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Raritan PHII install Bad Obsession at 3:36am 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1110 Has anyone installed a Raritan PHII in a Catalina 30 or similar boat? I know that I am going to hav
VHF Antenna Location on 23.5 Steve E. at 12:44am 01.27.08 Smaller Boats 8/1308 Greetings all,I have a VHF I am adding to my 23.5 this year. The previous owner stated that her pr
Hole "Sanded" Out of the Bow of My Hunter 27 Wattie at 3:23am 01.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/920 I have a 1980 Hunter 27 with the following problem. It broke off of the docklines during a storm and
decal woes greg at 4:30am 01.27.08 Big Boats 9/1283 does anybody know a safe way to remove the upper decals...mine are cracked on my 84' H34...does hunt
Flyscreens "old" standard Lewmar Portlight Size 0 Tom at 5:01am 01.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/2553 I was wondering if someone knows where to find Lewmar Standard Port light Size 0 Fly screens for a 1
Drying out Steve at 5:37am 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 12/1949 When I started sailing about 35 years ago the conventional wisdom was that you had to haul every yea
cast iron keels/bolts/torque etc argofre at 7:12am 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1309 have a 1982 34 oday with a cast iron keel with what I believe to be monel bolts and nuts. The keel
Z-Spars Furling Main Systems Jmgs616 at 9:32am 01.27.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1782 Has anyone had any luck replacing either the bottom track and/or the car on the boom (Z-Spars) for t
S2 36cc or 35cc MaggieK at 10:00am 01.27.08 S2 4/6914 HI all I am looking to purchase a 35 or 36 CC . I like the 35 layout but the 36 seems like a stron
Hunter Vision 32 Doubleshot at 6:20am 01.27.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1363 Looking at a Hunter Vision 32 I have read the owner reviews but would like to know if there is a hun
Jib Halyard mikeyfireman at 9:08am 01.27.08 Cal 8/2158 I need to change the Jib Halyard out. Problem is the new 3/8" halyard wont fit into the old cable h
Inner forestay on a 323 MoonSailer at 11:09am 01.27.08 Pearson 0/1299 My 323 seems to really like a foresail but with roller furling the sail is often too large. I notice
Autohelm? Sabbatical III at 11:50am 01.27.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1055 I am looking into adding an autohelm unit to my 2005 Hunter 31. Any suggestions on specific feature
Miter cut jib Bones at 10:11am 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 5/7245 Does anyone know about miter cut jibs versus crosscut jibs? Mack sails promotes the miter cut and I
Car Bumper Replacement on I track airpilot at 10:43am 01.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/735 I have a Hunter 23 (1986)with the original car and track by Ronstan. The car is in very good shape,
Vertical battens John Van Wagoner at 10:26am 01.27.08 Big Boats 4/1250 I recently purchased a Hunter 38 with in-mast furling with vertical battens. There are three battens
302 mast step Tom Smith at 12:26pm 01.27.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/948 How is the mast stepped on a 302 (or 322)? Is it keep stepped or deck stepped?Thank-youError: Erro
Sail conversion for furler... abk at 12:40pm 01.27.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1144 I am going to buy a furler and I have a few ?'s.1. Alado Nautica... Seems like a good buy, any one
Appleman 26 Rebuild Shoaldrafter at 9:13pm 01.27.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/966 Appleman:Great job and great story. I had to replace all teak topside. I did not have one pair w
Icebox conversion cacsail at 7:37pm 01.27.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1535 We are looking to convert our icebox on 1985 Catalina 30 for refridgeration/freezer. Would like some

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NOT buying H34 (1) DeniseO30 at 6:57pm 08.13.21 I closed the doors to the quarter berth very yachty!
Beneteau 361 2001 Lower Chainplates replacing damaged rubber seal Harry Mathias at 6:55pm 08.13.21 Thank you, Mechone! I understand.
Effluent Discharge from Holding Tank Vent Don S/V ILLusion at 6:53pm 08.13.21 If the discharge hose was blocked or the thruhull was closed, the back pressure could do that. No ot
Battery Selector Switch Setting BlowMeAway at 6:51pm 08.13.21
New outboard and new adjustable bracket (1) geola1 at 6:39pm 08.13.21 The whole thing is puzzling. But the storage for the gas is right about the bolts for the adjustable
Beneteau 361 2001 Lower Chainplates replacing damaged rubber seal Mechone at 6:36pm 08.13.21 Thank you Then that is where the large Stainless Steel shaft inside the boat terminates then? under
Marine grade solar CarlN at 6:29pm 08.13.21 Flexible panels on boats seem to have much shorter lives in the south where they overheat more easil
New outboard and new adjustable bracket LeeandRick at 6:26pm 08.13.21 @geola1 I almost answered the question from my experience with a Catalina 25 that you have in your p
Solent Stay H36 (2) DianaOfBurlington at 6:19pm 08.13.21 Some owners have converted their cutters to sloops by removing the inner forestay and the running b
Battery Selector Switch Setting Stu Jackson at 6:11pm 08.13.21 Those links all come from my Electrical Systems 101 collection: Electrical Systems 101 Electrical
Battery Selector Switch Setting Stu Jackson at 6:10pm 08.13.21 I leave that switch set to ALL. Our sailing style rarely includes a night out on the hook and almos
Beneteau 361 2001 Lower Chainplates replacing damaged rubber seal Harry Mathias at 6:09pm 08.13.21 Thank you Then that is where the large Stainless Steel shaft inside the boat terminates then? under
Green as a granny smith apple /starting a 2001 Bene 361 Stu Jackson at 6:01pm 08.13.21 Photo shows typical Beneteau setup. Left to right, black is negative for both banks, red(#1) for
37C Mast Lights DianaOfBurlington at 5:51pm 08.13.21 Easiest way to check - connect a length of 18ga zipcord to a battery and touch the ends to each wire
H26 mast on H23.5 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:47pm 08.13.21 Actually the masts are different sizes. Cost of parts include standing rigging, mast foot and base
Will 3/8" Sta-Set X be a good replacement? DianaOfBurlington at 5:41pm 08.13.21 I would defer to 7/16" by that point. I use Yale ULS and its antecedent, UULS. Very soft on the out
NOT buying H34 (1) DeniseO30 at 5:36pm 08.13.21 197132
It's 100 degrees outside and I'm thinking about how to heat a 1984 H34 come winter. swshogren at 5:14pm 08.13.21 The boat came up from Florida with an ac/heat unit...I have the compresser, a lot of wires and the t
BOOM VANG!!! LeeandRick at 5:13pm 08.13.21 Boat and sail size makes a difference. Larger boats with larger sails will obviously develop more f
Green as a granny smith apple /starting a 2001 Bene 361 (1) BigEasy at 4:59pm 08.13.21 I am purchasing a 2001 Bene 361, I've read the owners manual and I still have no idea of how to set

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