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Z spar topping lift RonniePH26 at 5:22pm 05.27.16 Smaller Boats 2/607 Can anyone send a pic or tell me how the topping lift line attaches to the masthead on the z spar ,s
H26 sole refinishing CHSN WND at 4:03pm 05.27.16 Smaller Boats 15/1694 Happy Friday! I'm at the boat, crummy weather, so I've decided to tackle one of my 4 remaining proje
ST 4000 display not working kimelmore at 3:28pm 05.27.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1981 I have an older AutoHelm ST 4000 and the display LCD isn't working. I am unable to find a manual tha
ignition alarm gettinthere at 2:15pm 05.27.16 Ask All Sailors 21/1142 My 1985 endeavour has a toggle switch at the helm and a momentary button to start. The oil/temp alar
Hood Roller 810 Furling replacement? rickmds at 1:39pm 05.27.16 Catalina 30 17/6285 Hi I just launched my 1989 Catalina 30 that I purchase last fall with the sea trial scheduled next
Dedicated shore power for onboard air conditioner ???? woodster at 1:37pm 05.27.16 Ask All Sailors 39/7253 ok it's getting hot down here and i have onboard ac .....now it is wired in the the maine panel...vi
Kenwood TS50S failure... again Brian D at 1:11pm 05.27.16 SSB and Ham Operators 11/3730 I think I have had enough of this radio. The dang think started acting up again. Same as maybe a yea
Weathering Texas Storms (1) Texas Gun-Man at 1:10pm 05.27.16 Catalina 22 29/2420 Last night we had some strong storms in North Texas. On my ranch I lost one tree and had damage to a
Buff&Shine results...& questions.... rgranger at 10:47am 05.27.16 Smaller Boats 6/626 Hey all So I spent the past day and a half buffing and waxing my new-2-me Hunter. The port side o
Watertight air ventilators (2) jssailem at 9:12am 05.27.16 Ask All Sailors 11/1533 Anyone have any experience with a "Air-Only ventilator"? I am looking for a way to get air into my W
What should I look for when buying an Oday Javelin. Juansinu at 7:32am 05.27.16 Ask An Oday Owner 0/574 Hello all, I'm new to sailing, just finished ASA101 and ASA102. An 83 Oday Javelin has come up for s
41 DS. Leaky windows sailor5017 at 7:29am 05.27.16 Big Boats 8/1749 Looking for advise on repairing leaky Windows on 2006 41DS. Large main cabin Windows with polished
Racing in 2 knots of breeze. (1) Jackdaw at 6:41am 05.27.16 Racing 9/1277 Summer means light airs on Lake Minnetonka. It's early in the season, but last night we started a ra
Pearson 10M - Junk Rig Conversion Scott Dufour at 6:00am 05.27.16 Pearson 10/2430 Hi, I'm in the initial stages of converting my 1979 Pearson 10M to a junk rig with an unstayed mast
Catalina 309, 2009. Steaming navigation light on mast, replacement bulb PeterJay309 at 8:22pm 05.26.16 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/1667 Does anyone know the replacement bulb size or part number for the steaming navigation light on forwa
Memorial Weekend Cruise Terry Cox at 7:22pm 05.26.16 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/1502 Belle-Vie has invited the admiral aboard for a Memorial Day weekend holiday cruise. These invitation
Zodiac Inflatable Water Discharge Orifice Question. PGUTIERREZ at 7:18pm 05.26.16 Ask All Sailors 4/768 I pulled my Zodiac inflatable out after 6-7 months storage. When I pulled transom plug out, both th
Drawers in the galley (5) Caboteur at 6:14pm 05.26.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1200 There were no drawers in the galley of my B-31 untill a "friend" said "you could put a pair of drawe
Is this serious? Crack at base of mast support (6) Thelaserguy at 4:23pm 05.26.16 The Cherubini Hunters 15/4788 I have discovered a crack in the fiberglass box in the bilge around the mast support. At the same ti
outboard problems fred1diver at 3:05pm 05.26.16 Ask All Sailors 9/2449 hey everyone, I have a problem with my yamaha 4hp 4 stroke outboard, I can't shift in reverse, all I

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Free chafe guard twodzusfittings at 1:42pm 04.08.24 Fire Hose is built with three parts, an inner hose, an outer hose and a waterproof membrane hose in
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much Crazy Dave Condon at 1:42pm 04.08.24 @CbKl your welcome but most importantly you shared the information with others here on this forum.
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: kappykaplan at 1:27pm 04.08.24 The point that often gets over looked in these discussions is no one is born with any kind of boati
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: dlochner at 12:54pm 04.08.24 it's a strange world . in my area I have seen boat captains who were professionals jump off the bo
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 12:42pm 04.08.24 It's already been said here but cannot be stressed enough. DO NOT jump from the boat to the dock u
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Roland5048 at 12:19pm 04.08.24 It's already been said here but cannot be stressed enough. DO NOT jump from the boat to the dock un
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: kappykaplan at 11:49am 04.08.24 I can't see any good from jumping off the boat without at least one line attaching the boat to the
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 11:47am 04.08.24 I have a Maxwell windlass and the clutch will work in both directions. Mine only works going down.
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? dlochner at 11:47am 04.08.24 My not a Hunter has a similar installation, the base and the stanchion are 2 pieces. I assume there
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dlochner at 11:43am 04.08.24 This would then give a "safety feature the system does not currently have, which is an over-load sa
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 10:33am 04.08.24 @dlochner All excellent points. lly in my case, I have the chain attached to the chain locker bot
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 10:30am 04.08.24 No. On the Hunter 36 the stanchions are in two completely separate pieces. The first piece is a ba
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 10:28am 04.08.24 I never jump off the boat during docking! The stern line is attached to a piling and I am merely ho
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: arf145 at 10:21am 04.08.24 you jump off boat with engine on to attach stern line? I never jump off the boat during docking! T
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dlochner at 10:13am 04.08.24 Why would I not want the windlass to simply pull the chain out of the locker even if there is a lot
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? jssailem at 10:08am 04.08.24 the base of the stanchion, which is completely solid. By this statement, I understand that the wel
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 10:01am 04.08.24 My question has nothing to do with the base of the stanchion, which is completely solid.
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: smokey73 at 9:30am 04.08.24 I am normally on a mooring so the technique I describe is for when I am pulling up, solo, to a dock
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? jssailem at 9:16am 04.08.24 Not sure if the stanchion bases on your Hunter were designed this way. Hunter was known to imbed alu
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much CbKl at 8:48am 04.08.24 Crazy Dave, thanks for the idea. The usspars Dave wasn't available this am but his associate was he

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