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1976 oday 20 bsailn at 4:38pm 04.19.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/876 there's a oday i'm going to buy it has a mast thats 3ft longer than original what are the ramificati
New boat buddy, first sail, and he has to leave. Darn (2) sailormanbigd at 2:54pm 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1400 Just met a new boat buddy Ed and had a nice ride on his h37c and he has to leave-darn it!!!!! Beauti
GPS and Fishfinder mount (3) OdayDave at 2:43pm 04.19.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2074 Last year I added mount for a fishfinder since the shoals in Door County can be a problem in a few a
Bilge Blower Technique higgs at 11:14am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1704 When I had a gas engine I would run my bilge blower during fueling. As best as I can remember, this
Don Jordan and the Jordan Series Drogue (1) sailingdog at 11:04am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 18/3897 In my opinion, the greatest storm safety device ever created is the Jordan Series Drogue. The JS
sailing experience in opb needed avoisine at 10:58am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1292 I am very novice sailer very experienced in moving large and heavy masses from a number of professio
Soft spots avoisine at 10:45am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3757 Recently I asked a question about buying a "fixer-upper". Most of the answers I received indicated
Irwin Citation 35 hatches jeanh1259 at 10:00am 04.19.09 Irwin 1/2352 We have a leaking hatch on our 1986 Irwin Citation 35. We were told that we needed the manufacturer
Updates amd questions on all the repairs (3) Hermit Scott at 9:51am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 48/4717 As scheduled we put the boat back in the water Saturday. There were no leaks from the through hulls
Genoa furling top swivel mokum2 at 9:15am 04.19.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/867 I was hoisting the genoa on our hood furling system yesterday and noticed that the top swivel attach
Do I want a 26M? Chilly Willy at 8:38am 04.19.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2161 My first mate (wife) and I are ready for a newer boat. She does not share my dream of a live aboard
Experience with Hydocoat Multi Season Ablative Barry White at 7:20am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1439 Hi to all, I am contemplating using Petit's "Hydrocoat" which among the multi-season ablative paints
Wire routing Farland at 7:08am 04.19.09 Big Boats 4/1188 I need to run wind indicator wiring from mast base to elect. panel. Can anyone tell me the best and/
How serious is this? (3) Valentina at 6:54am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 26/3607 Fellows, I have finally zeroed in on a boat model that I want to buy. I found 3 within 300 mile radi
Shaft Log sandpiper10471 at 5:59am 04.19.09 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1324 The PO had done the dinghy painter wrap thing and bent the strut. Now, due to poor alignment and pos
Vinyl stick on fiberglass aceventura at 5:54am 04.19.09 Grampian 6/4480 I have to remove vynil name stick on my sailboat et I really don't know how to do it ! Can sommebody
How and Where to Sleep on Hunter 26.5 jerseywaters at 5:45am 04.19.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1895 2008 was our first season aboard our 1989 Hunter 26.5. This year we would like to try weekend cruisi
Split in the Strut JohnnyMac at 5:11am 04.19.09 Big Boats 7/1253 Yesterday was my first trip to the boat this season. I noticed one of the struts between the mast a
Selden in mast furling Broke Sailor at 4:57am 04.19.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2659 Does anyone know where to get a replacement access plate for a Selden Mast, Hunter 36? It's those b
Logo Decals for my P30 dyerstraits at 4:38am 04.19.09 Pearson 2/1494 Good Morning. I'm in the process of getting my P30 for the water, and had to sand off the logo so I

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1987 Cat 22 SK: Cutting Halyards with Hot Knife shemandr at 5:09am 06.30.21 I had a cutter with a butane lighter as the source of heat. I found it useless. The blade needs to
Aft Cabin Leak MH-37 ice breaker at 4:56am 06.30.21 If you have an auto pilot with a linier drive there is likely a rubber bellows under the cockpit pla
Hello, new 25 owner with questions! shemandr at 4:53am 06.30.21 Electric start is nice. I would pay extra for it. Especially if you have any shoulder issues like
Cushion modification Gene Neill at 4:45am 06.30.21 Your boat has a BEAUTIFUL interior. Congratulations!! I'd get rid of that monstrous Frankenstove, a
Rebedding a Winch - Best sealant that can be removed after a few years? jssailem at 4:44am 06.30.21 I used butyl Bed-It-Tape to mount my windlass. I cut the holes to be used to penetrate the deck for
Can I connect an Airmar DST810 multi sensory to a Raymarine i70 display? ifmdalvey at 4:32am 06.30.21 My DST800 plugged straight into my NMEA2000 backbone and plays to everything including two i70s
1987 Cat 22 SK: Cutting Halyards with Hot Knife John Marrone at 4:14am 06.30.21 Thanks
Cockpit Instruments Moving...or Not? (1) Davidasailor26 at 3:33am 06.30.21
Rebedding a Winch - Best sealant that can be removed after a few years? skunther at 11:51pm 06.29.21 Dan, I used Bed-it- tape. No leaks and easily removed. Your looking for a good caulk not an adhesiv
New toilet and holding tank system MikeHoncho at 10:27pm 06.29.21 Although others will disagree, I went with a all rigid pvc system that includes inline ball valves a
New boat owner... need help... fresh water not working BigEasy at 10:09pm 06.29.21 Thank you r I am waffling between delight in finally owning a boat and feeling overwhelmed! I a
Cushion modification ctrout at 10:08pm 06.29.21 The stove is attached to some degree. There is some sort of sealant that was used to bond it in pla
Cushion modification Leeward Rail at 9:50pm 06.29.21 Is that new stove section attached ? Or just sitting there. It looks like the cushion has already
Cushion modification Leeward Rail at 9:40pm 06.29.21 I just edited my post above with links to the design I used. Not a simple modification though. Re
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement MikeHoncho at 9:36pm 06.29.21 Very Common; FIREBOY-XINTEX Battery Operated Marine Carbon Monoxide Detector \| West Marine I consid
Cushion modification ctrout at 9:34pm 06.29.21 What is currently to the left (towards the bow) of the added stove ? There is basically nothing
Cushion modification Leeward Rail at 9:21pm 06.29.21 What is currently to the left (towards the bow) of the added stove ? That area is where the 2 burme
to be or not to be Leeward Rail at 8:54pm 06.29.21 If you have space to store it, for 200 bucks I'd grab it. Yup. Assuming @Desmotronic is set on a
1987 Cat 22 SK: Cutting Halyards with Hot Knife Calif. Ted at 8:50pm 06.29.21 Mine's very old but it's just a Weller Soldering gun with a line cutter blade, 100 watts (? maybe 14
Docking Against the Wind smokey73 at 8:23pm 06.29.21 That seems to work pretty well but notice there appears to be no current and no wind in all of those

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