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Need to open up the top of the jib but the car is all the way back? danstanford at 5:33am 08.07.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/1900 115% foresail with pretty good shape but it medium to light winds I cannot get both sets of telltale
H410 prop shaft steve123 at 8:11pm 08.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/506 Hi i am trying to avoid a boat lift to get the prop taper on a hunter 410 with yanmar 4jh2e 50 hp I
Smoke on the water... (2) Captn Scotty at 8:11pm 08.06.17 Destinations 1/732 ...Fire in the sky! All the inland forest fires are really putting a haze over the coastal waters an
That Stupid Rub Rail rpwillia at 7:19pm 08.06.17 Catalina 310 9/1703 In the Governor's Cup this weekend on the Lower Potomac the rub rail on the port side pulled out aga
Keel bolt torque Jwhy at 6:20pm 08.06.17 Catalina 30 9/4194 Does anyone know how tight the nuts should be? I have some water in the bilge and want to be sure n
B&g upgrade with Seatalk S/v Calypso at 5:52pm 08.06.17 Ask All Sailors 6/2504 Hello all. I've been reading previous posts but haven't found the answer I need for my particular s
Sad to see this. Kids electrocuted on sailboat Skipper at 4:43pm 08.06.17 Ask All Sailors 18/2173 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/06/boy-scouts-apparently-electrocuted-on-boat-in-east-texas-2-dead
Need help with a B&G Zeus and wind instrument and other issues SoSound at 4:30pm 08.06.17 Ask All Sailors 9/6036 I've been having problems with the wind sensor/transducer on my B'G system for some time now. My ap
Hoisting a 420 Rick Webb at 4:25pm 08.06.17 Ask All Sailors 4/435 Or similar hull. Our youth program has several 420s and three three place trailers. The two bottom
Buying A Boat That's On The Hard jviss at 3:34pm 08.06.17 Ask All Sailors 36/2983 Update: corrected "seller would pay the survey" to "buyer would pay the survey" in line one of parag
Cabin windows Mark Maulden at 3:16pm 08.06.17 S2 9/2045 Well, there have been numerous posts about S2 window replacements. I had the local yard do mine abo
Metal Bimini Sailm8 at 1:58pm 08.06.17 Ask All Sailors 10/643 I have given up on this idea because I think it is too heavy for a bimini. I sail a Hunter 29.5 and
Battery Charger thaeni at 1:01pm 08.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/659 I have a 1992 33.5 with the original battery charger. If switch is in the number 1 or 2 position wit
Another Crazy Day in San Diego Harbor rfrye1 at 11:43am 08.06.17 Ask All Sailors 7/847 http://www.kusi.com/story/36071621/man-injured-after-being-run-over-by-boat-in-mission-bay
Talk to me about In Boom Furlers freeheelbillie at 8:18am 08.06.17 Ask All Sailors 11/2369 I have been toying with the idea all summer, the more I spend time on the water the wife and 2.5 yea
Hunter 376 shaft tube JohnandJane at 7:58am 08.06.17 Big Boats 0/378 Does anyone know the I.D. of the shaft tube or the clearance between the 1" shaft and the tube? I wa
Cheap sails Gene Neill at 7:10am 08.06.17 Catalina 22 8/1289 Looks like a good deal, if anyone is looking: http://www.ebay.com/itm/322637222361?ul_noapp=true
Transom shower on 45CC (1) ChrisCRNA at 5:47am 08.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1083 I need to replace the transom shower hose on my Hunter 45CC. The hose is broke off behind the box w
First time on the water with my 146 (2) SFKjeld at 9:20pm 08.05.17 Day Sailers 12/1763 all went well until retrieving. For reasons a cannot understand, I cannot get the boat onto the trai
Info on Bras B'or lakes Nova Scotia Tyemac at 2:43pm 08.05.17 Destinations 5/1210 Thinking of sailing to Cape Brenton this month and not sure what's all there to see. Hear that it's

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What a day! Will Gilmore at 10:29am 07.10.24 If I wasn't already enamored of sailing, your story would have me dreaming of boats and the sea. Fa
DC Panel Confusion (1) SkipperArne at 10:25am 07.10.24 Here we go - that is what I got from Scheiber upon request. Looks pretty much like what I have on my
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 10:03am 07.10.24 Update on our lithium battery upgrade. We took our Hunter 49 to Catalina for the first test of our
Old ST4000 Control head case? kloudie1 at 9:39am 07.10.24 Get in contact with this guy: LCD Screen for Raymarine / Autohelm ST4000+ / ST5000+ Heads -Replaceme
Boom connection woes? jviss at 9:32am 07.10.24 On my 1999 catalina 36 the boom dos not rotate. I do not understand why the boom should be free to
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. JoeWhite at 9:31am 07.10.24 Oil switches sound an alarm with an open circuit. You need a positive signal saying pressure is go
Boom connection woes? JoeWhite at 9:18am 07.10.24 I would think you'd want to boom to rotate some. That's the case with my current boat, and was so
Boom connection woes? CowboyWay at 9:13am 07.10.24 The concern with the boom rotating is that it adds stress to the linkage for the boom vang which on
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. LakeOntario270 at 9:09am 07.10.24 Oil switches sound an alarm with an open circuit. You need a positive signal saying pressure is goo
electric windlass SoSound at 9:09am 07.10.24 Interesting. On our 37 the blower is also powered by a relay, but it comes on as soon as the power
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 8:53am 07.10.24 I had in the past abandoned a suspect conductor in an existing bundle only to find later it served
Boom connection woes? jviss at 8:48am 07.10.24 Seems there should be a "cross pin" that locks that linkage together and keeps the boom from rotati
Boom connection woes? (1) CowboyWay at 8:27am 07.10.24 Seems there should be a "cross pin" that locks that linkage together and keeps the boom from rotatin
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. FastOlson at 7:31am 07.10.24 Also, running at full throttle on a sand bar is likely to suck a lot of sand into the engine - you
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. dmax at 7:19am 07.10.24 Also, running at full throttle on a sand bar is likely to suck a lot of sand into the engine - you s
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 6:58am 07.10.24 ... Curious; did you consider any of the plastic teak decking alternatives? (EVA or PVC) Not real
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. stickinthemud57 at 5:56am 07.10.24 My sympathies for your engine woes, but I think you are burying the lead. "Sold all my stuff, and mo
Dinghy best practices shemandr at 5:33am 07.10.24 I towed mine - a hard pram - about three waves back from the transom. More specifically, on the fro
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 5:12am 07.10.24 Is that engine with <900 hours as old as the boat? If the pressure sensor wire is suspect, I would
electric windlass Caboteur at 4:32am 07.10.24

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