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Keel Fairing Rick D at 3:15pm 10.17.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/920
Oil stain on gelcoat Gary at 2:42pm 10.17.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1011 Accidentally got some used motor oil on the gelcoat in the cockpit which turn it a nice shade of jet
universal engine detail paint John at 1:27pm 10.17.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/3906 I am going to steam clean my Universal engine and the bilge. Does anyone have a source for the gold
Painting the non skid Cliff Ruckstuhl at 1:13pm 10.17.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1294 I have been thinking about painting the non skid for better traction and also to break up the color.
Installing a wind vane on a catalina 30 Chris Port at 12:20pm 10.17.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/4816 Can anyone give advice on fitting a wind system (Vane, cable and display)and how to run the cable th
engine overheating jim22335 at 11:57am 10.17.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1099 I have been having problems with my engine overheating recently. I thought that I had it fixed after
Small Dog on Board Will at 10:50am 10.17.04 Ask All Sailors 11/1419 My wife and I have a Min Pin puppy. A 6 pound dog. We are planing to a ten day cruise on our 34 fo
medicine cabinet / vanity in 450 Forward head Jim at 10:49am 10.17.04 Big Boats 3/736 Has anyone modified/replaced the medicine cabinet in the forward head of a Passage 450? The origina
Fresh Water Flush Head Bob F. at 10:22am 10.17.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1020 As the summer winds downs I'm always looking for projects to do on my H376. Has anybody added a fres
Need Punta Gorda Help --> $$$ Cobra at 9:52am 10.17.04 Ask All Sailors 11/1196 I've bought a damaged boat (1993 33.5 Hunter) in Purta Gorda Fl. The mast is damaged and laying on
Easier way to lift the rudders? Knot @ home at 9:27am 10.17.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/900 I am have having a hard time raising the rudders when changing from sailing motoring (returning to t
DUTCHMAN SYSTEM VS LAZY JACK SYSTEM George Rapin at 9:19am 10.17.04 Big Boats 7/2059 I'm replacing the original set of sails. The cost of making the main receptive to the Dutchman syst
2000 26x steering cable DAVE at 7:40am 10.17.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1052 My steering cable is shot,it's a Detmar G 9 8FT DCT,this is written on the cable.Where can I get one
New cabin sole? Richard at 6:51am 10.17.04 Smaller Boats 5/1035 Greetings,I am re-posting in the hopes that someone can help now: We are looking at a 1974 Ranger
Head overflow Bill at 4:36am 10.17.04 Big Boats 11/1145 The flushing of the Jabsco head in the aft cabin has been slowly deteorating... meaning the flushing
Ericson 25 "MIC" at 3:13am 10.17.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1506 I may have posted this wrong the first time (ask all sailors) But I am trying to find out the good
Ericson 25 Mic at 2:30am 10.17.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1049 I have been searching, for a few months, trying to find a 'good' boat that a part time sailor could
Hunter 25.5 purchase Michael Beitenhaus at 1:15am 10.17.04 Smaller Boats 4/1361 Any information would be appreciated. I am considering buying a 1985 Hunter 25.5 with a 9.9 diesel.
balsa core R.K. at 12:31am 10.17.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/919 The foredeck on my O'Day 22 (1972) has extensive soft areas. How practicle is it to seperate the dec
Teak/Holly sole ian19147 at 11:31pm 10.16.04 Ask All Sailors 11/1260 I need to replace portions of my teak/holly sole but I'm running into a problem. The present patter

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Transporting outboard on a bike rack? (1) AndyL at 2:09pm 11.30.20 Thanks everyone. I would not drill the tubes but would use something like this to attach the board.
37 year old Catalina comes to life... HMT2 at 2:07pm 11.30.20 Nice work! Good on you sir! Enjoy.
37 year old Catalina comes to life... Hardhead at 2:01pm 11.30.20 Damn - you got a lot of work done in 3 months. Looks great. Congratulations on the maiden voyage-
Question about eye splice AndyL at 2:01pm 11.30.20 Sorry for not replying to all the helpful advice - I got sidetracked by other things. Thanks eve
Sails - Open Discussion drewlamparello at 2:00pm 11.30.20 I've had a Zero on a furler on both my Capri 22 and now on my 275. I really like its versality. I c
What's the Best Daysailer to Accommodate Guests shemandr at 1:59pm 11.30.20 A lot of mid-western sailors have cut their teeth on those Tartan 10's. Very competitive fleets. B
Any reason to wrap mixing elbow ... Tom J at 1:41pm 11.30.20 If your C320 is similar to my C310, the bulkhead aft of the engine practically touches the mixing e
Any reason to wrap mixing elbow ... (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:33pm 11.30.20 The elbow is "kind of" jacketed with cool sea water from the heat exchanger so if the water flow is
49 Owners and probably other large boat owners BobH57 at 1:31pm 11.30.20 Do you actually mean 8 volts instead of 8 amps? What model is your inverter/charger? Some will not c
49 Owners and probably other large boat owners ggrizzard at 1:24pm 11.30.20 I assume, when you say "other large boat owners", that you're alluding to 25 footers and up??? :bigg
What's the Best Daysailer to Accommodate Guests PaulK at 1:20pm 11.30.20 A guy at our club has a Morris. He doesn't seem to be able to do much with it. Too big to handle o
Any reason to wrap mixing elbow ... dlochner at 1:10pm 11.30.20
Any reason to wrap mixing elbow ... Ralph Johnstone at 12:44pm 11.30.20 Mine runs cold at WOT ! ! ! Did I win ? Did I win ? I want to win ! ! ! Just what did I win f
Any reason to wrap mixing elbow ... Hayden Watson at 12:42pm 11.30.20 Wouldn't that cause issues with dissimilar metal corrosion?
Any reason to wrap mixing elbow ... kloudie1 at 12:35pm 11.30.20 If the pipe and ell are not water cooled, then the wrap would help with engine room temperature.. If
Any reason to wrap mixing elbow ... jon hansen at 12:15pm 11.30.20 to cover insulation of the pipe is my guess. reducing the heat in the engine room. is there a prize
Adding Wheels to a Dinghy Sailm8 at 11:39am 11.30.20 I actually use a 4 wheel furniture mover on the bow and the wheels on the stern and roll/pull it to
Depth gauge vs Chartplotter dave_and_dd at 11:34am 11.30.20 Yes, I like the NMEA 2000 too. I currently have my seatalk depth, speed, wind and AP connect to a s
Any reason to wrap mixing elbow ... arf145 at 11:33am 11.30.20 To protect it from evil thoughts would be my guess :)
Help Please - Rigging Sparcraft Ocean Range Vang Jskosmo at 11:30am 11.30.20 You are awesome Davidasailor26 - thank you!!

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