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Water heater danners at 11:51am 09.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/792 Any words of wisdom in removing an old water heater from a hunter 30? It's located between the En
Sheet Storage on ulkhead shanker at 11:48am 09.23.15 Smaller Boats 7/825 On the bulkhead of hy 260, the PO had installed a sheet/rope bag on each side of the companionway. I
Survey results and misc. questions marchem at 10:54am 09.23.15 Catalina 310 6/1404 Slowly moving closer to owning a 310. Did the survey yesterday. Only surprise was that the steerin
Attaching T-Track to teak toe rail oldlaxer1 at 10:14am 09.23.15 Ask All Sailors 12/3616 I'd like to add midship cleats on my Tartan 30 but don't want to put in on the deck due to trip haz
Anchor roller on a Hunter 34 too narrow markwbird at 10:09am 09.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2125 So, all you Hunter 34 owners out there know exactly what I'm talking about. The anchor roller is to
Stepping the mast on a Mac 19 Chris Hansel at 9:46am 09.23.15 Lancer 1/1331 Hi, I'm looking at several boats to replace my 26S. One of the considerations, as I'm up in age, is
2015 In-Review braol at 8:39am 09.23.15 The Cherubini Hunters 0/599 Well, what a long, slow, interesting trip 2015 has been! As some of you may know, my boat was on th
swing keel solitudesdream at 8:36am 09.23.15 Smaller Boats 4/2003 I have just acquired a Hunter 20. I need to replace the cable or rope for the swing keel. How to I s
C310s in Huntington Harbor (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:03am 09.23.15 Catalina 310 20/3266 We were in Lloyd's Harbor on Long Island the other day. We took a dinghy ride into Huntington Harbo
Do This V. How To Do This... Jtcf78911 at 7:15am 09.23.15 Bigger Boats 10/1116 Dear friends in O'Day. :) Pardon my ignorance as a new sailer-owner of a relatively old (1985) O
Any value to 74 oday 20 with delaminated deck? LordNelson at 5:05am 09.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 0/658 I bought a second 74 Oday 20 that appeared to have a solid deck. Mine, Just Ducky, is collapsing und
Transmission question JensJaunt at 4:58am 09.23.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1582 My transmission has a stamp on the housing that says R12563 JFC in it and it is connected to a Walte
Found in a locker looks like a boom vang? danstanford at 4:37am 09.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 13/1688 When rooting through a locker in the salon, I found a brand new piece of heavy braided line with two
Removing Nova Kool frig ---tracking down foul smell 1Goldie at 8:28pm 09.22.15 Big Boats 1/827 We need to pull out the frig in our 36' 2009 Hunter. There is a foul smell coming from around it. We
Quest To Find Kermode Bear - 2015 - A Sailing Log Terry Cox at 8:10pm 09.22.15 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1079 Our almost 70 day journey began on June 15, 2015 at Shelter Bay Marina, across from LaConner in what
Need some advice on sail swap (spinnaker) Macboy at 7:20pm 09.22.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2051 So after hearing that the spinnaker that came with our boat was too big I put it online. At the same
Refinishing tiller trijohn at 7:12pm 09.22.15 Catalina 22 13/6274 I just bought an '86 Catalina 22. I want to refinish the tiller. The top of it is gray where it has
Morgan 34 dnkohler at 6:51pm 09.22.15 Morgan 5/2680 I am having a great time "learning the ropes" with my new old 1969 Morgan. I often struggle getting
Lazy Jacks CHSN WND at 6:26pm 09.22.15 Smaller Boats 13/2134 I read an article that discusses how to make your own Lazy Jack system. Here's the link: http://w
H3083 danners at 6:24pm 09.22.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/605 It's true. I not only took out a 20 year old water heater but found another 32 year old water heater

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60 best Boats 30' and under Captain Larry-DH at 7:13am 01.07.24
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light (2) thinwater at 7:10am 01.07.24 In the legal parlance of the COLREGS and CFR, there is no such thing as a steaming light. The regs
60 best Boats 30' and under Kings Gambit at 5:46am 01.07.24
Help with a new sail PaulK at 5:30am 01.07.24 Sure looks like it's been there for five years or so -- definitely time for a new sail. Don't forget
Help with a new sail jssailem at 5:27am 01.07.24 Nice picture. Could be a threaded pin. Apply the PB blaster or Kroil penetrating oil to the threaded
Help with a new sail garymalmgren at 5:26am 01.07.24 From your new photo NOLA it looks like you have jssailem's tack pin screw.(post #9) The first step i
Help with a new sail (1) NOLA at 5:04am 01.07.24 Several have requested a ph0to of the other side which I should have included. It is attached. Thank
Help with a new sail (1) NOLA at 5:03am 01.07.24
Help with a new sail danstanford at 1:45am 01.07.24 It sure looks like this will thread out toward the photographer freeing the tack of the sail. Normal
Classic wooden boat owners S/V Valiant at 12:17am 01.07.24 You have been slammed north of the 50th parallel. With a serious Yukon High forming. I see you and C
Classic wooden boat owners Will Gilmore at 11:41pm 01.06.24 Will who made the three master schooner? Is that a Hershcoff design Marco Polo by chance? No, alth
Help with a new sail (1) jssailem at 11:20pm 01.06.24 @NOLA how about a picture of the other side. I have seen similar tack pins that screw into the goose
Help with a new sail kloudie1 at 8:00pm 01.06.24 I had a tack point like that on my Spirit 23 . On the other side, there was a small pin through the
1980 C&C 40-2 Access to space under helm DinghySailor at 6:37pm 01.06.24 My '85 37 has the same issues and probably an even tighter cave below the pedestal. I'm probably the
Help with a new sail sailme88 at 6:11pm 01.06.24 that looks like a 180 degrees twist lock. The other end should have an ear on it that make contact w
Beneteau 373 rebedding toe rail and stanchion behind power panel dlochner at 6:09pm 01.06.24 Sealing leaks from outside never work for very long. Any deck fitting that leaks needs to be removed
Help with a new sail jssailem at 5:50pm 01.06.24 It may be that the pin goes thru the tack cringle and has an ear that only allows the pin to be rel
Classic wooden boat owners jssailem at 5:35pm 01.06.24 You have been slammed north of the 50th parallel. With a serious Yukon High forming. I see you and C
Help with a new sail rgranger at 5:34pm 01.06.24 Rubber mallet?:oops:
Mast tabernacle rgranger at 5:31pm 01.06.24

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