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Happy Holidays, BobM at 7:44pm 12.24.14 S2 1/844 Happy Hanukah, Merry Christmas, etc...to all my fellow S2 owners!
Solar Panel Installation hunter legend 35.5 drkmcdaniel at 6:18pm 12.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/6101 Need assistance on installation and wiring of solar panels on a 1994 Hunter legend. We have an inver
Where does your boat name come from? (1) Meriachee at 2:30pm 12.24.14 Ask All Sailors 63/8614 There was a huge response to the question of your SBO name, and the question was posed; where does y
H34 Automatic Bilge Elec Hookup Location PGIJon at 10:50am 12.24.14 Big Boats 13/1782 Sorry about all these questions but I'm finally able to spend sometime working on the boat and I rea
Need a laugh? Check out my first attempt sewing cushions (2) kito at 10:30am 12.24.14 Ask All Sailors 39/5246 I have had my Reliable Barracuda sewing machine for a week now. After practicing on scrap fabric and
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Phil Herring at 10:15am 12.24.14 Ask All Sailors 11/1678 Here's to a great couple days with family and friends, and lots of stuff for your boat under the tre
Furlex Jib Furling Drum Problems tjg1955 at 8:45am 12.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/5914 I have a 2004 Hunter 36 with a Furlex drum on the jib. When pulling out the jib the line will often
Reviving a dead battery John T1594 at 7:37pm 12.23.14 Ask All Sailors 10/2074 So, I saw this video in You-tube and find it hard to believe. I don't know that much about battery c
Battery bank and monitor question holdech at 6:53pm 12.23.14 Ask All Sailors 46/6896 The various battery monitors I have looked at treat the "house bank" as a single entity. I tend to
Flat washer UNDER battery lug (2) Joe5917 at 6:46pm 12.23.14 Musings With Maine Sail 1/2410 The 4D batteries in my Catalina 320 don't have built-in threaded terminals but rather simple lead po
If I were buying a new mainsail Ken Cross at 5:40pm 12.23.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1374 I've posted before about possibly buying a H30. I was looking on this site at sail prices should I w
IYE traveler upgrade? Nauti-Gent at 5:20pm 12.23.14 Lancer 3/4271 I'm looking to upgrade my traveler to get more purchase power? I have an IYE England traveler syste
Prop shaft turns while sailing? McIntoshUSA at 4:11pm 12.23.14 Ask All Sailors 35/9426 I recently noticed that while sailing my prop shaft turns. If I put the engine in reverse(engine is
AICW NY to Delaware River. melliott0352 at 3:48pm 12.23.14 Destinations 5/2587 Thinking of taking the boat south for the winter in a few or more years. Trying to do some homework.
Installing transducer in Hunter 216 Ed_S at 2:57pm 12.23.14 Ask All Sailors 29/4955 I'd like to install a depth through hull transducer in my Hunter 216 Background: The 216 hull is co
Snarky Boat Names CloudDiver at 2:48pm 12.23.14 Ask All Sailors 43/10929 I'm still pondering what to name my C-22. I'm leaning toward something funny, a little tongue in ch
Access panel for impeller change Tayana42 at 1:39pm 12.23.14 Big Boats 3/1003 Can anyone provide the link to the detailed post regarding the installation of an access port/panel
~yet another leaky keel stepped mast~ (1) Coyote at 12:09pm 12.23.14 Bigger Boats 6/2073 BEFORE I get blasted, YES, I know there are a hundred threads available with information on dealing
Sail Number for racing Tawhiri at 9:08am 12.23.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/1394 Hi, I recently purchased an older C27 and would like to do a bit of casual racing. How do I can a sa
Star Clipper Sailing Ships and Merry Christmas tgrass462 at 7:42am 12.23.14 Smaller Boats 0/810 We were just wondering - have any of the good people on this forum ever taken a cruise on a Star Cli

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Tropical Depression 2 JamesG161 at 5:49am 06.06.23 It works on the computer browser not the phone or ipad app. oops Windy.com now works on my iPad
Newbie dlochner at 5:42am 06.06.23 The smaller the boat you learn on the better your sailing skills will be. Small boats are quick and
Forward lower shrouds length on a 1979 S2 0.2 C Matt White at 5:38am 06.06.23 Does anyone know which shroud is longer on a 1979 S2 9.2C, the forward or the aft shroud? I failed
Newbie stickinthemud57 at 5:29am 06.06.23 I'm with Davidsailor26 in wanting to know more about what you are planning to do with said boat. Ke
Tropical Depression 2 jssailem at 5:24am 06.06.23 Windy is trying to implement a course and weather planning tool for aviation and boat. Such a tool i
Yanmar 4Jh4-HTE Manual fuel priming lift pump shemandr at 5:07am 06.06.23 I'll confess that instead of bass fishing one fine morning I was trying to start the outboard. Two
Newbie Terry Cox at 4:34am 06.06.23 A 1989 H28 was our first boat. Sailed her for three years and got bit hard by the cruising life. Lea
Daysailer 3 roller furling drgbanks at 4:12am 06.06.23 Extremely helpful! Thanks
Daysailer 3 roller furling drgbanks at 4:12am 06.06.23 The upper swivel was originally spliced to the jib halyard, there is no other attachment to the mas
Yanmar 4Jh4-HTE Manual fuel priming lift pump dlochner at 4:11am 06.06.23 Self-inflicted wounds are painful. I'm sure most of us have experienced them. I couldn't figure out
Daysailer 3 roller furling kappykaplan at 2:36am 06.06.23 This is a "luff-wire" style furler, no foil. Tks, Sunbird22358.
Yanmar 4Jh4-HTE Manual fuel priming lift pump kappykaplan at 2:33am 06.06.23 The problem I have been chasing recently embarrassingly turned out to be self-inflicted at some poi
Tropical Depression 2 (2) JamesG161 at 1:17am 06.06.23 The keys are Tropical Waves and their movements. They move West normally. The World is divided int
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 Joe at 1:03am 06.06.23
Yanmar 4Jh4-HTE Manual fuel priming lift pump (1) Screen Saver at 11:38pm 06.05.23 Firstly thankyou to all those that contributed. You did lead to me finding the problem. Effectively
Any current South SF bay CAT 22 Sailors? Looking for tips morbidfollower at 10:26pm 06.05.23 Keep in mind that a 16ft wayfarer dinghy can and has crossed the Atlantic. The 22 is fine as long
Check my wiring diagram? captcoho at 8:31pm 06.05.23 Hi there! New boat owner here...we inherited our sailboat, and are redoing the wiring. I have made
Intracoastal Waterway Sailing (1) Will Gilmore at 7:42pm 06.05.23 US Navy thought they had the right away, The Container ship was not held course and we were in the
Daysailer 3 roller furling Sunbird22358 at 7:34pm 06.05.23 There should be a shackle on the jib halyard to connect to the piece on the right in your photo. I
Newbie shemandr at 7:33pm 06.05.23 Age is a big issue with insurance companies. It's cheaper to insure a newer boat than older one eve

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