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condensation between hull and liner ncbrydon at 7:59am 04.09.09 Big Boats 0/1083 I am a new owner of a 2002 Hunter 380. I noticed a small spot of water on the floor in the aft cabin
473 Cutter Rig Jester II at 7:48am 04.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1650 Has anyone modified their rig (preferably on a 473) to a cutter rig?
OMC Zephyr Saildrive Brucer at 7:22am 04.09.09 S2 0/1592 I've found lots of documentation for my S2 7.3 except info about the saildrive as installed in our b
spider crack repair Susan at 6:46am 04.09.09 Irwin 1/2457 Can you tell me the best procedure to repair small spider cracks? And, we have taken the lettering o
Gas consumption jkincannon at 6:15am 04.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1479 I had an 8 HP motor on a 12 foot alum boat once, but have not run my 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke enough on
Play in Rudder wally252 at 5:54am 04.09.09 Columbia 0/2010 How do you install shims in the rudder to eliminate excessive play at the tiller?
Cheap cleaning tricks (1) Jumpstart at 5:47am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1856 Over the years I've picked up a couple of tricks to solve pesky cleaning problems. The tannin stain
Garmin 3000 series data card questions Roger Long at 3:52am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 13/4386 I have the Garmin 3205 for my radar installation on order from Tiger. Looking at the downloaded man
Depth finder Tony2367 at 7:26pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3495 A few weeks ago we were returning up the St. Mark's River and ran aground. I knew the tide was low b
Motor Mount Bolts Stripped Out Deucer at 6:45pm 04.08.09 Smaller Boats 8/2014 Has anybody had this happen to them? I was puttig the boat in a slip and fighting about 15kts of cr
Re-bedding fixed lexan Ports Tstein at 4:55pm 04.08.09 S2 5/4691 Aloha; The lexan port is leaking and I'm trying to decide what is the correct product to use to r
New Orleans area weather sailaway78 at 3:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1408 Have read a couple post recently, not to mention mine, where someone got pounded pretty good by the
Electric polisher and buffer paulj at 2:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/3941 My 26 year old Porter Cable is broken and beyond reasonable repair. I'm looking for recomendations f
Rudder Stuffing Box Swimfar at 2:10pm 04.08.09 S2 6/3471 I have a 1981 S2 8.5A. While crawling behind the fuel tank to inspect the helm cables, I noticed two
Raw water hoses Bob S at 2:08pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1660 I am in the process of changing my sea strainer from the little plastic OEM one to a Perko Bronze mu
Manson Supreme - first anchoring Jim Seamans at 1:33pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 46/8964 Purchased the #45 manson supreme this winter and was able to anchor this last weekend (apr 4th). Fi
Ranger 32 restoration (2) j24kachina at 11:06am 04.08.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 7/8513 I have completed the work on a Ranger 32, hull number 59. There is almost nothing which I have not r
Backing plates for stanchions 48dodge at 10:28am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/5148 I was wondering what materials should I use for a backing plate for some new stanchions I have. The
H30 stantions BruceK at 9:54am 04.08.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1132 Have 4 slightly bent stantions from my H30 '94 which can also fit same vintage 33.5 and 35.5, I thin
looking for Pat17364 SV Espiritu Neal Edward Albrektsen at 9:20am 04.08.09 Big Boats 0/1090 If there is anyone out there that knows Pat and Carole Mcintish on Espiritu please forward this mess

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3m 4000 Hayden Watson at 10:01am 03.11.22 No, it is not a reprint. The article is current. The materials did take several years to fail. I h
1984 Catalina 30 MK II Tall Rig shanker at 10:00am 03.11.22 OK I see that in some online pics. the one I'm looking at does not have that t shape. the port and S
Here's something you don't see every day jeepbluetj at 9:59am 03.11.22 A slightly more indepth video of the incident. The sailboat that was crushed was occupied at the tim
3m 4000 Hayden Watson at 9:46am 03.11.22 The problem seems to be related to moisture more than UV... so I would check on them. And use Sika
Houston, we have a Problem - H36 Compression Post chichiflys at 9:45am 03.11.22 Thanks Roy. Ideally I can bond the joist to the hull sides and leave a space at the bottom so that
1984 Catalina 30 MK II Tall Rig mikeracca at 9:36am 03.11.22 OK, dumb question...what would a T cockpit look like...is the top of the T a seat across theength o
LiFePo4 Refresh (1) Hayden Watson at 9:36am 03.11.22 Good luck with that with LFP.. The PM is built to the same standard as the old Ample alt...We built
Macgregor V25 keel cable connection mikeracca at 9:33am 03.11.22 @Tsatzsue your Mac looks just like mine! Great little boat.
1984 Catalina 30 MK II Tall Rig shanker at 9:32am 03.11.22 OK, dumb question...what would a T cockpit look like...is the top of the T a seat across theength of
Here's something you don't see every day Phil Herring at 9:21am 03.11.22 That's what I was thinking, too... I suppose the engine could be disabled but that's a tricky one gi
3m 4000 Bob J. at 9:20am 03.11.22 Glazing or bedding frames? What is the failure? The fixed frames. Started weeping a couple years a
Here's something you don't see every day Don S/V ILLusion at 9:19am 03.11.22
Here's something you don't see every day jviss at 9:19am 03.11.22 Is a boat a motor vehicle?
Here's something you don't see every day Davidasailor26 at 9:18am 03.11.22
trucking a boat... Md80max at 9:09am 03.11.22 I saw this mover unload and step its mast single handed on a Catalina 30. Those who saw him works w
trucking a boat... Md80max at 9:09am 03.11.22 Have never heard of them so thank you very much!
Here's something you don't see every day tfox2069 at 9:08am 03.11.22 If you're wondering about the "keys left in the ignition" liability in your state (at least with reg
refrigeration for a s2 11a jeepbluetj at 9:08am 03.11.22 As mentioned, an compressor-based Engel or similar unit is by far the easiest. Pays your $$ and plug
Here's something you don't see every day jviss at 9:06am 03.11.22 Well obviously I can't speak for all states, but that is the case in New York State. dj p.s. I wa
Here's something you don't see every day kloudie1 at 9:04am 03.11.22 A few years back, we had a boat yard worker (there may have been drugs involved) take a sailboat fro

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