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25.5 Mast Height Flashman at 7:14am 07.01.07 Smaller Boats 5/1650 My boat came without the original mast and boom but the marina that sold it to me gave me one he pro
BIO Diesel oceansail0 at 10:04am 07.01.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/859 Has any one heard anything about the use of vegitable oil in a Yanmar? I have seen some guy who has
how's the sink work? DPT at 10:47am 07.01.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1102 Hi everyone - the sink (Galley and Head) are a simple hand pump operation... there is a (approx.) 20
Dock power for 25.5 Flashman at 10:20am 07.01.07 Smaller Boats 1/996 I feel like a schmuck asking this question but I must have walked around the deck three times today
White power on heat exchanger hose. (1) Jim at 11:16am 07.01.07 Big Boats 4/1551 Hi All,I have this white power forming on the hose from the sae water pump to the heater exchanger
Need info for PHRF Rating Mark Laser at 12:26pm 07.01.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1019 I am new to racing and plan to sail my 376 (1998) in some local regattas. I've just learned about P
Pop top gas strut install (1) Timo42 at 12:58pm 07.01.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2177 On another thread someone was asking about adding gas struts. I used 90lb. 20" struts, WM sells 2 ty
BBQ failure Syversens at 1:28pm 07.01.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1137 Hi All, this isnt the most critical issue I asked here but it was a bummer for the weekend to have t
Getting the Wife into Sailing mrscott at 1:50pm 07.01.07 Ask All Sailors 32/3653 This is not going to be your regular post but I am running out of options...I need some advice fr
Boat Insurance Pegasusbyrne at 5:23pm 07.01.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1168 Anyone know of an insurance company that specializes in insuring Beneteau's. A friend has a Moody a
A sporting chance SailboatOwners.com at 3:20pm 07.01.07 Ask All Sailors 12/1420 Sailing can be an exhilarating sport in its own right. But most of us sail to relax and focus on th
Sticky elcet cable Carl at 11:25pm 06.29.07 Big Boats 3/1052 My 30 amp dock power cord is sticky. A year ago I wiped down the cord with Mary Kate's "Inflatable
GPS as EPIRB? Warren Milberg at 3:04am 06.30.07 Ask All Sailors 14/1353 In this day and age of high tech electronic miniaturization, is there any reason why the makers of h
Success w/fiberglass repair? Steve L22188 at 3:53am 06.30.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1170 I have an 88 O'Day 302 with some fiberglass issues -- voids that have broken thru, a couple of punct
Nauta holding tank odor chrysalis15422 at 2:47am 06.30.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2274 My Nauta flexible holding tank emits a terrible odor. It was never pleasant, but it has gotten worse
Painting the keel jsailor at 2:24am 06.30.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 16/2108 I have removed the keel from my C22 for reconditioning; the rust scale is chipping off easily and I
Irwin 32 swing keel w maney at 8:59am 06.30.07 Other Sailboats 0/1492 I just acquired a 1971 Irwin 32. The swing keel is missing! Does anyone have a drawing or design
Plug in the solar panel? rlaribee at 1:23pm 06.30.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1037 Does the 12 volt power outlet run both ways? If I plugged my solar panel into the outlet, would it
Companionway Doors sailortonyb Allied Mis at 1:36pm 06.30.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1343 I'm strongly considering building new companionway doors. Before I do, I would like to see some of y
Penetrol??? Roger at 2:05pm 06.30.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1251 As a coating on decks etc... An article in "Good Old Boat" extoles its virtues. Sounds easy ' GOOD.

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Moisture readings from survey dlochner at 5:56pm 08.18.21 Funny thing is another survey was done 3 weeks before (long story) but moisture readings was 7% sta
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. (1) Brian M H23 at 5:42pm 08.18.21 Just sharing a funny little memory from that photo. There was a time when I owned a 1988 Bronco II I
Wooden (1) All U Get at 5:34pm 08.18.21 Build a dink! There's nothing like rowing the boat you gave life to around. I highly recommend it
Wooden (2) All U Get at 5:30pm 08.18.21
Moisture readings from survey Ward H at 5:12pm 08.18.21 A couple of points. The moisture meter in the link given by Alan Gomes comes with a copper plate w
Replace Dorade with Solar Vent sail sfbay at 5:07pm 08.18.21 Wouldn't it be simplier to replace your existing dorade vent with a solar vent in its current locati
Hunter 33 Reefing line boom internals Rabe at 5:03pm 08.18.21 Thanks Roy! That makes sense about the two reefing lines. Mine is missing both.
Removing 3M 4000 from aluminum window frames sail sfbay at 4:59pm 08.18.21 Welcome to the forum!! Consider replacing the aluminum frames? Do you know the manufacturer?
Running out of hair to pull out!! rpell1@msn.com at 4:47pm 08.18.21 Not being in the neighbourhood, is the water salt or fresh ? Is this "5 second drip" oil or wate
Water dripping from salon lights Velella at 4:37pm 08.18.21 Just stopped the salon light leak on our 376 this past month by sealing the cover plate screw holes
Moisture readings from survey Gaston1953 at 4:29pm 08.18.21 Sorry I'm selling the boat. This is what the survey states: moisture readings taken of the main deck
Safe to mount screws in the bilge? sail sfbay at 4:13pm 08.18.21 Welcome to the forum!! I like your plan to fill the holes with epoxy. I am risk adverse since the p
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR DayDreamer41 at 4:11pm 08.18.21 Yes that is correct, but there is a wide area for neutral position.
Moisture readings from survey Sailfanatic at 4:10pm 08.18.21 I recently got a survey done last week and all was very good. The hull sounded good,no blistering..
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR Sailfanatic at 4:00pm 08.18.21 Right.... The single lever throttles have a button to press that allows you to increase the throttl
Newbie here with 1977 Hunter 27 sailermania at 3:52pm 08.18.21 Agree, exactly what I thought when I found it and if the owner got hurt, how in the world would crew
Newbie here with 1977 Hunter 27 Roland5048 at 3:11pm 08.18.21 Seemed to me a stupid place, where in my opinion, No, what was stupid was to put a drawer over the
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR (1) kbgunn at 3:06pm 08.18.21 No button in the center of the gearshift/throttle? Right.... The single lever throttles have a bu
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR DayDreamer41 at 2:54pm 08.18.21 No button in the center of the gearshift/throttle?
Hunter 23.5 swing keel sheave replacement HunterKid at 2:34pm 08.18.21 Nice, Thanks.

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