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Winterizing Jabsco Head Buena Vela at 11:27am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 8/13640 I have a boat which is new to me and have never winterized a Jabsco head before, I wonder if anyone
Bottom Paint Question bffatcat at 11:24am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1235 When I bought my boat 9 years ago It had several layers of old blue epoxy bottom paint on it I sande
Passage 450 Rudder Charliepapa at 9:10am 10.18.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1514 I have a 1997 Passage 450 with relatively low hours - 900 on it. There is some play in the rudder po
Who's got the biggest, (heaviest) trailerable boat? okawbow at 8:18am 10.18.08 Trailer Sailors 51/37403 I've been thinking about a bigger sailboat; but wondering how big is too big to trailer. I only live
Splicing Rope AllenF at 8:12am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1965 OK...I've heard that there's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people who ask question
Waste System Fittings John T1594 at 7:29am 10.18.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1938 Peggy - I saw your reply to the post about a cracked holding tank fitting. You recommended using an
Sailing an 86 h23.5 in ocean derrickh23 at 7:11am 10.18.08 Smaller Boats 5/1357 I have never sailed my 86 h23 in the ocean but am planing a trip to the Keys in February. I have sai
Water Tank Sender/Gauge Wire Color Dan at 6:20am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1289 Hi all: The wiring between one of my water tanks and my tank gauge corroded. Instead of patching
New Water Pumps TonyW at 6:19am 10.18.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1895 Has anyone installed or had any experience with the new Variable Speed water pumps. Are they as quie
HOW TO...Pump out waste 1986 31' Night Wind at 6:13am 10.18.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1385 With out sounding to ingnorant, I just purchased this boat about four months ago and to be completel
MERRIMAN-Yacht Specialties Pedestal Parts kloudie1 at 5:42am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 4/10159 Several years back, the plastic control mounting section of my old Merriman pedestal broke. I found
H34 Jib Sheet Hangs Up Dave Perry at 5:09am 10.18.08 Big Boats 8/1713 Maybe it's unique to me... but more often than not, when I tack, my jib sheet gets caught up under t
Painting over old boat name on transom remo7e at 3:47am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 11/6043 Hello all, I bought a boat a few weeks ago and would like to rename her. The previous name is pai
H23.5 Mark H at 10:31pm 10.17.08 Smaller Boats 3/1198 My new 1993 H23.5 was found with water near bottom step after half inch rain. Boat was setting on le
On the level Divecon at 9:50pm 10.17.08 Trailer Sailors 3/2404 I can't seem to get my Catalina 250WB level on the trailer without several attempts. There is about
Headsail suddenly releases? (1) SoSound at 7:51pm 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 4/2869 Taking advantage of the last couple of gorgeous days before we end our season and move on to winter
cheek block (1) paulj at 7:13pm 10.17.08 Catalina 310 14/2525 Added a cheek block to tame those forsail and asym sheets. It's a lot easier now.:dance: Block added
Great Interest in Trailerables out there.... dvideohd at 6:57pm 10.17.08 Trailer Sailors 11/4005 I was towing the Mac26D to the lake this evening. While in a parking lot (getting the last minute s
Getting a 192 off a trailer bullwinkle at 5:58pm 10.17.08 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1359 I need to get the boat off my trailer but don't know how. Need to drop centerboard for a new line th
I bought a little sailboat at the used car lot (2) Dale_K at 5:43pm 10.17.08 Trailer Sailors 15/24402 My first post. I live in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas and I saw a little boat in the back of the us

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Reefing Line Size(s) jssailem at 8:44am 05.31.21 Stuart. I like the 3/8's diameter. Less weight up in the air. I use something like sta-set. Double B
Reefing Line Size(s) stuartsw at 8:24am 05.31.21
Questions Regarding Electroscan and My Current State of Mystification Billy_Pilgrim at 7:54am 05.31.21 You can easily rebuild the manual Raritan toilet with a rebuild kit. unless something is broken in
Brightwork product FastOlson at 7:47am 05.31.21 Sounds interesting. For your boat? Interior or exterior?
Questions Regarding Electroscan and My Current State of Mystification Will Gilmore at 7:38am 05.31.21 welcome. sailboating is easy. your going to have fun. always loved biking as well. Don't listen
1982 Hunter 22 - need Swing Keel replacement kloudie1 at 7:27am 05.31.21 If you have both of the parts, the weighted fiberglass board can be repaired by a good fiberglass re
Questions Regarding Electroscan and My Current State of Mystification (3) Tally Ho at 7:25am 05.31.21 You can easily rebuild the manual Raritan toilet with a rebuild kit. unless something is broken ins
Behavior of marine batteries jssailem at 7:25am 05.31.21 When I disconnected shore power. the inverter screen displayed 13.1V and both batteries checked out
AC Condensate Drain Oprion Don S/V ILLusion at 7:15am 05.31.21 The Venturi drain system is called a CR 330. It works as described but the key to keeping the water
AC Condensate Drain Oprion Closing Time at 6:54am 05.31.21 The Venturi drain system is called a CR 330. It works as described but the key to keeping the water
AC Condensate Drain Oprion Closing Time at 6:53am 05.31.21 The Venturi drain system is called a CR 330. It works as described but the key to keeping the water
Running wires for electronics dsaniti at 6:53am 05.31.21 Thanks for your comments. wondering how you open up the compression post? I had my mast off and wa
AC Condensate Drain Oprion Closing Time at 6:40am 05.31.21
AC Condensate Drain Oprion Closing Time at 6:38am 05.31.21 You can get a venturi set-up so it goes out with the cooling water. Dometic actually sells them. S
Behavior of marine batteries Fredct at 5:41am 05.31.21 @dlochner i checked my written notes: analog gauge read 14.4V, not 14.2 . I did see in the manual th
1982 Hunter 22 - need Swing Keel replacement shemandr at 5:38am 05.31.21 BTW I've gotten the centerboard of two boats caught on the trailer cross beam. I was fortunate neit
1982 Hunter 22 - need Swing Keel replacement shemandr at 5:35am 05.31.21 Mars Metals makes keels. If you can locate a local foundry it will be a lot less expensive. https://
AC Condensate Drain Oprion Cat 310 #1 in GA at 5:29am 05.31.21 You can get a venturi set-up so it goes out with the cooling water. Dometic actually sells them.
Behavior of marine batteries dlochner at 5:27am 05.31.21 On shore power, both batteries show 14.2 V, regardless of the selector position. This means that bo
Behavior of marine batteries Fredct at 5:11am 05.31.21 Post mortem. Boat is equipped with a Freedom HF charger/inverter. The dead battery was the newer

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