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Twin wheel helms Peoplevalue at 5:32am 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1971 Hi All Sailors I have just purchased a second-hand Dufour 425 with twin wheels at the helm (the fi
Orientation of chain plates MaryEllaRose at 5:24am 08.15.14 Catalina 22 8/2025 I'm in the process of re-bedding my chain plates and need information on how to orient them in relat
shaft tube Tom Fisher at 5:21am 08.15.14 S2 4/947 I've got a leak in the shaft tube of my S2 11 meter sloop. Water leaks from the shaft tube aft of th
leaking chain plates Tom Fisher at 5:15am 08.15.14 S2 7/2091 I've got a 1985 S2 11 meter aft cockpit sloop. I've had occasional leaks at the chain plates. The de
Venture Educated Guess When Catalina 36 #1700 Was Built? rardiH36 at 7:50pm 08.14.14 Ask All Sailors 10/3265 Per the title subject line, anybody know how to find out when Catalina 36 Hull#1700 was built? I am
How to stop a new 4 stroke engine. rs8684 at 7:25pm 08.14.14 Engines and Propulsion 5/1370 Having had a 2 stroke engine my entire sailing life, I have always stopped the engine, when done for
Snaking wire from port side to starboard jonelli at 6:56pm 08.14.14 Catalina 30 6/1399 I need to get a couple of wires from the port cabin cabinet to the starboard cabinet for speakers an
Rigging a 19 Matt G at 6:08pm 08.14.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/5655 Just purchased an 84 O'Day 19 and having trouble rigging the main sail/boom and stays correctly. 1-
Golf of Mexico video cruising reports Delezynski at 5:44pm 08.14.14 Destinations 3/1864 Gulf of Mexico video cruising reports Hi all, WAY BACK WHEN, before there was such a thing as a "b
94 Johnson 9.9 outboard question sailboat738 at 4:26pm 08.14.14 Smaller Boats 13/6461 Hi guys , I have a johnson 9.9 on my hunter 23.5 it starts up and runs fine but when im in gear
Fresh Water Cooling hunter healer at 2:45pm 08.14.14 Big Boats 7/979 Hello I was thinking about purchasing a hunter 84 34 ft and was told that it has fresh water cooling
Deck Plate for a 1984 Daysailer II jdscammon at 1:53pm 08.14.14 Day Sailers 1/1040 I have punched through one of the original deck plates and would like to replace both at this point.
Ocean Hatch on Cabin top Dreaming at 1:39pm 08.14.14 Catalina 310 3/1116 Hey everyone. So, I was not smart and I stepped on the hatch on the cabin top and cracked it. The on
O'day 34 Hornet rob_sail at 12:42pm 08.14.14 Bigger Boats 48/12179 Hi, Is anyone familiar with the O'Day 34 Hornet? I believe two were built by Jim Hunt were used for
What size dinghy LordNelson at 12:40pm 08.14.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1175 I have an Oday 20 that we day sail on Seneca Lake in NYS. I need a dinghy to get out to the mooring
Gel Coat Cracks- to be or not... rblevens at 10:58am 08.14.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1236 On non-structural gel coat cracks... how much do you have to do to them before you paint over them?
cockpit speaker broken rduker at 9:58am 08.14.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1357 Someone kicked in the outside speaker in the cockpit and broke it. Does anyone know where I can get
Cemented Bilge??? gRussell at 9:18am 08.14.14 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1155 It appears that a prior owner of my 1973 O'Day 22 filled the bilge with cement. I assume to add weig
Wiring diagram Stochs at 9:10am 08.14.14 The Cherubini Hunters 1/820 Where can I find a wiring diagram for Hunter 30 1977 vintage?
Hunter H34 Embroided on Towel (3) betzhunter at 9:09am 08.14.14 Big Boats 8/1248 We have a four needle embroidery machine and I had always wanted to embroider my Hunter on my shirts

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simple wind/weather app for iphone Tally Ho at 4:14pm 07.15.23 Wind forecasts where I sail (Penobscot Bay, ME) are next to useless. Order of magnitude (relativel
off to the races jon hansen at 4:06pm 07.15.23 did 9 chi-mac back in the nineties. what i learned was it beat the snot out of my beautiful old bo
Setting up H310 for single handing Ed Caldwell at 3:36pm 07.15.23 Next time I see the owner I'll ask what his plans are for Indy J Ed
Broker related question Tally Ho at 3:17pm 07.15.23 I am buying a boat I found w/o a broker. the seller has a broker. Can both parties have a broker?
off to the races PaulK at 3:14pm 07.15.23
Setting up H310 for single handing GALakesailor at 3:06pm 07.15.23 My 340 is set up the same as the 310. The two winches aft of the arch are designed as spinnaker wi
Setting up H310 for single handing GALakesailor at 3:00pm 07.15.23 Thanks to all. I was going to go with the Autopilot solution...but as it turned out the seller had
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May kappykaplan at 3:00pm 07.15.23 For us dyslectics switching between North up and Course/heading up is problematic. Some fuses may b
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May shemandr at 2:52pm 07.15.23 For us dyslectics switching between North up and Course/heading up is problematic. Some fuses may b
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May Ward H at 2:24pm 07.15.23 Also with heading or course up you can set the plotter to keep the boat on the bottom third of the
off to the races jon hansen at 2:19pm 07.15.23 well, they just lost their wind. prolly from that band of rain that went through laying down a dome
Broker related question JamesG161 at 2:02pm 07.15.23 If you want do your own shopping, here is the Blue Book Value, banks use. https://www.jdpower.com/b
Cruising Yacht VMG BarryL at 1:56pm 07.15.23 Hey, How much fuel do you have and how badly do you want to be at your destination? The longest tri
Replacing Spinnaker Sheet Blocks CrispyCringle at 1:54pm 07.15.23 Thats a clever way to try and work the spin sheets. I always used just a regular block and sheet tie
Broker related question BarryL at 1:49pm 07.15.23 Hello, Are you dealing with a professional broker? Someone who is CPYB certified? The reason I ask
Source for 2" Sink Stoppers dkinzer at 1:48pm 07.15.23 Yes. I didn't find any sink stoppers larger than 1-5/8". There were some bathtub stoppers that could
Broker related question JamesG161 at 1:40pm 07.15.23 Buying a used boat is similar to buying a used car. When we did our search, we found these tips to
off to the races jon hansen at 1:24pm 07.15.23 https://bycmack.com/tracking the big boats on the cove island course
off to the races jon hansen at 1:22pm 07.15.23 https://bycmack.com/tracking they are running. fast
Hunter 30 Cheurbini - Rigging and Mods ggrizzard at 1:06pm 07.15.23 I own a 1979 H30C. Send me a PM on this site and I'll walk you through each section of the rigging.

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