct. There is a access cover when removed gives you direct ac
Battery options Stu Jackson at 11:43am 02.22.22 Charging 2 12v in parallel is not going to result in an unbalance like a series charge can. .... Ba
Battery options (1) jeepbluetj at 11:35am 02.22.22 Rod would link his own site: Batteries Archives - Marine How To As far as balance is concerned, let
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION Project_Mayhem at 11:32am 02.22.22 A few articles I red said that these valves often times have a copper coating which explains the gre
Potential Buyer of DS1 Johnb at 11:11am 02.22.22 I am not familiar with that particular boat but I would like to comment based on my dinghy sailing d

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