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Launch day (2) balboa20#6 at 3:35pm 07.18.14 Balboa 1/2749 I all, An update regarding my year long effort to bring my 1968 Balboa 20 back to life. launch, sai
V belts sailfree20770 at 3:24pm 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 29/14294 Has anyone found a reliable cross reference for Yanmar belts. I suspect they would be available from
Swim ladder Myhunter216 at 1:27pm 07.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1728 I recently purchased a 2003 hunter 216. Can anyone recommend a portable swim ladder? Thanks, Tom
37C - Routing of cockpit drain hoses (1) FredV at 12:56pm 07.18.14 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2445 Can anyone describe how the hoses from the cockpit drains are routed in the aft end? After finally r
Kudos to ICOM and United Radio Service redhead78 at 12:40pm 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 4/895 Hi all, Hats off to ICOM and United Radio in E.Syracuse NY. I have an ICOM- m36 hand held VHF for pr
23.5 swing keel line replacement (1) KrustyKrab at 12:34pm 07.18.14 Smaller Boats 11/3938 Hello All! first of all, I am delighted to find a forum with other 23.5 owners! I hope that I can o
Walmart Batteries? Loads of questions ... Scott T-Bird at 11:59am 07.18.14 Musings With Maine Sail 11/10907 I seem to recall that you (MS) gave a favorable review to Walmart batteries. I recently noticed tha
What to do with trailer tongue extension? (1) KrustyKrab at 11:31am 07.18.14 Trailer Sailors 27/15614 Wow! First let me say how excited I am to find a forum with other Hunter 23.5 owners in it! Some o
catlina 25 motor Brousseau at 11:03am 07.18.14 Smaller Boats 4/1466 I have a 1984 catalina 25 and I believe I need a new outboard. I am looking at around nine hp four s
Battery Drainage DonW at 7:56am 07.18.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/802 Bought new batteries end of season last year. Have solar panels. When returned to boat this year,
How to check sail condition? kito at 7:18am 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 20/4772 My 79 H30 project boat is coming along. Need to start thinking about my main and genoa condition. I
Looking for OD34 door clip (1) Harlan at 7:13am 07.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/601 My 1983 OD34 has a number of plastic clips that secure locker doors, table drop leaf, etc. Several h
Update from Maine, S/A Yuginots yuginot at 7:02am 07.18.14 The Cherubini Hunters 4/937 Hello everyone. It has been a LONG time since I was last on here. Yuginots family has had a tough fe
stern sits low Catalina 22 slowtype at 5:51am 07.18.14 Catalina 22 7/1262 This comes up annually on these boards. The solution is to try and move weight forward such as the b
26S - 30 minute centerboard removal/replacement (on trailer) (4) holdech at 5:26am 07.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/5856 Thought I'd mentioned this as I've seen many solutions that are way too difficult and/or dangerous.
Fluxgate compass went bonkers... DougM at 4:41am 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1083 Odd thing yesterday, the Fluxgate compass in my autopilot decided to point every way but the correct
Capri 18 starboard cockpit locker (1) smallboatrestoration at 4:08am 07.18.14 Smaller Boats 2/1460 Does this plastic hose in the starboard locker go down to the keel bilge? If so, what did the manufa
Need help with 1983 Hunter 31 Mast davejet at 7:28pm 07.17.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1325 I finally got a MastMate and climbed to the top of my mast. I purchased the 1983 Hunter 31 a litt
Lightning Strike's? ttac at 7:12pm 07.17.14 Ask All Sailors 23/4018 We were struck by lightning one month ago! Still getting all the repair quotes back! I wanted to as
Fuel Leak rkssail at 6:47pm 07.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/993 I've got a real head scratcher that I'm hoping someone can shed some light on. I went to the marina

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Review please Cal 39 Qomomoko at 6:45pm 07.29.23 The question is whether the Cal 39 has the dreaded mild steel mast support beam (or "bird," as they
Lewmar V700 Windlass dlochner at 6:23pm 07.29.23 Here is one installation that I saw. Any thoughts? Did not require modifications to the anchor lock
Newbie Sohl at 6:20pm 07.29.23 I'm currently selling my Potter 19 and have moved up to a "new" (to us) Seaward 26RK. I dearly love
Merit 22 owners sloughsailer at 5:58pm 07.29.23 Thanks a lot, Digger. It looks like this will solve my problem. Did you find that the stock mast cru
Lewmar V700 Windlass (1) Fred at 5:57pm 07.29.23 Here is one installation that I saw. Any thoughts? Did not require modifications to the anchor locke
Solar water heat exchanger gettinthere at 5:40pm 07.29.23 BTW, I'm looking at this because I want a whole house hot water system. Not interested in the shower
Solar water heat exchanger Johnb at 5:36pm 07.29.23 The solar heaters mentioned in posts 6 and 7 above would work but for what it is worth I have used:
Review please Cal 39 Alan Gomes at 5:24pm 07.29.23 Thanks for the confirmation on the "keel stepped mast" There was a post about Cals and how there wa
Review please Cal 39 Qomomoko at 4:32pm 07.29.23 Thanks for the confirmation on the "keel stepped mast" There was a post about Cals and how there was
Selden - Furling Main GibbyGibstone at 4:27pm 07.29.23 I replaced lines last year, do not believe the manual. They were never updated. You really need t
Review please Cal 39 jssailem at 4:22pm 07.29.23 :plus: on Alan's find. I would expect that all of the 39's would be keel stepped. It would be unusu
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level dLj at 4:00pm 07.29.23 I see this as my opportunity to do the LIVEABOARD and sail a larger boat. Looks like a cruiser sail
Review please Cal 39 Alan Gomes at 3:30pm 07.29.23 Hello Mini thread hi-jack. I am looking at a 1980 Cal 39. Can the Cal 39 have both a Deck step Ma
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 3:30pm 07.29.23 not sure what I'm going to do when he sells his shop Buy up his tools. Build a shop. Call it a sch
Review please Cal 39 (4) jssailem at 3:26pm 07.29.23 Deck stepped masts have a base plate on the deck the mast rests upon. This is how mine looks with
H 29.5 flat top main Sailm8 at 2:52pm 07.29.23 Good service from Mack sails on our 29.5. We had a roller main so differt situation.
Review please Cal 39 Qomomoko at 2:26pm 07.29.23 Stu is correct in general. However, in this case there is at least one issue that is not typical wi
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Tally Ho at 2:17pm 07.29.23 One boat mechanic, ferry person, local sailor has been great in advice. -take your time, do no ru
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue matts997 at 2:10pm 07.29.23 I ran the engine for a minute and observed a fine but soaking mist that seemed to be coming from one
Alberg 22 - possible to launch / retrieve solo? Anchored87 at 1:49pm 07.29.23 I definitely hear that. Freedom from re-rigging and de-rigging being the advantage, of course. Yea

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