Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Hunter Legend 430 1996 Bow Thruster Scallywagger at 5:17am 02.19.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/471 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 3/706 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 27/4011 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 1/479 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 0/358 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 0/566 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 6/1507 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 103/7009 All the great videos here have inspired me to consider becoming a droid dude myself. I am considerin
KAP (kite aerial photography) ideas and a cool video RussC at 4:42pm 02.18.18 Ask All Sailors 39/2968 I'm on my bi-anual aerial photography research kick again ;) the concept of a drone is just so appea
You really what to know what floats my boat?... Brian D at 4:39pm 02.18.18 Sails Call Lounge 11/1091 Archimedes principle of relative buoyancy! ROFLMAO :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
Catalina 270 Bob in Oregon at 3:05pm 02.18.18 Mid-Size Boats 11/7633 I am making some plans for the future. This will include a Catalina 270 on a trailer I can pull behi
Cherubini 33 Bilge Hose Replacement Not Impossible Captain Ahab at 1:25pm 02.18.18 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1192 Was reading an old closed post about replacing the bilge hose in a Cherubini 33. The man gave up aft
Partial Tranny Engagement BlowMeAway at 12:22pm 02.18.18 Engines and Propulsion 3/833
Trouble with our head. MSN-Oday at 10:46am 02.18.18 Ask An Oday Owner 20/2409 Hey Guys, We are having an issue with our head on our 83' Oday 26. We are getting black water flow
Sail dimensions julu44 at 10:29am 02.18.18 Day Sailers 5/1337
Hunter 310 Arch Height HunterMarine280 at 10:27am 02.18.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/871 Can anyone tell me what the height of a 1998 Hunter 310 is from the bottom of the keel to the top of
New to us. A million questions. myrtlebeachmohican at 10:18am 02.18.18 Mid-Size Boats 5/1375
Potential Reason for Occasional Overheating of Yanmar 3YM30 (1) Dan_Y at 9:30am 02.18.18 Engines and Propulsion 8/2028 I pulled the Vetus anti-siphon vent off our 3ym30 to clean the valve and found a failure to follow m
Mast ring for 37.5 GeoS at 8:38am 02.18.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/660 There is a wide track on the front of the mast I assume for a ring to use for spinnaker pole person
Original CDI furler Manny at 8:19am 02.18.18 Ask All Sailors 11/2485 Hi, Anyone have a downloadable manual for what i am assuming is the original style CDI furler? It's

Recent Replies

Cockpit table project. Still looking for a part. RobG at 8:51am 07.13.24 SoSound, I'm doing the same project. Curious. Did you use a single 1.5" router bit for the hinges? I
Yanmar 20gm starting issue 3GGG at 8:34am 07.13.24 I will. Every time since replacing the cables it has started in idle position.Hoping that I have fix
Yanmar 20gm starting issue odaydokay at 7:51am 07.13.24 There is some talk about this engine in another forum that suggest it may need as much as 60% thrott
Whit Lock Mamba Steering System Simple Life at 7:22am 07.13.24 @Simple Life - if you are still interested in finding someone to look at your boat let me know. The
What Starter Battery??? TomStewart50 at 7:06am 07.13.24 Have you checked for corrosion of the cables at the starter? I have. Completely clean; look new.
SEAFLO Dry Bilge System - anyone have/use one of these? brazenarticle at 6:41am 07.13.24 Thank you, yes, I'm familiar with that article. When considering it a couple of years ago I starte
Whit Lock Mamba Steering System jviss at 6:39am 07.13.24 I'm thinking it's prop wash, and the only thing that will cure it is a different prop or different p
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project jviss at 6:19am 07.13.24 @SailingCal21 I have to hand it to you, I admire your energy and ingenuity, and your resolve to do t
Whit Lock Mamba Steering System dLj at 5:44am 07.13.24 @Simple Life - if you are still interested in finding someone to look at your boat let me know. Ther
charging problem with new batterie jviss at 5:39am 07.13.24 I fairness, it's only 16 hours since he asked the question.
charging problem with new batterie Don S/V ILLusion at 5:36am 07.13.24 Ideas? lots of ideas. This is a very helpful and knowledgeable group but it requires some level
charging problem with new batterie Stu Jackson at 5:24am 07.13.24 If they are wet cells, have you broken in your new batteries? Breaking in New Wet Cell Batteries:
SEAFLO Dry Bilge System - anyone have/use one of these? jviss at 5:18am 07.13.24 This diy version works well, it is less complicated and uses easily available parts - DIY Dry Bilge
SEAFLO Dry Bilge System - anyone have/use one of these? brazenarticle at 5:11am 07.13.24 This diy version works well, it is less complicated and uses easily available parts - DIY Dry Bilge
Rusty and siezed - how to free a transmission coupling? Rich 35.5 at 5:01am 07.13.24 As I recall, the flange has a locating lip, that slips into the transmission flange. If the misal
Rusty and siezed - how to free a transmission coupling? BigEasy at 4:20am 07.13.24 I can only imagine that the corrosion is only holding the two together around the edges. I was wond
Toyota Rav 4 for towing (1) Justin_NSA at 4:11am 07.13.24 Thanks all. Great insight! Looks like the new vehicle will be the larger Highlander, no downsizing
electric windlass dlochner at 3:28am 07.13.24 Have a friend who used a Milwaukee to raise his conventional mainsail & to unfurl his Genoa. Amazi
Toyota Rav 4 for towing sailme88 at 3:23am 07.13.24 Home Depot rents a pick up or you can do the U Haul small truck. If you are launching in saltwater
Rusty and siezed - how to free a transmission coupling? Tally Ho at 9:59pm 07.12.24 Thanks Greg this awesome! 1. Yes on hard 2. Regular packing gland 3. No it is also seized. 4. I had

Contact
About
Terms of Use