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Removing Parquet wood floors in 34' Wahya at 12:01am 06.09.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/705
Help rigging Seidelmann S245 Ron Snipes at 12:10am 06.09.07 Seidelmann 1/2061 I have refurbished '84 Seidelmann 245. I have no help but finally figured out how to raise the mast
Removing Parquet wood floors in 34' Wahya at 12:10am 06.09.07 Bigger Boats 0/985
Cockpit Drains Hummingbird at 10:51pm 06.08.07 Smaller Boats 0/1102 These drains work fine while sailing but when the boat's on the trailer they get all clogged up. Any
Electronic Fog Horns Marc at 2:05am 06.09.07 Ask All Sailors 7/2319 Has anyone installed an electronic fog horn or similar that when activated automaticly sounds the ap
Rigging a spinaker on a 192 J P Turkey at 12:19pm 06.09.07 Day Sailers 1/1229 I bought a spinnaker on Ebay on a whim. It was cheap. It might be a little too big. Does anybody
halyard runs Vic Castleton at 12:24pm 06.09.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/895 I need to replace my spinnacre halyard and am going to bring it out of the mast to be able to "bump"
Fraudulent listing on eBay KorculaChris at 11:51am 06.09.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1103 Some of you may remember last week's thread on a fraudulent listing on eBay. I reported it to eBay,
Emergency Tiller Gary Ameele at 10:50am 06.09.07 Mid-Size Boats 2/1057 Our 1994 Catalina 28 does not have an emergency tiller. We purchased it used. Did the boat come wi
Ferriello holding tank internal sensor rod Allan Frey at 10:31am 06.09.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1134 Does anyone have experience installing and using the Ferriello (New Providence Marine) holding tank
Halyard shackle krag13957 at 10:19am 06.09.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/907 I have the US Spars Z300e furling main for the Beneteau OC281. The shackle for the main does not app
Batteries for the OC281 krag13957 at 10:14am 06.09.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/964 I have 1996 OC281. The boat had deep cycle West Marine Batteries in the engine compartment and under
replacing rudder bushings in a 356 miguelgdelrey at 9:07am 06.09.07 Big Boats 4/1372 Has anyone replaced the rudder bushings on a 356?My boat was on the ground on stands and a friend
Dragging Shaft Kurt Oberhofer at 7:56am 06.09.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1219 Question: I have a Vagabond-47 with a 85hp Ford Lehman diesel with Hurth Gear box. While sailing pre
Engine Key blanks Doedee at 6:19am 06.09.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1535 My 1990 41f5 has an M50 Perkins Engine. (50 hp.)Perkins was sold a number of times. I am looking f
Have a Starwind, need help ..rigging topics! Bonny George at 5:22am 06.09.07 Other Sailboats 0/1254 Trying to prep a newly bought Starwind, questions about sail tenders???? Boom air block rig??? and m
Javelin Main Sheet JBB20755 at 5:15am 06.09.07 Day Sailers 4/1880 I have an early 70's (pre 75) Javelin. Can anyone give me an idea of how to run the mainsheet? I hav
Second forward stay Mac Mire at 4:09am 06.09.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/987 I have a CDI Furler I use on my genoa, but I would like to rig up a second forward stay for my jib.
Cruising Range of 356 on an tank of fuel Craig at 3:53am 06.09.07 Big Boats 4/1268 I'm wondering what the motoring cruising range on a 356. I know it is a sailboat I just want to know
H34 problem areas geoff16655 at 2:48am 06.09.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1280 I am about to inspect a 1983 H34 shoal draft cruiser with a view to purchase. Are there any specific

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Green as a granny smith apple /starting a 2001 Bene 361 outwardboundguy at 7:07am 08.13.21 Hi Dave Thanks for the information, there is still a small red handle to the right of the other 3h
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook (4) Nodak7 at 7:04am 08.13.21
Broken bolts and headaches rgranger at 6:59am 08.13.21 Instead of going one size larger.... consider filling the hole with JB Weld and tapping that. I've
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Crazy Dave Condon at 6:58am 08.13.21 @isaksp00 gave you very much good advice. Thank you sir. Sending a private message Crazy Dave Co
NOT buying H34 DeniseO30 at 6:57am 08.13.21 So I don't think you can actually change your handle name.. Anyhow, getting ready to fill the water
Rode Length Tedd at 6:55am 08.13.21 Trip line is ok if the anchorage isn't crowded. But then, it isn't needed. On the contrary, in my
Broken bolts and headaches smokey73 at 6:55am 08.13.21 A slight alternative on @dLj method. I have use this to remove the remains of a broken bolt on a 1
Air draft for Hunter 420 Passage sail sfbay at 6:50am 08.13.21 Estimate 60.5 ft ( 64.5 - ) based on your boat's I of 47.8" and post #11 reported air draft for a J
Bow Nav Light Bracket Project_Mayhem at 6:47am 08.13.21 Welcome to the forum!! Catalina sells another option: Navigation Light Bracket - Clamp On (catalin
Rode Length smokey73 at 6:44am 08.13.21 Good idea but one that does not always work. On chain in light conditions you cannot tell the scope
A few 260 upgrades Crazy Dave Condon at 6:43am 08.13.21 @rs1sensen Where the anchor roller goes, you will find encapsulated aluminum plate in the fiberglas
Broken bolts and headaches dmax at 6:42am 08.13.21 I would go the EZ Out route if you can drill straight into the bolt. Apply some PB Blaster (or simil
Rode Length Rick486 at 6:41am 08.13.21 Your wish is possible. Tie a trip line to your anchor. Let enough line out to deal with the depth a
Rode Length Tedd at 6:39am 08.13.21 Then one night during the tide change I heard something scraping the bottom of the boat while lying
Rode Length justsomeguy at 6:29am 08.13.21
A few quick battery box questions (1) sail sfbay at 6:26am 08.13.21 Consider a vent at the top corners as show in the photo below for this commercially-available four (
Yanmar alternator loosens way too often (1) Maine Sail at 6:21am 08.13.21 Yes the bolts are super tight. I think I will reconfigure the bracket a bit (extend the adjustmen
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook sailtheworld79 at 6:11am 08.13.21 On our 2006 H41DS we carry a bank of 6 6v Trojan Batteries (3 sets of 2 in series). The aH's for th
Air draft for Hunter 420 Passage smokey73 at 6:07am 08.13.21 @galliob53 Did a few searches and found a marketing brochure for a Passage 420 and I stand correct
A few quick battery box questions GonzoF1 at 6:06am 08.13.21 If I know your flute size I will have to get my slide rule out and start making calculations. What

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