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So School me on the ICW around St Augustine JRacer at 1:11am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1496 Been doing some research on some land my mom has in FL. It's in St Augustine, approx 1/2 to a mile i
Replace Forestay on 35.5 w/Hood 810 furler Steverhnm at 7:37pm 12.07.13 Big Boats 9/5523 So I just discovered that the wire at the top of the forestay on my boat is 50% broken. Luckily I h
Solar and engine charging gettinthere at 7:06pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1792 I have an ARS 5 balmar regulator on my engine alternator and a Blue Sky 2512 on 280 watts of solar.
Water softener question (1) Ken Cross at 12:29pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1290 Just wondering: What kind of water softener works in salt water? Well- er- brackish water?
Soft Top korchinskyp at 11:34am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1098 I purchased a Starwind 27 recently and noticed that the topsides are soft and flexible. Is this inhe
winterize wald836 at 11:00am 12.07.13 S2 0/905 I have an S2 80. I have the omc (zepher) sail drive. We have had some icing here and I could not g
Vibration in engine drive Delawaredave at 10:46am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1443 Newbie. 82 Hunter, Yanmar 8hp diesel. Seems like excessive vibration when running. Reason for
Yammar 2gm to Yanmar 2gm20f swap out Nelsonhow at 10:40am 12.07.13 Engines and Propulsion 2/1693 I'm thinking of swapping out my old 1983 2 Yanmar 2gm raw water cooled with a rebuilt Yanmar 2 GMf
New prop question Happy Together at 10:12am 12.07.13 Big Boats 3/1136 I have a Gori folding three blade prop. I am having trouble with it and I want to switch to the Vari
Mast climbing Head Sail at 9:30am 12.07.13 Big Boats 2/1441 Need to change my anchor light an install an antenna for TV. I don't trust either halyard to support
How the Freedom 20 charges wufibugs at 9:19am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1761 Best Wiring Scheme for the Freedom 20 Inverter/charger? Inverter/chargers take shore power and conv
Oops no sailing today (1) inarathree at 8:43am 12.07.13 Smaller Boats 3/874 Oops no sailing today
Considering a 302 Mackaroni at 7:11am 12.07.13 Bigger Boats 7/1471 Hello. I am new to this forum and thought I would ask for some opinions on the 302. I am consideri
Looks handy for working on seacocks merlinuxo at 5:53am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2095 while in the water. Wouldn't do any good for the flanged type though. I'd only use this while on the
I want to run my halyards to the cockpit kito at 5:53am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1144 I am making a list for Santa on what I would need to run my head and main halyards back to the cockp
Spinnaker pole Hobartwoodworks at 5:49am 12.07.13 Smaller Boats 18/2978 We recently purchased a 1984 Hunter 22. She came with a spinnaker in great shape, but no pole. My hu
Original Sails mbeil53 at 4:44am 12.07.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1744 Did the original sails on the Macgregor 25 have any reefing points?
frish water cooling system/ atomic 4 paulcolumbia2700 at 3:54am 12.07.13 Engines and Propulsion 10/7650 Hi, any you good folks added or have experience with adding a fresh water cooling system to your ato
insurance question Bob 04 H260 at 11:40pm 12.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2058 If a boat yard supplies a contractor to do work on your boat (boat yard bills you for the work) and
Salt water leak under the liner Cruiser WannaBe at 7:25pm 12.06.13 Big Boats 19/3172 I have purchased a 1987 Hunter 34.5' (shoal) and I have a constant leak that makes my bilge pump com

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SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report MikeHoncho at 6:46pm 06.02.23 Ahhh yes. Night sailing, or should I say re-sailing x3. Lol.
Marine diesel engine classes? xavpil at 6:34pm 06.02.23 Stu is of course correct. Here is an intermediate step that I believe would be valuable for anyone
Yamaha 30 - YSM12 diesel engine - need new stainless steel wet muffler dlochner at 6:29pm 06.02.23 Centek Marine is a major supplier of wet exhaust mufflers. They literally have pages of them. One of
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report Hayden Watson at 6:14pm 06.02.23 Just wait to see what happens in part 4. :biggrin: Are you sure that we can't just skip part 4 an
Identifying Keel Layers - Need for Primer? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:11pm 06.02.23 Most dealer and yards applied epoxy barrier coats on lead keels. Cast iron keels need a primer pai
Anyone know where I can find one of these? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:04pm 06.02.23 Did you talk with Dave who is a salesman for U S spars near Gainesville Florida?
Addicted to Sailing mermike at 6:01pm 06.02.23 Tosca is named for an opera about a beautiful jealous woman, and they all die in the end. So appropr
First Boat Purchase Crazy Dave Condon at 6:00pm 06.02.23 @amistret As a former dealer, I asked my customers what they wanted to do with the boat as there
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising (1) skunther at 5:35pm 06.02.23
Yamaha 30 - YSM12 diesel engine - need new stainless steel wet muffler Ralph Johnstone at 5:32pm 06.02.23 Hi Peter, Just returned from a few days at Port Graves and then back to Snug Cove before returning
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Garester at 5:32pm 06.02.23 All Hurth gears will eventually slip. It's a bad design and defective from the factory. If changing
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. Crazy Dave Condon at 5:27pm 06.02.23 I use to call it a K Whopper with the issues. I had a 23 wing keel on a KW trailer one time get s
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Garester at 5:24pm 06.02.23 As others mentioned your prop needs to be matched to your motor and boat. What is the maximum RPM
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Garester at 5:21pm 06.02.23 First, you are seriously over-propped if you reach maximum speed at 2000 rpm, you should be reachin
Cleat recommendations for Hunter 26 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:15pm 06.02.23 @kappykaplan thank you as I have to be careful. @WesternTraveler I know the boat well. In the V
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report jssailem at 5:11pm 06.02.23 Just wait to see what happens in part 4. :biggrin:
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Garester at 5:08pm 06.02.23 What trans do you have there??? I have the HBW50
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 5:00pm 06.02.23 216403
dock line for Beneteau 323 1/2" or 5/8? Hello Below at 5:00pm 06.02.23
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection heritage at 4:55pm 06.02.23 Beautiful job. Better than new.

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