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Interesting to me dennisv at 6:31pm 10.16.23 Bigger Boats 10/1087 It's October, and in the Great Lakes, boats are being pulled out of the water for winter storage. I
Harken Mk 1 furler repair tmjb at 2:23pm 10.16.23 Ask All Sailors 14/1177 When lowering my genoa for winter storage somehow two of the foil sections separated (or had previou
Hi I am looking for drawings, sketches or pics of a fiberglass rudder stock Zvika Mantel at 12:32am 10.16.23 Ask All Sailors 11/364 Hi I am looking for drawings, sketches or pics of a rudder for a Hunter 46 year 2000. Thanks Zvika
Cradle screw jack conversion (1) Captain Pooh at 9:13pm 10.15.23 Ask All Sailors 8/694 This past spring I watched to marina staff doing an altogether too complicated dance trying to drive
Engine stalling/ temperature gauge (1) labuenavida at 4:51pm 10.15.23 Engines and Propulsion 7/803
Added plywood layer below to firm up floor, less squishy now! (8) Davenport at 3:55pm 10.15.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/603 Added plywood layer below to firm up floor, less squishy now. Half inch, doubled in some spots. 48
Hunter 420 Passage Aft Lazarette Latches Mike H. at 2:48pm 10.15.23 Big Boats 4/612 Has anyone replaced the lazarette hatches on the sugar scoop? Ours are rotten. Anyone have a source?
Extending Table Leafs (1) laitm001 at 8:12am 10.15.23 Big Boats 7/624 Just bought a hunter 49 and wondered if anyone could help explain how to extend the table. Mine has
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 7:25am 10.15.23 Ask All Sailors 75/5730 Hey everyone - I've been sailing about 25 years, almost all trailer boats. I've owned three - sold
Invest 94L --> TS Tammy --> Hurricane Tammy (1) JamesG161 at 6:08am 10.15.23 Weather and Forecasting 18/1562 over the East USA should stop the normal tracking into the Caribbean . Jim...
how to fix this? 1975 oday 22 (1) Anomymous 163294 at 7:11pm 10.14.23 Ask An Oday Owner 22/1724 is this a major job or is it minor? it came to me this way. and i just noticed it today as i was loo
New Portable Battery Charger for Winter Storage Nichole340 at 2:45pm 10.14.23 Ask All Sailors 17/945 I want to buy a new battery charger for the garage and use it maintain my boat batteries over the wi
Running lines aft on Oday 25 tcbailey67 at 8:27am 10.14.23 Ask An Oday Owner 15/1191 Hi, I've seen many posts on this, but still not quite settled in one particular part of the plan. I
C&C 25 cabin/cockpit table CliffA at 6:37am 10.14.23 C&C 1/617
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 10:11am 10.13.23 Sails Call Lounge 33/3271 I haven't been on in a while. I retired and don't have much time lately. I'll never do that again. ;
Man the Boats... jssailem at 9:21am 10.13.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/956 It is time for that last cruise. The weather patterns are aligning for a chance as an Indian Summer
Wilcox Crittenden Replacement for Catalina 27 (5) shank at 8:14am 10.13.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/668 Hi Peggy (and others) I have an old WC Headmate on my Catalina 27. I'm looking at the Raritan PH Su
Best clear vinyl plastic window cleaner? Captain Larry-DH at 4:08am 10.13.23 Ask All Sailors 4/934
Need help to identify spare part - Transom Helm Seat support (1) argentum at 8:37pm 10.12.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/601 Hello, I am looking for a part that is missing from my Beneteau 331 2004. It's a plastic thing that
Tiller cover for clutch tailboom at 8:22am 10.12.23 Catalina 22 3/700

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Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control kappykaplan at 7:35am 10.06.24 My first guess would be to check the mixing elbow. Was there a black sheen on the water? What spec
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters (3) jdrutten at 7:32am 10.06.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard FastOlson at 6:51am 10.06.24 There have been no reports of keels falling off C30's due the smile. If you mean 'no reports', you
Deck Core Repair dmax at 6:45am 10.06.24 As LLoydB says, if there's any way you can do this from the bottom vs. cutting your deck, you will s
TD 14 (1) jssailem at 6:28am 10.06.24 Sorry Greg. With the two storm Kirk and Leslie off in the Atlantic, I shut down the computer and wen
HELP! with outhaul line replacement jssailem at 6:05am 10.06.24 If they had just dead ended the line at the boom end block then it would be a simple task to use th
TD 14 sailme88 at 3:46am 10.06.24 Dammit Jim, I'm a sailor not a meteorologist......relax Bones.... you're neither......
TD 14 (2) kappykaplan at 3:29am 10.06.24 Milton now forecast to come ashore as a Cat 3 and will bring a lot of rain with it.
Insulation Project_Mayhem at 9:47pm 10.05.24 A lot of RVers use foil lined bubble wrap. I believe @Timm R Oday25 insulated his boat with another
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Project_Mayhem at 9:43pm 10.05.24 She looks beautiful! There have been no reports of keels falling off C30's due the smile. Water see
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Project_Mayhem at 9:39pm 10.05.24 I agree with everything @Crazy Dave Condon said except for braking or speeding up to reduce sway. I'
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (3) SteveHughessails at 8:21pm 10.05.24 We took the Hunter out on the lake today. Our goal was to raise the Mast set the Boom up and have lu
Purchase questions 38 quadrille38 at 6:18pm 10.05.24 I would like to add a couple more questions please. boat has 2 new agm batteries. The boat actually
Advice on replacing standing rigging ...3TacksontheWater at 6:13pm 10.05.24 Turnbuckle designs have changed over the years. I think replacing the turnbuckles with the rigging i
Rudder Removal james2034 at 5:12pm 10.05.24 226587 The first time I removed my rudder, the stainless pin was seized into the aluminum tiller an
Rudder Removal james2034 at 5:10pm 10.05.24 Thank you to all who provided excellent information and help with rudder removal and measurements. A
TD 14 BigEasy at 4:51pm 10.05.24 Are the weather gurus following this one? Looks like it will clear out before I head down on the 14
TD 14 Davidasailor26 at 4:42pm 10.05.24 I thought M meant Cat 3 or higher. Has the M been demoted to above cat 1? No, The M is still for M
TD 14 (2) JamesG161 at 4:29pm 10.05.24 storm surge and epic rain in the worst place. :plus::plus::plus: ....
TD 14 shemandr at 3:58pm 10.05.24 I thought M meant Cat 3 or higher. Has the M been demoted to above cat 1? The rain event in NC an

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