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New beneteau Owner hughtad at 5:39am 05.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2649 Hi, We just purchased our first Beneteau, an Oceanis 321 from 1996. We had the mast stepped and a
Question for Xantrex LinkLite owners mcaswell at 10:21pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/4802 I can't seem to get my LinkLite to auto-sync. I drain the bank down 15 - 20% or so, then switch the
replacement solar panel dwesley at 6:08pm 05.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1463 I need a new solar panel for my 1996 Hunter 376 that is built in to the deck. I saw that the same o
1984-34, to spoon or not Charlie Halasz at 5:32pm 05.02.09 Big Boats 7/1486 under power and sail the stern digs down about 6 inches. A local boat expert has had experience put
Swing Keel on a Venture 21 nameaneh at 5:22pm 05.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/8134 My owner's manual for an old Venture 21 says that I need to insert the top lock bolt after lowering
Water leak into port side in electrical panel cymeyer at 4:35pm 05.02.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1736 I get water into our electrical panel area when healing into heavy wind. Can't seem to trace where
Dutchman Reefing Roy10289 at 4:17pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2769 I have the Dutchman sustem on my boat ,but 2 of the mono lines broke as soon as I bougt the boat. Co
Liferaft and/or EPIRB? John at 4:03pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1583 For those sailors on the West Coast (in other words, sailing in the same or similar conditions to mi
Installing X-5 wheel autopilot Mick Johnson at 3:53pm 05.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1213 Help installing Autpilot wheel X-5 from raymarine. locating the compas unit and the control box, als
Check Your Chain Plates (1) Maine Sail at 2:58pm 05.02.09 Musings With Maine Sail 23/11123 Hi All, This photo was sent to me by a friend yesterday. The story is they were tuning the rig when
Catalina 11 hp engine recomendations?? hobbit at 1:59pm 05.02.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1613 We are looking @ 1980 30 ft catalinas. Is the 11 hp engine sufficient?
Sewing Strattaglass? Bad Obsession at 1:12pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 20/7035 I have bought an industrial sewing machine. I am thinking about buying a sheet of strattaglass and
Toilet Cam at 12:46pm 05.02.09 Cal 0/1572 I have a 1969 cal 25 I recently purchased. I'm looking for information of the mechanics and any othe
Joker valve? Bossman at 12:46pm 05.02.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/6714 Hello Peggy, Hope you can assist on this prior to my unbolting everything. Have a Jabco head,
26M or 26X Standing Fast at 12:33pm 05.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/4300 I am new to this forum and have been looking at the 26' s for about a year. It just seems that there
Outboard Motor for 23' - HP and Weight? John Lafferty at 10:33am 05.02.09 Smaller Boats 3/1213 What size outboard motor came with the Hunter 23 originally? Any idea of how much the outboard weig
Keel Lifting Ring CaptDon01 at 10:25am 05.02.09 Smaller Boats 7/2479 I've got a Capri-18 and I need to install a lifting ring on the stub coming out of the keel to lift
How Deep of a Reef? thisoldspouse at 9:57am 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1528 I've finally got the time to install my "Jiffy Reefing System". It will be used on a 77 Mac 222, the
Catalina 27 Tall rig peterkozup at 9:40am 05.02.09 Mid-Size Boats 19/15545 Greetings to all! I have recently signed the papers on a 1983 Catalina 27, so have joined this group
Topside Paint Step to the Rear at 5:01am 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1447 My wife and I were discussing our newly purchased Pearson 30 and maintenance we would like to do rig

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Dufour 31, your thoughts (3) fred1diver at 7:45am 01.25.22 202023
Hunter 28 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:42am 01.25.22 Strongly suggest a surveyor look at any large boat you are considering buying.
Hunter 26 mast fit on 260 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:40am 01.25.22 I was very much involved with the Hunter small boats which is why I point things out. In fact Frank
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs jssailem at 7:38am 01.25.22 Clues to considering your question lie in a study of history and geography. The rig you discuss is
Is island hopping on Lake Michigan too much for O'Day Daysailer or Spindrift Daysailer Timm R Oday25 at 6:56am 01.25.22 Perfect boat for the area . We dragged our Oday up there some years back . Lot's and lot's of places
Long way to check out trailer sailor cb32863 at 6:40am 01.25.22 I drove from Minneapolis to Bradenton FL and back for my 235. Know what you are getting in to before
How old is Grandpa? DougM at 6:32am 01.25.22
Dufour 31, your thoughts shemandr at 6:17am 01.25.22 I'd rather have the Atomic 4 than the Volvo diesel. Frers is a good designer. The numbers for the
Knotmeter and Depth Sounder Replacements shank at 6:00am 01.25.22 Thanks again. Sorry about the Bills :-(
3M 5200...how to make it non-stick on bolts dlochner at 5:55am 01.25.22 This seems to be an unusual application for 5200. Epoxy is easy, wax the bolts. If 5200 is the corre
Knotmeter and Depth Sounder Replacements dlochner at 5:50am 01.25.22 I really appreciate the detailed instructions on this. It doesn't sound too difficult. In your opin
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 eherlihy at 5:42am 01.25.22 When I first started down this road in 2012, my boat had the old bronze propeller shaft, and it was
How to install/snake a internal halyard? sailme88 at 5:42am 01.25.22 I realize that the effort of this post centers around replacing a lost halyard. But, should a reade
3M 5200...how to make it non-stick on bolts dLj at 5:33am 01.25.22 I use micro-crystalline wax to do this when working with epoxy. I've not worked with 5200 doing this
Long way to check out trailer sailor jdrutten at 5:29am 01.25.22
3M 5200...how to make it non-stick on bolts shemandr at 5:26am 01.25.22 Maybe lanolin. Maybe the people to ask are 3M.
Trident 101 rubber smell Scott B at 5:21am 01.25.22 Is the hose black or white? If white, it's actually 102, which is the same hose as 101 but with a
Long way to check out trailer sailor shemandr at 5:16am 01.25.22 More than 4 hours.
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 RoyS at 5:14am 01.25.22 Hard to believe after you have fought to remove the coupling but the coupling is a slip fit to the s
Dufour 31, your thoughts garymalmgren at 5:13am 01.25.22 Two hours drive will help you make up your mind. Love at first sight is the way I go. And it hasn't

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