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Allmand 35 AC location Follow the Sun at 2:50pm 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 0/276 Hi. I have an Allmand 35 and want to install a AC system. Any owners know the location where the o
A hammer is a good tool (1) LeslieTroyer at 2:26pm 08.09.18 Musings With Maine Sail 8/1179
Trailer sailing from Fort Myers, Florida sailing5559 at 1:20pm 08.09.18 Trailer Sailors 1/789 we are taking our Precision 23 to Fort Myers, Florida with us in January 2019. Looking for sugge
Help us before my husband throws our Mercury outboard in the water! SVMusic at 1:00pm 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 75/12530 We have a 2003 Mercury 15hp outboard motor on our dinghy (which we purchased with our Beneteau sailb
Protest flag setup. glaufman at 11:35am 08.09.18 Racing 7/2550 Hi all- I need to buy a protest flag for racing my O'Day 23... I often race with only 1 crew besides
Headliner Replacement on Mis-size Hunters sjbaltes at 11:31am 08.09.18 Mid-Size Boats 3/2456 I have a new (to me) 2002 Hunter 306, and I'm interested in repairing the headliner. It is a soft v
Wiring VHF radio to external speaker so that it can be disconnected Sailorgal49 at 10:13am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 4/1066 We want to wire our external speaker to the VHF radio with a way to disconnect it if we want to just
Anyone know of a used 28ft mast for a macgregor 26 reicon99 at 10:12am 08.09.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1897 I missed clearing a bridge by 3 inches where the St Croix and Mississippi rivers meet near the Twin
Sailing to the Mooring Plymouth Sailor at 9:57am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 17/1052 Can anyone provide me wisdom on sailing to a mooring w/o a motor on a 25' boat or larger in a crowde
It's official. Puget Sound boaters are full of it Justin_NSA at 9:56am 08.09.18 Sails Call Lounge 68/5699 Just read in BoatUS that Puget Sound is officially a NDZ. Here's a local article on it https://ecolo
How to rig a 1972 Oday 23 Bustem55 at 9:09am 08.09.18 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1646 HELP!!! I recently purchased a 1972 Oday 23 and I have never rigged a sailboat before and there is v
New Kells 23 owner to perform restoration (8) FireDiven at 8:17am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 23/6446 Hello everyone. My dad gave me a Kells 23 that has been fully gutted on the inside. It appears Kel
Main vs Mizzen jib (2) Franklin at 8:04am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 23/6369 When I first saw this Tayana (Blue boat) I thought it was an after market rig change but then I saw
Identity Fraud Alert Diane & Marshall at 3:23am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 44/4044 Just received an alert that my identify information may have been caught in a data breach from hunte
O'day 20 Rub Rail SUMB44 at 2:49am 08.09.18 Ask An Oday Owner 1/622 So the rub tail on my O'day 20 needs replacing, both the anchoring strip and the black rubber bit.
Beneteau First 42 cored hull? CrazyLegs at 9:43pm 08.08.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/3740 Well, just had an insurance survey done and the surveyor is insisting that my 1984 Beneteau First 42
Yanmar 2GM20F rpms go down and no power Brinky63 at 6:16pm 08.08.18 Ask All Sailors 30/3607 My yanmar 2Gm20f starts fine but when I give it more gas it goes to under 2000 rpm then starts headi
New Dinette Table (4) w4swk at 5:37pm 08.08.18 Catalina 22 18/1269 My old dinette table has just about lived all the life it has in it. We are hoping to stay out on th
Forward Scanning Sonar Clydo at 5:09pm 08.08.18 Catalina 310 4/1083 Friend is taking his boat from Washington D.C area down to Florida and recently installed forward s
H260 speed capability Jeff Gray at 2:42pm 08.08.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/721 Fellow 260 owners... just looking to get some comparative datapoint. In a steady 8-10 knots of wind

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Starter motor burned up? heritage at 4:55pm 09.21.24 You might consider fusing your start battery to prevent any severe meltdowns of the starter, solenoi
Upgrading and Bedding Chainplates Ralph Johnstone at 4:24pm 09.21.24 Don't know what the temperatures are like in your neighbourhood but you want the Bed-It to be a litt
Upgrading and Bedding Chainplates Gene Neill at 4:13pm 09.21.24 That is totally normal. It's not really possible to use too much tape. You are doing it perfectly. T
Hunter Legend 35 Ice Box Mika1 at 2:51pm 09.21.24 I use a piece of the white wire closet shelving from Home Depot, cut to fit.
how many more years can I get out of her? Captain-Will at 2:47pm 09.21.24
Starter motor burned up? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:50pm 09.21.24 Just to be sure we've identified all contacts :
Legend 35 - Water heater hose replacement? walmsleyc at 1:36pm 09.21.24 I figured someone had gone through this. I do have a ediscope, do I will try that to see if I can f
how many more years can I get out of her? Tally Ho at 12:32pm 09.21.24 Until you hit 70 years old, like me, and realize you can't lift the sails of a 35 footer like you u
My rudder broke off (1) wardk at 12:05pm 09.21.24 227647
My rudder broke off wardk at 12:04pm 09.21.24 The boat came loose from the mooring buoy and ended up on the shoals.After we got her out the rudder
how many more years can I get out of her? Captain-Will at 12:02pm 09.21.24 For years as I was a kid my Dad and I went to boat shows looking for small cruising powerboat you c
Starter motor burned up? BTC1984 at 11:54am 09.21.24 That is super helpful. Thanks.
ODay 25 - Relocating the battery Days Like This at 11:04am 09.21.24 The old 1975 ODay 25 that I bought needs to have the battery relocated. Previous owner had it in a
Tosca gets a windlass rekkabell at 10:42am 09.21.24 Very cool! The previous owners of my Y33 installed a windlass just forward of the anchor locker, whi
My rudder broke off Don S/V ILLusion at 10:41am 09.21.24
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Leeward Rail at 10:38am 09.21.24 @Dave lock this thread ?
Keel Winch Replacement Leeward Rail at 10:26am 09.21.24 Nice detailed, and helpful post !
Starter motor burned up? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:06am 09.21.24 My apologies in post #16. I accidentally pointed to the wrong terminal to check for voltage. Blood
My rudder broke off wardk at 10:00am 09.21.24 It is a 1999 Hunter 310, has anyone had this happen to theirs? Hunter in their wisdom use a fibergla
jabsco macerator paper gasket Ed whatnot at 9:47am 09.21.24 Yes. You can make your own gasket. Remove the screw rods and make sure they are not broken. If so r

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