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Whisker Pole Limited to "J" Length? EditorC22NSA at 5:27am 04.29.18 Catalina 22 10/3656 Our local sailing club has boats that race with a spinnaker, and those who do not. For those boats t
Hunter 27 1983 correct prop size? johnm5858 at 5:23am 04.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/437 I purchased 3 years ago a 1983 Hunter 27. It has the Yanmar 1gm Rated at 6.5 HP at 3400 rpm. Max Rp
Hood Furling Rxsail at 5:11am 04.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1334 I have original Hood furler on my 1992 30T that seems to be difficult to operate. I am not convince
Fiji has some nice spots (3) Franklin at 1:48am 04.29.18 Destinations 9/1407 Just thought I would let you guys know that I am loving Fiji and I haven't even gotten to the parts
Disel fuel deck fitting bigmorg27 at 7:37pm 04.28.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/779 Looking at a late 80s 28.5 Hunter. I must be crazy, but where is the fuel deck fitting??
Oh my O'day had some ropey quality Captmayhem at 7:24pm 04.28.18 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1379 Prepping "no hurry" for getting wet next week, and one thing that has bothered me since getting the
Stainless steel bolt -- aluminum body. What could go wrong? cmonroe54 at 6:25pm 04.28.18 Ask All Sailors 17/2046 The sheaves on my boom are obviously way passed expired, so... I tried to remove the boom ends so I
ANP Bimini stopper and end cap (2) williamtl at 5:40pm 04.28.18 Parts Search 0/478
Mast Ladder - Concept of Design (1) Brian D at 2:49pm 04.28.18 Sails Call Lounge 59/8996 I'm not an engineer. I have no train to drive. But I love trying to figure out how to do something d
Hunter 240 Centerboard woes con't... (2) waveform at 12:55pm 04.28.18 Smaller Boats 5/1638 Need to hear from those with 240 who have replaced the centerboard uphaul line (runs from centerboa
Hunter 23 Bilge water kc2bya at 12:50pm 04.28.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/953 I have a 1986 Hunter 23. EVERY spring I end up pumping a couple of gallons of water from the space b
Dry Rot Hunter 23 Billleathen at 10:47am 04.28.18 Smaller Boats 2/621 Getting ready to Launch. While cleaning and waxing I just spotted this dry rot in the locker on the
380 Cockpit drains CaptKimble at 10:06am 04.28.18 Big Boats 1/1212 I was relocating my bilge pump on my Catalina 380 from where the factory located it in the lazzerett
Capri 18 john6206 at 9:05am 04.28.18 Smaller Boats 9/5345 Hi Everyone - I checked the post that I had written about changing my profile information, and the
Marina etiquette john6206 at 8:42am 04.28.18 Smaller Boats 88/16754 Hi all - After something like 20 years of daysailing, we are going to be staying in a marina for th
Steering replacement edison windarra at 8:00am 04.28.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/701 hello I need to replace the steering cable ? Not sure about chain in my 1997 28 Catalina mako 2 any
SO HOW MUCH DOES ZEPHYR VIBRATE? Kyedmcc at 7:03am 04.28.18 Day Sailers 1/569 New owner of 25CB with 2 cycle 15hp zephyr saildrive and I have not ran it yet. I was wondering how
how to fix a scratch in the hull Boby_Hunter33 at 6:45am 04.28.18 Big Boats 10/2105 I have a hunter 45 ds 2010, white hull. scratched the hul a few inches above the water line. The scr
Tired of getting stabbed artboas at 8:35pm 04.27.18 Big Boats 6/902 On the 49 /50, there are wonderful transom lockers which give great access to steering, plus massive
Yahoo! new sails working great! Ken Cross at 4:38pm 04.27.18 Ask All Sailors 8/543 I ordered some new sails from SBO. They are Doyle dacron loose footed main with 2 full battens, and

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Dimensions for the Seaward 26RK Dodger walt at 8:11am 09.01.24 No detail but some friends are spending a lot of the summer in the Pacific NW with a Seaward 26RK an
Water pump leaking - Catalina 30 (universal M25) kloudie1 at 8:05am 09.01.24 Here is a good article from Maine Sail's web site.. It is an excellent place to find information..Ch
What kind of propane regulator to use? (3) jssailem at 8:04am 09.01.24 We enjoyed our visit with the grandkids on Coca Cay in 2023. It was a great break from the Pacific
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario Joe at 7:55am 09.01.24 Piloting and dead reckoning are two different things. Piloting uses navigational aids to create a
3M 5200 FastOlson at 7:53am 09.01.24 We did a full re-fit of our '88 boat in '21. The factory had pretty much used 5200 everywhere. I did
3M 5200 dlochner at 7:50am 09.01.24 I am not happy about someone taking my tools. Who said anything about taking someone's tools?
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario jssailem at 7:45am 09.01.24
3M 5200 jssailem at 7:41am 09.01.24 It is a tool. No love or hate here. It is tenacious. It is better to fix fiberglass than missing woo
3M 5200 Leeward Rail at 6:46am 09.01.24 There is nothing on a boat that is a never remove solution. Someone recently told me it was great
Dimensions for the Seaward 26RK Dodger kappykaplan at 6:44am 09.01.24 Best to have your local sail loft come out and measure.
Water pump leaking - Catalina 30 (universal M25) dmax at 6:01am 09.01.24 Yes, get the rebuild kit, pretty easy to install. As you can see, the salt water is pretty corrosive
Fresh Water Leak senang at 6:00am 09.01.24 On our H38, as well as another H38 in the same harbour we had a leak that originated in the aft port
Halyard lines for a rudder capri 16.5 ShawnL at 5:42am 09.01.24 No shackle on the rudder -- I basically removed the kick-up feature, except for in emergencies by in
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario Captain Larry-DH at 5:13am 09.01.24
Hunter 376 Access in Aft Cabin duck21 at 4:52am 09.01.24 This is an old thread that was recently revived. That is essentially whatever ended up doing. My exi
3M 5200 PeteT at 4:44am 09.01.24 I appreciate your reply, more than you know....Thank you for the response!!!
3M 5200 dlochner at 4:01am 09.01.24 I use it when I need a secure never remove solution. There is nothing on a boat that is a never r
Water pump leaking - Catalina 30 (universal M25) Davidasailor26 at 3:58am 09.01.24 The drips mean that water it getting past the water seal. The repair kit should be good for fixing t
Identify these portlights? Hood, Pompanette, Bomar? BAD ORCA at 11:48pm 08.31.24 Big difference between Bed-it and other (cheaper) butyl tape. I went the cheap route first and did
What kind of propane regulator to use? (5) Ralph Johnstone at 10:32pm 08.31.24 We just like the ship-board experience. Time to 'fess up. I worked for RCCL from 2000 to 2005 as

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