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Genoa sheet chafe (1) David Hopkins at 8:20am 04.19.17 Catalina 30 4/2522 When I ease my Genoa sheet out it chafes against my lifeline. It seems this would cause accelerated
Combined boat and trailer weight? ODay 26' MSN-Oday at 7:10am 04.19.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/676 Guys, have you ever weighed your O' Day 26' and trailer? I have not been able to take the boat and t
Air Conditioner Size for Hunter 260 bamabaxter at 6:47am 04.19.17 Smaller Boats 9/1734 Anybody recommend air conditioner size (BTU) for Hunter 260? Yes, I know there are calculations on
Hunter 23.5 launching Chris Flanagan at 2:57am 04.19.17 Smaller Boats 29/1906 I am launching my Hunter 23.5 for the first time. Do you recommend opening the ballast vents before
Replacing standing rigging without removing mast. Jack999000 at 6:44pm 04.18.17 Ask All Sailors 9/4460 Hi, I have a 41 foot yacht and the rigging is 11 years old. I have had 3 quotes for replacing the ri
Pearson 303 gets new Hot Water system (1) StargazerP303 at 6:22pm 04.18.17 Pearson 14/3036 135466 135465 Hi all! This season I've decided to change out my hotwater system a Seaward F600 6gal
O'Day Burgees ruidh at 6:04pm 04.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/45 A few years back some of us on Facebook designed a burgee for O'Day Owners. They've been out of stoc
Hunter curved wooden steps into cabin (1) Gdindy at 5:39pm 04.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1579 I have a 2001 Hunter 410, when I purchased the boat it had a crack in the top step. The curved steps
Seacocks - to close after sailing or not? kupskius at 5:23pm 04.18.17 The Cherubini Hunters 34/6744 So, the Cherubini is my first boat with Seacocks. They were all replaced last fall (by the Marina),
Squeaky Hatch Michael Davis at 4:43pm 04.18.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/804 New to us First 38 has a squeaky hatch cover unless it's raining! Have tried silicone spray and soap
Locating Hull # on 06' 25 avi8torny at 4:40pm 04.18.17 Smaller Boats 3/426 I'm an idiot and cannot for the life of me find the Hull # stamping on my 06' 25. I looked all over
Window Leak on a 32.3 (1) jim7289 at 4:28pm 04.18.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/5089 I have a 2006 Beneteau 32.3. The fixed skylight window is leaking in the corner. It could be a typic
Aerial shots of my recent cruise through the Gulf Islands David Hopkins at 4:00pm 04.18.17 Catalina 30 21/2173 I finally worked up the courage to launch my drone of my boat while underway. Here are the results.
Another nav equipment post Ken Cross at 3:53pm 04.18.17 Ask All Sailors 31/2257 I'm trying to figure out how I want to continue to navigate. Our plotter is agonizingly slow and I t
March Pump- Refrigerator-new data DayDream2 at 2:28pm 04.18.17 Big Boats 36/4788 Hello Hunter Owners- I was on the phone with March Pumps today. Great folks--they hooked me up to t
Bleeding air through Yanmar (1) pmcrosta at 1:27pm 04.18.17 Big Boats 8/6718 My efforts at routine maintenance have gone awry and I need some guidance. I replaced 3 fuel filter
Interior Remodeling (3) Buddy Delacroix & The Bones at 12:06pm 04.18.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 27/2472 Hi All I just bought my first "big" sailboat--a 1982 Catalina '27. I am going to live aboard (marin
Hot water heater - preferences? Chris & Lenore at 10:56am 04.18.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 16/2170 It's time to replace our 25 year old Atwood 6 gal heater. The choices I have are Atwood EMH6 for
Sailing a Hunter 260, questions CaptMatt at 10:33am 04.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/2896 I had some questions for 260 owners on the sailing characteristics in unique situations that I could
Yellowed masttop light (1) Jackdaw at 10:04am 04.18.17 Ask All Sailors 12/588 Hey all, my mast-top light lens has yellowed; I suppose to UV, heat, and age. I'm replacing the bulb

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Baby Stay Richard Peters at 5:51pm 01.11.24
60 best Boats 30' and under Alan Gomes at 5:39pm 01.11.24 Tried both techniques. Same result. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm dragging two props? You may hav
60 best Boats 30' and under shemandr at 4:28pm 01.11.24 ... I was under the impression that most, but not all, Hunters made better RV's than sailboats...
60 best Boats 30' and under FastOlson at 3:56pm 01.11.24 Tried both techniques. Same result. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm dragging two props? I was under
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 Sgraves94 at 2:47pm 01.11.24 Looking at the weather forecast for Iron mountain marina area, you do indeed have some serious cold
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 2:36pm 01.11.24 Makes one wonder how clean the bottom is, too.
Baby Stay shemandr at 2:19pm 01.11.24 Sailboatdata.com doesn't show that boat with a baby stay' https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sirius-2
60 best Boats 30' and under dlochner at 2:06pm 01.11.24 Tried both techniques. Same result. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm dragging two props? Why are yo
New Electronics - Is this about right? rpwillia at 1:47pm 01.11.24 Brian, Scott, Thank you both for your inputs. Scott, FWIW John did get that pack you listed with th
1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Hello Below at 1:43pm 01.11.24 Originally had a YSB 12hp one cylinder on my h30. No glow plug. There is one on my new 3YM20, ho
60 best Boats 30' and under Project_Mayhem at 1:39pm 01.11.24 When you come about are you just shoving the tiller over hard? Are you trying to come about from mo
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 Hello Below at 1:23pm 01.11.24
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:18pm 01.11.24 That bulkhead should be replaced as @rgranger pointed out the reasons why. I use to take care a c
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 jssailem at 1:15pm 01.11.24
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 Sgraves94 at 1:00pm 01.11.24 I think that IS structurally important for two reasons. If I'm not mistaken, the mast sits right
Tabernacle design patbratton at 12:57pm 01.11.24 Here a version of a hinge that keeps the off the deck for towing. Probably pretty easy to do. I t
150 genoa vs 135 Don Guillette at 12:36pm 01.11.24 Stu J: Here's a racing visibility situation that happened years ago in Long Beach, Ca harbor. My do
1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Terry Cox at 12:12pm 01.11.24 Are there glow plugs on my 1978 Yanmar YSM one cylinder? That would be a Dana 24?
airhorn install Anomymous 163294 at 12:00pm 01.11.24 well, i just got an idea from someone , and i would never have thought it on my own, and noone here
1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Roland5048 at 11:58am 01.11.24 Originally had a YSB 12hp one cylinder on my h30. No glow plug. There is one on my new 3YM20, how

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