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Painting Hull sgreenest at 6:50am 08.14.09 Smaller Boats 1/2582 Painting Hull/need "pick points" We are new to this, we need to have the hull repainted and need to
Lewmar Hatches Richard E. ("Dick") Craig at 6:22am 08.14.09 Big Boats 2/1266 Has anyone replaced the lens in their Lewmar hatches?
Forestay replacement????? steveebryant at 5:17am 08.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1703 I need to replace the forestay on my 1989 Hunter 30. I would like to replace it as soon as possible.
Holding Tank Leak MikeWilkinson at 7:38pm 08.13.09 Big Boats 8/2455 My 2005 Hunter 36 holding tank has a hose fitting cross threaded from the factory. It has taken 3 y
Air conditioner mold odor Rxman47 at 6:46pm 08.13.09 Ask All Sailors 8/5459 In my Hunter 336 when we switch on the A/C we get very strong odor of mold. Probably the PO didn't u
1968 Ericson 30' Restoration TipsySailor at 5:38pm 08.13.09 Ericson 2/5480 Hi, I would love to talk with anyone who owns another Ericson 30 Sailboat, we haven't had ours long,
Roller furler replacement dduhaime at 4:03pm 08.13.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1192 I have a 1993 First 35s5 with the original Profurl roller furler. I replaced the upper bearing last
Galley Counter Mod Siamese at 2:12pm 08.13.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 0/1911 Okay, so I haven't done this mod yet, but when the snow flies...... I'm not in love with the hatch
Catalina Owners Kubota Engines Surftraveler01 at 2:00pm 08.13.09 Catalina 30 1/1887 If anyone is having a hard time finding parts for their Universal or Yanmar Motors, or is outraged b
Mainsheet adjustment when single handing Irish Ayes at 1:23pm 08.13.09 Catalina 310 27/7439 Has anybody retrofitted their mainsheet controls so that you can make adjustments without having to
Pulled the sticks and didn't break anything (7) CharlieCobra at 1:11pm 08.13.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1596 Today was the day to pull the sticks and move Oh Joy into the boathouse. She looks funny bare. htt
Cockpit table Irish Ayes at 1:10pm 08.13.09 Catalina 310 0/1673 Has anybody replaced their cockpit table or found a better way to secure the one that came with the
Hurth Transmission Ernest at 12:33pm 08.13.09 Catalina 30 2/62 I have a Catalina 30 with a Hurth HBW - 50 transmission that needs to be replaced. I have discover
Whisker pole paulj at 11:55am 08.13.09 Catalina 310 22/6827 I just finished a 400 nm trip and realized..... I could have increased my sailing time quite a bit i
Fresh Water to Salt Water Dragonfire at 10:33am 08.13.09 Big Boats 13/3767 I moved a formally fresh water boat to San Diego bay. It has a Yanmar 3HM35F engine. Is there anythi
tach stop working twobeer at 10:26am 08.13.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1069 my tach stopped working in 32 ft 2001 hunter,but my hour meter is still working any idea,
trying to connect with trailer sailors Bonzai at 9:18am 08.13.09 Trailer Sailors 3/2438 Being rather new to sailing,I don't know many people in my area that actively participate.My interes
Hunter 32 Vision Yanmar jj_hayes at 9:10am 08.13.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1546 I have recently bought a Hunter 32 Vision with a 3 cylinder Yanmar desiel. I have quesrions about t
sabre water pump Stpol at 8:59am 08.13.09 Sabre Sailboats 2/5428 looking for any ideas on why our '87 sabre 36 water pump worked great until we filled up the starboa
Mainsail lowering phdoc007 at 7:47am 08.13.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3329 I went out in my Mac 25 last week and the wind really kicked up quickly on Lake Ontario. I lowered t

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Black rubber stuff in bilge? jssailem at 11:50am 03.26.22 Nice boat. You might like the Pacific Seacraft boats. Like the DANA 24 (PACIFIC SEACRAFT) https://sa
Black rubber stuff in bilge? (6) rgranger at 11:34am 03.26.22 Hey. If you can trailer the boat and it looks like the Balboa 26 is manageable, then there are a lo
Autopilot drive interface jviss at 11:34am 03.26.22 I just want to know what input typical Raymarine/Simrad/B&G/etc. drive units take. Is it a simple +
Wooden strip for Stern Rail Seats dLj at 11:26am 03.26.22 Besides the hard wood exotics, like teak, Ipe, iroko, etc., there are also a number of softwoods tha
Sealing Deck Fittings Tally Ho at 11:10am 03.26.22 Yes. Use of Bed-It may not be the best option. The advantage of Bed-It, in my opinion, is in the na
Looking at a 280 and a 27-2 Tally Ho at 11:03am 03.26.22
Looking at a 280 and a 27-2 Crazy Dave Condon at 11:01am 03.26.22 Was your wife with you?
Autopilot drive interface mikeracca at 10:53am 03.26.22 With a 2 wire system and no sensor for feedback there is no way for the controller to determine wher
Rudder repairs racenmotorsports at 10:50am 03.26.22 @Project_Mayhem yeah, it's got foam on the inside. As far as epoxy, I went with US Composites.
Funny Friday!!! (1) DArcy at 10:22am 03.26.22 Seen on my bike ride today
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta BigEasy at 9:33am 03.26.22 Not much progress during the Winter, but we did mount the new Windlass Contactor. The old contactor
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (3) JamesG161 at 9:22am 03.26.22 Not much progress during the Winter, but we did mount the new Windlass Contactor. The Windlass as n
Autopilot drive interface jssailem at 9:19am 03.26.22 Raymarine uses 2 wires to power a the wheel pilot. It uses a direct power DC motor and a positive/ne
Wooden strip for Stern Rail Seats jssailem at 9:06am 03.26.22 It seems the question is: What is esthetically pleasing to you? I found a piece of pine stair tread
Autopilot drive interface dlochner at 8:44am 03.26.22
Autopilot drive interface DArcy at 8:40am 03.26.22 Looks like you have 2 voltages being input. 5 volts on the 5V and 8 volts on the VIN. Is one power
Problem Raising the Genoa on a Furlex 200S John T1594 at 8:34am 03.26.22 I had a Furlex 200 on my H340. It was not uncommon for a small fold of sail along side of the bolt
Autopilot drive interface DArcy at 8:33am 03.26.22 What are you trying to accomplish? I'm considering buying a new autopilot that I would like to in
Sealing Deck Fittings jssailem at 8:26am 03.26.22 the bolt is simply tightened at the head. Yes. Use of Bed-It may not be the best option. The advan
Autopilot drive interface jssailem at 8:10am 03.26.22 WOW... It has been 45 years since I played with electronic diagrams. As I remember I needed a magnif

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