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Baking Soda jwieneck at 5:02pm 04.07.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2369 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 17/3845 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 8/2879 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 9/6702 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 5/2310 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 11/1839 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 7/1931 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 5/1679 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 10/3541 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 17/2516 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 0/1699 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 9/2051 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 13/2687 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 5/4360 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 6/3367 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 7/2049 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 0/1244 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 4/2044 In the process of having my first sail of the season a few days ago (and it was grand!), I did a sys

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Cockpit Cushions Joe at 5:18am 03.10.22 Shop around. That's a lot of money for 2 cushions.
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 5:14am 03.10.22 @Hayden Watson , I don't know where to begin. You've written two long, authoritative-sounding posts
What are these... Joe at 5:13am 03.10.22 That type of binding is really easy to make. Any fabric or upholstery supply will have it. Or you
Foresail pennant Joe at 5:11am 03.10.22 Here's another heads up: West Marine has all the pieces, parts and small diameter wire to build you
Docking queries Terry Cox at 4:56am 03.10.22 We prefer three strand nylon for our dock lines as opposed to double braid. Three strand absorbs sho
Hunter 240 rudder (1) patbratton at 4:50am 03.10.22 Here is the drawing
Docking queries jssailem at 4:33am 03.10.22 Congrats Fred, on the new to you boat acquisition. This is going to be an exciting summer for you an
questions about a boat I am looking at, S2 92C shemandr at 4:17am 03.10.22 Congratulations on the purchase of your new boat.
New Catalina 30 Owner landhort at 4:11am 03.10.22 I got a few pics of the interior when I was out cleaning her up today. Yes there is water in my bil
Cockpit Cushions kappykaplan at 4:03am 03.10.22 Go for it!
Cockpit Cushions patbratton at 3:55am 03.10.22 I can buy Seachoice Emergency Marine Foam Flotation cushions from Amazon for $19.99 each in white. F
Furling line fairlead placement Harken Mark IV jssailem at 3:52am 03.10.22 Certainly the dock to boat access path you use is a consideration. I suggest also consider the side
Cockpit Cushions kappykaplan at 3:45am 03.10.22 57% increase - definitely outpacing inflation!
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 3:41am 03.10.22 That rag tied to the clean out is a nasty. Someone did do some good work on the Y valve install. The
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 3:32am 03.10.22 Great job of discovery and documentation. You are on your way to solving your plumbing challenge. Yo
What are these... Apex at 3:25am 03.10.22 yes factory. It is trim to cover gaps. I had the same on my Catalina 25. You can create your own
Haitian refugee boat runs aground in FL Will Gilmore at 2:36am 03.10.22 No, "feet dry" policy for Haitians. I've always wondered if it had to do with their color. For som
I got new crew (1) pclarksurf at 11:03pm 03.09.22 Based on the painting..looks like you had a previous crew member too. :beer: Indeed-- 13.5 years,
New Catalina 30 Owner (10) mikeracca at 9:43pm 03.09.22 So this is for @Peggie Hall HeadMistress Clean out going to the deck level. 203278 Vent hose exiti
New Catalina 30 Owner (6) mikeracca at 9:17pm 03.09.22 Well today was a good day! I got more cleaned up inside and out on Luna. First off I took a scrap

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