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Smokey engine Texas Lake Sailor at 9:45am 11.16.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2110 After motor sailing last weekend for about 4 hrs as I returned to the slip I started to lose power a
Corrosion at the entry nipple to my holding tank panamajim at 8:53am 11.16.09 Big Boats 6/1831 I have corrosion on my Ezell 35 gallon holding tank at the nipple that exits the tank with 1 1/2 ID
Westerbeke Radman at 8:21am 11.16.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1552 I am deciding between to 411's. Does anyone have any strong opinions about issues with the Westerbek
Sticky throttle/shifter Mike H. at 7:49am 11.16.09 Big Boats 10/2942 The throttle shifter on my 94 Vision 36 is very hard to operate. It's a MV shifter, one lever operat
HawkSpeed Prop & Shaft Antifouling Rich Stidger at 7:35am 11.16.09 Ask All Sailors 20/8963 Does anyone have any experience with the HawkSpeed product? I have resisted the use of PropSpeed du
Relocating the Valves for the Water Holding Tanks ProfDruhot at 7:34am 11.16.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1167 I own a beautiful Catalina 36 MKII and I find it incomprehensible that there wasn't better engineeri
What anchor size for my Hunter 42 rocna 33 panamajim at 7:29am 11.16.09 Big Boats 5/5951 I have a Hunter 42 passage and I am thinking of buying a Rocna 33 which is kilos. Is this overkill?
TackTick Wireless Wind Instrument Vinny at 6:16am 11.16.09 Big Boats 3/2576 In the past on this and other forums as well I have been negative of the TackTick Wind Instrument th
My winter project for grandchildren Capn Ellis at 6:09am 11.16.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1304 My cousin gave me an Achilles inflatible. It has wear but the tubes are sound. I have a 26' Hunter
Painted bulkhead problems? (2) emergpa1 at 5:45am 11.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 14/3554 So here is the final, finished interior. I painted the bulkheads as most of you guys already know. I
Leak below anchor locker mikew1229 at 5:10am 11.16.09 Big Boats 3/1741 When I removed the access cover for the space forward of the vee-berth on my 1983 Hunter 34, I found
Fitting a SPX-5 autopilot in a 306 sknell at 4:35am 11.16.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1502 I am fitting a Raymarine SPX-5 Autopilot in my 306 but cannot find the (Red) power cable that is all
This Captain makes it look easy! dserrell at 10:37pm 11.15.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1836 1
AC Electrical Problem Prime Time at 8:08pm 11.15.09 Ask All Sailors 21/4638 Hi, I am having trouble figuring out an AC electrical problem with my new boat. The boat is on t
Replacing wind transducer wireing in mast John and Georgie at 7:32pm 11.15.09 Big Boats 4/2331 I am replacing the wind transducer and cable on my 1990 P42. My question, would it be better to pull
Universal Diesel M4-30 nancishouse at 6:11pm 11.15.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1482 I need a photo of an installed heat exchanger, if anyone has one. Or perhaps a page out of the engin
Battery/Charger Question ChrisNJ at 5:18pm 11.15.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3142 I just purchased a Beneteau Oceanis 400. I plan to be a live aboard although I am not moving on for
336 Rudder ontheroadgiv at 4:35pm 11.15.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/2670 I have a 1995 Hunter 336. My rudder post has a bit play where it enters the hull. It only moves si
Paint color Foote at 4:28pm 11.15.09 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1868 I am planning on repainting my 79 Hunter 27. Looking on the awlgrip site I found many shades of whit
Ericson 28 survey...your thoughts please. RobG at 4:27pm 11.15.09 Ask All Sailors 22/7750 Ericson 28 survey... Closing this Saturday Another one gang. Looked at an '87 E28 today. I did a co

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To oil or varnish?! Joe at 8:03pm 02.01.22
removing fuel tank SJN at 7:40pm 02.01.22 Thank you for your detailed replies. I feared having to cuts things away to access the tank. I hav
To oil or varnish?! Growl at 7:31pm 02.01.22 Just brushed it right on there, no sanding?
To oil or varnish?! JoeWhite at 7:29pm 02.01.22 Teak oil. I replaced mine with starboard. No maintenance required.
Rudder repairs Calif. Ted at 7:12pm 02.01.22 You could buy a new rudder, unless you got time on your hands, spring is right around the corner. Ru
Hull Crazy Dave Condon at 7:01pm 02.01.22 Eddie Bree den is relaxing enjoying fishing He was a dear friend who I announced his retirement.
H49/H50 Cockpit Steering Quadrant Cover Rich Stidger at 6:52pm 02.01.22 Back in 2016 I had a saturated line organizer cover on my deck. See this link: https://forums.sail
H49/H50 Cockpit Steering Quadrant Cover Rick D at 6:47pm 02.01.22 A friend had the same issue. It was professionally repaired.
Long way to check out trailer sailor Light air at 6:46pm 02.01.22 I just came home with a Tanzer 16 that I made the deal with and went out to pick up the boat this pa
Long way to check out trailer sailor sail sfbay at 6:43pm 02.01.22 Anyone buy a sailboat on-line, sight unseen like a car?
H49/H50 Cockpit Steering Quadrant Cover Georgedoyle at 6:35pm 02.01.22
Screw clamp port lights Growl at 6:33pm 02.01.22 marine outlets are ridiculously overpriced for a neoprene or rubber port light gaskes. I removed o
Screw clamp port lights Growl at 6:27pm 02.01.22 Was that a freudian slip?
360 Vancouver Island 2022 Cruise leo310 at 6:25pm 02.01.22 Lets hope that we can go. But if not we'll just sail around North of Desolation Sound and watch the
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 6:24pm 02.01.22 I have been watching a video on installing an in-hull transducer for my depth sounder. It stated to
Single handing Will Gilmore at 6:22pm 02.01.22 No more than the color of your hull would. -Will
H49/H50 Cockpit Steering Quadrant Cover SEMPERAVANTI41 at 6:13pm 02.01.22 I have noticed slight sponginess on my boat to the rear platform. But I have not seen any trace of t
beneteau spare parts BigEasy at 6:08pm 02.01.22 Just tried logging on to the spare parts site, using my customer number & pass word. Can't log on ei
mast raising MacBeane at 5:47pm 02.01.22 Yes, that setup is better, and reasonably priced. Thanks for the links.
Hunter 35.5 Dingy Davits sail sfbay at 5:41pm 02.01.22 Not a 35.5 but a 386...........no issues with the dinghy dragging when heeling...just be sure to sec

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