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Wood table for cockpit Louis at 10:25pm 06.05.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1391 I would like to make a small portable wooden table to lay across the cockpit seats (for lunches,etc)
Instrument Covers John T1594 at 12:45am 06.06.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/957 I have a 2000 H340 with (Autohelm) Raymarine instuments - wind, depth, speed. The wind is an ST-60 a
Has a boat manufacturer ever stood trial on manslaughter in Nth America? Ken13531 at 12:38am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1277 Check this story from Australia.Someone bulds a race boat. Some of the crew die at sea and now the
Andersen Winches Plastic Spring Problems MoonSailer at 12:18am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1374 I am having trouble with my Andersen Winches they are the 40ST model with the plastic spring on top.
Where to boat in Lubbock TX AircooledPatriot at 2:12am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1484 Where are good places to sail an O'day 26 near Lubbock, Tx?
The Sea Dart of Tristan Jones' Fame (2) oreana123 at 2:04am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 22/9957 I have been working on the Sea Dart. I made a custom fit cover for trailering the boat, and now I am
Belt for Auto Helm ST 4000 DanT at 2:03am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1401 Source for ST 4000 drive beltSt 4000 drive belt 425 syncroflex AT 5/750Poly Tech Design26 West
Height of Hunter Legend 37 with 5' 9" draft less mast for shipping purposes Dorothy at 1:58am 06.06.08 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 0/3361 The owner wants to ship this boat to FL and needs to know the height of the boat with the mast down.
tiller - engine FS Sailor at 4:17am 06.06.08 S2 0/1325 I acquired a S2 8.0 B without a tiller. What are the deminsions of the tiller for it - butt deminsi
Water deck fill cap for C-36 Dan C at 4:38am 06.06.08 Big Boats 5/2608 Oops! Deck fill cap went into the deep. There are three water fills, plus waste and diesel, all or
Fitted sheets for v-berth Dan C at 4:32am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 7/5237 Where's a good place to get fitted sheets for a Catalina 36 v-berth? Probably will need to go to cus
race to the coast ChuckThomas at 6:10am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1105 anyone participating in the SYC 'race to the coast' next weekend?
Replacing sheaves at base of mast Nick Jeszenszky at 7:30am 06.06.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/3322 I am trying to reinstall the main halyard sheave and shaft pin at the base of the mast. The pin cam
Fuel kill cable 272LE shem at 8:44am 06.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/949 Hi All,I have a busted cable fuel cut off. My wife refuses to stick her hand in the engine conpart
Teak Stain color alumrock at 8:44am 06.06.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/2259 I am replacing some of the teak in my 1984 Hunter 31. It looks like it has been stained with some c
Rust alibi at 8:34am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1170 My keel bolts were mildly rusted as I noticed while inspecting the bildge pump.I sanded them to a c
Outboard price tag Wind Dancer24484 at 8:52am 06.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1072 I found a rebuilt Mariner 8hp 2 stroke outboard w/ a long shaft at a local repair shop for 750.00, I
E10 gas Roger Keele at 9:00am 06.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/937 I did a search and couldn't find anyone discussing E10 gas on here. Just curious as to what most peo
Free charts available for downloading and printing CalebD at 9:13am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1005 I take no credit for creating this link. Someone over on sailnet posted about this. If they scanne
Universal M25 oil drain plug Mark Goodin at 9:34am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 11/8577 I'm trying to change the oil on my Universal M25 in a Catalina 30.I cannot figure out how to get a

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Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws heritage at 5:04pm 12.13.21 Would any of these work for you? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stainless+steel+u+nut+u+clips&crid=3MNQ
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws Phil Herring at 4:53pm 12.13.21 Yeah, the PNW is a good place for people who like the color grey. No gators, though!
Rigging attachment question PaulK at 4:43pm 12.13.21 The eyes on the spreaders look like they'd be good to rig bullet blocks for flag halyards. A radar
Chart Plotter Location Souellette at 4:41pm 12.13.21 These are all great ideas. I'm leaning towards trying to incorporate the traveler since it would pro
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws sunlover at 4:41pm 12.13.21 If McMaster-Carr doesn't have it, it probably doesn't exist. Ah, not there. I guess I could buy
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws Phil Herring at 4:33pm 12.13.21 If McMaster-Carr doesn't have it, it probably doesn't exist.
bottom paint for trailerable boat used in both fresh and salt water Crazy Dave Condon at 4:22pm 12.13.21 A lot depends on what the owner advises regarding the response to my questions
Removing centerboard? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:18pm 12.13.21
deck craze lines justsomeguy at 4:15pm 12.13.21 He estimated it would cost about 20k. To fix the crazing? Yow. Yah, follow sail fsbay's advice.
deck craze lines sail sfbay at 4:08pm 12.13.21 Broker is just being honest. If you want the boat and the crazing repaired get repair estimates from
Bilge blower hose replacement (2) Closing Time at 4:07pm 12.13.21 Mine on our 2001 #155 are metal also and to the best of my knowledge LOOK GREAT!, but do not serve
Bilge blower hose replacement Don S/V ILLusion at 4:05pm 12.13.21 I checked the USCG regulations and you are correct: Diesel engine boats are not required to have an
Securing anchor chain; valcour at 3:56pm 12.13.21 I use a turn around the windlass and lock a link on the cleat horn then behind the other horn to loc
Oceanis 41/45 - has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? Jim Greer at 3:25pm 12.13.21 I replaced all the hoses in both heads in my 461 this past summer for age and odor reasons. Like Peg
Rigging attachment question twistedskipper at 3:21pm 12.13.21 Those are usually flag halyard cleats. There would likely be a small block on the underside of the s
310 DC Current Draw Chart Tally Ho at 3:11pm 12.13.21
Hunter 34 engine alignment Tally Ho at 3:05pm 12.13.21 The shaft is clean and no zinc installed. As I stated, the boat is in the water and ready to ali
12v system rewire including Balmar SG200, ACR, Solar, 1/2/B Switch and On/Off Switch (1) Scott T-Bird at 3:01pm 12.13.21 Scott, I think some of the other posts should answer most of your questions, except the last one.
H280 Battery Charger Change out kappykaplan at 2:58pm 12.13.21 Excellent news! :beer:
H280 Battery Charger Change out Crusty Ol Salt at 2:52pm 12.13.21 Today was the first day since I purchased Prometheus that I could walk onboard and look at the charg

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