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Waxy Buildup?? Need a good stripper... Joe McGinty at 2:36pm 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1355 I've been using Turtle Wax for about three years on my boat. Its developed some blemishes that appe
Pesky Leak Aquatom at 1:32pm 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 16/1626 I have a rainwater leak that has found it's way into the aft cabin of my Hunter 280. I haven't been
Locations for autopilot corepack and fluxgate compass cbsailor at 1:06pm 05.07.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1391 I finally broke down and purchased the X-5 Smartpilot Wheel. It came yesterday and I have been readi
Hunter 33 Head Engine Access (3) Paul F at 11:13am 05.07.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1367 This is a report on one of those - one thing leads to another projects. My exhaust elbow needed rep
Performance prop ranwhite1 at 10:47am 05.07.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1224 I purchased a PerfectPitch propeller (plastic 15x11) from Performance Propellers about a month ago.
Simpson Lawrence Horizon Express howard at 10:28am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 6/7612 I have the above windless and am having some operating problems. it will not let down. i have taken
Broken portlight on H280 tparrent at 10:18am 05.07.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1015 Much to my dismay, I found the long, fixed portlight on my 280 cracked in two the other day. I am no
welding stainless steel sailormanbigd at 10:18am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 27/3036 ok, i know this is dumb. Can you weld ss with a stick (arc) welder? I have an old Lincoln 220V arc w
Oops! gkornrneich@comcast.net at 10:12am 05.07.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2072 Sorry, Peggie. I apologize for spelling your name wrong in my last post. Seems that since my wife's
Pressurized Alcohol Stoves Cpt. Jon at 9:37am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 18/3908 I'm looking for some constructive instructions on lighting an pressurized alcohol stove. I have see
Head feed by fresh water Blitz at 8:10am 05.07.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/3242 I would like to hook my head intake directly to the fresh water supply. I know some will say this i
Emergency Starting Battery -- Wiring rardiH36 at 8:07am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1409 Bear with me on this --- it is a boat post, but my opening paragraph with the background, might not
Legend 290 Tent Enclosure alenka at 7:29am 05.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1036 I am considering a tent/cockpit enclosure for my Legend 290. Can anyone tell me of a company that m
no show Quoddy at 7:17am 05.07.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/2385
swing keel tommy O at 5:35am 05.07.09 Catalina 22 3/1204 the pivot hole in my swing keel has oblonged a lot. What material is the keel and what would be the
Sailing Toronto to Cobourg yammydo at 4:52am 05.07.09 Destinations 5/8010 New to sailing. Bought a 1984 Sonic 23 last spring and spent the summer and fall sailing in the out
Whisper Too Whisper Too at 4:05am 05.07.09 Sirius 21/22 7/4432 Hi- this is George - I'm a new member and bought a 1978 Sirius last October from a couple in the Nep
How-to Drain a Diesel fuel tank? BaySailerBill at 3:58am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 19/13026 Hi All, My 1984 Catalina C-27 has been on the hard for two years and the fuel needs to be replaced
What kind of boat? Shoaldrafter at 3:36am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1568 Does anybody have more/better information as to what kind of boat involved? See: http://news.bbc.
What kind of boat? Shoaldrafter at 3:32am 05.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/969 Does anybody have better information as to what kind of boat involved? See: http://news.bbc.co.uk

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Hunter 410 rig tuning to get main to furl better? MFD at 12:33pm 07.03.21 +1 on just refreshing the main, greasing the upper bearings (which is not easy) on the furler, and o
Port of San Diego To Halt In-water Hull Cleaning Activities In SIYB For Two Months This Winter Don S/V ILLusion at 12:23pm 07.03.21 The point is that in-water hull cleaning activities do not contribute a significant amount of coppe
Roller furling failure twistedskipper at 11:57am 07.03.21 Theme throughout seems to be knowing how to drop the headsail on your particular furler and practici
1996 26X foresail rigging jjmcp2 at 11:46am 07.03.21 Thanks very much. I've seen and printed these files but the resolution leaves a lot to be desired. I
Proper Wrench for Stuffing Box Maintenance Richard19068 at 11:44am 07.03.21
Proper Wrench for Stuffing Box Maintenance Sailfanatic at 11:40am 07.03.21 Not my bible when it comes to wrenches. The two referenced, pipe and adjustable, which I have tried
New Toilet Advise - Want to Get it Right sail sfbay at 11:39am 07.03.21 Installed the momentary control just like the Jabsco control on the sailboat.
Roller furling failure Richard19068 at 11:34am 07.03.21 My first go to would be to drop the sail while head to wind. Having completed this maneuver many ma
Hello justsomeguy at 11:33am 07.03.21 kQ_ZgpxZDiI
Port of San Diego To Halt In-water Hull Cleaning Activities In SIYB For Two Months This Winter fstbttms at 11:31am 07.03.21 Are any of them any good? No.
New boat owner... need help... fresh water not working hvac&r tech at 11:30am 07.03.21 Nice, whatever that white gunk is sounds like the problem unfortunately is all around the hot water
Port of San Diego To Halt In-water Hull Cleaning Activities In SIYB For Two Months This Winter Richard19068 at 11:24am 07.03.21 Here in Puget Sound, hull cleaning has been outlawed for years with ablative bottom paint. This is
Adding a whisker pole topping lift markwbird at 11:19am 07.03.21
Roller furling failure markwbird at 11:14am 07.03.21
What weather forecast makes you cancel your trip? markwbird at 11:11am 07.03.21 Which is more common? Hangover
Port of San Diego To Halt In-water Hull Cleaning Activities In SIYB For Two Months This Winter fstbttms at 11:05am 07.03.21 Like you say..the solution is a non-copper paint that works well in true fouling locations. I think
Port of San Diego To Halt In-water Hull Cleaning Activities In SIYB For Two Months This Winter Leeward Rail at 11:02am 07.03.21 On Vancouver Island they have rules about sewage discharge from boats, when the cities and towns don
Family Cruise Terry Cox at 11:01am 07.03.21 The crew has finally settled on a plan of sorts. They defined it as wanting to go to places. Okay, s
Proper Wrench for Stuffing Box Maintenance (1) Stu Jackson at 11:00am 07.03.21 After too long suffering with the tools Terry mentioned, I went to a tool shop, bought the right siz
Port of San Diego To Halt In-water Hull Cleaning Activities In SIYB For Two Months This Winter fstbttms at 10:58am 07.03.21 Ask me next summer after 12 months in the water and a winter in the Bahamas. I don't need to know

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