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Canvas Mike8138 at 3:35am 12.05.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1110 I live in the northern Philadelphia suburbs and keep my boat in Middle River (just above Baltimore).
Image stabilized binoculars, Canon vs Nikon John12048 at 2:10am 12.05.05 Ask All Sailors 3/2275 I am looking at both Canon and Nikon image stabilized binoculars for the boat. Does anyone out ther
Sailboat Instruments Rick at 1:32am 12.05.05 Ask All Sailors 11/3671 I am looking at replacing dated Signet Marine depth, speed, wind speed and wind direction instrument
Choose the Mac 25 or 26 Doug6577 at 11:40pm 12.04.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/2161 Greetings My experience has been with Lightnings,Cats and Sunfish for daysailing. I wish to take m
Boat with internal Spinnaker Pole Franklin at 11:33pm 12.04.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1327 Anybody know the maker of the boats with the internal spinnaker pole? I saw a picture of one yester
mast raising system Charles6775 at 11:04pm 12.04.05 Smaller Boats 1/983 What are the best mast raising systems for a hunter 20? I have seen some in the past but can't reme
winterizing head intake line Sherry at 10:53pm 12.04.05 Ask All Sailors 14/1537 We winterized my new-to-me 1992 Hunter30 on Friday for the first time. Everything was relatively ea
Opening Portlight Seals Neil Hodgson at 9:52pm 12.04.05 Mid-Size Boats 6/1898 Hello all again.I posted a question here a couple of weeks ago about the leaking portlights on my 9
H33 Useful New Info nick cameron at 3:34pm 11.30.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/904 Hi All H33 Owners. I have three items to share with you.1. Yanmar replaced the Heat Exchanger on my
zinc replacement John Allen at 1:41pm 11.30.05 Other Sailboats 0/919 I am looking for some documation on zinc replacement. I read somewhere that when your zincs get that
Rewiring a 1968 Cal what is recommended reading? popeye at 12:52pm 11.30.05 Cal 1/418 The 1968 Cal 36 that I purchased has the original wiring attached to the positive and negative termi
Compression Post "Blob": What is it? Wandering Cs at 12:46pm 11.30.05 Other Sailboats 1/836 Problem: My 1969 P33, with it's deck stepped mast and compression post has a "blob" of something su
Info needed on the Digipak CA greenhorn at 12:18pm 11.30.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1005 I have the digipak ca installed on my 22 Catalina, and although it still works, the LED screen is ha
Grounding using through the hull contact rsn48 at 12:17pm 11.30.05 Ask All Sailors 0/918 I have had work done on my boat as I add shore power and latter charger and golf cart batteries for
P26 Roller Reefing Handle DLM at 10:01am 11.30.05 Other Sailboats 4/904 Like Victor I have owned my P26 for less than 6 months (1971, Hull#229)and am still learning about t
Need help changing cutlass bearing Emery at 9:51am 11.30.05 Mid-Size Boats 19/1694 I can't remove the prop shaft from my 1994, 29.5. I have removed the two set screws in the coupling
Worst Case Scenerio IS Positive Capt Ron;-) at 8:36am 11.30.05 Ask All Sailors 0/694 ;) Always hearing this mod thinking, and hearing questions related to experience as if there is an
Teflon seal for Jabsco toilet Bernie Soostmeyer at 8:28am 11.30.05 Big Boats 1/960 I am about to perform the once a season grease job on our toilets pump piston and cylinder. I was wo
Steal this Boat! MArk15097 at 8:05am 11.30.05 Other Sailboats 0/634 A victim of Hurricane Katrina, this 2000 26X (NOT 23!) needing minor hull repair (as far as I can te
Outboard Motor Lifting Glen at 6:20am 11.30.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1850 Can anyone suggest the best way to lift the motor out of the boat? Is it better to do it through the

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Dynemma Chafe Guards jmce1587 at 5:31pm 05.06.21 Practical sailor just released an article on heating in dock lines https://www.practical-sailor.com
Solar wiring question leo310 at 5:28pm 05.06.21 What I have done is used a Victron Argo FET Battery Isolators that connects both house and starter b
I cheated today Tom J at 5:06pm 05.06.21 Looks like a nice boat. Cats do have their uses. We had stayed overnight at a marina where the own
The Sailboat Owners Blues rgranger at 4:40pm 05.06.21 How about this lead off.... I got the GALVANIC Blues... As my Zinc desolves away... My Stainless
CQD CQD SOS DE MGY MGY Will Gilmore at 4:37pm 05.06.21 My father was an Air Crewman on a Navy Carrier in the 50s. He told me about a friend who worked in t
eye candy (1) jon hansen at 4:32pm 05.06.21 193793
1984 H34 120vac circiut issues Mike Oldak at 4:31pm 05.06.21 Hello everyone:) m trying to tackle the electrical and i was hoping that maybe you guys can help me
eye candy (1) jon hansen at 4:30pm 05.06.21 193791
Tapping threads in mast thinwater at 4:24pm 05.06.21 This is only my opinion, but I quit using tapped fasteners in the mast because the wall is too thin
New Main Sail for H26 sail sfbay at 4:22pm 05.06.21 Suggest calling your local sail lofts (Ullman, North, Quantum, UK Halsey, Doyle, etc.) for a quote a
Do I need outside jib tracks? (1) pclarksurf at 4:15pm 05.06.21 @AaronD -- serious question, you really don't use your outside track? I think my go to headsail is
Charging house batteries Stu Jackson at 4:12pm 05.06.21 Well not so quick. It depends on the state of both the Start and House Batteries. Look for this d
Ceiling acess Pat cool skip at 3:59pm 05.06.21 I ran across a youtube video that shows how the vinyl is attached. Basically it is pressed into sp
Tapping threads in mast Tally Ho at 3:59pm 05.06.21 I tapped holes for cheek blocks for my lazy jacks, and holes in the boom for the strap eyes and a S
Charging house batteries desodave at 3:57pm 05.06.21 I gave up trying to charge the batteries with the stock alternator and cannot believe that 2 hours p
CQD CQD SOS DE MGY MGY dlochner at 3:51pm 05.06.21 When I was very young I would watch and listen to my father send code at some outrageous speed using
Anchor locker windlass on a First 40.7? JuanMarcos at 3:50pm 05.06.21 Somebody installed a windlass on a Beneteau First 38, and did a brief write up with some pictures. S
The Sailboat Owners Blues Will Gilmore at 3:37pm 05.06.21 How about this lead off.... I got the GALVANIC Blues... As my Zinc desolves away... My Stainless
Sea Pearl 21 Sails Benny17441 at 3:18pm 05.06.21 It is normal to have to do some adjustments to fit bimini tops under small boat sail plans. Usuall
Webasto Thermostat Contoller acting up justsomeguy at 3:15pm 05.06.21 What was the fix, if any? If you can get to the soldered connections on the rocker switch, you may

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