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spider crack repair Susan at 6:46am 04.09.09 Irwin 1/2280 Can you tell me the best procedure to repair small spider cracks? And, we have taken the lettering o
Gas consumption jkincannon at 6:15am 04.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1382 I had an 8 HP motor on a 12 foot alum boat once, but have not run my 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke enough on
Play in Rudder wally252 at 5:54am 04.09.09 Columbia 0/1828 How do you install shims in the rudder to eliminate excessive play at the tiller?
Cheap cleaning tricks (1) Jumpstart at 5:47am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1776 Over the years I've picked up a couple of tricks to solve pesky cleaning problems. The tannin stain
Garmin 3000 series data card questions Roger Long at 3:52am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 13/3910 I have the Garmin 3205 for my radar installation on order from Tiger. Looking at the downloaded man
Depth finder Tony2367 at 7:26pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3401 A few weeks ago we were returning up the St. Mark's River and ran aground. I knew the tide was low b
Motor Mount Bolts Stripped Out Deucer at 6:45pm 04.08.09 Smaller Boats 8/1719 Has anybody had this happen to them? I was puttig the boat in a slip and fighting about 15kts of cr
Re-bedding fixed lexan Ports Tstein at 4:55pm 04.08.09 S2 5/4333 Aloha; The lexan port is leaking and I'm trying to decide what is the correct product to use to r
New Orleans area weather sailaway78 at 3:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1322 Have read a couple post recently, not to mention mine, where someone got pounded pretty good by the
Electric polisher and buffer paulj at 2:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/3694 My 26 year old Porter Cable is broken and beyond reasonable repair. I'm looking for recomendations f
Rudder Stuffing Box Swimfar at 2:10pm 04.08.09 S2 6/2879 I have a 1981 S2 8.5A. While crawling behind the fuel tank to inspect the helm cables, I noticed two
Raw water hoses Bob S at 2:08pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1561 I am in the process of changing my sea strainer from the little plastic OEM one to a Perko Bronze mu
Manson Supreme - first anchoring Jim Seamans at 1:33pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 46/7134 Purchased the #45 manson supreme this winter and was able to anchor this last weekend (apr 4th). Fi
Ranger 32 restoration (2) j24kachina at 11:06am 04.08.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 7/7471 I have completed the work on a Ranger 32, hull number 59. There is almost nothing which I have not r
Backing plates for stanchions 48dodge at 10:28am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/3991 I was wondering what materials should I use for a backing plate for some new stanchions I have. The
H30 stantions BruceK at 9:54am 04.08.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1075 Have 4 slightly bent stantions from my H30 '94 which can also fit same vintage 33.5 and 35.5, I thin
looking for Pat17364 SV Espiritu Neal Edward Albrektsen at 9:20am 04.08.09 Big Boats 0/1050 If there is anyone out there that knows Pat and Carole Mcintish on Espiritu please forward this mess
Haulout checklist Don12480 at 9:11am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 4/3507 I am preparing for my haulout and was looking for a post from Maine Sail on Hull Polishing which sho
42 P Off Shore Paul Olson at 8:37am 04.08.09 Big Boats 9/3981 We just purchased a 1994 42 P. After a full survey on this one owner boat it was indicated as a 9.5
GPS and Charts Warren Milberg at 7:34am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1593 A good article, and timely reminder, by Chuck Husick about GPS and Chart variations on the Boat US w

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Putting Fairing/Filler Between Fiberglass Layers? Filling Dimples jssailem at 8:17am 06.28.21 Once committed to epoxy you are in for a penny in for a pound. Just epoxy no glass will become brit
Mast boot leak (1) sail sfbay at 8:15am 06.28.21 Congratulations on your new 42!! Do you have a mast deck wire housing just forward of the mast? If
Transducer Failure? jssailem at 8:14am 06.28.21 Power on - checked with a DVM - OK Connections both at the transducer and the "Main Unit" cleaned an
Soft floor/hull Michaelminer at 8:12am 06.28.21 @Davidasailor26- Lots of good insights, and clearly the foam in there has to go. I am going to cr
Adding Mast Base Blocks jssailem at 8:05am 06.28.21 I am guessing here, but a friend with a machineshop could make a plate to extend off your mast base
Trying to find the location of Primary Fuel Filter and Y-valve on 2005 H36 sailboss at 8:02am 06.28.21 One point, never turn on the macerator pump without having the seacock in the port stern locker open
Adding Mast Base Blocks duck21 at 8:01am 06.28.21 Ooo, backing plate--I didn' try that as a search term. I'll give those a look too. Thank you! W
Adding Mast Base Blocks (2) duck21 at 7:59am 06.28.21 Ours is currently a similar set up to yours--mast-based blocks to turning blocks (although on the 37
EV-100 auto helm issues jmce1587 at 7:56am 06.28.21 When disassembling the wheel drive assembly be gentle. It is easy to break the plastic parts inside
EV-100 auto helm issues jssailem at 7:56am 06.28.21 @markwbird here is the guy. https://www.i3dgear.com Out of Ganges, Canada. Tell him you heard it fro
Adding Mast Base Blocks (1) jssailem at 7:51am 06.28.21 What is showing in the Hunter diagram appears to be the use of a Schaefer Marine backing plate to ex
Catalina 28 MkII steering quadrant panel dmax at 7:30am 06.28.21 Fiberglass parts like that are often hard to come by - you should try Catalina. However, the panel i
Adding Mast Base Blocks (1) sail sfbay at 7:29am 06.28.21 JRacer........made a good recommendation!! A photo of what you have would help. The Hunter 46 haly
1987 Catalina 22 Battery kloudie1 at 7:20am 06.28.21 Best bang for a buck (or a few) : Duracell Marine Deep Cycle Battery, Group size 27 - Sam's Club (sa
First 285 main controls sail sfbay at 7:14am 06.28.21 Congratulations on your new First 285!! What control lines do you want to move to the helm and wher
Never say never Hardhead at 7:07am 06.28.21 That's nuts. I was in 115 degrees a few times, and I still remember it 40 years later. On the plus
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Fredct at 7:03am 06.28.21 lin 1 = inverter enabled. lin 0 = inverter disabled. 1- The inverter does not break the bond when A
to be or not to be Hardhead at 6:58am 06.28.21 Definitely keep looking. Those photos trigger my PTSD.
Adding Mast Base Blocks duck21 at 6:58am 06.28.21 Excellent. I've written them. Thank you!
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present (1) Fredct at 6:58am 06.28.21 195719

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