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Crazy Idea - or Great idea? john6206 at 7:16am 01.05.25 Ask All Sailors 55/1871 Short exposition: I've been sailing close to 30 years, almost exclusively on trailer sailers in bays
Estimate?? Rxwoman at 3:37pm 01.04.25 Trailer Sailors 28/1726 Hi all. I am thinking about hauling a Hunter 22 cross country. The boat looks good, it's the right p
Rigging - When do you decide to refit your rigging? jssailem at 8:33am 01.04.25 Ask All Sailors 16/683 Over the past year, many questions about Masts and Rigging have been asked. By rigging, I mean both
WiFi Radar DannyS at 7:16am 01.04.25 Ask All Sailors 13/693 I'm starting my research for a complete electronics upgrade and I'm wondering how many of you have a
Hunter 38 Engine Cover/Stairs Latch Repair (3) mpearce at 4:57pm 01.03.25 Big Boats 2/497 Hi All, The latch on my companionway stairs/engine cover has eaten away the floor wood and now the e
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:33am 01.03.25 Ask All Sailors 13/1316 During recent haul out, when the rig was reinstalled, the opening of the furling drum got rotated 18
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole JeffSwans at 7:35am 01.03.25 Ask All Sailors 5/593 Hi all Trying to figure out how to attach a whisker pole on a Beneteau 381 with an in mast furling m
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 yelkenli at 7:14am 01.03.25 Ask All Sailors 15/1193 We had a debate on the need to have a heater in the boat to keep the engine from freezing. This is
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' markymac1961 at 3:15pm 01.02.25 Big Boats 14/2489 Hi Folks, Recently purchased down here in Aus a 1999 Hunter 340 (which having owned for only 3 weeks
pendant line cockpit fitting. HunterMarine280 at 1:09pm 01.02.25 Ask An Oday Owner 4/751 Anyone know where I can get the Cock pit plastic fitting for the swing keel pendant line ? I am ref
Knot for Docking in BC Tedd at 1:04pm 01.02.25 Pacific North West Cruisers 8/1185 Horn cleats are rare on BC docks. Generally, we just have a raised toe rail along the edge of the do
Dish Rack for 2004-2011 Hunter 33 KyleH at 9:18am 01.02.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/554 Wondering if the dish rack I've seen in a few 33's came with the boat from the factory? Probably a l
vent cap (1) Db421 at 9:12am 01.02.25 Big Boats 12/707 I've been looking for these small vent line caps for a while, but not sure where to look. I've trie
Hunter 33 water leak at compression post (2) KyleH at 8:59am 01.02.25 Mid-Size Boats 5/361 Hello all, We purchased our first boat, a 2008 Hunter 33 in the fall. Before it was hauled out, I n
Legend 37 Cockpit Cushions? Ringydingydo at 5:50pm 01.01.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/584 Hey Folks, What are you using for cockpit cushions? You know on the legends the port and starboard s
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Marniko at 10:49am 01.01.25 Mid-Size Boats 20/3270 New to sailing and bought first boat.. Has anyone had luck pulling cable in mast for transducer whil
Pulling cable in mast for i60 wind transducer on C320 Marniko at 10:44am 01.01.25 Smaller Boats 0/22
PlasTeak on floorboards? Nonixskis at 9:30pm 12.31.24 Ask All Sailors 22/3301 Some of the old floorboards on my 1998 Beneteau are water damaged and it makes sense to start over f
how to lock my rudder while under way Migolito at 4:52pm 12.31.24 Catalina 22 9/1997 I have a 1983 C22 with the stock non kick up rudder. There seems to be no way on securing the rudder
Happy New Sailing Year 2025 (1) JamesG161 at 3:43pm 12.31.24 Sails Call Lounge 3/914 229175 Jim and Sue ... PS: and from our boat, the SABA, which is soon back in the water. :biggrin:

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fresh water flush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:16am 03.29.25 No psych exams needed. It was only a few decades ago that all marine toilets were manual toilets.
Emergency Manual Will Gilmore at 10:10am 03.29.25 I also have labels around on things, and probably could use a few more. Things like "Do not use key
Main Rigging Upgrades pgandw at 9:19am 03.29.25 Just a comment on the topping lift - take it FWIW. I had a fixed topping lift that ran from the mas
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack 4lane at 7:51am 03.29.25 Many of you are really reaching into your shadenfreude reserves. The strut is bronze, it has antifou
fresh water flush kloudie1 at 7:43am 03.29.25 I never understood the fresh water flush thing... until... I had to re-locate to a salt water marin
Refresh teak - exterior dmax at 7:06am 03.29.25 I'm with BigEasy - try to refinish without removing. If you do remove, I would replace it with synth
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack dLj at 6:55am 03.29.25 None of us can know what that strut is made from by looking at pictures. It is common to find these
Refresh teak - exterior Davidasailor26 at 6:54am 03.29.25 Be very careful when pressure washing teak. It tends to erode the softer fibers in the grain. Might
Towing through OR around Atlanta? patbratton at 6:15am 03.29.25 Mornings and late afternoon will be bad whether you go straight through or take I-285. The rest of t
Refresh teak - exterior jackhart at 5:52am 03.29.25 I am getting ready to sell our O'Day 22. I found that when I pressure washed the teak, it came back
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack colemj at 5:49am 03.29.25 That bronze is not looking in good shape...can you polish it a bit? From the photo, seeing a lot of
fresh water flush colemj at 5:40am 03.29.25 One final thought here, do you think the fresh water flushing crowd (FWFC) is in any way related to
fresh water flush Tally Ho at 5:39am 03.29.25
fresh water flush colemj at 5:34am 03.29.25
fresh water flush colemj at 5:32am 03.29.25 It sounds like the psychological problem is yours, not with people with fresh water flush heads. Yo
Catalina 22 New Design - Dinette Table Size? chipmonger at 4:53am 03.29.25 Hi George, I'm in the Atlantic City, NJ area. I just got the boat last fall and just really starti
Emergency Manual MFD at 3:47am 03.29.25 In the interests of ensuring and maintaining thread drift... :) For me, the big value on having the
fresh water flush Davidasailor26 at 3:11am 03.29.25
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack marcham at 12:13am 03.29.25 That bronze is not looking in good shape...can you polish it a bit? From the photo, seeing a lot of
Emergency Manual Johnb at 10:34pm 03.28.25 Perhaps those who wish to participate should and those who don't shouldn't.

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