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John & Georgie at 7:21pm 11.17.09
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Hi John ' Georgie, I received an e-mail notification from you regarding midship cleats. How can I he
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I just winterized my Yanmar 3GMF with pink RV biodegradable -60 degree antifreeze. The bottle says i
johnweaver at 3:24pm 11.17.09
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I need to touch-up some areas on the teak in the interior of my 1986 Pearson 36.2 and was hoping tha
jkittka at 3:13pm 11.17.09
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Having aquired a wisker pole I would ask that if anyone already has one if they could provide me som
Airlandsea at 3:09pm 11.17.09
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I have a 25' hunter and the mainsail is slightly short on mast and boom....is it a bad idea to use t
Adrian Morris at 1:02pm 11.17.09
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have a hunter 19 and would like to get a power tilt electric start motor for next year have a honda
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D'R marine mentioned that my Oday 26 fuel tank uses a Twin site fuel gauge and I just need to figure
DesertSailor87 at 12:20pm 11.17.09
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I just purchased a 97' 26X which is in need of TLC, but I'm game. I need to replace the 12' steerin
wflowe2 at 10:06am 11.17.09
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I have a new to me, 2008 Catalina 320. It was very lightly used before I bought it and had it deliv
Bobbi Ullinger at 8:41am 11.17.09
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I was just finishing up getting Kinship ready for the winter, when I noticed that the compass card i
jkkfl at 8:21am 11.17.09
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Hi name is John and I own a 41 DS 2007 Hunter Sailboat. My home port is Fort Lauderdale FL and I a
SailTIP at 8:11am 11.17.09
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Finally got around to working on replacing the parquet flooring in my cabin. Tore out a section, exp
ChrisNC at 7:39am 11.17.09
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Well, I think that normal practice is NOT to paint the bottom of a trailered boat. However, my "n
ChrisNC at 7:22am 11.17.09
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In getting to know my new '77 Venture 25, I discovered that I need to do some work to the cabin roof
nancishouse at 6:40am 11.17.09
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Has anyone used this product?
BobM at 5:02am 11.17.09
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I made a comment on another post "I found some feeder rings on board I used to raise the genoa solo.
Quoddy at 4:09am 11.17.09
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hunter frank at 3:08am 11.17.09
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The zinc in the head is attached through a cover plate. Can I just unscrew the zinc from the plate o
Broke Sailor at 1:35am 11.17.09
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I ran into a poem in a Nautical Almanac. It goes something like ths: When all three lights I see ah
Mark H at 9:15pm 11.16.09
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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
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I know I'm guilty of this. Very interesting. Will put this on my Spring list. 37Y7eSwhfpU Well
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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
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svAtargatis at 8:49am 04.15.22
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RKMCCORKLE at 8:48am 04.15.22
Not sure the pic attached
86 Hunter 25.5
RKMCCORKLE at 8:47am 04.15.22
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204416 Wait for it.... 204417
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Everyother week the tides are right for me to take my runabout to work... and on Monday I notice tha
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SV Bella at 8:03am 04.15.22
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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
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Rich Stidger at 7:59am 04.15.22
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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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