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Jabsco toilet doesn't take in water BarryL at 12:38pm 04.30.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1373 Hello,After putting my boat back in the water, all is good. Except, the head doesn't pump water in
blister on gelcoat JB at 1:01pm 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 1/919 I just took off shrink rhap ownly to find a lot blister bubles on wight gelcoat how do i fix this or
Entertainment while boating! Jason at 1:31pm 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1248 Hi all, i am interested in installing a Cd player in our sailboat, has anyone done this and have sug
Lowering gooseneck on mast Jeff Wessel at 2:00pm 04.30.06 Day Sailers 9/1334 Well, I have received my sliding gooseneck from Dwyer. I slid it into the track just to see the fit
Window shopping ex-admin at 12:11pm 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 20/1639 Some sailors are always in the market for a new boat. Many are quite content with the boat they've s
pin for genoa sliding block (1) sseibert3 at 12:09pm 04.30.06 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 1/1409 Need to find a replacement pin for my port slip block for my genoa sheet line. I believe the block
Cooler Shelf Bob Silsbee at 12:03pm 04.30.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/852 My wife and I just bought our first sdailboat, a 1986 Hunter 25.5. While cleaning and making it our
Airforce Sails? Sail Numbers for mainsail?? JibeMama at 3:07pm 04.30.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/962 I am thinking of ordering an "off the shelf" mainsail for my 1982 Catalina 27 from Airforce sails.
Hunter 146/170 Mast, Boom Foaming / Noodling - done!! Tereza at 2:42pm 04.30.06 Day Sailers 8/2061 Finally did it...took about 2 hours actual time, though if you factor in all the staring and creativ
Painting the cabin mrader at 2:36pm 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 7/5823 I want to repaint the cabin on my boat. The guy at our local sail shop said we can use regular enam
Rudder dimensions mrader at 2:33pm 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1258 I bought my first sailboat a couple of weeks ago. It is an Aquarius 23. Someone replaced the rudde
Catalina 22 Masthead Help kanak67 at 4:21pm 04.30.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1327 I will be stepping the mast to install the VHF antenna, Windex, and anchor light. I purchased from
What Is Your Favorite Beneteau? Phil at 9:00pm 04.28.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1156 I know what my favorite Beneteau is...the 42s7...she's a beauty. Tell me about yours. When I finally
wind instrument Kerry13709 at 9:52pm 04.28.06 Ask All Sailors 3/939 I am looking at replaceing a broken wind system by NKE. I am considering the Raymarine system, st60
Anchor chain caliber Ersin14832 at 11:51pm 04.28.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1291 I have a Beneteau 361. My boat's chain is 60 meter 10mm caliber. I will change my chain 100 meter cr
Best source for saving $ on a new main TSnyder at 11:29pm 04.28.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/811 I am in need of a new main for my 91 Mac 26S. What do you recommend?
Raymarine Depth meter on H26??? Pete at 2:28am 04.29.06 Smaller Boats 6/950 Has anyone put a Raymarine ST 40 Depth instrument (or ST40bidata-depth+speed) in their 260.I found
new battery Chris Akeley at 1:15am 04.29.06 Smaller Boats 7/808 Hello,I think my 23.5 might need a new battery. I don't know the first thing about them. The onl
DODGER WINDOS jake at 1:51am 04.29.06 Mid-Size Boats 4/897 Good morning too all. can anyone recommend what to use on the dodger windows? It seems to me that y
272 reefing duke13524 at 4:56am 04.29.06 Bigger Boats 1/1560 This is our first season with a 272 (1986).Last weekend on our maiden voyage we found the reefing sy

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Spinnaker on marlow hunter 31 (2) Hello Below at 1:38pm 12.17.20 Can you fly a spinnaker on the new marlow hunter 31 with no backstay? I have seen a top down furler
So many questions - 24ft Laguna Windrose Nunyadamn at 1:17pm 12.17.20 This Harken catalog might prove useful to browse through. :) https://flipbook.brandbits.com/99077e
Clinometer justsomeguy at 1:16pm 12.17.20 Or buy a new single unit and free up the other bulkhead for something useful.
So many questions - 24ft Laguna Windrose Nunyadamn at 1:15pm 12.17.20 Nice mast stepping system. A few things that might make some improvements I assume your gin pole i
Clinometer alexco38 at 1:11pm 12.17.20 Put 2 normal one on each side and a black electrical tape on half on them. Works and cheap.
Do I need a main downhaul? H26 (1) joecool911 at 1:07pm 12.17.20 Here is the furling drum attachment as Dave requested.
Procedure for ensuring no water in cylinders of 3YM30 before cranking? tfox2069 at 12:47pm 12.17.20 So to follow up - good news, and some lessons: The Good News I pulled the injectors on the 3YM30 (m
Clinometer Don S/V ILLusion at 12:36pm 12.17.20
An intro and a question jon hansen at 12:34pm 12.17.20 yo dave, "more sail" "square footage, square footage, square footage" in a run or deep reach it wi
Do I need a main downhaul? H26 shemandr at 12:26pm 12.17.20
Got a Venture 21 should I move up to a MacGregor 26s stickinthemud57 at 12:13pm 12.17.20 Pretty sure not. Just a magneto, no sign of a generator in the online parts diagrams. Agree that the
Electric oil change pump shemandr at 12:11pm 12.17.20 I had the West Marine type referenced in post # 4 and it worked great. It was not exhausting and yo
Shrink Wrap not done! Rick486 at 11:41am 12.17.20 I dropped off my 40 plus foot boat at my Marina on October 18 for winterizing and shrink wrap. As y
Shrink Wrap not done! Scott T-Bird at 11:37am 12.17.20 That's a lot of time between October 18 and now. Did you not question them earlier? Did you have a
Shrink Wrap not done! Justin_NSA at 11:23am 12.17.20 Can you share the methodology of growing your boat by more than 4'? I'd like a cheap way of turnin
Got a Venture 21 should I move up to a MacGregor 26s Justin_NSA at 11:22am 12.17.20 Does your outboard have a generator? How will you plan to recharge the battery(s) if you are staying
Prop shaft zinc 321 fstbttms at 11:10am 12.17.20 No he didn't the one I posted is 25mm read the fine print west marine seems to thinks its 1 inch a
Prop shaft zinc 321 Mechone at 11:06am 12.17.20 You ordered a 1" anode to be used on a 25mm shaft. It's too big by 4/10mm and will not seat properl
Shrink Wrap not done! Meriachee at 10:55am 12.17.20 I dropped off my 40 plus foot boat Can you share the methodology of growing your boat by more than
Got a Venture 21 should I move up to a MacGregor 26s Sailor1001 at 10:53am 12.17.20 Here is a link for the propane heater. It looks like Force10 sold their business to Dickinson and t

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