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O'Day 25, Settee/bunk storage? sPk at 8:21am 09.14.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1646 My 1980 25cb has a pull out double bed on the port side. But when the bed isn't pulled out, access
Jiffy Reef on Hunter Vision 32 RonRelyea at 7:36am 09.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/3592 Update to my original post re: Jiffy Reef .... After hauling my boat for the winter and removing th
New member fom1038 at 7:29am 09.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/1342 Purchased a 1980 Hunter 30 and I have some things that need to be addressed . Chain plates , what is
gas cook stove... nicaralph at 7:11am 09.14.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1564 Hi all, for two years I have not used the two burner cook stove on our Ericson 34-2 but now going
fuel Gauge LarryMac at 7:01am 09.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2634 :bang: I have a 1993 Hunter 30, and I am tired of standing on my head to read the "Lawn Mower" t
Navico Wind Instruments Bob Kay at 6:34am 09.14.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1295 Hopefully someone may be able to help me - I am looking for the Navico Wind Instrument Panel; WD200
purchase of a used 135 genoa newboatowner at 5:53am 09.14.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1419 I lost my headsail in a storm. Does anyone know where I can purchase a 135 genoa for a catalina 30
Yanmar Noise Murray16764 at 5:51am 09.14.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2693 A friend of mine (Fred) was recently inspecting a Ben 352. I own a 352 and Fred has spent alot of t
Winter Storage & Mast Tuning Revere at 5:49am 09.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1361 Recently purchased 2000 Hunter 310. Have no experience in winter storage. Looking for any advice o
Lavac Conundrum Pioneer18260 at 5:49am 09.14.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2125 Our Lavac Popular has served us very well for its several years since new installation, ' any diffic
Renault RC8D -- Bent? (2) Krow at 5:45am 09.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/4400 hi. here are some pictures, top down, of my RC8D after the PO sucked the jib sheet into the prop, b
Keel Bolts weephee at 5:06am 09.14.09 Columbia 1/3303 Has anyone with a Columbia ever had problems with keel bolts. The bolts on my 8.3 are stainless and
Drive Shaft Bearing / Cutlass Bearing weephee at 5:04am 09.14.09 Columbia 0/2202 Hello. I have an 8.3 Columbia and I want to replace the cutlass bearing where the shaft (3/4 inch d
Loooking to purchase 28-30 Catalina lehtorita at 4:56am 09.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1357 Hello all, I am looking to purchase a 28-30 Catalina. 1999 or newer. I live in New England. My em
New Look for an Oday! Too "Progressive"? (4) emergpa1 at 10:01pm 09.13.09 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1506 Hi, Just wanted to know what you guys thought of the painted bulkheads with the teak. I think I like
Need advice on adding roller furling awoody at 9:39pm 09.13.09 Smaller Boats 2/1239 I have a 1994 26. This winter I want to investigate adding roller furling. I would appreciate sugge
Closing seacocks xavierlh1 at 9:05pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 34/9194 I've alway been taught to close all seacocks when I'm not on the boat. I just bought a Beneteau 373
Steam? Trucker at 8:55pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2309 I've seen other boats exhaust blowing steam and thought they must be overheating. Last time out on t
Pulsing headsail Todd at 7:02pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 17/6604 Greetings! I have a 1990 Hunter 27 which I purchased last fall. This is my first larger >18ft sail
roach hitting backstay mark milson at 8:24pm 09.13.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2668 I have a 21 ft mac. The ( P ) = on the mainsail is 21.8 everything on the mast hieght and foot all

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1985 Pearson 303 The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:51pm 03.22.22
Rudder repairs Project_Mayhem at 7:50pm 03.22.22 You found foam inside the rudder? If so, I'm surprised. It seems so solid As for the filler/thicken
Black rubber stuff in bilge? Tally Ho at 7:49pm 03.22.22 Hmmm, if it seems to pull out without damaging the fiberglass, I would get a scraper and start clean
1985 Pearson 303 Tally Ho at 7:47pm 03.22.22
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:32pm 03.22.22 The Pearson 303 has a shallow draft and air draft of well under 65 feet, there should be few if any
Hatch handle Halvern at 7:15pm 03.22.22 My main hatch is a slider on top about half inch thick plexiglass (?) with the usual wood boards fac
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Roger F at 6:59pm 03.22.22 Thanks Harold that would be great!
Freezer loosing ability to freeze - something to clean? kbgunn at 6:29pm 03.22.22 Yes, you have to remove the freezer. There should be a trim ring around it with screws. Once remove
Semco Teak Sealer - progress photos (3) Hayden Watson at 6:28pm 03.22.22 I use the honeytone. Before any work on sprit 203699 after Semco 203700 The thing I like best abo
Lightning strike BigEasy at 5:53pm 03.22.22 do I need to go back with stainless rivetts or will normal pop rivetts do the job? Is there also a
Leave the refrigerator on or off? BigEasy at 5:45pm 03.22.22 One problem with turning it off & on is that it takes approximately 12 hours, during summer months,
Semco Teak Sealer - progress photos berner73 at 5:43pm 03.22.22 Got recommended the Semco Teak Sealer on this forum, so thought I'd post progress photos. I used Se
Leave the refrigerator on or off? Tally Ho at 5:10pm 03.22.22
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions dlochner at 4:50pm 03.22.22 Why run the ditch the whole way? Why not pop into the ICW at specific locations and then pop back o
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions dLj at 4:41pm 03.22.22 Why run the ditch the whole way? Why not pop into the ICW at specific locations and then pop back ou
Lightning strike (2) HandHFarms at 4:12pm 03.22.22 So my question here is this. For the mast head it appears that it was just rivetted on. Is this corr
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 HaroldW at 4:10pm 03.22.22 I had the same issue on a 2013 Beneteau Oceanis 50. I replaced the evaporator coil. I am an hvac tec
Semco Teak Sealer - progress photos brockangelo at 4:09pm 03.22.22 I should have done their cleaner first. I sanded the boards down, but I feel like they would have be
Hunter 26.5 HandHFarms at 4:07pm 03.22.22 I have a 26.5 and I can say that I wouldn't do a crossing on it but there again I'm a lake sailer. N
Semco Teak Sealer - progress photos Hayden Watson at 4:01pm 03.22.22 I have been using this for the past three years and it stays great with a quick reapplication with a

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