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Advice needed on installing thwatships braces (2) Dr. D at 12:33pm 04.08.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/574 I need to find a way to gain easy access to the space below the V-berth. I followed the recommendati
Buzzer alarm sounding Hydro Therapy at 11:37am 04.08.20 Engines and Propulsion 25/3593 So I was surprised today. I got a call from my storage facility. I was told that they moved the boat
Propane - Can I Keep It Simple Jtcf78911 at 11:28am 04.08.20 Ask All Sailors 54/9271 Hi everyone. Finally got up the gumption to pull ugly and dangerous alcohol fueled range top and
Hunter 18 Center Board and Flap Access CurtisC at 10:06am 04.08.20 Day Sailers 5/1430 I'm curious if any of you who own a H-18 have had to replace the centerboard flap? If so what did t
Tiller pilot drewlamparello at 8:43am 04.08.20 Catalina 275 1/956 I see that some of you folks have installed these. I'm about to install a St 2000. I plan on insta
Foam cover for intake silencer on M-25XPB WBP93 at 7:42am 04.08.20 Catalina 310 10/1405 I am trying to find the foam cover for the intake silencer on my Universal M-25XPB. The only thing I
Compost Head Joe Baldetti at 6:46am 04.08.20 Pearson 0/690 I removed all of my plumbing and installed a gray water sump for the shower/icebox and installed all
Pearson 303 Port holes/Port lights Joe Baldetti at 6:33am 04.08.20 Pearson 2/1976 I recently bought a 1984 Pearson 303 and the 4 forward port holes leak. The plastic ridge on the len
Catalina 30 mast step compression post collapsing (5) Garester at 2:57pm 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 6/4190 I have a 1983 Catalina 30 and the roof/ceiling under the mast step is collapsing. I don't know what
Super PINK moon tonight!!! (1) JamesG161 at 1:13pm 04.07.20 Sails Call Lounge 2/460 'Super Pink Moon' rises tonight! Teach your kids about the biggest full moon of 2020
Keel bolts Hunter 29.5 Odyssey lll at 12:45pm 04.07.20 Mid-Size Boats 2/1253 would like to locate design files from Hunter on the size, number of keel bolts ' torque that they s
[ANSWERED] Pre-purchase Partial Survey Guidance, evidence of hard grounding? (3) khanman22 at 11:45am 04.07.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/1274 Hi there. I'm hoping someone can provide me additional guidance on a survey on a 2000 Hunter 340 I'
'92 335 roller furler maintenance _Milkjug_ at 11:30am 04.07.20 Mid-Size Boats 7/1421 The roller furler on my '92 Hunter 335 gets stuck when unfurling/furling the jib. I've replaced the
In hull transducer sigsgmret at 9:24am 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 21/3769 I bought a Airmar depth sounder with an in hull transducer. The installation manual calls for addin
Catalina Outhaul Mod Don Guillette at 8:55am 04.07.20 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 21/7740 This subject has been discussed before but his weekend I received a call from a Texas sailor who was
Coaming Compartment Covers Zinger88 at 7:30am 04.07.20 Catalina 22 6/1668 Has anyone made or added covers to their cockpit coaming compartments? Now that the warm weather is
Soft teak: fill or wood hardener? Rob Heath at 6:45am 04.07.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/525 I have a small patch of teak (about 2 square centimetres) on the cockpit sole that has gone soft: yo
Question about painting Erbardy at 3:15am 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 8/597 I am nearly finished prepping my catalina 22 for paint all Over the hill and the deck. I live in eas
Question on repairing sliding hatch Erbardy at 12:58am 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 7/672
Owner manual in french for Hunter H260 Danielle M. B�dard at 11:13pm 04.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/366 Hi everyone! I'm the owner of a Hunter H260 and I am looking for the owner manual in french. Can som

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Taking the mast down sailme88 at 4:56am 10.24.24 that's no illlusion..... some damage which came with the boat. gonna fix it this winter That b
Ideas for Hunter 36 Cockpit Table Terry Cox at 3:56am 10.24.24 Different model boat, but made this table for ours many years ago and remain pleased. Hunter 42 Owne
What is this stuff on my hull? marcham at 8:31pm 10.23.24 Looks like black coral ?
Catalina 310 Polars rpwillia at 8:13pm 10.23.24 Rukidin, Did you ever find polars for the 310, or is that spreadsheet available to make our own? I a
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass dLj at 7:54pm 10.23.24 I saw that the pickup tube was starting to have pin hole corrosion, but as per my diesel and this t
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass dLj at 7:16pm 10.23.24 The OP gave it roughly two layers of FG so I think you'd be looking at something which behaved like
What is this stuff on my hull? kloudie1 at 6:51pm 10.23.24 Coal tar epoxy?
Dyneema Double Eye Davidasailor26 at 6:23pm 10.23.24 Maybe instead of the double eye you make one continuous loop? That could be spliced like j5CZzAo0IxE
Dyneema Double Eye Davidasailor26 at 6:15pm 10.23.24 Much as I like Dyneema eye splices that's a tricky spot. The standard guidance is to bury about 50x
Dyneema Double Eye FlimFlamII at 6:06pm 10.23.24 Why do you want to replace it? I would not use dyneema. Use 3 turns of 3/8" line. Replacing becau
Dyneema Double Eye JoeWhite at 6:03pm 10.23.24 Why do you want to replace it? I would not use dyneema. Use 3 turns of 3/8" line.
Too Good to be True But maybe worth the Price of Admission ggrizzard at 5:50pm 10.23.24 The patent will be voided after Dr. Brown wins his law suit. And, the article gives no credit to the
Ideas for Hunter 36 Cockpit Table shemandr at 5:00pm 10.23.24 I think templating could serve you well. Space is precious. The 356 has a decent sized cockpit but
Cabin Top Winch Advice... ...3TacksontheWater at 5:00pm 10.23.24 We don't have base plates on our halyard winches, but they would be helpful. The line does want to
What is this stuff on my hull? illusion1024 at 4:44pm 10.23.24 There is this possibility... Anton Shkaplerov, who will return to the ISS next month, says cotton
Ideas for Hunter 36 Cockpit Table Reverie2016 at 4:42pm 10.23.24 Thanks shemandr I guess we've been lucky to not have too many collapses (also dont have dogs aboard)
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:32pm 10.23.24 propeller shaft bracket dropping down as seen the attached picture. Finally figured out what this
Fridge Unit Replacement Help on Beneteau 40 (oceanis or not). How did you get it out? BigEasy at 4:15pm 10.23.24 how the heck does one get it out without serious destruction of the cabinetry around it? It clea
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 Ralph Johnstone at 4:13pm 10.23.24 Can you supply a shot from a little further back to help us understand what we're looking at ?
DS II Very Sticky Centerboard (2) Sunbird22358 at 3:21pm 10.23.24 Adding info about how I ground a little off the top corner of my centerboard to reduce some of the s

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