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Blue water sailing in my catalina 27 patrickcurran at 11:14am 05.19.14 Catalina 30 14/12851 Why is it a bad idea to sail to Hawaii in my Catalina 27? To light? Not sea worthy? Etc.
Search called off for missing yacht Brian D at 11:11am 05.19.14 Ask All Sailors 42/5171 Search called off for 4 Britons on 40-foot yacht missing in mid-Atlantic A search for four Britons
emptying holding tank tzuelke at 10:50am 05.19.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/992 I am a new Hunter owner and I need to empty the holding tank. Would anyone please give me a step by
Tuning the rigging (1) ChangsinLattitudes at 10:47am 05.19.14 Ask All Sailors 8/2994 Attempted to tune the rigging on my '81 Catalina 30 tall rig. The owners manual says the lowers sho
Anchoring a C-30 tall rig (1) ChangsinLattitudes at 10:41am 05.19.14 Catalina 30 16/6703 Just spent some time looking over my '81 C-30 tall rig w/a bow sprit. Wondering how you folks ancho
Recommendations for Electric Bilge pump Mark Nooney at 10:03am 05.19.14 Mid-Size Boats 9/1354 Hi All, I have 1984 Hunter 31 - The Rule 500 gph died this weekend. Looking for recommendations
Boat Registration in DC dparilla at 9:49am 05.19.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1344 DC Police are once again patrolling for vessels on the upper Potomac that are not displaying a DC st
Installing an SSB radio on a Hunter 466? rlamb at 9:46am 05.19.14 Big Boats 10/1741 I am looking to install an SSB radio on my 2004 Hunter 466 in preparation to taking it to Mexico in
nav light LED replacement lina34 at 9:13am 05.19.14 Big Boats 1/1038 I'd like to hear from anyone who has replaced the bulb in the bow nav light with an LED. Mine just d
Best Bedding Optins pchrisler at 8:32am 05.19.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1128 We have the 2 cabin version Beneteau 46. The aft cabin is a challenge in making the bed. Custom shee
Safety Cover for DC Panel Switch SawyerCurt at 8:18am 05.19.14 Catalina 310 1/743 On my 2001 C310, although the bilge pump is wired such that it will run if the main battery switch i
Your input requested for Canvas ideas. bronze at 7:23am 05.19.14 Ask All Sailors 4/720 Now that I am retired, I have been thinking about building my own combination Dodger, Bimini and Rea
Dinghy Light Survey jeepsailor at 7:22am 05.19.14 Ask All Sailors 34/3418 So, after my 4th set of dinghy lights in 5 years, I've just about had it. Our lights spend most of
First time sailboat owner (3) juddtripp at 7:14am 05.19.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/792 Just started my project first time sailboat owner purchased a 1972 Macgregor 22 with 72 evinrude fis
New Halyards Too Small for Clutch enorfleet at 7:01am 05.19.14 Big Boats 3/793 Just bought new Halyards from Sailboatowners.com for my 1983 Hunter 34. Followed the site's recommen
Yanmar 3GMF losing antifreeze Jed10444 at 6:34am 05.19.14 Big Boats 8/1268 I have a yanmar 3GMF on my 1983 34' hunter. From time to time the antifreeze in the heat exchanger
Replacing a Vent, Dorade/Cowl (1) Nan340 at 6:19am 05.19.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1360 We purchased a new VENT, DORADE/COWL from the Hunter Parts store. The old one was accidentally kick
Jagged plate shredding spinnaker halyard (2) pab5482 at 6:16am 05.19.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1111 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pab5482/14035049040 So we successfully sailed my Beneteau Oceanis 5
Trying to choose the right boat. Scudrunner at 6:08am 05.19.14 Smaller Boats 17/1360 I'm doing my research and looking at the Hunter 22, 23, 25. I think the weight of the 25 might be t
First time putting main on boat awerman at 6:06am 05.19.14 Smaller Boats 5/1000 Putting my 1984 Catalina c-25 in the water Thursday for my first season as a sailboat owner. When I

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Protecting Gel Coat from Towing Straps sail sfbay at 8:04pm 10.10.22 OP, what did you decide to do?
Dual engine controllers confusion dlochner at 7:55pm 10.10.22
Dual engine controllers confusion xavpil at 7:52pm 10.10.22 The red lever controls the throttle, aka the gas pedal, push it forward the engine should run faste
Installing a Spinnaker sail sfbay at 7:48pm 10.10.22 So how did you rig the spinnaker sail?
Dual engine controllers confusion dlochner at 7:45pm 10.10.22 The red lever controls the throttle, aka the gas pedal, push it forward the engine should run faster
For the Canadians: Licensed or unlicensed MMSI? Hello Below at 7:42pm 10.10.22 Tedd......what did the Canadian MMSI licensing agency advise? Government offices were closed today
Sea water filling holding tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:21pm 10.10.22 Good suggestion, Joe. The most likely source of the water that's filling up the tank is the macera
Sea water filling holding tank JamesG161 at 7:19pm 10.10.22 Your thru hull Sea Cock, on the macerator discharge, is leaking back on you We used that technique
For the Canadians: Licensed or unlicensed MMSI? sail sfbay at 7:05pm 10.10.22 Tedd......what did the Canadian MMSI licensing agency advise?
Sea water filling holding tank JoeWhite at 6:58pm 10.10.22 Turn off the through hulls. Then open one at a time.
Sea water filling holding tank rgranger at 6:57pm 10.10.22
Hunter 23.5 Trailer Fender Source rgranger at 6:55pm 10.10.22
Alternator Bracket SycloneDriver at 6:53pm 10.10.22
Boat damaged by IAN Don S/V ILLusion at 6:42pm 10.10.22 The bow lines which snapped were: a 1/2 inch braided (brand new), a 5/8 inch braided (pretty new)
Tongue Extensions sail sfbay at 6:03pm 10.10.22 Suggest sharing with the forum your design and how your stress and load calculations factored into i
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) PJL at 5:44pm 10.10.22 Has been a couple of years, but had to replace one of my similar cleats on my passage 42. Replaced
Sailboat with Original Engine - Ya or Nay? smo10018 at 5:37pm 10.10.22 Thanks everyone, definitely some great advice in there. No specific boat to focus on yet, hopefull
Hole in Keel Hunter 25 2008 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:20pm 10.10.22 In a curvature on the bottom of the keel is a small void. Fill it with two part epoxy and sand smo
Boat damaged by IAN LakeOntario270 at 5:18pm 10.10.22 Check out https://www.railmakers.com
For the Canadians: Licensed or unlicensed MMSI? Richard19068 at 5:09pm 10.10.22 I'm going to chime in again from southern California. I don't have a Canadian boat but I do have fa

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