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Boot Stripe Ken Prichard at 5:48am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 11/1376 I'm putting a new boot stripe on my boat and have been told several ways of preparing the hull for g
comp air ballast displacement for 26x? Nomad17046 at 5:36am 05.25.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/931 I have heard there may be a commercially available compressed air system to blow water ballast out o
Cabin Sole sailaway78 at 5:35am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1181 The origiona cabin sole in my S2 8.5 was replaced before I acquired the boat with a hardwood compos
Looking fo a manual for Oday Mariner Brian Cassidy at 5:34am 05.25.05 Day Sailers 11/1556 Any suggestions on how I would obtain a manual for an Oday Mariner?
Roller furling jib cover Gary8065 at 5:31am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 7/2785 This weekend I am going to "attempt" to install CDI roller furling on my Catalina 27. I have severa
Grenadines James Williams at 5:27am 05.25.05 Destinations 0/1482 Jonesy asked about the Grenadines a couple of weeks ago. Just returned from a bareboat charter out
Need New Mac 25 Sails or La mauney process Mark at 4:14am 05.25.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1499 Well, I need new sails. At least a new main for now. I guess they are the originals, 1986. Does
Insurance and Hurricane question? Rob at 4:02am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 13/1820 I was just reading over a CNN report from NOAA about this upcoming hurricane season. Then I started
Crazing or cracking on 1985 34' Hunter deck Ken Hershenson at 3:32am 05.25.05 Big Boats 2/1385 I'm considering puchasing a 1985 34' Hunter. the boat is a 1 owner in above average condition. But I
Yanmar 3YM30 JohnEh at 3:18am 05.25.05 Mid-Size Boats 11/2982 We are now optimistic that the overheating problem on our engine has been resolved. The engine ran
Another stuck centerboard question Mitchel Cline at 2:35am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1500 I have a similar (perhaps identical) problem to the gentleman that wrote regarding a stuck centerboa
Rewiring the mast and ... DCsailor at 2:29am 05.25.05 Smaller Boats 4/1451 I have been sailing my '86 Hunter 23 for a couple of summers (both in DC and Florida). Great boat l
Storing the gennaker PrincessoftheLake at 2:13am 05.25.05 Big Boats 1/1046 I have a 1985 Hunter 34 that came with a large gennaker. Since we don't have a cruising spinnaker y
272LE Anodes Thankyou Hubertt at 1:57am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/827 Just to say thanks to Lou, J.B.Dyer and Richard, for their responses to my post on this of May 11th.
Electric motors sierradave at 1:56am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/893 Anyone had experience using a small electric outboard? We've got a 1974 O'Day 20 and I'm tired of m
Through hull Fitting James Tait at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/867 My O'Day 20 has two through hull fittings-one for the cockpit drain and the other for a small sink.
HELP! CB Stuck up, boat IN water guyssail at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/857 The centerboard on my '73 o'day 23 appears to be stuck up. this is my first swing keel boat...looked
Help with kill switch on Yanmar 2QM15 David W at 1:41am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 9/4500 Over the weekend my kill switch finally gave up the ghost. I had thought I had devised a repair that
Anybody doing the Figawi this year?? Allen at 1:33am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 0/898 Hey Guys,I'm heading out tomorrow morning from Boston to Sandwich on the Cape Cod Canal en route t
portlight shades Bill C320, Papillon at 1:32am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 5/2002 Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep out the mornig sun and/or provide privacy while in the sl

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Re-powering! jon hansen at 6:56pm 04.01.21 bud just repowered his bristol 40. $30,000 was final tally. and he worked at the yard, got a lo
Unknown email request Ralph Johnstone at 6:56pm 04.01.21 (especially from Marriott and Hilton that tell me I won free nights!). WOW, you get big hotels ca
M26swing: where mount a shoot through the hull depth transducer? (newest project) Grace Note at 6:56pm 04.01.21 Your approach with the Hummingbird seems sound and careful enough in navigating safely... seems like
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Unknown email request Steve L22188 at 6:44pm 04.01.21 Awwwwww come on....you can't leave us hanging with your phrase that drives telemarketers nuts! Hel
Re-powering! dLj at 6:43pm 04.01.21 Folks I know that have done this on the cheap have gone to automotive junk yards and bought the engi
Re-powering! Stu Jackson at 6:40pm 04.01.21 cheaper than a new 40HP diesel replacement. Batteries don't come free and 9x $4,300 is quite dear
Spring Cruise 2021 Terry Cox at 6:37pm 04.01.21 Counting down to cast off day, this coming Monday.
Re-powering! jon hansen at 6:28pm 04.01.21 this is exciting. will be interested how it goes for you. cheaper than a new 40HP diesel replaceme
Re-powering! Stu Jackson at 6:27pm 04.01.21 Does anyone have any experience or advice Re-powering to electric? I have a Pearson 35 with an old
O'Day 222 Solar Panel Mount Project_Mayhem at 6:02pm 04.01.21 Can you post a pic of your stern?
Re-powering! (1) Tally Ho at 5:57pm 04.01.21 Wow.... A 40-HP equivalent motor, plus batteries is almost $20,000. If you can get by with a 20-HP
Tips on replacing rub rail - O'day 23 rschuss at 4:53pm 04.01.21 Would love to hear more about curing those leaks. It's a damp boat for sure. Did you re-bed all tha
C Map or Navionics (1) DAVA390 at 4:38pm 04.01.21 Thanks to all of you guys for the reply. It seems Navionocs the clear winner.I will look into that.
Hunter 33.5 1994 - purchase decision BigEasy at 4:10pm 04.01.21
Adding a Bow Platform to a H27 finefurn at 4:03pm 04.01.21 Would the lengthen bow affects your berthing charges since LOA will be longer with the extension?
Height of Catalina 310 for shipment? rukidn at 3:51pm 04.01.21 Catalina should have the info at their fingertips. They sent me the cradle drawings for my fin keel
C Map or Navionics Ward H at 3:50pm 04.01.21 I'm another fan of Navionics. As did/does @Scott T-Bird I find the community edits very helpful when
H44 AC Shaft size. JamesG161 at 3:49pm 04.01.21
Cutless bearing Tally Ho at 3:42pm 04.01.21 You probably could, but it would require proper tooling, removing the propeller, and scuba gear. You

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