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Time to spare--all lines leading back to cockpit Windtherapy at 6:34pm 03.22.16 Day Sailers 15/5076 So it's a few months before I can think of launching and was planning on changing all my running rig
Upgrading to (used) Self-Tailing Winches marke14 at 5:41pm 03.22.16 Ask All Sailors 14/5195 Hello everyone - I thought I'd test the proverbial waters on this subject. We have a 25' sloop that
H25 hull zincs-? DianaOfBurlington at 5:29pm 03.22.16 The Cherubini Hunters 15/1929 I am wondering what, if anything, other H25 owners have done about zinc anodes on the hull. My boat
Yamaha Outboard Problem After Carb Rebuild (1) geoffschultz at 4:14pm 03.22.16 Ask All Sailors 5/4444 I'm in Panama trying to get my boat ready to depart for Honduras/Belize/Guatemala. My 15-HP Yamaha
Wish Bone Rigs Andymay27 at 3:41pm 03.22.16 Ask All Sailors 18/3700 I'm intrigued by the simplicity of the wish bone rig. The Nonsuch boats, esp the 22, seem like the p
O'Day 30 Manual Bilge Pump cookcwayne at 2:55pm 03.22.16 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2157 Any one know the make of the manual bilge pump ? Bought the boat and it is missing.
Miraflores lock photo (1) Joe A at 11:52am 03.22.16 Ask All Sailors 11/702 My friend was in Panama two weeks ago and he sent me this photo of two sailboats in the Miraflores l
Starter Motor Battery Stud John Foster at 10:46am 03.22.16 Ask All Sailors 4/703 I have a Yanmar 3JH2E engine, and want to order a new cable for my starter motor. Problem is my boa
what's this for?? whatfiero at 9:56am 03.22.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1505 All Hunter 30 owners 88-94 can ya tell me what the 3' or 4' stainless steel tube in anchor locker wi
SAILS Do Little at 9:56am 03.22.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1233 Has anyone replaced their sails on a 45' Oceanis? We have a self tacking system and a plate for a se
Measuring Strain on the Anchor Rode Kings Gambit at 9:14am 03.22.16 Ask All Sailors 37/5176 How could one measure the strain on the rode of a yacht at anchor? I was thinking of some sort of s
Steering inspections Sailvayu at 8:44am 03.22.16 Ask All Sailors 0/468 With the coming season it is time to think about inspecting your steering system. For those with the
Stern & Bow lights Alansails at 5:48am 03.22.16 Catalina 310 2/885 Can anyone advise how the stern and Bow light covers disassemble from the unit? I want to replace th
Masthead pulleys Jammin jr at 3:32am 03.22.16 Smaller Boats 7/1896 What size pulley should I get for the main and jib halyard pulley at the mast head? Mine are missing
Built in solid foam floatation Ericnorm at 10:19pm 03.21.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1171 Greetings, I had a question about a 92 macgregor 26S my wife and I purchased. I was reading a few p
Shaft Log diameter Ken13559 at 7:40pm 03.21.16 Mid-Size Boats 5/2212 I'm contemplating installing a (PYI PSS) dripless shaft seal on 1" prop shaft. Can anyone advise me
Fresh water leak on MH40 Phantom154 at 7:36pm 03.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1270 I recently took possession of a 2014 MH40. It has developed a leak in the fresh water system. It sta
Lewmar 16 single speed/self-tailing winch service Tally Ho at 7:07pm 03.21.16 Ask All Sailors 2/749 i pulled the Lewmar 16 winch off the boat to tear it down and service it before we put the O'Day 322
Selecting the right size anchor rode Dinghydreams at 6:53pm 03.21.16 Ask All Sailors 25/5862 Ahoy Folks, I'm new to the forum and hoping to rouse some good answers! I just bought a Bristol
Finished my VHF Install Bad Obsession at 5:13pm 03.21.16 Ask All Sailors 15/1032 Holy Cow! That was a HUGE project. Basically I added a brand new VHF into my boat where there ha

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Removing old paint dlochner at 8:36am 11.18.23 It looks like several layers of paint over raw fiberglass. The darker reddish color looks like polye
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 8:34am 11.18.23 Wait, you mean I'm not the only one?!? I'm one of those "a place fo everything and everything has
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Stu Jackson at 8:25am 11.18.23 Dude, I can't believe you have the same problem! Wait, you mean I'm not the only one?!? I'm one
st60+ wind ind, speed hull spd (1) Tally Ho at 7:54am 11.18.23 It sounds like you would need to add a depth transducer and some type of display For depth. You cou
Where to look for a raw water leak. artboas at 7:51am 11.18.23 So, the exhaust hose in the aft lazzerette is totally cracked and I am betting that needs replaced
Remove Prop artboas at 7:48am 11.18.23 Great helpful video Greg. Timely as well. This time of year many are hauling their boat ashore, put
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 jssailem at 7:42am 11.18.23 Congrats on your new boat. May it fulfill your desires and bring much pleasure to your sailing days.
Convert partial battens to full battens jssailem at 7:40am 11.18.23 True Greg. The image of your full battened wing clarifies the information. Your boat is charging a
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 7:39am 11.18.23 221465
Hunter 306 vertical play on Rudder Stock.......how to fix? colin59 at 7:36am 11.18.23 Hi we have a simmilar play issue in a H290...where did you get the instructions and photos of the in
st60+ wind ind, speed hull spd RitSim at 7:26am 11.18.23 There are also depth instruments that are mounted inside the boat with no thru hull hole. This is ju
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 inkunzi at 7:23am 11.18.23
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:16am 11.18.23
Remove Prop jssailem at 7:09am 11.18.23 Great helpful video Greg. Timely as well. This time of year many are hauling their boat ashore, putt
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 inkunzi at 7:08am 11.18.23 I have '88 Hunter 28.5 and I do understand your initial impression, that the boom is too low, but w
Hunter 37 Cutter dLj at 6:49am 11.18.23 I was sad to to see that George Buoy has listed his Hunter 37 Cutter here on SailboatOwners. He has
Remove Prop fstbttms at 6:46am 11.18.23 Here is how I did it today... What would make tightening the nuts easier isn't a finer thread on t
Remove Prop Crazy Dave Condon at 6:26am 11.18.23
st60+ wind ind, speed hull spd colin59 at 6:20am 11.18.23 Hi again, thanks for your input, here is what we have: Colin Raytheon Model ST60 true and apparent w
Remove Prop BigEasy at 6:09am 11.18.23 Here is how I did it today Greg, Excellent video!

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