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Emergency Starting Battery -- Wiring rardiH36 at 8:07am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1469 Bear with me on this --- it is a boat post, but my opening paragraph with the background, might not
Legend 290 Tent Enclosure alenka at 7:29am 05.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1091 I am considering a tent/cockpit enclosure for my Legend 290. Can anyone tell me of a company that m
no show Quoddy at 7:17am 05.07.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/2520
swing keel tommy O at 5:35am 05.07.09 Catalina 22 3/1294 the pivot hole in my swing keel has oblonged a lot. What material is the keel and what would be the
Sailing Toronto to Cobourg yammydo at 4:52am 05.07.09 Destinations 5/8841 New to sailing. Bought a 1984 Sonic 23 last spring and spent the summer and fall sailing in the out
Whisper Too Whisper Too at 4:05am 05.07.09 Sirius 21/22 7/4961 Hi- this is George - I'm a new member and bought a 1978 Sirius last October from a couple in the Nep
How-to Drain a Diesel fuel tank? BaySailerBill at 3:58am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 19/14890 Hi All, My 1984 Catalina C-27 has been on the hard for two years and the fuel needs to be replaced
What kind of boat? Shoaldrafter at 3:36am 05.07.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1620 Does anybody have more/better information as to what kind of boat involved? See: http://news.bbc.
What kind of boat? Shoaldrafter at 3:32am 05.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1017 Does anybody have better information as to what kind of boat involved? See: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Transom height? edsonfarm at 10:31pm 05.06.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1419 Hunter 26.5 Motor Mount Does anyone know the transom/motor mount height on a Hunter 26.5? Will a 2
Water in the bilge New Hunter owner at 8:06pm 05.06.09 Smaller Boats 4/1384 How can I tell if water seeping into the bilge has infiltrated the floor and is in the hull? Can wat
Water in bilge Gene Lovelace at 7:06pm 05.06.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2317 I have a great 1975 o'day 25... that I have been restoring for several years( and sailing it almost
photos of new home made Bolger Nymph (3) sailormanbigd at 5:34pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 18/8270 you asked for pics so i will try and load them. How bout a name? How bout a few salty words for the
H216 Mast Raising Electric Winch rangerpaul at 4:10pm 05.06.09 Smaller Boats 4/1542 I just completed the installation of my electric winch to aid in raising the mast on my H216. Now e
Cool diamond foam sanding blocks. (2) luvitt at 2:21pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3236 this might not be new to you guys, but i found these foam sanding blocks at work. I work on the new
hunter 40, yanmar 44. replace control cables. teleflex? luvitt at 2:01pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1763 i wanna repalace my control cables. the yanmar manual says to use "morse" control cables. can i us
5 watt solar panel Louis at 1:58pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3370 I am thinking of buying a 5watt solar panel from Harbor freight. I believe it got pretty good review
Leak near rudder post jjgizara at 1:49pm 05.06.09 Big Boats 1/1699 I have a leak that we just traced to somwhere around the rudder post. There is no rudder stuffing b
Genset small red LED blew - why? Ron McCoy at 1:28pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1367 Ok, I'm at a loss on this one. Here's the deal. Had a new generator (35 amp/4200 watt) installed
Recommendations on Covering Vinyl Windows and Acrylic Ports Rick D at 1:10pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1546 Here is what I got back as replies from the manufacturers to my queries about recommendations to cov

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Icemaker under Nav station - Hunter 36 2006 tfox2069 at 11:33am 03.15.22 anyone know if this was a factory option? Size? Brand of icemaker? anyone replace with second fri
Beware the Ides of March Leeward Rail at 11:16am 03.15.22 Day is going ok so far...no debts..-6c and trending warmer.. :thumbup: Nobody, including the Admira
Shackleton's Endurance Found Leeward Rail at 11:01am 03.15.22 No one died on the Shackleton expedition, so no need for the reverence. The Antarctic Treaty rule
How best to change from Shore power to Ship Power Ralph Johnstone at 10:59am 03.15.22 I had my electrician replace the budlge flappers twice now. I just had to ask . And why would yo
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE DAVA390 at 10:58am 03.15.22 Maybe Boat US can help ? That is on my to do list, thank you.
Bottom scrubbing issue SeaDogRun at 10:54am 03.15.22 Y'all are awesome! Thank you!
Decal Questions brockangelo at 10:38am 03.15.22
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Johann at 10:34am 03.15.22 I use a Victron solar controller and BMV-712 BMS on my boat and have been looking at the Victron Ce
Decal Questions AaronD at 10:31am 03.15.22
Shackleton's Endurance Found Hayden Watson at 9:35am 03.15.22 I find it interesting that in the account of the rediscovery of Endurance, they state that this year
Decal Questions brockangelo at 9:22am 03.15.22
Sausage Makers? (4) Tally Ho at 8:39am 03.15.22
Sailing and restoring #9874 AaronD at 8:10am 03.15.22 Should be easy enough to do that whole thing in metal. Almost looks like a product idea.. A good
Running Rigging (1) DougM at 7:53am 03.15.22
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer tfox2069 at 7:47am 03.15.22 Future? This is pretty much exactly what I do now. The day before heading out I connect to VRM and
1977 O'Day 27. 1st Sailboat ever. rschuss at 7:39am 03.15.22 Sailing a 27 foot boat is not like kayaking. One needs to know the rules of the road. What does the
Backing plates for Sinlocks? Hello Below at 7:37am 03.15.22 I have a 2006 Hunter 38. After replacing the running rigging late last year the lines slipped in th
Oday 23 Mast step re-install rschuss at 7:30am 03.15.22 This is my thought process. On my 222, the thru bolts for the mast step are secured by washers and c
Decal Questions (1) LakeShark at 7:22am 03.15.22 I believe the trip I'm going on this summer will require the boat to have it's home port included.
Replacement for Original Aluminum Deck Fills dmax at 7:14am 03.15.22 The Perko fills looked good but the flange wasn't large enouh to cover the old holes. Funny that Def

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