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How do you remove a port light? Broke Sailor at 5:07am 08.23.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2378 I have a leaking port light on my H-36 above the Nav Table. I tried putting some window sealant to
Tow Vehicle sloopelan at 3:59am 08.23.09 Sirius 21/22 1/3730 I just bought a Sirius in MI and towed it back to Ontario with a borrowed van. I have a 2L Jetta tha
Refilling propane tanks John at 3:53am 08.23.09 Ask All Sailors 14/8925 I'm thinking of buying one of those see-through propane tanks that they sell here, but one question:
I found this yesterday in an RV store. (1) caguy at 12:00am 08.23.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1919 It plugs into a cigarette lighter and gives you the voltage of your battery. Best part about it besi
How do I charge my 6 volt batteries ?? tasdevil at 11:39pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3506 I bought two 6 volt golf cart batteries ( simple lead-acid connected in series) to power the trollin
Question about water temp alarm numlock at 10:24pm 08.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 12/2323 I have a '93 Hunter 30, Yanmar 2GM20 engine. When I first turn the key to start the engine the alar
Hawk sails vatrmn 8 H at 10:00pm 08.22.09 Pearson 0/1241 Looking for a set of sails for a Pearson Hawk 16'. Anything usable to start. Thanks Vatrmn@gmail.
Required lights w t wilson at 9:06pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1600 I am putting a 74 O'day 20 in the water for some fall test runs. The boat has been undergoing a long
Tahoe Sailing Gregg9020 at 8:44pm 08.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1573 A friend and I are planning a trip to Lake Tahoe, and I am wondering what the weather is like in ear
Hunter 235 lifting mast Lucky One Too at 7:27pm 08.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1803 I just purchased a 235 and I am unable to lift the mast single handed. I understand there is suppose
Anybody had success with Craigslist CharlieCobra at 7:06pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/4154 in selling a boat?
Water leaks from my balast tank, How to fix dicktahoe at 5:39pm 08.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1473 I have a 1990 26S and when I trailer the boat water leaks around the Starboard side L-bracket that s
Renovating The Non Skids Chuckbear at 5:21pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1357 We have just posted our article on redoing the non skids, from Good Old Boat, on both of our web sit
Turkey Charter Help/Questions rfrye1 at 5:02pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1191 We are considering a bareboat to Turkey. We've done Croatia (loved it). We've heard that Greece is c
My Girl's trailer (5) emergpa1 at 3:42pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1940 Hi folks. I have had some questions about the trailer i use for my girl. I think that the design is
anchor shackle load rating John at 3:06pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1975 After reading what's been said here, as well as elsewhere, on anchor swivels, I've decided to replac
CAL 2-25 baby stay Jalepeno at 1:41pm 08.22.09 Cal 0/2001 Do any CAL 2-25 owners have a fix or removable baby stay on the front of their mast? If so do you u
How Would You Sail From Tampa Fl. To Mobile AL.? sigbear at 1:21pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/21462 If you had to sail a 30' sailboat from Tampa Fl. to Mobile Al. would you follow the coast line which
Power Thruster worked like a charm (3) OdayDave at 12:41pm 08.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1289 After nicking my rudder a couple of times with the prop, I bought a set of Powerthrusters for the ou
Be Careful Up There! Rick D at 12:36pm 08.22.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1860 I found out today that a friend of mine fell 'about 20 feet' when the line slipped. The helper had h

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Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts jssailem at 8:59am 04.09.22 Who ever did the weld, they may have weakened the mast. This sounds like a fix was made to a damag
compass BlowMeAway at 8:56am 04.09.22
PVC for Black Water Tank Vents jssailem at 8:53am 04.09.22 If I understand this, you plan to connect PVC pipe to Hose. Would that not leave the pipe edge expos
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts (2) Learningthehardway at 8:50am 04.09.22 Got back out to the boat this AM. Took the sails down so we can get the mast down on Monday. It look
Lightning Protection Captain Larry-DH at 8:46am 04.09.22 I grounded my mast and rigging on my last boat. It was struck twice in 11 years. No hull damage, but
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 SycloneDriver at 8:38am 04.09.22 I'll try to take a few pictures today if I make it to the boat.
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 8:21am 04.09.22 Mark, you hit it right. That is what I was getting to. I would have tried to explain how a gusher wa
New Catalina 30 Owner Mikem at 8:18am 04.09.22 I have a solution to that disaster that just showed up in a brown box that was delivered from a bro
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 8:15am 04.09.22 Mine is 2009 and does not have deck ones. But googling on Internet I see it is the same configuratio
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 SycloneDriver at 8:08am 04.09.22 What year is your boat? My 2008 has the usual, red and green, mounted at the front and a white mou
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank smokey73 at 8:04am 04.09.22 @hvac&r tech I fully agree. I am not fixing blame at this point, although there is "responsibilit
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts PaulK at 8:02am 04.09.22 Agree with ScottT. Brackets holding the spreaders are usually riveted to the mast, not glued. The "
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 7:56am 04.09.22 Hi Jssailem, thanks for your kind confirmation. It's weird indeed I never see them on pictures of ot
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 jssailem at 7:45am 04.09.22 more correct if you are navigating with the engine. This is correct. If navigating under power the
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 7:42am 04.09.22 Not being judgemental here. Even if you can afford to replace the 4 house batteries with no strain
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank jssailem at 7:38am 04.09.22 Yes it is a complex system and my boat is new. Yes that would be true. It is pretty boat and will
Wash down pump orientation (3) Captain Mateo at 7:31am 04.09.22 This is something that I've been thinking about, too. What is your plan to provide source water to
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts Scott T-Bird at 7:21am 04.09.22 You need to take a close look at the mast. A 24' O'Day is going to be a light-weight rig so take it
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 7:21am 04.09.22
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 7:16am 04.09.22 I am working with dealer and they asked Beneteau on Friday for assistance which I finally got, it wa

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