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looking to replace cockpit control panel. jd catalina 27 newbee at 8:51pm 05.29.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1001 Dear veteran Catalina 27 owners I am doing a little maintenance on my 86 C-27 and would love to chan
Peaceful Nights? (2) Neil McDonald at 8:38pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 67/9881 Imagine relaxing peacefully on your boat anchored in a quiet cove far away from the busy world and w
First official day of summer vacation. RECESS at 7:31pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1056 Finished post planning yesterday and headed out to the lake today for a 7 hour sail with the wife an
Stuffing box tube ranchu56 at 7:07pm 05.29.09 Big Boats 1/1079 I was told last night that (don't know the part name) the hose the shaft passes through inside the b
Replacing Side Windows Jim Newell at 6:13pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2038 I have a 1996 Hunter 376 that needs the long side windows repalced. Does anyone know the type of ma
Window Trim tcorey1 at 6:05pm 05.29.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1088 I have an 86 28.5 I'm restoring. Does anyone know of a source for the trim on the outside of the wi
javelin serial # Mark P. LeGassey at 5:32pm 05.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1123 Can someone tell the year of this javelin from the serial #? XDYB4973M83H Thank You
Fishing Cable Challenge Neil McDonald at 5:11pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1499 Having just fitted a pair of Alpenglow lights to my cabin roof, I now need to run in two cables to p
new generation: See the light (1) emergpa1 at 5:08pm 05.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1155 Is anyone installing LED lights on their Oday? If so, what is your experience and source? Any though
Puffer rigging mommyzilla at 4:53pm 05.29.09 AMF 2/12042 My dad just gave me his old AMF Puffer sailboat. It has been 20 years since I used the boat and I c
Repacking stuffing box O'Day 32 with GFO jknappsax at 4:44pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2156 I just repacked the stuffing box on my O'Day 32' CC with GFO. I wasn't sure which size, 3/16" or 1/4
dude i am back thesailerdude at 3:55pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1493 haha well here is the update with the little trip of mine me and my 4 college buddies departed m
Stuffing box-Hunter 32 ( Yanmar 18 ) Jim Conley at 2:08pm 05.29.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1574 I have a drip- I managed to use PB Blaster and a chisel to release the locking nut and could easily
Fairlead for Keel Centerboard Lift Rope hullre at 1:53pm 05.29.09 Pearson 0/1219 I have a 1970 Pearson 33 with a movable Centerboard. I need a replacement for the molded plastic s
Hunter 240 Rig Tuning & Mast Raising Tim Kenney at 1:29pm 05.29.09 Smaller Boats 18/12353 Aurinko III is a Hunter 240 which I bought new in 1998. I have sailed her fair amount since. Being
cam cleat on main control line Miller26S at 1:04pm 05.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1214 The cam cleat that is attached to the block on main control line is cratered and needs replaced. I g
chain plate attachments gdarling at 12:02pm 05.29.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1187 Re: late '80s First 305 Problem: attaching shrouds to chain plates. Specifically, this boat has thr
Finally (1) Phil V25 at 11:50am 05.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1128 Last year was such a bad year for our sailing activities; what with two floods (one at home and one
Anchor / Mast Head light Larry14133 at 11:47am 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 0/5 The Anchor light on my O'Day 302 seams to have failed. Anyone have an idea of what type of bulb wou
Spots on stainless steel Ken Honeycutt at 11:46am 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1558 I've got what looks like water spots on some of my SS tubing. I tried Collinite metal polish and was

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New Catalina 30 Owner Ward H at 10:18am 02.24.22 Here is the thing I mentioned in the post before this. It looks like maybe a transducer or speed se
Expanding Hardening Foam PaulK at 10:17am 02.24.22 We had expanded foam under the sole of my father's center-console runabout. It was hygroscopic. Be
Replacing sail slugs (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 10:05am 02.24.22 I assume you are familiar with the various options to slugs which are often problematic. One example
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) dreadpiratk at 9:44am 02.24.22 Got all the way up to 30 here with some actual sun in the frozen hell of upstate NY. 12" of snow c
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 9:30am 02.24.22 Hey, thanks for the response. The new winch is getting installed with deck foot switches at the mast
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered Tom J at 9:28am 02.24.22 Regardless of what they say, we cruised for over 40 years in RI/MA/NH/ME/NY with my unregistered ou
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc Zencra at 9:18am 02.24.22 This is going in the wrong direction. how do I connect the maretron to chartplotter? my maretron fue
New to us Hunter 40.5 baycloud at 9:10am 02.24.22 How are you planning to do that? I originally was thinking the same thing but..... Well I have 840
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads tfox2069 at 8:49am 02.24.22 I tried email and msg on Faceboook over a week ago. I'll give them a call. Wanted to confirm if I
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads Scott B at 8:45am 02.24.22 I tried email and msg on Faceboook over a week ago. I'll give them a call. Wanted to confirm if I
Macgregor 22 Pop-Top Tent sail sfbay at 8:28am 02.24.22 If you sail to the bay, stop in at Brickyard Cover Marina (now Boardwalk Port Marina) in Point Richm
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION Ward H at 8:18am 02.24.22 Yes! My Dad made me clean every Iron based tool and then wipe it with oily rag. Jim.. Yep, I do w
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads tfox2069 at 8:18am 02.24.22 Would anyone know the threads for the oil pressure sender. I was looking at the ACDC Marine Oil du
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION JamesG161 at 7:49am 02.24.22 Is oiling to prevent surface corrosion a thing? Yes! My Dad made me clean every Iron based tool an
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade (1) Jeff2642 at 7:48am 02.24.22 Hi @lindsaytodd, I started sailing a Bombardier 3.8 as a kid, self taught, and then a sailboard. B
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION JamesG161 at 7:45am 02.24.22 I've never heard of oiling the surfaces on bronze valves Not True. I just told you.:cowbell: The
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION Ward H at 7:35am 02.24.22 I've never heard of oiling the surfaces on bronze valves, strainers or other. I wouldn't do it as
Macgregor 22 Pop-Top Tent spedpetsman at 7:32am 02.24.22 Thankful to you for that! I may ask you some more questions later though as this is my first delta b
New to us Hunter 40.5 JamesG161 at 7:30am 02.24.22 I'm going induction. When operating, induction creates an oscillating magnetic field. Caution! Ji
Expanding Hardening Foam Sandy Stone at 7:22am 02.24.22 The trick is in the "expanding" part. It's easier than you think to split your deck apart.

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