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RayTech Planner Witzend at 4:25pm 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3841 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 8/2876 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 9/6689 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 5/2307 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 11/1837 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 7/1929 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 5/1677 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 10/3539 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 17/2513 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 0/1698 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 9/2049 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 13/2684 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 5/4352 Greetings all. I have question. Let's say you design and build a sailboat ike the Bahama for a MD7A
Radar - Hinged or fixed mast mount (1) Roger Long at 11:43am 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 6/3360 I've pretty much settled on mast mount for my radar. I'm looking at two different mast mounts, the
340 mast struts noprob2 at 10:46am 04.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2044 Why do some have and some not have struts???:confused:
Selden Deck Stepped mast question Carpe Ventum at 4:58am 04.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1241 I have a Hunter 380 with a Selden Deck stepped Furling mast. It has a T Base plate. Should there be
Experiences with Sailing partnersrl at 7:27am 04.07.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/25 Experiences with Sailing Ventures of Carson City? We purchased our new Capri 22 from Sailing Ventur
Laser Flares Warren Milberg at 6:45am 04.07.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2040 In the process of having my first sail of the season a few days ago (and it was grand!), I did a sys
Bubble in Compass Murray16764 at 6:20am 04.07.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/2513 I was preparing my B352 for splash down, when I noticed a bubble had formed in my Plastimo compass o

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Removing wall covering Timm R Oday25 at 6:29am 03.08.22 I chose a water based adhesive . There were no fumes at all when I was applying it . There was also
So, an East Orient 32, Sabre 28, and Hunter 27 walk into a bar... rgranger at 6:28am 03.08.22 OK, so maybe it is a bad "dad" joke (or at least a feeble effort), but my wife and I are currently
Fuel tank/sender (1) Growl at 6:25am 03.08.22
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price dlochner at 6:06am 03.08.22 A surveyor may sometimes be required to provide a market value for a particular boat for establishi
So, an East Orient 32, Sabre 28, and Hunter 27 walk into a bar... dlochner at 5:58am 03.08.22 I know the story of the East Orient. It was moored in my harbor when it sank and when repaired, it w
Fuel tank/sender RoyS at 5:49am 03.08.22 Sender is easy to replace as long as there is enough space above the tank to install the new one. Be
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price RoyS at 5:44am 03.08.22 A surveyor may sometimes be required to provide a market value for a particular boat for establishin
So, an East Orient 32, Sabre 28, and Hunter 27 walk into a bar... Marmalade at 5:41am 03.08.22 1) The EO owner says the soft spots could be taken care of easily with some spray foam. (I'm not so
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION (3) Tin Kicker at 5:22am 03.08.22 With the boats coming out of Winter Hibernation it's time to inspect the valves CLOSELY. While the v
Great Lakes Charter wanted? DougM at 4:34am 03.08.22 You might have some luck checking around the Traverse City area, or Charlevoix and Harbor Springs. G
Furling line fairlead placement Harken Mark IV sailme88 at 3:57am 03.08.22 How about re-rigging it...pull the line thru. Loosen the block and move it out board to 11 o'clock
Hunter 306 - Lewmar Cobra pedestal 2nd hand market? Brinky63 at 3:00am 03.08.22 Thanks will look into it.
Furling line fairlead placement Harken Mark IV Joe at 12:55am 03.08.22 Wondering if anyone can suggest the correct placement of fairleads / blocks for furling line for a
Furling line fairlead placement Harken Mark IV Hayden Watson at 11:13pm 03.07.22 The furling line on my Mk-IV is outside of the pushpit but I have a bow sprit. My fairlead block is
26S keel cable connection mikeracca at 10:00pm 03.07.22
Inside Passage Book Recommendations MikeHoncho at 9:49pm 03.07.22 What I would like to do is get in on the first leg of the Vancouver trip but I think I would be chas
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 9:48pm 03.07.22 Ok so I need to find out if my boat even came with a black water tank to begin with. I found the val
Hunter 306 - Lewmar Cobra pedestal 2nd hand market? Halvern at 8:56pm 03.07.22 Check with Blue Pelican in Alameda, CA. Saw a few pedestals, I was looking to switch to pedestal on
Hunter Passage 42 Holding Tank Sending Unit JamesG161 at 8:52pm 03.07.22 oes anyone know the part number or length of the sending unit. Look at the number imprinted on the
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? Garbonzo at 8:43pm 03.07.22 Well, interesting discussion. I am only pointing out that LFP's are much simpler to manage than wha

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