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FIBERGLASS REPAIR thetone at 11:11am 05.23.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1580 I need to do some fiberglass work on my keel. I ran aground and the bottom of the keel is damaged. I
New Main Sail Options MikeyJ at 9:37am 05.23.20 Smaller Boats 7/1349 Okay, time for a new mainsail. Seem like loose footed is the thing now. My old one has full batten
New main sail - Hunter 23.5 MikeyJ at 9:33am 05.23.20 Smaller Boats 10/2863 Okay, time for a new mainsail. Seem like loose footed is the thing now. My old one has full batten
Hunter 326 arch light screws VernonJ at 7:36am 05.23.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/402 The screws holding the cover to the light on my arch have fallen out. I found the light cover laying
Mast raising options? Sawtooth at 7:28am 05.23.20 Smaller Boats 22/4193 I have a Hunter 26 WB and am looking at mast raising options such as a telescoping mast crutch on th
Unable to pull the daggerboard out, Any idea lessardmath at 4:56am 05.23.20 Ask All Sailors 16/2255 Good morning guys. Just bought my first MacGregor 26D sailboat. I'm trying to pull the daggerbord ou
Part number for 4jhe injectors 85bittersweet at 4:15am 05.23.20 Big Boats 3/578 I just bought a 85 hunter 40 and I believe the engine to be a 4 jhe. I'm having a hard time finding
Catalina 22 won't turn at low speeds IASailor at 9:50pm 05.22.20 Ask All Sailors 30/3420 I was sailing today on Red Rock reservoir south of Des Moines and had a great day. However I noticed
I am a new 1981 Hunter 36 owner.... MarcMag at 7:48pm 05.22.20 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1413 My dream starts today! I think I just stole a boat for 4k. It was repossessed by the marina and
Not rust, but what? (1) Bill19233 at 7:07pm 05.22.20 Ask All Sailors 5/664 After the last two rains, found this stain oozing out of a snap screwed into the deck for the skylig
Beneteau 323 Upper and Lower Shroud Position Question Beneteau323 at 6:40pm 05.22.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1110 On our Beneteau 323, when putting the mast up today, the lower shroud was placed forward of the uppe
Replace Rivets or Tap and Screw? catalanc at 6:14pm 05.22.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1412 I had to drill out a couple of rivets holding the "end cap" on my boom to repair an in-boom outhaul
Tuesday might be the day I finally move the boat fred1diver at 4:18pm 05.22.20 Ask All Sailors 5/488 hey everyone, I might have a window open to bring the boat down from Kingston to Ottawa on Tuesday.
Loose Bolt on the end of my "84" Oday 222 boom - How the heck do I tighten this? HELP!! (1) Donnie222 at 3:46pm 05.22.20 Ask All Sailors 13/2824 179520 end of my
Tank Level System - WEMA Norway Tim Mills at 1:36pm 05.22.20 Big Boats 1/1201 My new-to-me 2006 H41 as the WEMA tank level indicator system with the analog gauge and the diagram
ZF5 Transmission Oil 2 OLD PIRATES at 1:34pm 05.22.20 Catalina 310 4/836 Alright all you dye hard's out there with the immense knowledge of Transmissions. What oil is recomm
Automatic Float switch wiring Hunter 29.5 jcela at 12:04pm 05.22.20 Ask All Sailors 7/892 I will greatly appreciate the opinion of our experts in our group about wiring a float switch to imp
1GM10 (c), 2GM20 (f)(c), 3GM30 (f)(c), 3HM35 (f)(c) Shop Manual (10) MikeHoncho at 10:54am 05.22.20 Engines and Propulsion 6/1224 I have the shop manual for my 2GM20F. I came with the boat and I finally got to scanning it. There
Furler help needed to identify make model (5) Mhkent at 9:16am 05.22.20 Ask All Sailors 2/727 My furler is missing parts. The only marking is Cruising or Cruiser on the top of the Drum /Spool
bow thruster fuse. miguelgdelrey at 8:43am 05.22.20 Big Boats 4/892 Hello everyone, hope this find you safe and in good health. Does anyone knows where the 300 amp fu

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3M 5200 MikeHoncho at 4:22pm 09.03.24 @MikeHoncho I tried to think of something that is common on boats where 2 things on a boat that mig
Lake Superior morning Crazy Dave Condon at 4:07pm 09.03.24 Beautiful pictures . Thank you for sharing crazy Dave
Speed over water not working Captain W at 4:06pm 09.03.24 Thank you very much. Very appreciated.
I sealed gap at h260 water ballast hole area border, to get halffoot more height for water.. shemandr at 4:06pm 09.03.24 ??
Hoping to start traveling with the boat :) morbidfollower at 3:58pm 09.03.24 Don't restrict yourself to only California. The Tucson Sailing Club is inexpensive, mostly trailera
I sealed gap at h260 water ballast hole area border, to get halffoot more height for water.. Crazy Dave Condon at 3:51pm 09.03.24 ?
I may buy listing 5 degree H26, can water collect in hidden spots??? Crazy Dave Condon at 3:46pm 09.03.24 Suggest you hire a marine surveyor to look at that boat. Have you specifically looked inside in all
3M 5200 Rick Webb at 3:43pm 09.03.24 It's not currently banned there. Will something be banned in the future ? How would we know that ?
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:35pm 09.03.24 One more thing. Found a site called Plas TEAK. Uses recycled material and offers boat products...lik
DC Three wire deck light question. jssailem at 3:35pm 09.03.24 My wire is secured at the light fitting and then hangs loose in the conduits located in the mast.
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:32pm 09.03.24 Mermaid...probing into the handrail holes on the cabin top...I can feel nuts embedded at position 2,
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:24pm 09.03.24 Perfect...that is what I thought I could do. It would be interesting to see how far forward they go.
top side handrails jssailem at 3:19pm 09.03.24 You can see the acron nuts a washer behind the hand rail I wonder if that was the original design
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover dLj at 3:11pm 09.03.24 Nice write-up! Looking good! Yeah, ipe is hard wood for sure... dj
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover (1) Foswick at 2:49pm 09.03.24 I just realized I haven't posted updates as I said I would. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foreth
top side handrails (1) Riptide33 at 2:22pm 09.03.24 I will have to take alook at where the forward hand rail were. The last owner removed them. This is
3M 5200 dlochner at 2:15pm 09.03.24 Here we go again. I agree with "there is too much disinformation, misinformation, and plain old ru
3M 5200 dlochner at 2:11pm 09.03.24 I just Googled 5200 & California.. The information available indicates that California has indeed b
top side handrails sailmandan at 2:11pm 09.03.24 Riptide....I would appreciate pics.
top side handrails sailmandan at 2:09pm 09.03.24 Riptide....that is what I think I will end up doing. Drill all the way through and finish off with

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