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Rear seal leak ment and has gotten worse and seadaddler at 4:38pm 12.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/541 Have had a rear oil leak over year now and finally decided it is coming from the rear engine seal a
Genoa for Hunter41 spadaforaj at 2:25pm 12.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/358 feeling short of sail on 2004 hunter 41. Have the standard Jib but thinking about a larger Genoa.
Uploaded some files I had..... (2) FasterHorses at 1:15pm 12.09.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/527 Season's Greetings To All So, first snow fall of the season, and I haven't gotten clearance to dri
Correct Methods for Fusing, Protecting Circuits? jviss at 7:43am 12.09.17 Musings With Maine Sail 15/1387 Hi MS, I have two related questions. What is the correct method of fusing devices on branch cir
Battery charger mikej21 at 7:32am 12.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/810 I have a 2005 Hunter 33. I just bought a West Marine Jump Starter 12 volt DC 700 amp charger. Is t
Electrical diagrams halitc at 7:26am 12.09.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1121 i have an 1999 Beneteau Oceanis 461, the other day i have noticed the automatic bilge pump was not r
Anyone Hear from Claude Auger Lately? kloudie1 at 6:50am 12.09.17 Ask All Sailors 19/1198 Haven't seen any posts from Claude Auger in a while.. Was wondering if anyone has heard from my frie
Happy Snow Days jssailem at 5:58pm 12.08.17 Sails Call Lounge 6/560 May you residents of the gulf coast harbors of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama enjoy the warm wi
310 Shopping OCSailor at 5:12pm 12.08.17 Catalina 310 22/2929 Hi all, I have recently started shopping for a 310 and inspected my first one today. I have been lu
Haggis (3) jviss at 2:29pm 12.08.17 Sails Call Lounge 40/2545 Anyone here familiar with, like Scottish foods, like haggis, meat pies, black pudding, bridies, and
Big ships turming off AIS Allowishish at 1:13pm 12.08.17 Ask All Sailors 36/2177 I'm sure this is nothing new but still something else to worry about. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t
Gel Coat Color Rosetta Stone10263 at 1:07pm 12.08.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1139 I have a 1996 Beneteau 440. Does anyone know if factory gel coat color is available anywhere?
Hatch Mosquito Screens Rosetta Stone10263 at 1:05pm 12.08.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/979 I have a 1996 Beneteau 440. It's shrink wrapped for winter so I can't get on it easily. Can anyone
Time To Move South (2) kloudie1 at 10:53am 12.08.17 Sails Call Lounge 49/3851 Not often in South Louisiana .. Last one was 7 years ago.. Won't be here overnight, but it is pretty
Christmas Light Decoration Simon Sexton at 10:21am 12.08.17 Ask All Sailors 1/346 Hey, Guys! Since it's that wonderful time of year to start decorating boats for Chr
Trailer and motor lift questions Tom7219 at 8:35am 12.08.17 Trailer Sailors 9/1104 This past month, I had a problem loading at the ramp. There is a flat piece of 4" steel welded cross
Hunter 386 at anchor ragingfool35 at 7:37pm 12.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/4130 hello all! I am looking hard at this model to retire and live aboard. Having a 260 that wanders sev
Replacing Maxwell 14's on 86 Hunter 23 drewsyntax at 7:26pm 12.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/776 Hi All - I'm shopping around for winches to replace the original maxwells for the jib sheets on my
West Neck Harbor, Shelter Island jviss at 4:47pm 12.07.17 Ask All Sailors 23/4913 Is anyone familiar with this harbor? We'd like to visit relatives on Shelter Island in the summer,
LA/San Diego Fires (2) Brian D at 4:29pm 12.07.17 Sails Call Lounge 12/638 For the members here who live in the LA area, I do hope that you are not affected by the fires in yo

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outboard hoisting PaulK at 9:17am 03.24.24 If you're looking for SS tubing, junkyards can be a good bet. Hospitals use it for piping oxygen to
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? IWannaGoSailing at 9:11am 03.24.24 @dLj thanks! I've never been to St. Augustine but I heard it's beautiful. I'm just dreaming of a day
1967 Morgan 34 shaft removal PaulK at 9:11am 03.24.24 If the shaft was purposely misaligned or you have a skeg version, maybe not. Otherwise it looks like
1984 Hunter 34 Fuel Fittings kloudie1 at 9:03am 03.24.24 Hold everything that is not being unthreaded.. (elbow as valve is removed, boss as elbow is removed)
1984 Hunter 34 Fuel Fittings Globe Pilot at 8:39am 03.24.24 Thank you all for the info! So consensus is that I should be able to thread the fittings out and wil
Asymmetrical Spinnaker hardware (1) JBP-PA at 8:26am 03.24.24 So I usually just use a downhaul on a block, or sometimes attach the tack directly to the stemhead o
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? dLj at 8:26am 03.24.24 I'd look in the Tampa area - i used to sail down there a bit. But that was quite some time ago so fo
Asymmetrical Spinnaker hardware (1) JBP-PA at 8:21am 03.24.24 I have a spinnaker tacker like that, but I'm not really fond of it. The official use is to wrap it a
Capri 18 battery JBP-PA at 7:20am 03.24.24 Group 24 Deep cycle AGM on sale for $73! (Don't know about shipping or core charges) https://www.am
1984 Hunter 34 Fuel Fittings dlochner at 6:53am 03.24.24 To add to Ralph's recommendations, periodically work the valve to keep it from setting up. Fuel valv
Hunter 306 - lee helm vs forward hull windage dlochner at 6:48am 03.24.24 Lee helm is dangerous, it needs to be corrected, at its core the problems an over powered jib relati
Are golf cart batteries better than marine batteries NYSail at 6:04am 03.24.24 Relative to the Golf Cart market, the marine market is minuscule. Not worth the marketing effort an
Are golf cart batteries better than marine batteries JRT at 5:26am 03.24.24 The easiest way to figure out height is to measure you area max first then goto either Battrries plu
Hunter 306 - lee helm vs forward hull windage Will Gilmore at 5:03am 03.24.24 Easing the outhaul and some halyard tension would give the main a fuller shape Powering UP the Main
1984 Hunter 34 Fuel Fittings kloudie1 at 4:57am 03.24.24 The tank was made by Inca Marine in Nashville, Tn. They were sold to SeaStar Solutions some years ba
New to Wiring, Looking for Feedback on Improving Circuit Plan for a Mirage 5.5 Captain Larry-DH at 4:56am 03.24.24 Thank you both for your advice! Based on your recommendations, I have ordered a 17amp Victron wate
Eight bells for Roadking Larry kloudie1 at 4:31am 03.24.24 Sorry to hear, Troy. Sad to lose a good sailing buddy.. even sadder and perplexing to lose one that
New to Wiring, Looking for Feedback on Improving Circuit Plan for a Mirage 5.5 KCofKC at 11:06pm 03.23.24 Sounds to me a bit of overkill but that is never a bad thing. But do run it past the capacity chart
Canadian dilemma Drinky Crow at 9:59pm 03.23.24 HB see my OP. Bottom (see what I did there?) line, no more multi coat days.
Hunter 306 - lee helm vs forward hull windage Arbee at 8:14pm 03.23.24 With in-mast furling, the risk of loosening the main halyard is taking it too far and creating wrink

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