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What should I be worried about? Smooshed keel while tied up... Walsh0575 at 1:30pm 08.10.23 Ask All Sailors 10/586 Hi all - I dug around a bit looking for other conversations about keel damage from rocks and couldn'
Thoughts on chart tables? CliffA at 1:28pm 08.10.23 Ask All Sailors 37/2454 With the prevalence of electronic navigation devices these days, are there many sailors out there th
Anyone sailing a Flying Scot for Coastal Exploration? (1) SmallCraftLifeNews at 10:19am 08.10.23 Trailer Sailors 0/10 Anyone sailing a modified for cruising - Flying Scot sailboat? (19') Best Regards, Jude SCL 887 Ch
MID Season Hurricane 2023 Forecast Update. jssailem at 10:17am 08.10.23 Weather and Forecasting 13/1062 Good Morning. While James is working on the write up of the 10 August 2023 NOAA Hurricane Forecast
C&C 30mkii true love at 7:07am 08.10.23 C&C 2/486 I just bought a C'C30 mkii and I need to purchase jack stands in preparation for winter storage. Wh
ForeDeck Windows step on capacity, No Step On? (1) Qomomoko at 7:04am 08.10.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1002 Hello I went to look at a HL37 1987 yesterday. As usual, the add looks better than the boat in pe
need to know ohm of water level for 1997 hunter 310 CharlieAnn at 6:58pm 08.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/1158 sensor
Lake of the Woods Spadman007 at 3:31pm 08.09.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/710 First time going to Lake of the Woods. Renting a slip at Northern Harbour. Any advice on sailing i
1973 C&C30 mk1 rudder post cap rjmbc71 at 2:42pm 08.09.23 C&C 0/328 I am looking for a picture of the top of the rudder post (where the tiller is connected) in the cock
Halkey-Roberts V85000 Automatic Cap (2) jviss at 1:46pm 08.09.23 Parts Search 1/723 I know this is a long shot. A long time ago I opted for manual-only inflation on one of my SOSpende
Need an old Navionics CF card danm1 at 1:01pm 08.09.23 Parts Search 7/1178 I am trying to update the operating system on an e80 chartplotter so that it will read new charts. N
Rowing a 22 Rltgold at 11:12am 08.09.23 Catalina 22 6/833 Rowing a Catalina 22 Does anyone have experience with adding a set of oars to a 22 ? What lenth ? Wh
Rear seal size/specs for kanzaki k3mp CamaroMan at 8:27am 08.09.23 Engines and Propulsion 3/405 Hi there.. Can anyone supply the size/specs rear seal for the kanzaki transmission? Thanks
Top Down Furler Meriachee at 7:55am 08.09.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 22/2345 Top down kite on our 270. The top down furler and bowsprit were all crafted in house, and the kite
Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 (1) Media again at 7:19am 08.09.23 Engines and Propulsion 10/1430 Purchased Northern 29 (built 1981) equiped with Universal Atomic Diesel Model 5411, cools with raw f
Rub Rail Help dennisv at 5:58am 08.09.23 Bigger Boats 8/905 Took my very nice ODay 28 to a marine for some work that had all steel docks. Single handed the tri
Watches (2) jviss at 1:11pm 08.08.23 Sails Call Lounge 37/3638 Anyone else into watches? I always wanted a high end watch, a Rolex or an Omega. So, about 13 year
'76 Cat 22 Keel Winch operation (3) mbaker267 at 12:52pm 08.08.23 Catalina 22 8/448 I have a 1976 Cat-22 that appears to have the original keel winch. The winch handle rotates clockwis
What is the meaning of this? sailboatracer at 11:45am 08.08.23 Ask All Sailors 2/290 In the following text, what does DWSA/DISP mean? I assume that SA/DISP is sail area to displacement.
30' C&C prop shaft strut ChuckCleElum at 11:30am 08.08.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/667 I have a 1973 30' C%C - need a replacement prop shaft strut! does anyone know of a used one, the des

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1979 Oday 23 Crack near centerboard pin Project_Mayhem at 9:13pm 06.16.24 As far as I know, the keel is a cavity filled with filler (likely broken into small pieces after all
Cleaning Anchor Project_Mayhem at 8:51pm 06.16.24 Tell your wife you need to go out in bigger waves
Cleaning Anchor Hello Below at 8:15pm 06.16.24 Stainless steel anchor and chain Nice.
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting Davidasailor26 at 7:16pm 06.16.24
1984 H31 jssailem at 7:08pm 06.16.24 There maybe some information here on this site. https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/resources/index.ph
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting dlochner at 7:06pm 06.16.24 All ov the existing blocks are old and without bearings, do the friction in there is clearly an iss
Catalina 27 teak before and after BTC1984 at 6:45pm 06.16.24
Roller Furler quirky ? (2) BTC1984 at 6:38pm 06.16.24 Halyard restrainer fixed the issue. Easy to install with a couple rivets
Hunter 306 Sea Hood Removal Arbee at 6:26pm 06.16.24 Just an update on this for your entertainment. The sea hood removal and replacement was easy btw, bu
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting sidw at 5:34pm 06.16.24 OK, let me rephrase the question... the boom on my Oday 28 is set up like in the diagram above, and
tidy traveller options (1) Dalliance at 4:56pm 06.16.24 Spinlock PXR cleats are the way to go. With traveler lines long enough to reach the helm. I change
Cleaning Anchor Kings Gambit at 3:20pm 06.16.24
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting thinwater at 2:53pm 06.16.24 Maybe there is another way for Sid to look at it. And no, it is not really 6:1. Assume all pulleys
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting dlochner at 2:01pm 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting Davidasailor26 at 12:50pm 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to
Hunter Vision 32 Aft Hatch Parts Ralph Johnstone at 12:45pm 06.16.24 Sorry but just waaaaaaaaay too many details omitted here. I don't know anything about a 1990 Hunter
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working (2) Ralph Johnstone at 12:36pm 06.16.24 I imagine that being so PO'd after completing the job, you didn't keep the old pump to determine the
Large Frame alternator in M25XP Hayden Watson at 12:10pm 06.16.24 Once and Engineer always and Engineer. The fact that I recently retired only means that boredom lea
Water Trapped Between Floor Liner and Hull Libohunden at 11:37am 06.16.24
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting sidw at 11:30am 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to1

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