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Movie for Winter Season (1) Marmalade at 8:16am 01.10.23 Ask All Sailors 9/888 Just came across this over the weekend, thought some might enjoy. It's something sailing related to
Help IDing a Sailboat (8) christophermoorkelly at 7:47am 01.10.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1016 I found this sailboat on Craigslist and have had a lot of fun restoring her. Only problem is... I ha
Mast light wiring - Catalina 27 arlouper at 7:25am 01.10.23 Mid-Size Boats 2/968 1983 Catalina 27, standard rig: where in the wide, wide world of sports are the wires for the anchor
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 (3) Kiwidrew at 11:41pm 01.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1075 I managed to break my boom in half on a sail up the New Zealand coast, and need a new one. All of t
Rain water leaking in V berth akabud at 6:59pm 01.09.23 Catalina 30 7/1607 Water collects ahead of the little door under the entrance of V berth when it rains. There is no pat
help on hunter 34 keel pan (7) iceblue77 at 5:16pm 01.09.23 Big Boats 10/1185 Hi Everyone, I recently checked a Hunter 34 from 1984 and got a surprise when checkin the bilge, i f
Beneteau house-starter battery switches Syversens at 5:04pm 01.09.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1643 Hey all, Our new to us Beneteau has lithium house bank and a lead acid starter battery. There is a
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? (5) CowboyWay at 4:00pm 01.09.23 Catalina 310 11/1653 I have my mast down this winter for general maintenance and have the spreaders at home to clean up.
Busted Mast sbrogden at 3:26pm 01.09.23 Trailer Sailors 38/3277 When I bought my boat a few weeks back, it was a cold and windy day. The mast had a slight bend in i
New Daggerboard (1) sbrogden at 12:01pm 01.09.23 Trailer Sailors 2/775 I drove to Bobby's Boatworks near La Grange, Texas to pick up my new daggerboard. Made of Mahogany.
Ugly wallpaper Project_Mayhem at 11:07am 01.09.23 Ask All Sailors 15/1056 Ugly wallpaper is what the awful burlap sack looking material on the inside of my cabin has been nic
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? (1) dkinzer at 10:39am 01.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1348 I've been trying to understand how the battery switch panel works in my 2007 H41AC - I believe that
Reefing Sail Trim Don Guillette at 8:57am 01.09.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 29/6655 A San Fran sailor of a Bene 38, who has been sailing those water for 60 years, contacted me yesterda
Dometic Refrigerator Update (5) patbratton at 7:41am 01.09.23 Smaller Boats 6/1706 The new refrigerator is almost perfect. It was a little too tall to keep under the cockpit on my H24
H240 bulkhead thickness chriscampbell at 7:31am 01.09.23 Smaller Boats 12/1290 I'm building a wooden organizer to add some storage for sunglasses, sunscreen, reading material, etc
Swing Keel Fittings (2) pcharn01 at 6:58am 01.09.23 Catalina 22 13/1628 Anyone run into swing keel fittings not seating completely? Boat had fitting installed upside down
Dealing with water spots on cove stripe stickinthemud57 at 5:49pm 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 2/368 My black cove stripe really shows water spots, and cleaning them off is part of my winter maintenanc
Changing to electric throttle control for 2001 Yanmar Mclovin at 3:03pm 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 3/986 Hi, I have a 2001 Yanmar 4JH3-TE and looking at possibly add an electronic throttle control in place
2008 H41DS w/ mixed Raymarine and Garmin Nachismo at 10:39am 01.08.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2208 Anybody have advice on where to go from here? I'm in year-3 living aboard Floaty here in Tacoma. F
Treadmaster TreadCote Reconditioner - Gray FlimFlamII at 9:26am 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 1/588 Has anyone had any experience with this product?

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Identify these portlights? Hood, Pompanette, Bomar? Tally Ho at 4:33pm 08.29.24 I have found butyl tape, and Bed-it, in particular, to be easy to work with; and much less messy th
Boom is twisting, advice please? pdxjohnny at 4:23pm 08.29.24
Bought an ODay 25 - Question about cracking/spidering around the mast cdenno1 at 3:43pm 08.29.24 Thank you @shemandr and @Ward H for your quick input! I'll do some more investigation when I get bac
What kind of propane regulator to use? (1) Tally Ho at 3:22pm 08.29.24 [QUOTE="Rich Stidger, post: The input pressure read 0 psi and I could feel a slight supply of gas fr
Treadmill alternative for the boat. Rick Webb at 2:10pm 08.29.24 Exercise bands work great. They are wonderful But don't leave the drummer alone with the women
What kind of propane regulator to use? Ralph Johnstone at 1:59pm 08.29.24 Regarding the new regulator that I have purchased, I performed a water column test per @Ralph Johnst
What kind of propane regulator to use? American_Mainsail at 1:39pm 08.29.24 Sorry to hear you're pulling your hair out on this one, Rich. It is wild that you have a leak in bot
Boom is twisting, advice please? (1) LakeShark at 1:35pm 08.29.24 @pdxjohnny I would inspect the areas circled in red for broken rivets, casting, etc. based on the d
Boom is twisting, advice please? pdxjohnny at 1:13pm 08.29.24 I definitely agree something is amiss. According the both the linked documents, my boom is rigged as
lifeline DaveJ at 1:03pm 08.29.24 Also, there are left hand and right hand threads. As mentioned, take one to the store to compare. C
Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 FastOlson at 12:55pm 08.29.24 Quite an unusual mystery! I would, as suggested, follow the big cable from the master switch. Also,
Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 Ralph Johnstone at 12:25pm 08.29.24 One of those cables will lead him to a battery. You couldn't ask for a better lead to the batteri
What kind of propane regulator to use? (2) Rich Stidger at 12:15pm 08.29.24 Comments/answers are in the quoted text- ak down test on just the boat tank, gauge, regulator, and
Catalina 16.5 mast support pgandw at 12:10pm 08.29.24 Make sure when you do travel that you lash the mast into the support(s). Twice in 2 years, I have h
Boom is twisting, advice please? JRacer at 11:59am 08.29.24 Found this in an old post on this forum. CAPRI 22 manual (8/2001 version) \| Sailboat Owners Forums
Wheel to tiller David in Sandusky at 11:46am 08.29.24 I think a tiller is better up to somewhere around 30 feet. So I agree with your concept. But our ti
Treadmill alternative for the boat. JBP-PA at 11:23am 08.29.24 mermike 'Exercise bands work great.' Maybe so but with all the electronics they drag around with th
Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 Tally Ho at 11:18am 08.29.24
lifeline Johnb at 10:10am 08.29.24 :plus: Boat is 30 years old Or 40 if you are living in 2024.
Boom is twisting, advice please? LakeShark at 10:08am 08.29.24 @pdxjohnny the Capri 22 is a bit of a different animal than a Catalina 22 I am afraid. You may try

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