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Small Inverters: Pros/Cons Roland at 5:07am 01.09.02 Ask All Sailors 15/1272 Am considering installing a stereo CD player/receiver in my 30 footer. Am currently using two 6 vol
Permanent Gas tank R.W.Landau at 9:42am 01.21.02 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1054 Has anyone install a permanent gas tank for your 25 outboard version?Question for all with permane
Winter Storage With Mast Mike at 11:15am 01.02.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1004 My boat this year for the first time is being stored with the mast up. I didn't touch the shrouds
Looking for used sails and boat Identity Chris at 9:23am 01.21.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/752 I have an old possibly O'Day. it looks very much like a widgeon except that it has a wooden mast and
Original Reefing Rig Ace Colson at 4:12am 01.09.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1153 Our reefing lines have been removed from our boat. I would like to get them rigged correctly for the
Moving my vent line Andrew Boyer at 8:33am 01.21.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1134 Peggy,I am looking to re-route my vent line off my holding tank. How do you recommend making the
Edsen Pedestal Al at 7:30am 01.21.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1237 Help! I need to replace a cable from the pedestal to the transmission. Problem for me is I do not k
1978 O Day 22 mainsail specs. Tom at 3:38am 01.09.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/3522 On a 1978 ODay 22, how does the mainsail attach to mastoom. Slug, bolt rope? I'm looking for a used
Interior improvements Jim Maroldo at 5:22am 01.21.02 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 6/1079 My Hunter 23 (1987 vintage) has had some interior water damage over the years due to poor storage pr
Hull number for a 1984 Hunter 31. Ed Carrillo at 10:56am 01.02.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/906 I bought a Hunter 31 with a hull number HUN31109M84B. Is the basic hull number 109 or 84?
Painting Bottom Robert Abello at 4:51am 01.21.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1129 I am a 1st time owner of a Catalina 30 '81. I need to get it out of the water and getthe bottom str
Gelcoat Blisters etc. Jim WIllis at 2:46am 01.09.02 Other Sailboats 0/609 I finally finished the Fiberglass Trilogy on blisters etc.You will see it up above to the right, o
Capsize screen Robert Krzyzanowski at 4:31am 01.21.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1185 what is the capsize screen rating for the older 27 Catalina ( pre 1990). What is the formula to f
Anchor Windlass for an '80 Hunter 30 Dennis Oelrich at 3:37am 01.21.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1021 Would like to add an anchor windlass to my Hunter 30. The anchor locker hatch is to close to the bo
Wema hoding tank gauge fixed. Mike Butler at 2:25am 01.09.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1297 I own a Hunter 320 purchased new in 2000. Last year my Wema holding tank gauge stopped working. A
Interior lights Sean Coerse at 3:13am 01.21.02 Smaller Boats 2/834 How do you take the lens of the lights in the cabin on the H240. I assume the lens twists off someh
Mast Exit Gate Terrance Maloney at 10:21am 01.02.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1016 I have a '89 Hunter 28 and I have lost the mast exit gate for the mainsail slides. The piece was mad
Sound Proofing Chris Hyland at 2:53am 01.21.02 Big Boats 7/1450 Is it worth tring to add sound proofing to the engine enclosures on the C36? It would be nice to qui
life lines Dick at 12:50am 01.09.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/921 The life line cable covers are cracked and dirty. Do I need replace the life lines or can I replace
New engine for 1977 Catalina 30 Bob Middleton at 2:45am 01.21.02 Mid-Size Boats 5/2458 What is the best make, model and HP diesel engine to replace the original gas engine Universal, West

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Holding tank access twodzusfittings at 5:21am 03.03.20 Tank came out through the original openings, but first the plumbing elbows has to be removed. The pa
Bare Mast Will Gilmore at 4:52am 03.03.20 I can't say specifically about your mast, but often, they are not anodized. As js says, the surface
H34 Deck Item?? (1) kloudie1 at 4:51am 03.03.20 Probably a removable spin pole downhaul rig. Attached is the downhaul point on my boat, done by prev
Could Winter be over? Bob J. at 3:45am 03.03.20 When I hear people up here complain about the cold, I like to point out... Oh, never mind. You're
Switch to PSS shaft seal or repack the stuffing box on my H33? senang at 2:46am 03.03.20
H34 Deck Item?? Joe at 2:44am 03.03.20 The only thing I could see was that all the slotted screws nearly lined up. That was put there by a
H34 Deck Item?? (1) Joe at 2:35am 03.03.20 It's a track for the spinnaker pole's foreguy. You could also use it to rig a foreguy for a whisker
Coronavirus related travel in the Eastern Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia daviddp at 2:10am 03.03.20 Sorry, I will have to disagree with you and move on to boating topics, but I will say this. Society
Has anyone found a wireless camera that can connect to a RAYMARINE Axiom? ger123 at 10:36pm 03.02.20 Hello! I have installed a Dahua HDW-1120S and it worked well after set special IP settings. But afte
1989 Beneteau 35s5 Questions Ben Jammin at 10:02pm 03.02.20 Mike, my wife has picked out an 89 Bene 35s5 here in San Diego, so I'm trying to learn about them be
H34 Deck Item?? Ron20324 at 9:38pm 03.02.20 Self-tacking jib?
Yanmar 2GM starting trouble Benny17441 at 9:18pm 03.02.20 Yes, try bleeding the air out at the high pressure pump. A slow leak could have developed in the l
Holding tank access Richard19068 at 8:57pm 03.02.20 On my 30, I actually took the whole tank out through the openings. ... It looks like the pan was in
H34 Deck Item?? Allan12210 at 8:57pm 03.02.20 The only thing I could see was that all the slotted screws nearly lined up. That was put there by a
H34 Deck Item?? Benny17441 at 8:52pm 03.02.20 That is a track for a turning block/ sheet block, its use is not obvious from the fixture.
jssailem at 8:48pm 03.02.20 Nice catch @Richard19068
jssailem at 8:46pm 03.02.20 This might be of interest. http://sailingmagazine.net/article-538-cal-39.html
(2) HMT2 at 8:36pm 03.02.20 What kind of dog is she. She is a Golden Retriever. She will also be a hunting dog. She will be my
Richard19068 at 8:34pm 03.02.20 Hadn't heard of these before but here is an interesting article http://sailingmagazine.net/article-
H34 Deck Item?? pa391as at 8:15pm 03.02.20 spinnaker downhaul track perhaps

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