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Hardware for the job, before I make it worse. (1) dancing bear at 2:08pm 03.14.09 Ask All Sailors 40/5328 The original screws for the part in the picture below gave away, they were probably #12 screws. I d
Cap side a Catalina 14.2 basilos at 1:42pm 03.14.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/937 I like to know how often a 14.2 or how ease is to cap side it. any sugestion?
Spring sailaway78 at 12:03pm 03.14.09 Ask All Sailors 11/1786 I think spring has finally arrived. Saw a mamma Mallard in the canal behind the house yesterday, wi
Water Tank - Removal Everlong 25 at 11:59am 03.14.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1479 Quick question, I have a 1975 25. Question relates to the water tank, which is located behind the a
Sailing An Expensive Hobby..? (2) Maine Sail at 10:50am 03.14.09 Musings With Maine Sail 11/5518 This past week I stopped by my dad's house down in NH. He has the ultimate barn/shop for his hobby,
Happy Days! (1) frank balcer at 10:32am 03.14.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1718 Finally after 15 years of sailing and on my fourth boat I now have roller furling. Just got my brand
VHF Radio Warren Milberg at 8:29am 03.14.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 4/1952 VHF Radio (TAKEN) Free to a good (home) boat: Aged, but working perfectly, "President 5oo" (Uniden)
v 22 traveller Mac Daddy at 7:56am 03.14.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/3519 Don while doing some searches here looking for traveller info I came across a post by you saying you
bow pulpit Bob in LA at 7:51am 03.14.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/939 I am looking for a source for a replacement bow pulpit for my '95' Mac 26S damaged by Hurricane Gust
Compressed Natural Gas cdonovan at 5:56am 03.14.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2317 I have a 20 year old CNG tank that I am assuming has to be either replaced or recertified. Does any
St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, FL Stan Breaux at 2:57am 03.14.09 Ask All Sailors 6/4020 Does anyone know anything about this place? I'm taking my family there in our Mac26S next week.
Need stay and shroud specs james sundie at 10:58pm 03.13.09 S2 3/2553 I have a 1980 S2 7.3 and would like to replace my stays and shrouds. What are the specs for each? I
Repairing A Marine Alternator (Long/Photos) (16) Maine Sail at 7:58pm 03.13.09 Musings With Maine Sail 8/11063 While I had my alternator apart I actually remembered my camera this time. They are not very complic
Polycarbonate aka lexan Ross at 7:52pm 03.13.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 6/808 I have 22 pieces of 3/16 polycarbonate ranging in size from 4"x22" to 8.5"x29 " if you tell me the s
B-20'S Earthwrk at 5:50pm 03.13.09 Balboa 5/3968 Any one have pictures of their B20. I am looking for pictures of the Main sheet rigging. Thanks
S 1 (4) paulj at 5:03pm 03.13.09 Catalina 310 16/3324 Ray First cut design.... paulj :troll:
River trip coming up (1) gmac at 3:31pm 03.13.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1998 Nearly ready to take a float-sail trip down the Mississippi. Will leave from Russellville Ak. on th
To paint bottom or not MLM at 3:11pm 03.13.09 Trailer Sailors 3/2637 Time to consider bottom paint and I read that some say leave it bare for freshwater. Can I just sand
Rub rail on Catalina 350 Hull No 175 abluemle at 12:56pm 03.13.09 Big Boats 2/2935 I recently damaged a 3 foot section of the rubber rub rail and the track that the rail is mounted to
Oday 23 Shackle (1) Bobbystone at 12:51pm 03.13.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1281 Anyone know where to find this shackle or an equivalent? Mine are all falling apart.

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venture 17 cockpit drain (4) topcat0399 at 12:07pm 02.24.22 yes... build it up... or if you have a very strong and steady hand, you could try taking a grinder
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Orbweaver at 11:47am 02.24.22 And over here yesterday morning it got down to -12F in the morning, and with single digit highs in t
Newish Capri 18 owner. Slacker at 11:33am 02.24.22 Fall sailing... nuttin better !!!
Replacing sail slugs Ward H at 10:26am 02.24.22 I never heard that they are a wear part. They do degrade because of UV, become brittle and break mo
MH40 Autopilot drive motor Phantom154 at 10:18am 02.24.22 Raymarine sent me instructions for checking the autopilot clutch, motor, and course computer. I knew
New Catalina 30 Owner Ward H at 10:18am 02.24.22 Here is the thing I mentioned in the post before this. It looks like maybe a transducer or speed se
Expanding Hardening Foam PaulK at 10:17am 02.24.22 We had expanded foam under the sole of my father's center-console runabout. It was hygroscopic. Be
Replacing sail slugs (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 10:05am 02.24.22 I assume you are familiar with the various options to slugs which are often problematic. One example
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) dreadpiratk at 9:44am 02.24.22 Got all the way up to 30 here with some actual sun in the frozen hell of upstate NY. 12" of snow c
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 9:30am 02.24.22 Hey, thanks for the response. The new winch is getting installed with deck foot switches at the mast
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered Tom J at 9:28am 02.24.22 Regardless of what they say, we cruised for over 40 years in RI/MA/NH/ME/NY with my unregistered ou
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc Zencra at 9:18am 02.24.22 This is going in the wrong direction. how do I connect the maretron to chartplotter? my maretron fue
New to us Hunter 40.5 baycloud at 9:10am 02.24.22 How are you planning to do that? I originally was thinking the same thing but..... Well I have 840
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads tfox2069 at 8:49am 02.24.22 I tried email and msg on Faceboook over a week ago. I'll give them a call. Wanted to confirm if I
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads Scott B at 8:45am 02.24.22 I tried email and msg on Faceboook over a week ago. I'll give them a call. Wanted to confirm if I
Macgregor 22 Pop-Top Tent sail sfbay at 8:28am 02.24.22 If you sail to the bay, stop in at Brickyard Cover Marina (now Boardwalk Port Marina) in Point Richm
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION Ward H at 8:18am 02.24.22 Yes! My Dad made me clean every Iron based tool and then wipe it with oily rag. Jim.. Yep, I do w
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads tfox2069 at 8:18am 02.24.22 Would anyone know the threads for the oil pressure sender. I was looking at the ACDC Marine Oil du
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION JamesG161 at 7:49am 02.24.22 Is oiling to prevent surface corrosion a thing? Yes! My Dad made me clean every Iron based tool an
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade (1) Jeff2642 at 7:48am 02.24.22 Hi @lindsaytodd, I started sailing a Bombardier 3.8 as a kid, self taught, and then a sailboard. B

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