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Have you ever noticed? Bad Obsession at 6:41pm 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 11/734 Have you ever noticed that things are better when you are on the water/on the boat? Seriously, cann
Slip increase sfgary at 3:42pm 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 4/674 Good afternoon , my question is for San Francisco bay sailors. I just got a letter from my marina (A
Rudder Board - Does Anyone Paint It and Leave in Water? econnors at 3:34pm 06.29.16 Catalina 22 6/989 I always pull my tiller/rudder out and stow in the cabin after I sail. But I'm wondering if boat ow
best hair dryer renita jackson at 3:24pm 06.29.16 Sails Call Lounge 3/177 I have caroline cat and I want to buy a new hair dryer for myself . According to my researches Parl
Ethanol Gas vs. TruFuel (Ethanol Free) Maine Sail at 3:18pm 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 62/13353 About 4 years ago I began using TruFuel or similar in much of my equipment. Prior to this I had trie
Lewmar 16 ST Ratchet Gear Siren Sailor at 2:47pm 06.29.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/719 Thanks in advance for ANY help. I am working on a Lewmar England 16 ST, it came as the Cabin top wi
New (to me) radio arrived Brian D at 1:52pm 06.29.16 SSB and Ham Operators 4/890 I finally purchased a radio to replace my Kenwood TS-50S which gave up the ghost. The replacement is
Replacing Batteries OS2Dude at 1:41pm 06.29.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/1882 I'm sure this has been asked before in various ways, but a search returned over 20 pages of threads
1979 Irwin 30 CB Mr Mac at 12:50pm 06.29.16 Irwin 0/820 Does anyone have pics or a good diagram (already been to Irwin Yachts web site and looked at the dra
D/L ratio Sampled at 12:06pm 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1220 Hello, my husband and I are very new to sailing in general. We have been thinking about getting a bo
rigging my "gennaker" (3) Justin_NSA at 6:47am 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 4/604 I've not rigged this sail yet so I wanted to check with you all. The clew has 2 lines secured to it.
Water pressure regulator (1) SirMichael at 7:58pm 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1216 125254 The water pressure regulator on my boat (88 Hunter 28.5) is leaking. When I look at the wate
Facet Fuel Pump DannyS at 4:11pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 6/995 A new gremlin popped up this past week while on the boat. I have a Universal M25 with a Facet fuel p
Spindrift mariner? andy creighton at 3:22pm 06.28.16 Trailer Sailors 3/1086 Find a deal on a Mariner 19, but it is an 81 made by spindrift. I know the story about the owner's
Main Sheet Blocks for Cruising H37C JHoward at 3:13pm 06.28.16 Big Boats 4/547 My old Witchard blocks are too broken to use, I need new or slightly used ones for my main sail, 6:1
Lifeline wire size question Chris & Lenore at 2:44pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 17/3307 It's time to replace our aging lifelines. We have decided to use coated wire instead of the other op
Hose to Exhaust Elbow coming off rfrye1 at 1:37pm 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/608 Hey Y'all, Out of the blue, the raw water hose into the Exhaust Elbow has pooped off twice, at 2500R
Old CDI furler Derbie at 1:17pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 3/547 I have what is probably a 30-year-old CDI furler, which is in good shape, except for a missing piece
NavionicsHD mrudman850 at 12:44pm 06.28.16 Catalina 22 3/623 Hi My depth finder is history, thought I saw somewhere that one of the Navionics apps provides real
Hunter 23.5 - Need a mast pin and boom vang strap GGordonWoody at 12:27pm 06.28.16 Smaller Boats 24/3078 Hello everyone. We just bought a beautiful, gently used 1996 Hunter 23.5. She's "The Great Escape"

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Identifying water in the bilge. sigsgmret at 8:47am 04.16.23 Great idea. Thanks
Identifying water in the bilge. (1) jssailem at 8:46am 04.16.23 Here is something that might work.. AquaChek Salt Test Strip Titrators for Pools - Salt Water Pool
Boom Vang (2) lakesurfsailor at 8:44am 04.16.23 Picture show the boom is Z spar. View 4 shows an eye for attachmentl Are there two of them one fo
New sail advice needed jon hansen at 8:43am 04.16.23 well said john. what john mentioned that i think is a must do, they bring the sail to the boat,
Boom Vang lakesurfsailor at 8:36am 04.16.23 Picture show the boom is Z spar. View 4 shows an eye for attachmentl Are there two of them one fo
Rust on Keel I need Help. Ralph Johnstone at 8:33am 04.16.23 @skipperclaud , can you supply a few closeup pictures of the joint. It may give us a better picture
Rust on Keel I need Help. jssailem at 8:30am 04.16.23 Perhaps it had an iron cable lying against the keel at some point.
Rust on Keel I need Help. Ralph Johnstone at 8:29am 04.16.23 Just got to give my head a scratch here. I didn't think Hunter, Marlow, whatever, had every used st
Boom Vang jssailem at 8:27am 04.16.23 how adding one would be adding a safety feature. You are correct in my thinking. A Vang is a trim
Beneteau Questions Wesleymi at 8:22am 04.16.23 My 1998 Oceanus 321 was the same way. I have since put in a float switch to activate the pump and wi
New sail advice needed jssailem at 8:15am 04.16.23 I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out all my options, and would appreciate some opinions
Rust on Keel I need Help. skipperclaud at 7:32am 04.16.23 There are fundamentally two ways to protect underwater steel structures: 1) Cathodic protection (th
Damaged Hull and repair to ballast tank Crazy Dave Condon at 7:31am 04.16.23 Spoke with the owner and the repairman on Saturday. There was a crack in the hull possibly due to
Rust on Keel I need Help. skipperclaud at 7:28am 04.16.23 I have prepped two iron keels in the past and found the only way to control rust is to coat with fi
Rust on Keel I need Help. skipperclaud at 7:27am 04.16.23 Most of the keel looks good. It's mainly the junction between the wings and the keel or close to t
Re-rigging running rigging - source suggestions please Dave Groshong at 7:04am 04.16.23 We offer a full rig shop, Samson XLS3, 10mm=3/8ish is $1.05/ft
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains JBP-PA at 6:28am 04.16.23 I'm trying this curtain track that is lower profile than the traditional marine curtain track. http
keel help JBP-PA at 6:15am 04.16.23 Dlj's advice about Ospho or another rust converter is important. Remaining rust will continue and w
Dried cetol jnorten at 6:10am 04.16.23 The gentle heat method is a great idea as that's how I remove older layers from my teak. I get a fe
keel help dLj at 5:57am 04.16.23 What I'd add to your advice, is after grinding the keel to bright white, treat with five layers of

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