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Spiders Again !! George H260 at 11:57am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1378 This is a continuation of a previous thread on Spiders. A friend alerted me to an article in the la
Ancor light Larry14133 at 9:04am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1435 The anchor light on my 87 O'day 302 ha failed. Does anyone know or have a best guess what bulb it u
Adding automatic bilge pump float switch Vegas at 11:41am 06.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2022 I'm surprised my 1992 38s5 does not seem to have an automatic bilge pump. A switch has to be manuall
What sanitation hose do you recomend? Nelsonhow at 11:30am 06.01.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/15342 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 7/1902 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 9/11204 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 3/1808 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 13/5338 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 6/7760 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 15/8816 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 3/1805 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 7/1654 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 5/2781 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 12/5586 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 14/19886 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 2/1413 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 3/1744 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 2/1476 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 1/1225 Any one using Sirius weather in SW Florida. I have Sirius weather on my C-80 Raymarine chartplotter

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1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold dlochner at 5:44pm 03.28.22 What's an encapsulated keel? Keels are either hanging by bolts from the hull or enclosed inside t
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold Davidasailor26 at 5:43pm 03.28.22 What's an encapsulated keel? Usually encapsulated means the keel is an integral part of the hull -
Huner Vision Refrigeration Came Loose Undersail (3) Mike 58 at 5:34pm 03.28.22 Hi Mike from Canada and a fellow 32 vision owner. Im in the middle of replacing all the cabin floori
Inavx Help quadrille38 at 5:24pm 03.28.22 You might try contacting iNavX for support. From your location, it's not going to be a real time c
New 22 Owner shemandr at 5:22pm 03.28.22 The good thing about a missing part is that you have the opportunity to fabricate a part that is be
New 22 Owner Sail Jake at 5:12pm 03.28.22 Thanks for all the replies, I really appreciate all the help. I will sail this boat mostly on inlan
Diesel in the Bilge ('05 H41DS) (3) Ralph Johnstone at 5:00pm 03.28.22 1. Seal the sending unit. Hard to tell what the flange of the sending unit is sealed with. ry or
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold shemandr at 4:55pm 03.28.22 If you have keel bolts the keel is probably not encapsulated. The cracks I saw in the photos look
Hunter 34 throttle cable replacement information Capt Robbie at 4:45pm 03.28.22 I might have made this post premature. Just got replacement throttle cable from this site as a back
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold clapres at 4:31pm 03.28.22 but that is not an encapsulated keel... What's an encapsulated keel?
Spinning Prop While Under Sail Ralph Johnstone at 4:30pm 03.28.22 A brand spanking new Bene 38 and you're putting your engine in the hands of a internet forum ? May
Boat Bike "tech support" jviss at 4:26pm 03.28.22 @John Nantz , I was fortunate in that most of my commute to work was on separate trails or bike pa
Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) mixmarkai at 4:24pm 03.28.22 Got it to flow/drain using a plunger. I'll clean out the locker and snake the drain shortly. Appreci
Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) mixmarkai at 4:24pm 03.28.22 Might be useful to use a wet shop vac. Trying to get all that debris out that little vent will tak
Boat Bike "tech support" Tedd at 4:24pm 03.28.22 @John Nantz , I was fortunate in that most of my commute to work was on separate trails or bike pat
C310 anchor light ( Top of mast ) light specification valcour at 4:06pm 03.28.22 I think they made the wire connection for masthead light underneath before placing the masthead cran
C310 anchor light ( Top of mast ) light specification valcour at 3:59pm 03.28.22 Marine Beam sells a replacement LED bulb, they are cheap. I will look for the part number (or mail
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold Tally Ho at 3:54pm 03.28.22
Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) shemandr at 3:52pm 03.28.22 Might be useful to use a wet shop vac. Trying to get all that debris out that little vent will take
Spinning Prop While Under Sail Hello Below at 3:48pm 03.28.22 Hello Fellow Beneteau Owners I have a new 2022 Oceanis 38.1 and found that the prop turns very nois

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