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Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May artleyt115 at 4:33am 07.12.23 Ask All Sailors 43/7302 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 3/1272 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) 6/1289
Beep Beep danm1 at 6:15pm 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 2/456 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 4/418 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 11/1317 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 3/596 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 29/2551 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 15/1654 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 8/802 any tips on how to attach a line to a mooring buoy that has no pennant? my boat has high gunnels. i
Just purchased hull #54 and have some halyard questions (4) Ensign Claptrap at 8:50am 07.11.23 Fantasia 35 6/1929 Hello all, My wife and I just purchased hull #54 (previously known as Susan Kay, Viking, and a coupl
Satallite GPS messaging devices rgranger at 8:39am 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 3/682 On an earlier thread, we got on a tangent about some of these new-ish satellite gps messaging device
Winch handle safe use stickinthemud57 at 7:05am 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 67/6303 At the expense of exposing my ignorance, I'm going to pose a question: When handling jib sheets whe
DIY Electronics? (1) jviss at 4:36am 07.11.23 Ask All Sailors 39/4569 I know a couple of guys on the forum dabble in electronics, Arduino, etc., I just can't recall who!
What is this material? (2) TamBamK at 9:48pm 07.10.23 Ask All Sailors 2/542 A previous owner replaced bilge covers and a bulk head with it. Seems water proof as the bilge cover
Electrical Gremlins (1) skunther at 8:47pm 07.10.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1068 I have a DC parallel panel patched onto whatever panel came with my 1993 Hunter Legend 35.5, and it
Sea Hood Core Deterioration (2) BigEasy at 7:06pm 07.10.23 Ask All Sailors 3/1007 Recently noticed that the seahood panel flexed ' felt spongy when foot pressure applied. I usually
Honda BF2 outboard fuel problem Hayden Watson at 6:39pm 07.10.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1685 I am leaving on a cruise in a couple of days and got the 2-hp Honda out to move to the boat. It ran
Looking for Santana21 owners. rebel4443 at 6:16pm 07.10.23 Other Sailboats 0/719 Looking for Santana 21 owners that will not mind sharing info on rigging. I purchased a Santana 21 a
Perkins 20 Engine Elissatoo at 6:06pm 07.10.23 Engines and Propulsion 7/1874 I own a Catalina 270 with a Perkins 20 diesel engine. Is anyone familiar with what the oil.capacity

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Sneaking up on a circumnavigation mermike at 7:33pm 08.29.25 Well OK! I picked up a friend in Ucluelet Monday afternoon. After a quick shopping trip we loaded th
Help, terrible smelling boat fred1diver at 6:31pm 08.29.25 Yes
Control panel Beneteau (1) Davidasailor26 at 5:02pm 08.29.25 Here's the manual for any future readers of the thread.
Hunter34 backstay removal cherub78 at 4:49pm 08.29.25 Great info and thank you all for the insightful comments.
Expired Flares MikeHoncho at 4:33pm 08.29.25 They are super old, like damaged from the humidity that somehow made it into the liferaft. I am 90%
In search of a rudder transom mount for a Point Jude 16 (1) cybrdweeb at 4:28pm 08.29.25
Cruise Port Everett to Port Ludlow Claude L.-Auger at 3:42pm 08.29.25 Looks like you had a wonderful time. Glad for you! I sure miss those wonderful short cruises of yea
Is h260 forestay used without modification in jib furlers, usually? Crazy Dave Condon at 3:32pm 08.29.25 @Joe See the above as I identified the further plus the manual should be posted under. Boat infor
Hunter 45 DS Teak Don S/V ILLusion at 3:15pm 08.29.25 There is a 13 year old boy inside me just screaming to get out.... :biggrin::ass: Resist
Is h260 forestay used without modification in jib furlers, usually? Joe at 3:14pm 08.29.25 Determine the kind of furler you have. Then look for installation manual online. During this proces
Help, terrible smelling boat Tally Ho at 3:11pm 08.29.25 You are using a bladder for the waste?
Help, terrible smelling boat fred1diver at 2:58pm 08.29.25 The tank is new and the hoses as well
Hunter34 backstay removal Claude L.-Auger at 2:58pm 08.29.25 :plus: Yep! B & R is a fractional rig. Reread Kloudie's post and mine Indeed most B & R rigs ar
Protecting the mast light connector and VHF connector dyelaine at 2:44pm 08.29.25 J Racer's system (through the mast mount) would definitely solve the problem. I have a VHF cable to
Help, terrible smelling boat Davidasailor26 at 2:31pm 08.29.25 Have you checked if the source may be the hoses and not the tank?
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 2:26pm 08.29.25 We sell infused honey. We infuse cinnamon, lemon, lavender, chocolate, and hot chili into honey. W
Refinishing Wooden Wheel jssailem at 1:53pm 08.29.25 I would ordinarily tend to agree with you on this. The problem is that, when we got this boat just
Hunter34 backstay removal rgranger at 12:57pm 08.29.25 Most B&R-rigged boats have forestays that terminate as fractional rigs. The 34 Hunter has a full fo
Hunter 45 DS Teak rgranger at 12:55pm 08.29.25 I am afraid of getting water damages with this old holes. There is a 13 year old boy inside me just
Control panel Beneteau Slider at 12:29pm 08.29.25 David, my next sail is Monday, So I will use this info and let you know if everything is working! T

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