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Trouble finding travelers End Caps.. or whatever they're called.... (1) PGIJon at 12:50pm 07.25.16 Big Boats 5/522 Any idea where I can purchase a pair of end caps (not sure of the technical name for it) for the tra
O'Day 222, 1984 - Rigging/Tension settings help Donnie222 at 12:14pm 07.25.16 Ask All Sailors 1/1449 I just picked up a OD 222 and can't find any tension settings for my stays and/or riggings. There
Racer not giving way odaydokay at 12:05pm 07.25.16 Racing 231/18596 Fairly close call on LI Sound yesterday. I was pleasure sailing. My tack (starboard) took me through
Catalina 25 racing tips gdickerson1949 at 11:06am 07.25.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/3183 What has been your best tip or change for that little bit of extra speed on your Catalina 25? We are
Senility and Safety on the Water MattObjects at 10:52am 07.25.16 Ask All Sailors 22/1855 If you haven't been through this yourself, you probably know someone who has had a difficult convers
Some Big Company on the River (3) plenny7 at 10:09am 07.25.16 Ask All Sailors 1/384 Sailing on Lake Pepin yesterday (on the Mississippi River) we had some BIG company. First we saw th
Newbie needs help Captainkarate at 9:45am 07.25.16 Ask An Oday Owner 41/2745 Hello, Looking at two O'Day boats. One is a 20' with a good trailer but a lock of cracking around th
Polycarbonate Hunters hull cracking SFKjeld at 9:01am 07.25.16 Smaller Boats 29/4969 I realize these boats are smaller than boats on this forum, but the other forum had little participa
H290 mast wireing Captian Al at 8:28am 07.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/386 There is an electric cable hanging out of the sail track on the mast. It appears to be the mast head
290 mast wiring Captian Al at 8:00am 07.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/309 On my H290, I have a grey electrical cable hanging out of the sail track. This ispreventing the main
Have you been sailing? Ken Cross at 6:57am 07.25.16 Ask All Sailors 36/1958 Just because I like reading about special times I thought I'd post this with the hope others would p
Port rain shields (Beckson) Windtherapy at 6:03am 07.25.16 Ask An Oday Owner 18/2018 Just curious if anybody has found a nice fitting rain shield to go over their Beckson ports?
Hunter 320, 2001 holding tank replacement Mity at 5:26am 07.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1530 HI everyone, after many trial to get rid of bad odor I finally got to the last source, the holding t
rebedding Genoa tracks Alice A. at 3:16am 07.25.16 Big Boats 5/973 It looks like we will have to rebed the Genoa tracks on our 1992 Hunter 37.5. Has anyone done this a
O'day 20 Batteryand outboard fuel tank location ddavenport at 8:56pm 07.24.16 Bigger Boats 1/880 I just purchased an O'day 20 and need some help with the location of the battery and outboard fuel t
Bowsprit Jacomo Sailor at 6:11pm 07.24.16 Catalina 22 7/1243 Anybody add a bowsprit to their C22? I anchor out a lot and I'm tired of lugging my anchor and rode
Loong Sails--UK Limited jimshipsky at 6:11pm 07.24.16 Ask All Sailors 11/3549 Anyone have experience with this company? I just got a quote of $327 + $75 shipping for a new mainsa
Legend 43 windlass Art Butler at 3:52pm 07.24.16 Big Boats 4/1232 I have a 1992 Legend 43 and want to install a windlass. Does anyone know which to get and how to in
Replacement Diesel for H27 Dana Shields at 3:15pm 07.24.16 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1193 The diesel for the h27 I bought is in pie especially, and the seller presumed it had had a blown hea
Best Place to Get a Mainsail Cover Dana Shields at 3:03pm 07.24.16 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2065 Does anyone know where the best place to get a mainsail cover is? High quality but not custom?

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Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix GMS.Homer at 10:56am 09.19.23 Seems to be just the stern/transom area. the side don't have this. Other than being dirty, the res
Boomvang mast fitting, Hunter 23.5 CrispyCringle at 10:54am 09.19.23 The mast pin on the 23.5 is pretty beefy. And the width of the vang hinge is wide. I dont recall the
Boomvang mast fitting, Hunter 23.5 Dalliance at 10:51am 09.19.23 Call Garhauer. When I bought my rigid vang from them, they made custom mounting plates to match th
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Techstyle at 10:50am 09.19.23 I have a similar section on my check list. I also have to pull and drain the through hull tri-data
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:46am 09.19.23 220076 I've got to confess, I've never seen gel coat come away like that in addition to the OP's po
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Dalliance at 10:44am 09.19.23 220070 that's all I do!! I have a similar section on my check list. I also have to pull and drain
05 hunter 41ds cabin lighting P12nash at 10:32am 09.19.23 I did the same thing as Senang on my H38. It works great and provides a lot better light. I will s
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:30am 09.19.23 220075
Rudder counterbalance? Tsatzsue at 10:29am 09.19.23 219623 But if you want to conduct an experiment and see if swinging the sheet to windward and then
Rudder counterbalance? rgranger at 10:24am 09.19.23 I agree 100% with rgrainger. Uhg.... and from someone with a French last name to bout. :facepalm
Universal M25: strange water temp alarm behavior sorcererdog at 10:23am 09.19.23 Thank you for your suggestions. Will check this out and let you know.
310 questions from a potential buyer matts997 at 10:16am 09.19.23 We looked at the MH 31 yesterday and it is indeed a beautiful boat. But it has a few awkward design
Rudder counterbalance? Tsatzsue at 9:51am 09.19.23 Does the boat want to round up into the wind? That is called weather helm. If your boat wants to
Need help with part ID from 85 Mac 25 (2) Tsatzsue at 9:45am 09.19.23 [URL='https://forums.sailboatowners.comhttps%3A//forums.sailboatowners.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/12/1
Precision 16 dlochner at 9:42am 09.19.23 Jim Taylor designed the 15 and a bunch of other boats for Precision. He has a reputation for designi
Difficulty raising the main Hayden Watson at 9:39am 09.19.23 Of course, the hoisting difficulty is a result of friction somewhere in the system. Maybe in multi
05 hunter 41ds cabin lighting Geoff E at 9:06am 09.19.23 Wow...that looks better. Thanks for the input.
Anchor Locker/Bilge Water Davidasailor26 at 8:56am 09.19.23 Our Oceanis 37 had a leak from the anchor locker drains contributing water to the back parts of the
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 8:41am 09.19.23 A great first step might be your pressure washer. Sounds draconian but I have done it twice to Papi
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles (2) Techstyle at 8:22am 09.19.23 here is my a section of my winterizing check list: k list: 220070 that's all I do!!

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