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New forestay and length (appears too long) (1) jbreland at 7:11am 05.29.18 Smaller Boats 7/663 Just purchased a new forestay form the Hunter site. For a Hunter 26. Upon installing it, it appears
Stuck center board Ranger1042 at 7:08am 05.29.18 Ask An Oday Owner 6/625 The center board of my O'Day 19 weekender is stuck in the up position after being stored on the trai
Hunter 146 - blocked chase tube (roller furling tubing) mstoffer at 6:55am 05.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/861 How does one remove the plastic fittings at either end of the roller furling tube ? A knotted piece
JRC 1500 Mark 2 Radar System Caspurr at 6:40am 05.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/326 I have an option to buy a JRC 1500 Mark 2 Radar system. It is new in the box and has been stored in
Anchor chain join Goldfinger at 3:40am 05.29.18 Ask All Sailors 3/350 On my 10 metre sloop, I have 30 metres of anchor chair (+ 100 metres of anchor rope spliced in). A c
Yanmar YSB 12 Hard to Start Doug Tilford at 9:42pm 05.28.18 Ask All Sailors 19/7607 I have a Yanmar YSB 12 in a 1977 Catalina 30 that struggles to start. The odd thing is that when it
Crack in foam rudder all of a sudden (3) drewsyntax at 9:07pm 05.28.18 Smaller Boats 18/961 URGENT QUESTION Guys - So my rudder was totally fine - I faired it a bit and then painted it with t
What size wire for solar panel Mike48 at 7:26pm 05.28.18 Ask All Sailors 1/432 I have a 30 watt solar panel and a Genasun GV-5 MTTP controller that has connections for 12 - 30 ga
How to change details on owner directory KeukaSailer at 6:32pm 05.28.18 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/376 When I joined I had not yet done the renaming of my boat, and hadn't decided what I was going to nam
Plastic Port Light Replacement ... SNAFU catalanc at 5:57pm 05.28.18 Ask All Sailors 7/417 Hi Guys, I had a portlight broken during knockdown and am replacing it (Catalina 22 MKII). I remove
Salt or Fresh Head Water during the Night? CADude at 5:20pm 05.28.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/769 We have a 2014 Beneteau 38 that we keep in salt water with a single Jabsco Quiet-Flush head located
A glorious Day... shemandr at 5:04pm 05.28.18 Ask All Sailors 5/326 Today I had my first swim of the year in Robin's Island Cove near New Suffolk NY. It was awesome.
Electrical issue? Engine will not start Kommy000 at 5:02pm 05.28.18 The Cherubini Hunters 14/7393 Alright, I posted a few months ago about replacing my original fuel tank with a new one. I finally f
AVR quandry capta at 12:43pm 05.28.18 Ask All Sailors 3/437 It has been suggested that our older Onan 8 kw genset may perform better if we change from the old t
25' sailboat tailer value Kyedmcc at 10:27am 05.28.18 Ask All Sailors 11/816 Any opinions on what I should list my 1982 25' sailboat trailer for on craigslist? Once I splash my
Cracks in liner tabbing - structural? deal-breaker? (5) spenrose at 10:14am 05.28.18 Catalina 30 7/1703 All, Hi! I was hoping someone on this forum could help me decide whether an issue I noticed is a "
any secrets to fishing new hose? MitchM at 8:27am 05.28.18 Ask All Sailors 11/697 i decided to add a small bilge pump for nuisance h 2 0 from shower. tried unsuccessfully
R20 centerboard dbax at 6:26am 05.28.18 Ranger Boats (WA) 2/1156 Hello, I have been reading through some documentation I got with my new used boat regarding the cent
Port Gaskets Hunter 29.5 Odyssey lll at 6:22am 05.28.18 Ask All Sailors 4/338 Trying to locate gaskets. There are 2 window sizes. I have replaced the gaskets on the larger window
How much water is normal near stuffing box? (1) Kgatesma at 6:11am 05.28.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/982 We get about a quarter inch of water here (H35.5). Too much? I imagine as the boat heels the water

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Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA rgranger at 8:50pm 07.22.23 I've got to up my game on taking photos and such. Thing is, like when coming into port here, there
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? (1) rgranger at 8:46pm 07.22.23 Went to the boat today. My inflatable had popped. How weird. Never had one go off on its own i
Early production Kittiwake (1) jssailem at 8:45pm 07.22.23 218090
Have you tested your PFD? jssailem at 8:37pm 07.22.23
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (2) JamesG161 at 8:37pm 07.22.23 I have the Parrot on order. ok .
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice AustinSailor at 8:32pm 07.22.23 Thanks so much everybody, this is just the type of advice I was hoping to receive. Fantastic forum!
Have you tested your PFD? Mark Maulden at 8:17pm 07.22.23 We have a couple of West Marine Coastal inflatables. They are about 7-8 yrs old and the color indic
Have you tested your PFD? (4) jssailem at 8:06pm 07.22.23 sailing magazines, I noticed a big difference between the UK and USA published ones. I don't thin
Strange beep from cockpit engine panel gfroch at 7:59pm 07.22.23 OK. You know how when you're sailing and you hear a faint noise and you can't tell where it's coming
Catalina 27 teak before and after jon hansen at 7:44pm 07.22.23 nice work
Catalina 27 teak before and after jaysweet at 7:38pm 07.22.23 Wow, great job! Hardly looks like the same boat!
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA jaysweet at 7:35pm 07.22.23 I did start at Gibson Island, but that was only where I did the boat preparations. I was keeping my
CHI-MAC today DayDreamer41 at 7:34pm 07.22.23 best of the great lakes. wind, waves, fresh water, sun burn, biting black flys, blue berry pancake
CHI-MAC today PaulK at 7:33pm 07.22.23 We had a light-air night one time. Other watch wrapped the spinnaker around the forestay about 15x.
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA dLj at 7:27pm 07.22.23 Nah: I'm in Rock Creek (White Rocks Marina), and it was my understanding that you started at Gibson
Catalina 27 teak before and after (8) BTC1984 at 7:27pm 07.22.23 More photos. The Coaming covers were breaking and had gaps. I used Gflex to fill in the gaps and I
New Hunter arch panel (4) jaysweet at 7:20pm 07.22.23 Here are the Hella Courtesy Lamps (back side), which look to be mostly waterproof (IP67) and a prett
I have an 21' American Fiberglass (3) Perry Welch at 7:14pm 07.22.23 Lets go back to the :Short Sail", problem. As you can see from the pictures I got the cunningham hoo
Have you tested your PFD? Leeward Rail at 7:05pm 07.22.23 It is good to test these things. Knowing how they work before you go in the water in an emergency i
CHI-MAC today jssailem at 7:04pm 07.22.23 Windy shows a stronger wind field closer in to shore. Maybe that is the difference. Going to be an i

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