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in line head treatment ed webb at 5:28am 06.10.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2625 Good morning Peggy, I have a 1990 34 Catalina with an in line water treatment container. It was manu
Swing Keel mikedunnagan at 4:18am 06.10.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1649 I am looking at a 1972 Venture 22 that is for sale.The owner says he changed the keel to fiberglas.I
Engine Replacement xgruiz at 4:07am 06.10.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1356 Hi everybody, my Yanmar SB8 just dies last week. I am working on trying to get the parts to rebuild
Tilted SSB Antenna (1) geoffschultz at 3:51am 06.10.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2390 I was recently corresponding with an individual regarding reefing points and sent him a back-lit pho
Gas additives RogerHM at 3:47am 06.10.09 Ask All Sailors 12/1564 How do they affect 4 stroke 9.9 engines? My Merc Big-Foot does not start consistantly. VERY frustrat
Pre Launch Check List awoody at 10:11pm 06.09.09 Smaller Boats 1/1544 Interesting that I just purchased a 1994 Hunter 26 and I came to this site looking for a check list
Leaky Cabin Riga at 8:22pm 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 18/3080 Chasing down interior leaks is always a tough assignment. For the 10 years I've had my O'Day 28 I'v
Backing plate support for rail mount and back stay Riga at 8:03pm 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1345 I notice some cracking in the fiberglass around where the stern rail mounts to the boat as well as a
Salvaging Vinyl Graphics Bob Poff at 7:40pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1154 My boat has custom cut vinyl graphics on the quarters. The bird design that's in my avatar. The on
HELP! Broken tabernacle on 1974 O'Day 20 maineiac at 7:09pm 06.09.09 Day Sailers 6/1795 One of my shrouds let loose and the mast went over the side. In the process it broke the tabernacle
O'Day 25 Bilge adams at 6:49pm 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1959 Does anybody have a document showing the bilge and centerboard trunk layout on an O'Day 25? If not,
B-393 Whisker Pole Hardware fonzo2@hotmail.com at 6:41pm 06.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1009 I recently purchase a 393 that has the track attached to the US Spars mast. I will like to purchase
Slow leak fwd and aft of keel and shaft question bsavulis at 6:39pm 06.09.09 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1597 We splashed the boat for the first time (for us) this past week 1975 H27. It appears to have 2 small
hunter 19 Adrian Morris at 5:58pm 06.09.09 Smaller Boats 3/1174 broke a spreader on my 96 hunter 19 it broke right where it inserts can I redrill a hole and use it
Spinnaker pole Rick Silverman at 5:43pm 06.09.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1284 I was hoping someone might know what size Spinnaker pole (length and diameter) I would need for a 19
Tinting Neutral gelcoat and using Duratec Dan H at 5:25pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1295 Does, or has anyone here tint neutral gelcoat and use Duratec HGA with it? I've tinted white gelcoat
mast step hornet at 4:56pm 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1457 my mast step screws have pulled out of the cabin floor. I thought by cutting out around it and repl
Stove-Top Grills (1) Trinkka at 4:54pm 06.09.09 Day Sailers 4/1561 I've talked about using stove-top ovens and stove-top grills on boats in previous threads and I've f
Water heater (2) paulj at 4:31pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1853 Shown in picture one is old water heater and it's existing connections. The water heater is leaking
Water heater (4) paulj at 2:46pm 06.09.09 Catalina 310 3/1967 While checking out the water heater using 120v, I removed the wood inspection panel and found a pret

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Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? jssailem at 10:23am 02.27.22 So we do the "smart thing" and do what she says. That makes perfect sense. After all you sail and
What is your oldest boat picture? (1) Project_Mayhem at 10:15am 02.27.22 This is a picture of my boat a few decades before I bought her that I found on the internet. Unfortu
Down windsails. jviss at 10:12am 02.27.22 I don't recall if I mentioned this before, so sorry if I did, for the redundancy. My Tartan 3800
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? quadrille38 at 10:08am 02.27.22 Unfortunately, I have the perfectionist gene which is tough when you have a 35 year old boat, so I
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 jviss at 10:06am 02.27.22 Random thought: I think the shaft on my Tartan is Monel. Anyone have a Monel shaft? Opinions versu
Sticky control cables dlochner at 10:04am 02.27.22 Depends on where and how often the boat is used. Basic maintenance inspecting the cables and idler w
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? Don S/V ILLusion at 9:34am 02.27.22 Correctly or not, I infer you are essentially asking which is more important - form or function. De
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? Capt Robbie at 9:32am 02.27.22 My original owner 1983 hunter 34 is now 33 years old soon to be 34 years this July. it Sustained hea
Sticky control cables Halvern at 9:05am 02.27.22 Eureka, take off the 2 screws holding the compass lite, wiggle lite and wires to the back and lift o
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? Mark Maulden at 8:55am 02.27.22
WTB Oday Mariner Wing_Mechanic at 8:54am 02.27.22 Thank you! I've been checking but I'll keep on the look out. I'll let you all know if I end up findi
Replacing Engine Mounts in a Hunter Passage 42 Crusty Ol Salt at 8:43am 02.27.22 What if you being concerned about the best for your boat select the best engineered mount good for
Down windsails. jssailem at 8:37am 02.27.22
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? dlochner at 8:17am 02.27.22 I share @dLj 's approach, the boat is a collection of systems, some systems remain pretty much as th
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? Timm R Oday25 at 8:07am 02.27.22 After spending decades in manufacturing,I understand every component installed is a compromise . Cos
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? JamesG161 at 8:02am 02.27.22 came from the lowest bidder/supplier. based on Quantity purchased for production boats. Include St
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 Hayden Watson at 7:51am 02.27.22 I was lever happy with the thought of needing to replace the bellows on the PSS and the possibility
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? dLj at 7:39am 02.27.22 I personally look at all boats as an assemblage of systems.The OEM assembled various systems based o
Down windsails. Diablito at 7:38am 02.27.22 John, Excellent point! Actually my single hand sailing is in the Santa Monica Bay or down to the A
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 Hayden Watson at 7:37am 02.27.22 8 years ago after many years of multiple attempts to remove the flange, I finally used an angle grin

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