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Joe Alves Jr. LANCE ON CLOUD NINE at 7:03am 11.25.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1219 The late Joe Alves Jr., sailor of Trinka O'Day 22, would have been 71 today. Keep her in the wind Jo
battery powered fans? richk at 7:02am 11.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1830 Rather than rewire the boat I'd like to try battery powered fans which I can relocate for the best f
winterizing woes jkeaton at 6:35am 11.25.14 Engines and Propulsion 21/5071 Having a problem running anti-freeze through my yanmar 3gm30. When I pull the intake hose to put it
Dana Point or bust! Skipper at 5:17am 11.25.14 Ask All Sailors 11/1746 --Updated 12/24 bottom of thread-- Woohoo! We're coming home. And we're bringing the boat with us.
Did I "steer clear" of a great opportunity? (1) Muttondressedaslamb at 4:57am 11.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 12/2915 At the present time, I am looking to replacement my beaten up Pearson with something newer and shini
heat exchanger timweed at 4:20am 11.25.14 Catalina 30 5/1974 It has been a very long time since I posted on the forum. This summer I lost my most recent crew d
Hunter 356 factory propeller tip clearance ALNims at 3:23am 11.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/3774 I have been looking for the original factory propeller tip clearance. I would appreciate any informa
Ultimate Restorations - Schooner Coronet (1) caguy at 9:52pm 11.24.14 Ask All Sailors 2/4183 Ultimate Restorations finally released the restoration of the Schooner Coronet in Portland, Maine.
painting Edson pedestels njlarry at 8:31pm 11.24.14 Ask All Sailors 12/4744 Assuming I can get it out of the boat, I would like to refinnish my steering pedestel. I am conside
How tight swing keel bolt? Sailor_Jeff at 8:26pm 11.24.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1407 Today I pulled the keel bolt in my 1984 Mac 22. I used a simple bottle jack under the boat to take
HAPS Annual Dinner Mikem at 8:14pm 11.24.14 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/2946 Seems like each event sets another HAPS record. We had 38 persons at our Annual Dinner Saturday, No
Water Filter seadaddler at 4:34pm 11.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 31/3912 I am thinking of making life easy for me and wife and when we go cruising like we bring a dozen gall
Outboard conversion from a saildrive stillwater_sailor at 3:27pm 11.24.14 S2 15/6526 Hello, I have a S2 8.0 with the zephyr saildrive. I considering replacing the inboard saildrive wit
Water pressure for tankless heater mtenzer at 2:25pm 11.24.14 Ask All Sailors 16/2667 Hi All. I have a sailboat and my fresh water system includes a jabsco automatic pump with max 40 psi
Trying to find owner of 26m Carol Ann TomAmara at 1:42pm 11.24.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1036 I would like to find the owner of the Macgregor 26m listed on boattrader.com the boat is named Carol
H216 - hydraulic lift keel cable travel length davidb2000 at 12:17pm 11.24.14 Smaller Boats 4/1214 New H216 owner of 2004 model - a great boat! Need some advice: The hydraulic lift for the keel work
393 2004 toe rail block (1) Billyrap at 11:35am 11.24.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/4506 the sheaves in the five blocks are worn and I am looking to send them to the manufacturer to replace
wire sizing gettinthere at 10:37am 11.24.14 Musings With Maine Sail 16/5114 MS You recommended I add a second charge controller to my 2 panel setup. We have one Bluesky 2512i
Replacoing blocks for reefing on a hunter legend drkmcdaniel at 7:31am 11.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1715 Need help replacing the blocks used on a hunter 35.5 legend, y understanding is to use Schaefer 5 bl
Re-bedding & sealing of Keel on Hunter 40' bornin59ca at 6:24am 11.24.14 Big Boats 1/1068 Hello Again; Our 1988 Hunter 40 had a leaky keel which I tried to fix a number of times to no avail.

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Sewing Cushions and Bimini Tin Kicker at 7:52am 09.23.23 I've got my Mother's big all metal Singer from the early 1970s and have used it through SunBrella la
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Ward H at 6:49am 09.23.23 Yes, I heard that the Thompson was U.S. designed and made, and is the machine that was cloned overs
2010 Honda 9.9 with new impeller doesn't "pee". isaksp00 at 6:40am 09.23.23 On my Honda 8 I had no pee (well, the outboard had none) twice, once was mud in the tube that sticks
Spider web cracks. How to fix them? Monsterfish at 6:38am 09.23.23 Keeping dirt out of the cracks helps to hide them. And your eyes should be out on the horizon lookin
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Tally Ho at 6:34am 09.23.23 I cannot imagine that the physics is uniquely different between the various seals used and the vari
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 6:18am 09.23.23 The motor has so much torque Sailrite advises not to use the Monster Wheel II with it. You could p
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 6:17am 09.23.23
2010 Honda 9.9 with new impeller doesn't "pee". RoyS at 5:54am 09.23.23 I have a different outboard but have experienced what you describe. My Yamaha 2.5 outboard is used i
Pedestal Wheel Lock on 1999 H280? jssailem at 5:53am 09.23.23
Disturbance off Florida kappykaplan at 5:48am 09.23.23 Stay away from stern rashes. :) :plus:
Disturbance off Florida jssailem at 5:47am 09.23.23 Stay away from stern rashes. :)
Pedestal Wheel Lock on 1999 H280? dlochner at 5:47am 09.23.23 Your best best would be calling Edson. They have good tech support. It looks like you have the Visi
Just a bit too much heel and helm dlochner at 5:37am 09.23.23 On J boats, flat is always fastest. That sometimes means giving up a degree or two of pointing to ke
Disturbance off Florida kappykaplan at 5:34am 09.23.23 We hope you stay safe @kappykaplan :pray: Tks! Checked docklines yesterday and shortened up the s
Disturbance off Florida JamesG161 at 5:31am 09.23.23 Power Outages starting on the First Day of Fall. At least TS Ophelia brings in cooler weather. We
Disturbance off Florida kappykaplan at 4:04am 09.23.23 Dammit Jim... I failed to use that moniker in my previous post!
Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 3:01am 09.23.23 Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but... I believe using the traveler to bring the sheet to wind
Universal M-18 not starting Davidasailor26 at 2:57am 09.23.23 The engine stop will stop the high pressure pump from pumping to the injectors.. Your injector pump
Disturbance off Florida JamesG161 at 2:51am 09.23.23 Making Land fall now at 60 MPH max winds, near Emerald Isle, North Carolina! Tropical Storm Ophelia
45DS mainsail furling H30sailor at 2:25am 09.23.23 I don't do a lot of single handing, but when the going gets tough and it's just me and miles of oce

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