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I Need Help (1) sounderella at 5:32am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 16/6000 Ok, so I have aquired a sailboat. Unfortuantely, I had a death in the family and now I have a sailb
Operators permits for boats sailaway78 at 6:05am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 20/1611 On a previous thread there was a lot of discussion about the various state regulations regarding ope
broken mast step , fix ? (1) Penetrater at 6:03am 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 6/1497 Hi their, im restoring an 82 hunter 27 and the mast step has a large "chip" in it, I have been looki
Oday 222 Rigging LOTM at 6:29am 09.06.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2252 Are there any Oday 222 owners out there with pictures of proper rigging of the mainsail? We recently
WHEEL SHIMMY john dewey at 7:31am 09.06.07 Catalina 310 2/1518 Suddenly I have developed a wheel shimmy at all speeds.The boat has a 3 blade prop and has never ha
445 hull problem Gary at 7:47am 09.06.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1344 My 445 is an old Moorings charterboat. I suspect it was run aground hard before iI bought it last Oc
Hooking up to a bouy Glenn4357 at 8:49am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 9/2278 I often sail alone or with my less experienced teenage children. I have a heck of a time hooking up
raising the mast know one at 8:55am 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/1391 I am new to sailing and new to this site. I just bought my first sailboat a 1987 MacGregor 26. It se
yanmar start switch hangs -voltage drop jtm at 8:50am 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 9/3692 I have replace the key cylinder and the start button..... but still have this nagging intermittant "
Bottom Paint SweetTrade at 9:46am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1235 I am repainting the bottom of my Hunter 23. Its year round in the waters of North Carolina in bracki
Catalina 25-trailer pa-sailor at 12:27pm 09.06.07 Smaller Boats 0/1195 Where can I purchase a used trailer for a swing-keel Catalina 25. Location- Northern Jersey, NE PA
Anti Foul Lateral Ballast at 2:13pm 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1170 Can any one recommend an antifoul? My trailer hasn't got rollers if that has an affect or any tips,
Wind Vane Lateral Ballast at 2:10pm 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/951 Can any one advise a manufacture for a wind vane that is suitable for the removable mast?
Standing Rigging - Part 2 Richard Deep at 1:59pm 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/978 Earlier this year, I posted a question about when to replace the standing rigging. I got a lot of g
Batteries Hissing gr8_2_av8 at 3:20pm 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1279 I ran the engine for about an hour last night, then after shut down I notice that one of the batteri
Waste line replacement Tang07 at 3:32pm 09.06.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1136 I have an 81 catalina 30 and have noticed that the waste line going from the tank to the maserator p
Lake Pontchartrain & Rigolets to Mississippi Sound Persy at 10:39pm 09.04.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1603 I would like to move my boat back from Pensacola to Lake Pontchartrain in a couple of weeks. I rece
Diesel additive Deadline at 10:53pm 09.04.07 Ask All Sailors 12/1309 Has anyone had success with Valvtect Diesel Guard, a seemingly all-purpose additive to clean injecto
getting access to the starboard lazerette H31 pimerese at 11:17pm 09.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1024 While chasing down a leak the other day I started thinking how much easier it would be if I had easy
Exhaust stain on stern Roger F at 11:34pm 09.04.07 Mid-Size Boats 7/1093 I am looking for suggestions and/or recommendations for product to use to remove the exhaust stains

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Bringing dogs aboard (1) jssailem at 6:07am 09.14.21 The boating option for our Hurricane Lily is still undecided. out the sunroom I see dog toys scatter
NEW SAILS rajhnsn at 5:53am 09.14.21 I have taken mine off, it wasn't stuck so very easy. Looking towards the stern, the packing nut loo
Bringing dogs aboard (1) RoyS at 4:58am 09.14.21 Our dogs never relieve themselves on the boat. However, they must trust that they will be brought to
water pressure loss Don S/V ILLusion at 4:51am 09.14.21 Unless the yard plugged the tank vents (all of them), the problem is most likely unrelated to the wo
it's cooling off DougM at 4:45am 09.14.21 We had a weather window of sorts Sunday and yesterday. Needed a north to northeast wind as was fore
Bringing dogs aboard (1) TomY at 4:21am 09.14.21 Having read a zillion posts like this one, I'm reluctant to say that our two small dogs just go on d
1st Haul/Bottom Job/Cutlass Bearing - Any gotchas? sailme88 at 4:21am 09.14.21 Not stated was if YOU were doing all of the items on your list, or having a yard do it. I saw your
Bringing dogs aboard (1) DougM at 4:09am 09.14.21
1st Haul/Bottom Job/Cutlass Bearing - Any gotchas? (1) kbgunn at 4:06am 09.14.21 +1 on the rudder bearings. The rudder is the primary lifting foil on our boats and gets subjected to
I left the lights on shemandr at 4:01am 09.14.21 I'm not a battery guru but there are some who post here. I think it's unpredictable how much your b
Bringing dogs aboard DayDreamer41 at 3:59am 09.14.21 We have a 10 mth old German Shepherd he loves the boat, he hates the water, funny how that works. We
Do you make a Wifi hotspot? Do you use a dedicated one? dLj at 3:41am 09.14.21 Has anybody looked at Skyroam? Never heard of it. Got a link? dj p. s. Just looked it up. Looks
Does anyone have this top plastic piece for a Jabsco manual pump? Apex at 3:15am 09.14.21 I have a non-twist lock type available, pump head only. And entire toilet assembly, with twist-lock
1997-H410 Stay chainplate cracks !! (2) vgoya at 1:39am 09.14.21 Do both port and starboard sides look the same? Yes, both sides look the same. Port and starboard
Does anyone have this top plastic piece for a Jabsco manual pump? JamesG161 at 11:40pm 09.13.21 Try here... Hunter 280 toilet Full pump head replacement and upgrade to yours. Jim...
Do you make a Wifi hotspot? Do you use a dedicated one? Mark Maulden at 10:56pm 09.13.21 Has anybody looked at Skyroam?
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 9:27pm 09.13.21 It barely happened, but 75 mph does make it as Hurricane Nicholas! 25 miles. The big issues is th
Bringing dogs aboard Hayden Watson at 8:54pm 09.13.21
I left the lights on Benny17441 at 8:45pm 09.13.21 How long the charge may last depends on the health of the battery. You may conduct a "Load Test" o
Hunter 376 fixed port side deck window Ralph Johnstone at 8:30pm 09.13.21 Research the archives here. There is an encyclopedia available to you. Be sure you have a reasonab

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