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A year of ownership on a 1994 Hunter 29.5 (2) kdammen at 9:31am 10.15.19 Mid-Size Boats 2/2103 We got our first sailboat this year. I just wanted to share our experience on the 1994 Hunter 29.5.
Honda BF9.9A DC Receptacle Concerns BrianAllen at 8:43am 10.15.19 Engines and Propulsion 5/1139 I am new to sailboat ownership. Our Hunter 25.5 came with a Honda BF9.9A with the DC Receptacle for
Slipping halyard jbrock at 8:41am 10.15.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1900 Hi everyone. I recently bought new halyards for my Mac 25. The main halyard stays in place fine but
Gooseneck Mac 25 question jbrock at 7:55am 10.15.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/2079
AIS Installation BC Bernie at 7:12am 10.15.19 Catalina 310 28/8547 One of my projects will be to install a class B AIS (automatic identification system) transceiver, c
Invest 95L (2) JamesG161 at 6:38am 10.15.19 Weather and Forecasting 4/774 This late season disturbance should be watched closely. ntering the area of major Tropical Cyclone
Car track size salon pin size BlueHeronSailing at 1:25am 10.15.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/309
rigging wires mast Oday 22 year 1997 Yochanan at 9:16pm 10.14.19 Ask An Oday Owner 2/613 Is there an online shop that can provide me with all the necessary parts + diagrams for my Oday 22,
Jabsco Manual Toilet Hard to Pump mnmpizza at 7:19pm 10.14.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/10063 My pretty new Jabsco toilet is suddenly hard to pump when switched from wet to dry. It pumps (fills
Holding tank mystery William Panek at 7:09pm 10.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/916 I have no way of knowing if my holding tank is ready to explode with waste or is only partially full
Hunter 30T 1991 abinkc at 6:36pm 10.14.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/1228 Is there a liner in the water tank or is the tank just the inside walls of the "V" in the bow?. I ha
LOOKING FOR CATALINA 22 USED MAIN FULL BATTEN DANIEL'S CATALINA22 at 5:30pm 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 4/448 I HAVE 1983 CATALINA 22. I AM LOOKING TO UPDATE THE MAIN TO FULL BATTEN. I AM WANDERING IF SOMEBODY
Shout Out to The GPS Store and (gasp) West Marine Ward H at 5:01pm 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1277 I went to the Annapolis show with the intent of coming home with a Standard Horizon GX6000. The GPS
Can anyone confirm something about a 93 Hunter 27-2? MikeMikeMike at 4:02pm 10.14.19 Mid-Size Boats 5/1561 Can anyone confirm that the 1993 Hunter 27-2 does, in fact, use glassed-in and threaded backing plat
Proper tying up at slip jbreland at 3:05pm 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 14/1762 Hunter 26 and 23.5 how do you guys tie up in a slip. I don't like the fact that these boats only ha
Rigging preventer lines H260 Chuck C. at 11:47am 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 8/4293 Anyone have experience running preventer lines on a H260, and how did you set them up?
Remote start on Yanmar 2GM20? Tally Ho at 11:01am 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 26/5587 I bought a remote starter switch that I hope will allow me to start the engine from my engine room w
H23 floorboards (1) ULost at 10:42am 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 4/688 Quick question about the floorboards above the bilge area. Mine have to be replaced and the one in
Newport 27 Mast OBXJim at 9:25am 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 1/656 Recent hurricane rendered my long time pal more damage then I want to repair. A split along starboar
Weather has cooled off in Austin Texas!!! (1) SteveATx at 8:17am 10.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1258 170801

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Crazy Idea - or Great idea? shemandr at 7:20am 01.06.25 Lots of good advice here. All I'll add is that, yes your wife deserves a comfortable cabin. She's
Bluetooth Radar (1) jssailem at 7:18am 01.06.25 Danny. Take a picture of your mast at the deck. Include any wires that come out of the mast and plug
King Cnut the Great shemandr at 7:00am 01.06.25 I always read Jim's posts. They are always interesting. Cnut the great!
King Cnut the Great jssailem at 7:00am 01.06.25 That is a bit KNUTSE... The "K" is silent.
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' (1) JamesG161 at 6:57am 01.06.25 Your boat manual is here H340 From that Manual
Bluetooth Radar dlochner at 6:12am 01.06.25 I'm just not sure how the connection at the deck level works; our mast is deck stepped. I haven't f
Bluetooth Radar DannyS at 6:10am 01.06.25 The data cable is literally just an ethernet cable. It isn't like older radar data cables, and the
Rust inhibitor dlochner at 6:06am 01.06.25 I'm currently working on a steel boat with raw steel and older steel with failing paint. The protoco
Rigging - When do you decide to refit your rigging? colemj at 5:45am 01.06.25 You may be overestimating what you can get done in the "wild". Anywhere you find appropriate riggin
Bluetooth Radar colemj at 5:32am 01.06.25 ...rather than running the big data cable up the mast? The data cable is literally just an ethern
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Project_Mayhem at 5:32am 01.06.25 As for docking, I had a boat with both an outboard and an unreliable inboard. The difference was nig
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Joe at 5:28am 01.06.25 Do you think the 350 mile Lake Huron circle tour would be foolhardy? Absolutely NOT. It's a G
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? colemj at 5:27am 01.06.25 You don't mention where the boat is located, but sounds like the Georgian Bay or North Channel area.
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Captain Larry-DH at 4:40am 01.06.25 As a foreigner, what are the tax considerations of buying a boat in Canada and then importing it to
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Indysailor at 4:30am 01.06.25 I guess you're not going to do this until next season. Take an online diesel and electric course, br
Oceanis 42 CC Fridge east coaster at 3:31am 01.06.25 Coastal climate control website has a very good section on troubleshooting your fridge/freezer probl
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Marmalade at 2:06am 01.06.25 @john6206 - assume you would purchase this boat and bring it back to Michigan in the early summer?
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Skipper J at 12:03am 01.06.25 I'm of a similar age and have an 18-foot boat. I hope I can step up to something larger someday and
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' Boiler at 8:50pm 01.05.25 Google search of Edson CD-i rack and pinon steering system pointed to Edson's website. They have a
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? garymalmgren at 5:46pm 01.05.25 Part of me says this would be a GREAT trip. Honestly, trip of a lifetime stuff. When all else fai

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