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Sailing Port Charlotte Harbor Area seadaddler at 7:43pm 01.12.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1143 Looking to go sailing down here in Port Charlotte area on some onessailboat if you could use a hand
fender brackets for Bavaria toerail James Honeyman at 9:05pm 01.12.08 Bavaria 3/2230 Recent storm damage snapped a couple of my stantions at deck level. Are there brackets available tha
Filling in small holes in teak Brian D at 1:23am 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 27/8142 I have some woodwork below in which different owners have placed items and them removed them. Thus,
replacement decals josh13063 at 1:05am 01.13.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2089 hello, I have been atempting to purchase a new decal kit for my beneteau 321 oceanis with no luck s
Navman gps question Timm R 25 Oday at 3:49am 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1086 I recently bought a Navman 5500 plotter. I installed the c-map nt lite. How do I get the bottom cont
Oday 272 Stanchion leak Chris Hastings at 5:10am 01.13.08 Ask An Oday Owner 15/3353 I noticed a leak on the headliner below my 1987 Oday 272. When I pulled back the headliner, I notic
Used inflatables higgs at 8:10am 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 23/1634 I was at the Toronto boat show the other day. I stumbled upon a broker selling high end Caribe used
Access to area behind where shore power jacks installed? Steve10933 at 9:26am 01.13.08 Big Boats 11/1184 Has anyone figured out how to access the back of the recessed area where the shore power jacks and w
Is there an alternative path? higgs at 10:00am 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 25/2100 Leaving for the BVI on Tuesday. I have been there twice before and have visited all the "gotta see"
Water below the V-berth RAF18370 at 11:13am 01.13.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1201 I recently discovered a concealed compartment in the forward most part of the V-berth (forward of th
Shower sump pump Kobi Maru at 12:31pm 01.13.08 Big Boats 7/1267 I am adding a shower sump pump from Atwood to keep the shower and ice box water out of the bilge. I
Hole in the hull know one at 12:56pm 01.13.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 73/5011 This is the problem. I believe the cause is a couple things 1, over tightening the straps 2, wh
Steering cable Phil18130 at 12:56pm 01.13.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1217 Has anyone installed one of the steering cable lubrication systems on their boats, and if so how has
raritan phII head emalsyd at 10:00pm 01.13.08 Catalina 30 4/1359 i have a '78 cat 30 and was looking to replace the head with a raritan PHII with the household bowl.
44PH Info? Dave at 10:06pm 01.13.08 Lancer 3/1676 Hello all,My fiane ' I have our Willard 40 trawler up for sale and are in the process of searchin
All work and no play? SailboatOwners.com at 10:43pm 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 44/2604 We all know our boats demand a lot of tender loving care to keep them working and looking great. But
Your Best Crewmember? Gary Wyngarden at 11:15pm 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 57/2927 It's sometimes been said that your autopilot is your best crewmember. For the most part it steers a
Standing Rigging fatigue Brian M H23 at 11:46pm 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 15/1492 Hi all,I'd just like to point out an interesting (and possibly dangerous) method of fatigure that c
Edson Wheel stuck Rick at 11:34pm 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 15/4890 After removing the nut, my boat wheel will not come off. Even with stronger methods like tapping wit
Sea-me Radar transponder Al - s/v Persephone at 1:57am 01.14.08 Ask All Sailors 9/2003 I've been considering adding the Raymarine receive-only AIS unit to my (Raymarine) chart-plotter sys

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Dinghy storage NYSail at 9:30am 11.22.21 Thanks all!
OK... it isn't a boat, but... jssailem at 9:30am 11.22.21 I think the body is an extruded plastic not a fiberglass. Have you sought out an autobody shop? Susp
Single handing WI Rigger at 8:39am 11.22.21 When you sail, do you take along an area chart or do you use an app on your phone or some other devi
Catalina 30 Terminal block? Joe Perez at 8:35am 11.22.21 Thanks Mike. Yeah, that's what I'm looking for. I haven't gotten back to working on that. This is th
Catalina 30 Terminal block? Mikes 87 at 8:30am 11.22.21 I have an 87 and the AC distribution is in the power distribution panel. Looking at the front of th
La Ni�a jssailem at 8:01am 11.22.21 Haver you tried the Haulover Inlet? FrDl810m2s0:124
La Ni�a jssailem at 7:59am 11.22.21 Water releases of the great freshwater lake, the Okeechobee, that makes up a big part of the fresh r
Which LED bulbs for masthead, stern, and bow lights on H240? chriscampbell at 7:25am 11.22.21 Update: It turns out the stern and bow nav bulbs are 42mm, and the mast bulbs are 31mm.
Stray Induced Current walt at 7:13am 11.22.21 Just to get nit picky.. LOL.. Since that clamp on meter looks like it only measures AC current, it
Teak darker than expected after refinish? randerson5726 at 7:08am 11.22.21 Sounds like the consensus is I needed to use some kind of cleaning product after stripping the old v
Single handing (1) patbratton at 6:58am 11.22.21 Thank You both for your answers!!!! I also have a telescoping from West Marine. I will try across t
Single handing Will Gilmore at 6:56am 11.22.21 Pure aesthetics. -Will
Single handing WI Rigger at 6:53am 11.22.21 Thank You both for your answers!!!! I also have a telescoping from West Marine. I will try across th
Raising the Mast Project_Mayhem at 6:51am 11.22.21 On my 19' I swapped a few of the pins for PTO pins. They're much easier to remove and install. If yo
Single handing (3) patbratton at 6:39am 11.22.21 Here I am again, with a seemingly trite question. Where do you store your boat hook so it is handy
Stray Induced Current dLj at 6:22am 11.22.21 Some DC ampmeters do show you the direction of current flow. I have always wondered if you could
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 6:18am 11.22.21 Please note that @kloudie1 gave the correct reason first. To answer @dLj question about distance f
Replacing the Exhaust Hose - 41DS chuck anderika at 6:13am 11.22.21 Replaced mine last year H410. Once you get the old hose out you should probably change the the engi
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 6:01am 11.22.21 "Yuengling Effect" Some DC ampmeters do show you the direction of current flow. I have always wo
Dinghy storage DougM at 6:01am 11.22.21 I hung my dinghy with straps beneath from the rafters in my unheated garage in 2015, fully inflated.

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