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Converting to fresh water flush sailgirl at 7:08pm 05.16.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/3610 We have a Catalina 387 with a Raritan electric head. It is set up for raw water flushing and we wou
Use on Anti-seize on motor bolts in saltwater Skippercanuck at 12:15am 05.17.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1541 My 92 OMC 8 hp O/B had a cracked exhaust gallery cover when I got it this spring as part of a boat d
Osmosis..Q&A for daysailors. Skippercanuck at 12:42am 05.17.07 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1204 Problem: A 1980 O'Day 23 arrived here with a lot of old antifouling build up to be removed. Scraping
auto pilot or tiller tamer walt at 1:18am 05.17.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3141 I would like to get my boat so that it is "more comfortable" for single handed sailing. I have a han
Almost Trim question Jim Seamans at 1:14am 05.17.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/2296 What do most of you use to attach the tailtales to the sails?I need to put mine back on the sails.
looking to visit P42 & 450 Ed at 2:15am 05.17.07 Big Boats 5/792 I'm interested in the Hunter P42 ' the H450. I'd like to get a chance to visit these boats locally.
Hunter 34 Comment and Question craig at 2:24am 05.17.07 Big Boats 6/907 A couple months ago or longer I posted a question about a leak...It was migrating out the aft fixed
battery replacement jack gallagher at 2:28am 05.17.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1629 It is time to replace the two batteries in my cat 270. I don't have a lot of ocal choices up here
79-27 Hunter Toe Rail Ed at 3:44am 05.17.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1065 I am a new sailor and have recently acquired a Hunter 27 with approximately 6 feet of damaged Port T
Top speed Scott B at 2:36am 05.17.07 Mid-Size Boats 23/2293 Last weekend we were out and hit 7.4 knots at one point and I know I could have squeezed a little mo
head installation access Tim Haibach at 4:07am 05.17.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1101 How does one access the backside of the fiberglass to remove or tighen the nuts when mounting the ba
Mast Paint renom2 at 4:19am 05.17.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1007 HelloThe paint at the bottom of the mast on my ODay 25 is beginning to peel. What type of paint w
oday javelin 15' Charles at 5:58am 05.17.07 Day Sailers 2/1750 my father owns an oday javelin 15' that my family bought him for fathers day a few years back......a
MOB single handed steve g at 6:36am 05.17.07 Ask All Sailors 32/2288 Does anyone have an idea as to turning off an autopilot when sailing single handed if a MOB occurs?
Sailors Prayer Larry3525 at 6:54am 05.17.07 Ask All Sailors 9/7825 I am the Commodore of my yacht club this year and am doing a Memorial Day Service as is our custom.
Yanmar Diesel Parts gr8_2_av8 at 7:03am 05.17.07 Big Boats 6/894 Hi I have a 2GM and need a new exhaust fitting with the water inject port. I believe they call it a
Id number+ nitemare at 7:14am 05.17.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1143 Thank you for your replys. Found it laying in the bilge under the winch. Is the last two numbers of
Westerbeke 30B3 diesel Stan21606 at 7:49am 05.17.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1875 As it hasn't been done in many years, I want to drainand flush the coolant in my Westerbeke 30B3.
Seadance & Tukki Bird sailaway78 at 8:08am 05.17.07 Ask All Sailors 26/1913 For all who have been following the posts of Seadance, and making comments. Some good and some not s
Guard Rail Netting Mal at 8:33am 05.17.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1525 Can anyone advise which is the best and neatest way to attache gaurd rail netting to the gaurdrails

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Best of Luck dlochner at 2:27pm 08.21.21 The problem with Solar Panels is they can catch updrafts. Since your boat @dlochner appears to be
Wooden rgranger at 2:26pm 08.21.21 I tend to think that led those students who were legitimately college bound to stigmatize those wh
Hunter 31 Main sail luff. shemandr at 2:24pm 08.21.21 My Mark 25 was set up like that and I never got it. Although it looked sloppy, that boat had a very
Best of Luck JamesG161 at 2:11pm 08.21.21 The problem with Solar Panels is they can catch updrafts. Since your boat @dlochner appears to be o
Oday 272 LE Bulkhead and bilge water sail sfbay at 1:49pm 08.21.21 Welcome to the forum!! 1. Need to find out the source of water entrance into the bilge and stop it.
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? dLj at 1:29pm 08.21.21 Ralph Johnstone...........six to seven years out of an application of bottom paint is remarkable an
Best of Luck kloudie1 at 1:27pm 08.21.21 Man, I knew a woman who kept me out of some trouble, but it cost me more than a new engine/trans! ;)
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? dLj at 1:23pm 08.21.21 You say coast of BC - are you in fresh or sea water?
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? sail sfbay at 1:20pm 08.21.21 Ralph Johnstone...........six to seven years out of an application of bottom paint is remarkable and
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? Charles Erwin at 1:19pm 08.21.21 Ralph Is your permanent moorage influenced by any fresh water source? Does your boat go to dry st
Best of Luck (2) dlochner at 1:18pm 08.21.21 @kloudie1 Thank you for the good wishes. Fortunately, Second Star is an unusually prescient boat th
Complete new bimini/dodger/enclosure H38 - Ideas, Tips, Recommendations? (2) sail sfbay at 1:04pm 08.21.21 Rather than make a long post of dodger/bimini/full enclosure specifications suggest taking a look at
Hunter 31 Main sail luff. Dennis Kitchen at 12:49pm 08.21.21 Thanks kloudie1, I kinda suspected that but mine is set up a little funky and I wanted confirmati
Active Solar Vents for original Bomar hatches - Recommendations? sail sfbay at 12:45pm 08.21.21 Same subject came up on this recent thread and post #5 seems to be the one folks like the best Repla
Hunter 31 Main sail luff. (1) kloudie1 at 12:43pm 08.21.21 The "jack line" allows the sail to be reefed/lowered without opening the mast track gate . Without t
Replace Dorade with Solar Vent (1) sail sfbay at 12:39pm 08.21.21 Do those move more air than the pitiful little PVC ones? Do not know.......they just look good vs.
SELF TAILING WINCH ARM DIRECTION (1) Sailfanatic at 12:20pm 08.21.21 That piece is called named the feeder arm. It's purpose is, as the sheet is winched, to extract the
Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass Issues (1) Nodak7 at 12:01pm 08.21.21 I'm about to embark on doing PM on mine (2007 H38 saltwater boat). It is currently working fine, b
Making use floor grid space H34 (&others DeniseO30 at 11:59am 08.21.21 Kloudie thank you! I can see now the bilge is much larger than I thought! but of course the plywood
What do you do while stuck awaiting outside repairs? BigEasy at 11:54am 08.21.21 John, Good luck with the window leak, I just finished a major project to replace a fixed skyli

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