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Boat for sale Ted at 1:04pm 12.12.16 Ask All Sailors 24/2306 What was he thinking??? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Viking-Dragon-Ship-39-ft-long-unique-outrageous-sai
Doyle stack pak lazy jack system smoothsailing at 10:44am 12.12.16 Ask All Sailors 4/704 I have the original Doyle stack pak lazy jack system on my Hunter 1997 340. The stack pac is so old
...and what is not, has been mangled by PO's (7) rgranger at 10:38am 12.12.16 Ask All Sailors 7/843 Okay I stole this quote from @billjoye from another thread and it was nominated by @Jackdaw as the q
Daysailer Ladder Captainkarate at 9:49am 12.12.16 Day Sailers 9/3613 Hello, I have an 86 O'Day daysailer 17' and I'd like to get a ladder for it. Can anyone recommend o
C&C 35 MkII original location of batteries John Rand at 8:11am 12.12.16 C&C 0/935 I have a C'C 35 MkII, and can't figure out where the batteries were originally. Mine now has batter
P42 max prop zinc on end of prop - need it? Puesta del sol at 5:05am 12.12.16 Big Boats 15/1394 I have a zinc on the end of my max prop it is gone every year when I pull the boat. Do I really ne
Shaft log All U Get at 4:53am 12.12.16 Ask All Sailors 6/729 Hi all, Cruising friends of our from Buffalo had discovered a crack in their shaft log. Would G-Fl
Shopping for boats and could use some advice. Dbnichols at 6:08pm 12.11.16 Trailer Sailors 57/7143 So, I have been shopping for a trailer boat that will be my first boat. I have taken a few lesson
My Christmas gift for you All U Get at 2:00pm 12.11.16 Ask All Sailors 13/947 Hi all, With the many lighting options available for your boat, I thought I'd share this with you.
Wheel size? shawanaga at 7:18am 12.11.16 Big Boats 18/1939 1990 Hunter 35.5 does anyone know what the wheel size is for this boat I am thinking of buying a fol
My winter cover (3) chrisings at 6:54am 12.11.16 Catalina 30 2/1440 Thought I'd share. Built a frame using Kover Klamp products this year. So far I'm happy. We'll see h
Mechinations nmea windvane test TortugasRoyal at 12:23am 12.11.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/592 Danger, runnonsentence approaching:pimp: Had a couple nights off, was burned out, (a few patients
Mid ship cleats Matpearce at 12:17am 12.11.16 Catalina 310 6/1311 hi I am planning on installing mid ship cleats bolted on my fibreglass toe rail as I can't get track
Whitebread 23 shemandr at 1:42pm 12.10.16 Ask All Sailors 2/372 For interested forum members please see my article for Windcheck Magazine about our WB 23 Regatta.
P42 hot water leak Neffilicious at 11:15am 12.10.16 Big Boats 14/1226 We have a '90 Passage 42. Does anyone know how the hot water lines are run on this model? All I can
Fastbottoms, avert your eyes! (1) shemandr at 11:11am 12.10.16 Ask All Sailors 46/23850 How is this for a bit of growth on the bottom?
Marine Air conditioning (3) mauruuru at 9:18am 12.10.16 Ask All Sailors 30/4773 I have a six year old Mermaid 5200 BTU Reverse Cycle AC in the boat. It was working fine before I t
Santa seeks advice from all you rum connoisseurs! Gene Neill at 8:17am 12.10.16 Sails Call Lounge 41/4306 My brother in law is a career Navy man, born in the Dominican Republic, who loves his rum. I (Santa)
advice for a novice sailor charlie tuna at 7:44pm 12.09.16 Ask All Sailors 23/2459 I bought an 85 s2 8.6 a couple years ago and spent a few months on her in Mobile bay. My girlfriend
Things that took a while to figure out... (1) BlowMeAway at 3:35pm 12.09.16 Mid-Size Boats 19/2072 We've been out of the water since October up here in NY. So I have a lot of time, after work, to thi

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Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? PaulK at 7:53pm 02.13.24 Our yard uses jackstands and allows owners to leave their masts up all winter. We've used them for m
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? (1) Tally Ho at 7:44pm 02.13.24
Swim platform NYSail at 5:45pm 02.13.24
Free chafe guard jssailem at 5:02pm 02.13.24 You do not need chafe protection of that to happen. I had new dock lines survive a night of high win
WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters Project_Mayhem at 4:57pm 02.13.24 Love this post on SailNet: "So if I get this right, new user joins to complain that product works as
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 3:07pm 02.13.24 Be very careful regarding the title. the only seller who can convey good title is the human o
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:05pm 02.13.24 Thanks for all the input folks. I should have enough info for an attempt once I have enough crew on
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:03pm 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spr
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 12:38pm 02.13.24 Hi, Yes, you can just slide the tube back and completely remove it. There are a number of options,
Free chafe guard rgranger at 12:06pm 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? Scott T-Bird at 9:48am 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spri
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 9:41am 02.13.24 Thanks @Rick D Looks about the same as mine.
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (2) Rick D at 9:15am 02.13.24 I seem to recall 4" bend, but I'd true that up. Here are a couple of photos sort of showing the bend
Free chafe guard Captain Larry-DH at 8:57am 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read l
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 8:22am 02.13.24 Hello, Last year I added a retractable sprit to my boat. The purpose is for racing. The tack line r
stripping cetol from teak Jumpstart at 6:38am 02.13.24 Bought a boat with a ton of teak. Previous owner had used Cetol and it hadn't been maintained. Used
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, (1) Scott NIelsen at 6:23am 02.13.24 Look what I found online. Author of the article is Steve D'Antonio. I think this may be a picture o
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, Scott NIelsen at 6:09am 02.13.24 I do not remember exactly. What I remember doing is looking/taking a picture of a vacuum gauge on o
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? dlochner at 5:51am 02.13.24 Where will you store the cradle when the boat isn't in it? That could be the determining factor. The
Your experience with propane outboards? SkookumZac at 5:34am 02.13.24 Can you use the 5lb propane tank horizontally??? Hi john, yes it works fine horizontally. -Z

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