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Light Air Racing in Texas Bill19233 at 9:02am 09.13.16 Racing 1/574 Racing our Hunter 340 on Galveston Bay after a thunderstorm had just passed last Saturday. rnPBGjhF
Petty Officer in the RCN, just bought an Ericson MK1 (newb to sailing) ROSE at 8:53am 09.13.16 Ask All Sailors 6/514 I just bought a 1970 Ericson MK1, it is ready to sail although I do not have a motor at the moment.
410 cockpit table extension Michel C at 4:45am 09.13.16 Big Boats 1/557 Hi there. Love my boat. My only wish is if the cockpit tables could extend to accommodate comfortabl
New Cal 20 Owner Sambo420 at 1:24am 09.13.16 Ask All Sailors 22/7109 I got a really good deal on a Cal 20 that is sail ready! Hooked up my old trolling motor now just wa
Topsides Graphics for First 345 garnerm at 10:15pm 09.12.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1724 IMG_3544 by garnerm posted Sep 12, 2016 at 10:12 PMShot in the dark here- anyone have a template fil
Buying a O'Day Daysailer now--fair cost? Windtherapy at 6:55pm 09.12.16 Day Sailers 7/4318 So I bought an O'Day 26' about a year and a half ago and have been working on and off but not as muc
Depth of Fin - Bottom of Bulb 40.5 MetricMountie at 5:45pm 09.12.16 Big Boats 15/990 Just wondering if anyone would know the height/depth of the small fin on the bottom of the bulb keel
Replacing an old AutoHelm BIDATA depth and speed electronic (3) evan709 at 5:32pm 09.12.16 Ask All Sailors 10/8159 I bought my 1993 Hunter 23.5 used two years ago. It came with an AutoHelm BIDATA device for measuri
Traveler replacement for a 1986 H 28.5? fhp3 at 4:37pm 09.12.16 Mid-Size Boats 5/1175 Hi everyone I just aquired the 28.5 and am in the process of refitting it. The traveler cars are sh
Coolant Drain on M-25XPB ? SailFysh at 3:35pm 09.12.16 Catalina 310 19/3658 First time to service the coolant on my boat and thought as always I would lean on you guys... what
Soft spot on Hunter 420 deck Larry737 at 3:08pm 09.12.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/762 I am considering the purchase of a 2002 Hunter Passage 420. I have been told the boat has a soft spo
Swing keel hing bolt hunter sa Jmrbill at 2:38pm 09.12.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/499 Anyone have one of these bolt or have the specs or even picture is.
h260 lost my rudder gudiss at 2:37pm 09.12.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/549 Saturday we were out in the ocean city nj inlet with about 15-18k of wind and 4' surf on a close hau
Mast Step Recommendations: (2) pclarksurf at 2:15pm 09.12.16 Catalina 22 8/1430 Anyone currently running the so called "improved" mast step in conjunction with the Halyard plate? H
Alarm sounds even before glow plugs warmed OS2Dude at 1:38pm 09.12.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/939 I recently installed a newer engine panel in the cockpit of our 1985 Catalina 30 similar to this one
Shipping dimentions Jerry21707 at 12:58pm 09.12.16 Mid-Size Boats 1/506 Can anyone help me with some dimensions for shipping? I have a 2007 Hunter 31 with a shoal draft kee
Coolant temperature monitoring for Yanmar 3ym30 Sailor_D at 10:30am 09.12.16 Engines and Propulsion 3/7768 I like at add a coolant temp gauge to my Yanmar 3ym30 with comes factory equipped with an over temp
Copper in Water JamesG161 at 9:45am 09.12.16 Sails Call Lounge 46/4867 I found this is a better place to talk about stuff that was part of this post... http://forums.sailb
Can the "boxtop" be a source of bilge water? drdanj at 9:16am 09.12.16 Big Boats 11/1867 Every time I go out, I come back with about an inch of salt water in the bilge. All the throughhulls
2-Burner alcohol stove - Cabinet Randall Schmidt at 7:47am 09.12.16 Ask All Sailors 26/2948 I have a 1984 Oday 28. I need to replace the 2-burner stove with a new Origo 3000 that happens to b

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Ultrasonic wind masthead transducer capta at 12:19pm 09.30.23 I use a Windex. Neither wireless nor ultrasonic. dj The problem with my Windex is that it is alwa
Blocked fuel pickup stephen_i_w at 12:18pm 09.30.23 In my previous boat, I had a similar issue with the feed tube getting clogged with some sort of slud
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. dlochner at 11:40am 09.30.23 I'm going to have to develop a baseline for my boat as you suggested. I cleaned the anodes and pro
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. SycloneDriver at 11:38am 09.30.23 Best thing to do to develop your Base Line:plus: Jim... I'm going to have to develop a baseline
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Ralph Johnstone at 9:58am 09.30.23 I bet a slice of fuel line would work in an emergency. Given the requirements, I'd say that's the
Ultrasonic wind masthead transducer dLj at 9:54am 09.30.23 I use a Windex. Neither wireless nor ultrasonic. dj
Traveling in landlocked Switzerland (4) jssailem at 9:51am 09.30.23
Hunter 49 - Shower Seat (Guest Shower) tkwhalen at 9:50am 09.30.23 Hope they help. Sorry I was so slow getting them.
Blocked fuel pickup SycloneDriver at 9:34am 09.30.23 I had to clean out the tank and remove the screen on a portable generator that was giving me trouble
My solution for winch override. Yours? stickinthemud57 at 9:06am 09.30.23 Food for Thought: Why are you looking for swiveling solution? Something fixed coming off the winc
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake SycloneDriver at 8:34am 09.30.23 I looked for a spare rubber ferrule in my work truck, but I couldn't find one. It really just looks
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake SycloneDriver at 8:26am 09.30.23 Ah yes, who could forget post #51 ? Good Lord man, can't remember where I left my keys half the ti
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure Rltgold at 8:24am 09.30.23 Gene, I totally agree with you. I was hoping for a much better outcome talking with him. His bottom
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake SycloneDriver at 8:08am 09.30.23 You tried. Yes, I went to bed immediately after posting that. Edit I read that as "tired" instea
Blocked fuel pickup kloudie1 at 7:31am 09.30.23 Had that happen on a delivery run. After blowing through the pickup, the engine would run about 15 m
North Sails 110 headsail kappykaplan at 7:29am 09.30.23 Captain Len, you should post this in Gear Ads - link below - then delete this post. :beer: https:/
Universal M25 Oil Pan alteration dLj at 6:46am 09.30.23 The most hours I've put on my diesel in a season is 48. Last year was a low of 12. I'm lucky that
Universal M25 Oil Pan alteration Ward H at 6:28am 09.30.23 The most hours I've put on my diesel in a season is 48. Last year was a low of 12. I'm lucky that I
Universal M25 Oil Pan alteration dLj at 6:23am 09.30.23 As a lifelong backyard mechanic I could not sleep at night knowing I left half a quart of dirty oi
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 6:17am 09.30.23 I guess you didn't bother to read post # 51. Oops, you are right. I did read the post but I had f

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