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New wind instruments bill niessen at 2:25pm 06.21.09 Big Boats 5/1874 I am buying new wind instruments for my Hunter Legend 37. The mast is up and boat is in the water. C
Transporting a Mast Phil V25 at 2:24pm 06.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/4100 I need to bring my mast home for some repair work. I don't want to bring the whole boat home, any s
Motor Mount windcommander at 12:57pm 06.21.09 Day Sailers 6/2248 I have purchased a Mercury 9.9 ELH (25" long shaft) and need to purchase a new motor mount. I am lo
Looking for AMF Puffer Parts. Rickcmo at 11:47am 06.21.09 AMF 1/6340 I have an AMF Puffer, and I am looking for a few parts. Boom, Sail, Rudder, and Center board. If any
what I learned from my GPS john6206 at 11:13am 06.21.09 Day Sailers 4/1395 Hi all, Got a new Garmin etrex legend hand held gps for Christmas. It's a terrific unit, pre
Handheld VHF - non working (2) Rich Stidger at 11:10am 06.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/158 This is a Sealab 9000G full-size handheld VHF. It powers up, squelch works, but nothing is received
Tefpack Shaft Packing 1/4" (2) Rich Stidger at 11:01am 06.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/1046 This is a new unopened package of 1/4" packing. I bought by mistake, I need 3/16" size. I'm lookin
Cruising Design furler coupling splines (2) Rich Stidger at 10:58am 06.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/1073 Here are two slightly bent spline couplings from a Cruising Design furler from the 80's. I think th
Two-pin connector and cable (1) Rich Stidger at 10:54am 06.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/948 A two-pin push-on and then screw on collar connector and cable. I think this was from an elderly VH
WEMA Gauge (1) Rich Stidger at 10:51am 06.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/121 Here is a perfectly working holding tank gauge removed to install a different system. I seem to hav
Anyone have a cork? mvgibson at 9:09am 06.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2212 I recently purchased a 1993 MacGregor 26S. I am very new to sailing. The boat had been sitting outs
Concrete Keel on Irwin 37 (2) stevee9259 at 8:39am 06.21.09 Irwin 1/7461 We just hauled our 1976 Irwin 37 CC sloop for what we thought was going to be a routine bottom job a
which cylinder is #1? yanmar 2qm15 SEADANCE at 8:07am 06.21.09 Ask All Sailors 3/4964 Hello All, We recently have been trying to replace a head gasket on our raw water cooled yanmar 2qm1
Hunter 28 sailing piwowarski at 7:28am 06.21.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1297 Question for those Hunter 28 sailors, do you sail with the main in the track on the boom, or loose f
remote vhf mic sailor420 at 7:06am 06.21.09 Ask All Sailors 22/5668 I am looking to upgrade my vhf to DCS and want to incorporate a remote mic at the helm. Has anyone
Which epoxy resin? emergpa1 at 6:16am 06.21.09 Ask All Sailors 39/8178 Hi everyone, I am out of resin and hardner. I have used west system and have been pleased, but am t
H34 Prefit Bimini zds at 5:52am 06.21.09 Big Boats 9/4639 The store here sells a pre-fit bimini for the 34 ($1,100 - yikes!) and there are plenty of stories o
Removing Window (1) AndrewB at 3:57am 06.21.09 Big Boats 6/2197 Does anybody know how to remove the big window in a 410 hull? See picture.
Converting heads to fresh water mac1840 at 11:31pm 06.20.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1312 We just purchased a B-43 and want to convert the two electric heads to fresh water. Any suggestions
Venture keel inspection and repair (4) gabriel at 9:31pm 06.20.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2639 Hi all, I'm in the process of repairing the keel on my Venture 21, I have attached some shots of the

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1985 Pearson 303 The_Sailing_Pelican at 11:15pm 03.22.22
Hatch handle Mark Maulden at 9:25pm 03.22.22 This is going to need a pic. I'm wondering if the two pieces of teak are guides for sliding?
Catalina 30 Table/hardware pipedream at 8:43pm 03.22.22 My boat is a 1973, and many bits and pieces have been out of production for a long time. Lucky you l
1985 Pearson 303 Tally Ho at 7:59pm 03.22.22
1985 Pearson 303 The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:51pm 03.22.22
Rudder repairs Project_Mayhem at 7:50pm 03.22.22 You found foam inside the rudder? If so, I'm surprised. It seems so solid As for the filler/thicken
Black rubber stuff in bilge? Tally Ho at 7:49pm 03.22.22 Hmmm, if it seems to pull out without damaging the fiberglass, I would get a scraper and start clean
1985 Pearson 303 Tally Ho at 7:47pm 03.22.22
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:32pm 03.22.22 The Pearson 303 has a shallow draft and air draft of well under 65 feet, there should be few if any
Hatch handle Halvern at 7:15pm 03.22.22 My main hatch is a slider on top about half inch thick plexiglass (?) with the usual wood boards fac
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Roger F at 6:59pm 03.22.22 Thanks Harold that would be great!
Freezer loosing ability to freeze - something to clean? kbgunn at 6:29pm 03.22.22 Yes, you have to remove the freezer. There should be a trim ring around it with screws. Once remove
Semco Teak Sealer - progress photos (3) Hayden Watson at 6:28pm 03.22.22 I use the honeytone. Before any work on sprit 203699 after Semco 203700 The thing I like best abo
Lightning strike BigEasy at 5:53pm 03.22.22 do I need to go back with stainless rivetts or will normal pop rivetts do the job? Is there also a
Leave the refrigerator on or off? BigEasy at 5:45pm 03.22.22 One problem with turning it off & on is that it takes approximately 12 hours, during summer months,
Semco Teak Sealer - progress photos berner73 at 5:43pm 03.22.22 Got recommended the Semco Teak Sealer on this forum, so thought I'd post progress photos. I used Se
Leave the refrigerator on or off? Tally Ho at 5:10pm 03.22.22
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions dlochner at 4:50pm 03.22.22 Why run the ditch the whole way? Why not pop into the ICW at specific locations and then pop back o
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions dLj at 4:41pm 03.22.22 Why run the ditch the whole way? Why not pop into the ICW at specific locations and then pop back ou
Lightning strike (2) HandHFarms at 4:12pm 03.22.22 So my question here is this. For the mast head it appears that it was just rivetted on. Is this corr

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