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Puget Sound Sailors - Bottom painting TN at 12:56am 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1051 How often do you bottom paint your boat (hard bottom paint)?
offer to purchase Don Crowther at 2:27am 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1234 I'm in the process of filling out an BROKERAGE PURCHASE ' SALE AGREEMENT form. Looks like a standard
Mojo (1) Cap'n Ron at 2:26am 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1457 George C. Scott chartered this 125 ft Stephens, and captain to head up to the golf tournament in Peb
Boat Yard wjvv at 1:57am 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1228 I just bought an older MacGregor 25. Is that anywhere in the Denver area that can lift the boat off
2-boat owners PNW and Mexico? overby at 3:15am 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1193 Anyone out there with two boats - one in the PNW and one in Mexico? That sounds pretty ideal to me b
Painting topsides riversailor at 3:58am 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 5/947 Just purchased a 30 year old Bruce Roberts 25' pilot house sloop(fiberglass). Deck is solid but look
Electric Heads Recommended Jerry at 5:51am 09.21.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/1808 My family and I spend many weekends aboard our 1985 3o' Catalina (home away from home). We think we
secondary bilge Mike4116 at 5:35am 09.21.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/854 It seems that there was a post on this web site a couple of weeks ago concerning a secondary bilge o
Fastener Advice Please for Rigid Vang . . . Clark at 7:30am 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1262 I'm seriously considering the Garhauer rigid vang to replace the soft vang on my H280. My question i
If anyone is interested... Alan at 6:58am 09.21.07 Racing 1/1805 ...I also have a polar diagram for the 35.5
Transpac Desmond at 12:24pm 09.21.07 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 3/2128 I am considering a singlehanded sail from SF to Hawaii in 2010. Never did it before. As part of my
O'day 192 Headsail Options??????? Frank at 12:27pm 09.21.07 Day Sailers 5/3995 Hello folks...I have an Oday 192 and consider it an ideal trailer sailer....the headsail is a safety
Westerbeak 50 - 48HP Fuel Consumption Jerry Clark H356 SV Persistence at 12:35pm 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1826 I am helping a friend take a Cabo Rico 38 from Kentucky Lake to Charlotte Harbor down the Tenn Tom i
Ranger 33 bench drains Desmond at 12:27pm 09.21.07 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 2/1755 I have noticed that the benchs do not drain while on the corisponding tack as the bench. They drain
cabin lights easy queston biggio at 1:22pm 09.21.07 Mid-Size Boats 4/1284 86 Catalina 27 tall rig has lights in the galley and head that has a slider switch.They have 2 ligh
Fuel gage sending unit andy m at 3:15pm 09.21.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/994 After replacing the faulty sending unit with a 33-240 ohm Tempo unit, my gauge still does not work.
Question for Single Handlers pvwarren at 2:39pm 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1339 I like to single hand but do NOT like to leave the cockpit and tiller while trying to bring down the
Do I have to tear out the settees? Dan at 12:50am 09.20.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/841 Two of my bigger upcoming projects on my '99 420 will be to replace the a/c and the water heater uni
Islander 36 Engine Info Needed - repair/replacemen Keith Bremner at 1:16am 09.20.07 Islander 3/1790 Our marina mechanic has diagnosed our engine problems as a blown head gasket, bad water pump and 'wa
Tie Downs For Hunter 25 Barry14722 at 2:17am 09.20.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/862 Can someone with a late model Hunter 25 measure the distance from the hook on the back trailer to th

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Beneteau Oceanis 321 Lewmar Hatch question sdcsmith2000 at 11:18am 03.27.21 ODD ! Is there anyone in this list of retailers you can contact ? https://www.lewmar.com/distribu
Small 3" bow ding shemandr at 11:09am 03.27.21 It may be obvious but since it hasn't been expressly said above, you have to bevel the edges of the
Random orbital buffer jssailem at 10:59am 03.27.21 Oh Big Easy... Think time of use. Personal comfort. You can easily buy a couple of HF units, as they
Bottom Paint jssailem at 10:54am 03.27.21 Do I need to sand off all the pervious barrier coat? apply barrier coat and bottom paint and call
Standing Rigging on Hunter 34 markwbird at 10:53am 03.27.21 The problem with standing rigging is that corrosion can occur where you cannot see it. Most notably
Man Overboard Equipment Recommendations jssailem at 10:36am 03.27.21 Safety gear is definitely a part of the solution. But Knowledge is king. You need to be aware of the
VHF Range? jssailem at 10:23am 03.27.21 Coast Guard antennas are high up on towers and each station usually has more than one so they have
Spring Cruise 2021 (1) jssailem at 10:21am 03.27.21 Wishing good will and keeping your hopes alive. The current long range lookout continues to give a
fog scares me! Richard19068 at 10:21am 03.27.21 @Richard19068... One word... Pickled. It's the salt water right?
VHF Range? Rick Webb at 10:19am 03.27.21 We out 200 miles from Tampa and could converse with Sea Tow. They said their antenna was up on a con
Insight Please - Beneteau 361 Windlass Install Jskosmo at 10:19am 03.27.21 Thanks so very much guys - your advice is very, very helpful.
Standing Rigging on Hunter 34 Richard19068 at 10:11am 03.27.21 I've owned my 1984 Hunter 34 since 2005. I've had the spar/rigging visually inspected 3 times by lo
fog scares me! jssailem at 9:58am 03.27.21 @Richard19068... One word... Pickled.
Standing Rigging on Hunter 34 (4) jssailem at 9:51am 03.27.21 corrosion in the swage fittings, especially the upward-looking ones, and no broken strands, Chec
New to me 2003 Hunter 386 Mike Oldak at 9:43am 03.27.21
fog scares me! Richard19068 at 9:39am 03.27.21 Ok My apologies to Carl Sandburg. The timing was a long time ago 1916... I remembered the poem (whi
VHF Range? Rick D at 9:38am 03.27.21 Just to give an example of antenna height, I have two VHF's, one below with an antenna on the radar
Install Wallas heater in a Hunter 41 ac jssailem at 9:27am 03.27.21 From the Wallas Manual, bold emphasis by me. Exhaust pipe The longest permissible exhaust gas pipe
Great Lakes Navigation jssailem at 9:19am 03.27.21 I'd suggest keeping the paper charts down below. :plus:
Ever Given jssailem at 9:17am 03.27.21 Spitballing here, but the Tugs might be there to stabilize the ship. In general, the water in the

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