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Splashing her this week jlillie at 8:08am 10.24.16 S2 12/1329 Well, its been awhile since i've posted here but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. The time is
321 Ignition system woes AdamCermak at 7:59am 10.24.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2532 Folks, I've had an intermittent problem with the ignition system on my '99 321, and am looking for
Hydraulic fluid leak at helm madmike50 at 7:09am 10.24.16 Ask All Sailors 1/247 My Morgan OI33 is leaking hydraulic fluid from around the helm wheel seal. Anyone know how to replac
Owners manual Morgan madmike50 at 7:03am 10.24.16 Ask All Sailors 2/389 Anyone have a Morgan OI33 you would part with?
Boat Without Autohelm - Your Thoughts 51RD55 at 5:34am 10.24.16 Ask All Sailors 20/1882 It looks like we found a boat to replace our current boat but it does not have an autohelm and we ar
Wire sources? Justin_NSA at 5:58pm 10.23.16 Ask All Sailors 23/1460 I would have thought it was easier to find. I'm looking for marine grade, 22/3 wire. I'm rewiring my
Sails on board Coddiwomple at 5:07pm 10.23.16 Ask All Sailors 11/1014 Hi sailing world, we are taking off next year from Ontario Canada, through the trent system then the
Rudder Bushings (1) Bill Roughton at 3:06pm 10.23.16 Ask An Oday Owner 0/825 I have an O'Day 27 (1977) that I have been overhauling. I finally got around to dropping the rudder
water under the engine windchill82 at 10:32am 10.23.16 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 3/1595 I have a 1978 Ranger 33. Water from the packing gland drips into what I call a pan under the engine
Window and port shades Keith13315 at 10:13am 10.23.16 Big Boats 4/941 Can anyone tell me where I can get the honeycomb style window coverings? Thanks
New prop for my Oceanis 390 yorammelnik at 7:35am 10.23.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/615 Hi, I need to replace the prop on my Oceanis 390. The boat is slow while motoring. The fuel consumpt
Perkins Prima M50 specs yorammelnik at 7:30am 10.23.16 Engines and Propulsion 2/2179 Hi, I own a Beneteua Oceanis 390 with a Perkins Prima M50. I want to replace my prop and need the en
Fuel burn rate Keith13315 at 6:02am 10.23.16 Big Boats 25/6002 can anyone tell me your average fuel usage for the Hunter H340 when motoring not motor sailing?
Go CUBS Go ! Doug in Lakeview at 8:32pm 10.22.16 Sails Call Lounge 20/2010 On the boat tonight at Belmont harbor just east of Wrigley field. Pandemonium. We can hear the cro
anchoring spots website Kommy000 at 3:05pm 10.22.16 The Cherubini Hunters 3/472 Hi, in my never ending research for sailing tips and knowledge, I remember finding a website I think
Why design a boat with prebend? Daveinet at 2:11pm 10.22.16 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 41/9967 Ok, so I've seen enough discussions here on sail trim, but not much about the purpose of prebend in
Autumn Migration in Chicago (3) Dalliance at 11:41am 10.22.16 Ask All Sailors 8/743 We did our annual autumn sailboat migration through the lock and down the Chicago River to winter st
need marine survey for a cal 20 in Long Beach newsailor72 at 10:12am 10.22.16 Ask All Sailors 9/947 would like to put a cal20 in a marina but they require a survey, can anyone give me some surveyor na
Hunter 49/50 cockpit insert deck flex SEMPERAVANTI41 at 10:11am 10.22.16 Big Boats 10/1422 Hi All, I have noticed on my Hunter 50 that the insert (over the steering mechanism ) in the aft of
Hunter P42 1997; has anyone upgraded alternator to a Balmar system with the alt mount blue pulleys? BBC16385 at 7:59am 10.22.16 Big Boats 15/3004 We have the Hitachi 80 amp alternator (worthless) and are considering upgrading to Balmar 120 amp wi

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Mainsail william24424 at 9:50am 01.29.24 I'm sure both are reputable sailmakers, years ago I went with North Sails. They came out to measure
Keel bolts Best of Times at 9:28am 01.29.24
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, Globe Pilot at 9:15am 01.29.24 Where did you find the specs for what pressures to change filters at?
looking for new bathroom tap handles for a hunter 420 passage DRhoads at 8:48am 01.29.24 You can also replace them with just about any type bought from a hardware supply store (Lows/Home).
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, (6) Scott NIelsen at 8:43am 01.29.24 I had a similar issue with fuel starvation on a previous boat I owned. After doing all the filter ch
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hello Below at 8:33am 01.29.24 did search the site for remote filter and found sever people who had not found a solution but no on
The Show Must Go On CUPRA at 8:32am 01.29.24 Just returned from the Toronto show and once again I said I'm not going next year!....very few manuf
When to tack Dogswater at 8:26am 01.29.24 Ha! Stuart Walker is not for those with a short attention span or only a passing interest in racing.
Noisy boats shemandr at 7:49am 01.29.24 Must have been snapping shrimp! That is the sound! But I wonder why when I cleaned the hull of th
Remote oil filter for M25XP FastOlson at 7:39am 01.29.24 About 10 or 15 years ago a friend installed a remote oil filter on his M25 Universal. He said he use
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hayden Watson at 7:28am 01.29.24 @Hayden Watson , I wonder. If you abandoned the o-ring and instead used a gasket (self cut) to impr
Noisy boats All U Get at 7:28am 01.29.24 The wife complains of my snoring. The only sound I hate is when I pick up a mooring ball and the wi
The Show Must Go On Scott T-Bird at 6:54am 01.29.24 I enjoyed the Newport show years ago. We spent a weekend in Newport (not for the show) a year ago i
The Show Must Go On Project_Mayhem at 6:30am 01.29.24 You are being too kind. Strictly Sails when it was at the Navy Pier was the winter dock party of th
Hunter 28 polars (2) Yann85 at 5:59am 01.29.24 From my observation, even with perfect polar data, due to the dynamics of weather and the decision
The Show Must Go On shemandr at 5:52am 01.29.24 We have the Stuart (In water) Boat Show here. I've gone in the past but there's little of interest
Hunter 28 polars jssailem at 5:39am 01.29.24 From my observation, even with perfect polar data, due to the dynamics of weather and the decision o
The Show Must Go On David11038 at 5:28am 01.29.24 Too frustrated by boat shows in the Great Lakes area in the past 10 years. All bass boats and pontoo
So, you're thinking of going Electric... Will Gilmore at 5:08am 01.29.24 A nicely put together video. He has clearly spent a lot of time and money on his research and trial
320 dink jssailem at 4:26am 01.29.24 How you plan to cruise (anchored or marina dock), the number of crew, your feelings about rowing vs

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