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goiot furling Matt Wagstaffe at 11:27am 10.23.01 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1523 Looking for a section of foil for a Moorings 43 1984. Any bites? Can be reached at waggy@direct.caC
Wanted: New or used Cruising Spinnaker Rich at 11:06pm 10.23.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1131 I am wanting to buy a new or used cruising spinnaker for an o'day 25. I would like to hear from anyo
which year hunter 28 nick at 4:36am 10.23.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1142 I am new to sailing and very much interested in hunter 28 and notice a big difference between model
The Trailer is Floating! Aldo at 2:20am 10.23.01 Smaller Boats 5/989 Last Saturday, I backed the trailer into the water to pull the boat out for the season. I used the
HSB2 Follow-up Question Patrick Blair at 2:13pm 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/3134 An earlier article mentioned the ability to do a software upgrade from HSB to HSB2. What is the proc
2nd Go at Fixing Boom Vang Mal Trotter at 11:26am 10.22.01 Big Boats 3/979 I asked this question a while ago with no replies but maybe if I make it clearer, someone can help m
RL70C Errors Scott Broad at 9:53am 10.22.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1074 Has anyone encountered this problem? I have a RL70C Radar/Chartplotter hooked up with a GPS 300 thr
Rattling Autohelm Gene B. s/v Paradigm at 7:47am 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/1447 My brand new Autohelm 4000 rattles and lurches when you turn it. I tried completely removing the be
Stainless rigging for Catalina 36 Steve Rasmussen at 6:25am 10.22.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1073 I recently bought a 1984 Catalina 36. I don't believe that the rigging has ever been changed. I lo
Recharging the batteries Stuart Gordon at 8:34am 10.28.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/859 My house battery seems to lose its charge very quickly - after 1 hour of sailing. The only electron
H23 Forestay turnbuckle Joel at 10:10am 10.27.01 Smaller Boats 2/903 Has anyone made any modifications to the H23 forestay / turnbuckle setup? This was the firstyear I h
Too many choices ??? Ed Schwerin at 2:50am 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 6/1076 I'm interested in a radar.It's going on a Legend 40'. Not sure about a mast mount or stern post moun
Hunter 31 keel joint rust Jim Braun at 11:10am 10.26.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1352 I have a 84 H31 with the cast iron keel. I have rust forming at the joint where the keel is attache
Ice box Measurements (cubic ft) Mark Hudson at 2:17am 10.26.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1246 I am lloking at installing a refrigeration unit in my new 1984 C-30. There are several different mo
What to do with the LPG tank? Debra Blatnik at 11:50am 10.25.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/953 Trying to figure out what to do with the LPG tank. A previous owner had put it in the space that us
Raytheon R10XX Radar Michael McCann at 1:32am 10.25.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/3194 Bill;Is the IC board for Sea Talk interface to R10XX radar still available?
interior cushion covers.....? Gene Mall at 12:17pm 10.24.01 Smaller Boats 2/955 I recently purchased a 25 Catalina (cheers!!). However, somethings are going to need work....like th
Plastic End Button on ST-1000 Aldo at 7:14am 10.24.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1229 Bill, I bought an ST-1000 for my Catalina 22 this summer. Your company's service people have been
Honey Teak georgelakesiii@yahoo.com at 6:09am 10.23.01 Ask All Sailors 5/1803 I'm thinking of using Honey Teak. Does anyone have comments good or bad? I haven't liked what I've s
Hunter 29 SvManido at 12:51am 10.24.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/968 Hello- Does anyone have a photo of a Hunter 29 on trailer?Would like very much to see it if so.Pl

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Fresh water flush Don S/V ILLusion at 3:35pm 06.13.20 Not a good idea because of the possibility of cross contamination. No valve is going to eliminate th
Catalina 27 - Cockpit Trim - Teak Disintegrated (1) Aftkhar Aslam at 3:30pm 06.13.20 Sorry forgot to post a pic - attached is a pic of the trim ring. Both sides are pretty much shot an
Survey Don S/V ILLusion at 3:27pm 06.13.20 Going on. Has the boat ever had blistering? If so, have they all been repaired; the ones you know o
Catalina 27 - Cockpit Trim - Teak Disintegrated sail sfbay at 3:18pm 06.13.20 Congratulations an your new boat and welcome to the forum!! Plesse post photos of the trim you plan
Clean up duties fred1diver at 3:07pm 06.13.20 spent the day at the boat today, got a lot done, removed the old liner from under the salon table, s
Air Conditioner Install Terry Cox at 2:49pm 06.13.20 Our 1991 boat came with reverse cycle MarineAir units, 16K BTU main cabin and 9K BTU aft cabin. Both
Survey Kings Gambit at 2:47pm 06.13.20 No, but the broker and seller are required to truthfully answer questions they know the answers to.
PSS Shaft Seal - Bellows Degadtion Rick D at 2:40pm 06.13.20 Bellows replaced three years ago. Just checked it; looks good. Whew
Survey MitchM at 2:34pm 06.13.20 there are 2 surveyors in my neighborhood. one has a boat, maintained meticulously. t
Survey Kings Gambit at 2:26pm 06.13.20 Buying a boat, unlike buying a house, 'full disclosure' is not required so no matter what, it is 'b
Cleaning up old teak (2) Hayden Watson at 2:18pm 06.13.20 I just did my teak and used a two-part cleaner and had much better results than the last time is use
Recommendation on a New Outboard capta at 2:16pm 06.13.20 There's only one reason Yamaha is the best selling outboard in the world, even if they cost slightly
Survey capta at 2:10pm 06.13.20 IMO there are very few thing a good surveyor will miss. I've had surveys that lasted a day, some thr
Cleaning up old teak capta at 1:33pm 06.13.20 If you can remove the pieces nothing works better than Snappy Teak 1 & 2. It's caustic stuff and wil
Canoe stern and following seas jon hansen at 1:13pm 06.13.20 OP did not say they were bad. my bad. i was wrong again so what is the OP's point?
Survey Terry Cox at 12:54pm 06.13.20 Make it a point to follow your surveyor around as they do their inspection, ask lots of questions an
TV Antenna Rick486 at 12:51pm 06.13.20 Thanks Nodak, Don, and Rich. Very good information. My antenna has been up at the top of the mast si
S2 27 Benny17441 at 12:48pm 06.13.20 Seidelmann S2, a Canadian boat not quite up to the standards of a Frers. For the protected waters
Clean up duties (1) Rich Stidger at 12:39pm 06.13.20 I don't know how well this product will clean a really dirty deck, but I was very impressed with thi
1980 37c gelcoat color/supplier joe28532 at 12:18pm 06.13.20 11th file down the list here: Index of /wp-content/export/Miscellaneous Good luck matching it.

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