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Installing wind instrument RedondoCat28 at 6:56am 05.06.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/837 Got a great deal on a Raymarine ST 40 Wind Instrumentat the Oakland boat show. Wondering if anyone
Registering a Boat with No Title-HELP Cate at 6:27am 05.06.05 Ask All Sailors 14/8099 Well I thought my boat buying nightmares were over, but lo and behold I have run into another snafu.
Head discharge line build-up Drew at 6:13am 05.06.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1221 My head's discharge line has acquired a build up of a substance that reminds me of calcium. Solid,
harness question kingprawn at 6:12am 05.06.05 Ask All Sailors 8/1166 What is a good attachment point for my kids' harnesses? I can put on jacklines, but is there an eas
Replacing bunk boards- need advice w0nko at 4:14am 05.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1069 I suppose this has likely been done to death, but I couldn't find much useful in the archives. New (
BOAT MANUAL FRANK VOLPE at 3:50am 05.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/891 HAVE PURCHASED AN O'DAY 34. HOW DO I GO ABOUT GETTING A MANUAL FOR THE BOAT?
Out To Lunch Don Guillette at 3:38am 05.06.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 1/1379 Mates: I'm about to leave on a short vacation with my "land yacht". I'll be gone under 2 weeks but t
Is there a forum to buy/sell used boat stuff? w0nko at 2:58am 05.06.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1197 New boat owner (Venture 21) here. Looking for some stuff (a cheek block for a topping hoist, a furle
Where to store the anchor? Doug J at 2:34am 05.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1125 I want to purchase a 26S. Love the boat. But one small problem is that there is no anchor locker.
Sail Care Sail Cradle MKIII Justin at 2:04am 05.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1478 I've been doing a lot of searching on lazy jack designs and packages. I want to 1)deploy from the co
Weird funky situation Fred G at 12:57am 05.06.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/885 Hi all, I recently purchased a 1985 H40. I had an intermittant start problem, and last weekend (
Floating dock lines Tony5898 at 11:32pm 05.05.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/2984 What if any are the advantages of dock lines that 'floatt. I dock in a semi-private slip and can't
Chesapeake Rendezvous Carl at 11:18pm 05.05.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/788 The fifth Chesapeake Bay Hunter Rendezvous is June 27-30 at Crisfield, MD. Activities abound! Fame
1980 O'Day 30 Head Stay Clevis Pin Size??? Sojourn Jim at 10:24pm 05.05.05 Bigger Boats 1/1327 Blew the clevis pin which holds our furler (headstay) to the bow of our 1980 O'Day 30 and can't seem
Dumpster Diving for Cans and Other Goodies Dave at 8:13pm 05.05.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1052 In our Marina owners are encouraged to clean up after their pets. Where does all this go, you guesse
Hull give in Franklin at 3:14pm 05.05.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/776 Ever hear of a hunter or any boat where the hull just gave way from the pressure of water? I hear t
lightning revisited Billy W at 1:50pm 05.05.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/896 I always read with interest any posts about lightning. It is a confusing subject. The stainless ma
seizing a shackle Kevin at 1:23pm 05.05.05 Ask All Sailors 9/2425 I am replacing the main halyard on my Oday 23 with 5/16 inch sta-set x. The previous owner attached
Help Quick!! Benny at 12:43pm 05.05.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/796 The valve to the thru the hull for the galley sink broke off the turn handle. It is a gate valve bu
Hunter 33.5 model years Bonnie DeWolf at 12:23pm 05.05.05 Mid-Size Boats 7/6031 We are in the market for a Hunter 33.5; however, it seems that the layout changed slightly each year

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Autopilot for Hunter 40.5 kappykaplan at 7:20am 03.20.21 @Irek , be patient, the page took a while to come up. Another option for you to send @Rich Stidger
My New Trailer - Some Bad News AWalker at 7:08am 03.20.21 Ditto scaffold jacks.
20 hour battery capacity test done dLj at 7:01am 03.20.21
20 hour battery capacity test done Davidasailor26 at 6:51am 03.20.21 So my question for you: Wouldn't it be better to only do this test, say, halfway? It you only ran i
cockpit table mounts (1) BlowMeAway at 6:37am 03.20.21 While the folding hinges do have some merit, I think they may produce more grief than pleasure. As s
Looking for boat bike ideas? (1) rustydusty at 6:37am 03.20.21 Back around the turn of the century, I was cruising extensively, and had a 26" 6 speed Dahon Mariner
Expedition Evans youtube Davidasailor26 at 6:28am 03.20.21
20 hour battery capacity test done Whatfiero1 at 6:22am 03.20.21 I do a real life test at dock every spring with my refrigeration and volt gauge 20 hr is about right
Hunter 34 cabin interior wood finish sail sfbay at 6:11am 03.20.21 My 1987 Hunter 31 had a finish on the interior teak, similar to my newer Hunters.
Expedition Evans youtube CYQK at 6:08am 03.20.21 OK...................... The admiral and myself have been having this cultural debate about the two
20 hour battery capacity test done dLj at 5:33am 03.20.21 So my question for you: Wouldn't it be better to only do this test, say, halfway? It you only ran it
Happy Nowruz shemandr at 5:30am 03.20.21 Geez, my i calendar doesn't even have that one.
In Boom Outhaul RoyS at 5:25am 03.20.21 I have the same setup as Claude has in a Kenyon boom. Both he and I have a steel wire connecting to
Thinning West CPP bottom paint. RoyS at 5:03am 03.20.21 Use a chemical resistant foam roller for an adequate and thin coat. Been using foam rollers for over
Saloon Port Lights on O'Day 26 Castrilper55 at 4:25am 03.20.21 Thanks for the reply. I want the dimensions for the Large Plexiglass windows in the main saloon. D
Creature Comfort Enhancements on O'Day 26 Castrilper55 at 4:10am 03.20.21 Thanks for sayin' I have almost upsized twice since having the 26 and haven't because I really want
Bilge Pump sailme88 at 3:40am 03.20.21 Your new pump will give you the lift capability. As for discharge location, the transom is where man
Thinning West CPP bottom paint. Joe at 2:34am 03.20.21 Ablative paint, by its very nature, doesn't really "build up" It is designed to slowly erode as the
Lithium Ion Replacement Joe at 2:21am 03.20.21 You realize, I hope, that the BattleBorns will run close to $1,000 apiece. As the other guys have t
Painting around the trailer Rick Webb at 10:03pm 03.19.21 Remove half your bunks, paint what you can, replace the bunks, remove the other half of the bunks, a

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