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h31 water fill hose size dasreboot at 3:40am 09.27.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/657 My water fill hose is leaking at the cuff hose connection at the tank end. I measured the tank inl
Propane locker woes LouisMK at 8:17pm 09.26.19 Bigger Boats 5/1042 The top edge of my propane storage big has cracked ' is generally inop ' wont stay in place when loa
Blue Skies over Tampa philwsailz at 6:26pm 09.26.19 Ask All Sailors 12/241 I said I would delete this comment if I got a refund
Painting the deck of a 1974 catalina 22 (2) Erbardy at 6:06pm 09.26.19 Ask All Sailors 4/3076 I have already gathered some information regarding painting the deck of my new (old) 1974 catalina 2
Bilge High Water Alarm & Pump (1) Jeff Jellick at 3:46pm 09.26.19 Big Boats 20/3738 170153170153
Hunter 466 bulbwing keel Makergosien at 3:16pm 09.26.19 Ask All Sailors 23/2899 My keel is damaged. Wings are turned up and separated from hull. I need a new one. Can anyone ple
Fun with VHF/UHF (4) Brian D at 3:02pm 09.26.19 SSB and Ham Operators 1/1926 Man I love building antennas. So what do I have here? I have built a dual band VHF/UHF antenna. Both
Capri 18 capdabney at 2:34pm 09.26.19 Trailer Sailors 1/730 Just picked up a 1986 Capri 18 this morning. Does anyone have a copy of the owners manual or a plac
Toilet attachment Base is going powdery / flakey (1) reworb at 12:08pm 09.26.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1139 I have a 2004 Beneteau 311. The toilet attachment base (I'm not really sure what the proper term is
trouble registering at ericsonyachts.org Scandium at 10:51am 09.26.19 Ericson 5/1731 Anyone else tried to register at EricsonYachts.org: The Starting Point on Ericson Yachts forum and g
Tanzer 30? (3) Superiormarine at 9:47am 09.26.19 Ask All Sailors 1/383 170138170139170137 The Tanzer line is the closest I can find to whatever this may have been. Anyone
Cup holder cockpit table (1) SteveATx at 7:37am 09.26.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/3555 Help please, We have a 2015 38 Oceanis, On the Beneteau 38 the Cockpit table drink holders are terri
Engine Test - Pre-purchase Survey Jimbeaux at 6:16am 09.26.19 Ask All Sailors 21/2110
Cat 27 Stainless steel keel bolts Buzzlovelace at 8:42pm 09.25.19 Mid-Size Boats 1/753 What year did Catalina 27 start using the stainless steel keel bolts Thanks
My daughters latest project. (1) Hayden Watson at 6:29pm 09.25.19 Ask All Sailors 7/704 My daughter has started making quilts and this is her latest design. (I am hoping it will be a Chri
advice to refasten teak deck seating area nightowle at 4:51pm 09.25.19 Mid-Size Boats 4/780 On my 1999 Bavaria 35E, there's teak decking on the cockpit seating. In a couple of areas, it is li
Stern tube / packing gland hose JuanMarcos at 3:50pm 09.25.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/3533 My Beneteau First 38 nearly sank to the bottom of the marina last weekend!!! After a few hours sail
Access to bilge hose overboard fitting Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 11:41am 09.25.19 Big Boats 4/560 1994 Hunter 40.5 I need to replace my bilge pump hose (I had to make a temp splice in it where it a
2008 Beneteau 43: In Mast Furling Main Replacement DPW at 11:28am 09.25.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2237 Howdy! the in mast furling main on our 2008 Beneteau 43 is past due for replacement. To insure this
steering pedestal for hunter 426 2003 (1) avigoldman at 10:43am 09.25.19 Parts Search 0/403 looking for used or new steering pedestal for my hunter 426(square base) with or without input shaf

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Backing screw hole for filling with epoxy High Current at 5:22pm 06.05.24
Is a little water in the bilge okay? Straycat22296 at 5:13pm 06.05.24 Per: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Catalina 310 is an American sailboat, that was designed b
Gelcoat Cracks on Toe Rail colin59 at 5:01pm 06.05.24 how o you fix them? Colin
23.5 outboard motor Crazy Dave Condon at 4:54pm 06.05.24 If you want electric start with batteries being recharged while motor running, I suggest Tohatsu 8 h
hello colin59 at 4:52pm 06.05.24 thanks enjoy the season Colin
Dish storage shemandr at 4:42pm 06.05.24 I think galley storage has to be matched to the number of people being fed, A 30' boat is basically
33.5 winged bulb keel, what's the airfoil? Don S/V ILLusion at 4:36pm 06.05.24 to put more weight lower on the keel than to aide in hydrodynamics
Dish storage kappykaplan at 3:41pm 06.05.24 Trying to figure the best way to manage/make storage on my Pearson 30 Show us pictures of your gal
PROOF that Hunter designs were way ahead of their time.... flightlead404 at 3:30pm 06.05.24
33.5 winged bulb keel, what's the airfoil? flightlead404 at 3:28pm 06.05.24 seriously doubt it makes much difference tbh. These things aren't America's Cup billion dollar race
stripping cetol from teak dlochner at 3:28pm 06.05.24 Does this mean that Cetol might make wood more susceptible to mildew than varnish would? My compres
23.5 outboard motor gudiss at 3:18pm 06.05.24 @Southern Crux As a dealer, I gave the original plans for the Hunter 23.5 to Hunter. Small Mercu
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 Stu Jackson at 2:43pm 06.05.24 Thanks for the info Stu. I'm resisting installing them on the jib sheet tracks as they are inboard
Color-matching gelcoat Davidasailor26 at 2:33pm 06.05.24
Is a little water in the bilge okay? JoeWhite at 2:27pm 06.05.24 I do not believe the Catalina smile is caused by a hurricane and grounding. The smile is due to wate
Adding Winch and deck organizer on a B323 Henk Noordermeer at 1:58pm 06.05.24 I think maybe you mashed Sparcraft and Spinlock together into Spincraft? You are correct: I meant
Overtrimmed jib prevent pointing? JRacer at 1:14pm 06.05.24 You already hired them, bough their sails! Might just have to offer to pickup travel expenses, put t
stripping cetol from teak jssailem at 1:12pm 06.05.24 Not necessarily. Wood is damaged when water gets into the wood. End grain access is the usual issu
stripping cetol from teak BigEasy at 1:12pm 06.05.24 Using Cetol can provoke some strong sentiment about varnish devotees. Cetol is the only finish tha
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 (1) jssailem at 12:59pm 06.05.24 I would put my mid ship cleats aligned with the red line as shown on this image of an O'Day 34. Not

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