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LEWMAR change parts sailing H386 at 7:47am 03.16.16 Big Boats 2/514 Does anyone knows of an alternative to replace Lewmar ports on our Hunter 386 One plexglas replaceme
Paying for a Day Sail lehighsail at 5:58am 03.16.16 Ask All Sailors 16/986 I was reading another thread here and the subject of paying someone for or receiving money for a day
James Seamans, JAVA, Hunter 36 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:18am 03.16.16 Ask All Sailors 52/5133 I will ask that any of you who are Christians say a prayer for a very dear friend of mine and one wh
Hunter 28.5 how do you remove handrails Sailor_Jeff at 4:14am 03.16.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1231 How do you remove, re-finish, re-seal and replace handrails on deck above the cabin on the Hunter 28
How do you keep your prop clean? Dalliance at 8:46pm 03.15.16 Ask All Sailors 10/3884 Sailing in cold fresh water, I get slime on the hull and tough white scale on the prop and shaft. N
Anyone with advise on installing a Raymarine A-series/Radar? katesails at 8:21pm 03.15.16 Catalina 30 3/857 Hi, SO I am trying to upgrade my navigation equipment and want to install a Raymarine series A GPS/
How critical to performance, in comparison, is an aging foresail RussC at 6:32pm 03.15.16 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/2153 I recently replaced my aging M25 mainsail with a nice crispy new Doyle and am now wondering if the b
Suggestions for Sailmaker for replacement genoa for Catalina 27 gavinbailey at 4:49pm 03.15.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1718 Hi, I may be in the market for a new 150% furling Genoa for my std rig Catalina 27 if my existing s
CDI Roller Furling Jib Jaming rose8878 at 4:25pm 03.15.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1784 I sailed my 30' Catalina for the first time last year and the last couple of times out, my roller fu
Catalina 22 A Dead Class? EditorC22NSA at 3:52pm 03.15.16 Catalina 22 9/2506 Who says the Catalina 22 is a dead class? With 18 events (regattas and cruises) on the calendar so f
bulkhead- teak plywood replacement fireone at 2:49pm 03.15.16 Ask An Oday Owner 12/4425 I need to replace plywwod on my 23 ft oday im told it is teak!! i would like to replace with another
pfd's fred1diver at 12:36pm 03.15.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1320 hey everyone, I'm due to buy a new pfd for myself and I'm wondering what type you all recommend, a s
Zoom! (1) Jackdaw at 12:30pm 03.15.16 Racing 16/3076 If one more star aligns, this is my new winter ride. http://www.hamnen.se/images/stories/batar/Teste
Is the keel on a 222 the same as the 224 sjstewart at 11:53am 03.15.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/818 Ive got a venture 224 that needs a new keel and I downloaded a blueprint drawing for a keel off a ve
Jumper strut on Oday Daysailor Mast meg2323 at 11:02am 03.15.16 Ask An Oday Owner 1/845 I have on old Oday mast from a daysailor I with a jumper strut. The jumper strut is partially broken
Hunter 18.5 mast foot replacment (1) Tackigator at 10:54am 03.15.16 Day Sailers 8/3522 I recently purchased a 1990 Hunter 18.5 sailboat. Unfortunately, I've broken the mast foot and need
Sailing Incidents 2011-2016 cb32863 at 7:57am 03.15.16 Ask All Sailors 1/520 This is a PDF of slides from the 2016 Sailing Leadership Forum sponsored by US Sailing looking at ca
Hunter 31 deck hardware Michele C at 5:11am 03.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 33/1561 A friend asked us to help him prep his boat. We agreed, but he removed every bit of hardware from th
Join two 10 ga. wires to a third Rodd at 8:44pm 03.14.16 Musings With Maine Sail 7/1166 Planning to add a galvanic isolator to my dual 30 amp shore power inlets. going with a Yandina uni
Infamous keel lock down bolt hole damage repair. jjsbiggs at 8:27pm 03.14.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3030 My Mac 25 keel lock down bolt bolt is now a long slot where the keel lock bolt once was. I plan to p

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Anchors ...3TacksontheWater at 12:51pm 08.24.23 Snip.... I started a couple threads about this at the time, but Photobucket ate all the pics. :mad:
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice Scott T-Bird at 12:48pm 08.24.23 Why all the links to Cruisers Forum? What was the point of this post?
Impact driver on window screws? (3) Tally Ho at 12:45pm 08.24.23 Then all bets are off :yikes: Greg
Deception Pass. shemandr at 12:44pm 08.24.23 A good topic even though I don't think I've ever been within 600 miles (Sun Valley) of that pass!
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help Canception at 12:28pm 08.24.23 The topping lift is the short cable hanging from the backstay and attached to the boom. The primar
Impact driver on window screws? jviss at 12:24pm 08.24.23 Windows? What's a window?
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 12:23pm 08.24.23 You can also order direct from KUS. https://kus-usa.com/product/sss-ssl-sender One thing I did was
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 12:22pm 08.24.23 You can also order direct from KUS. https://kus-usa.com/product/sss-ssl-sender One thing I did was
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 12:21pm 08.24.23 So you have reserve capacity analogous to a scuba tank (I may be dating myself here). "J" valve. :
Just a little bit more... Every year! Project_Mayhem at 12:12pm 08.24.23 Thanks for the bump @shemandr. I'm wondering if there's a way to do a vacuum test on the crank cases
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help jssailem at 12:07pm 08.24.23 Bold is to get a good wind and sail through the passage. I would have the engine running as a back u
Just a little bit more... Every year! shemandr at 12:04pm 08.24.23 Compression? Fairly easily tested with a compression meter. I don't know much about engines but yo
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help dlochner at 12:03pm 08.24.23 Having the topping lift rigged like the pig tail attached to the boom while sailing can be dangerou
Impact driver on window screws? (1) jssailem at 12:02pm 08.24.23 Any thoughts on whether the impact driver will do damage? If so, any thoughts on how to get the scr
Advice for a Solo Sailor? (1) Johann at 12:01pm 08.24.23 I installed this type of sensor, and it works very well. My problem was that the sensor is located
Advice for a Solo Sailor? shemandr at 11:58am 08.24.23 ... My problem was that the sensor is located about 9" from the low point.. So you have reserve ca
Deception Pass. Hayden Watson at 11:57am 08.24.23 Deception Passage is one of the many tidal passages that control the waters of the Salish Sea. Goo
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help shemandr at 11:53am 08.24.23 Having the topping lift rigged like the pig tail attached to the boom while sailing can be dangerous
Deception Pass. jssailem at 11:50am 08.24.23 Deception Passage is one of the many tidal passages that control the waters of the Salish Sea. Good
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 11:28am 08.24.23 You could try measuring the resistance as you move the sender through its range and see if it chang

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