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Water Tank Sender/Gauge Wire Color Dan at 6:20am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1353 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 3/1984 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 2/1459 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 4/10399 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 8/1788 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 11/6969 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 3/1227 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 3/2529 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 4/3005 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 14/2928 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 11/4277 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 7/1475 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 15/25805 My first post. I live in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas and I saw a little boat in the back of the us
Bicycles Aboard Talisman108 at 4:46pm 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 14/1843 Hello, I'm a beginner to the sailboat world and am currently looking around for a 27' or similar ve
Salon table restoration Mysterious Ways at 4:21pm 10.17.08 Big Boats 2/1333 Hi, I have removed the water-stained salon table from my H35.5 and will restore it as a winter proje
Hunter 34 Washed Ashore (2) steve21968 at 4:17pm 10.17.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1518 This week, I had my 1983 Hunter 34 washed up on the beach in Anguilla, B.W.I. as a result of hurrica
Winter Cover PatChicago at 1:29pm 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1267 I know I've seen people post the step by step process of building a winter cover for a sailboat with
Parasailor Spinnaker (1) rpwillia at 1:27pm 10.17.08 Ask All Sailors 2/2710 At the Annapolis sailboat show I ran into the Istec racing booth where they were talking about their
Strange AC Volt meter. (1) AndrewB at 1:17pm 10.17.08 Big Boats 4/1170 I have just noticed after a couple of years that the AC Volt meter when plugged into the shore power
Quarterberth bulkhead removall J Page at 12:33pm 10.17.08 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1602 Hi all, As I prepare for haulout up here in MI, My thoughts go back to last year when I could

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Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Project_Mayhem at 6:03am 01.19.22 Holy Moly, thanks for the reminder. I've seen this done on boats up to 25'... I'm sure it would wor
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered Parsons at 5:33am 01.19.22 As noted, plus $130 for a 5 year renewal, plus the pain of dealing with a US Gov application page ev
MMMI Scam? dlochner at 5:17am 01.19.22 No, I got my MMSI from the FCC. You can look up the MMSI information on file on the link below.
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered dlochner at 5:14am 01.19.22 Yes, most states require state registration. So long as the boat is documented it can not show the s
MMMI Scam? kappykaplan at 5:11am 01.19.22 Anyone else receive this? Nope, but now I'll be on the lookout for such an e-mail. I got my MMSI
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered shemandr at 5:08am 01.19.22 Yeah I think you have to have a state registration. I believe the USCG registration you mention is
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? dlochner at 4:56am 01.19.22
Coast Guard multi year renewal CYQK at 4:50am 01.19.22 Rich Maybe your right ,whats the big deal about renewing for five years.... Seemed like a good idea
Coast Guard multi year renewal sailme88 at 4:41am 01.19.22 THIS IS A GOVERNMENT OPERATION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO ROLL OUT ON JANUARY 1ST........Well before the r
Coast Guard multi year renewal ifmdalvey at 4:28am 01.19.22 I tried to do 5 years renewal using online , it does not work. I emailed them and the reply came ba
Coast Guard multi year renewal kappykaplan at 2:55am 01.19.22 The mortgage company wanted me to keep the boat documented as a condition of issuing the loan. As a
Lower shrouds (2) pclarksurf at 11:20pm 01.18.22 Its a little extra work and expense: but I whole heartedly endorse the Hayn Hi-Mod compression fitt
Head Always Full Joe at 9:50pm 01.18.22 Are you flipping the flush/dry valve? Did you check the Y valve.
35s5 replace windows steffenled at 9:21pm 01.18.22 The six bigger curved bigger ones
Head Always Full Tom J at 8:56pm 01.18.22 When you say the head is full, do you mean the holding tank, or the toilet, maybe?
This PhotoShop feels wrong. Tin Kicker at 7:36pm 01.18.22 It goes the other way too: lV8JardV74w
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? rgranger at 7:26pm 01.18.22 my wife has said she would do the loop with me when we retire. She would rather not do it all at on
Hunter 33 - separation of floor pan from hull (6) woofetc at 7:26pm 01.18.22 An update on this issue. The boat was lifted and inspected and repaired by Dragon Marine in Hong Ko
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Tally Ho at 7:14pm 01.18.22
lubricating anemometer bearings Tater at 7:02pm 01.18.22 I also think it is permanently lubricated and not designed for servicing. The bearings are likely wo

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