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Bottom Paint SweetTrade at 9:46am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1245 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 0/1201 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 5/1174 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 2/956 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 3/992 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 3/1299 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 2/1147 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 3/1633 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 12/1358 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 2/1031 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 7/1115 I am looking for suggestions and/or recommendations for product to use to remove the exhaust stains
Roller Furling on a Sandpiper 565 (1) Willybdriver at 11:59pm 09.04.07 Other Sailboats 16/5594 A friend and I recently acquired Sandpiper #907. There was a lot of extra gear supplied including th
Extra Holding Tank Mark Mynsberge at 12:43am 09.05.07 Big Boats 6/1114 A 25 gal holding tank is just to small if you are going to anchor out for any length of time and tha
Couldn't pass this up - Boat 2.0 (1) Jim Seamans at 2:14am 09.05.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1097 I'll wait for version 4.11JimS/V Java
High Wind Preparedness renom2 at 2:46am 09.05.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1003 Now that we officially have the first storm brewing in the Atlantic I wanted to see what the best wa
Bow Thruster Pirate9127 at 2:52am 09.05.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/941 Robert Lally posted a review of the 473 and stated that he had a problem with his bow thruster on hi
Rebedding plexi/lexan/polycarbonate fixed windows tkanzler at 2:59am 09.05.07 Big Boats 7/2463 I need to fix some leaking fixed ports on my H340, which are similar to the 310 and presumably other
Heeling Kevin at 4:26am 09.05.07 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1171 I have a question about my Oday Mariner. I am fairly new to sailing and seem to do pretty well with
ODAY 25 - trailer, how to convert from a motorboat Holograman at 5:51am 09.05.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1344 We purchased a used Oday 25 this year at a bargain price (which is the only way we could have afford
tachometer not accurate Rick at 6:45am 09.05.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1074 lately i have noticed that the tachometer stops at about 1100 rpm when the engine shuts downs and ha

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Northern Lights Generator rgranger at 1:56pm 10.06.21 Click bait!:cool: I thought this was going to be about solar winds and the Aurora Borealis:facepalm:
What do You know about Rudders? rgranger at 1:52pm 10.06.21
Water Heater hoses BarryL at 1:31pm 10.06.21 Hello, The hoses you show contain engine coolant. They go to the heat exchanger INSIDE the water he
Northern Lights Generator JamesG161 at 1:26pm 10.06.21 AC on your boat is very complex. 1) Shore power off 2) Shore power failure 3) Your ICG controls 4)
What do You know about Rudders? markwbird at 1:23pm 10.06.21 I'm assuming the squirrelly problem is down wind sailing and the "well balanced" part is up wind or
What do You know about Rudders? markwbird at 1:17pm 10.06.21 There are improved rudder shapes you can use, either with new SS parts or built around (sometimes)
What is this? PaulK at 1:13pm 10.06.21 Looks like Jon h has hit it on the head. The rake of the bow looks right, along with the size & sha
Northern Lights Generator smokey73 at 1:08pm 10.06.21 Iwould imagine there is a reset button somewhere on the generator itself. That would be the first t
More on Maine Sail SFS at 12:47pm 10.06.21 Several folks near him have expressed this sentiment. I'm a bit far away in Florida, but I would thi
What do You know about Rudders? dlochner at 12:44pm 10.06.21 The reasoning is that the boat is squirrelly in big wind and not particularly well balanced. I'm
More on Maine Sail ontherocks83 at 12:41pm 10.06.21 @Phil Herring - Did he mention anything about getting his boat out of the water and/or winterized?
More on Maine Sail ontherocks83 at 12:39pm 10.06.21 I would definitely be more than willing to contribute to a Go Fund Me for him if someone sets it up!
Deck paint for a Hunter 380 sail sfbay at 12:08pm 10.06.21 Algrip Topside and is a 4 part system....paint, converter, reducer and flattener. As with any paint,
What do You know about Rudders? Hollyberry at 11:42am 10.06.21 Another resource, perhaps https://ruddercraft.com
What do You know about Rudders? FastOlson at 11:35am 10.06.21 There are improved rudder shapes you can use, either with new SS parts or built around (sometimes) y
Adding Webasto ST2000 to Hunter 376 duck21 at 11:03am 10.06.21 Indeed. One detector in each cabin, and I added a fourth unit to the locker with the heater as an a
1987 Mk II Lower Shroud U-Bolt Failure Stu Jackson at 10:44am 10.06.21 You might receive more boat-specific answers here: Catalina 30 Groups Link Subscribe at the web
recharge freezer/ fridge Rich Stidger at 10:23am 10.06.21 Who is the mfg of the freezer system? How do you know that the refer port is the high side? These sm
Adding Webasto ST2000 to Hunter 376 Head Sail at 10:15am 10.06.21 If it fits your needs and is safe, that's what matters. Drawing cold intake air from the main cabin
grinding sound starting?? Boomer2it at 10:04am 10.06.21 Concerning Yanmar 2QM and Thermostart. The QM series were only built for two years, if I recall cor

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