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Genoa sheets Douginmd at 7:43pm 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 7/921 May be a really dumb question. My old boat had a standard jib with a port and starboard sheets I n
Crack in Cockpit 2003 Hunter 216 Mike At Door County at 6:26pm 05.16.17 Smaller Boats 3/879 Previous discussions...
chirp transducers for a sailboat? Ken Cross at 5:02pm 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1823 Hi all. I'm thinking of going with a CHIRP sonar/plotter (which I also don't own yet.) I haven't se
New gantries (2) Dennis Kitchen at 2:20pm 05.16.17 The Cherubini Hunters 2/559 Just finished building my new gantries. Almost time to get the keel back under her.
New Dacron sails Windtherapy at 1:23pm 05.16.17 Day Sailers 6/2215 Has anybody bought a pair lately and figured out a way to soften them up maybe? I just took my new
Source of AICW information SFS at 1:00pm 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 4/409 We are starting to toy with the notion of a trip up the coast for the summer, from FL to NC. I've r
Head Y (diverter) valve (1) JosefR at 11:29am 05.16.17 Catalina 30 3/1004 Looking to find which size of this my boat has: http://www.go2marine.com//docs/3/9/4/0/y-valve-39406
Hunter 49 owners save me from tearing up my headliner tkwhalen at 11:19am 05.16.17 Big Boats 12/1167 soooo there are two speakers in the forward cabin above the v-berth ... they don't show up in the ow
Water tank size on C&C 30 MK I? / Where to mount solar panels? nycswashbuckler at 10:44am 05.16.17 C&C 5/2816 Ahoy everyone, I am happy to have found this forum. Quickly about us: We sail a 1980 C'C 30 MK I ou
Stupid Things I Have Done #1,653 Rick D at 9:08am 05.16.17 Sails Call Lounge 41/3571 So, working on the boat, I changed the fuel filters, engine filter and oil. Probably two dozen times
Holes in Keel (3) william24424 at 9:00am 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 5/592 I have these troubling holes in my keel, discovered after sanding out a crack along the base. Marina
Autohelm 4000 SailsCallCapt at 8:51am 05.16.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/973 Recently my Autohelm 4000 broke, 2 of the internal rollers snapped off. I can try the super glue fix
NAVPOD Face Replacement jrocheleau at 8:12am 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 3/1955 I'm looking for a blank replacement face for an older NAVPOD. Does anyone know when I can get a rep
Importing boat into Canada SamRy at 8:12am 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1807 I'm buying and importing a 32' sailboat from Michigan into Ontario, Canada. I plan to drive into th
M-25 maintenance day freeheelbillie at 7:19am 05.16.17 Catalina 30 1/914 Doing an oil change and replacing the impeller this weekend. Manual calls for a 300209 oil filter an
Raymarine parts DannyS at 5:01am 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1640 I'm re-mounting a Raymarine C70 chartplotter and when I removed it last fall, the gasket between the
Oday 17 in shallow water HarryHBogue at 8:42pm 05.15.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2142 I am considering the purchase of an Oday 17 for use in the Bogue sound. Half the day, there is much
322 keel issues Buzzard Sailor at 8:05pm 05.15.17 Bigger Boats 7/1434 Having read on many occasions, previous threads about the 322 and 302 keel issues, I experienced fir
Double checking my retrieval procedure jhogle at 7:46pm 05.15.17 Catalina 22 10/1685 Everything has been going really well with my first boat so far except for taking the boat out of th
Rudder is lower than my keel murrayabbott at 6:25pm 05.15.17 Big Boats 6/2130 Hi. I have a 45DS and the rudder is lower that the keel. I was surprised to see this and am worrie

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Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? Rick D at 3:22pm 06.18.24
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? Tally Ho at 3:01pm 06.18.24
Looking for small burner caps for Force 10 Jan Stephens at 2:10pm 06.18.24 Thanks, have contacted them, these are no longer being manufactured, so I was hoping to find one fro
CNG Tank Bronte at 1:36pm 06.18.24
Catalina 22 MKII interior ceiling crack rgranger at 1:35pm 06.18.24 ,I would probably attempt to open it with an oscillating saw . :plus:
Catalina 22 MKII interior ceiling crack Timm R Oday25 at 12:22pm 06.18.24 Always try to do as thorough an inspection job as you can . For a "glued" hatch ,I would probably at
Parts for Boston Harpoon rgranger at 11:57am 06.18.24 who made your mast? Are the spreaders swept back or athwart?
Winchers? Poor man's self tailing winches jnorten at 11:04am 06.18.24 I put a pair of Winchers on my primary jib winches (size 40's) a few years ago. I did leave them on
Has anyone installed new Companionway Slider Track Felt? kappykaplan at 10:09am 06.18.24 We've had 3 days squeak free now. It's wonderful. Awesome! :beer:
Catalina 22 MKII interior ceiling crack kappykaplan at 10:08am 06.18.24 Always open all hatches. You never know what you will find in a 20 y/o boat :plus:
Electrical panel backing board ggrizzard at 10:04am 06.18.24 Check the ABYC regulations if possible. I'm not sure if there is a requirement for "heat / fire res
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot Crazy Dave Condon at 9:54am 06.18.24 SBO has the build list of parts for your boat to include run by former Hunter employees
Electrical panel backing board Ward H at 9:47am 06.18.24 Did you look at Blue Sea Systems. They have DC panels in many sizes up to 24 positions.
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners Crazy Dave Condon at 9:44am 06.18.24 You want vinylester resin as it is not porous when dry. Polyester resin is porous when dry. You are
Advice on repairing spreader bracket torn bolt hole LloydB at 8:37am 06.18.24 I think I would have a rigger check that mast for distortion on both sides at the level of the sprea
Looking for small burner caps for Force 10 Hello Below at 8:37am 06.18.24 I am not sure if this will help or not??? Force-10-Sabaf-Series-II-Parts
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? Windpilot at 8:36am 06.18.24 I would have recommended getting rid of the plastic slides and go with something like the Tides Trac
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners SteveHughessails at 8:31am 06.18.24 Awesome, thank you!
Looking for small burner caps for Force 10 (1) Hello Below at 8:28am 06.18.24 Its for a Hunter 340, Force 10 Propane 2 burner stove with oven- need a replacement for the small b
NGCC In Memoriam Jacktar at 8:07am 06.18.24 Got some feedback, correcting my statement, looking back at docs from earlier cruises this was a Fle

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