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120 boats, and no place to go (1) Jackdaw at 1:52pm 06.03.16 Ask All Sailors 4/505 Yesterday was the SINGLE day this week with no wind in Minneapolis. But even so, the possibly of bre
1981 H22 - New cushions - missing backrest brackets (2) SeaTR at 10:44am 06.03.16 Smaller Boats 10/895 124251 124250 I'm slowly restoring my salvage 1981 H22. The next job is cushion replacement. I have
O'Day 40 130% Genoa for Sale BlackDiamond at 10:43am 06.03.16 Ask An Oday Owner 0/22 I had O'Day 40 #151. Its now in the Boston area with another owner. I had new sails made for it
How much do these sails cost? pateco at 10:05am 06.03.16 Ask All Sailors 2/4525 North Sails unfurls game-changing new sail technology http://www.gizmag.com/north-sails-unfurls-game
Dinghy found outside Golden Gate markwbird at 8:27am 06.03.16 Ask All Sailors 10/765 So, on the outside chance that whoever lost their dinghy outside the Golden Gate Bridge reads this f
Thanks, Phil! Kermit at 8:05am 06.03.16 Ask All Sailors 18/765 It's nice to see someone else remembers Maxwell Smart. Thanks, @Phil Herring! Ah the good old days.
Santa Barbara Island "Report" Kings Gambit at 8:03am 06.03.16 Destinations 8/3442 Admiral and I just returned from a second "annual" Santa Barbara Island Rendezvous with two companio
Space behind the tiller on my 27 Thenautisalior at 6:32am 06.03.16 The Cherubini Hunters 3/740 The space behind my tiller drives me nuts! What can I do with it? I found a old cooler that fits wel
Sold our boat Bob 04 H260 at 6:00am 06.03.16 Ask All Sailors 13/1463 We sold our boat at the end of our winter Bahamas cruise. Windsong II will continue to cruise Florid
Chesapeake Bay Hunter rendezvous IH82BL8 at 5:03am 06.03.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/773 Woohoo! June 23-26 Spring Cove marina, Solomon's Island. Looking forward to this event, haven't be
Tips for rigging a permanent tidal mooring MikeFloutier at 4:58am 06.03.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/638 Hi, I just bought a 2009 Mac 26M and have obtained a good swinging tidal mooring. It dries out by a
Decisions, Decisions this is really hard vhoisington at 11:05pm 06.02.16 Ask All Sailors 8/637 All, I have a line on 2 boats: - 2005 Hunter 466 - Clean boat, includes electronics, AC/Heat, gener
Spinnaker pole diameter??? gjordan at 9:14pm 06.02.16 Catalina 22 10/3577 What is considered to be a normal size pole? I want to start playing with my chute, and I need to bu
Need trailer seal id or part # for 1995 h 26 trailer Dr D. at 8:28pm 06.02.16 Smaller Boats 3/504 I need wheel seals for my H-26 Hunter made trailer. Vin # 1F9HS232XSA222358. It has 3,500 # axels be
Just watched Abandoned jleblanc31 at 7:42pm 06.02.16 Ask All Sailors 0/381 I just got finished watching the Movie Abandoned and something one of the guys said got me thinking.
America likes COLD BEER (1) Casagf66 at 7:31pm 06.02.16 Ask All Sailors 42/2759 Ok gang, hope everyone enjoyed their memorial day! I know I did. Sailing in Long Island was excellen
H23.5 Halyard Cleats Tony_Furst at 7:23pm 06.02.16 Smaller Boats 2/535 I just purchased a 94 23.5 and one of the things I've noticed is that the jam cleats for the halyard
Engine Mount question (1) Sefuller at 7:06pm 06.02.16 Ask All Sailors 13/3492 I replaced the engine mounts on our Universal M25 in an Oday 34 several years ago, using the Bushing
Depth through Knapp's Narrows, Chesapeake Bay? PAC3142 at 5:27pm 06.02.16 Destinations 9/2917 Has anybody been through the Narrows lately with 5 foot or more draft? Thanks, Paul
AC/Reverse Cycle Heat and Air in a C320 sail343 at 5:04pm 06.02.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1008 I am considering purchasing a used C320. Need to have heat/ac installed if we get the seal we want a

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H49/50 battery replacement Johann at 2:48pm 12.10.23 I would suggest, running the engine with the battery fully charged and use a multimeter to see what
Adding above water line thru hull.... Rick Webb at 2:02pm 12.10.23 Run the hole saw in reverse first to get through the gelcoat. If accessible drill about two thirds
Adding above water line thru hull.... NYSail at 1:53pm 12.10.23 Predrill the pilot hole. Cover the area to be drilled with blue masking tape. Use a good quality bi
Adding above water line thru hull.... NYSail at 1:53pm 12.10.23 Sounds like you've got one dull hole saw. Mind you, all it takes is one or two cuts through the gl
H49/50 battery replacement marcham at 1:49pm 12.10.23 Good point. Does your starting Lithium have a bms, what is it's high voltage disconnect? I'd monitor
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 1:25pm 12.10.23 Understood. And that was exactly my point about the knees on Lith. My understanding is that you d
Adding above water line thru hull.... Ralph Johnstone at 12:25pm 12.10.23 other than buying your wife a bilge pump for Christmas o_O Now that is how to score points with t
Adding above water line thru hull.... DArcy at 11:56am 12.10.23 It sounds like you have a solid plan, other than buying your wife a bilge pump for Christmas o_O
Adding above water line thru hull.... dlochner at 11:56am 12.10.23 Predrill the pilot hole. Cover the area to be drilled with blue masking tape. Use a good quality bim
Bilge pump capta at 11:54am 12.10.23 Most beep bilge sailboats mount their bilge pumps on a shelf type fitting that will bring up the pum
Adding above water line thru hull.... Ralph Johnstone at 11:53am 12.10.23 Then once down enough, finish the job going through the fiberglass. Sounds like you've got one du
Tidal Currents Trip planner App sesmith at 11:25am 12.10.23 It doesn't actually take prolonged winds, but you'll rarely notice it on floating docks. Just front
Tidal Currents Trip planner App Tally Ho at 11:08am 12.10.23 Lake Michigan is large, however it long and relatively narrow at about 100 miles, Erie and Ontario
Standing Rigging for 2005 Hunter 41 AC SteveT555 at 10:32am 12.10.23 Thanks for your reply. We would be driving down and will hopefully avoid 16% import duty. My though
Standing Rigging for 2005 Hunter 41 AC jssailem at 9:58am 12.10.23 anyone's experience of replacing standing rigging on this boat No experience with rigging your boa
Portlight help kappykaplan at 8:02am 12.10.23 Welcome to SBO. A photo would help. :plus:
Rudder slack (1) colin59 at 7:19am 12.10.23 looks like there is about 1/2 in of space between bottom or steering arm controll and top of rudder
H49/50 battery replacement Stu Jackson at 7:18am 12.10.23 The LFP has incredibly low resistance when it is below 98% state of charge and then the resistance
Rudder Dimensions on 1982 HUNTER 22 (2) SeaTR at 6:48am 12.10.23 @RPOLLITT01 I DID find the IdaSailor instructions (see attached). Hope this helps in your hunt fo
Portlight help dlochner at 6:26am 12.10.23 Welcome to SBO. A photo would help.

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