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Why Not To Paint Your Prop (with copper based paint) (1) Maine Sail at 12:04pm 03.08.09 Musings With Maine Sail 16/15433 When we bought this boat the PO had been very upset with the bottom paint job they had done in Flori
Edson Steering Chain and Cable Tha Gaol at 11:52am 03.08.09 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1535 Edson lists 10 different chain an cable replacement part numbers http://www.edsonmarine.com/marinest
Heat Exchanger Zinc Witzend at 11:23am 03.08.09 Catalina 310 4/2625 The Westerbeke # is 011885 1/4" x 1.75" Does anyone know if the Standard 1/4 zinc they sell at West
Auto pilot installation ranchu56 at 10:29am 03.08.09 Big Boats 1/1269 Raymarine below deck auto pilot To all, I've been offered a below deck autopilot. On the Raymar
Mac Venture 2-24 1973 vintage - Keel Winch Hardware - HELP Twister Sister at 8:54am 03.08.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1880 Help: I have a v ery vintage Venture 2-24 which I purchased prior to last season. On our first out
Mac Venture 2-24 1973 vintage - Keel Winch Hardware Twister Sister at 8:52am 03.08.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/3 Help: I have a very vintage Venture 2-24 (73) which I purchased prior to last season. On our first
50knots in 20knots of wind!! Richard Bryer at 8:32am 03.08.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1741 Interesting design. Hard to get home tho! Note the acceleration from the anchor in "full On" clip.
Buff Magic kseace at 6:38am 03.08.09 Ask All Sailors 9/47087 As the weather becomes warmer we all focus our attention toward getting our boats ready for the summ
Raymarine S1 autopilot Benny at 7:36pm 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 40/15186 Been replacing our unit with an S1 model. It comes with a rudder position sensor that we thought we
hurray!!! Cpt. Jon at 6:13pm 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1713 We are camping out at last! Hard to imagine we had a snow day earlier in the week and are now spend
Mast Base Organizer - Question for Appleman Shoaldrafter at 5:18pm 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/4097 Appleman: What brand organizer did you use under mast. I am thinking of adding one while I have
Anchor fox islander at 4:59pm 03.07.09 Catalina 30 3/1497 Wondering what you guys are using for an anchor (type and weight) on your C30's. Mine came with what
REWIRING - Help Everlong 25 at 3:31pm 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1575 Okay, spring is just around the corner and I promised myself that I would replace the 34 year old wi
Sailing today - Solomons Island, Chesapeake Bay garylinger at 2:30pm 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2696 After my wife, grandson and I checked on the boat we drove to Solomons Island, MD (the central Chesa
Hunter 216 Outboard Lock? bloomac at 2:02pm 03.07.09 Smaller Boats 4/1313 Does Anyone have any tips on outboard locks for the Hunter 216? Looking at the $80 Stazo, but not
Electrical wiring Nick and shar at 1:58pm 03.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1129 We just bought our first boat ever--1980 28 Hunter form the original owner--great guy. New motor/ tr
PSS Dripless Shaft Seal SailorBabe at 1:55pm 03.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1336 Can anyone please tell me the correct PSS Shaft Seal Size for a 1989 Hunter 30? The shaft is 1", but
Rudder problem ehelms7477 at 1:32pm 03.07.09 Big Boats 1/1234 I have a 1987 Hunter Legend 40 and the rudder was rubbing the bottom of the hull with a hard starbo
Awaiting the marine survey... yugnoir at 11:04am 03.07.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1637 Well the sale is now conditional on the marine survey, hope all goes well cause I've already made so
Long shaft vs Regular shaft Motors itsagoodthing at 10:01am 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1937 I just purchase a 1975 22 boat, I read that a long shaft is needed over that of a regular shaft, min

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BATTERY BANK SETUP Bob J. at 8:58am 02.23.22 Well, here we are again. A relatively new member asks a question that generates more questions and
Newport 30-3 grab rails jssailem at 8:56am 02.23.22 One of our sailors @TomY who is handy with wood working built his own, in order to improve on the t
Any experience with Viper line from New England ropes? LakeShark at 8:51am 02.23.22 I purchased a Viper for a spinnaker halyard. Not enough stretch and not smooth enough for a control
venture 17 cockpit drain tgrayson at 8:39am 02.23.22 inside of boat is fine,bottom of boat is fine,sorry it took so long to reply, been very busy
venture 17 cockpit drain (1) tgrayson at 8:35am 02.23.22 202898
Replacing Engine Mounts in a Hunter Passage 42 senang at 8:34am 02.23.22 It would help if you posted a picture that would allow others then H42 owners to assist you in chang
USCG Registry versus State dmax at 8:26am 02.23.22 ALL the above being said, you are in Taxachuttes... They might just have a special tax for document
Any experience with Viper line from New England ropes? sail sfbay at 8:25am 02.23.22 I purchased a Viper for a spinnaker halyard. Not enough stretch and not smooth enough for a control
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback dmax at 8:15am 02.23.22 And yes, the toe rails are ornamental only, the screws do not hold the hull/deck joint together.
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback (2) dmax at 8:13am 02.23.22 I replaced mine with PlasTeak, looks great, no maintenance. PlasTeak is an excellent brand as the co
USCG Registry versus State jviss at 8:04am 02.23.22 Fellow sailors, I live in Massachusetts and I bought a Coast Guard registered boat. I need to tran
USCG Registry versus State FastOlson at 8:03am 02.23.22 My view is that most registration requirements are just tax schemes, especially ones that expire an
Leaky Windows Project_Mayhem at 8:02am 02.23.22 They can definitely scuff up the fiberglass if you're not careful but most of the time the area it's
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 8:02am 02.23.22
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback (2) Project_Mayhem at 8:01am 02.23.22 It looks like this is not the case with the O'Day 25. If I had to guess, it's the rub rail screws th
USCG Registry versus State jviss at 8:00am 02.23.22 Asking strangers on the internet.... So, you're rejecting the entire concept of this entire forum.
Leaky Windows mikeracca at 7:59am 02.23.22 I have used many of those products when I was an auto body tech, but I would love to hear how well t
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 7:58am 02.23.22 Interesting. Unless you have external regulation I think typically you charge the AGMs with the alt
USCG Registry versus State FastOlson at 7:58am 02.23.22 Asking strangers on the internet vs asking the appropriate state agency....um, yeah, tough choice!
Another Ship is burning. dlochner at 7:43am 02.23.22 Don't expect good deals on VW cars in the near future. 1,100 lost cars will put a big dent in the Ea

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