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Bent 1983 H34 Bow Pulpit (1) H3newdog at 7:04am 01.22.16 Big Boats 1/1075 I had been wondering why there was so much slack in the lifelines when the manager of the yard point
West Marine Rope Sale Today bushav at 6:08am 01.22.16 Catalina 22 21/1952 40 percent all bulk rope at West Marine. Today only, January 22. Lane
01' Hunter 340 W/Yanmar 30gm30F re- propping Bronxite at 5:47am 01.22.16 Engines and Propulsion 10/1435 I'm a new Hunter 340 owner. Not to start a big discussion , but trying to read all these threads to
Flex water tank CYQK at 4:03pm 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 10/3468 Getting ready to install new flex water tanks.The old ones are Nauta tanks Plastimo makes a similar
New sails bfriolet at 4:00pm 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 1/583 Has anyone bought a sail from Precision Sails?
Value of Mast for 1980's Hunter 22' mmcpa1960 at 10:40am 01.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/673 I have a mast for a 1980's 22' Hunter. It has all the cabling. It appears to be in good condition. I
Sailor's Box eugenesdream24 at 10:29am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 1/52 Hey everyone on the SailboatOwners forums, I wanted to reach out to all of you directly without comi
Water between the false floor and hull Nathan57 at 9:55am 01.21.16 Catalina 22 9/3579 I fixed most of the top side leaks on my Catalina 22 and have very little leaking now. However, I d
Lazy Jacks Come Sail Away at 9:44am 01.21.16 S2 16/5144 Since I solo sail much of the time and have the most difficulty when raising or lowering the main, I
Boat drinks Waitress, I need two more boat drinks Bad Obsession at 7:59am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 41/2874 Those of us here on the East Coast are about ready to be dumped on, literally. In my area they are
Fairness of Pursuit Races? Kings Gambit at 7:38am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 21/5187 My wife and I crewed in a pursuit race recently. Pursuit races are PHRF-handicapped races where the
makeshift water tank Hobopacket at 7:30am 01.21.16 Catalina 22 9/2144 Hey there! Thanks for all of your help so far. I am planning on building a small galley and was wond
Design for a new bimini S4iln at 9:10pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/3447 we have never been happy with bimini on our Oceanis 37. The dodger works well and provides good prot
Autopilot for Hunter 356 Ken Archer at 4:28pm 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 30/6538 I have recently purchased a Hunter 356 and want to install an autopilot. I have been informed that t
Precision Sails LakeMurraySailor at 4:03pm 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 12/2554 Hi fellow sailors! I submitted a quote request form on the precisionsailloft.com website and receive
Owners of New Sense or Oceanis Models Mongo Mike at 3:53pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/662 Hello and Thank You for Checking This Post. This is probably an odd thread and I think the easiest w
3 Bridge race S.F. Bay Slider at 2:33pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/1526 This race will be held on Sat. 1-30-16. Last year we had over 300 boats. This year looks to be jus
Windlass For H33 lehighsail at 2:17pm 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 8/1206 Seems like this might be a good time to buy a windlass. I have a 25 lb Manson Supreme anchor and w
Hunter Passage 42 photos janiemeneely at 1:33pm 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1178 We are running a Time Tested review of the Hunter Passage 42 in the March issue of Chesapeake Bay Ma
folding wheel for Hunter 410 wally123 at 11:42am 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/476

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Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? dlochner at 5:51am 02.13.24 Where will you store the cradle when the boat isn't in it? That could be the determining factor. The
Your experience with propane outboards? SkookumZac at 5:34am 02.13.24 Can you use the 5lb propane tank horizontally??? Hi john, yes it works fine horizontally. -Z
Hunter 320 in mast furling shemandr at 5:21am 02.13.24 Wow! I posted on that thread in 2015. I think that since then we've seen more stack packs than IM
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (1) JamesG161 at 3:57am 02.13.24 Visual observation of yours, looks about right. I checked my prebend per my Boat manual. I used a p
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? rgranger at 3:14am 02.13.24 My daughter shipped her car from SC to CA For $400. seems you should be able to flat bed a cradle
(re) location of hot water heater john2 at 2:43am 02.13.24 Well, it went back on the original place. all the hoses, coolant and water connections are way be
stripping cetol from teak SailingLoto at 2:33am 02.13.24 36 grit on a block make quick work or it. Stop buying hardware store sandpaper. Go get some good
I think my problem is just a bit obvious. The good news is that at least a fair amoint of threads still remain in the bottom bolt hole. Any ideas on h KCofKC at 10:18pm 02.12.24 Brad, apparently it is not as obvious to us as it is to you. It might be helpful for us if we knew
Mattress for aft cabin dmax at 7:28pm 02.12.24 I haven't done exactly what you're saying but when I replaced the foam in my cushions, I put the foa
Mattress for aft cabin CET at 7:10pm 02.12.24 I am making a mattress for the AFT cabin and plan to for the V-Berth as well. The V-Berth is in 3 p
stripping cetol from teak dlochner at 6:26pm 02.12.24 I'd like to hear an answer as well. My concern is that Cetol has pigment in it that, like stain, m
MacGregor 27 trailer (1) CaptVR at 6:14pm 02.12.24 Not mine but could be a great find for $250 for someone with a 27' swing keel MacGregor Unfortunat
Hunter 320 in mast furling capta at 5:03pm 02.12.24 Everybody is going to tell you of their bad experiences with IMRF, and it does take some time and ca
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 PaulK at 4:38pm 02.12.24 Looks like a nice, pretty even curve that should be good for keeping the main's draft forward. Not e
stripping cetol from teak Poodle Head Mikey at 4:34pm 02.12.24 What? The entire reason I've used Cetol these many years is that you Never have to strip it off or
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? jssailem at 4:33pm 02.12.24 1). but what about the other end? 2). Would I attach the other end to another line run back to the
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? Calif. Ted at 3:43pm 02.12.24 It is desirable to be able to adjust the tack to match the clew and keep the foot of the sail level.
WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters joker460 at 2:06pm 02.12.24 BTW, the OP has posted this all over the sailing forums. Check out his post on SailNet.com and the
WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters dlochner at 1:56pm 02.12.24 Just my 2 cents worth. I don't know what's in the black box on the sewing machine but I would guess
WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters joker460 at 1:50pm 02.12.24 Just my 2 cents worth. I don't know what's in the black box on the sewing machine but I would guess

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