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Cutting through fibreglass core decking suggestions? Starfish at 7:28am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 20/6936 Hi, I am replacing the forward hatch of my Seidelmann S299 and need to cut out the decking for the o
Gelcoat thinner RichH at 7:25am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1565 Am looking for east coast supplier of "Duratec High Gloss Additive" -- a thinner used for spraying
Some many parts ,so little knowledge Mitchell Slochower at 7:00am 08.14.09 Pearson 1/1579 I just moved up from a very basic O'day 22, to a 1984 Pearson 34. I am looking to replace some of th
Swimming with friends (1) amcmahon at 6:52am 08.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1516 In a previous thread (1 gm heating) I mentoned that I had gone in the water to clean the coolant wat
Painting Hull sgreenest at 6:50am 08.14.09 Smaller Boats 1/2586 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 2/1267 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 8/2457 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 8/5463 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 0/1913 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 27/7440 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 0/1674 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 22/6829 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 13/3773 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 2/1070 my tach stopped working in 32 ft 2001 hunter,but my hour meter is still working any idea,

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Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? jssailem at 10:26am 03.27.22 Here are two posts from the past about the issue. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/earth-g
WM BOGO sale for Winches gone forever?? shemandr at 10:20am 03.27.22 NYS had a line on the tax return to itemize online and out of state purchases, or, pay a flat rate o
Datamarine Instruments jviss at 10:15am 03.27.22 I know a guy who had a boat with DM instruments, and wanted to replace them with newer. Whoever had
String tail at clewof new main sail shemandr at 10:13am 03.27.22
Datamarine Instruments jssailem at 10:01am 03.27.22 I took a face like that, left the trim sides and cut out the center instrument, that just happened t
Datamarine Instruments jviss at 10:00am 03.27.22
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold jssailem at 9:50am 03.27.22 previous owner installed this to drain the keel with a shopvac in case there was water. Good inte
Datamarine Instruments mikeracca at 9:47am 03.27.22
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Bob J. at 9:44am 03.27.22 You guys talk about it as a "Plug and Play" arrangement. What about the Ground wire in the pig tail
Datamarine Instruments (1) mikeracca at 9:42am 03.27.22 Well the patient dying is not what I want to accomplish here. And I think I found a plug for the hol
Leaks from hull/deck joint Hunter 33.5 jssailem at 9:38am 03.27.22 Leaks blamed on deck joints may or may not be accurate. If the boat has sustained damage to the de
Datamarine Instruments jssailem at 9:20am 03.27.22 And how hard is it to remove the transducers while still in the water? NOT HARD AT ALL... Remember
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? jviss at 9:12am 03.27.22 I'm thinking of getting a small genset for emergencies. I have often thought this, too. And, I us
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? jssailem at 9:12am 03.27.22 You guys talk about it as a "Plug and Play" arrangement. What about the Ground wire in the pig tail?
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? kloudie1 at 8:59am 03.27.22 If you use an extension cord (in addition to the short adapter pigtail) to better position the gener
Select New England Ropes 30% Off and Samson Ropes 20% Off at WM! AaronD at 8:57am 03.27.22 Good read. Did you ever understand why the depth finder was giving inconsistent readings? Probably
ASA 101 class... Kings Gambit at 8:31am 03.27.22
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Johann at 7:40am 03.27.22 I have no interest in the air conditioner. I just want to top off batteries if the solar panels
Wooden strip for Stern Rail Seats dLj at 7:31am 03.27.22 dj, thanks for the information on Kapur. Very helpful. I intend to varnish the wood strip, questio
O'day 19 Weekender Companionway Door Dimensions? sail sfbay at 7:12am 03.27.22 Could consider a 1 or 2-piece smoke acrylic vs. teak companionway door.

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