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San Juan and Gulf Islands of Washington and Canada Don3098 at 8:29am 10.15.09 Destinations 3/3430 My wife and I spent a month cruising the San Juan and Gulf Islands of Washington and Canada on our H
ProAction Blitz at 7:07am 10.15.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3544 I was watching a marine show and noticed an advertisement for ProActive Cleaning system and was wond
What I've Been Doing Recently (4) RBone at 7:05am 10.15.09 Ask An Oday Owner 14/3035 With winter approaching I've turned my efforts to making a frame for the shrinkwrap so I can continu
H380 Solar Panel Mounts AlwaysFORSAIL at 6:09am 10.15.09 Big Boats 1/1566 I am looking for a way to mount solar panels, as many as possible, on a 2001 Hunter 380. My preferr
H280 Heads Shower Trevor at 4:58am 10.15.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/1789 my hand held shower in the heads of my 1996 H280 does not get any water supply from the main tap mix
First 38 - Extended transom f.vitali at 1:55am 10.15.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1699 Does anyone know about a First 38 where the stern was modified extending the transom to have a swimm
T Off A Through Hull; Red Brass Issue Rick D at 10:37pm 10.14.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2015 OK, guys, a few years ago, I would have purchased a bronze T and a nipple to connect it to the thru
Need mast stepping information Danny4719 at 10:24pm 10.14.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/2139 Finally, we are ready to step the new mast. However, I have never seen the stepping process done, so
H260 garage door ? Bob 04 H260 at 9:18pm 10.14.09 Smaller Boats 5/1437 My boat is still at the slip but will be coming out next week I think. Can anyone with a 260 on the
Short season but I wouldn't have missed it BobM at 8:15pm 10.14.09 S2 4/2146 Another short season for me this year. Last year it was getting my new (to me) 9.2A ready and movin
Kenyon pressurized alcohol stove Manny at 7:55pm 10.14.09 Ask All Sailors 39/16804 Whose familiar with the Kenyon 206 pressurized alcohol stove? I've got one onboard that I am tempted
H23.5 Water Ballast Treatment? Sail064 at 6:57pm 10.14.09 Smaller Boats 3/1209 This year was my first with a water ballast boat and I just hauled it out of salt water this week.
Stepping the Mast jetdrvr at 6:50pm 10.14.09 S2 4/2858 Hello All, I just bought my first sailboat, a 1979 7.3. I pulled it out last week and can't belie
Oh Joy refit 10/14/09 (9) CharlieCobra at 5:00pm 10.14.09 Ask All Sailors 29/4254 More fun lately. We're getting down to the bones and finding less issues than anticipated. You can
Paragon G-300 Manual Transmission BornSailor2 at 4:56pm 10.14.09 Ask All Sailors 8/3132 Hi All Does anyone know what type of lubrication goes into a Paragon Manual Transmission? BS2
excellent 26D rudder DNease at 3:48pm 10.14.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2984 Just putting out to everyone the info on my newly designed 26D rudder blade. I built it during the
What to look for when buying ? HappyDays32 at 2:31pm 10.14.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2502 Would someone be able to give me some insight into what items to look for when going to purchase thi
Running bilge pump while under way bfabian at 11:50am 10.14.09 Cal 1/2574 is it ok to run my bilge pump while underway? i seem to have a fair amount of drip coming form my s
Cleaning Fenders FreeTime at 11:25am 10.14.09 Ask All Sailors 21/21974 I want to clean my fenders over the winter. Can I get some advise as to what would be the best for c
Installing a Spinlock XAS single rope clutch on my H36... Kerbs at 10:27am 10.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/6124 I am looking for installation instructions for the above noted rope clutch which will be used for my

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Smoothing boat bottom and painting mechjagger at 7:35am 05.02.22 VC17 is probably the most common bottom paint here on the Great Lakes. We get algae growth, and fo
Tacoma Narrows jssailem at 7:35am 05.02.22 Hayden, I have not sailed down that far south but, having studied the charts for a planned explorati
Funny Friday!!! (1) JamesG161 at 7:27am 05.02.22 Terror Turkey stalks Walkers
Desperate leakinhg Scott T-Bird at 7:23am 05.02.22 Gentlemen, crack within half an inch is dead center. I spoke with Chief Rigger @ KKMI in Richmond C
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:22am 05.02.22 I know it's Monday... but this was too good to pass up... Ben Franklin's Bird Attacks Washington DC
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed Artey1 at 7:04am 05.02.22 Flightlead - go watch boatworks today on youtube. Andy is awesome at explaining how to do all of thi
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed flightlead404 at 6:28am 05.02.22 Any advice on how to repair would be appreciated. I'm not much of an FG guy
Wiring Rodsails at 6:18am 05.02.22 I believe a typical setup has a heavy gauge wire running from the starter to the positive terminal o
Smoothing boat bottom and painting Art12050 at 6:05am 05.02.22 Siamese: Thanks for that information. Makes sense if it works against algae and zebra mussel. Here
Anchor locker leaks (3) jdrutten at 5:27am 05.02.22
Iso Therm mixing value install (1) RoyS at 4:51am 05.02.22 If you want an additional feature, purchase a brewers thermometer with a long probe at a brewers sup
Tacoma Narrows Terry Cox at 4:44am 05.02.22 What is the max current adverse current that you would go through? Good morning Hayden. Never been
Corrosion on Lightning mast Seamus603 at 4:23am 05.02.22 Manchester, NH
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater sailme88 at 4:13am 05.02.22 I checked the heat exchanger and the elbow. Both looked almost pristine. Is there a wet muffler in
MaxiProp on 37c? Jim Legere at 4:03am 05.02.22 If you can't find a name plate on your Yanmar, chances are that it IS a QM series - as far as I can
Painting area between boot stripe and bottom paint Apex at 3:23am 05.02.22 Try removing the VC first: Acetone. You may find the gel coat still under there.
Painting area between boot stripe and bottom paint Davidasailor26 at 2:59am 05.02.22
Corrosion on Lightning mast Seamus603 at 2:58am 05.02.22 Manchester,New Hampshire
2008 Hunter 45 CC Rope Clutch Removal to Repair jim01749 at 2:39am 05.02.22 Thanks for the quick responses. I ended up disassembling from the top and that worked. There are de
Painting area between boot stripe and bottom paint Joe at 2:34am 05.02.22 But do I use topside paint this close to the bottom? Did you have another type of paint in mind? G

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