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bottom prep Kids4sail at 9:52am 01.05.10 Smaller Boats 2/1771 I have a 1986 H23 that I need to sand and prep bottom for bottom paint. How do you sand and not dest
Repower for a 1984 Catalina 30 Tallrig jpdcat30 at 9:18am 01.05.10 Catalina 30 3/2719 I have a 1984 Catalina 30 that needs repowering. The boat does not currently have an engine installe
Got Stainless? timebandit at 9:07am 01.05.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1369 Do you have a project that needs some stainless parts?? Try here-- http://www.marinepartdepot.co
What to look out for? (1) uvantu at 5:50am 01.05.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1419 I'm looking at a Bristol 19 for sale. It's been a while since I've had a boat and I have very littl
When do boats freeze? ggrizzard at 2:07am 01.05.10 Ask All Sailors 12/4179 I live near Daytona and it's gotten colder here this week than it has in decades. The forcast calls
Rigging my Catalina 27 for solo sailing (1) Buzzlovelace at 6:56pm 01.04.10 Mid-Size Boats 12/16464 Does anyone have a basic diagram or pics to rig a Catalina 27 for solo sailing
New (to me) V 222 chefmike at 6:38pm 01.04.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1563 Hello just traded my Lido 14 for a 1971 V 222! Great solid boat just needs a little cosmetic TLC. An
How far is to far Keiffer at 5:46pm 01.04.10 Ask All Sailors 21/4533 My original intent was to purchase a Seaward 25 this spring to keep on Lake Lanier just north of Atl
Batteries Ken at 5:45pm 01.04.10 Catalina 22 3/1719 Anyone using two golf cart batteries for house batteries? On Last Penny I was using two 12v deep cy
Oh Joy Resto 01/04/10 (6) CharlieCobra at 4:43pm 01.04.10 Ask All Sailors 13/1967 I went up and worked some more on that clamp section. After jointing, planing etc. to get it lookin
Ice Blink Sail Documentary is on tonight. caguy at 4:28pm 01.04.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2738 I caught the end of what appears to be a beautiful documentary of an ordinary family living an extra
Take your boatyard boss to lunch month carlf at 11:13am 01.04.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2292 If you live where it snows, your January calendar should have an entry "Take boatyard boss to lunch"
More trivia, too cold to go outside sailaway78 at 10:37am 01.04.10 Ask All Sailors 33/4719 It is far too cold to go outside, let alone sail. Don't know how you guys in the more northern regi
Anyone want to sell an oday 25 centerboard? don't want to spend as much as D&R oldschoolkyle at 10:30am 01.04.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1358 I will take your used oday 25 centerboard. I have a 1982 version of the boat and i need a centerboa
Honda 2000 on H-38 tchastain at 10:30am 01.04.10 Big Boats 24/5092 I want to purchase a Honda 2000 to use on our Hunter 38 but have a few questions for this particular
Link Battery Monitor Installation Snotter at 10:21am 01.04.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2007 I managed to snag an old Link 10 monitor off of ebay. I hooked it up this weekend and was pleased t
VHF in Cockpit Sailgunner at 9:56am 01.04.10 Big Boats 3/1445 I was wanting to add a RAM type mike in the cockpit of my 2000 410 and was wondering if anyone with
Kiwiprop capbill at 8:04am 01.04.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2403 When I installed the prop last winter I gained .5 to .75 knots boat speed, better rudder reponse but
Cutlass strut re-bolt Mookie B at 7:33am 01.04.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1896 After a bout with the nor'easter we had here in Norfolk in November, I'm forced to make a few extra
Head inlet vented loop? Kenlee at 7:28am 01.04.10 Bigger Boats 4/1566 I recently had a Comfort Mate manual toilet installed in a '78 Oday 30. The instructions say a vent

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Saloon or Salon... All U Get at 5:56am 02.11.22
Saloon or Salon... AlastairLC at 5:41am 02.11.22 Yes, but let's not start an urban myth that's not rooted in truth. No myth. Just compare British a
Ford 20 information landhort at 5:27am 02.11.22 After finding and reading through Glen-L's book, RIGGING SMALL SAILBOATS, I understand how to rig my
Add a dedicated starter battery sailme88 at 5:25am 02.11.22 Maybe before you get new batteries, check all your connections, especially the negative. Clean the
Haul out the water sailme88 at 5:10am 02.11.22 My mast gets unstepped at our Club... no cost... Transportation to our house is $400. Roughly a 10 m
Thru Hull Backing Plates dlochner at 4:59am 02.11.22 I pulled my one and only below water thru hull last weekend. What I found was a little surprising.
Add a dedicated starter battery dlochner at 4:48am 02.11.22 @ Davidasailor26 "anything rated in CCA or reserve capacity is not a deep cycle battery. " I don'
When to move up? shemandr at 4:17am 02.11.22 You can always make more money. You can't make more time. You live in a great cruising area and yo
Mercury 3.3 Runs Then Stalls Tater at 4:10am 02.11.22 Thanks Rich and Tom. The thing is that the tank was clean. I soaked it in Seafoamed gasoline just to
Add a dedicated starter battery Davidasailor26 at 3:46am 02.11.22 +1 for the recommendation to get a digital voltmeter and check the voltage drop in the starting circ
Add a dedicated starter battery NYSail at 3:42am 02.11.22 Maybe before you get new batteries, check all your connections, especially the negative. Clean the c
Add a dedicated starter battery Joe at 2:46am 02.11.22 Try Costo or walmart. That's my source. I think there's only 2 actual battery manufacturers anyway.
Example Installation Diesel Heater Hunter 326 stuendan at 2:10am 02.11.22 I may not have explained myself clearly - the unit is mounted just behind the bulkhead between the V
When to move up? Tally Ho at 11:58pm 02.10.22
Add a dedicated starter battery (2) Tally Ho at 9:46pm 02.10.22 For starting the engine only, you can use the one you indicated. It would not be a good choice for
Add a dedicated starter battery twistedskipper at 9:43pm 02.10.22 What some are saying here is before you replace batteries that are only a few months old, do some re
Thru Hull Backing Plates Tally Ho at 9:24pm 02.10.22 But, here's the odd thing, there's about a 3" circle that had been machined to make the hull thinne
When to move up? Kings Gambit at 9:22pm 02.10.22 Should I stick with the Hunter 23.5' for a few more years or would moving up to something like a 27
Add a dedicated starter battery (1) acudavid at 9:07pm 02.10.22 "check the voltage while cranking the battery with the stop pulled" This sounds like great advice.
Mercury 3.3 Runs Then Stalls Tom J at 9:05pm 02.10.22 The use of E0 gas will prevent almost all fuel problems. :plus: Essential for carbureted engines.

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