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Hunter 306 swim ladder Brinky63 at 5:47pm 07.04.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/764 where can i buy a swim ladder for the hunter 306? The manual has is as a 16" telescoping swim ladder
Looking at buying a 1976 O'Day 15 cyberfiche at 2:24pm 07.04.23 Day Sailers 3/808 My current sailboat is a sunfish, and my wife has been wanting me to upgrade to something a little l
Electric Winch Pmack240 at 1:26pm 07.04.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/474 How do you turn on DC power to the winch. I turned on circuit breaker located behind aft cabin door
Lewmar forward hatch handle has come off and there is slight cracking on the lense around the hole. Jason and Dina at 9:54am 07.04.23 Ask All Sailors 5/430 Our Lewmar forward hatch handle has come off and there is slight cracking on the lense around the ho
Can anyone explain this southern Atlantic pattern of July 4? (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 9:05am 07.04.23 Weather and Forecasting 4/630
Adler Barbour Compressor "Pumping" when on Battery Power duck21 at 7:28am 07.04.23 Ask All Sailors 13/1327 Hello, We have a 90's vintage Adler Barbour Super Cold Machine on our boat. It works great at keepi
HAPPY 4th of JULY... INDEPENDENCE DAY (3) jssailem at 7:14am 07.04.23 Sails Call Lounge 1/507 Wishing all of you sailors a Happy 4th of July. 217513
Catalina 270 Rub Rail (1) RandySmith at 5:41am 07.04.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1449
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 (3) wnischt at 3:57am 07.04.23 Ask All Sailors 11/668 The wing keel on my boat was damaged/bent during Hurricane Ian in FL. In addition to the starboard
ray marine SL72 nmenkes at 1:09am 07.04.23 Big Boats 0/255 i am looking for a source of used parts of the A/M system
Fuel (In)Efficiency BTreanor at 10:51pm 07.03.23 Big Boats 9/1872 Greetings. New Catalina 36 owner. New to cruising on my own boat (as opposed to friends' boats). New
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything (4) Ralph Johnstone at 9:55pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 27/1997 217496 Below is an exploded view of the holding mechanism : 217499 This is a closeup of the abo
Schaefer traveller q's (2) fred1diver at 6:26pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 1/274
shore power female-end fell in the water Egovos at 3:46pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1842 Novice question- the female end of my shore power cord fell in the water while it was plugged in on
Shoutout to Weems & Plath Art12050 at 2:24pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 2/367 Our 25 year old Time and Tide clock stopped working. I boxed it up and sent it off to Weems ' Plath
2004 Hunter Passage 420 Questions Mike H. at 1:16pm 07.03.23 Big Boats 7/1291 We just purchased a 2004 420 Passage Center Cockpit. Love the boat. Had some work done in dry dock i
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (1) jssailem at 1:08pm 07.03.23 Weather and Forecasting 66/6403 Musetta is the muse of @dLj . She came into David's life after a disappointing Florida Keys adventur
cant identify my venture2? micmacirq at 12:01pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 8/476 recently purchased a venture sailboat. i was told it was a 222 but upon measuring the mast and late
Lower unit gear oil john6206 at 10:37am 07.03.23 Trailer Sailors 1/573 Hey all, I always feel a bit weird changing my gear oil every year given that I probably put less
Engineering Issues jssailem at 10:23am 07.03.23 Sails Call Lounge 12/1166 I saw this video this morning and wondered, how did the park safety team miss this on their AM inspe

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Sails, materials, designs - so many questions colemj at 12:38pm 04.08.25 I don't actually know what material my sails are currently made from. That's a area I could use to
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions colemj at 12:35pm 04.08.25 A Triradial Dacron sail will hold it's performance longer while a laminate / high tech sail will co
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 12:33pm 04.08.25 It sounds like you shouldn't change too much. The sail you have, other than the patch and wear, se
solar charging system during haulout kappykaplan at 12:33pm 04.08.25 That way the batteries can run bilge pumps or anything else like a router or cameras that you want
I need your help Stan1906 at 12:32pm 04.08.25 20 people have already completed the survey, this may be the best forum out there. Thank you very m
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions BarryL at 12:25pm 04.08.25 Hello, Here are my thoughts: Mainsail - A cross cut Dacron sail will be your lowest cost option. Th
Hatch boards vents dLj at 12:19pm 04.08.25 I put in a passive exhaust vent in place of the "circular solar powered exhaust fan" when the batte
Looking for ideas on galley remodel fred1diver at 12:17pm 04.08.25 Ok, new season approaching fast, time to tackle the galley, just got a survey done on her, the surve
Transom repair O'day 22 pgandw at 12:15pm 04.08.25 Don't really have enough info on what is there and what isn't, so I'm guessing: 1) outboard motor br
Cabin sole carpet ideas dlochner at 12:14pm 04.08.25 We have a small throw rug with a nonskid backing. Picked it up at Lowe's Hardware store. Canadian Ti
Outhaul modifications fred1diver at 12:06pm 04.08.25 I just brought the boom home, will take pics later
WWP19 keel storage C22BC at 12:02pm 04.08.25 Yeah thanks for confirming my concerns
Hatch boards vents pgandw at 11:56am 04.08.25 I put in a passive exhaust vent in place of the "circular solar powered exhaust fan" when the batter
B&R rig tuning take 1 colemj at 11:40am 04.08.25 I'm not quite sure what you are describing. I'm assuming it is the prebend fore-aft in the mast, an
WWP19 keel storage Timm R Oday25 at 11:37am 04.08.25 With the keel being "locked up" , for myself I would think it would not be a big concern . The short
solar charging system during haulout colemj at 11:27am 04.08.25 The only thing you need to do is to set your controllers to the voltage you want for maintaining the
7 Years no haul out marcham at 10:46am 04.08.25 There will always be another boat.... :)
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions Will Gilmore at 9:43am 04.08.25 My foresail is a high cut Yankee. It's a really nice sail and drives my boat very well. It balances
Hatch boards vents Timm R Oday25 at 9:32am 04.08.25 I was thinking exhausting out . The whole reason I even started down this path was to keep condenst
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 9:24am 04.08.25 Well I went and looked at the boat this past weekend..... I ended up passing up on the boat. It jus

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