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How do you provide/create a heated space to work on your boat during the snow season? Mich222 at 2:34am 10.25.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2203 What route have you chosen to provide a heated space to work on your boat during the snow season?
All tangled up in blue (4) emergpa1 at 8:25pm 10.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1480 Well not blue, but light anyway. My girl has lights. I wired a D.C circuit with four 10 watt lights
Hunter 33.5 - Leaks (1) Glenn8732 at 6:57pm 10.24.09 Mid-Size Boats 7/2818 I recently took delivery of my Hunter 33.5, and close examination revealed the quandrant hatch cover
Genoa Track Monty VM at 6:04pm 10.24.09 Big Boats 3/1947 I would like to ad sheet tracks for my genoa. The jib tracks need to be restrung outside the standin
Best set up and [placement for bilge pump on 75 H25 Wayne Gibson at 6:01pm 10.24.09 Smaller Boats 1/1360 Can anyone tell me the best pump, placement and set up for a 75 H25? I want to put one in, and some
Steering Wheel Base Repairs David575 at 4:56pm 10.24.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/2110 I have a Cat 27, 1979 model with a wheel steering post. I removed the post and edson plate undernea
Winter Storage: Boom off or on? (and also mast up/down?) deacm at 3:47pm 10.24.09 Big Boats 6/5125 I have a Hunter 36 and I've read older posts here about the pro's/cons of leaving your mast up/down
rudder brackets whatthehec at 2:56pm 10.24.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1300 I have a 2009 macgregor 26m and have sailed only 5 times causing the rudder brackets to spread outwa
Tall Ship sailing Honeyman at 11:26am 10.24.09 Ask All Sailors 8/3195 I urge anyone who has any interest in a "Tall Ship" vacation/charter experience in just about the mo
boat size dlewis812 at 11:11am 10.24.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2125 looking to buy a boat in south florida this winter. try to go there many weekends over the winter a
How to fix retractable keel cable newsailor2 at 9:50am 10.24.09 Irwin 6/6426 I just bought a 1970 23 ft Irwin sailboat that has a retractable keel but the cable has rotted throu
In mast furling la Bise at 9:45am 10.24.09 Ask All Sailors 14/3446 We are new owners of 2010 Beneteau 31. Prior to that, we owned a 1978 23 O'Day. So this is new for u
I want weather helm Quoddy at 8:35am 10.24.09 Ask All Sailors 18/5205
Lightening Strike bobjames at 8:13am 10.24.09 Catalina 310 4/2806 In July a sailboat 4 slips down from me took a lightening strike. The surge went through the shore
H 19 Lifeline Stanchions jallen5599 at 7:39am 10.24.09 Smaller Boats 0/1088 Would it be a bad idea to take down the lifeline stanchions (2 on each side) to facilitate covering
Isomat Boom Missinglink at 6:54am 10.24.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/2823 I have a 1984 Hunter 31 and am getting ready to drop the mast, my question is; does anyone have an e
Soupy Sales Eddie7045 at 6:43am 10.24.09 Sails Call Lounge 4/3458 I just heard about the passing of Soupy Sales. I used to love his show. A lot of zany stuff that was
Removing Rudder from O'Day 302 Michel16055 at 5:48am 10.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/3284 Hi, I would like to know how hard or simple is it to remove the rudder on an O'Day 302. I want to ta
Boat Smell Cure??? John T1594 at 4:54am 10.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2660 I saw an infomercial on a boating TV show the other day. It was for a product that claims to get rid
Verifying the Hull's Manufacturing Year Santisi at 4:04am 10.24.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1185 I've noticed that there seems to be several feature variations in the Mac22. Were there lots of opti

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Vulcan 7 vs 7R? dmdiehl64 at 9:59am 03.31.22 B&G technical support noted the 7R just contains a faster processor. All of the other functionality
Mast rail (5) jssailem at 9:43am 03.31.22 splicing kits I like them. I have the one you post. It works OK. The issue I have with it is you a
Hunter 26.5 Thaniel at 9:38am 03.31.22
capacitor size for Polar Bay 16K BTU AC in 2005 Hunter 33 (1) kbgunn at 9:28am 03.31.22 I don't remember the running current for the compressor. I'd say around 6A. I think the locked rotor
Luck Be The Lady... (2) rgranger at 9:22am 03.31.22 203958 hehehehe... you said fly 203957
Houston, we have a Problem - H36 Compression Post Dalliance at 9:13am 03.31.22 I think I can call this complete barring any issues when I re-step the mast. Replaced the fibergla
Mast rail (1) GrantBrown at 9:09am 03.31.22 What do y-all think about splicing kits? Any recommendations? Samson Splicing Kit for lines from 1/4
Re-wire "entertainment" and have inverter power Line 1 AC Outlets jviss at 9:06am 03.31.22 1) Yes I know I'll have output limitations but running a coffee grinder or some laptops is my requi
Tiller question Brucegspc at 9:00am 03.31.22 Gotcha. That pin is for a Raymarine tiller pilot. There should also be a cylindrical, vertical "c
Beneteau 361 - Replacement of cockpit teak John Dibb at 8:54am 03.31.22 John, I am curious as to why you didnt attempt to refurbish the existing panels by removing the
Re-wire "entertainment" and have inverter power Line 1 AC Outlets jeepbluetj at 8:51am 03.31.22 Fancy: If you want the outlets to be powered from shore power when available and inverter when shore
Tiller question jviss at 8:37am 03.31.22 Gotcha. That pin is for a Raymarine tiller pilot. There should also be a cylindrical, vertical "cu
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor (1) JamesG161 at 8:16am 03.31.22 I got this Page from the H310 owner's manual. Jim... PS: Note the Battery Selector Switch
Mast rail Parsons at 8:04am 03.31.22 The only risky part of joining and running fresh halyards comes at the top block itself. That is th
Tiller question (1) Brucegspc at 8:03am 03.31.22 I'm not sure I understand that - can you be a bit more descriptive? peg? Does that help? I do not
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 7:58am 03.31.22 I have been warned if I turn off key. Alternator may burn out(no load ?) That's not so. Turning t
Mast rail jviss at 7:55am 03.31.22 When you splice the new halyard to the old one, is it better to attach the new halyard to the head(
Mast rail GrantBrown at 7:48am 03.31.22 When you splice the new halyard to the old one, is it better to attach the new halyard to the head(s
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Building a boat at 7:15am 03.31.22 Wow , thanks for all the great ideas will try and work through them. Greg, you think you got a lo
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 7:05am 03.31.22 Maybe because wood actually floats and it's buoyant? Literally filled with air... I don't know. No

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