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Retrieving a 170. TimHayes at 10:14pm 01.30.07 Day Sailers 5/1430 My father who is a life-long fisherman and owner of many fishing boats took one look at my 170 and m
Hunter Toerail All Seasons at 10:48pm 01.30.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1509 Looking for toerail for 1984 Hunter 34. Any ideas?
deck delamination fix slick at 10:51pm 01.30.07 Ask All Sailors 10/3841 I am planning for a small deck delamination repair from below. The area is about 2feet x 1 foot wide
Why do you some"guys" ruin everything? PJ at 12:09am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 43/2354 Why do some of you guys have to ruin everything? And why does this list serve allow suggestive pics
email communications at sea david b at 12:23am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 3/917 Our boat will be spending most of her time in the Med and we hope eventually to live on her most of
cruising David11038 at 1:18am 01.31.07 Day Sailers 3/1318 Attached is a website with some well-written and photographed "cruises" made by some people in their
Replacing Bow Eye on 25ft MacGregor jimbo at 3:24am 01.31.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3792 how do replace the bow eye on a 25 ft sailboat? The bow eye is loose, it can adjust a 1/2 in and out
Standing Rigging Replacement Matt at 4:08am 01.31.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1382 What would be a ballpark price for replacing the standing rigging on my 78 Catalina 27? The mast is
Spring is in the air? GARY CRIPPS at 3:44am 01.31.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/922 Not a question just a observation. With all the new posts you certainly can tell everyone is counti
Sailor Missing at Sea... Chuck at 4:40am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1163 ...in apparently good weather, good visibility etc. Why wouldn't they spot the boat or any floating
Engine Mounts - P36-2 / 3HM35F NYSail at 5:11am 01.31.07 Other Sailboats 7/2336 Getting ready to change the mounts on my engine as they are original (20-years) and are covered in r
GPS Chartplotter Screen Size NautiDuck at 5:30am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 12/2274 OK, I have been researching chartplotters and my head is so full of data I could explode. We will s
transplant neil foster at 5:50am 01.31.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/863 I was wondering if any or all parts from a 1978 hunter 33 would transfer to a 1987 hunter 34. Most i
Carbon Fiber Capt. Kermie at 7:32am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1123 So, we now have carbon fiber masts on the market. Any experience with them out there? Are they worth
My 1978 Spinnaker ... still going strong on 272 (1) NewportVic at 7:51am 01.31.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1490 Out on the gulf today 74 degrees ... wind under 10. Kept us around 4Kts.Vic "Seven"
replacing propeller shaft coupling propeller al provencher at 7:48am 01.31.07 Seidelmann 0/1422 I would like to know if anybody has purchased a perfect pitch propeller and how do you like it. They
Can you believe some of the crap... (1) Bob Todd at 7:45am 01.31.07 Other Sailboats 18/9301 ...some NON-Nonsuchers are spewing in the thread linked below? Where the hell are they getting their
Flex-O-Fold Propellers allsail at 9:56am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1470 I am planning a trip down the ICW, from Annapolis to St Marys, Georgia this August/September. In pre
Give me the poop on my vented loop Seattle Scott at 8:42am 01.31.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1080 I have a starboard side head with the holding tank a foot way with no Y valve, all waste goes into t
Seaward instrument light Jon W. at 9:30am 01.31.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1346 I need a replacement lamp for the volt meter in my Seaward engine instrument panel. Does anyone kno

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Green as a granny smith apple /starting a 2001 Bene 361 outwardboundguy at 3:51am 08.14.21 The pictures are a good help. Everyone has given me an answer to get me going in the right direction
Broken bolts and headaches (1) jibes138 at 1:16am 08.14.21 Another option is drill it out, tap the hole and install a stud with two sizes of thread. The larger
San Pedro to Two Harbors in a 19' Mariner JackOlsen at 12:27am 08.14.21 We had a great trip, there and back. And I was surprised to be greeted by name after mooring in Two
Broken bolts and headaches Tedd at 9:34pm 08.13.21 .... consider filling the hole with JB Weld and tapping that. Loctite form-a-thread is better for
NOT buying H34 swshogren at 9:23pm 08.13.21 And, does anyone really use the after quarter berth/ double bed for two people? We tend to call it t
NOT buying H34 swshogren at 9:20pm 08.13.21 what did they do with the space under the chart table? the louvered cabinet looks like mine that's i
Effluent Discharge from Holding Tank Vent Hayden Watson at 8:58pm 08.13.21 A DC motor will turn the wrong way if you have the polarity reversed. I would make sure that you ha
Effluent Discharge from Holding Tank Vent LVGS at 8:24pm 08.13.21 If the discharge hose was blocked or the thruhull was closed, the back pressure could do that. No o
Help with identifying my boat? Murgatroid at 7:59pm 08.13.21 The motor mount makes me doubt that it is some club racer.
Green as a granny smith apple /starting a 2001 Bene 361 Davidasailor26 at 7:18pm 08.13.21 Stu is right of course. Just to clarify my guidance above for any future passers-by of the thread -
Green as a granny smith apple /starting a 2001 Bene 361 BigEasy at 7:00pm 08.13.21 Great photo. If your vessel is wired like many Bene's you don't likely have "HOUSE" and "START" you
NOT buying H34 (1) DeniseO30 at 6:57pm 08.13.21 I closed the doors to the quarter berth very yachty!
Beneteau 361 2001 Lower Chainplates replacing damaged rubber seal Harry Mathias at 6:55pm 08.13.21 Thank you, Mechone! I understand.
Effluent Discharge from Holding Tank Vent Don S/V ILLusion at 6:53pm 08.13.21 If the discharge hose was blocked or the thruhull was closed, the back pressure could do that. No ot
Battery Selector Switch Setting BlowMeAway at 6:51pm 08.13.21
New outboard and new adjustable bracket (1) geola1 at 6:39pm 08.13.21 The whole thing is puzzling. But the storage for the gas is right about the bolts for the adjustable
Beneteau 361 2001 Lower Chainplates replacing damaged rubber seal Mechone at 6:36pm 08.13.21 Thank you Then that is where the large Stainless Steel shaft inside the boat terminates then? under
Marine grade solar CarlN at 6:29pm 08.13.21 Flexible panels on boats seem to have much shorter lives in the south where they overheat more easil
New outboard and new adjustable bracket LeeandRick at 6:26pm 08.13.21 @geola1 I almost answered the question from my experience with a Catalina 25 that you have in your p
Solent Stay H36 (2) DianaOfBurlington at 6:19pm 08.13.21 Some owners have converted their cutters to sloops by removing the inner forestay and the running b

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