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Early production Kittiwake JonConnors at 11:22am 07.13.23 Ask All Sailors 5/953 Hello Everyone, I have acquired a 1966 Kittiwake. I know Kenner is the ma
Trailer Bunk Positioning SantaCruzin at 10:59am 07.13.23 Trailer Sailors 3/1046 I finally tracked down a trailer for my 1968 West Wight Potter 14 and I'm hoping to get a gut check
Need source for winch parts Rich Stidger at 9:34am 07.13.23 Ask All Sailors 24/2100 I need an output gear for an obsolete Lewmar electric OP2 made in 1997. Lewmar has no parts at all.
Tiller rudder connection Nordica 16 Bluenick at 9:29am 07.13.23 Ask All Sailors 0/362 N16 just bought, spent last 10 years under tarps. Previous owner (PO) says tiller rotted. Provided
O'Day Mariner-- Trailering, Inspection (New Sailer's Request for Help!) Knicks7073 at 5:37am 07.13.23 Trailer Sailors 4/1024 Looking at purchasing a '71 19.6 O'Day Mariner with the goal of trailering and storing it ~1 mile fr
Blisters inside of water ballast tanks? T-Horse at 3:04pm 07.12.23 Trailer Sailors 2/754 About to buy a Hunter 26 and someone at my marina raised concerns of getting unrepairable blisters i
Prop size for my 28.5 Peanut Gallery at 2:35pm 07.12.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/624 I have a 85 Hunter 28.5 and I need my prop replaced. The marina I'm at needed to know the size of pr
Fyi Old ST30 DO WORK with i70s network curtdo at 9:32am 07.12.23 Ask All Sailors 3/336 After getting no correct info from Raymarine, Airmar, or much internet searching I can tell you I go
Lake Granby Colorado azsailing at 9:27am 07.12.23 Destinations 1/1079 Hi Listmates, I am taking my Macgregor 26 to Lake Granby next week. I will be staying in a hotel a
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May artleyt115 at 4:33am 07.12.23 Ask All Sailors 43/5931 Hi everyone! So as the title says my friends and I are planning on setting sail down the Delaware ri
Hunter 30-2 engine instruments? soopad00pa at 10:41pm 07.11.23 Mid-Size Boats 3/1075 About to pull the trigger on an 88 30-2. It's got the original yanmar which seems to be a good shape
25' O'Day Swingkeel SDL at 10:20pm 07.11.23 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/1106
Beep Beep danm1 at 6:15pm 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 2/420 My Hunter 356 has a promarine prosafe galvanic isolator monitor that beeps a warning when shore powe
376 Powered Winch Wiring Gillfowdy at 5:30pm 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 4/349 Hi. Id like to replace the original push button switch for our powered winch (fortunate to have to l
In boom reefing design Atlantic Phil at 4:28pm 07.11.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1097 I recently bought a 1988 legend 37. I like to singlehand but I also like to have reefing readily ava
What is it? (1) mbaker267 at 1:55pm 07.11.23 Catalina 22 3/520 As I work on my '76 Cat-22, I sometimes come across things that I can't identify. This device was ha
Potential new Hunter owner 60bubba at 12:23pm 07.11.23 Smaller Boats 29/2261 Hello all, I am a former liveaboard sailor and retired Naval officer. I haven't owned a sailboat f
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal Whittens at 11:39am 07.11.23 Big Boats 15/1519 Seems easy, but don't want to break anything. Trying to remove the cover over the steering quadrant
mooring buoys balao92 at 10:19am 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 8/626 any tips on how to attach a line to a mooring buoy that has no pennant? my boat has high gunnels. i
Just purchased hull #54 and have some halyard questions (4) Ensign Claptrap at 8:50am 07.11.23 Fantasia 35 6/1779 Hello all, My wife and I just purchased hull #54 (previously known as Susan Kay, Viking, and a coupl

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Hurricane Season 2025 Rick Webb at 8:06pm 06.04.25 The number of storms that actually occur is irrelevant. If there is only one storm in any particular
Position Reporting (Without AIS) boulevardtalonman at 7:42pm 06.04.25 In HAM radio, we use something called "automatic position reporting system" or APRS. Your position
Reefing point? Foswick at 7:41pm 06.04.25 Generally, the aft-most grommet is the clew cringle and the fore-most is the tack cringle. These are
Backing plate material mermike at 7:10pm 06.04.25 Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/installing-throu
My DIY windvane steering Foswick at 6:28pm 06.04.25 I've always coveted a good windvane steering system. This is a cool approach.
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System (1) Foswick at 6:21pm 06.04.25 Simple and elegant emergency solution! I would take this one step further and fashion about a 16-in
'Force 10' Oven valve replace Rich Stidger at 5:50pm 06.04.25 Do not disassemble or otherwise muck with the control other than to remove it. They require an unmo
Backing plate material thinwater at 5:45pm 06.04.25 G10 fiberglass plate is the gold standard for through hull backing plates. Costs about as much, too
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System kappykaplan at 4:59pm 06.04.25 I will probably use PVC for the tiller extension. My concern with this approach would be the stren
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System (1) heritage at 4:54pm 06.04.25 I finally got around to making an emergency steering tiller for my H27. I cut slots into 1 1/4" ga
Hurricane Season 2025 Don S/V ILLusion at 4:48pm 06.04.25 Yes! This is for 2024 Jim... Unless I missed it, didnt find anything related to verification of s
First sail complete....sort of boulevardtalonman at 3:55pm 06.04.25 Thanks for the kind words by the way
First sail complete....sort of boulevardtalonman at 3:55pm 06.04.25 Rigging took me about 2 hours the first sail of the season. With practice I got it down to 90 minut
Bow chocks or Fairleads on H36 for guiding lines while on a mooring buoy Stu Jackson at 3:48pm 06.04.25 Yes, picture would help immensely. I have two bow rollers, one for the anchor rode and the other I
Hand swaging lifelines. dlochner at 3:29pm 06.04.25 I've never understood the resistance to using hand swaged cables. I built all new standing rigging
Hurricane Season 2025 (1) JamesG161 at 3:25pm 06.04.25 how meaningful they are? Yes! This is for 2024 Jim...
Hand swaging lifelines. (1) RussC at 3:03pm 06.04.25 I've never understood the resistance to using hand swaged (nico press) cables. I built all new stand
Bow chocks or Fairleads on H36 for guiding lines while on a mooring buoy danm1 at 2:36pm 06.04.25 I have a 356 (same setup) and usually just run the line from the mooring to one side. Recently bough
Backing plate material mermike at 2:25pm 06.04.25 G10 fiberglass plate is the gold standard for through hull backing plates. Costs about as much, too.
First sail complete....sort of mermike at 2:20pm 06.04.25 Rigging took me about 2 hours the first sail of the season. With practice I got it down to 90 minute

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