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Have you winterized your mast? (1) dkrizek at 4:01pm 11.18.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1730 Roller furling masts have a large sail slot in them that serves as a conduit for water and debris to
Stowe instruments roadking at 3:48pm 11.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/746 My boat has the Stowe wind instrument and boat speed displays. Has anyone just replaced the display
Yanmar WOT Mark Nooney at 2:30pm 11.18.13 Mid-Size Boats 17/3704 I interested in knowing if any of your engines throttle up to the "published" WOT. My yanmar 2gmf is
Columbia River Mr Mac at 1:48pm 11.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1543 We are considering a move back to WA (our home) and Vancouver is high on the list. Any Hunter owner
Boat cover FluidDrive at 1:21pm 11.18.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/874 I'm looking for the best value in a trailerable boat cover for my 14.2 Capri. Any help would be grea
Porthole Removal and re-seal KenK13623 at 12:01pm 11.18.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1542 I have a porthole on a 2000 310 that is leaking so I need to remove and re-seal it. The problem is
336 Holding Tank Replacement rachelmackenzie at 12:00pm 11.18.13 Mid-Size Boats 10/4736 In 2012 I posted about replacing the waste holding tank on our 1995 Hunter 336. I want to post a fo
Dinghy for 310 Advice please Dreaming at 11:50am 11.18.13 Catalina 310 27/5990 Hi Everyone, I've taken a gander around the forums and the net and I couldn't find what I was l
Installation of shorepower on H33C MickP at 10:56am 11.18.13 The Cherubini Hunters 13/1504 I need to install a breaker panel and galvanic isolator on our 1981 H33. It looks like there used to
Fuel filling overflow - vent line Clydo at 10:35am 11.18.13 Catalina 310 10/2117 My 2003 fuel gauge off a bit so when fueled first time had slight spill. Herrington Maine Technologi
Can you bring a microwave on Hunter 306? EddyF2013 at 9:58am 11.18.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/1753 We have a Hunter 306 that we've been trying to sell. A potential buyer has asked us if they would b
toggle kgindling at 9:27am 11.18.13 Catalina 22 2/799 Not sure what toggle your talking about. Is it a swivel on the top of the forstay?
centerboard knock kgindling at 9:03am 11.18.13 Catalina 22 5/1391 After our first season of sailing our 84 cat22. Ive becomed concerned about the swing keal knocking.
Hunter 466 Water Tanks question rlamb at 8:31am 11.18.13 Big Boats 3/1195 We just bount a 2004 Hunter 466 and will be bringing it up the CA coast in a few weeks. During the
What is my boat? (7) Puddle Jumper13 at 8:13am 11.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/2537 Ok so there have been questions about my boat. Being I can find nothing about a Macgregor Suncatcher
Need spreaders for the mast BoatNutterGil at 7:45am 11.18.13 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1455 I originally posted this on the Mid-size Boat forum, but was given advise to post it here. I am try
Axle Choice Spence at 7:39am 11.18.13 Trailer Sailors 13/4342 I'm ready to install my running gear to the trailer frame. There is no axles under the frame now and
C22 Bilge azguy at 7:30am 11.18.13 Catalina 22 24/3005 Does anyone run a auto bilge on their C22 :confused: I've been on a trailer while I'm doing some w
flooring hotrodderjim at 7:22am 11.18.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/879 I see alot of sailboats with flooring in them that looks like mahogany strips with white"chinking" b
Cleaning with oxalic acid (1) merlinuxo at 7:08am 11.18.13 Trailer Sailors 19/8253 Picked up a pretty dirty (stained), but in great shape, dinghy last weekend. Yesterday I finished re

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TOO MUCH WIND? Michael Davis at 5:53pm 03.08.23 That looks like it might have been fun 60 years ago but now I reef early and stay comfortable!
TOO MUCH WIND? garymalmgren at 5:19pm 03.08.23 Just another day on Sydney harbor. This is the way they used to do it (and some still do) One rule.
TOO MUCH WIND? dlochner at 5:02pm 03.08.23 They stuffed the bow of the leeward hull. That brought the boat to a sudden stop and up and over she
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 4:08pm 03.08.23 And the actual cost of repowering with a different engine is always considerably more than at first
Inverter Bilge query Don S/V ILLusion at 3:41pm 03.08.23
TOO MUCH WIND? kappykaplan at 3:37pm 03.08.23 Yes, too much wind!
Spinnaker in top pulley-is it a concern? BarryL at 3:23pm 03.08.23 Hi. If you're worried, you can use a halyard ball. https://www.velasailingsupply.com/ronstan-halya
Spinnaker in top pulley-is it a concern? garymalmgren at 3:13pm 03.08.23 A halyard knot (halyard hitch) will prevent binding into a masthead or other block. https://www.bing
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Project_Mayhem at 2:58pm 03.08.23 GOOD QUESTION! Still too early know the results or how to answer the question. I feel good about t
In search of the driest bilge possible Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:39pm 03.08.23 That COULD be condensation if the boat was so tightly covered that there was no air circulation or n
question on SEMCO teak sealer BigEasy at 2:35pm 03.08.23 I used semco teak sealer for the first time (natural) and am not a fan. I would like to change col
Search issue (1) rgranger at 1:51pm 03.08.23 213606
Bareboat Charter in Bahamas vs BVI? Captain Larry-DH at 1:51pm 03.08.23 Good points. Also, I wonder about the feasibilty of sleeping in the boat at various destinations wi
1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust BigEasy at 1:50pm 03.08.23 Hello everyone, I am uncertain whether I need to layer some epoxy on top of the Interlux after ap
Hunter 410 curved companionway step rgranger at 1:48pm 03.08.23 Did you try calling the SBO store? They have found parts for me in the past.
Bareboat Charter in Bahamas vs BVI? Captain Larry-DH at 1:43pm 03.08.23 We're chartering a cat for the first time in the BVI this coming May. Looking forward to the weathe
TOO MUCH WIND? capta at 1:42pm 03.08.23 It appears that both sheets were in tight and neither of them could slack them in time to stop the c
Search issue HomeyD at 1:32pm 03.08.23 Thanks! Couldn't see it for some reason. When scrolled all the way down it become camo'd.
CG vessel renewal capta at 1:28pm 03.08.23 Is it possible you renewed with one of those (non-USCG) renewal web sites?
Search issue Phil Herring at 1:22pm 03.08.23 Use the search field at the top of the screen and enter short strings of text. For example, if you w

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