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12 volt receptacle marc12345 at 6:02am 07.05.09 Big Boats 1/1702 I bought a 2005 catalina 350 and have had problems with the 12 volt receptacle in the electrical pan
Danger-Boom bolts pulled out dkahn at 9:00pm 07.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1562 After not sailing for about 6 months due to other commitments, went to go for a July 4 sail. Upon r
Hunter 77, 27 foot WCharlton at 8:21pm 07.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1306 I spent about 20 minutes today trying to find where the heck my water container is located on my boa
clean sails soberkiwi at 8:03pm 07.04.09 Trailer Sailors 6/3494 just brought my canvas sails home for the winter have a few stains and a bit dirty , is there any pr
MacGregor Trailer Strength cscott at 8:01pm 07.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1354 I have a 1993 26S and a MacGregor trailer. Due to the tendency for the trailer to sway under tow, I
Hauling Main Halyards RogerHM at 7:55pm 07.04.09 Ask All Sailors 26/4511 In adverse conditions, and in my state of weakness, it isn't always easy to get the main up the last
Using fast pins on your roller furling peterbud at 5:57pm 07.04.09 Day Sailers 3/2064 This past year when I raised my mast I was tired of trying to get the ring in the clevis pin so I pu
Benetau Oceanis 400 LADY Z at 4:59pm 07.04.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2016 Dears, I am looking for the OWNERS MANUAL of BENETAU OCEANIS 400, year built 1995.Also looking fo
Another candidate for the Darwin Award garylinger at 4:24pm 07.04.09 Ask All Sailors 50/9364 On our way back in from an afternoon on the Chesapeake Bay, my wife and I saw a sailboat with just t
Unsinkables Panic Free at 2:18pm 07.04.09 Ask All Sailors 12/10306 After watching the tv program on Discovery I.D. called, Escaped ( Hurricane at Sea ) about Tami Ashc
Help with Boom Lines nishar at 1:44pm 07.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1289 We are incredibly new to sailing. Bought a Hunter 27, 1980. The lines to the boom are tough to pu
Port hole or hatch for hunter 216 Erik Garcia at 1:32pm 07.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1634 Has anyone put a hatch an the cabin of a 216?
Rigging tension O'DAY 37 CC R�gis at 1:21pm 07.04.09 Bigger Boats 2/1737 Hi, I have the tension gauge LOOB9O loss but I do not know the tension that must have my boat. The r
Microwave / Slap silencer jwieneck at 1:01pm 07.04.09 Big Boats 7/2128 We have a 1998 376 A while back I remember a post where the discussion was running the Microwave o
Leaking Pencil Zinc Fitting fox islander at 12:45pm 07.04.09 Catalina 30 0/2 I just swapped out the pencil zinc in my M-25XP. I always seem to have a minor leak from the fiittin
Nav Lights? Iseethelights at 12:28pm 07.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1158 Ok, so I was going out to watch the fireworks on my H-30 and realized that my navigation lights were
Pearson 30 Rudder Slop : Miami SHAUN10675 at 12:22pm 07.04.09 Pearson 1/1852 Hi all My P30 has terrible rudder slop, which I need to attend to. I am at a loss in finding a "
Gen-set: which is best for 2004 386LE? shoeless at 12:02pm 07.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1174 Buying the 04 386 and want to install the generator. There appears to be a removable locker aft and
Spreader wires mapleguy at 11:22am 07.04.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1123 What is the correct tension for the spreader wires on a Catalina 30?
Cable positioning for wheel mapleguy at 11:20am 07.04.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1121 Hi I recently purchased a 1977 Catalina 30. The previous owner had removed the wheel and installed

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First start in awhile... Hayden Watson at 1:05pm 02.14.22 If your boat has a manual kill cable you can leave it pulled out and it will crank forever and not s
Attaching Clamshell Rick486 at 1:04pm 02.14.22 How do you attach this? Just put some short bronze screws into the hull? is once in a while to c
Raw water intake strainer JrzSailor at 12:56pm 02.14.22 Interesting. I don't think I have a slotted intake strainer on mine. I'll check next time I'm at the
Hunter 280 mid boom traveller (4) Gypsy Wind at 12:32pm 02.14.22 Here are some pics of our previous 1996 280.
Raw water pump. (2) Tomusa at 12:19pm 02.14.22 Yes, Oberdorfer. I had a leaky Sherwood and completely rebuilt it. Definitely not fun..many parts,
Attaching Clamshell nwsearle at 12:14pm 02.14.22 Sorry, I should have added that I purchased the strainer that had the through hull treaded section a
Thru Hull Backing Plates Dalliance at 12:13pm 02.14.22 I'm leaning much more towards using my existing thru hull and valve since I can't find anything wro
Attaching Clamshell nwsearle at 12:07pm 02.14.22 I'll give you a quick lesson. My sailing buddy and I on different boats transiting the Fox River, W
Thru Hull Backing Plates Dalliance at 12:06pm 02.14.22 @Dalliance Photos in post 15 and further comments explain it is a hole in the hull liner giving acc
Thru Hull Backing Plates Project_Mayhem at 12:00pm 02.14.22 I'm leaning much more towards using my existing thru hull and valve since I can't find anything wron
Thru Hull Backing Plates Ward H at 11:44am 02.14.22 @Dalliance Photos in post 15 and further comments explain it is a hole in the hull liner giving acce
Thru Hull Backing Plates (1) Ward H at 11:38am 02.14.22 Here is a photo of the OEM valve I installed last year. It is sitting on 1/4" G10 backing plate epox
Thru Hull Backing Plates Dalliance at 11:36am 02.14.22 The backer plate above the thru-hull nut is bad. As for the recess, it looks to me like it could be
Thru Hull Backing Plates Ward H at 11:32am 02.14.22 I thought appropriate metal hardware is better for below water fittings? What's the advantage of th
Thru Hull Backing Plates (1) Tom J at 11:02am 02.14.22 I guessed that yours was an earlier model because of the position of the pendant tube. The later 25
Thru Hull Backing Plates Parsons at 11:00am 02.14.22 I thought appropriate metal hardware is better for below water fittings? What's the advantage of the
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? All U Get at 10:50am 02.14.22
Eleven Portlights Dalliance at 10:49am 02.14.22 Replaced all of my portlites with like for like replacements purchased through this site. Was defin
Legend 40.5 (and others ?) - wine glasses fero at 10:05am 02.14.22
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 9:49am 02.14.22 Hi I did the upgrade to DIY LFP last year. Replaced 2 deep cycle 12V house batteries with on 560AH

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