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Topside Paint dscribner at 6:01pm 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2610 My Lancer 25 is in need of a little spiffing up so I plan on stripping an painting her this spring.
Flag attachment maxxx at 5:14pm 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1988 I have just refinished the teak flag pole for my boat. The previous owner had attached the flag with
ylaberge ylaberge at 4:13pm 03.02.10 Mid-Size Boats 3/1464 hi, I have a hunter 29.5, 1997... I need to resealed side windows... Il looks like windows dos
Neutral or Reverse Yanmar KM35A2 Transmission jceccant at 3:32pm 03.02.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/2690 Can I sail with this transmission in Neutral?? When I put it in reverse it gets locked and I have to
Stand up blocks don't want to stand up (2) Hermit Scott at 3:27pm 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 17/3042 They stand up at first, but I can push them over and then they are stuck. Is there a part or somethi
The plunge. btanderson00 at 3:18pm 03.02.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2048 So I did it. I bought a boat. I have been looking at every boat on the market for about 6 months. I
shipping dwgifford at 12:56pm 03.02.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/1618 Does anyone have any idea of an approximate cost for shipping a H33 across country. I am only looki
Arch-mounting a Wind Generator Al - s/v Persephone at 12:16pm 03.02.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2182 I'm considering adding an Air Breeze wind generator to my 05H36. In looking at my arch, it appears
Water Heater Check Valve/Pressure Release? Lookaway at 11:45am 03.02.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1772 I'm not sure if its a check valve or pressure release valve that is leaking just outside my electri
Looking for ideas and how too's on trailer extensions. caguy at 11:18am 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 12/2679 I have a couple of boats that are going to need extension. First of all how do you determine the le
Fresh Water Pump Stephen K at 11:17am 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 17/3173 I'm looking to buy a new fresh water pump (the one that pressurizes the faucets). Mine makes a lot o
How often do you update a chart card? Bob S at 10:33am 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 17/2927 The weather is beginning to warm up (I'm probably speaking too soon) and had a few questions running
Rebed exterior teak Jalepeno at 10:24am 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2759 What is the best way to bed exterior Teak? I need to remove my exterior teak handrails and hatch tr
Whisker Poles watermusic 35.5 at 10:20am 03.02.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1423 Can anyone tell me what length whisker pole is best for a 35.5' Hunter Legend? Thanks
PSS system orion at 9:28am 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1527 Question: How long is a PSS system good for? I installled one 10 years ago and have not had any prob
Boat owning info rob831 at 8:48am 03.02.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1369 I have loved sailboats all my life. Now I'm looking at buying my own. I would be living on this bo
trouble with my m25xp cpconway4@msn.com at 8:41am 03.02.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1363 My M25 xp will run OK for 2 hrs, then quit. It will restart again but ofter die after that and the
Interior Teak Finish maxxx at 8:27am 03.02.10 Ask All Sailors 11/4354 I just spent the weekend oiling the teak in my O'day 28 using Watco Teak oil. The interior had not s
Shower conversion obezyanka at 8:20am 03.02.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1289 We have 1991 Beneteau 390 with two cabins, two heads and a shower. We really would like to convert t
DS III Jib Hank spacing beeteejr at 8:13am 03.02.10 Ask An Oday Owner 5/5400 I'm going to install hanks on my jib which has a wire luff. How many hanks should I use, how far apa

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315 Battery Meter Ralph Johnstone at 9:02pm 05.11.22 I suspect your wiring is pretty much as described by @jssailem and @Calif. Ted . An easy check is
315 Battery Meter jssailem at 8:41pm 05.11.22 Skipper John. what happens when you switch from Batt1 to Batt 2? It is a guess, you would get the
Electric swing keel winch - Chrysler 26 rgranger at 8:05pm 05.11.22 If you raise the ballasted keel all the way, the boat will become unstable, if you do it with the s
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 7:45pm 05.11.22
315 Battery Meter Calif. Ted at 7:35pm 05.11.22 Are the house batteries not connected in parallel so they would read as a single battery, so Batt 1
V birth clothes locker latch mechanism? Phil Herring at 7:02pm 05.11.22 If I recall correctly, the 356 run used a couple of different catch mechanisms. If you could photogr
Which antiseize on injectors? skunther at 6:56pm 05.11.22 I removed & re-installed my 3 injectors a year ago after 20 years. I didn't read anything about us
Which antiseize on injectors? skunther at 6:54pm 05.11.22 I have used this for 50 yrs on everything with good results: Never Seez Regular Grade Anti Seize
Low friction rings Richard19068 at 6:37pm 05.11.22 Perfect. I had not seen the link. (I got discracted looking at the pictures.) Funny. I did too.
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 6:32pm 05.11.22 205243
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 6:32pm 05.11.22 205242
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 6:24pm 05.11.22
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:23pm 05.11.22 It sounds like the conclusion of PS was exactly in alignment with my preliminary hypothesis. "Conclu
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:20pm 05.11.22 Did you read the P-S article I linked to? That should answer your question. Perfect. I had not se
Sailing the Heel Two Sails at 6:19pm 05.11.22 I sailed my old boat (Hunter 280) a bit hard from time to time. In this case, I was over-canvasse
Low friction rings dlochner at 6:13pm 05.11.22 My question was "Is there any difference between the brands of rings or do I just shop for the chea
Hunter 376 inverter charger cagreen75 at 6:06pm 05.11.22 I would suggest that you venture over to this site: Electrical Archives - Marine How To There is a v
Frustrating latches on C315 Skipper John at 6:02pm 05.11.22
Has anyone purchased from Boatersland.com? Tally Ho at 5:59pm 05.11.22 I'm considering updating my outdated, unsupported and (partially) broken X5 Raymarine autopilot set
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 5:55pm 05.11.22 As I have noted before, the drawing is of my current system which uses single blocks. IT DOES NOT S

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