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Headmate rebuild sailskipper at 11:26am 03.24.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 23/7954 I am about to embark on the dreaded journey into darkness - rebuilding the pump on my old WC Headmat
which chartplotter Carolyn1964 at 11:14am 03.24.10 Trailer Sailors 10/4010 I am looking at chartplotters and would love to hear from others about what they like or don't like
H40--Larger windows Acadia at 10:51am 03.24.10 Big Boats 3/1621 Does anyone know if there are many structural differences in the the H40 deck construction from 1985
Finally got to the bilge Tom Hoffman at 10:17am 03.24.10 Trailer Sailors 6/2645 Went over to the boat today and removed the disgusting brown indoor out door carpet and guess what s
Replacement Vent - Hatch Cover (1) dansam55 at 10:11am 03.24.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3268 Hello, I have a 71 Irwin 25' with a companionway hatch cover vent that needs replacing. I can't see
Seeking a mainsail Homard at 9:26am 03.24.10 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1806 I'm swapping the previous owner's roller furling main for a conventional one on my 1980 HC37. Any th
Cleaning and refinishing interior wood gordhodgson at 8:53am 03.24.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2636 Hi Everyone Because my 2000 450 Hunter is still new to me. I have yet to tackle cleaning the wood
loose bow cleats, Catalina 27 donslevin@comcast.net at 7:41am 03.24.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1768 I've read some suggestions for people with loose or snapped bolts on bow cleats on Catalina 27 (port
Sailing from NY to Florida (1) StellaetRichard at 7:07am 03.24.10 Ask All Sailors 26/24303 Hi everybody, We are planning to bring our Hunter 380, actually on the Champlain Lake (QC, VT, NY)
O'Day 23 genoa block position Yves12281 at 7:01am 03.24.10 Day Sailers 5/2172 I'm getting a new 150% genoa with a CDI furler soon. I had a 135% hank on before. I have safety ne
hydraulic steering rami gazit at 6:36am 03.24.10 Big Boats 10/2860 like to put hydraulik steering ' hydraulik autopilot on Hunter 340( 1999) Have someone done it?
Need some advice on finishing mahogany traveler. (3) caguy at 11:27pm 03.23.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1687 I had a chance to work on my traveler for the Luger the last couple of days. It is made of mahogany
REmovable spinnaker bowsprit Kama2 at 10:52pm 03.23.10 Bigger Boats 0/1567 Hi All! has anyone buit / installed a stemhead fitting to hold the removable spinnaker sprit to and
'80 36 footer, pre-purchase questions... (4) shibbershabber at 9:04pm 03.23.10 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1776 http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1980/Hunter--2189513/St.-Helens/OR/United-States So after a deal on
new sailor could use some advice joemama7 at 7:54pm 03.23.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2102 hello, just a quick question about wind speed, I have a macgregor venture 22 that i have not yet sai
First MD, Then VA, Ga, now the Feds... Ron20324 at 7:42pm 03.23.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1481 I bought a (Maryland) Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing License that covers anyone who fishes from my boa
Battery Changeout Questions truckman at 7:33pm 03.23.10 Catalina 310 9/2866 Hello, Board members! Anyone with a 310 change out their 2-4d's to 4- 6volt golf cart batteries.
Engines for an L25 kdm005 at 6:43pm 03.23.10 Lancer 12/3264 Can anyone tell me what the min/max is for an outboard on the L25 is and does it need to be a long s
Installing Flush Table Hinges (3) Hermit Scott at 6:29pm 03.23.10 Ask All Sailors 9/8085 I am making a new table for the cabin. The original one was heavy, to big to easily get around and n
Fuel filter upgrade malyea at 5:56pm 03.23.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2608 It looks like my '82 H30 has an old Perko brass primary filter mounted to starboard of the 2GM. Rese

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Smoothing boat bottom and painting jssailem at 8:11am 05.02.22
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 8:11am 05.02.22 That should clean up nicely with some paint. Brushing should be fine for something that size. Paints
WORX Hydro shot WG620.4 20v jssailem at 8:07am 05.02.22 Cool looking. Tell us how it works out. Certainly convenient and at about $110 from Amazon inside th
Line Bags thinwater at 8:01am 05.02.22 Many are stiffened to stay open. A fiberglass batten? I've used hooks, bags, and boxes, and find th
New to me o'day mariner 19' dmax at 7:56am 05.02.22 Hi Girth - I know where you got your name ;)
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 (1) BKParks at 7:46am 05.02.22 Hello and thank you for reaching out. I am a new sailboat owner and this is my first boat. Working
WORX Hydro shot WG620.4 20v dmax at 7:46am 05.02.22 Thanks for sharing - I was thinking of installing a washdown pump but this seems like a simpler, mor
Desperate leakinhg jviss at 7:43am 05.02.22 The way the info about what happened and when is dribbling in I'm going to unwatch this thread, it's
Line Bags Ward H at 7:42am 05.02.22 Currently I "figure 8" coil my lines and hang them from the cabin top winches. When sailing I lay
Smoothing boat bottom and painting (1) mechjagger at 7:42am 05.02.22
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? jviss at 7:39am 05.02.22 So, a sidebar, but I read the CPT web site - I think all of it - and there's a nit I'd like to pick.
Smoothing boat bottom and painting Davidasailor26 at 7:38am 05.02.22 Thanks Siamese, I think given the benefits I will put vc17 back on. Removing the old layers will al
Smoothing boat bottom and painting mechjagger at 7:35am 05.02.22 VC17 is probably the most common bottom paint here on the Great Lakes. We get algae growth, and fo
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

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