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Another engine mount question kito at 5:51am 08.17.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1645 Another engine mount thread got me thinking about my engine mounts. How do you know when the mounts
Jammed Wire/rope Main Halyard On A C27 Anonymous 121765 at 5:45am 08.17.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1798 My friend has a mid '70's C27 w/o'board in the well. He has a jammed wire/rope(AARGH) halyard I beli
Truly Amazing (1) jwieneck at 4:59am 08.17.14 Big Boats 2/852 We took delivery of our new (to us) 2005 Hunter 41 DS yesterday. I am sure I will be coming to the
Dorade horn (3) rblevens at 4:29am 08.17.14 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1263 Any one have a dorade horn laying around for sale? http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center
Fridge/Freezer Freon Gas Scallywagger at 1:44am 08.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/823 Hello again Another question if I might? What type of freon gas does the fridge and freezer take
Stuck steering mechanism. Joe Umali at 7:57pm 08.16.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1392 I am in the Philippines and I own a MacGregor 26 X (Hull No. 09521697) which I bought from a previou
Head Sea Water Intake and Shower / Refrig Pump Out (3) KZW at 7:20pm 08.16.14 Catalina 310 30/6971 I recently acquired a 2005 C-310. Learning about the systems is interesting given the inaccuracies i
smoke from my bilge pump wiring av8erdunn at 6:39pm 08.16.14 Smaller Boats 7/2749 Well I was at my boat today and remembered the previous owner had disconnected the bilge pump for so
Hunter 22 ( early 80's ) cover pattern? 203 at 5:56pm 08.16.14 Smaller Boats 4/1041 I'm curious if anybody has ever developed a DIY cover pattern for the older Hunter 22. I came acros
hatch board material Kivalo at 4:54pm 08.16.14 Smaller Boats 14/2744 Does anyone know what the companionway hatch boards were made of on a 2003 260? (obviously not the t
Sliding hatch on H23.5: driling new holes Rick Macdonald at 2:30pm 08.16.14 Smaller Boats 5/1800 I've been searching through the forum and found mentions of this issue, but not enough to give me th
masthead whyknot2 at 2:02pm 08.16.14 C&C 2/1152 I have a 1976 25' C ' C, and need a new masthead. does anyone know where one can be found? I reall
Fridge Running off engine Jacksonboat at 1:50pm 08.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/996 My fridge or ice-box or whatever it would be called is a large aluminum block that is cooled only wh
Fuel Gauge and Sending unit Jacksonboat at 1:44pm 08.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2181 Confused about this. I want to replace my fuel gauge and sending unit from the original which is si
Hood Profurl 810 Jacksonboat at 1:39pm 08.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1187 Hi, I have a continuous line furler below-deck on my boat and it is incredibly stiff. (I imagine I
North Shore Lake Superior (17) srust58 at 1:23pm 08.16.14 Destinations 3/2934 Just returned from our two week trip to Lake Superior. We launched in the tiny village of Rossport
primer coat Bob J. at 1:17pm 08.16.14 Ask All Sailors 2/920 Just finished rolling out a primer coat this morning. Although I have uniform coverage I can still s
mast trailering question gitpicker2007 at 12:06pm 08.16.14 Catalina 22 8/1735 I currently have a small post, used to help support the mast during trailering, and it sits on the m
Dorade me (1) rblevens at 9:55am 08.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/780 On Drifter 1980 37' which I have been restoring. .. This is what I have. Either Dorade box I feel s
1987 hunter 40 midship cleat crazy frenchman at 9:10am 08.16.14 Big Boats 5/1152 We are in final stages of buying a 1987 hunter 40. I want to add midship cleats for a spring line m

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Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 jssailem at 9:10am 08.22.23 we are trying to decide whether to rig his boat for hurricane or not.. It is a non-trivial undertak
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Stu Jackson at 9:04am 08.22.23 That was why I was inquiring about the distance. For me, until I get to the Port Royal Sound or pas
new companionway doors jviss at 9:02am 08.22.23 Wow, very nice work, both of you! Yes, the whole companionway is a design mess in general on contem
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Hayden Watson at 8:38am 08.22.23 ... That was why I was inquiring about the distance. For me, until I get to the Port Royal Sound o
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 kloudie1 at 8:30am 08.22.23 My buddy is heaading out on an Alaska cruise (ship) with his wife and we are trying to decide whethe
Legend 40.5 windlass chain jumping fix baycloud at 8:15am 08.22.23 Watched your video, you have way to much chain bunched up too close to the windlass. In my view you
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure Davidasailor26 at 8:09am 08.22.23 That's kinda the problem... it's stuck up there! Can't get pics! When we get it down we'll have an
Legend 40.5 windlass chain jumping fix fero at 8:02am 08.22.23
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 Johann at 7:56am 08.22.23 John, Looking at Windy.com, and going forward to mid to end of next week, I see their model (ECMWF)
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 jssailem at 7:36am 08.22.23 Very observant @kloudie1. The storm you mention appears to be an upper level LOW that starts in the
Invest 90L (1) JamesG161 at 7:04am 08.22.23 You might note I am using this Site for my Graphical view. nowCOAST The reason is for Mariners.
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan dLj at 7:01am 08.22.23 I haven't seen anyone answer here. I'm not the best person to answer as I've not made that leg of th
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure VT Fitz at 6:56am 08.22.23 @shemandr, when the fail happened, we were just around the corner from your home port. In fact, we t
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 (1) JamesG161 at 6:50am 08.22.23 At least the News Cycle is positive on this storm.
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure VT Fitz at 6:45am 08.22.23 Since the swivel or part of it and the halyard are jammed inside the mast column I'm not seeing how
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 JamesG161 at 6:41am 08.22.23 I know that the confidence is a bit shaky :plus::plus: Jim...
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 6:35am 08.22.23 Talk about thread drift! Yikes! Ha, ha. It's fine, it's an interesting discussion.
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 kloudie1 at 6:35am 08.22.23 John, Looking at Windy.com, and going forward to mid to end of next week, I see their model (ECMWF)
Sahara Dust (1) JamesG161 at 6:27am 08.22.23 This mornings forecast had note worthy view of Tropical Storms versus the Sahara Dust. nergy. Jim.
new companionway doors (3) u0958901 at 6:25am 08.22.23 Built these out of Starboard. Not Zacor quality but good enough for me.

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