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Bare Mast Brian Buzz at 5:30pm 03.02.20 Mid-Size Boats 6/1070 I have a question about my unpainted mast and boom on my 1979 Cat.27 tall rig. Is the aluminum anodi
NEARLY BURNT DOWN THE BOAT (1) twodzusfittings at 4:38pm 03.02.20 Bigger Boats 6/1240 I had installed a Blue Seas ELCI unit as suggested by the Surveyor, to meet the AYBC codes. It work
Stern Rub Rail Hunter 30T 1992 Rxsail at 4:15pm 03.02.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/416 The former owner sustained a "ding" on the very edge of the stern. Certainly not being critical her
Hunter 23 Bimini knotatwork2 at 3:15pm 03.02.20 Smaller Boats 16/2358 I have a 1987 Hunter 23 and would like to put a bimini on board. I haven't seen any pictures with on
450-456 size difference? ScottySailor at 10:16am 03.02.20 Big Boats 5/851
O'day 19 centerboard operation. Patrick Hall at 8:30am 03.02.20 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1138 I'm about 6 weeks from putting my boat in the water. I've never sailed it, and I don't have a owners
Panel Light Replacement Installation (3) Sailgunner at 8:23am 03.02.20 Big Boats 1/535 I finally decided to tackle replacing one strip of lights in my panel that was fried from a lighteni
How to lower and raise Swing Keel 2018 Catalina 22 Sport? Resail at 6:57am 03.02.20 Catalina 22 4/2458 I have a stupid question! I've been sailing for 15 years, but have always sailed fixed keel sailboat
Keel question Dhamil6490 at 6:39am 03.02.20 Ask All Sailors 1/397 I have a Seaward 17 with a shoal keel. Is there anything I can do to prevent / reduce lead from leec
Repower for Beneteau 473 Benny GrowSailing at 6:09am 03.02.20 Engines and Propulsion 3/902 Hello all, we've attempted an engine rebuild of our original Perkins Sabre M65 that came with out 20
Mast/boom paint. Tsmacg25 at 4:57am 03.02.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/575 I recently purchased an 81 Mac 25, and an 87 M26D. Masts on both have pretty much no anodize left al
Barber Hauler for an H26 rgranger at 9:14pm 03.01.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/563 Hi Wanted to share an upgrade (I hope) Today I installed a simple barber hauler on my H26 Here is th
I Knocked off A few things on the 2-do list (8) rgranger at 4:15pm 03.01.20 Smaller Boats 5/736 A second warm day of 2020 so I went to the boat but the wind was calm so... 1- replaced the fairlea
First Mate's first sail (2) HMT2 at 6:31am 03.01.20 Ask All Sailors 14/1135 I took my new first mate on her first sail yesterday. Wind was 12-15 knots with some bigger gusts. W
Yanmar 2GM starting trouble coolair at 4:26am 03.01.20 Engines and Propulsion 14/2643 Ruined a perfect day at the lake yesterday as my 1996 Yanmar 2GM would not start. Cranked fine but
What is this under vberth... (1) Jdtran at 9:42pm 02.29.20 Catalina 30 2/1108 Just discovered a large amount of water under the vberth. There was a hole to run a hose to the bil
Big scare with new standing rigging (2) Muttondressedaslamb at 8:55pm 02.29.20 Ask All Sailors 32/3242 When I hauled out my 2003 Catalina 310 in the fall of 2018, I decided to replace all the standing ri
Strut lubrication? smokey73 at 7:11pm 02.29.20 Ask All Sailors 5/962 I was lubricating my Maxprop Classic today while the boat is out of the water. While doing so I not
My first sail of 2020 (3) rgranger at 5:55pm 02.29.20 Ask All Sailors 8/828 Today was a fluke warm day... and perfect. High of 60F, blue sky and a steady 12 mph breeze
Second time replacing this pump, any better ideas on hand pumps? (2) j_schoenfeld at 4:40pm 02.29.20 Ask All Sailors 6/593 this is the second pump I have replaced for salt water in my sink. I put this pump in as it states i

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GOB Gone? twodzusfittings at 2:12pm 03.07.24 I feel honored to have had many hours of pure peace, pleasure and opportunity to learn for the last
Large Frame alternator in M25XP (1) dlochner at 2:07pm 03.07.24 And even prettier when installed. ;) Did you get the belt buddy too? I found the standard arm could
Hunter 340 Wing Keel flaking dlochner at 2:00pm 03.07.24 Lead or iron cast keels come out of the mold looking pretty ugly. They are all faired before install
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! dlochner at 1:56pm 03.07.24 Hello, Note that you have the same issues with charts printed on paper. A chart printed with a sca
Boat transport jssailem at 1:18pm 03.07.24 When you include the costs of transportation from Florida to NY, you may find it more affordable to
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! BarryL at 12:47pm 03.07.24 Hello, Note that you have the same issues with charts printed on paper. A chart printed with a scal
G-10 discs for thru-hull Project_Mayhem at 12:46pm 03.07.24 I did something similar with a broken, leaking paddle wheel sensor a few years ago. @dlochner and We
GOB Gone? Rick D at 12:35pm 03.07.24 If you are a subscriber, keep a watch on your email. They promised to provide a download to subscr
Boat transport LloydB at 12:06pm 03.07.24 https://buffalo.craigslist.org/boa/d/lockport-sailboat/7722313629.html if you already have a pick up
Black water seacock Terry Cox at 11:20am 03.07.24 The other option is to haul the boat for a short hang, squirt some lube designed to cut through corr
GOB Gone? thinwater at 11:15am 03.07.24 wow, that's bad news. I better keep all my paper copies of GOB . I hope th
Large Frame alternator in M25XP (1) Hayden Watson at 10:59am 03.07.24 The belt kit came in and it looks beautiful.
Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts Crazy Dave Condon at 9:30am 03.07.24 @patbratton the main purpose for the struts is for mast raising only. There should be a slight l
Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts hunter240 at 9:25am 03.07.24 Hhhhmmmnnn, gonna check mine out a little closer. I know that mine have maybe 1/8th inch play room w
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! (1) JamesG161 at 9:17am 03.07.24 You have a chart, I will print it on paper in color, not folded, for shipping cost to you. I can p
G-10 discs for thru-hull bob45 at 9:12am 03.07.24
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! JamesG161 at 9:00am 03.07.24 Did you know with the newest Radar and Chirp Sonar, you can see underwater hazard in front of your S
Pulling chainplates rekkabell at 8:45am 03.07.24 I should add that I gave the deck time to dry. The Git Rot came last. Not a quick process. It's goi
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! JamesG161 at 8:44am 03.07.24 Here is a list of Charts being updated weekly. Can you guess why those area are done? NOAA Weekly
G-10 discs for thru-hull jssailem at 8:38am 03.07.24 Any thoughts on using epoxy and G-10 discs to plug the holes? Yes. That is an option...but: The st

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