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Mystery Leak in Main Saloon Siamese at 7:47pm 08.04.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 0/1797 After a recent sail, we had water accumulating on the ledge just above the dinette. Didn't hurt the
furling system Jerry75 at 7:46pm 08.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2103 I am looking to put a furling system on my 1990 macgregor. Has any bought one and where is good sour
BBQ Comments ? PKFK at 7:45pm 08.04.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2702 Lots of questions from my corner lately - thanks in advance for your inputs. I am also looking to
acrid head odors alan2414 at 7:10pm 08.04.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2215 We have recently acquired a Beneteau 411(2001) with a persistant acrid odor in the head, especially
Carpet or wood? SantaCruzS2 at 6:46pm 08.04.09 Ask All Sailors 19/3360 Hello everyone!! This is my first post and am new to the world of sail boating! My wife and I
Hunter 26 roller furling rigging (3) mtbque at 6:39pm 08.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/3039 Hunter 25 roller furling rigging Ok, new boat owner. Novice in terms of sailing experience mostly v
Pump Out Burp Rick D at 6:21pm 08.04.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2168 The following is an e-mail my wife wrote to 'friends'. Enjoy. You may as well: The "other" in min
Centerboard maintenance Gudenuph at 5:15pm 08.04.09 Day Sailers 3/2130 Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, how do you access and maintain the centerboard of an O'Day
Hull Number - HUN60007M77F - 33 KingFish at 3:42pm 08.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1404 HI- First of all, thank you for all of your responses to my posting regarding the birthday etc for
Water Sensors Dawno at 3:13pm 08.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 8/1956 I was emptying my fresh water tank so that I could add some new water and a bit of Aquabon to avoid
Question Regarding Rudder Position BOBSPICER at 2:50pm 08.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1439 the rudder on my daysailer 3 has a line attached to the rudder that runs from the tiller to the rudd
Too much Varnish on Cabin Sole? capejt at 2:48pm 08.04.09 Ask All Sailors 11/4134 Hi everyone, I'm redoing the cabin sole on my '79 H33. I stripped (the old finnish that it is) and s
12 V Crockpot Bad Obsession at 2:39pm 08.04.09 Ask All Sailors 13/3083 I just thought that it would be a cool thing to get a small 12V crock pot for the boat. Think about
216 Rudder Action Paul Wash at 2:29pm 08.04.09 Smaller Boats 2/1175 So Bill Perry (on another thread) brought up an interesting point about his 216 rudder and how he ne
beneteau 35s5 steering sdur100 at 1:54pm 08.04.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1719 Any idea why steering would be getting harder and harder and where to check.Rudder may have dropped
the new legend 170 john6206 at 1:50pm 08.04.09 Day Sailers 2/1795 looks exactly like my hunter 170 . . . . was there a name change? I have been seeing "legend 170"
mast swap packman at 12:33pm 08.04.09 Ask All Sailors 6/229 would it be possible or desireable to swap mast and boom from a '79 Lancer 28 to an '83 27ps? I have
Diesel Fuel Question kfish at 12:18pm 08.04.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1840 I had to towed back to my slip on the last two outings(thank God for unlimited towing with BOAT/US).
Finding 216 Posts bob moore at 12:04pm 08.04.09 Trailer Sailors 1/2033 Does anyone know how to successfully search for all the "Hunter 216" posts, rather then end up havin
1975 H27 Prop Greenman at 11:17am 08.04.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1417 I am wondering if anyone has replaced their old fixed 2 blade prop on their H27 for something with a

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Catalina 22 Bulkheads (1) AaronD at 9:22am 03.23.22 1981 boat here. I haven't worked on our port side (yet), but I noticed the screws on our starboard s
Hunter 34 (1984) Bimini from sailboatowners.com jwerkjr at 9:06am 03.23.22 Thank you all! This is a rail mounted Bimini due to the limitations of the gunnel designed specifica
Scared myself - broken forestay brockangelo at 9:00am 03.23.22 my homegrown book of procedures I'd be interested to see a procedure list. I have a laminator and
35s5 replace windows JonathanCarlos at 9:00am 03.23.22 Thanks Hollyberry... yes the one shop that I got a quote from already told me they will not come out
Leave the refrigerator on or off? jviss at 8:59am 03.23.22 Note that your fridge compressor works less maintaining temperature, rather then longer cycles tryi
Scared myself - broken forestay AaronD at 8:56am 03.23.22 Wow! Glad you made it back with mast intact, and thanks for sharing! Breezy's previous owner used b
Icom m802 (1) jssailem at 8:55am 03.23.22 GPS CONNECTOR (pp. 55, 64) Input position and UTC data from a GPS receiver for DSC operation. (NMEA
35s5 replace windows Hollyberry at 8:50am 03.23.22 I expect you'd be best off looking at more local plastics outfits that you could deal with face-to-f
Do You Know A Good Broker? Mikem at 8:42am 03.23.22 Try Lawrence Fronczek at Specialty Yachts in Vancouver. Highly recommended.
FreeJib Sail AwwShucks at 8:39am 03.23.22
Replacement Zinc for Yanmar Saildrive AwwShucks at 8:34am 03.23.22 Yanmar engines can also be fitted to Hurth/ZF sail drives. In which case it would probably be a ZF
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions (1) Parsons at 8:34am 03.23.22 Lots of Florida boats, without the hassle of moving it. Here are two mid-1980's Pearson's asking in
35s5 replace windows JonathanCarlos at 8:28am 03.23.22 I reached out to Ward, this week to ask about these same windows. We are looking at a 35s5 in Calif
Hunter 34 (1984) Bimini from sailboatowners.com Artey1 at 8:24am 03.23.22 I just received mine a couple of weeks ago and installed it on a Sunday. I don't have exact measurem
Touch up interior wood Simon Sexton at 8:18am 03.23.22 Cetol is actually formulated for exterior applications. We've used it here at work for multiple p
Black rubber stuff in bilge? rgranger at 8:16am 03.23.22 Probably a spill that settled there and dried up. I used to own a Balboa. They are very heavy and
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 8:11am 03.23.22 203715
Leave the refrigerator on or off? Capt Robbie at 7:53am 03.23.22 I leave mine on 24/7 and keep smart battery charger on and it automatically switches to float when n
Replacement Zinc for Yanmar Saildrive Hello Below at 7:49am 03.23.22
Scared myself - broken forestay brockangelo at 7:45am 03.23.22 intended to just put the new Sailor's Tailor sail cover on the boat Would love to see the Sailor's

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