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All is NOT lost! or Robert Redford should have seen this Kermit at 9:05am 04.03.14 Ask All Sailors 11/2142 We saw this for the first time last night. Gotta love it! http://www.marketmenot.com/geico-gecko-r
manuals trainmanjess at 7:48am 04.03.14 Morgan 1/1354 hello all I recently bought a very nice 1971 Morgan 35' sailboat... I got a great deal on it... i
Does Anyone Have A Rig Tuning Guide? robertsapp at 7:30am 04.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2439 Specifically, I'm looking for a rig tuning guide for a B'R rig Z-spar furling mast. This is for a 19
ST50 instruments - blank faces redunculous at 5:37am 04.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1071 So a while back my instruments would occasionally not switch on - once the boat seemed to be warmed
Any B361 owners use 6V GC batteries? bshock at 5:26am 04.03.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1787 Hello All, I'm looking for any other B361 owners who might use 6V golf cart batteries in series fo
Dripless or Packing gland? ttac at 3:25am 04.03.14 Big Boats 11/2130 Hello. We are getting ready to haul out for bottom paint and some other maintains. We have a packing
The Garbage Thread Kestle at 9:12pm 04.02.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1242 Have a few tricks...let's get a few of you to contribute some more! OK, here are a few: 1) We put
Gulf Coast Cruisers RECESS at 8:21pm 04.02.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1278 I know many of us stop off at White City just past St. Joe. Free electric and water is a nice bonus
Help me find missing parts! (4) GeorgiaBII at 3:15pm 04.02.14 Smaller Boats 3/1057 As the ongoing saga of this resto of a 81'ish hunter 22 I've found yet another bit I'm missing. P
How does the water get into the bowl? Brian D at 2:38pm 04.02.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1346 OK, for you engineer types (non communications types like me), on the S3213 water separator, how doe
Questions for single-handers..... Bonzai at 1:18pm 04.02.14 Ask All Sailors 35/3737 Hey guys! Planning on a good year sailing hope you all are too! I am going to be sailing solo most o
Replacement window for Newport 30? GWB at 11:55am 04.02.14 Newport 2/1760 Does anyone know of a source for these please? The plastic frame around the perspex window itself is
if you have to go on a cruise ship (1) dlewis812 at 11:21am 04.02.14 Sails Call Lounge 6/4808 http://www.yatzer.com/amazon-aqua-expeditions
Help with replacement windows ranc4 at 10:23am 04.02.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1718 Another Newbie gets thrown into the lake with a 1972 Macgregor v21 doing the pushing. Live in St Pet
Time Flies Bad Obsession at 9:46am 04.02.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1725 In May of this year I will have been on this site for 10 years. During that time I have been thro
Survey Tomorrow Fathom at 8:44am 04.02.14 The Cherubini Hunters 17/1403 After 20 years of sailing on other people's boats, and 3 summers of teaching sailing in college usin
Just picked up a splicing kit JonnyQuest at 6:49am 04.02.14 Ask All Sailors 17/2058 The type with the set of long fids in a tube. Looking forward to figuring out how to do an eye splic
Quite Amusing (1) Shan at 5:30am 04.02.14 Sails Call Lounge 7/3571 I saw this at the Garden Centre today: http://s15.postimg.org/ptov2rtpn/treats_1.jpg
H30 cabin top mast base question kito at 4:35am 04.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/966 I took yesterday off work to install a few new portlights on my H30 project boat. I noticed my cabin
Standard Horizon with AIS below deck MLampner at 3:57am 04.02.14 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2081 has anyone tried one of the new Standard Horizon radios that have integrated GPS and AIS mounted bel

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2004 H41 In-Mast Furling--New Mainsail: Leech battens or no? shemandr at 11:27am 04.19.23 I had the round battens - full length. After a lot of trouble my sailmaker suggested partial length
Navpod Doesn't Fit (Close) - Options? (1) jssailem at 11:26am 04.19.23 I hear you saying that the space between the two straight lengths is 0.25" too narrow. Not sure this
Funny Friday!!! (1) Sailavie1 at 11:06am 04.19.23 214795
Hunter 326 Compression post finish rgranger at 10:50am 04.19.23 2. If you are a 70's throwback hippy type, wrap it in fur! At least it will be soft and warm. :la
Progress report on the 26 O'day! artleyt115 at 10:36am 04.19.23 Thank you for bringing us along. I'm also redoing an Oday 25 . .We always look forward to pictures
WHAT TINT FOR FIXED PORTS BigEasy at 10:32am 04.19.23 On my 1988 Hunter 33.5, the interior trim pieces were plastic and adhered to the interior surface wi
Fridge power - 2015 Oceanis 48 Roger F at 10:28am 04.19.23 Definitely will involve carpentry, electrician, refrigeration folks! For now I am giving up on the
2004 H41 In-Mast Furling--New Mainsail: Leech battens or no? gfrazzle at 10:27am 04.19.23 My original 2007 41DS furling main had round battens. Furling/ unfurling was a frustrating chore due
Progress report on the 26 O'day! Timm R Oday25 at 10:16am 04.19.23 Thank you for bringing us along. I'm also redoing an Oday 25 . .We always look forward to pictures .
WHAT TINT FOR FIXED PORTS SuzyOneSock at 10:03am 04.19.23 Ahh, so it's not possible to remove and reuse that piece that is adhered to the inside of the origin
New 170 sailor SKOTBRO at 10:03am 04.19.23 Oh, I see. I was assuming that the outer finish had worn off exposing the underlying layer. If you
New 170 sailor stickinthemud57 at 9:59am 04.19.23 Oh, I see. I was assuming that the outer finish had worn off exposing the underlying layer. If you
Rust color in Antifreeze JoeWhite at 9:59am 04.19.23 You can drain the water heater by disconnecting the coolant hoses at engine side and forcing air int
New 170 sailor SKOTBRO at 9:55am 04.19.23 SKOTBRO, It's apparent from the photos of the bottom that this boat has been beached a lot, which
Try- Sail Ready Bag Waybad at 9:51am 04.19.23 Thanks, I have two of those bags. I have not used them yet and did try to stuff my try sail in it. I
Sunbird Battery Box jssailem at 9:51am 04.19.23 Nice boat Joe. That is the kind of boat I love to teach sailing in. It is simple to use. I would dr
New 170 sailor SKOTBRO at 9:48am 04.19.23 I used to own a 170 and loved that little boat. We decided to get something less "tippy" for the gr
New 170 sailor stickinthemud57 at 9:48am 04.19.23 SKOTBRO, It's apparent from the photos of the bottom that this boat has been beached a lot, which i
What is this plug on the transom? DArcy at 9:47am 04.19.23 I added a plug like that for the small 7W solar panel I used on my previous boat.
What is this plug on the transom? jon hansen at 9:46am 04.19.23 it's for a hand held spot light for the helmsman. say, finding bouys at night. however, good way to

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