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Cleaning and refinishing interior teak and wood panels gordhodgson at 9:02am 02.23.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/5469 Hi Everyone I purchased a Hunter 2000 450cc last year and was wondering what product I should use
O'Day 25'; Are the interior layout the same titoana at 8:42am 02.23.10 Ask An Oday Owner 8/8822 Hi: I am in the process of replacing all the inside cushions/covers of my 1981 O'Day 25. I talked
Jib Measurments or Mast Height on a 32 Morgan denniswbaber@aol.com at 7:59am 02.23.10 Morgan 2/2635 I amlooking to purchase a used Jib for a 32 Morgan, but I do not have the old one to measure. Does a
BVI vs Bahamas Monamie at 7:07am 02.23.10 Ask All Sailors 8/6988 We've been to the BVI twice and injoyed it both times. Were now thinking about going again and wonde
Adjusting Prop Pitch????? woodster at 7:07am 02.23.10 Ask All Sailors 12/5681 ...is it acceptable to adjust prop pitch ...say from 8 to 9....by sending the prop to a prop shop or
Adding grab rails to MKII jbrosecity at 6:00am 02.23.10 Catalina 22 6/1928 I would like to add a pair of grab rails (aka hand rails) to the deck of my Catalina 22 MKII alongsi
Catalina 30 anchor windlass installation (1) RAD at 5:42am 02.23.10 Ask All Sailors 4/10160 I'm helping a friend pick out and and install a windlass on his Catalina 30 and I'm looking for inpu
Preferred Outboard Size for a Mac 25 Harvestamm at 8:45pm 02.22.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/10446 I have a 1982 Mac 25 that I've been running with a 1979 Honda 7.5HP four stroke on it. Unfortunately
Furler Installation/ sail fit profurl c320 Hermit Scott at 5:54pm 02.22.10 Ask All Sailors 22/13144 I received the parts to my furler today, everything but the extrusions. I read the manual and had a
WinchRite Sounds Fantastic! nick at 5:26pm 02.22.10 Ask All Sailors 33/9245 Anyone bought the new WinchRite elecric cordless winch handle? www.winchrite.com Sounds fantastic pa
Have to replace my Propeller Dan Clifford at 5:00pm 02.22.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1593 My diver told me that one of the blades on my two bladed propeller was missing. I have to say that
Animals on board...... gary at 4:51pm 02.22.10 Smaller Boats 13/2646 Do any of you sail with your pets on board? I would like to hear pros and cons. If it is a cat do y
Need a Mast and Boom for Escape Captiva pineapple at 4:50pm 02.22.10 Other Sailboats 0/3203 Hey all. My great little Escape Captiva lost the smart rig mast and boom in a storm when we had it s
For Ed: Diff's Between H36c and H37c rardiH36 at 4:09pm 02.22.10 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2311 Ed: I also have wondered about two Hunters built the same time with only one foot diff in length.
Same Rookie... new question mccauley13 at 3:56pm 02.22.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1951 My '81 Mac has a pop top that must weigh at least 8000 lbs. I can get it up and down (much faster do
Sail Batten size Okie Dokie at 2:31pm 02.22.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1787 The batten in the mainsail of my Mac 26M dropped out of the sail last fall. Can anyone tell me the s
GPS Repair shemandr at 2:25pm 02.22.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2261 I have a Garmin 176C GPS which I think needs repair. Garmin says it is no longer repairing this mod
Need replacement spreader - Cal 34 JoelHoover at 2:21pm 02.22.10 Ask All Sailors 5/3257 Lost a spreader sailing the new boat home from Oxnard. I went to Minneys in Costa Mesa and called
Catalina 445 jceccant at 12:32pm 02.22.10 Big Boats 1/4942 Just bought a Catalina 455. Any Sailing tips?
Building a Pulpit for a B20 TiSmeB4U at 12:27pm 02.22.10 Balboa 2/3398 Hello folks, I've been on the Balboa group on yahoo for a while now and just came across the grou

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TRAVELER RE-LOCATE PaulK at 8:02am 04.02.22 It can be done, but as others have mentioned, the cure might be worse than the disease. Moving the t
Beneteau 473 Dripless shaft seal Alex S at 8:00am 04.02.22 I believe the 'working' email for Ward is.. ward.richardson@beneteauusa.com I'm considering re
Bent Wing smokey73 at 7:55am 04.02.22 What is an "unprotected trailer?" If it was a professional boat shipping company that had it on its
SWINOMISH CHANNEL BNSF SWING BRIIDGE to be closed in APRIL Terry Cox at 7:51am 04.02.22 Happy Birthday to your wife. I'm sure you'll treat her well.
Fender cleanup BigEasy at 7:22am 04.02.22 I use simple green on mine, does a decent job. Have never tried tilex: however, looks good. I woul
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer John Marrone at 7:15am 04.02.22 Is it difficult to get this device out of its position? I'd imagine having to rammer the old unit ou
Hydraulic Lift Arm for Refrigerator PaulK at 7:09am 04.02.22 Try Auto Zone? This sort of thing is used a lot for car trunks, hoods, and pickup covers. Look up
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 6:44am 04.02.22 I suspect that the heavy load on the alternator is causing the issue, but I do not know why the gov
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 6:42am 04.02.22 This gave me an idea. With the engine running turn the key off but do not kill the engine. Try the
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. senang at 6:26am 04.02.22
Bent Wing W.P. Smith at 6:14am 04.02.22 Thank you for your input everyone. For clarification, the keel is lead. Both wings were damaged (t
Reuse shrink wrap? (1) lehighsail at 6:03am 04.02.22 Several years ago I reused my Fairclough cover, originally for my H290, for my H33. I added a secti
Cutlass bearing kappykaplan at 5:51am 04.02.22 @Dave Groshong should be able to help you.
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE Timm R Oday25 at 5:43am 04.02.22 As an owner of a sailboat that has the exact same arrangement ,my suggestion would be to leave it wh
Window Advice Joe at 5:37am 04.02.22 @Joe @Calif. Ted So you both think I should just do a complete reseal of the windows? I assume it's
Fender cleanup RoyS at 5:19am 04.02.22 Never tried Tilex. I use SOS pads.
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE RoyS at 5:17am 04.02.22 For main sail trimming it is best to keep the traveller near the end of the boom, where it is now. T
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE sailme88 at 4:43am 04.02.22 If it were my boat, I'd keep the traveler right where it is.. Moving it forward by 3 or 4 feet will
Fender cleanup (1) rgranger at 8:14pm 04.01.22
Boat Bike "tech support" (1) John Nantz at 8:09pm 04.01.22 Project update: Decided to replace the shifter/brake set. Currently have the shifter/brake (SB-C201/

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