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Midship Cleats John & Georgie at 7:21pm 11.17.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1116 Hi John ' Georgie, I received an e-mail notification from you regarding midship cleats. How can I he
Will -60 pink RV antifreeze with alcohol hurt my 3gmf letsgo at 5:12pm 11.17.09 Big Boats 16/7130 I just winterized my Yanmar 3GMF with pink RV biodegradable -60 degree antifreeze. The bottle says i
interior finish johnweaver at 3:24pm 11.17.09 Pearson 4/2324 I need to touch-up some areas on the teak in the interior of my 1986 Pearson 36.2 and was hoping tha
Mast mount location for wisker pole jkittka at 3:13pm 11.17.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/2752 Having aquired a wisker pole I would ask that if anyone already has one if they could provide me som
small mainsail Airlandsea at 3:09pm 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2785 I have a 25' hunter and the mainsail is slightly short on mast and boom....is it a bad idea to use t
hunter 19 Adrian Morris at 1:02pm 11.17.09 Smaller Boats 11/1689 have a hunter 19 and would like to get a power tilt electric start motor for next year have a honda
Oday fuel gauge sail2kn0m0r at 12:37pm 11.17.09 Day Sailers 2/1586 D'R marine mentioned that my Oday 26 fuel tank uses a Twin site fuel gauge and I just need to figure
Landlocked Newby w/a 26X DesertSailor87 at 12:20pm 11.17.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1299 I just purchased a 97' 26X which is in need of TLC, but I'm game. I need to replace the 12' steerin
propeller shaft rattle wflowe2 at 10:06am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 13/6736 I have a new to me, 2008 Catalina 320. It was very lightly used before I bought it and had it deliv
Silva Compass Bobbi Ullinger at 8:41am 11.17.09 Smaller Boats 4/1858 I was just finishing up getting Kinship ready for the winter, when I noticed that the compass card i
Sailling South Florida / Bahamas jkkfl at 8:21am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1352 Hi name is John and I own a 41 DS 2007 Hunter Sailboat. My home port is Fort Lauderdale FL and I a
H37 Cutter cabin sole replacement SailTIP at 8:11am 11.17.09 Big Boats 6/2530 Finally got around to working on replacing the parquet flooring in my cabin. Tore out a section, exp
Trailer sailor bottom paint? ChrisNC at 7:39am 11.17.09 Trailer Sailors 4/4410 Well, I think that normal practice is NOT to paint the bottom of a trailered boat. However, my "n
Replacing cabin roof reinforcement? ChrisNC at 7:22am 11.17.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1939 In getting to know my new '77 Venture 25, I discovered that I need to do some work to the cabin roof
Liquid Rubber for inflatables nancishouse at 6:40am 11.17.09 Catalina 30 1/1660 Has anyone used this product?
luff pre-feeder (1) BobM at 5:02am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 6/6405 I made a comment on another post "I found some feeder rings on board I used to raise the genoa solo.
Mast prebend Quoddy at 4:09am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 6/3694
1981 2-gm Yanmar Zinc hunter frank at 3:08am 11.17.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1369 The zinc in the head is attached through a cover plate. Can I just unscrew the zinc from the plate o
Rules of the road Broke Sailor at 1:35am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3337 I ran into a poem in a Nautical Almanac. It goes something like ths: When all three lights I see ah
protection form ice storm ..? Mark H at 9:15pm 11.16.09 Smaller Boats 1/1052 Can you guys share ideas for covering my H23.5 on trailer for winter?Txs in advance guys .

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Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits Maine Sail at 10:25am 04.15.22 I know I'm guilty of this. Very interesting. Will put this on my Spring list. 37Y7eSwhfpU Well
Raymarine I40 wind? Captain Larry-DH at 9:55am 04.15.22
40.5: Shaft growth kappykaplan at 9:38am 04.15.22 but it didn't look anything like kappykaplan's prop from Lusby - not far from me in Deale. In 2020
40.5: Shaft growth tfox2069 at 9:29am 04.15.22 The fact that your barnacles are concentrated where they are in that photo tells me two things: 1.
Rub rail and deck hull joint. (4) kendyoozed at 9:15am 04.15.22 204426 I wanted to replace the entire system but I am now thinking that the Aluminum rub rail may b
New Catalina 30 Owner DArcy at 9:10am 04.15.22 Good stuff Mike. It's great to see new life being breathed into an old boat. And I'm sure your dock
1993 40.5 Standing / Running Rigging Replacement PRO tips? (3) jssailem at 8:57am 04.15.22 Here are a couple of pictures, what I did on my mast step. The pipes are aluminum. The wire bundle
Keel question LloydB at 8:55am 04.15.22 Where did you find the heavy duty tandem axle boat trailer for to rent? It's a somewhat common quest
40.5: Shaft growth svAtargatis at 8:49am 04.15.22 Interesting. Yeah I hadn't run the boat for almost 5 months it was just sitting at the marina.
86 Hunter 25.5 (2) RKMCCORKLE at 8:48am 04.15.22 Not sure the pic attached
86 Hunter 25.5 RKMCCORKLE at 8:47am 04.15.22 This happened to me,found out the hose led to the icebox. I took a connection joint For the lack o
Funny Friday!!! (2) rgranger at 8:12am 04.15.22 204416 Wait for it.... 204417
86 Hunter 25.5 (1) Mrfixit at 8:11am 04.15.22 Hello everyone, I have 1985 Hunter 285 sailboat and was wondering If anyone spliced the shielded pol
40.5: Shaft growth rgranger at 8:07am 04.15.22 Everyother week the tides are right for me to take my runabout to work... and on Monday I notice tha
Water Heater Discharge (2) SV Bella at 8:03am 04.15.22 Here is a pic of my actual water heater. I believe my pressure relief valve worked. Because the en
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 8:03am 04.15.22 So you want to learn to speak English... gh Thought Through Throughout Thorough Tough Taught
1993 40.5 Standing / Running Rigging Replacement PRO tips? Rich Stidger at 8:03am 04.15.22 I was thinking about extending the PVC pipe a few inches to protect it a bit more Good idea; can't
40.5: Shaft growth Rich Stidger at 7:59am 04.15.22 Anti-fouling not withstanding, growth will accumulate quickly on props and shafts that are not run r
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? (1) baycloud at 7:36am 04.15.22 I found surprises too...
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits mikeracca at 7:35am 04.15.22 This is a problem in automotive stuff as well. I was taught this about stainless way back in high sc

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