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Pushing your limits ex-admin at 2:09pm 04.25.04 Ask All Sailors 58/2836 You head out for a day sail with a forecast of sunshine and five-to-fifteen knot winds. Forecasts be
H 30 Potential Bilge Water Problems Len at 1:20pm 04.25.04 Mid-Size Boats 4/865 I just bought a 1981 H 30. During winter storage my cockpit scuppers became clogged and cause water
Widgeon Mast Step w/ cracks Tracy B at 12:50pm 04.25.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1111 I am buying an O'Day Widgeon. This boat seems like a good deal though I know that it has spent the
Favorite Sanding Tool for Bottom Paint? Don Cedarholm at 12:12pm 04.25.04 Ask All Sailors 12/1237 I would like to know if anyone out there has a favorite power sander they use for the annual sanding
Hunter 25.5 mast unstepping and running rigging Steve at 11:53am 04.25.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/3786 I just purchased a 1985 Hunter 25.5 and need to lower the mast prior to having the yard lift and put
Black soot in engine compartment steve at 11:05am 04.25.04 Mid-Size Boats 8/6570 I seem to have excessive black soot accumulating on the engine compartment cover everytime i go out.
Diesel fuel cleanup Bill Ubelacker at 10:21am 04.25.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1197 Has any one had any experience with cleaning up diesel soaked plywood on their boat? I have found a
Bathroom Sinks? Bill Dunn at 10:20am 04.25.04 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1022 DOes anyone know where I would be able to purchase another sink for the Head in my 37' Beneteau? I
Plastic stuffing Box Pat at 10:18am 04.25.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1060 Hello I have a hunter 31, 18 hp yanmar ,I was wondering what size packing and how many rings ... Tha
2000 340 3GM30FTachometer/Hour meter Problems TomH at 10:16am 04.25.04 Big Boats 3/877 I'm having a very weird problem. My Tach works fine , then out of the blue it kicks up exactly 500RP
Mainsheet rigging for a Mac 22 Venture Mark Hait at 10:11am 04.25.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/6889 I bought my Mac 22 last November. I'm not sure how you rig the mainsheet. From all the pictures i've
Someone has got to do it. (1) Jim Seamans at 10:07am 04.25.04 Ask All Sailors 16/1110 Life is grand popSat. evening just off the Potomac River.JimS/V Java*
Air Pump to Blow Water from Ballast Tank ken lockhart at 9:58am 04.25.04 Smaller Boats 7/1250 I recently read where a person with a Catilina 250 uses a 12 volt air pump to blow the ballast befor
Datamarine knotmeter not working Steve deForest at 8:39am 04.25.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2825 I have recently bought a Hunter 31 and the Datamarine knotmeter will display 0.0 when turned on but
cam cleets for sheets paul hill at 8:12am 04.25.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/842 Right now I have a jam cleet for the jib sheet lines, Does anyone have any thoughts on putting cam c
What are you folks using for depth sounders? Steve C at 8:03am 04.25.04 Ask All Sailors 7/1200 See my post last week on "Depth Sounder advise needed". I called West Marine and they had a transduc
Folding Props Paul at 8:00am 04.25.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1398 My race-cruiser has a traditional 2 blade (nonfolding) prop. Just before launch I noticed many of th
New Port Installation H37C Josh Peskin at 6:12am 04.25.04 The Cherubini Hunters 42/2667 For those of you who have done the demolition job of removing the old ports in order to replace them
Cracks, Cracks, and more Cracks John at 6:06am 04.25.04 Big Boats 1/705 I have an 04' 356 #417. Over the last couple of weeks I have discovered at least 10 areas where the
ShipWright charger Marc Honey at 5:44am 04.25.04 Ask All Sailors 0/4637 Looking for comments, experience with ShipWright battery chargers. Considering Hunter 35 with Ship

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Windlass v. Anchor Winch for H260 twistedskipper at 1:37pm 11.22.20
Deck step repair junkydave at 1:33pm 11.22.20 Cool.
Advice on cabin interior wall replacement project (3) michaelapk at 1:28pm 11.22.20 Appreciate the advice thus far. Spent 3 hrs this AM doing demolition. Used an oscillating tool to cu
Sending Unit Leaking RitSim at 1:28pm 11.22.20 We had a Catalina 30 and the tank and sender were supplied by RDS in GA.
Beneteau 361 stiff steering Mechone at 1:28pm 11.22.20 I never noticed the lower thrust bearing missing (compensation washer) with that gone your rudder is
How to replace eyes on pulpits (1) RitSim at 1:26pm 11.22.20 From the corrosion, looks to be aluminum. Perhaps it has a threaded stud on the internal face. If
2020 haul out. (2) TomY at 1:04pm 11.22.20 187497
Anti-fouling wax All U Get at 12:51pm 11.22.20
Windlass v. Anchor Winch for H260 jon hansen at 12:40pm 11.22.20 oh yeah, i own motorboats too. guess that makes me the clown;)
Beneteau 361 stiff steering joker460 at 12:38pm 11.22.20 The picture showing the lower bushing looks interesting. Was this fixed previous or is that from the
Windlass v. Anchor Winch for H260 jon hansen at 12:38pm 11.22.20 the warping head is for line, the wildcat or gypsy is for chain.
Sending Unit Leaking Tom J at 12:37pm 11.22.20 Thanks for the feedback everyone - I'm hoping to attach the manual pump directly to the fuel line n
Windlass v. Anchor Winch for H260 jon hansen at 12:30pm 11.22.20 a windlass is horizontal, a captstan is vertical, both are winches.
Ground height of a 380 for trucking purposes. Mr. Dave at 12:27pm 11.22.20 Since you have to drop the mast either way, if my choices were to spend 6k to truck my boat -vs- mot
Sending Unit Leaking Deleted member 117556 at 12:26pm 11.22.20 Been there, done that. My fuel tank sprang a leak during our cruise last March. Lots of diesel in th
Windlass v. Anchor Winch for H260 Richard19068 at 12:18pm 11.22.20 I may not be using the terminology correctly. By anchor winch I'm referring to the drum style winch
34/35 Prop Shaft Strut? twodzusfittings at 12:16pm 11.22.20 @ Allan12210 Very nice and makes perfect sense.
2" x 2" square pull ring locker hatch latch Rick Webb at 12:15pm 11.22.20 Thought of these guys too https://www.gemlux.com They were friendly and mostly helpful when I was
Pricing new Dodger & Bimini jssailem at 12:15pm 11.22.20
Anti-fouling wax dlochner at 12:08pm 11.22.20 Yeah... you are probably correct. People have reported good results with painting their props wit

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