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Dreams of Youth Roger Long at 11:36am 04.18.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2800
Blue water in a Seafarer 37 chetfisher at 11:22am 04.18.14 Seafarer 13/16532 I'm considering buying a Seafarer 37 and wonder if anyone has bluewater experience with this boat.
Hunter Bashing - First Aid Kit James10016 at 11:11am 04.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/5099 All, Forgive me, this is a bit long winded, but I hope it is of sufficient interest to you, to ins
Bow Damage (2) 23ODay at 11:09am 04.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2412 I just got my first sailboat and it is a little of a fixer upper. There are a few things that need s
Shear pin for skiff outboard gregorybross at 9:58am 04.18.14 Catalina 30 0/589 I have a Mariner 3.3 2 cycle outboard. It keeps breaking shear pins sometimes at the most unfortuna
choosing a genoa Gene Neill at 9:37am 04.18.14 Catalina 22 7/1150 I wonder if you guys could give me some input. At present, I own three mains (it's a long story) but
Anchor windless drum Newport Bob at 8:05am 04.18.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1149 The windless on our Beneteau 373 has a gypsy and drum. I understand that I can use the drum with the
Radar Pole and Dinghy Davits deaconblues at 7:50am 04.18.14 Big Boats 4/1464 I have a 2006 Hunter 41 AC with a bimin and stern rail seats. I'm currently looking at Kato davit
Newb needs help rigging Main (3) suvh8er at 6:23am 04.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1894 Hello Everyone, I just bought a Mac 25 "lawn ornament" that I am refurbishing. Having primarily on
H23' - Move Main Sheet Block to Cockpit Deck (1) carboman at 5:59am 04.18.14 Smaller Boats 8/1196 was thinking of adding the option to move the main sheet block assy to the cockpit deck, just to hav
Backstay weedstomper at 11:35pm 04.17.14 Smaller Boats 11/1597 Has anybody ever taken a H260 or 270 to Hawaii? Can a backstay be adapted and would it be helpful f
Wax on wax off ChangsinLattitudes at 8:17pm 04.17.14 Ask All Sailors 26/3313 So just bought a '81 Catalina 30. Hull seems like its in good condition, no oxidation, shiny. I was
Profurl Basic Black71gp at 7:52pm 04.17.14 Catalina 30 4/1220 So been looking and thinking of a new Furler, the Profurl B29L looks to be my choice as of now, I
Fuel Vent not venting (2) Ken Honeycutt at 7:25pm 04.17.14 Big Boats 7/816 A few months ago I posted about a problem I had with fuel filling...had a lot of good suggestions on
Cabin Cooler seabair at 7:12pm 04.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1713 As anyone tried the Swedish made Cabin Cooler for boat A/C?
Making the Trip this weekend Bad Obsession at 7:02pm 04.17.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1061 Well, this Sunday and into Monday I will be transporting my boat, Spirit of Liberty, from Colonial B
Vented loop Cambo at 5:16pm 04.17.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2583 Hi guys, I bought my boat last season and I am slowly fixing it up. The boat had a newer head in
Help with Spirit 6.5 Restoration Jaime01 at 4:58pm 04.17.14 Other Sailboats 0/6623 Looking for any information on the Factory Pop Top mechanism for the Spirit 6.5. Any info will be ve
Adding a circuit to 2007 Hunter electrical panel bernmeister at 3:30pm 04.17.14 Big Boats 5/1233 I am adding an audio amplifier that requires 60 amps of protection. I have never opened the panel o
Autoprop meirgerner at 3:15pm 04.17.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/3589 I have a Hunter 33 Legend with 1" shaft. About three years ago I upgraded the standard two fixed bla

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Jacking Hunter 20 off trailer rgranger at 4:32pm 10.01.22
Pleasant Surprise/Docking jon hansen at 4:19pm 10.01.22 my $0,02: prepare, fenders, docklines, boathook. the spring line is most important of all lines
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 4:14pm 10.01.22 Well shucks. I detached the water intake hose at the water pump and water flows freely there unless
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jaysweet at 3:59pm 10.01.22 Good luck, John! We'll be watching this thread.
Finally did it kappykaplan at 3:42pm 10.01.22 2000, A Space Odyssey? 2001??? :beer:
How well does a C-270 trailer? capt_paul at 3:41pm 10.01.22 got it, tandem (double axle) thank you
Finally did it Will Gilmore at 3:32pm 10.01.22 Too funny.. I forgotten Dave was the astronaut in 2001 a Space Odyssey... Just what do you think y
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping Don S/V ILLusion at 3:24pm 10.01.22 I tested my bilge pump today. I took off the hose and placed the pump in water. The pump works; how
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 3:13pm 10.01.22 Sonnet update: Long Island Sound. Please subscibe! NjlgiF6rH2w
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping Tally Ho at 3:11pm 10.01.22 It sounds like the bilge hose must be plugged up or crimped somewhere. As @kappykaplan said, any ch
How well does a C-270 trailer? sail sfbay at 2:40pm 10.01.22 Welcoem to the forum!! Buy one with a tandem trailer............lot easier, more stable and safer t
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping John_F at 2:39pm 10.01.22 No, that is the weird thing. the bilge pump pumped water when I had it in a bucket, but did not pum
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping kappykaplan at 2:13pm 10.01.22 On my pumps, the check valve is within six inches of the pump. When you disconnected the hose from
Ian's third landfall kappykaplan at 2:09pm 10.01.22 Glad to hear your boat weathered the hurricane with no damage. :beer:
Getting cold out here Tally Ho at 2:04pm 10.01.22 And his port side lifeline down. I have to have that lifeline down when I dock. If I forget, some
Where and how do you store your inflatable dinghy nightowle at 1:51pm 10.01.22 Hi Jay. Winters and summers pretty moderate around these precincts west of the Cascades. Prevailing
Adding hard ballast, Perils and pitfalls? HeelBoy at 12:47pm 10.01.22 Cement is generally considered not dense enough to be worth much as ballast, btw. People add lead s
Ian's third landfall ggrizzard at 12:36pm 10.01.22 I just got back to the dock in New Smyrna Beach Florida (just south of Daytona). Intuition is afloat
Adding hard ballast, Perils and pitfalls? jssailem at 12:00pm 10.01.22 Perhaps a useful weight might be and advised. Lead acid batteries come to mind. At 65lbs or more a p
Getting cold out here jssailem at 11:56am 10.01.22 Must not be that bad of a sea state. It looks like he is negotiating the waves smoothly.

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