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Anyome have experience with sunbird 16? (1) Zu13 at 2:34pm 09.09.15 Day Sailers 7/5464 I am looking at buying my first sail boat and this seems to be a great option with my limited budget
need hull measurments jgrimmjs at 1:20pm 09.09.15 Bigger Boats 2/874 Oday 272 le, I need hull or trailer measurements for bunks or support post. This is the second trail
Sizing a roller furler and head sail CHSN WND at 11:27am 09.09.15 Smaller Boats 18/2721 I've been in contact with a gent who has a roller furler and 130 jib he'd like to sell. I'm interest
hydraulic gangway nmenkes at 7:54am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/609 hello all sailors I tried this question on two other threads with no luck !!! may be someone can h
C25 fin keel chord? rbpsbo at 8:34am 09.09.15 Smaller Boats 2/1014 hi all new owner of a Catalina 25 fin keel, and she is still in the water (Cape Cod) wondering if
C25 fin keel chord? rbpsbo at 8:33am 09.09.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/812 hi all new owner of a Catalina 25 fin keel, and she is still in the water (Cape Cod) wondering if
need a dodger ? fgraham at 8:24am 09.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/1660 nEED A DODGER ON A 27?
Replacement of a Yanmar 1gm Marijo at 8:19am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/6891 Does anyone know if it is possible to replace a Yanmar 1gm by a Yanmar 2gm on a 1990 Hunter 27? Than
Painting prop shaft & strut Crazy Dave Condon at 8:17am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1607 As a former dealer in North Carolina, I was taught a trick on painting the metal under water more sp
Cetol vs Varnish. Which is better? markwbird at 7:55am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/9033 So I am refinishing the wood trim on the exterior of my H-34 and I am trying to decide between Sikke
running solar feed wires through topsides? danstanford at 5:54am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1874 The previous owner of my 290 put on a solar panel on the arch and has simply fed the feed wires down
Prone to lightning strikes or less prone? Nodak7 at 5:37am 09.09.15 Big Boats 7/1133 Ok.... I think I just got struck by lightning and here is the situation. My boat is on a lift and w
Washdown pump (1) All U Get at 4:10am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/954 Hi all, We finally anchored out and had a little issue while raising 110 feet of chain. Our wash
Hurth Transmission Repair CYQK at 2:50am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/2023 Have a Hirth 25 transmission on the perkins 4.108 Anyone have experience which company is best at
Replaced my exhaust hose jmish at 12:10am 09.09.15 Catalina 30 8/2414 I replaced the exhaust hose on my 1988 Catalina 30 MkII, and I'm posting my project notes here in ca
New Autopilot Suggestions planoron at 10:33pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 3/702 OK,,,I am sure this will generate a lot of opinions and hopefully so:) We purchased our boat a y
Changing engine controls SFS at 9:36pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 4/709 My H31 has a relatively new Yanmar 3YM20. I have separate throttle and gear controls on the two sid
Need bomar hatch arms (4) SFS at 9:14pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/1948 1983 H31 with what appear to be the original hatches. Total of 2 hatches, one in main cabin, one in
What are these receptacles? (2) SFS at 9:07pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/1121 1983 H31. What can be plugged in to these? I have about 3 of them in the main cabin - they apparent
Does polarity matter ? Padrone at 8:59pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1274 Does polarity matter when connecting up a 12v (car) outlet for use when plugging in an adapter for u

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2GM20F engine issue twodzusfittings at 3:48am 01.06.24 Two things come to mind. First in regards to low compression is, make sure your compression lever is
Polycarbonate Bimini Window Davidasailor26 at 3:14am 01.06.24
Classic wooden boat owners (1) jssailem at 3:05am 01.06.24 Some of my early sailing days were spent on a plywood built Windmill in San Diego bay. During our v
Classic wooden boat owners (1) Will Gilmore at 10:49pm 01.05.24 What kind of boat did you live on when you were younger Will?
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Richard19068 at 8:51pm 01.05.24 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 shemandr at 8:11pm 01.05.24 Room in the head is a big deal for me. Get rid of the stupid nav station and give me a proper space
iPad/tablet mounting CGT100 at 8:06pm 01.05.24 https://armor-x.com/en-ca/collections/boat-marine?filter.p.m.my_fields.design=X-MOUNT+%7C+Mobile+TYP
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 7:49pm 01.05.24 The J-30 is a modern classic for sure. Just be sure to measure the actual headroom, and also stand
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 6:55pm 01.05.24 G Newboat, in general terms ,"tabbing " refers to fiberglassing a wooden partition ,in this case a b
60 best Boats 30' and under FastOlson at 6:45pm 01.05.24 "Comfort ratio" is a calculation that does not actually reflect how a boat really behaves in bouncy
iPad/tablet mounting quadrille38 at 6:06pm 01.05.24
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s dlochner at 5:59pm 01.05.24 The VOR boats were so fast downwind sailing became a beam reach because the apparent wind moved that
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light dlochner at 5:45pm 01.05.24
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead G Newboat at 5:43pm 01.05.24 Maybe I'm misunderstanding the terminology, but what are they saying in post #13- etc. when they tal
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light rgranger at 5:18pm 01.05.24 The masthead light on the 1/2 Ton is mounted about halfway up the mast and has 225 degrees. That i
Classic wooden boat owners Sanfelice at 5:15pm 01.05.24 When fiberglass boats came into the picture people used to say they never saw a hundred year old fib
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light pgandw at 4:59pm 01.05.24 On my past ODay 25 and my current Stuart Mariner (19ft), I hang (hung) a battery powered lantern on
Classic wooden boat owners dLj at 4:17pm 01.05.24 I'd imagine there are a number of us that are wooden boat lovers. But most have moved to another mat
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light stanirish at 3:11pm 01.05.24 The masthead light on the 1/2 Ton is mounted about halfway up the mast and has 225 degrees. I boug
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light stanirish at 3:07pm 01.05.24 He didn't say he had a 360 light. A "masthead light", often called a steaming light, is a forward f

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