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Barrier Paint? SeacretSailor at 4:59am 03.01.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2839 I have a quick question for the southern warm-waters sailors. My area will be the warm brackish wat
Glassing in backing plates for through hulls Hermit Scott at 6:53pm 02.28.09 Ask All Sailors 30/5554 I am ready to fix the backing plates tomorrow(sunday) to the hull. I bought a new drill, all the apr
Installing a Raymarine S1 AutoPilot rpwillia at 6:49pm 02.28.09 Catalina 310 10/3735 Anyone ever done the install themselves? Any tips or tricks I need to know about?
C400 Replacement Rudder Andy H at 4:51pm 02.28.09 Big Boats 4/2442 Hello All New to the forum today but a lurker for the last year. Very much enjoy the site with th
Who made this sail boat? (1) paulj at 4:36pm 02.28.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1978 Just noticed this boat from Montana at the dock today. What a nice looking boat and fantastic riggin
Fuel for the new season scolil at 3:49pm 02.28.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2155 As the season gets closer, I was wandering through the autoparts store and wondered what things I sh
Prop rotation for a Yanmar 2GM Engine??? morgantheship at 3:35pm 02.28.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/7914 I am in the process of repowering my H27. The old engine was a Renault and the new engine (new to m
My S2 bit me BobM at 3:29pm 02.28.09 S2 4/1768 Working on the boat today. Tightening up the boom tent so it will shed snow better. A nor'easter i
Measurement Compression Post 83 Hunter 27 keithsail at 2:49pm 02.28.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1138 I was looking for a couple of you guys with Hunter 27 foot 1983 models to give me a measurement from
What You Don't See! (1) oreana123 at 2:15pm 02.28.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1529 Mast Boot I am making mast covers for my customers in Boise. Here is a fully rigged 26D with a full
1974 O'Day 20 Architure at 2:02pm 02.28.09 Ask An Oday Owner 13/9222 I'm looking for technical or owners manuals of my boat na O'Day 20 that would have developed when t
New Engine Parts for Repower Project morgantheship at 1:26pm 02.28.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2001 I am repowering my H27. I have removed the original Renault 8 Hp engine and have purchased a used (v
Shaft Zincs and the Bee Bee Witzend at 12:43pm 02.28.09 Catalina 310 0/1255 What's the deal with the Bee Bee, and why don't they have them anymore? At least not at West Marin
Re-doing packing Catalina 310 Witzend at 12:36pm 02.28.09 Catalina 310 1/1481 I used 1/4" GTU purchased at West Marine. I don't understand about the need to use the lubricant whe
Anchor Light Replacement rcjansen at 10:40am 02.28.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/6255 I have a 1988 Catalina 30 with a non-working anchor light. As far as I can tell it is the orginal li
Mariner Regal Oven/Stove Leightly at 10:17am 02.28.09 Ask All Sailors 2/7174 Hi all - new to the site, and fairly new to sailing. We have a Mariner Regal 3 burner LPG stove/ove
Sails kdmjme at 9:29am 02.28.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1794 Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me find a source for used sails. I sail a 1984 O'Day 222. I recen
Northern 29 feedback highflyer885 at 9:05am 02.28.09 Ask All Sailors 0/2431 Hello, I would like to hear from any present and past owners of the Northern 29 (Northern Yachts L
Sailing out of Moss Landing, CA? NC-C320 at 9:03am 02.28.09 Ask All Sailors 6/7298 Is there anyone on the list who routinely keeps a boat at Moss Landing, CA? We are considering keep
Mainsheet Outhaul Upgrade bill crandall at 8:33am 02.28.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/2272 I would like to replace/upgrade the original mainsheet outhaul system in my Isomat Boom; anyone have

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Lifeline Stanchion Installation 1987 Catalina 22 Dave Groshong at 1:41pm 01.04.22 https://whitewatermarineinc.com/custom-stainless-stanchions/custom-lifeline-stanchion-options
Adding Batteries Ed.S at 1:38pm 01.04.22 Thanks jssailem, I have the water heater, accumulator, refrigerator and air conditioning located the
What size fuse for automatic charging relay? (1) kjdoyle1 at 1:34pm 01.04.22 Guys, thanks for all the input. In the Blue Sea it mentions ANL fuses. Here's what I have as of now
Adding Batteries (1) sail sfbay at 12:56pm 01.04.22 Room under the starboard settee?
need trailer specs/photos for Hunter 23.5 Freelancer at 12:41pm 01.04.22 LloydB: Thanks for the heads up. Guess I'll build z brace to prevent the tilting problem. As for acc
need trailer specs/photos for Hunter 23.5 Freelancer at 12:33pm 01.04.22 If you're building the pad just sit the wheels of the trailer on it then it only needs to be 9 feet
Hole in the cabin floor beside step? Does anyone know what it for? markwbird at 12:32pm 01.04.22 I wouldn't open it. You have no idea what will happen.
Adding Batteries Ed.S at 12:21pm 01.04.22 Thanks AndyL for this information, it appears that I will have to add the batteries to the sail lock
What size fuse for automatic charging relay? dlochner at 12:19pm 01.04.22 Not if you have on1/2/B switch which the vast majority of boats still have.Same thing can happen wi
What size fuse for automatic charging relay? Scott T-Bird at 11:56am 01.04.22 Change the switch to DCP and use the Start Interrupt Circuit! :cool::cool: You'll be glad you did!
What size fuse for automatic charging relay? Maine Sail at 11:37am 01.04.22 Would having the Start Interrupt circuit connected prevent this? Could the same happen when starti
Adding Batteries AndyL at 11:34am 01.04.22 No experience or suggestions but I found this - maybe you've already seen it: More Power Scotty! Par
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric Rick Webb at 11:18am 01.04.22 Or, my boat in not propelled by either a diesel engine nor an outboard motor?
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric Rick Webb at 11:16am 01.04.22 So, we don't motor into a marina wondering why all these jugheaeds around us enjoy motorboats?
need trailer specs/photos for Hunter 23.5 Rick Webb at 11:11am 01.04.22 When storing your boat as described be cognizant that it is not at all unusual for the locker in the
Catalina 320 start problem Brucegra at 11:08am 01.04.22
need trailer specs/photos for Hunter 23.5 LloydB at 10:58am 01.04.22 If you're building the pad just sit the wheels of the trailer on it then it only needs to be 9 feet
Tiller (vs) Outboard Magic Daveinet at 10:36am 01.04.22 Link the outboard to the rudder. That will make things much easier. In my previous boat, This was as
whisker pole jssailem at 10:33am 01.04.22 Dave... necessity is the mother of invention.
Fuel Filter/separator selection Project_Mayhem at 10:30am 01.04.22 Thanks for the info everyone! I have a 10 micron filter with two cycle oil/gas flowing through it

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