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The 3's have it (1) Brian D at 9:21am 11.20.17 Sails Call Lounge 13/790 143833
How many horses? (1) Brian D at 9:15am 11.20.17 Sails Call Lounge 14/817 Yep, @Brian D is at it again...
Fender covers - good or bad? (1) Justin_NSA at 7:45am 11.20.17 Ask All Sailors 11/4916 I'm putting together my Christmas wish list. It's that or expect a new tie or something. Anyway, I'm
Buying new 150 RF genoa; rope luff or not? Ben4195 at 7:02am 11.20.17 Racing 3/718 Hi all, I'm helping a friend buy a new 150 RF genoa. The quote has as an option for either a foam l
Florida's boating season is kicking into high gear. pateco at 6:51am 11.20.17 Ask All Sailors 14/946 Bumper boats out there yesterday: 1102352166565606 Click on image to play video I think it was rou
Prayers for the Argentine Submariners DayDreamer41 at 4:53am 11.20.17 Ask All Sailors 7/828 Thoughts and prayers to the lost seamen of the Argentine Submariners crew on the yet to be found sub
single line reefing Matpearce at 3:56am 11.20.17 Catalina 310 11/2437 Hi I have a catalina 310 I am after some advice on the reefing system I have used the single line re
Sourcing Parts for my Hunter23 1986 drewsyntax at 8:22pm 11.19.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/934 Hi All Winter is very much here in New York and having work done to the H23 that I am very excited
2000 26X Steering linkage broke shermdigs54 at 3:57pm 11.19.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2664 I have a 2000 Macgregor 26X with an Evinrude 50 HP engine. A nut on the steering linkage has corrod
Water pooling by traveler on H23 (1) Volkswatson at 2:55pm 11.19.17 Smaller Boats 14/1401 Hey all, whilst cleaning my new-to-me h23, I noticed there is a lot of pooling in between the travel
Larger Waste Holding Tanks? Jeff Tirey at 12:19pm 11.19.17 Bavaria 3/5868 I would like to replace the tiny 10 gallon aft waste holding tank on my 2002 Bavaria 40. Does anyo
Too much lee helm H260 Chuck C. at 10:52am 11.19.17 Smaller Boats 45/3946 Took my new to me '05 out last summer on the Shuswap Marine Park (BC) for it maiden 10 day camping t
Hull scratch touch up fortunare at 10:25am 11.19.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/645 I have a 2005 Mac 26M with dark blue hull. Have a few scratches and called ' emailed Blue Water Yac
New Tax bills, Game changer? Sanfelice at 8:30am 11.19.17 Ask All Sailors 20/2248 In reading the various tax proposals, it appears there is an effort to eliminate interest deductions
British sailor dies in round-the-world yacht race Brian D at 7:20am 11.19.17 Racing 29/3843
Copper bars (1) gettinthere at 7:08am 11.19.17 Musings With Maine Sail 19/3140 https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23659591_10159525233690587_7433624949401480147_n.jpg?o
Furler question maybe Crazy Dave question Ken Cross at 7:08am 11.19.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/502 We have a 1989 Hunter 30 with the furler under the deck (anchor locker.) The headsail is attached to
What's the Poop on the scoop strainer TFlight at 6:38am 11.19.17 Engines and Propulsion 27/7266 My 2007 Hunter 41 is on the hard for this winter and as I was inspecting the thru-hulls I realized t
New to me Javelin (1) Flyingscot64 at 6:33am 11.19.17 Day Sailers 1/983 Hi new to forum just recently picked up this Javelin , owning a flying scot for several years ,this
Winterizing sail shaft in water jefft23 at 6:04am 11.19.17 Engines and Propulsion 7/2670 This year will be the first time we leave our boat in the water for the winter. The boat is a Benet

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Useful Technology Ideas smokey73 at 5:14pm 08.04.24 everything from to Python to InfluxDB and Grafana. o_O Well there you are, if I had know that I w
Yanmar 2gm engine died smokey73 at 5:04pm 08.04.24 If your idle is set right and the engine is running correctly it should not die at idle, even in gea
Bulkhead Strengthening Timm R Oday25 at 4:59pm 08.04.24 As someone who has replaced their bulkheads ,here are my thoughts . Our chainplates had elongated th
Useful Technology Ideas Foswick at 4:55pm 08.04.24 As we add more Blue Tooth devices a non-proprietary app or device that could display data from multi
The fog of shore Terry Cox at 4:43pm 08.04.24 Pay attention, be alert, listen and sound fog horn every few minutes. You can usually hear other boa
Pressure in the outboard tank causing issues? Timm R Oday25 at 4:42pm 08.04.24 Shawn thanks for taking the time to let us know how things turned out .
Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) Tally Ho at 4:38pm 08.04.24
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:34pm 08.04.24 Here's a good place to start : that. Did it ever occur to you "There may be a problem with the o
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:33pm 08.04.24 It is the "throttled back to idle" and it died that has me a little concerned along with the other
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:32pm 08.04.24 Yes the oil pressure switch can go bad and can leak a lot. Been there, done that, have the bills to
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:31pm 08.04.24 How many hours on the engine? Have you checked the oil level yet? No idea of the hours on the engi
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:30pm 08.04.24 I checked the oil level a week before and it was good.
Thoughts about the Commoderizer? Davidasailor26 at 4:30pm 08.04.24 I think the Commodorizer should be dumped over the gunwale Sorry, I have nothing of value to contr
The fog of shore kappykaplan at 4:17pm 08.04.24 Just not fun! :beer:
Hunter 28.5 2GM20 exhaust soot in bilge Davidasailor26 at 4:16pm 08.04.24
Hunter 28.5 2GM20 exhaust soot in bilge inkunzi at 3:49pm 08.04.24 Thank you Ralph Johnston for your reply. Harsh, but useful in my continuing search for perfection on
O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass shemandr at 3:26pm 08.04.24 39 years is pretty good service. I'm pretty sure it's off warantee. I think the best way to do a p
Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) Crusty Ol Salt at 3:25pm 08.04.24 Take a look when your under way and watch other Hunters as they go by. A friend of mine has a 34 f
Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) sailcapt340 at 2:46pm 08.04.24 My 340 does. Never been an issue for me, but it is noticeable.
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations dLj at 2:43pm 08.04.24 One shouldn't get so worked up about blisters. For a boat that's spent a lot of its time on a trai

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