Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

winter sailing trips walt at 5:21pm 01.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1539 Sumner and Ruth, what are the big boat Florida plans this year? (I partly started this thread to a
Dynaplate banjoey at 4:57pm 01.03.14 Ask All Sailors 8/3052 Why are these used and why is bigger better? Sorry to be such a novice. I have found this forum to
The temp shall be 3! Skipper at 4:17pm 01.03.14 Ask All Sailors 4/959 The temp shall be 3! (Annapolis) "Oh yes. The temp shall be 3. 2 shall not be the temp. You sha
Gelcoat or Awlgrip? ingeanous at 4:16pm 01.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/1270 I've got a Hunter 335 with too far gone gelcoat to bring back. The question is: Awlgrip or re gelco
Spinnaker pole Jwhy at 2:24pm 01.03.14 Catalina 30 2/1009 I'm getting ready to use the spinnaker for the first time. How do I set up the bridle to control the
423 Hull to Grid Liner Seperation (4) MuddyPaws at 2:07pm 01.03.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/8232 Hello everyone !! Firstly, thanks to all of you that work to put together and run this great site. I
Hunter 26 bimini kitxu at 1:47pm 01.03.14 Smaller Boats 3/1169 Hello, I bought a 1994 Hunter 26 with a Bimini but the Bimini is too large, so large that it touche
Cockpit Cover for Catalina 27 caguy at 11:17am 01.03.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1347 A friend of mine just bought a C-27. It came with a cockpit cover that looks like it is original equ
Catalina 30 3 blade prop ScottNeely at 10:17am 01.03.14 Catalina 30 2/1450 Has anyone out there compared the three blade prop Catalina Direct sells to a Michigan Wheel Sailor
stripping paint question? GeorgiaBII at 8:31am 01.03.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1234 I've got a new to me Hunter 22 (85 model) that the previous owner has painted to death. Even painted
Anchor Stow deck lock melvyn.trigg at 6:18am 01.03.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1252 Can anyone advise where to purchase a new deck lock, for the bow anchor stow hatch lock on a Catalin
Leaving Navpod on boat and security? star302 at 5:05am 01.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2427 Hi, We are going to purchase new electronics for the boat. (12" chart plotter, seperate wind speed
Dingy trim All U Get at 5:00am 01.03.14 Ask All Sailors 15/2305 Hi all, We've been using our dingy(10 foot RIB) quite a bit lately and have had to motor into som
Pearson sailboat info seadaddler at 4:43am 01.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/733 Can anyone help with a friend who is trying to replace the wire to rope line for his center board o
Lee Cloths MLampner at 3:50am 01.03.14 The Cherubini Hunters 17/3035 E are going to be making a run from Baltimore to NYC in the early summer and know there will be at l
Frayed Shroud zpeteman at 8:03pm 01.02.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3079 We put our Mac 25 in the water yesterday and when I raised the mast I found a troubling problem. The
Banner Day BobM at 6:24pm 01.02.14 Ask All Sailors 1/853 I bought my first boat, a Lancer 25, from a local youth sailing organization for $1000. I made a de
similar site for power boaters? agaliha at 4:50pm 01.02.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/2617 After a lifetime of sailing, I recently made the transition to being a "stink potter" power boater.
So what did santa bring you? Doc_holiday at 3:02pm 01.02.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/1747 Of course we are talking sailing related stuff. I got a clineometer, lazy jack hardware and rope,
A Good Idea or Not? Soaring eagle at 2:57pm 01.02.14 Mid-Size Boats 12/1986 Happy New year! I'm replacing the original brass shaft in my Catalina 320. Just wondering what you

Recent Replies

Engine compartment blower re design what do you have in your boat higgs at 6:17pm 05.15.23 I have a blower for my diesel powered engine that pushes air out. It is on its own switch. I ran
Insurance question higgs at 6:14pm 05.15.23 I recently left Boat US (Geico) after 15 years due to unexplained near doubling of my rates. Landed
Rudder Bearing Mechone at 6:08pm 05.15.23 First off that pin is never coming out either way as you have mushroomed both ends beating on it w
Cleaning Shore Power Cord justsomeguy at 5:23pm 05.15.23 Yeah, my dockmate was trying to make me look bad by using a West Marine product specifically markete
Hunter smile / keel movement MysticBlue at 5:14pm 05.15.23
Hunter 18.5 and trailer opinions on this boat please Crazy Dave Condon at 5:11pm 05.15.23 Look at the mast raise system for the hunter 19 water ballast and then send a private message to me
Curved step for 420 Passage Crazy Dave Condon at 5:06pm 05.15.23 Contact the forum store as they have the build list of parts for your boat
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity kappykaplan at 4:59pm 05.15.23 Or, it's also possible that this guy was sailing in the Southern Hemisphere, and did it to correct
Reverse Polarity Nauticlops at 4:56pm 05.15.23 Well you guys were right, everything is working and not even the faintest reverse polarity light to
Hunter smile / keel movement Crazy Dave Condon at 4:54pm 05.15.23 @dmax and @Ralph Johnstone are both correct particularly torqu per pounds and the use of 5200. I al
Engine compartment ventilation jon hansen at 4:48pm 05.15.23 my $0.02, i would want the OP's air vents, one forward, one facing aft. ventilation. i run the bl
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity PaulK at 4:48pm 05.15.23 We turn our GPS antenna "upside down" on purpose when we haul out so it doesn't chafe the cover all
Insurance question PaulK at 4:44pm 05.15.23 Heading the other direction, Gowrie Group in Westbrook CT handles a large number of clients, includi
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Leeward Rail at 4:39pm 05.15.23 My question is when using an esim - what happens to the original sim card? How do you restore that
Insurance question nightowle at 4:35pm 05.15.23 I highly recommend Peter Ricks at Novamar Insurance Brokers in the Seattle office. They are worldwi
Cleaning Shore Power Cord nightowle at 4:20pm 05.15.23 I tried some recommended items that did nothing, and then used a specific marine cord cleaning produ
Cleaning Shore Power Cord Rich Stidger at 4:12pm 05.15.23 Silly post, I know, sorry! My shore power cord looks awful, grimy, gritty. I washed it, and tried
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Tedd at 4:08pm 05.15.23 ...but a trailer launched sailboat would cut my expenses, and let me go sailing in other places. T
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage dLj at 4:06pm 05.15.23 Here's a list of current esim capable phones: https://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sSIMTypes=4 Here
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Leeward Rail at 4:01pm 05.15.23 Here's a list of current esim capable phones: https://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sSIMTypes=4 Here'

Contact
About
Terms of Use