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Wanted Mac trailer Blinkie at 8:56am 02.16.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/971 Hello, Im new to your forum thanks for letting me in. Anyone have or know where I might find an old
Sailing with keel UP atrometer at 8:52am 02.16.16 Catalina 22 20/5224 Has anyone sailed with the keel up say with just a reefed main or just a foresail?
Sound system upgrade. Advice? Justin_NSA at 8:11am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 14/1521 What systems have worked for you? Any good reads on this? I have a Sony Unilink system on my '91 Hun
VHF with GPS Damifudo at 7:52am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 10/1049 Its time to upgrade the old VHF radio with the new type DSC and since my helm and radio are in two d
SEAWATER. FILTER (3) ELMAX at 6:39am 02.16.16 Big Boats 10/1783 I cleaned the engine seawater filter. What material they are made these seals? They are on sale? wha
Boathook All U Get at 4:50am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1906 Hi all, I did a search for boathooks and didn't find much, probably they way I search. What I was
Little help on 340 salon lite Rick Templeton at 6:39pm 02.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/698 Lookin for some guidance on the large skylite glazing in the bow side of the salon of a 340. It appe
Sailboat learn/ride near summerville S.C. sailnewbie at 6:17pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1008 I'll be in summerville S.C. for a few days march 5-8, and as you can tell by my name I'm a complete
Beneteau 375 rudder lower ring s2fast4u at 6:16pm 02.15.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2165 Hi, rudder has been removed on my first375 and I'm looking to remove slight play in lower rudder bea
New to site. Have headsail question for H34 Johnhawkk at 5:35pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 9/739 I have been a lurker on this sight for 2 year and I've found it to be invaluable for sailing info. F
Shoutout to Nova Kool druid at 4:07pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 3/1205 I just installed the Nova Kool LT201 icebox conversion kit and I'm more than impressed. The icebox i
Seafurl Unit hard to furl in. ChrisHunter at 4:03pm 02.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1100 I have a 92 Hunter30, where the Seafurl unit is below deck. Most times it is difficult to furl in t
Any Irwin 23s near Annapolis? snizort at 3:38pm 02.15.16 Irwin 0/907 We may be crazy, but four of us are considering buying an Irwin 23 that is located 900 miles from ho
Who make/made the wiring harnesses for late 1990s Yanmar 3JH-2E powered Hunters Diablito at 3:06pm 02.15.16 Big Boats 6/2143 I've read multiple forums about the endemic intermittant starting problems. It seems that it is very
Anchor Roller. What Have You Done for Your 25? geehaw at 2:27pm 02.15.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/847 I am having a hard time coming up with ideas to raise my anchor without dragging the rode along the
How to Disinfect H2O Ballast for Zebra mussels Hugh Burton at 11:32am 02.15.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1921 Rather than piggy backing on previous state line inspection thread: How does one go about disinfecti
Catalina 350 Cmp1110 at 10:45am 02.15.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1049 my wife and I are in the process of upgrading our boat and have been looking at 350's. Would appreci
1970s-1980s Hunter 25 - Bilge Help?!?! atphelan at 9:54am 02.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1841 Just purchased a 1980 Hunter 25; am fixing some odds and ends and gearing up for maiden voyage. I h
Photo of the week Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 9:29am 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 3/487 In the weekly email newsletter, where does the Photo of the Week come from?
Un-stepping mast disaster (2) curtia at 8:38am 02.15.16 Catalina 22 22/10104 I know you want to pick a nice day to un-step the mast but back in November 2015 I had run out of ti

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Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? jon hansen at 8:39am 02.17.24 how often do you clean and lube the slot inside your mast? ... and the slugs?
Moving Up... kappykaplan at 8:20am 02.17.24 Congratulations on the purchase of your new-to-you boat! :beer:
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? kappykaplan at 8:19am 02.17.24 Or should I use a hand held wireless helm Mike? This gets my vote. Keeps the new radio down below
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC smokey73 at 8:18am 02.17.24 I have a Nex Gen 5.5 and am happy with it too. When you have to start it from cold it sometimes tak
Boating with osteoporosis buddybear at 8:14am 02.17.24 Thanks for the reply. I'll know more in 6 weeks. Will be drinking more wine. Did you actually fra
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? dlochner at 8:11am 02.17.24 I changed to a wireless mic, love it. You can be anywhere on the boat and use it. I have a B&G V60 w
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? Jimongee at 8:06am 02.17.24 Thank you dlochner. So it sounds like I need a whole new radio set (helm Mike and nav station set).
Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? dlochner at 8:04am 02.17.24 Check your boom angle when the sail is down. If the aft end of the boom is too far down, when you
Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? smokey73 at 8:00am 02.17.24 Check your boom angle when the sail is down. If the aft end of the boom is too far down, when you g
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? dlochner at 7:46am 02.17.24 Unfortunately, the answer to your questions is no. You may get lucky and find a used mic on eBay, bu
1980 c and c 32 refrdge question dlochner at 7:35am 02.17.24 We are going to need more information. What brand of refrigeration? Is the refrigeration engine driv
Advice on transcontinental shipping sailme88 at 6:48am 02.17.24 You have several modes available. Over the road.. Club mate did this from San Diego to Maine... In M
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina sailme88 at 6:41am 02.17.24 there is a video floating around ( our intended) out there of a race boat stubbing it's toe and the
Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? dlochner at 5:40am 02.17.24 Hi Legend owners, I am close to buying a 1989 Legend 37. The main is impossible to raise the last
Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? (2) Marmalade at 4:54am 02.17.24 My guess is it's the full battens loading-up/binding. We had the same problem... went with a Tides
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC Slipin Away at 3:26am 02.17.24 I have the same boat and did remove the generator. It was actually not that hard. Unbolt the gener
Sunwind 311 - question about hull Kostas Metaxas at 1:02am 02.17.24 Thanks Everybody for taking part in assistance! Wish You nice weekend!
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina Crusty Ol Salt at 7:14pm 02.16.24 Among other things this part puzzles me. Usually a grounding damages the bottom of the boat, not th
Water Leaks marcham at 7:12pm 02.16.24 Another option cutting the top / fittings off and inserting a flexible tank. https://www.plastimo-p
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC (2) Bogart at 6:11pm 02.16.24 Thanks for your replies. Here are a couple of pictures. You will see that the genset is installed (i

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