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Cruising Chute GBGraham at 11:01am 01.24.18 Smaller Boats 43/2719 How many of you guys use a cruising chute? Do you think there is merit to buying and using a cruisin
Wednesday Photoday, Art in Sailing (1) Will Gilmore at 9:54am 01.24.18 Ask All Sailors 44/2662 145798 I just finished this hatch board project and wanted to show out off. I'm particularly proud
Link to mast question in different forum about a C22 LakeShark at 8:39am 01.24.18 Catalina 22 0/301 Can any of you more knowledgeable C22 guys help this gentlemen out? https://forums.sailboatowners.c
"Key" for fuel cap Dennis Thomas at 8:25am 01.24.18 Parts Search 24/2546 Does anyone know where I can get the "key" for the fuel cap? Tired of struggling with a screwdriver
Fraying Fiberglass on rudder... what to do now? (1) PGIJon at 8:08am 01.24.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/653 Hi all... After pulling my h34 out the other day I noticed (see picture) that the fiberglass is fray
Bilge Pump Comparison Rule vs Jabsco DayDreamer41 at 7:31am 01.24.18 Ask All Sailors 32/3346 My current main bilge pump is a Rule 1500 which claims to pump 1500 gallon per hour at an open flow
Singing, Sailing, and some Drinking Richard Bryer at 6:33am 01.24.18 Ask All Sailors 3/486 A video that makes you count the days to launch: 8SH3ugegujw The National is a great club-good singe
The truth about Kermit (1) Brian D at 5:50am 01.24.18 Sails Call Lounge 12/1003 145789
DC System Upgrade Questions (2) Ward H at 4:48am 01.24.18 Musings With Maine Sail 10/2082 Planning my wiring upgrades for my 93 C30, which includes battery fusing, ACR and a new charger next
Updating grounding braided cable question CYQK at 3:14am 01.24.18 Ask All Sailors 4/333 Our boat has a braided cable connecting the chain plate to the keel. Along the run is a cartridge s
Looking to buy a Hunter 450 / 456 Blackacre at 9:52pm 01.23.18 Big Boats 1/685 My wife and I are looking to buy a Hunter Passage 450/456 CC. There are only a few on Yacht World a
sheets for 29-1 SV Vertigo at 9:44pm 01.23.18 C&C 10/1128 I won an auction but have not been able to leave where the boat was stored. The person who would hel
Spreaders & Compression Post Idiocy (2) Trent Lindsey at 8:23pm 01.23.18 Catalina 22 21/3690 Working on Merganser's refit some today and wanted some input on these photos. The first is of the
H26 Anchor Roller (5) Doug J at 5:13pm 01.23.18 Smaller Boats 14/989 I love my H26 but have been wishing it had an anchor roller. I've been envious of the anchor roller
How difficult to load M25? kolkmeyer at 3:04pm 01.23.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/592 I am considering the purchase of an M25 on a trailer. My immediate plans would be to leave it at th
Proper introduction (4) Big Chief Whitestack at 2:34pm 01.23.18 Catalina 22 23/1607 Hello all! New to the forum and new to my Catalina. She's a 1975 22 #5338. She's my first venture
Fridge Thermostat Improvement project (1) Jim_H42 at 12:11pm 01.23.18 Big Boats 9/4309 The freezer and fridge thermostats never did a good job at keeping the temperatures steady in my Pas
straightening a bent plastic jib spar fortunare at 9:35am 01.23.18 Ask All Sailors 5/547 I have several minor bends in my spar which makes furling difficult. Can I heat the plastic jib spa
Putting in a dripless seal on a 1986 28 footer KSC at 9:11am 01.23.18 Ask An Oday Owner 3/406 Anybody have experience with converting from the original stuffing box to a dripless seal? What drip
Size outboard on 23.5 travelingjerryb at 7:45am 01.23.18 Smaller Boats 61/5584

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Small, easy soloing daysailing sailboat choice? jssailem at 9:04am 07.05.23 If you are bitten by a wood boat, this looks interesting. Built on a Danish design from 1956. She is
Broke KiwiPorp blade Ralph Johnstone at 9:02am 07.05.23 found one of my KiwiProp blade broke in half. Ken, what is the composition of the blade ? It doe
Merit 22 owners Digger1 at 9:01am 07.05.23 1. Mine has small swivel attached to the mast. 2. I use a topping lift for raising the boom and spin
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:58am 07.05.23 then screw the small handle into whichever notch of the rod you want. This was the epitome of sim
Small, easy soloing daysailing sailboat choice? jssailem at 8:56am 07.05.23 Here is the image address. 1588edfe140850e42f2cc5c2bea0ea7c.jpg Here is one of the sites I was res
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery MikeHoncho at 8:56am 07.05.23 I have yet to hear of a incident that involves metal spikes causing a thermal run-away also. yet the
Small, easy soloing daysailing sailboat choice? jssailem at 8:54am 07.05.23 I thought it just looked like a daysailer I would be interested in if I was looking. Found it on a S
Appropriate amount of headsay sag? Don Guillette at 8:47am 07.05.23
Small, easy soloing daysailing sailboat choice? PaulK at 8:41am 07.05.23 Looks like a Hereshoff 12 1/2; Doughdish. It would be a good candidate for handling some of the cond
Lewmar forward hatch handle has come off and there is slight cracking on the lense around the hole. Jason and Dina at 8:36am 07.05.23 thank you
LED Lights for 2007 Hunter 38 Cabin George Braun at 8:24am 07.05.23 Amazon.com these fit both at $1.90 each
Depth/shape of 2004 Hunter 36 diesel tank George Braun at 8:22am 07.05.23 unless Hunter made fairly major changes between 04 and 08, it's rectangular. There are a number of
2008 H36 microwave replacement George Braun at 8:19am 07.05.23 our microwave gave up also, we are considering converting the space to storage instead. Take advanta
2009 Beneteau 40 rubber cutlass bearing. RitSim at 8:01am 07.05.23 My bearing seated fully. I seem to remember that there were two different lengths available, I wou
Beneteau Cockpit Speakers Original Replacement CABixler at 7:52am 07.05.23 Thanks BigEasy And Sven7. I did call Poly-Planar which is in Soumerville SC and talked to a very hel
Hunter 306 swim ladder jdrutten at 6:58am 07.05.23 There's a ladder listed in the store here for the 306: Hunter 306 ladder, telescoping Also, @jaysw
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 wnischt at 6:44am 07.05.23 James! Is it possible that you would be willing to help me with advice? Walter Nischt
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 (2) JamesG161 at 6:30am 07.05.23
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything JamesG161 at 5:59am 07.05.23 Rubber strap wrenches with 36" Actually there is a smaller one in that $8 kit, that fits 3/4th inc
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything (4) Claude L.-Auger at 5:39am 07.05.23 I unfortunately do not have the number of my Bomar hatch, but my boat being an 84 it's certainly an

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