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New use for mast crutch (3) rgranger at 3:05pm 05.31.18 Smaller Boats 25/2876 151190 151191
Looking to purchase a main sail for my 1974 Macgregor Lokki Sailor at 2:43pm 05.31.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3288 I am hoping that someone can help me find a main sail for my 1974 MacGregor. All suggestions would
Freshwater Tank Replacement for 1988 Hunter Legend 40 boatlife_bliss at 2:16pm 05.31.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/951 Hi there, We're liveaboards, located in Marina Del Rey, California. Long story short, back in Sept
This is cool- NOAA announces launch of crowdsourced bathymetry database (1) nat55 at 1:35pm 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 8/1204 Not sure of the importance to recreational sailors but will add to accuracy after all the data is lo
ST 50 wind malfunction Alice A. at 1:15pm 05.31.18 Big Boats 6/1465 When we went sailing last week our ST50 wind instrument refused to take a reading in light air and m
1986 Shoal Draft H34 - New Owner Checking In (2) mnmpizza at 1:14pm 05.31.18 Big Boats 22/2208 Greetings fellow Hunter Owners! Just purchased ; Ideas on Settting up an Cockpit Reefing system; Ir
H22 (1981) Kickup Rudder assembly instructions newsailor130 at 12:24pm 05.31.18 Smaller Boats 10/1658 Hello All, I have a 1981 Hunter 22 and the rudder got messed up the other day when I ran aground. Th
Catalina 22 Purchase - Interior Condition;Furler Question (3) robcooper0767 at 12:05pm 05.31.18 Catalina 22 50/3769 Hi all, I'm looking at a C22. Posting some photos of interior and also of furler. Furler has no na
Garmin GPS/MAP 4xx Series Card Reader with 64bit Windows OS Rich Stidger at 11:50am 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 8/778 This will be of interest to a very narrow group. The short version is that Garmin has declined to s
More CBP stays the same the more they CHANGE jssailem at 10:21am 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 31/2314 Here it is... the Small Vessel Reporting System is going away. To be replaced by the NEW CBP APP. I
Knock knock. Who's there? Halyards. (1) Phil Herring at 9:12am 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 61/10315 Does your boat -- or even worse, your neighbor's boat -- suffer from halyard slap? While it can som
Removing refrigerator Evaporator Frank P at 8:53am 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 1/534 Hello All I need to do some repairs so I will need to remove my refrigerator evaporator from my Danf
stern rudders rpd at 8:49am 05.31.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/816 rpd here with a question about stern dual rudders on macgregor 26x I getting ready to launch and not
Self Tacking System SkinSaubz at 8:16am 05.31.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 61/14026 Hello, I have a 1988 Hunter Legend 35, I am finishing up my oupv registration and starting my own ch
Size of sewage pump out fitting for O'day 272 ? Pat at 6:39am 05.31.18 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1958 Our club is now missing the pump-out connector that screws down into the boat's pump out deck connec
Aft cabin on a '87 Legend 37 BobHorn at 6:37am 05.31.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/450 Looking at the subject boat. Haven't seen the boat yet. How useful is the centerline berth in the af
Depth Finder won't shoot through Hull Bones at 6:27am 05.31.18 Smaller Boats 27/5860 Looking for someone who may have encountered this problem on a 25.5 Hunter. Purchased a Hawkeye dep
Clearcoat on teak dtalent at 5:14am 05.31.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/5265 this isnt a new topic but i'm in the middle of prepping my teak for refinishing. looking to see if a
Headliner Voyager1 at 4:22am 05.31.18 Ask An Oday Owner 2/770 I have an ODay 302 with a carpet headliner that has some old stains from water damage. The water tur
12v Battery Isolator Replacement (4) HMT2 at 9:49pm 05.30.18 Ask All Sailors 7/2214 I am putting some new batteries on my boat this week. My current system has worked well for years. W

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Hunter 50 AC deck light (2) joshw5144 at 12:08pm 09.09.24 WAs it a direct replacement? How does it compare to the OE when it comes to brightness? Yes, it wa
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario Scott B at 11:59am 09.09.24 The Power Squadrons is a US organization. There might be a Canadian equivalent That would be the
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX (1) JamesG161 at 11:31am 09.09.24 New advisory is out. are in agreement. The intensity will grow to maybe Cat 2 Prepare now... Da
Pumpout Carts Suck (1) thinwater at 10:59am 09.09.24 I get WHY it is like it is, and I don't really have a problem with its effectiveness. Gets the job
Tank Sensors sailcapt340 at 10:47am 09.09.24 Here is the guide I received from WEMA Kus, in 2022 when my fresh water tank sensor completely deter
Shrink wrapping details? capta at 10:45am 09.09.24 I thought it a really great idea when I lived aboard through the winter after I bought Skipping Ston
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations Apex at 10:43am 09.09.24 all good advice in above posts..... @dlochner that reminds me of this bit: 3m5qxZm_JqM
Lost Water ballast valve in Hunter 23.5 help me please Crazy Dave Condon at 10:39am 09.09.24 @dLj and @andrewH235 The only way is through the hull leaving the wingnut off due to design and e
Pumpout Carts Suck dlochner at 10:34am 09.09.24 Was the worker moving the hose on the suction side or the output side? Makes a big difference in hi
Pumpout Carts Suck Foswick at 10:25am 09.09.24 a. The hose is large because ... guess what it is pumping. b. It is stiff because it must withstand
Hunter 50 AC deck light mcconkd at 10:21am 09.09.24 WAs it a direct replacement? How does it compare to the OE when it comes to brightness?
Heavy weather sailing jssailem at 9:54am 09.09.24 Definitely you should practice trimming your boat and sails to Hove-To. The rationale for its use
Shrink wrapping details? Timm R Oday25 at 9:50am 09.09.24 I've been working every fall for several years shrink wrapping boats . Most 25 foot boats or less ca
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure Ralph Johnstone at 9:27am 09.09.24 One question for everyone- the oil pressure sensor - is my understanding that the name of this real
Hunter 50 AC deck light joshw5144 at 8:51am 09.09.24
Shrink wrapping details? Project_Mayhem at 8:36am 09.09.24 Are you storing in a yard? They might not want owners firing off blowtorches or allow outside contra
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure adamv at 8:26am 09.09.24 thanks @kloudie1 ! It would seem strange that i have two independent oil issues at the same time. I
Lost Water ballast valve in Hunter 23.5 help me please dLj at 8:25am 09.09.24 If memory serves me right, there are six holes in the hull four of which are large for water enteri
Water in the bilge Robert Strickland at 8:06am 09.09.24 Thanks, we're "weekenders" so we have a habit of dumping the bilge at beginning and end so we probab
Water in the bilge Arrgh at 7:53am 09.09.24 I think mostly so that the actual bilge is always dry. Letting the shower water always sit in the b

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