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Non-skid gelcoat mold for 1984 Hunter 31 jrmellin at 9:15pm 12.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/910 I was looking to repair some spider cracks in the non-skid lazarette covers on our 1984 Hunter 31 wi
Opinion on Keel Crack (2) Berk at 9:03pm 12.13.20 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1590 Hi, I would appreciate it if you can share your opinion on this keel of 302. I can't visit the boat
Got a new sailing dinghy Davidasailor26 at 7:22pm 12.13.20 Ask All Sailors 100/10876 A couple months ago @Captain W asked for some opinions about good choices for a tender, and @TomY m
Fiberglass Scratches and Overall polish Monterey385 at 6:33pm 12.13.20 Ask All Sailors 9/683 Meguires, Fleetwax, 3M, or other for Sailboat fiberglass and stainless steel? Go
Universal Kubota water pump failure. Skipper at 3:55pm 12.13.20 Ask All Sailors 19/2858
Jabsco Compact Electric Head John AL at 1:33pm 12.13.20 Smaller Boats 5/833 Hello! I'm the new owner of a Catalina 250 Wing Keel. I need to know if the Jabsco Electric head wit
B323 roller main Ron20324 at 9:52am 12.13.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1086 A new member has a problem with his roller main. Does someone on here have one that can offer "trick
Texas December Racing Bill19233 at 6:53am 12.13.20 Racing 21/2225 We raced my Hunter 340 in the GBCA Chili Chase Regatta on December 5th on Galveston Bay. Had a great
Mounting turning block to the base of the mast (4) ricksoth at 10:59pm 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 25/7618 I would like to route my halyards to the cockpit for single hand sailing this summer. The cost to h
Lines - how to determine if what I have is junk or okay (6) ricksoth at 9:49pm 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 30/2432 I purchased a 27' sailboat and there were a number of lines on the boat other than mooring type line
Catalina 34 dodger neshanic-nj at 2:49pm 12.12.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/2612 I'm considering replacing my dodger on my Catalina 34. Does anyone have any general idea on what th
Electrical Refit Sanity Check (1) Br3nt at 1:07pm 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 7/885 Ok, I realize 'refit' and 'sanity' don't belong in the same thread. Anyway, among the refit we're do
Looking to trailer a Cal 2- 30 Anybody do in this? ACESPACK at 8:55am 12.12.20 Trailer Sailors 7/818 Good morning, I am looking to move a Cal 2-30 from Southern Cal to Central Cal. The boat weighs 10
Today is the day... (1) Brian D at 8:48am 12.12.20 Sails Call Lounge 32/1212 188148
Head stay wire size Sail Maui at 8:20am 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 7/932 I have a 30 year old ProFurl L31 roller furler with a 1x25 wire headstay that I am refurbishing this
Beneteau 393 battery charger location Larry737 at 10:41pm 12.11.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/2116 Hi all. I have a 2005 Beneteau 393 (2 cabin) equipped with a Xantrax 1800 watt inverter and a Xantra
Christmas Cruise - 2020 Terry Cox at 7:49pm 12.11.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 23/1662 Okay you hardy land lubber souls, Belle-Vie is back in business with an operating Genset once again.
New Start Battery? Mickstr at 6:46pm 12.11.20 Ask All Sailors 9/919 Replacing my 2 Group 31 general purpose batteries on my O'Day 322, w/2GM20F engine. All LED interior
Check Your GFI's (3) leo310 at 5:16pm 12.11.20 Catalina 310 12/1148 Found the GFI plugs not working. I looked at both and found this by the Nav Station. Had to replace
Beneteau rudder tube/grid Holomoku1 at 2:57pm 12.11.20 Ask All Sailors 18/2366 I have a 2007 Beneteau 43.4 Cyclades. We bought it in Grenada and are sailing out to Hawaii. We ju

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Busbar Ampacity Confusion dlochner at 12:58pm 02.26.24 The Marinco/BEP Proseries is a great system. I especially like the surface mounted switches, a much
Busbar Ampacity Confusion rgranger at 12:57pm 02.26.24 This might be an ignorant question (not my first ;) ) but isn't 400 amps a LOT:yikes: The typical h
Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest captain69 at 12:49pm 02.26.24 As long as it's okay with me being in the water, but within sight of land, I'm fine with it. As I i
Login issue - You are not allowed (1) rgranger at 12:45pm 02.26.24 It could be magic
Login issue - You are not allowed kappykaplan at 12:25pm 02.26.24 Confirmed technical issue (now corrected) with Dave and Phil.
Hunter 356 stanchion jdrutten at 12:22pm 02.26.24 You can certainly remove the headliner, but you can't really replace the backing plate since it is e
Obligatory log-in? Dave at 12:19pm 02.26.24 I stay logged in and was having trouble accessing the forums since last evening until a few minutes
Busbar Ampacity Confusion jssailem at 11:56am 02.26.24 Rather than connecting 2 dissimilar buss bars, why not make your own copper buss bar using the info
Oh so dirty bilges Timm R Oday25 at 11:44am 02.26.24 Peggie ,as always thanks . My initial intent was to use a small 12 volt "muffin fan" powered by it's
No holding tank options? MikeHoncho at 11:02am 02.26.24 All composting toilets have a urine container. What you do with it or the composting side of it is
Login issue - You are not allowed Ward H at 10:09am 02.26.24 Several times in past weeks, and also this morning, I have received a message at login that I am no
Obligatory log-in? Roland5048 at 10:00am 02.26.24 I was doing a little maintenance on the site and inadvertently blocked Guests from viewing threads.
Oh so dirty bilges Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:54am 02.26.24 @Timm R Oday25 and I were chatting a while back about potential options for the tiny "well" in the b
Hunter 356 stanchion JamesG161 at 6:16am 02.26.24 Try this how to do it. Bedding Deck Hardware With Bed-IT Tape - Marine How To From the site by @Ma
Obligatory log-in? Dave at 12:48pm 02.25.24 Yup. Working again as it should for me. I only log in when I have something to say (write). My brow
Can you ID this shifter? Sailm8 at 12:38pm 02.25.24 Thanks! That's a big help
Oh so dirty bilges Timm R Oday25 at 12:37pm 02.25.24 That is exactly the same as ours . I removed the whole step assembly by simply taking the screws out
Obligatory log-in? Jim Legere at 12:27pm 02.25.24 Yup. Working again as it should for me. I only log in when I have something to say (write). My brows
Keel repair Project_Mayhem at 11:31am 02.25.24 The repair will most likely involve sanding away the bottom paint and rust. Then re-applying appropr
Keel FastOlson at 11:13am 02.25.24 Anecdotal information, with no guarantees.... :) when we had our keel dropped and re-bedded, I asked

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