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Buying question George M at 5:58am 02.23.06 Ask An Oday Owner 6/841 I was looking at a 1972 O'Day Daysailor at a salvage yard in my hometown. The boat seems to be in fa
m25 engine repower ronc at 6:41am 02.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 6/1751 I am repowering a Catalina 30 that had the old Universal M25(1985). Does anyone have any experience
HELP- Insurance Info Needed gpd955 at 7:30am 02.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 9/1019 I got a quote from BoatUS insurance but my marina requires a liability limit that they won't give me
Shape of Main Don Guillette at 7:47am 02.23.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/1393 Steve: I've tried to post an answer to you twice but I don't know where they go when I hit submit so
Steel Keel Pin Quinn at 8:21am 02.23.06 Smaller Boats 1/1072 Hello fellow sailors,I brought my 1973 Catalina 22ft to the boatyard for Keel Repair. The keel was
212 rigging eabondy at 8:37am 02.23.06 Smaller Boats 0/724 Has anyone successfully rigged thier 212/216 to haul the main halyard from the tiller or cockpit are
Haul out / Cutlass Issues/prop change? Bob F at 8:33am 02.23.06 Big Boats 5/792 I'm having a cutlass bearing starting to go and I'll need to pull the boat to have it done. While it
Rudders Steve Leon at 8:24am 02.23.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/873 As the proud owner of a 1996 26x, I am always looking for improvements for "Panacea." I'm wondering
Steering - Tiller vs. Pedestal & Wheel - Mac 26S (1) Sean at 9:04am 02.23.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/3064 Hello out there, I'm trying to decide whether I should install a pedestal steering column on my Mac
Grampian burgee (1) George Stuteville at 9:04am 02.23.06 Grampian 2/1776 The Grampian burgee I recently ordered is in. I have posted apicture. It is really nice; top qualit
Finished that storage project under the sink!! (1) quickdraw66 at 10:06am 02.23.06 Smaller Boats 1/860 Ill post the other pic on the photo forum.
hull repair or manfacturing mold bumps hightower at 9:44am 02.23.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/929 I am looking to buy a Hunter 34 1983 model. It looks loke a large repair had been done on the port s
Convert quarter berth orientation Brett B at 1:24pm 02.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 5/1671 Has anyone considered converting the quarter berth to a beamwise orientation? It looks like one cou
all the stuff working together (1) Rob H26 Monterey Bay at 1:27pm 02.23.06 Smaller Boats 2/815 Well you folks were a great inspiration to me, the many great ideas in the photo forum spurred me on
Leak under cockpit pedestal on '97 Mac 26X Gazmn at 12:43pm 02.23.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1956 Hi All,New used boat owner here. Among the bugs I must address preseason is a leak that stems fro
SEA Trial.... What should I look for? FOB at 9:53pm 02.21.06 Ask All Sailors 16/1433 I have my Sea Trial coming up this spring... This is my first Sea Trial with an inboard... It is a C
Jabsco 29120 - stuck wet/dry valve TimGreg at 10:12pm 02.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2906 When winterizing, I noticed that the marine toilet (Jabsco 29120) operated as if on the dry setting
New Hatch on H28 (1) Steve at 10:44pm 02.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/730 I have a 1992 H28. Has anyone with an H28 replaced the "sky light" in the main cabin with an openin
Hood Line drive system sailor5017 at 9:58pm 02.21.06 Big Boats 5/959 I am considering installing the single line Hood Furler upgrade to my 91 37.5. Has anyone had expe
barrier Coat fox at 11:20pm 02.21.06 Ask All Sailors 8/1182 I will be applying interlux interprotect 2000/2001 to my 22 foot sailboat. How much of the 2000/20

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New Boat Owner Help sailormanbigd at 1:00pm 12.04.20 update; Andrew not around, yard person said local yard packed full! Called Certified sales and the a
Adding shore power? NINEv2 at 12:57pm 12.04.20 #1 If you want AC shore power, find/buy a boat that already has it. #2 If you insist on doing it y
Old Nissan 2 stroke outboard parts? azambella at 12:42pm 12.04.20 Got them from an OB repair shop in Hingham, MA They are obsolete. but they have a substitute. FYI.
Replacing datamarine transducers with Raymarine? dlochner at 12:34pm 12.04.20 Wondering if anyone has experience replacing the Datamarine Depth or Speed transducers with a more
Hunt for a 310 daviddp at 12:31pm 12.04.20 Perhaps you have better luck (if) when the border opens. We got lucky last year when we bought a C35
Vend�e Globe? PaulK at 12:11pm 12.04.20 If Samantha's keel box is compromised with those long diagonal cracks (she mostly fixed a leak where
Hatch size (5) SV At Last at 12:05pm 12.04.20 Went by to make sure the boat was still floating. Measured the outside dimensions of the hatches sin
Need new motor throttle twistedskipper at 12:04pm 12.04.20
New Boat Owner Help Rick Webb at 12:03pm 12.04.20 It'll be cheaper in the end to just have it trucked down to you. I understand it's not as sexy an a
ST1000 Tiller Autopilot installation Beneteau First 20 (1) Hunter216 at 12:02pm 12.04.20 I screen grabbed this from the online video https://www.beneteau.com/en/first-2006-2016/first-20 o
Rigging turning while raising the mast stickinthemud57 at 11:57am 12.04.20 Good info re the tape and good point re the inspection. Perhaps a section of clear tubing would do t
New Boat Owner Help DArcy at 11:55am 12.04.20 Don't give up on the engine yet, it may be recoverable. A woman I follow on Instagram with an Island
New Boat Owner Help PaulK at 11:52am 12.04.20 I would even consider launching and anchoring out for free if a safe place exists? How far south yo
New Boat Owner Help DArcy at 11:48am 12.04.20 That is a beautiful boat. The picture shows a support for a cover over the boat. If you are going to
New Boat Owner Help (4) sailormanbigd at 11:47am 12.04.20 just more boat porn
New Boat Owner Help sailormanbigd at 11:46am 12.04.20 I would even consider launching and anchoring out for free if a safe place exists? How far south you
New Boat Owner Help sailormanbigd at 11:44am 12.04.20 lots of good advice, thank you! I just spoke with the widow for 20 mins. She knows a local guy who g
Hacked? Rick Webb at 11:35am 12.04.20 DON"T use a debit card. If a debit card gets hacked it is up to you to show the charges were not you
Vend�e Globe? jon hansen at 11:32am 12.04.20 these boats are not "bluewater" boats. just like an indy car is not an off road vehicle
Halloween cruise jssailem at 11:14am 12.04.20 Well lucky you. Congrats. I am sure the M2 would fit like a Rocna Vulcan. 2020 has been a bummer of

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