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Sailing Performance: List OK? Or Balance with Opposing Weight rardiH36 at 12:16pm 11.12.09 Ask All Sailors 9/3211 How important to sailing performance is being on even keel? My boat lists to port due to more wei
Toilet seat Pete2225 at 11:12am 11.12.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2179 Peggy, do you know of a replacement marine head toilet seat from Home Depot, or any other source. I
Toilet seat Pete2225 at 10:50am 11.12.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1556 Several months ago, someone advised that Home Depot had a toilet seat that fit a marine head and gav
Can anyone identify this boat?? (1) Sumner at 10:06am 11.12.09 Ask All Sailors 20/9025 When we were walking the marina by Long Beach a couple months ago I took pictures of this boat. I co
Hey guys i updated my photo album if you wanna look emergpa1 at 10:00am 11.12.09 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2649 Hey guys. I put some good stuff on polishing in my album "the rebuild" if you want to check it out.
Solar decision..... Sanford H. at 9:50am 11.12.09 Smaller Boats 15/3766 OK... Another question... I'd like to put a solar panel on the boat, I am trying to do some research
Passage 42 chainplates Paul Cossman at 9:33am 11.12.09 Big Boats 14/3525 I've been following with interest the discussion about chainplate replacements on the Hunter 34 mode
why choose a hunter 260 sigoks at 5:56am 11.12.09 Smaller Boats 7/5726 I'm looking to buy a sailboat and have narrowed down my choices. The 260 is one of those choices. My
holding tank parts? stx203 at 5:55am 11.12.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2628 I have a Jabsco PAR mini-tank (6 gal) installed in my newly purchased '77 ODay 25. The hose connecti
Exhaust Pipe catealley at 5:30am 11.12.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1824 I have a 1985 Catalina 27 with a M-18 Universal Diesel Engine. I am trying to find a replacement f
FM Boost... Doug/Karen at 4:43am 11.12.09 Big Boats 4/1525 Same slip, different boat. Our FM reception on our 2003 H356 Sony is not as good as our reception w
How to find boat history by vessel name (2) islandjim at 3:37am 11.12.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1949 I bought my dinghy the early part of the 2009 season. It is an old fiberglass dinghy with wood trim
toilet repair (1) kalimbas at 11:12pm 11.11.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/2177 Help! Catalina 27--can't ID toilet brand Hello I'm a novice sailor and new owner of a 1978 Catalin
Mac 25 Trailer Springs Robeon at 6:56pm 11.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1239 Well my day started out to remove the keel to paint it and the bottom of my hull. When I jacked
Running backstay position H37c (1) MATHURIN2 at 6:05pm 11.11.09 The Cherubini Hunters 5/2312 does someone knows where exactly the running backstay are supposed to be located on my hunter cutter
VHF Radio decision Squadron at 6:03pm 11.11.09 Ask All Sailors 46/8688 Hey guys, I'm trying to search through the forums for stuff related to VHF radios, as I need to get
Hatch gaskets jorge fife at 5:58pm 11.11.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1830 Still looking for the hatch gaskets for my H33, 1982 I phoned Hunter, and they asked me to read the
More Legible copy of Running Rigging Specs CJRicci at 4:30pm 11.11.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1708 Hi my name is Chris and I'm new to this community. I am very happy to have found it. I purchased a 1
13.5 mast height? delwyn at 4:20pm 11.11.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1528 How can I find out the mast heigh over water of the Idylle 13.5?
What have I bought? Allred at 3:25pm 11.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/3137 Please take a look at; http://rallred.smugmug.com/Sports/MacGregor/10289083_c6Xes/1/710594419_45V

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Generator on a Hunter 326 (32') Crusty Ol Salt at 4:15pm 03.16.22 Hey, don't be to upset. I read through this twice and learned a couple of things. I would have nev
Forever to Charge - What's This? Davidasailor26 at 4:15pm 03.16.22
Repurposing a Rope Clutch shemandr at 3:50pm 03.16.22 So, I'm assuming that you have in-mast furling since you say you don't adjust the halyard very much.
First of 4 panels Ralph Johnstone at 3:34pm 03.16.22 Nice little sailboat stitches. Be sure to show the finished product when you're done. Right now I'
First of 4 panels kappykaplan at 3:16pm 03.16.22 Looks great, @Light air ! :beer:
Sailboat Cradle shemandr at 3:10pm 03.16.22 I'd concentrate on local media directed at boaters. Cradles don't walk to their new homes - especia
Depth finder in bilge BigEasy at 2:49pm 03.16.22 Tom & Ted described the thru hull transducers & blanking plug. Many times owners will allow the spee
Beneteau bottom paint color 361 BigEasy at 2:32pm 03.16.22 Also, recommendations on paint type and application. Mark I wouldn't be so concerned about
Beneteau bottom paint color 361 BigEasy at 2:19pm 03.16.22 I haven't done a bottom paint for the last 8 years and it takes 15 min at haul out to spray wash th
Oxalic Acid Hull Cleaning shemandr at 2:17pm 03.16.22 I have used oxalic acid to remove tannin stains. I'm not sure why it would work on oxidized gel coa
First of 4 panels Ward H at 2:14pm 03.16.22 Now you did it! If my SO see's your stitching I'll have to be doing the same! Seriously, very nice.
Forever to Charge - What's This? (1) BigEasy at 2:05pm 03.16.22 I hear you. My boat's battery compartment is too shallow. :( They didn't consider batteries when
Beneteau bottom paint color 361 joker460 at 1:54pm 03.16.22 I'm going to get some flack over this but why do we bother with anti fouling paints in fresh water.
Swim Platform Lockers Ward H at 1:18pm 03.16.22 Nice latches. I put them on my boat. No more scarred shins from hitting the metal ones.
Forever to Charge - What's This? jeepbluetj at 1:12pm 03.16.22 Those batts are toast. An equalize may be tried, but I'd have little hope of improvement. And yes,
Beneteau bottom paint color 361 Davidasailor26 at 12:54pm 03.16.22
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 12:36pm 03.16.22 Watch out you don't destroy your charger. I had a battery like that once. I brought it home and put
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 12:34pm 03.16.22 pretty good bang for the buck: Duracell Marine Deep Cycle Battery, Group size 31 - Sam's Club (sams
Forever to Charge - What's This? kloudie1 at 12:19pm 03.16.22 pretty good bang for the buck: Duracell Marine Deep Cycle Battery, Group size 31 - Sam's Club (samsc
Forever to Charge - What's This? Brian D at 12:12pm 03.16.22 Watch out you don't destroy your charger. I had a battery like that once. I brought it home and put

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