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Paint Color Preferences? Anchor Lady at 7:15pm 03.22.20 Ask All Sailors 21/2207
Jib sheet replacement Mark Maulden at 6:47pm 03.22.20 Ask All Sailors 10/3703 It's time to change the 40 yr old sheets. I think they are Samson original LS or XLS 9/16. I canno
Nj marina's vs covid-19 close or open Capt Robbie at 6:32pm 03.22.20 Ask All Sailors 2/1031 fortunately my boat was splashed the other day and now almost ready to go sailing. This past weekend
PSS Shaft Seal - Bellows Degradtion (2) walmsleyc at 6:30pm 03.22.20 Big Boats 64/7827 I'm a big fan of the PSS Shaft Seal and have had one for 12+ years. I replaced my bellows 3 seasons
Catalina Island Locked Down Rick D at 6:22pm 03.22.20 Destinations 16/1738 Got a notice that Catalina is barring uses of moorings, transient and leased, until further notice.
HYDROLUBE for my Hunter 380 GALIOSTRO at 5:47pm 03.22.20 Big Boats 16/1259 Hello, sorry for my english!! I'm anhappoy owner of a 380... But in France, Coronavirus... I mustto
SS U-Mixing elbow Ken13559 at 5:30pm 03.22.20 Ask All Sailors 21/1506 I've uses the HDI SS U-Mixing elbow for last 3 good years. Each year I remove and check, no fouling.
Bowsprit HD74 at 3:14pm 03.22.20 Ask All Sailors 2/400 I am interested in adding a bowsprit on my hunter 340. I am hoping to find out which kind would be b
Corona virus Member 131497 at 11:18am 03.22.20 Ask All Sailors 39/2444 Hi Anyone has news/ or idea of whats going on in tbe Florida Keys regarding the darn virus? I mean c
Removal of original SD25 anode Dr. D at 8:35am 03.22.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/697 I will haul my boat this summer for various reasons. By then the anode on the Yanmar SD25 saildrive
VHF/FM Antenna Query ScourgeOfTheHudson at 7:30am 03.22.20 Ask All Sailors 3/348 Hi all, In trying to find the bright side in all this insanity of our new "normal", I'm really tryi
Changing oil first time Megaman at 6:04am 03.22.20 Engines and Propulsion 20/1954 I have a 1987 Hunter 40 with a 44 horsepower Yanmar diesel what type of oil should I be putting in,
Installed a deck organizer (8) rgranger at 9:23pm 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 1/475 Hello Sharing my installation. I have a Hunter 26 that came with a deck organizer to starboard but
Quick release shroud? clnhse at 8:25pm 03.21.20 Smaller Boats 7/2386 I came across quick release shroud shackles for a Catalina 22. I thought it would save about 15 minu
Drywall Sander - Bottom Sanding? Puesta del sol at 7:45pm 03.21.20 Big Boats 8/2496 Any reason not to use a drywall sander? Recommended by another boater - thinking of getting it a tr
Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion - Protection (Collier 13 - 15) Will Gilmore at 5:51pm 03.21.20 Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion 25/3146 Welcome to Section 5, the Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion - Protection (Collier 13- 15 ' 18), of
Hunter 40.5 Dining Table Modification (2) timvg at 5:09pm 03.21.20 Big Boats 5/794 There's been a number of threads on the overly large Hunter 40.5 table. After talking about this for
Banjo bolts Ken13559 at 4:10pm 03.21.20 Engines and Propulsion 6/8495 I snap off the banjo bolt from my Yanmar 2GM30F when tightening. I tried not to buy the replacement
MDR Macgregor 25 sailors seeking on the water and hands on experience advice T/Y Goodman at 3:56pm 03.21.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/949 My Brother and i have been in the process of restoring a venture 25 and are looking to store the boa
Feed water pump capta at 2:47pm 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 12/867 We've been using a 12 volt Water Puppy (6.3 gpm) as a boost pump for our watermaker, but they do not

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Acp to fiberglass Crazy Dave Condon at 2:26pm 03.10.24 I thought I had spoken you but heck , I am an old fart that cannot remember squat. I sent you a pr
Acp to fiberglass KeukaSailer at 2:05pm 03.10.24 Hey Dave! Hope all is well! Spoke to you at length via message and phone call a when I first got it
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? Justin_NSA at 2:01pm 03.10.24 This is what happens when you don't use the blower when fueling a gas engine. Fortunately no one was
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? (1) tfox2069 at 2:00pm 03.10.24 I had a Yamaha 9.9 long shaft high thrust on my 1974 Catalina 27. It worked great, but you need the
Cockpit table - how to secure it gwoolverton at 1:54pm 03.10.24 223429 That's a nice solution. Thanks.
CONGRATS TO CRAZY DAVE CONDON.. OVER 10,000 HELPFUL MESSAGES tfox2069 at 1:52pm 03.10.24 Thanks for your posts over the years Dave! Great milestone.
Acp to fiberglass Crazy Dave Condon at 1:46pm 03.10.24 @KeukaSailer Take a few photos of damaged areas and post them here. Former dealer for this boat.
Beat way to fix this interior wall Crazy Dave Condon at 1:38pm 03.10.24 Spoke with @Bluebonnet87 today. Suspect rain water in bilge unless if salty; however, bottom last p
Changing batteries artboas at 12:46pm 03.10.24 Hi, My boat is a 2011Hunter 39 I am going to change out my house and starting batteries this spring
Acp to fiberglass kappykaplan at 12:38pm 03.10.24 I believe @Crazy Dave Condon can help with this.
Splicing sta set 8mm JBP-PA at 11:31am 03.10.24 You can also use a "D-splicer" which you can easily make with some fine wire. You double over the w
G-10 discs for thru-hull FastOlson at 11:16am 03.10.24 There is a risk of applying unneeded Modern Digital Precise Result thinking to such problems. Rememb
Tohatsu Charging Davidasailor26 at 11:13am 03.10.24 Best to use a fuse on the battery end of the positive cable, to protect the cable from any shorts.
Microwave on Hunter 306? ggrizzard at 10:39am 03.10.24 I think the OP found the un-connected wire marked "Microwave" and might want to hard wire it to the
Clamp on meter recommendation? Leeward Rail at 10:23am 03.10.24 Lots of YouTube videos showing test results for various models. Definitely less than 100. I have ha
Anyone thinking of selling their 275? Codybear at 10:22am 03.10.24 Have a new daysailor being made in France, so my C275 is definitely on the market this spring. Need
Tohatsu Charging Leeward Rail at 10:19am 03.10.24 Yes, you can connect the sailpro output directly to a battery. That is what it was designed for. Ke
GOB Gone? dLj at 10:00am 03.10.24 I've witnessed how review articles get written at some of the glossy mags; it's worse than you thin
Beat way to fix this interior wall (2) Bluebonnet87 at 9:56am 03.10.24 @Bluebonnet87 make sure bulkhead is solid and bolts are tight. Get the leak fixed asap. Remove al
Tohatsu Charging DocMB at 9:31am 03.10.24 Thanks very much. I hoped that was the case, but couldn't find it anywhere, in their literature or

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