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companionway doors KD3PC at 5:27pm 10.29.08 Big Boats 7/2654 After taking the companionway three sections out this week numerous times, my wife asked about doors
Cleaning the blue hull from M 26, year2004 Manfred at 5:08pm 10.29.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2516 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 4/3448 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 6/1552 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 7/1657 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 7/3176 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 33/9592 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 1/1155 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 1/1440 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 5/6635 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 4/1488 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 16/2570 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 6/2016 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 6/1522 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 5/6080 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 8/2256 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 2/1953 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 2/1290 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 51/7364 My boat is on the hard now and I want to change the engine oil. I need to run the engine ( a Yanmar

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New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. markwbird at 8:27pm 01.26.22 You might consider expanding your age range. That will open up the possibilities in your price range
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 8:22pm 01.26.22 poop:
Headliner Halvern at 8:20pm 01.26.22 Thanks to you, I was trying too hard to make it look original. Saw a really good deal on shaggy rugs
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs (6) rgranger at 8:15pm 01.26.22 @Will Gilmore That was a great post and a lot of interesting reading. Thanks! I found this photo i
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 7:58pm 01.26.22 202088
Hunter 49/50 bottom paint Joe at 7:19pm 01.26.22 Ouch!.... Makes you give serious re consideration to moving up;)
Boom broke on O'Day Widgeon (1) Joe at 7:16pm 01.26.22 Found the complete part at DR Marine. Looks like the boom casting is broken and the entire sliding
Boom broke on O'Day Widgeon Tater at 7:13pm 01.26.22 I have a similar problem with my 170. See below, "170 Gooseneck Repair". If I am seeing correctly, w
Headsail 43 Legend 1995 Terry Cox at 7:06pm 01.26.22 Photos of sister boats on this site appears to be a 110 jib. About right for a fractional rigged boa
New shelf in the cabin caverun at 6:49pm 01.26.22 Great project, and nice job on the detailed write-up and photos. Thanks for posting.
Boom broke on O'Day Widgeon fred1diver at 6:43pm 01.26.22 That would be the goose neck
Hunter 49/50 bottom paint SEMPERAVANTI41 at 6:22pm 01.26.22 Last bottom job in 2021 used 5 gallons. I suggest you look at Seahawk Biocop TF paint. Has worked un
H34 chainplate anchors ScottFreeRick at 6:07pm 01.26.22 Thank you. That is great information, and the pictures provide a good visualization. I am curious,
H34 chainplate anchors Capt Robbie at 5:57pm 01.26.22 my chain plate anchors were all good, however if you plan to cut in the inspection plates try to go
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs jssailem at 5:47pm 01.26.22 the headsail was more efficient than the main due to no mast to cause turbulence In a sloop rig, w
H34 chainplate anchors Capt Robbie at 5:45pm 01.26.22 I have a 1983 hunter 34 and Became a little concerned After reading other post about the potential c
Hull Terry Cox at 5:10pm 01.26.22 Self installed a Garmin GPS sounder that came with a shoot through the hull transducer. I located ou
Hunter 28 Crusty Ol Salt at 5:03pm 01.26.22 I purchased a 96 hunter 280 late last year. The money I spent on the survey was some of the best mo
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs DArcy at 5:00pm 01.26.22 Masts are generally supported like a B&R rig. There are definite issues to deal with when there's
Oday Mariner 19 portlights (1) Will Gilmore at 4:48pm 01.26.22 Hi Chris, Are you a member of the Mariner Class Association? I recommend it. In case you didn't

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