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Companionway Steps Restoration thetone at 12:53pm 07.06.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/681 I have water damage to my companionway steps and dining table. This is my 1990 35s5. Can anyone give
Frigoboat woes Phil Mac at 12:21pm 07.06.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1850 I have been trying to get my Frigoboat ice box refrigeration with an air cooled compressor working a
Turnbuckle thread size o0o0o0o0o at 11:19am 07.06.20 Catalina 30 14/2923 Hi, I have an 82' c30 and would like to replace the closed body turnbuckles with open body ones. Do
Eight month old water pump has changed colors (1) karellen at 11:01am 07.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/626 Replaced the water pump on my 3GM30F last winter. Was doing some maintenance today and saw that it's
Keel Bolts BillGr at 10:57am 07.06.20 Ask All Sailors 0/12 I have a 44 year old 26' Grampian keel sailboat. I plan to put new bottom paint on starting 7/20/20.
Keel Bolts BillGr at 9:58am 07.06.20 Grampian 3/1924 I have a 44 year old 26' Grampian keel sailboat. I plan to put new bottom paint on starting 7/20/20
H260 - Thinking about repowering to a saildrive ArcticFarx at 9:44am 07.06.20 Smaller Boats 14/1308 Hey all! I've had some great years with my H260 and have completed many upgrades including, new sol
Recommendations for Diesel Engine Mechanic in Vancouver BC Guan at 9:41am 07.06.20 Ask All Sailors 15/1291 Can anyone recommend a good diesel mechanic in Vancouver BC
Day Sailing in the Florida Keys swishmister at 8:51am 07.06.20 Day Sailers 6/1922 Hey Y'all, I want to see if you guys can give me some insight. A couple of years ago I bought a Hun
USCG NVDC Vessel Documentation Search Question jviss at 8:44am 07.06.20 Ask All Sailors 2/1044 Greetings, I recall not too long ago when performing a vessel search via the Coast Guard's National
c-18 boom height john6206 at 6:42am 07.06.20 Smaller Boats 3/1033 Hello All - When I have my sail fully raised, and the luff taught, my gooseneck is right in the mi
25.5 Poptop delaminating Urchin at 6:33am 07.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/505 My poptop on my 1985 25.5 is delaminating. It seems to be absorbing water in between the upper and
Boom alignment on Hunter 41ac (2) Tucker67 at 5:52am 07.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/674 I have replaced my topping lift on my hunter 41 ac and noticed that unless I really hoist the boom u
ProSine Inverter Charger Help Marc14857 at 5:05am 07.06.20 Ask All Sailors 1/535 ProSine 2000 Watt inverter charger after 5 hours of charging my 490 AmpHr AGM battery bank is still
Time for new AC. SycloneDriver at 7:20pm 07.05.20 Ask All Sailors 24/4421 About one month I managed to get the Cruisair 12,000btu turbo air conditioner working on my new to m
Bimini top for 26S Russ Ward at 6:33pm 07.05.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/880 I am in search of a bimini top for my 26S. I have read the past posts and reviewed Sumner's site ma
Raritan PH Super Flush Water leak (1) ontherocks83 at 6:11pm 07.05.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/2468 I recently installed a new Raritan PH Super Flush Head. I am very happy with its performance, but I
Using nylon or Dacron sailcloth as peel-ply LagunaJay at 5:07pm 07.05.20 Ask All Sailors 0/1179 For anyone doing a fiberglass project, if you ever wondered if you could use scrap nylon or Dacron s
My old stuffing box is shining like a new penny. I think that's a bad thing. (1) IH82BL8 at 3:55pm 07.05.20 Ask All Sailors 9/2211 Isn't the stuffing box made of either brass or bronze? I'm no expert on galvanic corrosion, if it l
Raymarine Rotary drive? scottdube at 3:19pm 07.05.20 Big Boats 11/2464 Over the years I've had a couple of times where the autopilot would stop working. I'd get a "Drive

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Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat (1) Rick D at 9:19pm 11.17.24 I cannot recall seeing a documented sailboat in SoCal with other than the hailing port on the stern
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat Richard19068 at 8:52pm 11.17.24
Express 34 - Flooring Refinish FastOlson at 8:03pm 11.17.24 When we bought our similar boat the original sole pieces were very very dirty and dark, from wear an
Vented Loop Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:58pm 11.17.24 No...a vented loop in a discharge line is only needed in a line connected to a below-waterline thru-
Recommendations for the tension of the mast stays shemandr at 6:42pm 11.17.24
O'day 302 NMEA backbone cable location (4) Tin Kicker at 6:20pm 11.17.24 Like Greg, I have a 322 so the cabin is reverse of the 302. The images below are from in-process and
Question about solar panels and batteries. Scott T-Bird at 5:46pm 11.17.24 I hope I'll get at least 250 watts of solar panels for my boat. Why do you want solar panels?
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat JoeWhite at 5:25pm 11.17.24 C42 has 3 ports in front of the mast. C36 has 2. The image showed 2 ports. Is the 3rd one hidden in
Express 34 - Flooring Refinish dlochner at 4:58pm 11.17.24 Thank you all so much for the excellent input. This is extremely helpful, and I think we have a pla
Express 34 - Flooring Refinish kappykaplan at 4:44pm 11.17.24 Can a plainer be used in lieu of the heat gun and scraping? Would save a lot of time but I'm worrie
Express 34 - Flooring Refinish ltfzsolt at 4:42pm 11.17.24 Thank you all so much for the excellent input. This is extremely helpful, and I think we have a plan
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat kappykaplan at 4:15pm 11.17.24 The image above appears to be catalina 36. Is that the vessel you are asking about? So, we got th
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat JoeWhite at 4:13pm 11.17.24 The image above appears to be catalina 36. Is that the vessel you are asking about? If it is c36 the
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat Calif. Ted at 3:44pm 11.17.24 Last documented boat I had marked that way, name high toward the aft and hailing port on transom. I
Hull flexing on a 94 Beneteau First 210 Davidasailor26 at 3:27pm 11.17.24 Inspect the front of the keel for evidence of grounding and perhaps refinishing. In a hard groundin
Decking project kappykaplan at 3:17pm 11.17.24 Looks pretty good to my untrained eye! :beer:
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat kappykaplan at 2:47pm 11.17.24 I haven't seen name and hailing port done that way, but your plan does seem to be in compliance with
Hull sag problem capta at 2:40pm 11.17.24 Fiberglass boats "banana" from having the backstay pumped tight. This drives the mast down and pull
Hull flexing on a 94 Beneteau First 210 dlochner at 1:26pm 11.17.24 Inspect the front of the keel for evidence of grounding and perhaps refinishing. In a hard grounding
Express 34 - Flooring Refinish dlochner at 1:19pm 11.17.24 To remove the old finish start with a heat gun and a very very sharp scraper. Start gently until you

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