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water leak adrian morris at 9:55pm 05.24.03 Smaller Boats 7/716 any suggestions on cutting down on rain leaks thru the copanionwat on a hunter 19
New nonskid treatments for decks Mark Swart at 8:56pm 05.24.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1043 I'm about to undertake a major project -- I need to put new nonskid on my 30 foot boat's decks. It o
center board replacement for Oday 25 Harry A Dennard at 7:43pm 05.24.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/963 Where can I purchase a new or used center board for 1976, O'day 25?
Greetings everyone! Susana at 4:51pm 05.24.03 Trailer Sailors 3/1291 Seems that every time I stop visiting the forum falls. May this be the final home! Cheers everyone!
Cleaning sails Bill at 2:05pm 05.24.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/961 Anybody have any suggestions for cleaning sails? I had thought about raising them up and spraying t
Bimini top dimensions for 235 Greg F. at 1:38pm 05.24.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1378 I'm planning on installing a bimini top on my 1989 235. Can anyone tell me the ideal length, width,
Hot water heater replacement H33 (1) Terry Arnold at 12:09pm 05.24.03 The Cherubini Hunters 3/905 My 79 H33 is powered by a raw water cooled 2gm engine and the original 5 gallon heater was just a st
mast head sheave PeterS at 11:31am 05.24.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/823 How do you remove the pins holding the sheaves in the mast head and foot? In both the pins are flush
has anyone put a 25hp or 50hp on a Mac 26S? erwin at 11:15am 05.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/992 I just bought a mac 26s 1994. Im wondering if these boat can have a higher HP (25HP to 50HP) than a
steping mast on a oday23 in water electricmanfour at 10:51am 05.24.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/764 yes i am looking for info steping mast in water on a 23 oday i am a new salr
Faulty fuel gauge Juan Manigault at 10:45am 05.24.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1365 I have a new owner of an 81 Catalina 30 with a faulty fuel gauge. The engine is the Atomic 4. How
Interior Floor Touch up Ryan Ericson at 10:25am 05.24.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/934 Hello, I recently purchase my C-30 "LORELEI". There is a large gouged in the molded liner above
Battery Location on 240 Ron Baer at 9:59am 05.24.03 Smaller Boats 3/758 Can some 240 owners tell me where there battery is located ?
Portlight Rope Trim JERRY MITCHELL at 8:27am 05.24.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1116 I have a question that maybe a bit out of the ordinary but I'm sure that someone has run up on this
Light Winds and 322 Steve at 7:54am 05.24.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/725 I am interested in any comments on the sailing performance of the 322 in light winds. I am consider
26S Stay Tube Length Jimmie at 7:24am 05.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/921 I have a 91 Mac 26s that I purchased with a repaired mast. I purchased a new mast extrusion ' spread
boom hual Moebetta at 5:41am 05.24.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1083 Aloha Need to pull Atomic 4 out of my Catalina 27---is it ok to use the boon as a lift ?
Boat delivery questions-to tip or not to tip Bil Thomas at 3:08am 05.24.03 Ask All Sailors 12/2264 We recently sold our Hunter and bought a new boat which is being delivered from Durbin SA. The manu
New Batteries Installation John Lynch at 1:11am 05.24.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/657 I have decided to go with Gel batteries to replace my old deep cycle. Battery #1 holds its charge @1
new boat shine! christopher bayer at 12:07am 05.24.03 Big Boats 16/908 i am the proud owner of a new 426 aft. what is the best way to keep that new boat shine? both outsid

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Sail number (1) Tally Ho at 7:44pm 05.26.20 My old sail had a 159 on it...took me a while to note that it matched my hull #. when I had a new
(2) Tally Ho at 7:32pm 05.26.20 Think about rails made of Starboard instead of teak. Think while varnishing. I hate to admit it, b
MMSI Question shemandr at 7:27pm 05.26.20 Thanks, that's all helpful and fills in a bit from the manual. I have other questions I'll post to
Genoa lines dlochner at 7:24pm 05.26.20 In any event, the procedure on a large headsail where you need to give some assistance to its clear
Genoa lines Joe at 7:13pm 05.26.20 Thanks. Helps alot. Another question: I've seen a few boats where the Genoa is not directly attache
Funny Friday!!! Michael Davis at 7:01pm 05.26.20
Mid-boom sheeting/loose footed main shanker at 6:49pm 05.26.20 I have switched to a loose footed main on my h260 two years ago and only positives. You have some mo
Anatomy of a hole Apex at 6:45pm 05.26.20 check mainesails posts on the subject. Drill the 1/2" hole, then remove core leaving the skins. TH
MMSI Question Ward H at 6:30pm 05.26.20 To add to what @dlochner already said, DSC calls are transmitted on channel 72. When making an emerg
New stuffing box overheating capta at 6:08pm 05.26.20 Sounds to me like the boat yard used the wrong size packing. Otherwise, you could have a badly misal
New stuffing box overheating Alan Gomes at 6:08pm 05.26.20 We recently removed our 13 year old PSS system on our Catalina 350. It didn't fit right and we're
Funny Friday!!! Meriachee at 6:05pm 05.26.20 Again surfaces the inability of the SBO universe to allow multiple likes. :)
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 5:57pm 05.26.20
Funny Friday!!! (2) rpludwig at 5:40pm 05.26.20 SO... this is what all those rich people mean when they talk about going to the boathouse :doh:.htt
MMSI Question DArcy at 5:34pm 05.26.20 I have the HX40 but it sounds like the functions are similar. Channel scanning needs pre-prorammed c
Anatomy of a hole rpludwig at 5:27pm 05.26.20 r u sure that's on your boat?....looks like an astronomical black hole pic taken from the Hubble tel
New stuffing box overheating Justin_NSA at 5:19pm 05.26.20 Or a LasDrop Gen II if you didn't like the PSS. Take a gander at Rod's writeup. He addresses temp sp
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 5:06pm 05.26.20 Ah youth.
Cruise Pac Hunter216 at 5:04pm 05.26.20 Hey, whatta you know, my boat has the cruise pac!! Do you still have the Chapmans book? :)
New stuffing box overheating Meriachee at 4:53pm 05.26.20 Go get a new PSS?

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