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1988 Hunter 23 mast foot (1) RG23 at 3:15pm 04.20.19 Smaller Boats 7/1617
S S backing plate info (4) DAVA390 at 2:39pm 04.20.19 Ask All Sailors 35/2081 So, during inspection,found loose not on the lower rudder pintle, evidence of water leaking in also.
Material for mast base (2) onetime at 1:07pm 04.20.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/421 Hi all - 88 26d here. I have a leaky / slightly damaged / definitely ugly top of my daggerboard tube
Blind sailor crosses Pacific Ocean Brian D at 11:43am 04.20.19 Sails Call Lounge 8/662 Departed San Diego for Japan and arrived in 2 months. He was not alone though. 2 months... that's pr
Heated up over the exchanger.. sailme88 at 11:04am 04.20.19 Big Boats 13/1630 Looks like I'll be removing my heat exchanger to rod it out. Catalina apparently never took this in
Davits for h39 wmrwakefield at 10:35am 04.20.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/653 I plan to add davits to my 2010 hunter 39. I would like for them to be removeable. Any recommendat
POPCORN Dalliance at 8:25am 04.20.19 Sails Call Lounge 17/2125 So we do this thing at work called popcorn. Each month a name is drawn (Nobody is exempt.) and the
NOT racing. (3) Jackdaw at 6:15am 04.20.19 Ask All Sailors 39/3223 Nope. Napping on the leeward side. 163870 Chill Mode 163897 Making our way to hopefully met up
Bilge pump hose ribbed? Steve L22188 at 11:04pm 04.19.19 Ask All Sailors 14/4086 Somewhere I suspect I have a leak in my bilge pump hose (after the pump runs, the water returns). S
Structural? (1) dmosier at 8:19pm 04.19.19 Smaller Boats 25/2533 The cabin of my Hunter 23 project was completely rotted out. I am planning to rebuild very close to
Thru Hull Modification (2) Jac123 at 4:57pm 04.19.19 Catalina 30 23/2006 I have purchased new thru hulls and seacocks for my Catalina 30. The new thru Hulls are smaller (bot
O'Day 272LE Edson Pedistal andyjeff at 12:23pm 04.19.19 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1062 Does anyone have a recommended method for removing the compass from the top of the steering pedestal
Seeking a MKII Fantasia 35 Wind over Water at 12:20pm 04.19.19 Fantasia 35 5/8270 After many months of diligent searching we have decided to pursue the purchase of a Fantasia 35 MKII
O'Day 272LE Mainsheet andyjeff at 12:17pm 04.19.19 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1039 The mainsheet system and boom vang on a boat I have bought are missing and I would like to replace t
Do high-quality bungee cords exist? Gene Neill at 11:23am 04.19.19 Ask All Sailors 13/2637 Just wondering. I was getting ready to buy a few new ones, and replacing them gets old.
San Juan 28 Rudder depth Grey wolf at 11:12am 04.19.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1116 I am putting my boat on a tidal grid for the first time this Sunday morning to change zincs, touch u
LiFePO 4 Batteries for emergency (1) Brian D at 7:44am 04.19.19 SSB and Ham Operators 3/1794 I have been reading about LiFePO 4 (lithium iron phosphate) batteries being used in Amateur Radio Fi
Mystery Leak (5) L27 at 6:33am 04.19.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1095 I have a Sea Sprite 27/28 with a delaminated and wet lower main bulkhead. I can't for the life of me
Routing a CDI 2 furler line to the cockpit Coppertone at 5:14am 04.19.19 Catalina 22 10/2145 I am looking for suggestions on routing a furler line to the cockpit of my '87 Cat 22. I am looking
Drilling a pedestal guard sailme88 at 3:16am 04.19.19 Big Boats 3/480 Hope this idea that worked for me helps you. I needed to drill 2 holes on my pedestal guard. Being

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What are these screw things called dLj at 9:08am 06.28.24 I've never found monel or stainless than difficult with a standard gun, if there are just a few. Us
What are these screw things called thinwater at 8:28am 06.28.24 I've never found monel or stainless than difficult with a standard gun, if there are just a few. Use
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance dlochner at 8:13am 06.28.24 Item 2. I had a look at the line I removed from the sailboat which kept jamming. It was roughly 8mm
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance jssailem at 7:32am 06.28.24 I had a look at the line I removed ...... kept jamming. Was the previous owner clueless and put th
How to fix RayMarine wind gauge. JoeWhite at 7:26am 06.28.24 When you look up the mast, does the wind rotate the cups? Does the tail line up with the wind? They
Ablative bottom paint help sailcapt340 at 7:19am 06.28.24
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit wimbledan at 7:03am 06.28.24 Unfortunately the one in the images is too big. But I do have good access to get a backing plate in
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance Scott T-Bird at 6:28am 06.28.24 So it appears that the previous owner put a Unit 3 on the boat when he didn't really need it to be t
Search Beautiful Womans in your city for night 3GGG at 5:54am 06.28.24 Does she have a sailboat?
How to fix RayMarine wind gauge. LakeOntario270 at 4:43am 06.28.24
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance Marmalade at 4:33am 06.28.24 The manual you linked is for a Unit 3... I don't know your boat, but based on the picture, doesn't l
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance dlochner at 3:46am 06.28.24 7/16" llne is rather beefy line for a Furler, 5/16" is more typical. Line diameters are nominal, th
Identify this brand/model hatch ? Leeward Rail at 11:35pm 06.27.24 Found the mfg. Atkins Hoyle. It's an older version of the "XR200 Offshore" Atkins Hoyle can rebuild
Ablative bottom paint help Ralph Johnstone at 9:25pm 06.27.24 I had purchased two, one gallon cans of West Marine CPP Plus which I've found is ideal for my area.
Bristol 24 external chainplates and traveler install SV Gutsy Lady at 9:00pm 06.27.24 Hello at DMSea! Sorry I missed your message from March. The bulkhead replacement went very well and
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit rgranger at 8:35pm 06.27.24 They have provided the measurements on the images. That's what I posted above. I didn't think to
Ablative bottom paint help (1) jssailem at 8:31pm 06.27.24 You ask about what paint. I used PETTIT TRINIDAD 75 paint. I was pleased when it was finished with 2
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit wimbledan at 8:27pm 06.27.24 They have provided the measurements on the images. That's what I posted above. I didn't think to j
Ablative bottom paint help rgranger at 8:27pm 06.27.24
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit rgranger at 8:25pm 06.27.24

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