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Mirage 35 Owners Forum choroj at 6:43pm 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 0/484 Anyone interested in participating in a Mirage 35 owner's forum?
F$@&!! Gasket (3) Skipper at 6:21pm 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 5/1304 When we bought the boat in 2011, one of the first things I did was replace the leaking Sherwood raw
CD replacement lights chrisings at 5:44pm 05.12.16 Catalina 30 2/733 Has anyone used these and if you have what are your thoughts. Looks a fairly inexpensive solution to
Bring on the wind (3) Richie50 at 4:53pm 05.12.16 Catalina 22 8/829 So very excited. The lovely Admiral made my day and picked up my new 110 Jib and Full Batten Main fr
Javelin -centerboard spindle and main sheet swivel cleat John Stevens at 4:47pm 05.12.16 Day Sailers 2/1213 I've been putting the Javelin back together after a restoration and have a few questions. First q
Centerboard Halyard Lockjr at 4:30pm 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 0/364 We have a 1982 Irwin 40 MK II with the centerboard intact. We last had the boat in the water 2 seaso
Hydraulic leak at Helm (1) Gino at 3:07pm 05.12.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/718 Beneteau First 32S5, of the season after a seemingly temperate winter. There is hydraulic fluid lea
Which cleaners/solvents are safe for gelcoat timangiel at 2:55pm 05.12.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/29875 we just splashed last week, but when my boat was on the hard it was situated near a tree, which shed
Rebedding Project (5) SawyerCurt at 2:32pm 05.12.16 Catalina 310 8/3339 I'm going to share a project I did, because I don't think of myself as the most handy guy but I mang
Installing new seacocks. How to bolt? Tripaddle at 2:02pm 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 23/5980 The boat yard says they don't drill thru the hull. Almost everything I read shows that except one ar
28.5 Stern Tube Diameter leahcime at 12:49pm 05.12.16 Mid-Size Boats 1/643 Hello - I'm getting ready to either replace the bellows on my PSS shaft seal or just replace the wh
survey lee oakley at 11:51am 05.12.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/575 hello would like advice on getting a survey done on my 30' hunter cheribinni. How do you get this do
Yanmar Oil Filters SEMPERAVANTI41 at 11:16am 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 8/2187 I am being advised by someone I consider an expert to use only genuine Yanmar oil filters on my 4JH-
survey lee oakley at 10:58am 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 20/971 I have a hunter 30' 1979, would like advice on getting a survey done and also how much it costs
Two Steps Forward - One (or more) Step Back (4) Flamingo1 at 10:28am 05.12.16 Catalina 22 2/686 Made some progress this week - prepared the stern for a new motor mount, drilled a template and yest
Halyard knots mm2347 at 10:05am 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 37/6968 I've been using a Buntline hitch for my halyards. Would there be an advantage to go to a halyard hi
Centerboard yoke holes donaldbeavin at 8:27am 05.12.16 Smaller Boats 5/967 Does anyone know if you use the same roller pin hole and pivot pin hole on a 240 as you do on a 26/2
Keel Schematics for 322 O'Day Sprague at 7:01am 05.12.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1121 Does anyone know where I can get a copy (electronic) of the schematics for the keel for a 1987 O'Day
Hunter 50 Transmission Oil SEMPERAVANTI41 at 6:26am 05.12.16 Big Boats 5/1016 What type of transmission oil does my new to me 2011 Hunter 50 require? I think it's Dextron ATF, bu
Hunter 450 Battens protrude Chuck Cohen at 5:49am 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 4/480 We have 5 horizontal battens in our old Dacron cruising sail. The sail is in the shop for a variety

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Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:36pm 03.07.24 The loss with Raster charts is aesthetic. I doubt anyone will print and hang an ENC chart on the wa
Hand grab in cockpit dlochner at 2:20pm 03.07.24 This boat has twin helms and the wheel is not mounted to a more common Whitlock or Edson pedestal. T
GOB Gone? twodzusfittings at 2:12pm 03.07.24 I feel honored to have had many hours of pure peace, pleasure and opportunity to learn for the last
Large Frame alternator in M25XP (1) dlochner at 2:07pm 03.07.24 And even prettier when installed. ;) Did you get the belt buddy too? I found the standard arm could
Hunter 340 Wing Keel flaking dlochner at 2:00pm 03.07.24 Lead or iron cast keels come out of the mold looking pretty ugly. They are all faired before install
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! dlochner at 1:56pm 03.07.24 Hello, Note that you have the same issues with charts printed on paper. A chart printed with a sca
Boat transport jssailem at 1:18pm 03.07.24 When you include the costs of transportation from Florida to NY, you may find it more affordable to
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! BarryL at 12:47pm 03.07.24 Hello, Note that you have the same issues with charts printed on paper. A chart printed with a scal
G-10 discs for thru-hull Project_Mayhem at 12:46pm 03.07.24 I did something similar with a broken, leaking paddle wheel sensor a few years ago. @dlochner and We
GOB Gone? Rick D at 12:35pm 03.07.24 If you are a subscriber, keep a watch on your email. They promised to provide a download to subscr
Boat transport LloydB at 12:06pm 03.07.24 https://buffalo.craigslist.org/boa/d/lockport-sailboat/7722313629.html if you already have a pick up
Black water seacock Terry Cox at 11:20am 03.07.24 The other option is to haul the boat for a short hang, squirt some lube designed to cut through corr
GOB Gone? thinwater at 11:15am 03.07.24 wow, that's bad news. I better keep all my paper copies of GOB . I hope th
Large Frame alternator in M25XP (1) Hayden Watson at 10:59am 03.07.24 The belt kit came in and it looks beautiful.
Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts Crazy Dave Condon at 9:30am 03.07.24 @patbratton the main purpose for the struts is for mast raising only. There should be a slight l
Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts hunter240 at 9:25am 03.07.24 Hhhhmmmnnn, gonna check mine out a little closer. I know that mine have maybe 1/8th inch play room w
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! (1) JamesG161 at 9:17am 03.07.24 You have a chart, I will print it on paper in color, not folded, for shipping cost to you. I can p
G-10 discs for thru-hull bob45 at 9:12am 03.07.24
Charts? Charts? We don't need no stinking CHARTS! JamesG161 at 9:00am 03.07.24 Did you know with the newest Radar and Chirp Sonar, you can see underwater hazard in front of your S
Pulling chainplates rekkabell at 8:45am 03.07.24 I should add that I gave the deck time to dry. The Git Rot came last. Not a quick process. It's goi

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