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Recent Purchase Don-MT at 8:31am 03.19.05 Ask An Oday Owner 5/870 I recently purchased a 1980 O'Day 23. It has not been sailed since 1991 and has been kept on a trai
Re-bedding Ted Garcia at 8:29am 03.19.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/896 Hi,I need to re-bed the jib tack fittting as well as the starboard aft cleat. Does anyone have an
Wood slats for pulpit seat Palmer King at 7:47am 03.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/933 Due to an unfortunate event the pulpit seat slats on my H290 were effectively destroyed. The fibergl
trailers for sale or rent? carliethedog at 7:20am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 1/975 I have a wonderful 18 foor cape dory typhoon that I trailered down to florida from charlotte, nc. W
how to identify a catalina 22 Old Salt at 6:52am 03.19.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1530 just purchased a catalina 22 and can not find any identifying numbers on boat.don't know the year o
Benneteau 411 Cutlas Bearing Buz Page at 6:46am 03.19.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1022 While on the hard this winter, I was doing prop maintenance. I noticed when I turned the prop, the
New table for my 260 #2 Reudi Ross at 6:28am 03.19.05 Smaller Boats 11/765 Here it is with the leaves up. It will slide up and down on the compression post on a nylon bushing
KEEL FLARING TO HULL KKRUGER at 6:23am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1205 I RECENTLY STRIPPED MY KEEL AND PAINTED WITH 4 COATS OF RUSTLOCK. WONDERING WHAT THE BEST PRODUCT IS
New table for my 260 Reudi Ross at 6:22am 03.19.05 Smaller Boats 4/739 Heres what I did for a replacement table. The previous owner shortened the table and modified the su
Ancient Datamarine fathometer JimG2886 at 6:18am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1561 My newly acquired boat included an antique fathometer. The only ID on the unit is Datamarine. It's
Mac 26M Checklist Nemo at 5:57am 03.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/889 While our first sailing event with Nemo 26M went fairly smooth, there were a couple things I forgot
Radar: 2KW or 4 KW? Gimballed or not? Larry Jackel at 4:45am 03.19.05 Big Boats 13/2138 I am about to add radar to my (new) H44 and I need to decide on whether to go for 2KW or 4KW. In eit
Merc 60HP Bigfoot and UFLEX B184M controller tidalwave at 4:37am 03.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1146 I have a new 2004 26M with a 60HP Merc Bigfoot. I bought a UFLEX B184M throttle controller. I went
Building a ice chest George H260 at 4:08am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1065 This is really a small boat question but maybe others have had experience with the problem of not en
beneteau 32s5 ?????? Sylvio at 3:41am 03.19.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1600 I'm looking onto possibly buying a 32s5, I'm looking for feedback either + or - on this model, anyth
Wheel Autopilot - Autohelm or SIMRAD machopekin at 3:23am 03.19.05 Big Boats 5/1328 When we bought our 1991 Hunter 37.5 last year, it came with a dissassembled (broken?) older Autohelm
Honda Grand Prix St. Pete anchoring restrictions gnarvaez17515 at 3:21am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1412 Does any body know of any anchoring restrictions at the South Yacht Basin, north of the Albert Whitt
Mac 26M Checklist Nemo at 3:00am 03.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/762 While our first sailing adventure with Nemo went fine for the most part, there were a couple things
Can't power up a 2GM20F Yanmar Wally at 2:43am 03.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1007 I can't seem to power my 2GM20F beyond 2000 RPM. If going beyond 2000RPM I belch brown smoke and do
Need Help finding rubber gromments........ Bob F. at 2:30am 03.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/869 I need to replace several of the rubber gromments that are used to cushion the cockpit locker hatche

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Hunter 34 False Bildge - How can you tell if the modification was done? (1) Artey1 at 7:19am 09.29.20 Ah yes, one of the worst things I've ever smelled. Yours doesn't look done.
Kenyon Marine wind instruments BarryL at 7:18am 09.29.20 Hello, Give up on the Kenyon displays. If you want wind information you need to buy something new
Wait for it... Jackdaw at 7:17am 09.29.20 Curious about how the demasting (or is it dismasting :) )happened? Looked like the mast broke near
What to do if you lose your rig. Hunter216 at 7:14am 09.29.20 Then we proceeded to bring in main having to cut slugs off as we hauled it in. This approach has b
1984 Hunter 31 quarter berth headliner leak. SFS at 7:08am 09.29.20 Ok, found them. Hope these help. Some of the threads are long, but are worth a read because multipl
Onan Cummins 8KW Genset Issue Terry Cox at 7:07am 09.29.20
Winter covers - full cover vs. cockpit cover dlochner at 7:06am 09.29.20 Used to be at FHYC, but sold the boat to your dock mates end of 2017. Moved to FLA. Bayside was sma
Spider Control dlochner at 7:02am 09.29.20 Someone recommended this. Terro Spider Killer 3 Aerosol Spray, 1 lb - Walmart.com So we got the pa
What to do if you lose your rig. jmce1587 at 7:00am 09.29.20 this also happened to me in an offshore Gulf of Mexico race at 1:30 in the morning 28 miles SE of Fr
Dripless Shaft Seal sold by sailboat owners JamesG161 at 7:00am 09.29.20 As noted in a few other posts... The rubber has a self life. Each Bellows has a date of manufactu
Onan Cummins 8KW Genset Issue Terry Cox at 6:58am 09.29.20 Ok I had a buddy with same problem after I rebuilt his pump , check to make sure the rubber o-ring
Spider Control JamesG161 at 6:54am 09.29.20 The spiders seem worse on the deck and lines Trivia: Spiders make their webs facing North or Sout
Winter covers - full cover vs. cockpit cover Morgan donor at 6:52am 09.29.20 Used to be at FHYC, but sold the boat to your dock mates end of 2017. Moved to FLA. Bayside was s
Wait for it... Hunter216 at 6:52am 09.29.20 Curious about how the demasting (or is it dismasting :) )happened? Looked like the mast broke near o
What to do if you lose your rig. Daveinet at 6:49am 09.29.20 There is one important thing that most did not say except for @Jackdaw touched on. ACCOUNTING FOR
Spider Control JamesG161 at 6:49am 09.29.20 Someone recommended this. Terro Spider Killer 3 Aerosol Spray, 1 lb - Walmart.com So we got the pac
Winter covers - full cover vs. cockpit cover Morgan donor at 6:21am 09.29.20 Yep, they work, but you have to pay the yard fees for the crane to put it on your boat! :biggrin:
Spider Control Ron20324 at 6:12am 09.29.20 ...I generally have tons of spiders during the summers on western Lake Erie. What I've found to wor
34 Feet Jackdaw at 6:12am 09.29.20 First leg, same race, started just in front of this faster blue boat, held him off the whole 4 mile
34 Feet (1) Bill19233 at 6:08am 09.29.20 Now it might have to get into a luffing battle this one time, but you'll now be known as a boat tha

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