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Mattress for aft cabin Waltsailor at 6:13pm 05.18.20 Big Boats 15/5135 I am looking to purchase a new mattress for the aft cabin in our 386. Company I used 15 years ago i
U.S Sailor lost off the coast of Queensland Australia garymalmgren at 6:04pm 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1145 Apparently people ashore saw him fall over board as he was dousing his main. "The yacht ran aground
H31 rudder Tom H31 at 5:55pm 05.18.20 Mid-Size Boats 6/1274 A marine surveyor suggested that the rudder on our 1986 Hunter 31 is in bad shape. How would I know
life's journey jon hansen at 5:44pm 05.18.20 Sails Call Lounge 3/650 eddie haskell died today, will have to wear black arm bands like when the "skipper" died 'the beav
Morgan 34 Cockpit Sole Rot Paul Koestner at 3:37pm 05.18.20 Morgan 10/2261 Our 1970 Morgan 34 cockpit sole has a commonly used design trait, teak strips separated by some sort
Alternator re-assembly (3) Scott T-Bird at 2:46pm 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1324 :( Ok, I'll be the first to admit that I take things apart and then have trouble putting them back
Polishes/Waxes Crusader8622 at 1:29pm 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 12/1585
An Actually portable Air Conditioner? BillyK at 1:00pm 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 12/10347 Anyone happen to see or give this a try? seems like something that would be good to keep a vbirth o
Polyurethan Stripper? WarrenJF at 1:00pm 05.18.20 Mid-Size Boats 10/1305 Beginner here. Want to re-do all exterior woodwork on my Cat 27. Appears that it was stained and the
Fridge/ice box condensation lines Holly Foster at 12:57pm 05.18.20 Catalina 310 20/2918 We are new owners of a 2007 310 and are learning. This forum has been terrific to read so many of t
Best polyurethane stripper WarrenJF at 12:36pm 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 2/407 Beginner here. Want to re-do all exterior woodwork. Appears that it was stained and then coated wi
CoViD-isms (1) rgranger at 11:31am 05.18.20 Sails Call Lounge 28/2776 So... I'm stuck at home doing most of my work on Zoom.... and although the extra time to surf the f
Surveyors - Cape Cod Scott T-Bird at 11:06am 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 4/1229 If anybody has a recommendation for a surveyor on Cape Cod or nearby, please send a pm to me. I'd l
Catalina 36 - Replacing Head Faucet SeaMonkey25 at 10:41am 05.18.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/864 I have a 2004 Catalina 36 MkII and need to replace the faucet in the head. The faucet is almost imp
Transom shower spray handle Banooma at 10:04am 05.18.20 Mid-Size Boats 5/907 The transom shower sprayer has not seen a great deal of use over the years, but the old plastic part
Sailing into a marina BenIodine53 at 9:36am 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 47/6027 Sorry for the long-ish post. Please bear with me. The inevitable occurred; I had engine trouble. Ba
Trouble with jib roller furling on Hunter 170 (2-part question) stickinthemud57 at 9:03am 05.18.20 Day Sailers 21/4284 Part One: I am having trouble furling the jib on my Hunter 170 using roller furling and am looking
leaking stern pulpit flange odaydokay at 9:01am 05.18.20 Bigger Boats 7/1129 O'Day 28 flange leak into the starboard quarter berth area. Occasional drip for years now too much
Deck paint for Hunter 170 stickinthemud57 at 8:41am 05.18.20 Day Sailers 5/1174 A search revealed a good deal of info and advice regarding bottom paint for the Hunter 170, but I di
Raw water filter Jrtauber at 8:36am 05.18.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/616 I he a Perko raw water filter that needs a new cover bolt. Has anyone replaced one. How do you remov

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3M 5200 Ward H at 5:41am 09.03.24 "I raised the issue because there is too much disinformation, misinformation, and plain old rumor m
top side handrails mermike at 5:03am 09.03.24 I'm not 100% sure. I thought the handrails were through bolted from the inside, with the nuts under
Passage 42 Bent Keel shemandr at 4:37am 09.03.24 Yeah, you have to look at the tabbing around the keel pan and the tabbing around all the bulkheads.
Passage 42 Bent Keel georgeleo at 4:35am 09.03.24 Your right .entire keel area will need minute inspection.
3M 5200 sailme88 at 3:22am 09.03.24 it would seem that California has banned more an more things over the years. Along with that goes a
3M 5200 dlochner at 2:32am 09.03.24 This is simply not true. If it was then get rid of all your epoxy and polyester resin. I agree that
What kind of propane regulator to use? MikeHoncho at 10:21pm 09.02.24 I don't have a picture of the refill adapter, so I will describe it. Listed in order of connection
What kind of propane regulator to use? MikeHoncho at 10:12pm 09.02.24 The pressure fluctuation is the result of LPGs vapor pressure and is consistent with the data. They
Megayacht Bayesian sank Hayden Watson at 10:00pm 09.02.24 I was also thinking the hull got punctured, but first I asked myself how much anchor rode they had
3M 5200 MikeHoncho at 9:59pm 09.02.24 There is nothing on a boat that is a never remove solution. This is simply not true. If it was the
top side handrails jssailem at 9:06pm 09.02.24 Using plugs is a good thought to finish off the look on the liner. That would resolve the issue in
To charge or not to charge SEMPERAVANTI41 at 7:55pm 09.02.24 When I stated 3 independent outputs of the Cristec charger, I meant that the 3 outputs were isolated
Lake Superior morning (1) DaveJ at 7:29pm 09.02.24 Lake Ontario evening. Mouth of the Niagara River. cheers
Speed over water not working Davidasailor26 at 7:29pm 09.02.24 On the Zeus you can also go into Settings -> Network -> Device List. That should show you everythin
Lake Superior morning Ralph Johnstone at 7:14pm 09.02.24 Beautiful :clap: !
Tank Sensors Jan_H at 7:03pm 09.02.24 I did a post on this awhile ago. ..... (Read my post ) Was this meant to be a link to your post?
Speed over water not working Captain W at 7:00pm 09.02.24
top side handrails sailmandan at 6:41pm 09.02.24 Thanks for your thoughts. Most boats have backing washers and nuts for the handrails. I was wonder
Passage 42 Bent Keel Davidasailor26 at 6:31pm 09.02.24
top side handrails jssailem at 6:23pm 09.02.24 I have teak handrails on my cabin top. I had leaks develop after 48 years. I took the bungs out of t

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