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What sanitation hose do you recomend? Nelsonhow at 11:30am 06.01.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/15274 Peggy, Well the time has come to replace the old head in my Hunter 30. I should have done it when
26S fwd hatch dimensions (1) Justin_NSA at 10:22am 06.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1888 I have a strut on my forward hatch and I'd like to get a bug screen for it. Does anyone have the hat
Best cleaning product I found- Marine Spray Nine breweraz at 10:14am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 9/11109 We recently purchased a boat that had been sitting for some time. I had small black spots all over t
Squeaky Wheel Mark3755 at 10:13am 06.01.09 Big Boats 3/1791 The wheel steering on my Edson pedestal has a squeal that I can't seem to tame. The only thing I had
Compounding & Waxing - Sailors Helping Sailors (6) Maine Sail at 9:53am 06.01.09 Musings With Maine Sail 13/5299 This past weekend Tim R. organized a work party for a friend of ours who's lifelong sailing companio
Boom Vang during Jibe oldiesrocker2001 at 9:02am 06.01.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/7730 While looking at a post regarding using the Vang as a jibe preventer a question for me came to mind
25 ft oday, center board stuck dennyg4 at 8:41am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 15/8801 Purchased this boat this spring, have it in water, but center board is stuck, how do I free it up, c
Signal Flags Nodak7 at 8:25am 06.01.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1800 I recently purchased a couple of signal flags from West Marine. When I went to attach them to my fla
Foam in forward bilge garylinger at 8:23am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1641 A PO apparently sprayed or had sprayed a dense foam in the blilge beneath the access panel located u
Ground wire connection - seacock garylinger at 8:12am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2760 I believe the ground wire from my sanitation system seacock is not connected. If the end is what I
windlass for Hunter Legend 40 ehelms7477 at 8:00am 06.01.09 Big Boats 12/5555 I have a 1987 Hunter 40 Legend and would like to install am electric windlass. Has anyone done this
Spiders cymeyer at 7:53am 06.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/36 Any tricks to keeping spiders off the top of our mast? I know how to clean off the webs, but they
Flag halyard regor-123 at 7:50am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 14/19741 Has anyone made their own flag halyards? Need ideas on how to. Thanks.
Companionway Steps Advice Needed Steve Liggett at 7:22am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1410 Just completed refinishing the sole of my 1988 O'Day 302. Used Ultimate Sole finish -- it looks abs
Opinions wanted on Boom Tents Mike Oatsvall at 6:52am 06.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1735 With summer coming I've been looking at ways to keep the boat cooler. Somebody suggested a boom tent
26.5 Backstay rigging jerseywaters at 6:34am 06.01.09 Smaller Boats 2/1473 The backstay on our 26.5 is not rigged correctly. We would appreciate advice/photos of how the backs
Sirius Marine Weather seadaddler at 6:07am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1221 Any one using Sirius weather in SW Florida. I have Sirius weather on my C-80 Raymarine chartplotter
Spreader Bar repair Mac84 at 6:05am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1788 While stepping my mast this week-end a shroud got hung up and tore away from the spreader bar, break
yamaha 30 tall rig drakeley at 5:58am 06.01.09 Yamaha 1/2868 I am looking to purchase a yamaha 30 with tall rig. The current owner says that it is cutter rigged
The Great Winch maintenance of 2009 KandD at 5:43am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2167 So after 3 months of ownership I got up the nerve to take apart my winches and re-lube them, which h

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Hunter 306 salt water in the bilge but only when sailing Ralph Johnstone at 9:56am 03.17.22 I intend to take a scientific process of elimination to this problem A most unusual process when
How to cleaning halyard on the boat LloydB at 9:54am 03.17.22 If you think in terms of a tapered splice instead of a butt splice and use a smaller leader such as
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION nramsey at 9:49am 03.17.22 That looks like a crack beside your blade in the 2nd pic. If it is you need to replace it. The th
How to cleaning halyard on the boat Hayden Watson at 9:47am 03.17.22 Just to be clear, I did not have a problem with making an end-to-end connection between my halyard a
Fuel Tank Sludge Hunter 356 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:46am 03.17.22 Fuel inspection port, guaranteed not to leak. Even if the tank is overfilled. m the Pela vacuum oi
Fuel Tank Sludge Hunter 356 shemandr at 9:40am 03.17.22 Why not use one of those fuel extractors? They have a tube you run to the bottom of the tank thru t
How to cleaning halyard on the boat Hayden Watson at 9:39am 03.17.22 Google "reeving splice." The most reliable method. Thanks for the suggestion thinwater. Will tha
Trying to track down info on lines brockangelo at 9:36am 03.17.22 Oh no - the previous owner got the kit that allows the halyards to run aft, but it looks like he cut
Trying to track down info on lines brockangelo at 9:25am 03.17.22 Found it! Cajun Ropes
Sailboat Cradle Scott T-Bird at 8:58am 03.17.22 Not to be a Debbie Downer but most boat yards I've used are trying to get rid of their cradles. Th
Fuel Tank Sludge Hunter 356 Tom J at 8:54am 03.17.22 If there is a mobile fuel polish service available, they could put a couple of hoses down the hole a
Sailboat Cradle Scott T-Bird at 8:45am 03.17.22 You are selling the cradle? Wouldn't word of mouth or local craigslist make the most sense? Will t
Boat Bike "tech support" jviss at 8:45am 03.17.22 Hi @John Nantz , I'm not a bike mechanic but I commuted to work by bike for many years and have te
Oxalic Acid Hull Cleaning Capt Robbie at 8:45am 03.17.22 bar keepers friend porcelain and stainless cleaner works just as good as on off and only about $2.99
Boat Bike "tech support" Tedd at 8:41am 03.17.22 Hi @John Nantz , I'm not a bike mechanic but I commuted to work by bike for many years and have ten
Beneteau bottom paint color 361 DougM at 8:38am 03.17.22 I'm going to get some flack over this but why do we bother with anti fouling paints in fresh water.
New Dodger Capt Robbie at 8:07am 03.17.22
How to cleaning halyard on the boat dmax at 7:44am 03.17.22 I have successfully used Gorilla Tape, at first with some SS wire done like Greg's paper clip, but t
Oxalic Acid Hull Cleaning Jacktar at 7:25am 03.17.22 Try Sno Bol toilet cleaner, hydrochloric acid containing gel, (sticks to vertical surfaces so you ca
How to cleaning halyard on the boat (1) Tally Ho at 7:02am 03.17.22 I generally use a 1/2 straightened paper clip to pin the lines together, the metal makes a pretty st

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