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Refinishing salon table fredrickwarner at 5:59am 07.08.14 Big Boats 3/1154 I need to refinish my salon table to repair some water damage. I heard somewhere that Hunter uses a
Keel crack fredrickwarner at 5:55am 07.08.14 Big Boats 6/2086 Anyone else dealing with a hairline crack where the keel meets the hull? This spring, I noticed one
Engine not cranking Hal B at 5:48am 07.08.14 Catalina 30 12/1637 After a looooong repair from Sandy Damage, Hallie Luna finally splashed July 4th weekend. Since the
Dueling Swords Hydro Therapy at 5:35am 07.08.14 Ask An Oday Owner 3/813 I took a call from my marina yesterday. I was told that the mast of my 22 was caught up with my neig
Mast Halyard Stuck in Slot mrudman850 at 5:25am 07.08.14 Other Sailboats 2/2838 Hi All I have a Bayliner Buccaner 180 with new sails and a new main halyard. The halyard gets stuc
Purchasing a new Inverter/Charger Rodd at 5:21am 07.08.14 Musings With Maine Sail 12/2631 Maine- I am getting set to replace an aging Heart Interface Freedom 10 which has served me very wel
Cruisers Labor Day Meetup Corpus Christi Bay (1) frimi_captain at 5:18am 07.08.14 Trailer Sailors 1/1422 We have a few sailors and partiers from Austin Sailing Society on a West Wight Potter.19. Looking fo
Pearson Electra 22' (1) mellowsail at 5:02am 07.08.14 Ask All Sailors 17/5798 Hello all! I recently acquired a 1963 Pearson Electra 22' from a dear friend who passed away. The bo
Pearson Electra 22' propulsion (1) mellowsail at 5:01am 07.08.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/1224 Hello all! I recently acquired a 1963 Pearson Electra 22' from a dear friend who passed away. The bo
Welded mast on a Vision 32? Selkie at 4:59am 07.08.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/853 I'm considering buying a 1992 Vision 32. The surveyor said the mast appears to be two pieces that w
Pearson Electra (1) mellowsail at 4:58am 07.08.14 Pearson 3/2348 Hello all! I recently acquired a 1963 Pearson Electra 22' from a dear friend who passed away. The bo
Hunter Legend 45 CE Certification CaptainMacBudgie at 2:37am 07.08.14 Big Boats 5/1605 Hi, I am considering buying a Hunter Legend 45 (1987) in Florida for export to UK. The yacht will ne
Rubrail Quest (3) Deadline at 2:30am 07.08.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/709 Following an accident, I need to replace the grey rubrail on H320. Hunter's third party vendor doesn
Sailing to Key West Tattoo60 at 11:18pm 07.07.14 Tattoo Owners 0/3481 Planning to sail directly to Key West from Goodland Florida. Any suggestions. Will carry extra fuel
Finally launched (1) vthardhatdiver at 9:36pm 07.07.14 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1275 After waiting nearly a month to get my outboard back from the shop I finally launched Tranquil Water
Jibs Willemvan at 8:59pm 07.07.14 Smaller Boats 4/791 WHat is the biggest Jin you have used??
What is this filler between the fiberglass and the balsa?" (2) Big Dave at 8:52pm 07.07.14 S2 3/1304 Can anyone tell me what this material is? It's black and feels like charcoal. I'm hoping that it's
Yamaha 6HP Four Stroke Oily Spark Plugs shanester at 8:23pm 07.07.14 Engines and Propulsion 13/9202 My new to me Yamaha 6HP four stroke has some minor issues. 2005 model F6MLHD. This is the one that I
Getting Power to the Pedestal Randy6414 at 8:09pm 07.07.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1671 Hi all, I've got a 1984 Catalina 27, with an Edson wheel, pedestal ' pedestal guard that are ori
Have you added 12v fans? njlarry at 7:51pm 07.07.14 Bigger Boats 6/1978 Has anyone added 12v cooling fans to their cabin for cooling? Where are best locations and how did y

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Anchors Gene Neill at 5:06am 08.24.23 Where does your forestay attach in this pic? Also do you think there is clearance for my roller fur
Regarding a 1987 ODay Sailor 1 17ft in Length. chuckwayne at 4:55am 08.24.23 the DS 1 doesn't have a mechanism - the pivot on the lever handle just goes into a square cutout in
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice RoyS at 4:55am 08.24.23 Which broker?
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help dlochner at 4:29am 08.24.23 The topping lift is the short cable hanging from the backstay and attached to the boom. The primar
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 4:01am 08.24.23
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 4:00am 08.24.23
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help garymalmgren at 11:54pm 08.23.23 Hi Canception. I am not familiar with the Kant Ranger, but...... I will go through a few of your poi
Deception Pass. MikeHoncho at 9:41pm 08.23.23 I went through two weeks ago of which my plotter said there would be a opposing current of 2.4 knots
Do you use bumper boards? Stu Jackson at 9:06pm 08.23.23 a stickler for correct terminology. I used to "pull her chain" by saying things like "I'm going dow
Deception Pass. Terry Cox at 8:44pm 08.23.23 Nice writeup, Hayden. thank you. Been through the pass many times and have found the slack water tid
Do you use bumper boards? Project_Mayhem at 8:32pm 08.23.23 Boats don't have bumpers, so why would anyone want a bumper board for their car?;) However, in som
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 8:29pm 08.23.23 Getting things together here I've got a CV joint coming that will couple to the gearbox. Creating t
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? (2) RSHunter27 at 8:15pm 08.23.23
Do you use bumper boards? rgranger at 8:03pm 08.23.23
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Tally Ho at 8:01pm 08.23.23 I wonder why tally ho did not suggest that to me... to watch the video. Do you know a link to the v
Winchbit driver Tally Ho at 7:57pm 08.23.23
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Davidasailor26 at 7:04pm 08.23.23 So, anyway, I'm back in my home port, having completed the cycle. I sailed onto the mooring in We
Impact driver on window screws? danooxnard at 6:25pm 08.23.23 I had the same problem with some of the screws on my Cat-22 windows They are aluminium frames with s
blower motor not getting power SycloneDriver at 6:21pm 08.23.23 Found it. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/wiring-issue-with-3ym20-beneteau-31.1249937534
blower motor not getting power SycloneDriver at 6:13pm 08.23.23 2008 Beneteau 31. Yanmar 3YM20 The broken connecter (wire) was the problem. Look closely at that ph

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