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Blind sailor crosses Pacific Ocean Brian D at 11:43am 04.20.19 Sails Call Lounge 8/680 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 13/1680 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 7/681 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 17/2223 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 39/3361 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 14/4216 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 25/2619 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 23/2071 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 4/1147 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 5/8424 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 2/1077 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 13/2933 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 6/1173 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 3/1848 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 5/1154 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 10/2222 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 3/495 Hope this idea that worked for me helps you. I needed to drill 2 holes on my pedestal guard. Being
I expected a lot of things to go wrong but I did not expect this! (3) Project_Mayhem at 8:47pm 04.18.19 Ask All Sailors 44/4213 I went to go check on one of my boats today and found it sticking up in the air! owner knew that it
Buying used sailboat without testing on water Ace214 at 7:11pm 04.18.19 Ask All Sailors 58/7900 Hi everyone, I'm looking into buying my first sailboat: a used keelboat between 16 and 25 feet long,
Hunter 35.5 37.5 Hood Furler stevemac at 7:05pm 04.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/428 For anyone that has a 35.5 with the original single line Hood furler, I am hoping you can help me wi

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Rudder Removal james2034 at 1:49pm 08.16.24 A suggestion On my original 40.5 rudder, water got in, and cracked it. I had the rudder repaired,
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks Stu Jackson at 1:45pm 08.16.24 The very first reply to the OP mentions Rule 9 and Narrow Channels, but that's hardly been acknowle
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks SoSound at 1:31pm 08.16.24 I also have sympathy for @jviss, but not because of any sailing racing experience on my part. I wou
Small brass screw artboas at 1:15pm 08.16.24
2004 Hunter 33: sending audio to outside speakers artboas at 1:06pm 08.16.24
Water Pump Impellor artboas at 12:32pm 08.16.24
Rudder Removal artboas at 12:26pm 08.16.24 A suggestion On my original 40.5 rudder, water got in, and cracked it. I had the rudder repaired, a
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks danm1 at 12:21pm 08.16.24 Non-racing, probably not Colregs faithful opinion here but I do have sympathy for Jviss in this situ
How to remove headliner on Hunter 50 AC 007 artboas at 12:14pm 08.16.24 Hello, I would also like to see the thread from Art Boas. I will be replacing my headliner in my 20
Oyster Bay Hull Liner (Hunter 356) Ralph Johnstone at 12:14pm 08.16.24 I put in ash planking, which looks anaxing I posted a whole document on how to do this. Do you ha
Tired of Hunter tank monitors and want to switch to SCAD artboas at 12:09pm 08.16.24 I have an arduino setup that uses LED bars and external touchless sensors. It works with two tanks.
Oyster Bay Hull Liner (Hunter 356) artboas at 12:04pm 08.16.24 You might hate me for suggesting this. I really disliked the foam wall covering. Kept putting off a
Hey H-49 Owners do you know or have you artboas at 11:59am 08.16.24 The manifolds are from Sea Tech Here is my suggestion Always clean trim the end with a very sharp p
Head & shower air conditioning duct/hose artboas at 11:51am 08.16.24
What to do with the topping lift? jssailem at 11:29am 08.16.24 Size is dependent on the sheave. I suspect 5/16 to 7/16 is viable. I lean to 3/8th for feel. Indeed
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks (1) Calif. Ted at 10:41am 08.16.24 We have a series with an "inside finish" starts at 6pm and you must cross the finish one mile straig
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks Stu Jackson at 10:40am 08.16.24 If @jviss had started this thread asking if there was a better way to have handled this situation r
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks dLj at 9:45am 08.16.24 I've had to miss swarms of racing sailboats numerous times over the years. I generally just stay out
Preferred helm wheel cover? Rich Stidger at 8:57am 08.16.24 I replaced my Boat-Leather cover of 25 years with one that I bought from Clyde Marine. Nice quality
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks dlochner at 8:14am 08.16.24 We were once headed into a yacht club for the evening on the last day of Opti classes. As we approac

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