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Hunter 146 cockpit floor sag kmbrink at 8:27pm 08.21.15 Day Sailers 3/1470 Boat purchased new 2004, original owner. For years, have noticed boat takes on some water in hull a
Sail Size - H19-93 tom flatley at 7:53pm 08.21.15 Smaller Boats 2/631 Just got a H-19-93 anybody know the dimensions of the main and jib? all I know is that the total
Hunter 19 1993 tom flatley at 7:27pm 08.21.15 Smaller Boats 3/1078 Hi So I just bought a 19- am in Rangeley Me- saw that there is a gino8644 who lives in Rockland Me a
Transporting a 386 and taking down a Selden Main Furler sandiegosailor99 at 7:20pm 08.21.15 Big Boats 6/1344 Does anyone have any experience with taking down the mast on a Hunter 380 with roller furling for tr
Water heater removal 1977 hunter 30 riverbouy at 7:11pm 08.21.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1474 I need to replace my hot water heater but can't determine a method to remove it. I can disconnect i
Things Are Looking Clearer.... Maine Sail at 4:30pm 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1778 This sure beats the 40 nm we did today in 50' to 100' vis.. http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/im
Crazy Engine Question.... Zed at 4:26pm 08.21.15 Engines and Propulsion 21/7076 MY WIFE, the Admiral, has just informed me that her long term wish was to be able to propel our litt
Voluntary swimming, but not by choice (3) Rich Stidger at 4:25pm 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 14/2893
Yanmar 2gmF zinc(s) IH82BL8 at 3:44pm 08.21.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/1062 The Yanmar service manual indicates the use of zincs on a raw water cooled engine. The 2gmf uses a
Jib Furling Direction Don Guillette at 1:55pm 08.21.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 15/5836 Mates: I get all kinds of questions by phone ' email from sailors all over the world. Normally, I ca
Fish finder VS depth sounder / instrument set? Macboy at 12:45pm 08.21.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1775 Our Mac came with a fish finder which gives us hull speed from a little paddle wheel on the back/bot
Hatch Latch (1) repawn at 12:28pm 08.21.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/787 Hi all, My 73 O'day 22 did not come with a forward hatch cover - finally made one last night. Sti
Windows H386 Adamt24 at 9:38am 08.21.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/588 Hi all I have excessive crazing on my 2003 H386 windows and was thinking of replacing them this wint
Where to put a generator on 373 Sjvaun at 9:37am 08.21.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2272 Wondering where I might put a generator (and what size) in my 05 Oceanis 373 to run the A/C and/or c
DIY Bow Sprit/ Anchor Roller (1) sunman at 9:36am 08.21.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/12106 Been looking at whats out there as far as Bow Anchor Rollers, and the $$$ built this one for under
Check out my custom hard dodger (5) wellfinishedpearson36 at 9:20am 08.21.15 Pearson 19/6751 This is my 1986 Pearson 36 with a custom hard dodger I designed and built. Hope you all like it.
Trade up to a larger boat fgraham at 9:15am 08.21.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/3 I want to move up to a boat that is a little more bluewater type. I have a nice Catalina 27 w diese
Documentation Dysfunction - Serious Issue for Buyers and Sel Roger Long at 9:10am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 44/5919 It is illegal to operate a U.S. Documented vessel without a current and valid Certificate of Documen
New engine for a 34? El Jackalope at 7:32am 08.21.15 Sabre Sailboats 5/3370 The original Vovlo MD11 in our 1978 Sabre 34 is running hot and we're thinking it might be time to r
Waterway guide / Explorer VS Active Captain MrBill_FLL at 7:31am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 6/3005 FWIW I was passed a link on waterway guide, and noticed the waterway Explorer (like active captain)

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Selden in-mast furling questions Ralph Johnstone at 11:30am 12.20.23 I'm hoping our initial issue was just due to the stiffness of the brand new sail. Buried somewher
Fore Stay Bow Connection KCofKC at 11:26am 12.20.23 Tailboom, oddly enough I am in your area and sail a Catalina 28. Like most have said most often it
OGO Desiccant Install and Experience zinahewitt at 11:17am 12.20.23 Any smelly updates ? or is it scentless sailing ? Happy Holidays.
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 10:43am 12.20.23 Ritdog , the bulkheads were not tabbed to the hull from the factory . There are a lot of conflicting
Selden in-mast furling questions LloydB at 10:09am 12.20.23 I am curious about what kind of instructions were sent with the new sail. I ask because these days w
Selden in-mast furling questions George Braun at 9:40am 12.20.23 The age and condition of the sail is of primary importance. We bought a lightly used 2008 Hunter 36
Fire Port (1) gwoolverton at 9:30am 12.20.23 Here's a photo of the 310's engine cover / companionway. Maybe the triangle area on the aft end wo
Selden in-mast furling questions Sailor Sue at 9:09am 12.20.23 Progress report: Thanks to the Selden manual we determined the sail was rolled the wrong way. (And
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (1) william24424 at 8:45am 12.20.23 I started as a review of the Bene 34.1, because charter companies have them available to try...am al
Datamarine wind instrument question dlochner at 8:04am 12.20.23 No drop in replacement. Datamarine has been out of business a long time. However, several of their t
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review shemandr at 7:35am 12.20.23 Not sure I agree about a plumb bow. I will agree it adds waterline and hence speed - at least while
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (5) william24424 at 7:09am 12.20.23 Thanks for finding a PHRF rating, surprised the Old Cal 33 holds up. Racing and performance is impor
Selden in-mast furling questions (1) kbgunn at 6:42am 12.20.23
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review PJL at 6:24am 12.20.23 Saw comments about handholds inside. My Hunter passage 42 did not have them either; now it does...
Re-rigging without mast removal. Jim_H42 at 4:50am 12.20.23 I have a 1992 Hunter Passage 42 which has a B&R rig with a backstay and masthead jib. I had to remo
Compression post repair tampahokie at 4:47am 12.20.23 Irwin made my '84CC38' with an inner pan that rests inside the hull. The inner pan has the molded s
Hatch leak repair dlochner at 4:46am 12.20.23
ISO Port Light gaskets for 1988 Irwin CC tampahokie at 4:31am 12.20.23 Awhile back, I replaced all the opening portlites with New Found Metals products. They're really ni
Hatch leak repair Tally Ho at 4:10am 12.20.23 That's pretty typical. The blue stuff is probably Interlux Watertite fairing compound. It serves 2
Prop rotation question kappykaplan at 2:12am 12.20.23 And with some elbow grease and buffing compounds it could look that way again, until it is in the w

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