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Hatch Tent Bad Obsession at 1:37pm 04.15.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1963 I have found that having a hatch tent for a boat is really nice when you are out cruising. I have
Finishing Delrin CYQK at 1:01pm 04.15.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1949 Installed a new base for one of my foot blocks How do you get a smooth finish on it?
Towing/retrieving with all wheel drive (1) SamLust at 12:22pm 04.15.15 Trailer Sailors 29/8380 I'm looking for personal experience using an all wheel drive vehicle to tow and retrieve a small sai
Simpson Lawrence Windlass letting go under gravity Jerry21707 at 9:04am 04.15.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1359 2007 Hunter 31 with a Sprint Atlantic Gipsy/Drum model 457. The unit works fine under power both up
leaking windows/ ports solodare at 8:17am 04.15.15 Trailer Sailors 19/3330 Can some one point me in the right direction? Im having trouble finding DIY info. I have a venture
S2 9.2C Rudder Shaft Dimensions islndr at 7:22am 04.15.15 S2 1/2032 I need to replace my rudder and rudder shaft on my 1986 S2 9.2C. The company I found to manufacture
Newbie Needs Advice mlindberg1 at 6:06am 04.15.15 Day Sailers 0/646 I am 99% on my way to be the new owner of an O'day 26. As far as I can tell everything checks out an
O'day 222 rudder repair kveach at 6:03am 04.15.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2930 Hello all, My wife and I are the new owners of a well-kept 1987 O'day 222. Still sorting through
Alternator with dual charging outputs? Ebbing Lattitude at 5:25am 04.15.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1739 Working on my DC system on my new to me boat, and I've found a couple things I can't seem to reconci
41 saloon dead lights uncledom at 4:37am 04.15.15 Big Boats 11/1591 I have a 2006 Hunter 41 that has a leak on the starboard dead light, forward in the saloon. I would
Boom Height/Bimini bambamh at 12:01am 04.15.15 Smaller Boats 5/1139 Boom Height/Bimini/H26 I want to put a Bimini on my 94 H26. How high is the boom. I have not steppe
Mystery Brackets (2) SoundWave at 5:14pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1190 We recently bought a 1992 26S It has these brackets (they look pretty beat up) on the pulpit
Portlight replacement, only option new? Really?! Hump Day at 5:03pm 04.14.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/1371 I own a 1982 H27. Just like with the rest of you, my Gray ports are at the point that I'm afraid to
Cutting off the hatch flange to make flat base???? Hump Day at 4:45pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 4/2765 I have a 1982 Hunter 27 That has two hatches. A forward Trapezoidal hatch and an midship rectangle h
Bow Thruster Maintiance RHUMB RUNNER at 4:43pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 0/706 I have a Max Power tunnel bow thruster on my Hunter 49, I was told this is a sealed unit in the tunn
Elongated mast pivot hole on 26S Bfranchini at 4:03pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1339 I Believe I once saw a solution to this problem but I can't find the thread... To sum it up, one of
lost!!! please help! futuresailor at 3:06pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 16/2091 I've been sailing with friends and family for a while and now im wanting to buy a sailboat of my own
Auto Pilot For H376 tbleonard at 2:38pm 04.14.15 Big Boats 4/1103 I Am Looking To Add An Autopilot To My 1997 H376. My Other Electronics Is Raymarine. Any Suggestio
Cayenne pepper in bottom paint shebakescakes at 1:38pm 04.14.15 Mid-Size Boats 9/3204 Has anyone heard of using cayenne pepper as an additive before bottom painting their boat? I had som
Boom rigging sloanstavern at 12:59pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1506

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Usefulness of a boom slider(s) on a Selden boom/mast on a 386 Hamish_s at 9:18am 10.10.23 Thank you all for the responses - very helpful, and I can now either ignore them, hang some decorati
Invest 93L Benny17441 at 9:17am 10.10.23 A mild low, which will move quickly with slim chance of strengthening; mainly a rain event for the F
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction Hayden Watson at 9:09am 10.10.23 Thanks, Fellas. First step is to see if the motor is gummed up, can be lubed etc. The alternate m
Dual Tracks on Hunter 33 Scott B at 8:52am 10.10.23 Tracks on the deck were an option for single-handing. Run the sheets to the 2 winches beside the he
Invest 93L kloudie1 at 8:32am 10.10.23 We are keeping fingers crossed that it brings us some rain .. We in Baton Rouge area, are around 7 i
Invest 93L (1) JamesG161 at 8:16am 10.10.23 When is it going to pass over SC? 48 hours
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Crazy Dave Condon at 8:09am 10.10.23 @Tally Ho I was referring to this thread Dave
Invest 93L rgranger at 8:06am 10.10.23 When is it going to pass over SC?:cool:
Precision 23 dock size rgranger at 8:05am 10.10.23 It would not be hard to measure your sheer. Drop a plumb line over the side of your gunnel and then
Dual Tracks on Hunter 33 (1) kbgunn at 8:04am 10.10.23 The deck mounted tracks are used for most sailing conditions and point of sail. Since the sheet is l
Removing rust stains from sail fabric...? rgranger at 8:01am 10.10.23 ...polyester is inert, :plus:And BTW: Dacron is a polyester:beer:
Precision 23 dock size Scubagirl62 at 7:45am 10.10.23 But isn't that the widest part of the boat and a ways above the waterline?
In h260 does water ballast plug area somehow drain to bilge? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:26am 10.10.23 I sold 25% of the 260 line and it does not matter which water you are in as it is just filling volum
Damage to Keel High Current at 7:17am 10.10.23 The fact that the keel seam in your picture is still wet while the hull around it is dry strongly su
Is metal bar with loops 3 ft long the H260 gin pole? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:09am 10.10.23 @Davenport @twalker H260 advised you correctly on all three accounts particularly on the mast rai
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" odaydokay at 6:56am 10.10.23 O'day ( at least on the 28's and probably others) plumbed tank to lift pump to engine with its screw
Precision 23 dock size JBP-PA at 6:46am 10.10.23 Well, 8' 6" is 102 inches, so probably not. Not without a shoe horn and what about fenders.
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction odaydokay at 6:39am 10.10.23 Thanks, Fellas. First step is to see if the motor is gummed up, can be lubed etc. The alternate mo
Removing rust stains from sail fabric...? jssailem at 5:42am 10.10.23 I love the scientific answer. Thank you @thinwater. :beer: Better living through chemistry
P42 Watermaker Install Jim_H42 at 5:38am 10.10.23 Neffilicious - beautiful install! I didn't realize there was so much space behind the seatee backs

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