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Hunter 460 Padeye installation (1) Soldout2sailing at 1:25pm 08.31.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/690 155690 I was told my Hunter has embedded in the fiberglass, aluminum backing plates for installing d
O'Day 25 sailing in gusty winds question mihaso at 12:02pm 08.31.18 Ask An Oday Owner 16/3181 Hi guys, This is a newbie question, but I've been sailing my new (to me) O'Day 25 for almost 2 years
Who has Harken Battcar system on boat? cbader at 11:13am 08.31.18 Big Boats 12/3519 I am looking at installing a Harken Battcar setup on a new boat to me to decrease hassles on putting
Sealing Leaks in Lewmar Old Standard Portlights (1) cymeyer at 10:44am 08.31.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1074 Got this from a friend of mine (Tim Porter) years ago. Tried it once and didn't do it right. The ke
1975 Ericson 27. Must sell! 1075Ericson27 at 9:40am 08.31.18 Ask All Sailors 0/11 $2,000 Ericsons Yachts, like the Catalinas and Hunters 27's is the perfect small sailboat for a fun
Storm Activity in Atlantic JamesG161 at 7:39am 08.31.18 Weather and Forecasting 19/1549 We are looking at 2 more West African tropical disturbances in the next 10 days. 1) Starting Tuesday
Supplies in Tampa CYQK at 7:37am 08.31.18 Ask All Sailors 2/294 Going to Tampa for the IBEX convention in a few weeks Is there a good place there to pickup supplies
Hunter 30G Broken prop shaft strut Ken Cross at 6:52am 08.31.18 Mid-Size Boats 7/1484 I just found it interesting that 2 1989 30G boats that I know of (ours and one other, both located o
Hurricane Olivia - Pacific JamesG161 at 6:30am 08.31.18 Weather and Forecasting 2/602 The next in Line, which is starting up now, is Olivia and looks like another spinning up right behin
Plastic parts All U Get at 6:29am 08.31.18 Ask All Sailors 30/1621 Hi all, I was doing my upgrade to the laptop we always carry while we cruise and stopped in our loc
150 Genoa in light wind JAM race Ben4195 at 5:54am 08.31.18 Racing 9/1479 Hello folks, I have a question on tactics for downwind sailing in a light wind race. the boat I cre
Code 0 (ZERO) sailme88 at 5:51am 08.31.18 Big Boats 3/1201 So the question is: Have any of you sailors converted your asymmetrical spinnaker to a Code 0 AND
LEDs- warning from USCG MitchM at 5:12am 08.31.18 Ask All Sailors 3/596
Trying to install new hour meter nightowle at 11:37pm 08.30.18 Ask All Sailors 5/404 The digital hour meter inside my tach has given up the ghost. My Bavaria 35 has a Volvo MD 2030D wi
Bumper boats Jackdaw at 11:00pm 08.30.18 Racing 19/1603 At WYC our final Thursday series is held in Wayzata Bay. Less than 1/5th the size of the main body
Would you repeat that please? Brian D at 9:16pm 08.30.18 Sails Call Lounge 5/551 A8zWWp0akUU
In San Diego this weekend. nfg2u at 5:50pm 08.30.18 Sails Call Lounge 0/292 Hi All, I am in San Diego for the weekend and would love to get out for a day sail if anyone is in
South Coast 26 tmleadr03 at 5:19pm 08.30.18 Other Sailboats 21/6993 I have been lurking for months, reading as much as I can and trying to learn something before postin
Hunter e33 Sol� TV removal AJohnson at 5:03pm 08.30.18 Mid-Size Boats 7/1329
SRVS shutting down 9/5/18? JimInPB at 5:01pm 08.30.18 Ask All Sailors 9/767 I just got an e-mail saying that SRVS will shut down on 9/5 to be replaced by something new, called

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Gear Ratio of my Beneteau Oceanis 48 \| Built 2027 Scott T-Bird at 6:54am 03.28.24 As I found with my boat, the gear ratio isn't necessarily the same on all boats even of the same mod
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Scott T-Bird at 6:43am 03.28.24 Interesting article raising the question over tugs ... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/t
Removing the dodger Jfrost59 at 4:17am 03.28.24 Thanks, appreciate the advice. The same goes for the Bimini. The frames for both are in good shape b
Fridge: 12V or DC Davidasailor26 at 3:57am 03.28.24 That's a lot of cycle time. How much does it draw while running? My 12V fridge will cycle on for ab
Balmer sg200 problem dlochner at 3:35am 03.28.24 Can you upload photos of what your display is showing at various points? It almost sounds to me a
NMEA dlochner at 3:23am 03.28.24 The drop cables and backbone cables are physically the same. Their position in the network is what c
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine kappykaplan at 2:04am 03.28.24 Just curious? Should I post here what I actually decide to do and let you all know how it went and
Fridge: 12V or DC JamesG161 at 9:08pm 03.27.24
Removing the dodger jssailem at 8:32pm 03.27.24 The demo guys use a hacksaw or a sawzall I suspect you may want a less destructive approach. In th
How do you get your Batteries into the boat. MikeHoncho at 8:07pm 03.27.24 Those must be fun to water.
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine BTC1984 at 8:02pm 03.27.24 Thank you for all the opinions. Very helpful. Just curious? Should I post here what I actually dec
Fridge: 12V or DC dLj at 8:00pm 03.27.24
How do you get your Batteries into the boat. DArcy at 7:46pm 03.27.24 I had difficulty removing the Group 31 batteries but installing the new GC2 6V batteries was not too
How do you get your Batteries into the boat. Dalliance at 7:01pm 03.27.24 My batteries are in an especially awkward location under the quarter berth. I pay my yacht yard to
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 6:22pm 03.27.24 Ok ok another Funny Sign.
1967 Morgan 34 shaft removal tilla at 5:35pm 03.27.24 Yeah I talked to a older guy that works on boats and he seemed to think that it would slide out with
Balmer sg200 problem twalker H260 at 5:32pm 03.27.24 Can you upload photos of what your display is showing at various points? It almost sounds to me af
1967 Morgan 34 shaft removal tilla at 5:31pm 03.27.24 Yes that might be a possibility
Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... marcham at 5:15pm 03.27.24 The info for the oem install is in the hunter files folder for the 420 https://www.marlow-hunter.co
Hunter 380 Refrigeration marcham at 5:10pm 03.27.24 What do you have now?

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