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Annapolis area sailboat broker recomendations? Allan Frey at 6:10am 11.08.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1195 Can anyone suggest a broker to use to sell a 35 ft sailboat in the Annapolis Maryland area?
Weight Richard Bayle at 4:31am 11.08.17 Big Boats 19/1556 At the risk of being abused for not knowing this, does anyone have any idea how much my Hunter 2008
Leaking Windlass seadaddler at 4:21am 11.08.17 Ask All Sailors 0/254 I have got my windlass out of the boat unbolted the motor and removed the bottom clip removed the cl
leak round compression post PAUL&ALYSR at 3:49am 11.08.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/567 Hi I have a legend 356 and have a slight leak round compression post , can anybody give me some advi
Where are the thru hulls on 1990 hunter 27? Gary Atkin at 11:19pm 11.07.17 Mid-Size Boats 8/741 I have recently returned to being a boat owner after 30 or so years with a 1990 Hunter 27 and need t
Keel Envy Sailavie1 at 8:41pm 11.07.17 Smaller Boats 51/4983 It's a well known fact that not all sailboats are created equal, especially when it comes to those,
Boat fire, Vancouver Brian D at 4:42pm 11.07.17 Sails Call Lounge 11/1051 Did you guys see this? qR7YvPK5MSA
Hunter 450 Passage nafee at 4:30pm 11.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/990 Good Evening gents, First time poster long time lurker here, just curious if some hunter owners coul
Battery Watering Systems (1) jviss at 4:14pm 11.07.17 Musings With Maine Sail 30/6304 After having read RC's treatise on AGMs, I'm much less enamored of them. In the new boat I need new
Anyone know about this mod? (1) Macboy at 3:34pm 11.07.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1678 I ran across this on Pinterest but the link goes to the "old forum" and isn't found. Does anyone rec
I might be able to beat this J24 (1) Hayden Watson at 3:28pm 11.07.17 Ask All Sailors 19/2292 I was reading Webb Chiles' blog about his 6th circumnavigation currently in progress aboard his Moor
Thru hull Voyager1 at 12:45pm 11.07.17 Ask An Oday Owner 18/2161
Invasion All U Get at 11:36am 11.07.17 Ask All Sailors 17/1322 Hi all, We just sailed the Waccamaw River which is part of the AICW, SC and was a little saddened b
Ken 13559 seadaddler at 11:17am 11.07.17 Ask All Sailors 3/373 Need help having a hard time getting the shaft out and drum off,nothing ever is easy with boats for
Hunter 33 cockpit size Harry Schell at 10:49am 11.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1145 We are away from the boat and we need to know the length and breadth of a 2006 Hunter 33. If anyone
Raising the boom CaptKimble at 10:07am 11.07.17 Big Boats 8/1809 Has anyone got any experience raising the boom on a Catalina 380 Mk 1? The Admiral insisted on a hig
Clipper Race fiasco (1) Jackdaw at 8:42am 11.07.17 Racing 23/2609 In the Volvo race thread we discussed the Clipper 'pay-to-play' race. Here's a beauty. Less than 10
Perkins 4-108 rear engine seal... (1) nat55 at 8:33am 11.07.17 Engines and Propulsion 6/2455 So, I have removed the transmission Velvet Drive 71C replacing the fwd seal. My mechanic suggests th
Is a block required at leech reef point Ben4195 at 8:21am 11.07.17 Ask All Sailors 11/2488 Hi folks, I'm in the process of getting a new main sail with one reef point. My existing main sail
PERKINS 4-108 main rear seal replacement? (1) nat55 at 7:06am 11.07.17 Ask All Sailors 3/2851 So, I have removed the transmission Velvet Drive 71C replacing the fwd seal. My mechanic suggests th

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How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... JBP-PA at 8:40am 06.29.24 I'm probably using the wrong term... It is slab reefing already. Its actually two lines joined
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port William Weeks at 8:37am 06.29.24 Sorry about the previous message, had a computer glitch, was supposed to read line up equally on eac
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... JBP-PA at 8:26am 06.29.24 YES! There is an easy trick. Get a couple small supermagnets. They work through aluminum. Tie a t
Bronze rudder part (6) GarEi at 8:15am 06.29.24 OK I got back to the boat and made the repair. The Pearson 303 has bronze rudder mounts in the skeg,
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port William Weeks at 8:08am 06.29.24 Hi Joe, thanks for your input, yes I contacted Catalina about the problem and they wouldn't admit th
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port David in Sandusky at 7:52am 06.29.24 Prop walk = a pull to port is a normal consequence of the way our propulsion systems are aligned. I
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port Joe at 7:27am 06.29.24 Have you contacted Catalina Yachts for their input? It it's an ongoing issue then they would have m
3gm30f injection pump rack control stuck kloudie1 at 6:53am 06.29.24 Welcome aboard ! The shop manual is unnder "owner Resources" and "General Downloads" scroll down in
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 6:51am 06.29.24 Tropical Storm Beryl is forecast to be 2024 first Hurricane. There is a Second Tropical wave follow
Downsizing to a 260 bmorr at 6:42am 06.29.24 I am 82 and still enjoying my Hunter 26. The only thing I have modified for my age is adding a bar u
Mobile navigation app dlochner at 6:42am 06.29.24 Speaking of glitches... after following this thread, I decided to visit the App Store and download
Downsizing to a 260 bmorr at 6:38am 06.29.24 Is the 260 a good downsize move for me? Have owned numerous sailboats over the years and currently
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 6:30am 06.29.24 The tropical Atlantic looks very warm, as does the Caribbean and that tongue of warm water in the G
Mobile navigation app jssailem at 6:23am 06.29.24 Sure looks like a map glitch.
Hypalon cleaning (2) sailcapt340 at 5:37am 06.29.24 Now, I use Aurora Speed Clean for my Achilles Dinghy. My dinghy was in need of a real good cleaning
Invest 95L shemandr at 5:16am 06.29.24 Jim & John, looking at the OHI it looks to me that the North Atlantic doesn't have as much heat as f
Mobile navigation app dlochner at 5:16am 06.29.24 Speaking of glitches... after following this thread, I decided to visit the App Store and download
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... dlochner at 5:09am 06.29.24 I'm probably using the wrong term... It is slab reefing already. Its actually two lines joined
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Rich 35.5 at 4:26am 06.29.24 If its an air cooled model, check the coils, they may just be filled with dust and lint... With t
What are these screw things called rgranger at 8:19pm 06.28.24 It is a pretty safe bet that the bolts are seized beyond all non-destructive attempts at removal. A

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