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A gentle reminder about duplicate threads and selling. Dave at 1:39pm 08.07.23 Ask All Sailors 2/630 Folks, Just a gentle reminder about selling items in the forums. Forum rules prohibit advertising i
Hunter 45 CC Enclosure KILOTRADER at 12:54pm 08.07.23 Ask All Sailors 0/6 In October of 2004, my wife and I bought a 2000 Hunter 45' CC in New Orleans on Lake Pontchartrain.
Bedding Genoa Track Dean Strong at 12:52pm 08.07.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/613 I'm chasing down a longstanding leak, and believe it could be coming from the genoa track, so I'm go
Bedding Genoa Track Dean Strong at 12:51pm 08.07.23 Mid-Size Boats 0/5 I'm chasing down a longstanding leak, and believe it could be coming from the genoa track, so I'm go
c 16 leak bankshortonia at 12:30pm 08.07.23 Ask All Sailors 3/658 just bought a late '80's C 16 and have a significant leak but can't find it. The plug in the back i
Looking for a part. Should be easy but... (1) Justin_NSA at 12:27pm 08.07.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1075 Since we can't sail because of the drought, I'm catching up on some projects. I need a jam/clam clea
Searching 2 OLD PIRATES at 11:43am 08.07.23 Catalina 310 0/19 Anyone looking for a fresh water Catalina 310?
Best Way To Find C&C 30 MK2 For Sale? coventgardenmartin at 10:04am 08.07.23 C&C 6/1854 Hi, I've been race crew for five years now and finally I'm looking to buy a boat and this is the mo
16' Restoration... How do I rig this lady? (3) christophermoorkelly at 4:20am 08.07.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1401 I've spent the last year restoring this odd 16' racer. It seems like she's something of a custom kit
Well, it's been two years.... jviss at 4:06pm 08.06.23 Ask All Sailors 19/1026 Just got the sails on today and took a short sail. Wow, what a feeling! It's been two years - divo
1993 Passage 42 waste tank replacement (2) SailorShaggy at 3:21pm 08.06.23 Big Boats 2/564 I have discovered the connections to the aluminum holding tank have less the 50% of the metal so I h
Interior wood lacquer finish repair (3) kbgunn at 3:10pm 08.06.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/784 I have a 2005 Hunter 33. The brochure calls the interior wood finish a gloss "Cherry" woodwork. But
New Mainsail, sail loft in southern Maine DH31 at 11:59am 08.06.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/1030 Thinking of getting a new mainsail for my 2007 Hunter 31 with in mast furler. Has anyone replaced t
identify sailboat mark allen at 8:41am 08.06.23 Ask All Sailors 22/2102 I acquired a 16 foot wooden sailboat. no mast or sails and unvarnished. I cant locate a manufacturer
Hunter 33.5 false bilge? (1) wony at 6:08am 08.06.23 Mid-Size Boats 10/2462 Greetings! We have been thoroughly enjoying our 1993 Hunter 33.5 with the family for the past few m
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker (2) Mason13 at 5:36am 08.06.23 Ask All Sailors 23/3170 Hi this is my first post on sailboat owners and after taking my skimmar seagull out in the water I h
Outboard Fuel Hose Recommendation jviss at 4:52am 08.06.23 Ask All Sailors 2/348 I have a Merc 2-stroke, and the Merc fuel hoses don't seem to last well. They get hard, the bulbs g
Flush Thru-Hulls replace with Mushroom Type trogers122 at 10:35pm 08.05.23 Ask All Sailors 12/2345 Question for the knowledgeable folks here: I just pulled my boat to replace my thru-hulls (amongst
Gearbox issue? Ken13559 at 10:04pm 08.05.23 Engines and Propulsion 5/1052 Yanmar 2GM20F with KM2P gearbox and Kiwiprop. Occasional after driving forward, when I throttle to r
Looking for Catalina 28 Keel Sump Info (1) thedepartedham at 10:38am 08.05.23 Mid-Size Boats 2/1270 Hi all, I've been working on a 1991 Catalina 28 for 6 months or so. The main issue with her so far i

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Invest 93L (3) JamesG161 at 10:04am 09.27.25 A few pictures to show it, plus note the dates d 234532 Dammit Jim...
Timing for the perfect tack shemandr at 9:52am 09.27.25 I'm a proponent of a short delay before releasing the jib. In addition to the reasons above, the wi
Invest 93L JamesG161 at 9:44am 09.27.25 It looks like the GFS and ECMWF both bring the storm up just short of the SC coast and then back ou
1978 H30 Shaft Removal/Rudder Tally Ho at 9:41am 09.27.25
Lithium Batteries (3) Tally Ho at 8:48am 09.27.25
Lithium Batteries Johann at 7:46am 09.27.25 For those of you that have, or are considering Battleborn 100Ah batteries have a look at these video
Timing for the perfect tack thinwater at 7:44am 09.27.25 Lots of good tip, so no need for me to joint the fray. Blocked practice. Go out on a nice light/mod
Seal tiny leak portlight caulk JBP-PA at 7:11am 09.27.25 Clear Gorilla tape leave very little residue compared to other tapes. I had some cables taped to a
Invest 93L shemandr at 6:52am 09.27.25 Virginia has issues with storms that start with an "I" Irene. Irma. Others?
1978 H30 Shaft Removal/Rudder Dalliance at 6:48am 09.27.25 I have a 1982 H30 and have long believed that there were only two ways to pull the shaft: remove the
Timing for the perfect tack shemandr at 6:42am 09.27.25 ... I do have a windex but I throw away the stops before being installed as I find them useless....
Electronics Tally Ho at 6:21am 09.27.25 I think priority 1 is to update my VHF. The guys in the marinas told me it was pretty hard to hear
Invest 93L (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:55am 09.27.25 Looking at this morning's models I'm still in camp no-landfall. It looks like the GFS and ECMWF bot
Timing for the perfect tack danstanford at 2:56am 09.27.25 The tacking angle will be somewhere close to 90 degrees but one should probably turn down 5 degrees
Timing for the perfect tack garymalmgren at 11:19pm 09.26.25 Single handed? 1. Center the traveler and main sheet 2. Hit the tack button on your tillerpilot. 3.
Timing for the perfect tack Foswick at 9:54pm 09.26.25 That is NOT what I said. I said 90 degrees was not doable and to sail one tack upwind then the oth
Timing for the perfect tack Stu Jackson at 8:16pm 09.26.25 If your goal is simply to point as high as possible at all times, do as Stu says and sail from clos
Timing for the perfect tack dlochner at 8:00pm 09.26.25 I do have a windex but I throw away the stops before being installed as I find them useless. I gues
Timing for the perfect tack RussC at 7:49pm 09.26.25 You mention the 90 target initially, but now how it plays into the tack. Can you clarify that for*
Timing for the perfect tack PaulK at 7:10pm 09.26.25 Agree with @Davidasailor26 that holding the sheet to backwind the jib may be messing you up by delay

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