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HELP Swing Keel knocking noise ?? exiled geordie at 7:20am 09.23.02 Smaller Boats 3/1517 I have had my 25ft catalina for 4 months ' am currently on my way down the ICW to florida. I wondere
Waterheaters Hans Baart at 6:44am 09.23.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/862 Hello boaters!I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with Bosch propane demand water heate
Tiller Tamer ... replacement parts Hayden Jones at 6:38am 09.23.02 Smaller Boats 0/1149 The smalll white pulley wheel on my Tiller Tamer has disentegrated from sun, fun and years of use an
Guest Charger Cooks Batteries Scott at 6:36am 09.23.02 Big Boats 8/1566 Arrived at our boat last Friday to find it filled with a horrible stench of rotten eggs. Furthermore
landlubber planning to get wet Mark Preston at 6:21am 09.23.02 Ask All Sailors 9/1197 I have had a lifelong ambition to sail, but am only recently in a financial position to do something
Dropping the Main James Marohn at 5:57am 09.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 8/1061 When dropping the main, our sail does not freely fall. When we open the main halyard's cleat, the ma
Reefing FLANDRIA at 4:33am 09.23.02 Big Boats 2/1072 We have in mast furling mainsail, and 150% furling Genoa. I want to take the guess work out of reefi
This may be a silly question, but. . . Chris McLoughlin at 4:16am 09.23.02 Ask All Sailors 4/1133 This fall I plan on removing the bottom paint on my Hunter Legend 37.5 so that I can barrier coat th
Why are there so many 40.5 in CT Zambra at 4:13am 09.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/833 I am searching for a 40.5 and there are several available for sale in CT. Did everybody decided to
tachometer Bob Middleton at 4:11am 09.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1050 I recently bought a Catalina 27. The tachometer at first did not show RPM until the engine went abo
Change of sails mary at 3:47am 09.23.02 Racing 5/1497 For those of you who might race either in regatta's or the weekly beer can race from your club - are
260 Question Calvin at 3:29am 09.23.02 Smaller Boats 5/796 I just obtained possession of a 1999 260. On the rudder assembly there are 2 pins of different size.
CenterBoard Removal Larry Merz at 3:01am 09.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1062 My centerboard needs some work and I need to remove it from the boat(1984 222).Does anyone know how
Any Hunter 90 / JY9 owner's in Europe?? John Whelan at 2:51am 09.23.02 Smaller Boats 0/1730 I have purchased a Hunter 90 (actually a JY9 but it is I belive the same thing just a different bran
Prop shaft log Don at 2:00am 09.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/939 My C27 is on the hard for a long overdue bottom paint job. I talked with the yard guy about changin
No Fuel Feed Gil Kruemmel at 1:59am 09.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1094 Last time out on my 85 H31 had a great sail day, however, upon returning to the marina channel and p
Thermostat for Grunert Robert Polk at 1:35am 09.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1669 Has anyone had experience replacing the thermostat control for Grunert 110VAC refrigeration units us
Oday Opening Ports Neil Scoltock at 1:04am 09.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1082 Does anyone know who was the original manufacturer of the opening ports for the Oday 35?
ideas/experiences with mysterious leaks ? Dennis at 12:28am 09.23.02 Smaller Boats 7/897 I've an '81 22 swing keel. Been out about twenty times in the past two months and five of those time
Head on hunter 356 John Dorsett at 12:13am 09.23.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1439 Peggy,On my 356 there is a loop with a vent line that goes to head it is in the wet locker or towel

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Weather/Hatch/Crib Board Replacement Hardhead at 1:28pm 08.08.20 I've been using the cheaper totalboat epoxy, and thinning with denatured alcohol for the 1st few coa
A week in Jamaica JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 1:18pm 08.08.20 You did this in your 310? Yes. We left the US in her in 2015. Been poking around the Caribbean sin
bilge cleaning tips fred1diver at 1:01pm 08.08.20 so my bilge is all clean, thanks to all of you. tomorrow I'm going to paint the bilge and maybe do a
how can I keep my frig door ajar when off the boat johnperri55 at 12:57pm 08.08.20 great ideas all! thanks
Diesel smell in the aft cabin...down the rabbit hole VanIslandGuy at 12:47pm 08.08.20 Further down the rabbit hole, the KUS gasket I ordered is listed as cork/nitrate which I will guess
Toilet paper Tally Ho at 12:42pm 08.08.20 I use some quick dissolve paper I picked up at Walmart. Not necessarily just for marine...probably
Cockpit folding table Meriachee at 12:20pm 08.08.20 You just have an iPhone picture and it is controlling you. :yikes: The hardware giveth, and the so
Toilet paper Stu Jackson at 12:10pm 08.08.20 Type toilet paper in the search box, and read away. Really.
Tacking Etiquette ggrizzard at 11:59am 08.08.20 Yeah, with power boat owner guests I do what Will Gilmore said . I'm told I'm eccentric by all of th
Diesel smell in the aft cabin...down the rabbit hole Ralph Johnstone at 11:57am 08.08.20 Messy black goop, but works on high temp stuff too. Spreads everywhere. I have seen it get smear
Toilet paper Ralph Johnstone at 11:52am 08.08.20 We have used household single ply toilet paper in our Raritan manual head for 20 years and never ha
Weather/Hatch/Crib Board Replacement (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:45am 08.08.20 The epoxy coat should be thick. Don't bother with "penetrating" epoxy it's a waste of money you wan
Engine Panel red warning lights ggrizzard at 11:38am 08.08.20 As Richard implied and I'll say flatly: DO NOT REST EASY until you have properly operating idiot lig
Diesel smell in the aft cabin...down the rabbit hole JamesG161 at 11:36am 08.08.20 I installed the newest Wema sender with the float and reed switches. The old float had swollen from
Tacking Etiquette capta at 11:31am 08.08.20 As a charter boat we go through this weekly. 99% of our guests have never been on a sailboat and onl
Diesel smell in the aft cabin...down the rabbit hole (4) Ralph Johnstone at 11:26am 08.08.20 As @JamesG161 has said, cork is like a wick and has no business being near any fuel. I strongly sug
how can I keep my frig door ajar when off the boat BigEasy at 11:19am 08.08.20 I use a short bungie cord to attach the latch on the fridge door to a nearby rail for the gimbaled o
Toilet paper Richard19068 at 11:16am 08.08.20 We have used household single ply toilet paper in our Raritan manual head for 20 years and never had
Gas storage LazurusLong at 11:16am 08.08.20 Are you talking about bringing in an additional 5 gallon gasoline can in addition of the 6 gallon o
Gas storage LazurusLong at 11:13am 08.08.20 Can you find a way to simply replace the existing tank with a larger one? Some modification would b

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