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Aft Cabin or V-Berth? Bad Obsession at 3:59am 02.12.08 Ask All Sailors 23/9072 I was reading one of the posts in regards to someone asking about a Catalina 250 and the reply somon
Oday or What ? Bluff Kid at 5:20am 02.12.08 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2539 I do not currently own a boat. I previously had an Aquarius 23, 1974 model and felt the quality of t
auxiliary motor mount (1) Wayne Brenholt at 6:08am 02.12.08 Balboa 0/2138 I just bought a Balboa 20. The stern has two metal brackets attached verticaly. The "transom" to att
irwin 37 compression post letterman at 7:17am 02.12.08 Irwin 1/2162 I need to find out what the length is of the compression post. Mine is two 2x4's nailed together.
Truman Reservoir Missouri Matthew at 7:30am 02.12.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/730 Is anyone on this board in West Central Missouri? We're looking at changing hometowns from Peoria a
Dinghy Tow Roy at 7:23am 02.12.08 Big Boats 4/1470 I am exploring various methods to bring my dinghy along as I cruise. I came across a product called
Pearson 27 John S at 7:59am 02.12.08 Pearson 5/5478 Hi,First time poster! I currently sail a 23 foot Precision and have been looking at moving up in t
Raymarine ST60 Wind Direction Indicator Problem Frank Bass at 8:44am 02.12.08 Ask All Sailors 7/3266 I hope somebody can help me with some ideas. I've got a full set of Raymarine ST60 instruments on m
Refrigerator lift Shocks Tom23254 at 9:44am 02.12.08 Big Boats 7/1395 I have a 1992 passage 42 which has a pneaumatic lid lifter for the freezer cover, as many Hunters I'
Propeller Larry14133 at 9:36am 02.12.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1587 Last summer i purchased an O'Day 302. I never liked the fact that I could hear the prop (2bl 14" 11
Abolitive paint or no? SW61807 at 1:53pm 02.12.08 Trailer Sailors 5/1743 If my boat is only in the water for a day or two at a time, do I really need to paint it with an ant
H 240-60-70-80 and like owners HAL at 8:40pm 02.10.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/853 How far down has your boat been (intentionally or unintentionally) and how well did it recover? Deta
Hunter 27 Owners Manual Mike Hancock at 10:10pm 02.10.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1352 Are owner's manuals for a 1989 Hunter 27 available anywhere?
Need some "How To" Chicken Jibe Hogan at 9:49pm 02.10.08 Smaller Boats 6/2117 I am still learning the feel of the 260 and adjusting from tiller to wheel steering. This weekend we
Host has survey, you can contribute Shoaldrafter at 8:56pm 02.10.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/736 Our host has a survey which includes your boat/s. You can post for more than one boat. Let them ha
Where is your ground plate/Dynaplate/Wonderbar installed on your 46/460/456/450 Velero49 at 10:50pm 02.10.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1874 I am installing a ground plate on my H46 to be used as a ground plane for my SSB radio. My first re
VHF Radio Troubleshooting BrianW at 10:27pm 02.10.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1365 I have an Apelco 5160 VHF radio in my Hunter 26. I receive transmissions very well, but do not seem
Cleaning and pressure testing heat exhanger Glenn at 12:29am 02.11.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/896 I removed the heat exchanger this weekend. The raw water inlet was 90% closed, I think I found the
Blasting the Hull with Walnut Chips Aldo at 1:56am 02.11.08 Catalina 22 2/1219 Is there anything I should kow about blasting the hull with walnut shells to remove the old layers o
V-Berth Bulkhead Warp Pete Hazel at 1:59am 02.11.08 Catalina 310 3/2041 Last season when I tensioned the standing rigging to specs. I checked the bulkhead just aft the v-be

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Our first long-distance trip in a 19' Mariner. Leeward Rail at 6:16am 08.17.21 my goofball engineering lives on. Nothing goofball about it. I respect anyone who has the thinkin
Fuel Cap Winch DougM at 6:08am 08.17.21 Who knew? Not the best engineering in the world. Greg actually a fairly good Idea. Standard wi
Hello, new 25 owner with questions! jssailem at 5:55am 08.17.21 Congrats. New boat with an adventure already under her sail. Enjoy the season and the blue fin crabs
fiberglass repair in NJ mdidomenico at 5:49am 08.17.21
Network Power Connection- SeaTlkng Fred at 5:32am 08.17.21 I went ahead and cut the red wire in the three conductor SeaTalk cable going to my ST4000+ control u
Rig tuning physics DArcy at 5:19am 08.17.21 This is better than an anchor thread, I need more popcorn :biggrin: @Scott T-Bird tension and stress
Seaward Water Heater Again ! sailcapt340 at 5:18am 08.17.21 Sailboat.Sequoyah, BoSSailor, do you have photos of your installation? I only have 13 inches of he
Broken bolts and headaches Daveinet at 5:16am 08.17.21 The most impressive thing I've ever seen with Kroil was I had a snowmobile engine that was siezed up
Seaward Water Heater Again ! BOSSailor at 5:05am 08.17.21 Off the top of my head I don't believe they have rear heat exchangers which is what mine was before
Seaward Water Heater Again ! Sailboat.Sequoyah at 4:54am 08.17.21 Let me second (third?) the praise for the IsoTemp SPA. I replaced my old Seaward heater with one, bo
Hello, new 25 owner with questions! shemandr at 4:40am 08.17.21 Bravo! Looks like you got a rare nice boat for free. The main even looks to have a nice shape. Ca
Seaward Water Heater Again ! sailcapt340 at 4:26am 08.17.21 I'm just waiting to hear back from Seaward, Terry... I was so mad at this happening again I sent out
Widening the cuddy access on '74 Javelin? RaleighRancher at 4:09am 08.17.21 Thanks for that explanation. As I'm still a a fairly green sailor and this boat is not in the greate
jrmhughes at 1:34am 08.17.21 It seems that when I removed the 2 screws on the side of the Adapter on the lower swivel, that al
Widening the cuddy access on '74 Javelin? Sunbird22358 at 12:06am 08.17.21 The shape of the hulls look very different . If it were my project . I'd cut the opening and reinfo
Hello, new 25 owner with questions! (5) J_Stone at 10:36pm 08.16.21 Just posting an update, we successfully sailed her home over the course of 3 days from Baltimore to
Battery Selector Switch Setting Benny17441 at 10:01pm 08.16.21 Do I understand correctly that you have a total of three batteries? Are all of them deep cycle or
Beneteau 411 natep at 9:53pm 08.16.21 How old is the main sail? I had that problem when we purchased our 2002 boat in 2018. We replaced t
Whisker pole (1) jeff356 at 9:07pm 08.16.21 Have a forespar whisker pole that inner jaw is on a mast ring, hangs from Spinnaker halyard, run the
Hunter 26/260/270 Rally in Sarasota, FL Ottdreamer at 7:54pm 08.16.21 If 1 happens we will attempt to do a bit more of 2 after a 1600 haul. Count us in if the border is

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