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Sailor's Box eugenesdream24 at 10:29am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 1/52 Hey everyone on the SailboatOwners forums, I wanted to reach out to all of you directly without comi
Water between the false floor and hull Nathan57 at 9:55am 01.21.16 Catalina 22 9/2935 I fixed most of the top side leaks on my Catalina 22 and have very little leaking now. However, I d
Lazy Jacks Come Sail Away at 9:44am 01.21.16 S2 16/3597 Since I solo sail much of the time and have the most difficulty when raising or lowering the main, I
Boat drinks Waitress, I need two more boat drinks Bad Obsession at 7:59am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 41/2375 Those of us here on the East Coast are about ready to be dumped on, literally. In my area they are
Fairness of Pursuit Races? Kings Gambit at 7:38am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 21/3985 My wife and I crewed in a pursuit race recently. Pursuit races are PHRF-handicapped races where the
makeshift water tank Hobopacket at 7:30am 01.21.16 Catalina 22 9/1772 Hey there! Thanks for all of your help so far. I am planning on building a small galley and was wond
Design for a new bimini S4iln at 9:10pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/2786 we have never been happy with bimini on our Oceanis 37. The dodger works well and provides good prot
Autopilot for Hunter 356 Ken Archer at 4:28pm 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 30/5510 I have recently purchased a Hunter 356 and want to install an autopilot. I have been informed that t
Precision Sails LakeMurraySailor at 4:03pm 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1848 Hi fellow sailors! I submitted a quote request form on the precisionsailloft.com website and receive
Owners of New Sense or Oceanis Models Mongo Mike at 3:53pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/585 Hello and Thank You for Checking This Post. This is probably an odd thread and I think the easiest w
3 Bridge race S.F. Bay Slider at 2:33pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/1166 This race will be held on Sat. 1-30-16. Last year we had over 300 boats. This year looks to be jus
Windlass For H33 lehighsail at 2:17pm 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 8/899 Seems like this might be a good time to buy a windlass. I have a 25 lb Manson Supreme anchor and w
Hunter Passage 42 photos janiemeneely at 1:33pm 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1075 We are running a Time Tested review of the Hunter Passage 42 in the March issue of Chesapeake Bay Ma
folding wheel for Hunter 410 wally123 at 11:42am 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/426
Overheating: Muffler the cause? John R at 10:13am 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 29/2230 My engine has been overheating. I thought I'd found the problem before - the angle piece from the he
Overheating: Muffler the cause? John R at 9:45am 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 13/3708 My engine has been overheating. I thought I'd found the problem before - the angle piece from the he
Catalina Rendezvous Roche Harbor, May 5-8, 2016 Count Enrico at 7:48am 01.20.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/856 Catalina Owners, This is an UPdate from Count Ferrari regarding the All Catalina Rendezvous at Roch
Reparing the main hatch. Leeward Rail at 7:35am 01.20.16 Catalina 22 30/3067 Good Morning All, Long time no "see". or maybe "sea" ? :) My main hatch is cracked on the bottom
Catalina all fractional now?? Jackdaw at 6:44am 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 16/3026 Its seems the Gerry and the team have decided to join the rest of the sailing world and go with frac
1989 Hunter Legend 40 Owner's Manual clubmech at 10:31pm 01.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1655 Sorry if this is a repeat....I am looking for an electronic copy of the 80's Hunter 40 Owner's Manua

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Single handing Crazy Dave Condon at 3:34pm 03.11.23 The question is for a hunter 19 waterballast. It is up to the owner and his money but as a former de
H26 centerboard bracket Crazy Dave Condon at 3:30pm 03.11.23 Dog Gone it @rgranger you got my nearly bold head there in that photo with my posterior end sitti
Mast step replacement Ken n Rox at 3:26pm 03.11.23 Thank you very much!
Mast step replacement rgranger at 3:23pm 03.11.23
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? DArcy at 2:27pm 03.11.23 I had a nice setup on my C&C27. There was a wire running from the mast head to about 2 feet above th
Impeller screws dlochner at 2:26pm 03.11.23 Probably not, unless the water pumps are the same. Take one screw out of the Perkins pump and match
New to us Hunter 40.5 David Knauer at 12:50pm 03.11.23 Hello there. I can probably help you with the cng to lp if you haven't done it yet. I did that j
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? JBP-PA at 12:25pm 03.11.23 Where do these ideas come from ? This is the lightest duty application in all of your running rig
Check valve in head plumbing? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:06pm 03.11.23 New hose will be installed this spring. When you do that, replace the "vent" thru-hull with an ope
Ice Box Lid Hold Open Alansails at 11:57am 03.11.23 Here is what we used from West Marine: It has worked really well...Sorry about image sizehttps://ww
Check valve in head plumbing? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:56am 03.11.23 After reading post again, I think you're right. I misunderstood him to be referring to a second o
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? Dalliance at 11:55am 03.11.23 I got rid of my topping lift and replaced it with a Garhauer rigid vang because the leech of the mai
To lead lines aft or not? All U Get at 11:54am 03.11.23
Spinnaker in top pulley-is it a concern? thinwater at 10:53am 03.11.23 This is pretty normal on boats <26 feet. My cruising cat had a swivel. Just keep an eye on the sheev
New to me purchase of Hunter 34 jssailem at 10:36am 03.11.23
Cleats?????? pclarksurf at 10:17am 03.11.23 I notice that you have no safety lines on your boat. Do you sail in a lake? The previous owne
My Malware protection is blocking SBO Davidasailor26 at 9:34am 03.11.23 I have to take exception to this. Nothing between the sender and receiver should have the capabilit
My Malware protection is blocking SBO Dave at 9:33am 03.11.23 For the geeks among us, the SSL (now deprecated, now a TSL) is a 10 step process that verifies the s
Galley fiddle touch up jssailem at 9:33am 03.11.23
Reinstalling Catalina 30 windows RitSim at 9:16am 03.11.23 Try lubricating the gaskets with soapy water

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