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Fin keel vs wing keel grounding James at 2:50pm 08.01.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1163 I have a small keel boat now, and have been wanting to move up to a larger boat. I have been working
Re-vamping an older 70's Cat 27 Dinette rsn48 at 2:35pm 08.01.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1782 I own an older Cat 27 (around a 75) sail boat with the dinette interior. If you own one or have bee
Is it the inverter/charger or battery? David Ochoa at 2:19pm 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1181 I've been leaving the refrig/freezer and fans running during the week. This weekend I got to the boa
Purple Martins are not sailboat friendly John at 2:16pm 08.01.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1017 Our marina is a magnet for Purple martin birds. They enjoy sitting on spreaders, mastehead nav senso
Mac 22 Tiller lock Troy Adams at 1:56pm 08.01.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/801 I recently received a great "clearance deal" on a tiller "tamer" and wish to install it on my Mac 22
Peggy, the results are in BobW at 1:09pm 08.01.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1473 and I went ahead and installed a new toilet along with the vented loops.Yes, in spite of your advi
New Hunter 25 Rockhound76 at 12:46pm 08.01.05 Smaller Boats 2/785 Hi,I'm looking at the New Hunter 25. The keel looks awfully "low aspect". Does anyone have any con
Marine surveyor Jason Alexander at 12:26pm 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 14/1417 Hello,Can anyone give me an idea of what a reasonable cost should be for a marine surveyor to come
Victory 21 Hull Number John at 12:05pm 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1483 Where are the hull numbers located, we cannot find one?John
Drifter on H260 Tom2909 at 12:03pm 08.01.05 Smaller Boats 4/1100 I've finally had a chance to try a new drifter this weekend. Sunday provided the perfect opportunit
Need a little buying advice! Joe23663 at 12:03pm 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 17/1754 Well, I've got the itch to enter the sailing world. I've never owned my own sailboat and would love
What's In A Beneteau Option b393capt at 11:58am 08.01.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2455 I am in the process of purchasing a Beneteau 393, and I am confused by the lack of details on what e
water Heater Woes Ray Stacey at 11:40am 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1080 My 6 gallon Atwood water heater has a problem with it's 110 volt system circuitry. Even with the wat
Water Heater Ground Ray Stacey at 11:36am 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1788 My 6 gallon Atwood water heater in my 1990 Hunter 30 has a problem with it's 110 volt system circuit
Grounding Plate anti-fouling recommendation needed Bob at 11:33am 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/2034 My brass grounding plate is encrusted with barnacles and other marine growth. Do barnacles reduce t
balboa 26 chris at 11:12am 08.01.05 Balboa 1/2416 Is the 26 Balboa a good first sailboat? If so why?
Frustated mast painter larry d at 10:37am 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 2/984 Plan is to paint mast with roller (1) but not sure of process or (2)where to acquire variety of pain
'82 H-36 Holding Tank Pete Davenport at 10:34am 08.01.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/898 Betelgeuse III is undergoing a big refit. Tired of the smells from the flexible holding tank that c
AC Refrigeration Startup Overloads Generator Jim at 10:15am 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 6/1869 Trevor -I'm looking for an affordable solution to a load problem. I have an AC Grunert AC450 comp
What was your Big trip this season? r.w.landau at 10:15am 08.01.05 Destinations 10/2041 How long did you plan and what went into your planning?Why did you choose your destination?Did you

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Hunter 29.5 shroud question Earl Toman at 6:24am 04.20.21 Any marine supply. You need to know the size wire Thanks - I've now found the white shroud covers
Acetone a safe cleaner? rgranger at 6:19am 04.20.21 I think MEK is no longer available in the United States. I don't think that is correct. Here it i
Hunter 29.5 shroud question Crazy Dave Condon at 6:17am 04.20.21 Any marine supply. You need to know the size wire
Hunter 19 or 19-2 Jib haylard wraps around CDI furler (2) Doug J at 6:14am 04.20.21 I had the same issue. Install a Halyard Restrainer.
1989 Macgregor 26D.....new to me.. and a few questions rgranger at 6:13am 04.20.21
Up the mast with spinnaker halyard? BillyK at 6:12am 04.20.21 When i've gone up the mast, i've attached every halyard available to myself.
1978 Yamaha 33 spinnaker car toggle (1) sail sfbay at 6:11am 04.20.21 Are you looking for a fixed mast ring / eye like the one below OR are you looking for a spinnaker po
Cracked Floorboard: Repair / Replacement BillyK at 6:10am 04.20.21 i agree with what others are saying here.. I've used thinned epoxy in the past when there is materi
Up the mast with spinnaker halyard? sail sfbay at 5:59am 04.20.21 If the spinnaker halyard is a strong, low stretch rope, like Samson XLS Extra-T, it would be a good
1989 Macgregor 26D.....new to me.. and a few questions Justin_NSA at 5:44am 04.20.21
Locating leak RoyS at 5:30am 04.20.21 Rudder shaft?
1989 Macgregor 26D.....new to me.. and a few questions kendyoozed at 5:27am 04.20.21 Sure looks like the PO had to compensate for short shrouds for some reason. I've never seen an arra
Acetone a safe cleaner? RoyS at 5:06am 04.20.21 I think MEK is no longer available in the United States.
Portillos LEWMAR, Ba�o y Cocina Hunter 29.5 1995 kappykaplan at 5:02am 04.20.21 Your other thread is here: change steering wheel hunter 29.5
1989 Macgregor 26D.....new to me.. and a few questions Justin_NSA at 5:01am 04.20.21 Sure looks like the PO had to compensate for short shrouds for some reason. I've never seen an arran
Portillos LEWMAR, Ba�o y Cocina Hunter 29.5 1995 kappykaplan at 5:01am 04.20.21 LEWMAR Portlights, Hunter Head and Galley 29.5 1995 Good morning, kind companions of SBO, a few day
Funny Friday!!! SFS at 4:45am 04.20.21 Yeah, some of the puns around here are bad enough to send me into orbitals. If you let them, they ca
Replacing standing rigging with mast up dlochner at 4:24am 04.20.21 Thanks guys. Yeah one challenge I have locally is there is a lack of cranes and mast storage for a
Launched boat#1! (1) Will Gilmore at 2:26am 04.20.21
New bottom paint, old barrier coats? Ward H at 2:20am 04.20.21 Hydrocoat works great to keep barnacles and slime off but there are patches where new and old coats

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