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New Leather cover for steering wheel? jpeac2 at 6:46am 05.27.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/3822 Hey All - Continuing the early season cleaning of the boat. Anyone have thoughts on the best
Sailboat cradle Sadie103 at 6:09am 05.27.14 Ask All Sailors 11/5269 I have a 22 ft. Windstar sailboat that I just purchased. I want to put it up on a cradle so I can
2GM20F Alternator (1) Ken13559 at 6:04am 05.27.14 Musings With Maine Sail 15/4172 Maine Sail, Appreciate your advise on this; if I were to switch off the engine Key Switch while eng
Traveler Upgrade Question Ward H at 5:54am 05.27.14 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 15/4765 This is my second season with a keel boat. Last season I just set the sails so they didn't luff and
Sail repair Tim H11493 at 5:48am 05.27.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1143 I sail a 2006 Hunter 33 in Florida. The sails are in good condition but I have noted a few minor ar
Advice on rewiring the mast HillbillyWanderer at 5:47am 05.27.14 Catalina 22 11/1721 PVC vs Wire Ties ? Installing a new running light and up grading the anchor light this evening. I ha
descissions, descissions, descissions trainmanjess at 5:38am 05.27.14 Ask All Sailors 32/4535 hello all I have never owned an electronic chart plotter for my boat... I have always sailed boat
Heading to NYC MLampner at 4:26am 05.27.14 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1282 Ell what seemed a long time off when I last wrote asking input about this trip is now less than a mo
Sealing new portlights on O'Day 25 Mad Dog at 3:19am 05.27.14 Ask An Oday Owner 18/2387 I posted this on the Ask All Sailors forum, but hoping I'll get more response from fellow O'Day owne
GPS Location Wedgie at 11:02pm 05.26.14 Big Boats 12/1635 Hi there, I own a 2008 Hunter 45cc monohull with an E120 Chart Plotter installed which is failing i
Even More California Non-sense caguy at 10:22pm 05.26.14 Ask All Sailors 18/2277 At MDR we have had a close to perfect launch ramp for years. . They made it even better by replaci
Furling Mainsail Halyards captmaddog at 9:43pm 05.26.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1390 I just purchased a Hunter 420 Passage with an in-mast furling system. The previous owner never ran
Tips on removing silicone caulking cluce at 8:54pm 05.26.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/8760 We are resealing the windows in our '79 Catalina 30. Previous owners have used a number of creative
90 degree propane fitting? sully75 at 8:43pm 05.26.14 Musings With Maine Sail 15/4406 I have a Dickinson 2 burner non-gimballed stove I'm installing. The propane fitting comes from the
ordered TRIDENT 102 and was sent SHEILDS sanitation hose centerline at 8:31pm 05.26.14 Ask All Sailors 12/2962 what I specifically ordered by name and what I actually received is two different things.... can som
H36 Faucet handle - bathroom zigracer at 7:41pm 05.26.14 Big Boats 1/740 Does anyone know what company made the faucet for the 2008 H36 bathroom sink? I know I can buy a wh
272 main sheet thepiratedoc at 7:14pm 05.26.14 Bigger Boats 2/967 Anyone else tired of fighting their mainsheet setup? When it is easier to pull the boom in by hand,
Swing keel on 1990 26S Justsailinghome at 6:42pm 05.26.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1196 The swing keel will not go down. Has anyone had this problem?
Pop Top Lift Kit bostonbob at 6:31pm 05.26.14 Catalina 22 10/4021 Just added the pop top lift kit ,works great . No need to drop the mast as stated in directions, aft
Blue Water Bridge Lake Huron colinhulse at 5:54pm 05.26.14 Ask All Sailors 3/939 I have been under the Blue Water Bridge in a power boat but never in a sail boat. I keep hearing tha

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Another What is It? Will Gilmore at 11:58am 07.26.23 I'm sorry to disagree, Jacktar. I've seen plenty of examples where the windlass was located aft of
How do you prove you can sail a boat? Johnb at 11:57am 07.26.23 Interesting. So the people who are most likely to have a limited knowledge of boating laws and regu
New Boat, Custom Work? Good or bad for me? Ward H at 11:49am 07.26.23 Welcome to the forum! You came to the right place to ask your questions. I'm tagging @Crazy Dave Co
I need a good chili recipe... jviss at 11:48am 07.26.23 I never did get the recipes for these chilis but you can probably Google the names to get the ingr
New Boat, Custom Work? Good or bad for me? (2) RustyPepper23 at 11:40am 07.26.23 218195218196
Replacing Raymarine ST50 Tridata display. Ward H at 11:27am 07.26.23 I went through this with my boat when I bought it. It came with ST50 instruments which worked spradi
I need a good chili recipe... (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:27am 07.26.23 I never did get the recipes for these chilis but you can probably Google the names to get the ingre
H41 inner forestay? jericks3 at 11:04am 07.26.23 Hell yeah. Appreciate the pics too. It will be nice. I was able to find a drawing of the chain plate
How do you prove you can sail a boat? jviss at 10:48am 07.26.23 most likely to have a limited knowledge of boating laws and regulations, rental boat operators I'm
How do you prove you can sail a boat? dlochner at 10:46am 07.26.23 From the California Boater Card FAQ: Q: Who will be exempt from needing a Boater Card? A: Accordin
H41 inner forestay? (2) Windpilot at 10:44am 07.26.23 B&R rig does not need running backstays, i don't have the dimensions, I had my sailmaker design it.
How do you prove you can sail a boat? jviss at 10:21am 07.26.23 From the California Boater Card FAQ: Q: Who will be exempt from needing a Boater Card? A: According
H41 inner forestay? jericks3 at 9:48am 07.26.23 I suppose. Did you end up adding running back stays or changing the rigging at all. Appreciate the a
H41 inner forestay? Windpilot at 9:35am 07.26.23 Chainplate was made by Seatek, cost of that part was insignificant compared to everything else.
How do you prove you can sail a boat? LloydB at 9:10am 07.26.23 Does this apply to out of state boaters in CA? So this rule only applies to Californians so everybod
Hunter 386 Throttle/Shifter cable replacement Gary Ryan at 9:00am 07.26.23 Hi Jim....Yanmar 3JH3E 40HP
Another What is It? Jacktar at 8:28am 07.26.23 Windless aft of hawsepipe also not logical unless you are hoisting anchor at side of bow instead of
Capping a Black Water Tank's Access to Macerator Hayden Watson at 8:21am 07.26.23 On my 88 C30 the macerator was threaded into the T-fitting out of the tank. I unscrewed the macerat
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) Hayden Watson at 8:17am 07.26.23 On my tiller boats, I used a good piece of nylon dock line that was looped over one stern cleat ran
Hunter smile / keel movement JamesG161 at 8:14am 07.26.23 Oops I was wrong, sorry. Your keel is inside your Fiberglass hull. Jim...

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