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Cleaning the blue hull from M 26, year2004 Manfred at 5:08pm 10.29.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2501 My MacGregor 26M is 4 years young and "sleeps" daily on a boatlift. We clean the boat after each sai
Hunter 460 - Northern Lights Generator ebpmartin at 5:00pm 10.29.08 Big Boats 4/3401 I have a Northern Lights generator (6KW) that has stalled consistently with just the water heater an
The most definitive and comprehensive paper I have seen for FRP repairs Ross at 4:55pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1542 http://www.ericgreeneassociates.com/images/Repair_of_Composite_Boat_Damage.pdf These are the autho
canvas cptskip at 4:48pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1650 what happens to canvas if you put it in a dryer????:confused:
Anchor and Windlass P36-2 NancyD at 1:46pm 10.29.08 Pearson 7/3105 Looking into the possibility of installing a windlass...does anyone have recommendations or suggesti
LED Light - At Home Depot (2) Bob Poff at 1:22pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 33/9567 I stumbled upon an LED Puck light fixture at Home Depot last night. In single pack: $15. In a three
soft deck blackford21 at 12:36pm 10.29.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1150 dont own a hunter now but am looking at a 89 30',there are some soft spots on the forward deck shoul
Honda generator 2000ui paulj at 12:08pm 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 4/136 Name of resturant in Friday Harbour,Wa :troll: http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TO
Compression post rot and under mast Noankor at 11:45am 10.29.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1429 I own a 1986 Hunter SL. I have recently discovered that my compression post is in need of replaceme
Yanmar 3GM30F zincs Mysterious Ways at 11:29am 10.29.08 Big Boats 5/6487 Zincs or No Zincs? The Seloc Yanmar Repair Manual shows the zinc locations as 2 on the engine block
Sailing history show on Tv today, Oct 29 Don S/V ILLusion at 10:14am 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1473 Today, Oct 29 at 4p.m. EDT History International channel I have seen this before and if you like sa
Winterizing - Hot Water Tank Question PKFK at 8:58am 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 16/2554 I am having a strange issue winteriizing my hot water tank (a Kuang 6 gallon on a Ticon-30). (I prev
O'Day logo on caps? SeaGlass at 6:06am 10.29.08 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1992 I'd like to get my husband a baseball cap with the O'Day logo on it, but I haven't found anywhere on
Problem winterizing fresh water system GKuffner at 5:54am 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1501 The other day I winterized the fresh water system. I drained the fresh water tank, drained and by-p
Yanmar coolant drain plug leaking Scott B at 5:54am 10.29.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/6051 Yanmar 3YM30. The coolant drain plug that is on the hose leading from the heat exchanger is leaking
Rebuilding Hydraulic Cylinder Snotter at 5:34am 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 8/2238 My new-to-me boat has a real nasty hydraulic leak which requires me to use an oil boom in the bildge
Fuel tank leak John11936 at 5:27am 10.29.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1941 The sending unit (gauge) on my 28.5 fuel tank is loose and the screws just turn with out tighting. I
Legend 37.5 Water Tank Replacement Steve Carpman22174 at 4:30am 10.29.08 Big Boats 2/1265 We may need to replace the aluminum water tank on our Legend 37.5. If anyone has done this job, I ha
Changing Engine Oil on the hard GKuffner at 12:20am 10.29.08 Ask All Sailors 51/7110 My boat is on the hard now and I want to change the engine oil. I need to run the engine ( a Yanmar
Intermittant tacho operation Mybigblue at 11:05pm 10.28.08 Ask All Sailors 9/2056 The tacho on our C320 with a Yanmar 3ym30 works intermitantly. I have replaced the tacho and the pr

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Lifeline Stanchion Installation 1987 Catalina 22 LakeShark at 10:02am 01.05.22 @John Marrone Look under the deck where the stanchion is for access. Often the liner from the inner
Second Battery Souellette at 9:54am 01.05.22 I'm curious about this too. Blue Sea systems has an 'add-a-battery' kit that intelligently charges a
Safest knot for dock line on a o ring... sail sfbay at 9:44am 01.05.22 Great question!! A simple method is to go through the metal ring and then back to the cleat on the
Jibing The Mainsail kappykaplan at 9:39am 01.05.22 Prepare to jibe. At helms to weather, mainsheet is swiftly hauled in to centerline main. As the sail
Jibing The Mainsail DArcy at 9:37am 01.05.22 That really depends on the boat. Years ago a friend raced his Nonsuch 30 and really only need crew t
Transmission Repair Shop Recommendation - South Jersey, PA, DE, MD dlochner at 9:22am 01.05.22 @dlochner Thanks for the recommendation. I spoke with Rick and will be taking the tranny up to his
Shroud Protector Installation thinwater at 9:20am 01.05.22 I bought some new Davis Shroud Protector Covers for the lifelines on my boat. The cables underne
1" waste tank vent fitting sail sfbay at 9:05am 01.05.22 Welcome to the forum!! Peggie will likely weigh in this but best I can tell 5/8" diameter is standa
Transmission Repair Shop Recommendation - South Jersey, PA, DE, MD Ward H at 8:48am 01.05.22 @Hayden Watson, Videos were very helpful in understanding how the tranny works and what's involved
Hunter 34 chain plate inspection markwbird at 8:37am 01.05.22 Great idea. I am on my way to my boat right now to do the same.
Custom full boat cover BC Bernie at 8:35am 01.05.22
Catalina 30 exhaust flow dmax at 8:27am 01.05.22 As everyone has said, typical. If you rev up the engine, you should see a big increase in the flow -
O'Day 20 - new member dmax at 8:22am 01.05.22 Congrats, O'Days are great boats - the biggest concern with them is moisture in the deck core. Holes
Shroud Protector Installation Don S/V ILLusion at 8:11am 01.05.22 I used a plastic spatula (putty knife) with reasonable success. Anything similar should help. As to
Shroud Protector Installation dlochner at 7:56am 01.05.22 The current thinking on lifelines is to leave them bare. The vinyl coverings will hide corrosion whi
O'Day 20 - new member sail sfbay at 7:51am 01.05.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! In the event you do not have a manu
Custom full boat cover jssailem at 7:44am 01.05.22 Pretty snazzy Bernie. Christmas gift for a Christmas snow. Your boat will be so grateful. I wonder
Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses - Beneteau 44cc rgranger at 7:33am 01.05.22 Are you asking how to do it while the boat is in the water? Okay well I have not done anything lik
Adding Batteries RoyS at 7:24am 01.05.22 If you are installing lead/acid batteries, I would not store sails near them.
Custom full boat cover RoyS at 7:19am 01.05.22 I should have bought one of those twenty years ago instead of installing shrink wrap every year.

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