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Best option for repairing sail? CaptianJack at 6:55am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1386 Hello all, We had a violent windstorm a few weeks back and my jib (on a roller furl) was not as ti
Mistral 33 - hydraulic steering issues jack pine at 6:33am 05.04.09 Hallberg-Rassy 2/6309 My Mistral 33 was built in 1972 and has its original hydraulic steering. The steering has been some
Oday 23 Main Sail cover measurements PapaJack at 6:23am 05.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1828 Mast down, need to order main sail cover. Do you know the various standard length and circumferen
Unusual incident Witzend at 4:38am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2333 I have not filled my water tank yet, since winterization. I'm on my mooring and wanted to run the en
Single handed vs. family aboard Hermit Scott at 10:18pm 05.03.09 Ask All Sailors 37/3895 We made it to the boat today. There was a point in the day where I wish we hadn't. The wind was not
Bilge issues pmitch at 9:45pm 05.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1531 Does anybody know if the area under the two quarter births have drain holes which route back to the
Furling Main Jam Pat Hooyman at 9:17pm 05.03.09 Big Boats 9/3273 Our furling main jammed - it is a Selden mast with a Doyle vertical batten main on an H38. First it
Can't Eliminate Lee Helm - Gremlins??? svwalkabout at 8:49pm 05.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3339 Well... Where to start... I can't eliminate the lee helm problem that I seemed to have built mys
Islander 32 Marc Bjorklund at 8:47pm 05.03.09 Islander 1/3461 I have an Islander 32, Robert Perry design, !972. The fuel tank has developed a leak and needs repl
Adding Reefing Hardware RJMartin at 8:20pm 05.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2416 I need to add reefing hardware to my V224. I have a reasonably good description of a "jiffy-reefing
Catalina 30 Electrical Short C30 3058 at 7:04pm 05.03.09 Catalina 30 8/3625 I have a short in my electrical system that is causing severe battery drain whenever the battery swi
o'day 40 strut free play markl at 6:37pm 05.03.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1215 Hello O'Day 40 strut free play.Any suggestions how to fix it? Thank you, Mark.
Boat name letter boards jybiom at 5:58pm 05.03.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1214 Hi. I am looking for a company that makes letter boards that can take a boat name that is about 6 "
Rhodes 19 reefing question Tashi at 5:55pm 05.03.09 Day Sailers 2/4571 Hi, This is a question for any rhodes 19 owners. I have recently acquired a 1978 Mariner and am
My anchor light is on crack! Bad Obsession at 5:44pm 05.03.09 Ask All Sailors 24/5309 Last week my anchor light didn't work when I was anchored. It worked the week before that when I wa
Where to find MACG factory original cheek block for halyard? MacWind19 at 3:54pm 05.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1860 I am looking to replace three cheek blocks on my '89 macgregor 26. It would be nice to replace them
37C rig tuning Don LePage at 3:51pm 05.03.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1880 Hi All: Question about rig tuning. A friend lent me a rig tuning gizmo and I though I would set up
Holding Tank Maintenance gkornrneich@comcast.net at 3:41pm 05.03.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1836 Hi Peggy, I've read that leaving the boat for a while with Calgon Water Softener (and maybe a bit
Curtain Slide Track RussB at 2:56pm 05.03.09 S2 1/1659 I was wondering if anyone knew where to get replacement window curtain slide track. My 1979 9.2A ha
Outboard shaft length costange at 2:24pm 05.03.09 Day Sailers 3/1455 I'm about to replace my old Nissan 5 hp with a Tohatsu 6 hp for my Mariner 19. I have a choice betwe

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Hunter 386 Stern Rails simleb0407 at 6:16am 03.04.22 Thank you everyone for the help. I have a few options in front of me (repair in NY or waiting on an
What's happened to VC-17 and FW-21 at WM? Matt White at 6:10am 03.04.22 Interesting! I see WM still has some* Pettit SR-21 which also has Irgarol.*
What's happened to VC-17 and FW-21 at WM? Pirate Dave at 6:06am 03.04.22 VC17 contains Irgarol as the slime fighter. Irgarol is no longer available from the manafacturer
Hunter 386 Stern Rails simleb0407 at 6:02am 03.04.22 Purchased a full port stern rail back in 2010 from from SBO. It came, it fit reasonably well, look
Boom extension for lifting....... All U Get at 5:45am 03.04.22 I had two 8D gel batteries installed recently at 150 lbs each. Two young lads just picked them up a
Would love a Catalina 275 test sail! jon hansen at 5:29am 03.04.22 sweet
Boom extension for lifting....... DArcy at 5:17am 03.04.22 @DArcy So you pulled the orginal stright 6 out and put in a chevy small block V8 - what did you pu
Would love a Catalina 275 test sail! (2) Molokai at 4:41am 03.04.22 Purchased an Oceanis 30.1 instead of the 275.
New to us Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 4:38am 03.04.22 @SV Maverick I'll see if I can find my order records and see what gear ratio's I used and where I pu
Ford 20 information (2) landhort at 4:35am 03.04.22 Winter is coming to an end here in Indiana and I am getting Spring Fever. I decided to see if I coul
No hot water jviss at 4:35am 03.04.22 My guess is that the backflow preventer is in there backwards.
315 Mast Hole (1) Will Gilmore at 4:28am 03.04.22 203127 Rubber oval blanking grommets or plugs. Primarily used in wiring. You will, of course, need
Boom extension for lifting....... dLj at 4:25am 03.04.22 I think you made the right call using the crane. I can tell you a 2x6 supported on each end by two
No hot water Davidasailor26 at 2:16am 03.04.22
Catalina 310 Prop Shaft Diameter? Skipper John at 11:50pm 03.03.22 Just for the record, the prop shaft on the 315 also is 1inch.
Catalina 310 Prop Shaft Diameter? Monheganlover at 9:13pm 03.03.22
New to us Hunter 40.5 SV Maverick at 9:00pm 03.03.22 No clear winner for a new LPG stove. Some are close dimensionally, but no perfect replacement for th
310 Ahr 3.2V Li batteries; too good to be true? Johnb at 8:56pm 03.03.22 You do know that price is per cell so 4 of them are pushing $3500?
310 Ahr 3.2V Li batteries; too good to be true? marchem at 8:50pm 03.03.22 Marketing. I've bought lithium cells off eBay and Amazon, most have ludicrous capacity claims. They
New to us Hunter 40.5 (2) SV Maverick at 8:49pm 03.03.22 Access for horizontally mounted vertical windlass. Power cables. There is already a label on the pan

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