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Do You Have Flares in Your Vest? Rick Webb at 6:38pm 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2099 Do You Have Flares in Your Vest? How about a whistle, mirror, marking light, PEPRB? May likely have
Transom Question MLM at 3:44pm 03.03.09 Day Sailers 0/1145 Does the 25' Oday have the same questionable o/b bracket weakness as the 23' and will a 7.5 four str
Winterizing fluke Deadline at 3:00pm 03.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1256 Yesterday I had to re-winterize my 2001 Yanmar 2GM because of a hard freeze. The engine must have a
New owner..... yugnoir at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/3283 Just closed the deal for a 1990 Mac 26s. Will be picking it up next month and need to travel 763 KM.
Replacement Head Catalina 27 (2) Joe Snuffy at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 35/17531 Greetings! I just purchased an 84 Catalina 27. The head does not work, and the Wilcox Company seems
Diesel leak jodygoldman at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Catalina 30 4/2026 I own a 1986 Catalina 30 . The smell of fuel is very strong in the cabin and I have been trying to
diesel engine class windarra at 2:20pm 03.03.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1202 I have a 27' O'day with a 10hp diesel inboard engine. Looking for a class/course on how to operate a
Winterizing fluke Deadline at 1:44pm 03.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1042 Yesterday I had to re-winterize my 2001 Yanmar 2GM because of a hard freeze. The engine must have a
Frozen epoxy question Roger Long at 1:34pm 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1776 Question for one of our goop gurus: How much is epoxy effected by going to low temperatures before
Checking Diesel Engine Oil Level Bob4203 at 1:09pm 03.03.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1270 Interesting.......... I will get to the point since I was advised by a few "experienced" guys last
Electrolisis elcriollo at 12:26pm 03.03.09 Big Boats 5/1844 I have a Hunter 40.5 with a Heart Interface Inverter. The boat is always connected to dock power. La
Devcon Plastic Welder Qoheleth at 12:19pm 03.03.09 Day Sailers 3/120 As Walmart doesn't seem to carry Devcon Plastic Welder anymore, can anyone suggest a better "local"
Bahamian Mooring Geri at 12:18pm 03.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2631 Can someone please give me the correct procedure on how to do a Bahamian Mooring (1 anchor from the
Anyone Like Raftups (1) Glory Daze at 10:13am 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2349 22001.vB
Snow in Maine (1) Roger Long at 9:52am 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1795 We've had a little up this way. http://www.rogerlongboats.com/images/Snow030309.jpg It's strange
I'm sure you guys heard about the four TimCup at 9:10am 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 30/3746 football players that were in the gulf of Mexico when their boat capsized. It was a power boat, but
Quick Connect fitting Jehr at 8:58am 03.03.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/3180 Hi All, I am looking to put in a small waste holding tank (7 gal) and would like to make it semi-p
Cutting a Navpod the Mainesail way (7) BobM at 8:39am 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2998 My S2 came with a Standard Horizon CP150C color chartplotter mounted in the port coaming aft near th
New Boat Woohoo (3) dancing bear at 7:34am 03.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1682 So I sold the MacGregor 25 and picked up a Prindle 18. I am really excited about some wet, flying h
Health insurance Star of the Sea10827 at 7:15am 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1698 Sailing abroad, please help us to identify health plans that will cover an individual all over the w

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I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? jviss at 2:17pm 02.14.22 No matter your eventual decision note two things: (1) Make sure the prop anode has a clean solid co
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? Charles Erwin at 2:10pm 02.14.22 No matter your eventual decision note two things: (1) Make sure the prop anode has a clean solid con
Attaching Clamshell PaulK at 2:05pm 02.14.22 The clamshell filter on our NTU (new to us) boat mounts on a bronze gasket or plate with threaded h
Attaching Clamshell jviss at 1:27pm 02.14.22 @jviss: entertaining thread so far. My 2cents? yes, short bronze screws. And bottom-tap the hol
Attaching Clamshell Dalliance at 1:26pm 02.14.22 I'll give you a quick lesson. My sailing buddy and I on different boats transiting the Fox River,
Attaching Clamshell (1) Apex at 1:23pm 02.14.22 @jviss: entertaining thread so far. My 2cents? yes, short bronze screws. And bottom-tap the hole
CDI Mainsail Furler on Hunter 28 jssailem at 1:23pm 02.14.22 As David suggests, I use the wheel brake on the binnacle to temporarily hold the wheel in place. It
First start in awhile... Richard19068 at 1:15pm 02.14.22 Don't ask me how I know this. :facepalm: I've done that. But mostly I wonder why my dinghy outbo
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? jviss at 1:12pm 02.14.22 The guy at boatzincs.com, where I buy my zincs, advised to use aluminum.
Attaching Clamshell Richard19068 at 1:10pm 02.14.22 Thanks, but this isn't a scoop strainer. Edit: I can see how you might think it is, or it could ac
First start in awhile... kappykaplan at 1:09pm 02.14.22 Don't ask me how I know this. :facepalm: :plus:
Attaching Clamshell jviss at 1:08pm 02.14.22 This is from MaineSails Marine How to site: HYDROLOCK! Cause = Improper Orientation of Scoop Stra
Attaching Clamshell Rick486 at 1:06pm 02.14.22 I'll give you a quick lesson. My sailing buddy and I on different boats transiting the Fox River,
Attaching Clamshell Richard19068 at 1:05pm 02.14.22 ... do you face the strainer into the prevailing flow of water or away from? ... I choose away, th
First start in awhile... Hayden Watson at 1:05pm 02.14.22 If your boat has a manual kill cable you can leave it pulled out and it will crank forever and not s
Attaching Clamshell Rick486 at 1:04pm 02.14.22 How do you attach this? Just put some short bronze screws into the hull? is once in a while to c
Raw water intake strainer JrzSailor at 12:56pm 02.14.22 Interesting. I don't think I have a slotted intake strainer on mine. I'll check next time I'm at the
Hunter 280 mid boom traveller (4) Gypsy Wind at 12:32pm 02.14.22 Here are some pics of our previous 1996 280.
Raw water pump. (2) Tomusa at 12:19pm 02.14.22 Yes, Oberdorfer. I had a leaky Sherwood and completely rebuilt it. Definitely not fun..many parts,
Attaching Clamshell nwsearle at 12:14pm 02.14.22 Sorry, I should have added that I purchased the strainer that had the through hull treaded section a

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