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Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018 Brian D at 5:47am 03.14.18 Sails Call Lounge 9/1141 Such a brilliant mind stuck in a broken body. Now cracks a noble heart; Good night sweet Prince, and
What do you tow your 21/22 with? Bartman99 at 4:55am 03.14.18 Sirius 21/22 8/3725 What kind/size vehicle? How far do you tow? Do you have brakes on the trailer?
Hood 810LD assist Justin_NSA at 8:23pm 03.13.18 Ask All Sailors 4/411 Launch prep is not going well for me. After I dropped my rudder and propshaft as part of my dripless
Hunter Legend 37.5 1993 - Leak in cabinet? (1) aybabtme at 7:25pm 03.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/609 Hey there! I just came from a sea trial/survey for a very nice Hunter 37.5 and I'm very interested i
Add Electric Winches 36/356 seadaddler at 6:38pm 03.13.18 Big Boats 5/957 Has any body added jib electric winches the ones next to the helm to your H-36. I am thinking of ad
Well, for better or worse, I'm on board. (2) Beardedoneder at 5:34pm 03.13.18 Catalina 22 28/2676 To follow up on my previous post, here; https://forums.sailboatowners.com/index.php?threads/purchasi
What's wrong with this picture? (1) Kermit at 5:19pm 03.13.18 Trailer Sailors 16/2794
Costco GC Batteries now in stock Macboy at 4:32pm 03.13.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1490 I just returned from Costco with two 6V, 200+Ah batteries for a whopping $140 each. Ten dollars for
VIN number? tadd5181 at 3:47pm 03.13.18 Big Boats 10/1431 My city property tax bill on my boat arrived with my Hunter vessel number but it also included "VIN"
Feast of Saint Patrick (1) Gunni at 2:49pm 03.13.18 Sails Call Lounge 51/3573 As we prepare for the feast (served popularly in generous flagons, and cups). Let's raise a glass t
Sealing keel bolts in epoxy MightyMike at 1:33pm 03.13.18 Ask All Sailors 26/7628 Whiling away the hours of the third New England Nor'easter in 12 days.. I purchased a Pearson 10M a
Shakey shakey Prop Mystery -Hunter 34 markwbird at 11:41am 03.13.18 Ask All Sailors 3/408 I have a mystery. Recently a crew member slammed the tranny into gear while it was running fast. In
JEN'-oh-uh or je-NOH'-uh? PotomacDaysailer at 10:59am 03.13.18 Ask All Sailors 64/4734 I've always pronounced it JEN'-oh-uh, but heard it the other way too. Is one more correct than the o
Stem Repair (1) thetone at 8:11am 03.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/471 Hello, Can anyone give me some advice on repairing the hole in the stem of my 1987 Hunter 28.5. She
AC power issues and relocating water heater in Hunter 34 (3) Beth and Bill at 8:04am 03.13.18 Ask All Sailors 3/705
Autopilot Quandary JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 7:17am 03.13.18 Catalina 310 31/5801 So I have had my head in the computer reading autopilot reviews and looking at what would be necessa
Convection/grill/microwave oven access and perhaps replacement Bogart at 4:26am 03.13.18 Big Boats 3/1023 We have a 2007 45CC with a Tappan TC1450SB oven. The microwave function of the oven seems to have f
US east coast area - new furler Aurora Maris at 11:14pm 03.12.18 Ask All Sailors 3/428 We are sailors from Germany. Having crossed the Atlantic, we recently arrived in Florida, Stuart. Si
Hunter 25.5 pintles and gudgeons Ajg6989 at 8:10pm 03.12.18 Smaller Boats 2/596 I just received a Hunter 25.5 1986 with a rudder but no pintles or g udgeons. I was wondering where
Any good boat lift designs for small sailboats Sea Pearl 21 santana 23 ETC videorov at 8:00pm 03.12.18 Ask All Sailors 7/1109 Boats that have lifting dagger board and rudders. Might be some designs I don't know about. I will h

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Why is it so hard for me sail downwind? BarryL at 7:42pm 08.22.24 Hello, Youare 100%correct. In moderate or light wind it is difficult to sail downwind. If you rea
Treadmill alternative for the boat. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:37pm 08.22.24 Buy a stationary bike, set it up on deck and raise and lower the mainsail several times...a total bo
Why is it so hard for me sail downwind? Davidasailor26 at 7:34pm 08.22.24
Garhauer Rigid Boom Vang Model for 2002 Catalina 310? Tally Ho at 7:32pm 08.22.24
Wind calibration Tally Ho at 7:27pm 08.22.24 Swinging the compass is a thing for a Raymarine autopilot and compass. Never heard of doing circ
2014 Marlow Hunter e33 Issues ggrizzard at 6:36pm 08.22.24 FWIW, In 1979, my brand new H 30 C was delivered with no hose and no bucket! I showed the resultant
Wind calibration wyctoronto at 6:14pm 08.22.24
Is there too much slack in my mainsail? shaant01 at 6:01pm 08.22.24 It looks like it's an old sail in need of replacement. Tks for posting the additional pictures. T
Wind calibration jdrutten at 5:59pm 08.22.24 Apparently, the manual is so vague as to be wrong. Raymarine (via their forum) says that the lineari
Treadmill alternative for the boat. Bob S at 5:57pm 08.22.24
Is there too much slack in my mainsail? kappykaplan at 5:32pm 08.22.24 It looks like it's an old sail in need of replacement. Tks for posting the additional pictures.
Cell Phone Boosters dlochner at 5:32pm 08.22.24 Get Starlink, the price for a Gen 3 dish is really low, $299. Then use wifi calling, get all the dat
Is there too much slack in my mainsail? shaant01 at 5:25pm 08.22.24 It could just be the angle, but this sail does not appear to have a cringle for a flattening reef.
Is there too much slack in my mainsail? (3) shaant01 at 5:18pm 08.22.24 Hello! I wanted to update the thread. I have lowered the boom and tensioned the outhaul, but even no
Electronics O'day 22 dlochner at 5:16pm 08.22.24 There are wires running everywhere on this O'DAY 22. I'm probably going to have to run new wires f
Don Casey's Books heritage at 5:07pm 08.22.24 Casey's book was published 19 years, a lot has changed in that time. Much of what you will find in
Wind calibration JamesG161 at 3:08pm 08.22.24 That tells ST60 to recalibrate and that is all it takes. Jim...
Can someone tell me the make and model of this day sailer by picture? dlochner at 2:19pm 08.22.24 Could it be a Snipe? A Snipe or an imitation. The hull shape and the splash boards are like a Sni
Megayacht Bayesian sank Hayden Watson at 1:46pm 08.22.24 yF5UduROOFY
Can someone tell me the make and model of this day sailer by picture? Rick486 at 1:40pm 08.22.24 Could it be a Snipe?

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