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Cleveland Area surveyor recommendation xavpil at 11:42am 07.13.23 Ask All Sailors 2/377 Hi all Buying a sailboat in Cleveland and looking for a great surveyor. Of course I checked the of
Early production Kittiwake JonConnors at 11:22am 07.13.23 Ask All Sailors 5/1109 Hello Everyone, I have acquired a 1966 Kittiwake. I know Kenner is the ma
Trailer Bunk Positioning SantaCruzin at 10:59am 07.13.23 Trailer Sailors 3/1150 I finally tracked down a trailer for my 1968 West Wight Potter 14 and I'm hoping to get a gut check
Need source for winch parts Rich Stidger at 9:34am 07.13.23 Ask All Sailors 24/2284 I need an output gear for an obsolete Lewmar electric OP2 made in 1997. Lewmar has no parts at all.
Tiller rudder connection Nordica 16 Bluenick at 9:29am 07.13.23 Ask All Sailors 0/393 N16 just bought, spent last 10 years under tarps. Previous owner (PO) says tiller rotted. Provided
O'Day Mariner-- Trailering, Inspection (New Sailer's Request for Help!) Knicks7073 at 5:37am 07.13.23 Trailer Sailors 4/1092 Looking at purchasing a '71 19.6 O'Day Mariner with the goal of trailering and storing it ~1 mile fr
Blisters inside of water ballast tanks? T-Horse at 3:04pm 07.12.23 Trailer Sailors 2/801 About to buy a Hunter 26 and someone at my marina raised concerns of getting unrepairable blisters i
Prop size for my 28.5 Peanut Gallery at 2:35pm 07.12.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/663 I have a 85 Hunter 28.5 and I need my prop replaced. The marina I'm at needed to know the size of pr
Fyi Old ST30 DO WORK with i70s network curtdo at 9:32am 07.12.23 Ask All Sailors 3/366 After getting no correct info from Raymarine, Airmar, or much internet searching I can tell you I go
Lake Granby Colorado azsailing at 9:27am 07.12.23 Destinations 1/1149 Hi Listmates, I am taking my Macgregor 26 to Lake Granby next week. I will be staying in a hotel a
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May artleyt115 at 4:33am 07.12.23 Ask All Sailors 43/6707 Hi everyone! So as the title says my friends and I are planning on setting sail down the Delaware ri
Hunter 30-2 engine instruments? soopad00pa at 10:41pm 07.11.23 Mid-Size Boats 3/1174 About to pull the trigger on an 88 30-2. It's got the original yanmar which seems to be a good shape
25' O'Day Swingkeel SDL at 10:20pm 07.11.23 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/1199
Beep Beep danm1 at 6:15pm 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 2/442 My Hunter 356 has a promarine prosafe galvanic isolator monitor that beeps a warning when shore powe
376 Powered Winch Wiring Gillfowdy at 5:30pm 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 4/391 Hi. Id like to replace the original push button switch for our powered winch (fortunate to have to l
In boom reefing design Atlantic Phil at 4:28pm 07.11.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1201 I recently bought a 1988 legend 37. I like to singlehand but I also like to have reefing readily ava
What is it? (1) mbaker267 at 1:55pm 07.11.23 Catalina 22 3/546 As I work on my '76 Cat-22, I sometimes come across things that I can't identify. This device was ha
Potential new Hunter owner 60bubba at 12:23pm 07.11.23 Smaller Boats 29/2414 Hello all, I am a former liveaboard sailor and retired Naval officer. I haven't owned a sailboat f
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal Whittens at 11:39am 07.11.23 Big Boats 15/1610 Seems easy, but don't want to break anything. Trying to remove the cover over the steering quadrant
mooring buoys balao92 at 10:19am 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 8/740 any tips on how to attach a line to a mooring buoy that has no pennant? my boat has high gunnels. i

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Hunter 23 help D.Courtney at 8:22pm 07.23.25 Thank you!
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok RussC at 8:14pm 07.23.25 The bolt rope had shrunk causing the wrinkles but fixing that that won't help the belly much. looks
Intermittent Aternator Light Tally Ho at 7:46pm 07.23.25 I can remove the alternator and have it bench tested but it is more likely than not that the batter
Intermittent Aternator Light TimFromLI at 7:38pm 07.23.25 I can remove the alternator and have it bench tested but it is more likely than not that the batteri
New LFP House Battery Tally Ho at 7:35pm 07.23.25 Greg, I would go through the pages of both battery apps and see if there are any settings that are
Trouble in the Aft Compartment - Cherubini 30 Access + Rudder Stuffing Work testingthewaters91 at 6:47pm 07.23.25 Keep the removable panel. It will help contain items stored in the starboard lazarette. That fuel
Current Predictions Several Weeks Out Michael Davis at 6:47pm 07.23.25
Current Predictions Several Weeks Out dLj at 6:45pm 07.23.25 Essentially, the computer models cover a short time frame. The are pretty good three days out, a bit
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 JRT at 6:44pm 07.23.25 Congratulations, the 310 is a great boat that I really did enjoy owning. Our lack of use the past
Trouble in the Aft Compartment - Cherubini 30 Access + Rudder Stuffing Work Dalliance at 6:35pm 07.23.25 Keep the removable panel. It will help contain items stored in the starboard lazarette. That fuel
Intermittent Aternator Light jssailem at 6:23pm 07.23.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. (3) jssailem at 6:13pm 07.23.25 Buck Algonquin makes a step wrench that is used to install and remove through hulls. https://marinep
Trouble in the Aft Compartment - Cherubini 30 Access + Rudder Stuffing Work (4) testingthewaters91 at 6:05pm 07.23.25 I went to check on the boat and discovered something surprising: that aft panel was barely secured i
Trouble in the Aft Compartment - Cherubini 30 Access + Rudder Stuffing Work Dalliance at 5:48pm 07.23.25 My skeg looks like this. I can take a closer look tonight. I'll try to inspect the stuffing box hos
Catalina 22 refurbishing dlochner at 5:47pm 07.23.25 If you have access to a sewing machine, make your own. They will be a lot less expensive than commer
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok dlochner at 5:44pm 07.23.25 The sails look a little tired and stretched. The lower section of the main looks pretty baggy and th
Hunter 23 help dlochner at 5:37pm 07.23.25 Thanks for the detail.. Has anyone here replaced one of these arched knees before? Is there anoth
Intermittent Aternator Light Don S/V ILLusion at 5:22pm 07.23.25 no it's a volvo penta tmd22a. I looked at the battery history in the renogy app and the minimum vol
New LFP House Battery heritage at 4:59pm 07.23.25 Greg, I would go through the pages of both battery apps and see if there are any settings that are
Hunter 23 help D.Courtney at 4:56pm 07.23.25 Thanks for the detail.. Has anyone here replaced one of these arched knees before? Is there anothe

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