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Mid Winter Blues Terry Cox at 8:16pm 02.19.18 Pacific North West Cruisers 83/5004 Wouldn't you know that unseasonable cold weather would appear when I had the week off to go sailing.
Creaky bulkhead Bill2016 at 5:18pm 02.19.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2353 hi. Following a rough crossing of Florida Bay with some pounding my 2003 - 356 has developed an anno
Elbow for 1-1/2" Trident 147 hose marchem at 4:28pm 02.19.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/641
Cherubini Hunter 36's -- where is your Racor Filter Located? rardiH36 at 3:19pm 02.19.18 The Cherubini Hunters 6/767 Okay, so I have just completed installing a new Moeller below deck 13 gallon fuel tank on the shelf
Reefing line attachment Ken Cross at 2:12pm 02.19.18 Ask All Sailors 14/899 I am in the process of replacing my sails and have a question. The main reefing lines are attached t
Bottom paint mjmercer19248 at 12:09pm 02.19.18 The Cherubini Hunters 7/724 I know this is a loaded question but what is the best bottom paint/process money can buy?
Twin rudder problem Dennis Thomas at 11:52am 02.19.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/6013 Hey anyone, I have a 311 with twin rudders. I am relatively certain that the starboard spade is out
Thank-you DayDreamer41 at 10:28am 02.19.18 Ask All Sailors 11/906 Through a connection made on this forum my son and I were given a sailing treat out of Dana Point.
Nicro Fico traveler parts... (2) nat55 at 9:43am 02.19.18 Ask All Sailors 19/5796 Okay, I know that Rig Rite used to be the source for NF traveler parts, but they no longer have a so
San Juan 34 Gooseneck / Toggle Mast bracket parts? Steve H at 7:59am 02.19.18 San Juan Sailboats 4/2280 Hi!--I bought a 1980 San Juan 34 from a friend last summer. I'm new to the site and sailboat mainten
Bilge Pump Discharge Location, Vented loop & Cored Hull Genesis V at 7:49am 02.19.18 Big Boats 12/3311 I am installing a rule 2000 as a high water Backup emergence bilge pump on my H356, I am looking to
Dripless - PSS or Lasdrop (1) Justin_NSA at 7:12am 02.19.18 Engines and Propulsion 39/7004 Now that I've decided from your advice to go dripless instead of repacking my plastic stuffing box,
Hunter Legend 430 1996 Bow Thruster Scallywagger at 5:17am 02.19.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/450 Hello everyone. After sailing on Casper my Passage 42 a friend has the opportunity to buy a 1996 Hu
Tuning the rigging on a hunter 26.5 Owen Hays at 8:07pm 02.18.18 Smaller Boats 3/674 I need to tune the rigging on a hunter 26.5 for the first time. Does anyone have specs that are work
Off season topic Tom J at 7:07pm 02.18.18 Catalina 310 27/3676 Winter in New England, and the boat is on the hard. While we had a great season last year cruising
Trailer bunk board and cb overhaul H26 (3) Jimmy at 6:22pm 02.18.18 Smaller Boats 1/449 Just reporting back on the trailer and cb overhaul. Everything went good and I decided the boat was
looking for owner's time - bvi - thanksgiving 2018 frklin5 at 6:15pm 02.18.18 Ask All Sailors 0/348 I'm a seasoned bareboat charterer hoping to find owner's time for the week of Thanksgiving this year
owner's time in the BVI - thanksgiving 2018 frklin5 at 6:14pm 02.18.18 Destinations 0/536 I'm a seasoned bareboat charterer hoping to find owner's time for the week of Thanksgiving this year
First 36.7 hatch repair jarcher at 4:54pm 02.18.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1394 Hi All... My First 36.7 is a 2004, and it has a hatch over the head. The hatch is fine except that
Sailboats and drones njlarry at 4:49pm 02.18.18 Ask All Sailors 103/6180 All the great videos here have inspired me to consider becoming a droid dude myself. I am considerin

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Ruined mast or not a big deal? dLj at 8:12am 04.05.24 Just a note: The OP @cstan posted this same question over in Cruisers an Sailors but included two ad
Ruined mast or not a big deal? PaulK at 8:10am 04.05.24 I'll agree that the 2nd picture looks a little like a dent at the spreader, but It also appears tha
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . PaulK at 8:02am 04.05.24 If the owner died and the state had to get a lawyer to execute the will (or the estate went into pro
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . Kings Gambit at 7:48am 04.05.24 Florida has some very strict laws about derelict and abandoned boats. I'm not surprised that the FW
Cleaning foam cushions? dmax at 7:07am 04.05.24 I removed my covers and put them in the washing machine - came out like new.
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Tally Ho at 6:16am 04.05.24 I have a small 12v diaphragm pump that I attach to the drain and pump it as dry as I can. The pump
Bent wing keels jssailem at 6:08am 04.05.24 Your post reminds me that the wing tips on the Southwest plane had bent wing tips. I was told they d
Hunter 34 rudder jssailem at 5:58am 04.05.24 Welcome Dan. Perhaps a picture of the rudder in question will trigger some helpful responses. There
28.5 Split Backstay rigging (2) jssailem at 5:28am 04.05.24 The set up is with common rigging hardware. the shroud wire is attached to what is called a swaged f
PNW Summer Cruise 2023 jssailem at 4:46am 04.05.24 Terry. Great videos tell a story. Take you to entertaining places. Engage the audience in the experi
PNW Summer Cruise 2023 Terry Cox at 4:40am 04.05.24 Would you please provide your thoughts about why my video has received over 1K views? Something abou
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM dlochner at 4:11am 04.05.24
Ruined mast or not a big deal? FastOlson at 9:47pm 04.04.24 Also, check your survey for relevant comments, altho a hull surveyor might not have looked up there.
Bent wing keels Ken13559 at 9:17pm 04.04.24 I would suggest leaving the bend as to straighten bend wing risk breaking it. 2" is small, won't aff
Adding Freon to Isotherm ASU 3751Refridgeration unit deander at 9:01pm 04.04.24 That's very good to know. Where and how do you T in a fill port? I have a new unit to install (Isoth
Cleaning foam cushions? Project_Mayhem at 8:43pm 04.04.24 Folks, FYI... I took my covers to the dry cleaners once and was told that because they had vinyl pa
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler Tally Ho at 8:03pm 04.04.24 My shaft and coupler look a bit different, but here is how I did mine. But in the end, I replaced t
Ruined mast or not a big deal? Sanfelice at 8:02pm 04.04.24 I am not familiar with how the spreaders are attached on the 27 but I know how they are attached on
Hunter 34 rudder marcham at 7:39pm 04.04.24 Maybe try this: Free HIN number Decoder for any Boat, Hull, or Vessel - HINDecoder.com The HIN will
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Tally Ho at 7:35pm 04.04.24 If the HW tank is bypassed when winterizing and left by passed when recommissioning, there should b

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