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Where credit is due DannyS at 5:29am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 12/1964 Practical Sailor magazine always has a section called "Where credit is due" that allows readers to g
Maintenance Help dennisv at 4:09am 04.08.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1220 Catalina 27 owners, I'm about to become a owner of my first Catalina, a 1986 C27. The survey noted s
Kuuma BBQ Rail Mount sinnettc at 10:35pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 5/3487 So, I put the BBQ mount on the boat and it looks good. I'm a bit concerned about the knobs for atta
Anchor rode rusting FYoung at 8:25pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1278 I have a combination chain rode spliced to nylon line for my anchor rode. It is about six years old
Pitch adjustment of a Kiwi prop Pat T at 7:16pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2482 I am going to fine tune (adjust) the pitch on my Kiwi prior to launch this spring. I currently can a
Baking Soda jwieneck at 5:02pm 04.07.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2344 Peggy each year I put a couple of boxes of baking soda (in small plastic bowls) in many of the low s
RayTech Planner Witzend at 4:25pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3797 Just purchased a C90W. It came with a demo copy of RayTech Planner. Anyone here have any experience
Rudder and shaft damage Cat 34 Prime Time at 4:24pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2828 Hi, I'm interested in hearing opinions on the proper way to go about assessing damage and repairing
Arch mounted davits som1335 at 3:57pm 04.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/6582 Has anyone installed davits attached to a Hunter factory Arch? If so did you buy it or make it? I'
Anchor light Winsome23 at 3:20pm 04.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2286 I am looking for a 6 volt battery operated anchor light that can be raised up the mast with a halya
GPS/Sonar combo???? TheGreatEscape at 2:18pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 11/1823 I am looking for suggestions on a GPS/Sonar combo that will give me the best bang for the buck. Basi
I am getting there... rub rail question (5) RECESS at 1:39pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1907 I have been delayed, delayed, and delayed some more on my painting because of these storms in south
Didnt beat the front in. (1) sailormark45 at 1:20pm 04.07.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/1670 Well well what a great 2 days of sailing we had, camped out on boat Saturday night on Matagorda bay,
oil filter for a four stoke honda peterbud at 1:05pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3528 What is the difference between a Honda oil filter for my 9.9 at $20 vs a Fram oil filter for $6?:con
H30 stantions BruceK at 1:05pm 04.07.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/8 I have 4 slightly bent stantions for my '94 H30..bent a little from shrinkwrap fatigue. I replaced t
rerigging issues MrMikey64 at 12:39pm 04.07.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/2457 I'm finally to the point where I can redo the standing rigging on my 1981 Mac 25. The biggest proble
S2 6.8 rudder on ebay BobM at 12:31pm 04.07.09 S2 0/1675 Someone, not me, has just listed a rudder off a scrapped 1977 6.8. I don't know the person or wheth
Update on my 222 (4) 48dodge at 12:11pm 04.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2024 It feels so good to finally be putting stuff back onto the boat instead of just taking stuff off. P
"melamine" veneer in head and other places. how to replace? (2) luvitt at 12:02pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2619 So all this thin "plastic paper" veneer is in rough shape. what is it? I call it melamine. how shoul
Volvo MD7B in Bahama jtaylor186 at 11:55am 04.07.09 Islander 5/4274 Greetings all. I have question. Let's say you design and build a sailboat ike the Bahama for a MD7A

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Fixing cracks Papafuego at 7:13pm 02.11.22 Nice prep. Is it possible to lower the wood and add some glass/epoxy to the whole area to provide
Saloon or Salon... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:59pm 02.11.22 Saloons don't serve single malts. They serve booze. Apparently you don't know that single malt IS b
toilet time Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:44pm 02.11.22 Thanks for helping him out, guys...We've successfully connected via PM. --Peggie
'86 Hunter 34 coolant through exhaust Tally Ho at 6:11pm 02.11.22
Raw water intake strainer Capt Robbie at 6:04pm 02.11.22 Jrzsalor, You definitely what to have a good accessible strainer in Barnegat bay, especially in Augu
Haul out the water V.Carter at 5:49pm 02.11.22 My mast gets unstepped at our Club... no cost... Transportation to our house is $400. Roughly a 10
New "possible owner" of 2001 Hunter 340 Techstyle at 5:18pm 02.11.22 I have a '96 336 (which has the same hull mold). There are a few things I would keep my eye on on t
In hull transducer question. Gene Neill at 5:04pm 02.11.22 Just trying to figure out if the floor of the forward v-birth storage compartments on the MkII is t
Minn Kota 50 Light air at 4:30pm 02.11.22 I took my Tanzer 16 out with the MK 55 and only needed the 3rd gear (out of 5) to move the little bo
New "possible owner" of 2001 Hunter 340 David in Sandusky at 4:08pm 02.11.22 Welcome! Put your attention into selecting a good surveyor. When we bought our boat, I was too inex
Minn Kota 50 Project_Mayhem at 3:58pm 02.11.22 I've used a 36lbs motor on a 19' boat on a few calm days on lake michigan. There was also a fellow a
Example Installation Diesel Heater Hunter 326 (1) Hayden Watson at 3:53pm 02.11.22 For my hydronic system, I used a multi-layered approach. I used a woven fiberglass sleeve that was
Items to fix for insurance, Pearson 30 shemandr at 3:47pm 02.11.22 On my Ranger 29 the gas fill was on the cockpit sole. It was about 12 inches to the fuel tank - a s
Add a dedicated starter battery Davidasailor26 at 3:46pm 02.11.22 You mean brass will lose its zinc and become brittle and weak in a marine environment, right? Sure
Rudder repairs Project_Mayhem at 3:44pm 02.11.22 Stick with epoxy based resin since it's easier to work with. The most commonly used materials for me
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 3:37pm 02.11.22 Bronze will lose is zinc and become brittle and weak in a marine environment. You mean brass will
Add a dedicated starter battery Davidasailor26 at 3:35pm 02.11.22 Hopefully the air in the fuel line issue can be sorted and the engine starts and runs reliably after
Add a dedicated starter battery acudavid at 3:27pm 02.11.22 Thanks Davidsailor26. Mechanic said valves were just replaced and looked good. Diver told me the t
Raw water intake strainer Davidasailor26 at 3:27pm 02.11.22
Add a dedicated starter battery Davidasailor26 at 3:12pm 02.11.22

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