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Launching a small fixed keel boat (1) paulkamprath at 12:59pm 08.02.07 Trailer Sailors 3/4352 I am looking at a Tangerine 18. It has a small fixed keel, 24" draft. It is on a trailer with front
hunter website ted at 11:19am 08.02.07 Big Boats 0/765 is it me or is the hunter website down? I haven't been able to get in since last night
Filling holes in fiberglass dancing bear at 9:54pm 07.31.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1186 Can someone recommend a product for filling drill holes in my fiberglass topsides? I would think
M 25 Universal wiring harness Phil at 10:47pm 07.31.07 Bigger Boats 1/1443 Our M 25 Diesel has hesitated to start at times following the 30 second hold of the glow plug button
engine controls cdescher at 11:33pm 07.31.07 Catalina 30 1/1638 I've got a '78 C30 that was converted from tiller to pedestal steering at some point, but the engine
Lead keels... Brian D at 11:00pm 07.31.07 Ask All Sailors 14/6516 Anyone know when they stopped using lead as the primary metal in keels? Or, are some manufactures st
Little indentation in hull...should I worry? Sean10633 at 1:03am 08.01.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1309 I've had a small to medium indentation on my hull for some time now(1-1.5'). It's not soft, just in
What Model Daysailer & Masthead Sheaves Question George16771 at 12:58am 08.01.07 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1282 Two questions: First - how do you know what model Daysailer you have - as to II or III? The tag on
Anchor roller for stern anchor MichaelStacy at 12:55am 08.01.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1551 Anyone come up with a method of mounting some sort of anchor roller on stern of boat (2004 H33 in my
6 pack license MoonSailer at 1:18am 08.01.07 Ask All Sailors 14/3022 Can a person find work with a 6 pack license?? What can you do with a 6 pack license?? Thinking ab
Water Leak - not what it appeared muised at 1:26am 08.01.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1132 Yesterday I replaced all the electrical lines between the batteries, switch and starter, as well as
I need advice. Buying a Catalina 30 - 1977-1983 Gottabeonthewater at 2:07am 08.01.07 Catalina 30 3/2428 Hello all.I am going to be a proud owner of a Catalina 30 very soon. However I am looking to impr
Diesel Stalled jaydog5000 at 2:46am 08.01.07 Ask All Sailors 14/1798 I have a few questions!! I was motoring yesterday and out of nowhere the engine stalled. I have be
Cetol advice (1) SEADANCE at 6:18am 08.01.07 Ask All Sailors 12/5907 Hi guys and gals!I washed, sanded and applied one coat of Cetol Marine Lite varnish to the 4 teak
Replacing in-mast furling line trimphi at 6:30am 08.01.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1418 If anyone has replaced their in-mast furling line how did you remove the large right hand cover plat
Bilge siphon DannyS at 5:48am 08.01.07 Ask All Sailors 13/1707 I have had a couple of interesting moments with my electric bilge pump siphoning water back into the
It can happen. dickforth at 6:53am 08.01.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1381 It happened to me and I know it has happed to others. About 19 gal. of diesel fuel was accidently p
Furling mechanism kees mulder at 7:05am 08.01.07 Hallberg-Rassy 1/1980 I have a problem with the furling mechanism as it does not lock at all. I will change the system to
running rigging Hunter 23.5 jbreland at 7:49am 08.01.07 Smaller Boats 3/2223 In the archives I found the following specs for the running rigging on a 23.5Running Rigging Specs
Electrical panel on macgregor 25 Martin15377 at 7:41am 08.01.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/3066 Hi !I bought a 1986 Macgregor 25, in very good shape except for the electrical panel, which is a me

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Steering drain through hull jonelli at 8:54am 10.06.21 And lastly, it appears to have solved the mysterious water in the bilge.
What do You know about Rudders? rgranger at 8:50am 10.06.21 Well I have built one rudder (out of wood) for a smaller boat and did my best to give it the correct
Looking for First 405 stanchion bases JuanMarcos at 8:41am 10.06.21 https://spareparts.beneteauusa.com/controleur.php?action=accueil don't know if this link will get
Key Lime Sailing club, reviews? DAVA390 at 8:40am 10.06.21 Thank you guys, appreciate it.
Wiring new TV Gary Ryan at 8:39am 10.06.21 Exactly
Mods to our 35s5 Hollyberry at 8:37am 10.06.21 Hollyberry - can I ask where you got the new galley sink, I am doing some interior mods as well and
Mods to our 35s5 Hollyberry at 8:30am 10.06.21 Well done. I didn't know that sapelle looked as good as that when finished. The most important item
Wiring new TV Don S/V ILLusion at 8:23am 10.06.21 Because of the large voltage fluctuation possible on the 12v system, some TVs wired directly to the
Water Heater hoses Justin_NSA at 8:21am 10.06.21 That's an important distinction Don. I added diverter valves to my hot water tank (another thread) s
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! Scott T-Bird at 8:20am 10.06.21 Scott, hard to tell how exactly your system is plumbed from the photograph. It appears that the two
Halyard Loss danstanford at 8:12am 10.06.21 We lost one of our spin halyards last season because dump the spin halyard can be taken literally wh
Mods to our 35s5 dmax at 8:03am 10.06.21 Hollyberry - can I ask where you got the new galley sink, I am doing some interior mods as well and
Water Heater hoses Don S/V ILLusion at 7:57am 10.06.21
Halyard Loss Jacktar at 7:48am 10.06.21 Yep a simple figure eight knot on each line can save you a world of hurt.
Water Heater hoses Justin_NSA at 7:45am 10.06.21 Here's a link to my heat exchanger flush/winterizing thread. The closed system gets pretty gunked up
What is this? Scott T-Bird at 7:40am 10.06.21 Deja Vu all over again! Somebody recently posted a picture of a boat built by the other Johnson boa
O'Day 23 rudder problem sail sfbay at 7:38am 10.06.21 .........Maybe if he can tell me how much my rudder should weigh, I can determine how much water it
Wiring new TV Gary Ryan at 7:32am 10.06.21 We didn't need tv too much when out sailing, so I routed ac over to our starboard side and mounted o
Steering drain through hull (1) jonelli at 7:17am 10.06.21 Replaced it with the Marelon mushroom one. WM had it in stock. It was the 3/4" barbed thru-hull an
What is this? kloudie1 at 7:14am 10.06.21 I will second that. I have a good bit of time in Flying Dutchman and Lightning boats.. Just a HOOT!

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