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Keel-stepped mast vibration - bangs cabintop Skipper at 6:33am 12.09.13 Ask All Sailors 33/11116 My keel-stepped mast undulates when the wind picks up. When it does, it bangs into the cabintop insi
How cold does it have to get to break a seacock? Skipper at 6:20am 12.09.13 Ask All Sailors 18/7821 I'm an experience sailorboater....from California. This winterizing thing is not on my list of mast
Plastic pipe instead hose for holding tank Rusty south at 5:36am 12.09.13 Big Boats 10/2417 I close on December 18th on my 40.5 and was able to negotiate a good deal so I believe will see once
Halyard stoppers DianaOfBurlington at 11:09pm 12.08.13 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/5365 STILL looking for halyard stoppers for this one. The boat originally came with the old-style Schaef
'81 H22 Restore (2) KristinKaye at 9:29pm 12.08.13 Smaller Boats 29/4858 Hi everyone, I got our H22 in the shop to do a restore and some refits on it this winter. It has a
researching a B361 Oceanic 2001 Eduardo at 6:58pm 12.08.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 23/5731 Is it a potential problem under load and heavy seas for a Beneteau 361 for the hull to be attached
Hole in bottom of boat whemphill1945 at 6:53pm 12.08.13 Smaller Boats 6/1428 I just purchased a Hunter 26 water ballast sailboat with a damaged hull. I a blocking it up to work
Sailing at night sundsy night in Monterey Bay (1) Yosi at 5:44pm 12.08.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1076 70681.vB
Hunter 356 $48,500 sailmaster39 at 5:39pm 12.08.13 Big Boats 2/1040 Hi Group Know anybody looking for a super deal on a H356.I just saw a listing for a good looking
Sails for Macgregor 26 s katana750 at 5:30pm 12.08.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2291 I wanted to order a set of new sails (93 26 s) I have been talking back and forth with Judy B. She
Yachting Monthly's Crash Test Boat Dave602 at 3:26pm 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1710 You should watch the videos from Yachting Monthly on Youtube. They have a crash test boat and show
91 Vision Cast iron wing keel bolt sequence tinman530 at 2:41pm 12.08.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1644 I have a rigg-less spar 91 Hunter Vision and wondering if anyone knows the function of the 3/8 SS th
Water coming into head from shower drain rfrlaw at 11:58am 12.08.13 Mid-Size Boats 8/1497 I have a 1982 Cherubini 33. I hauled her in October. Today December 8 I went to the boatyard and sa
Have you exposed your gel coat? (4) PSR at 10:50am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 48/11974 I'm interested in whether you have ever seen the gel coat below the water line on your boat, and whe
Adventures in Paradise! 2sticks at 10:09am 12.08.13 Bigger Boats 8/1367 It's time to update our progress with the Oday 32 and her new marina home. We brought Fairwinds fro
HELP-Windlass for 37.5 Hunter Legend Biggin at 9:59am 12.08.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2628 Skippers, I am trying to get some ideas about the placement for a windlass on my 37.5 Hunter. An
Prop guard installed. (1) DAVA390 at 9:50am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1578 prop guard installed on a 6H.P. Tohatsu. Hints. : This guard purchased here, (as was the one I pu
Suggestions for Haul Out near ST Pete FL.?? Sanford H. at 9:29am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 7/2532 Hi All! The wife and I are looking at a Catalina 30 down near Gulfport FL. We are going down for s
jack stay on a Beneteau 393 garyburch at 8:52am 12.08.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1866 The 393 has a jack stay while most other Beneteau's around this size do not. I d' like to store my
New liveaboard Clintsurfs at 6:13am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1690 Just wanted to say hello. Acquired my first sailboat, a 1985 O'Day 31, back in August, moved aboard

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Roller furling: where do I start? Tally Ho at 1:47pm 07.05.23 this is what I understood are you happy with yours? how was the installation process? It was on th
Lake Erie to Lake Michigan on sailboat. Is it possible? stephen_i_w at 1:45pm 07.05.23 I have never taken that particular trip, But from my home near to Detroit I have traveled to all 3 l
Blown exhast Richard19068 at 1:36pm 07.05.23 Thanks to this terrific site I did some reseaarch to see what others did. I learned that Westerbek
Broke KiwiPorp blade Tally Ho at 1:26pm 07.05.23
ampacity of disconnects Richard19068 at 1:26pm 07.05.23 I'm not going to frog around trying to remove an adhesive lined heat shrink from over the connector
2004 Hunter Passage 420 Questions JamesG161 at 1:07pm 07.05.23 My H430 is only slightly bigger, but same for the most part. Jim...
Stray current / galvanic current corrosion JamesG161 at 1:03pm 07.05.23 Nigel Calder's Boatowners "bible' has very good information about this subject We did that Book re
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 JamesG161 at 1:00pm 07.05.23 Check your Private Messages. Jim...
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Hayden Watson at 12:40pm 07.05.23 I have yet to hear of a incident that involves metal spikes causing a thermal run-away also. yet th
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery MikeHoncho at 12:33pm 07.05.23
Water balast leak in Hunter 260 JoeWhite at 12:32pm 07.05.23 I am not familiar with water ballast, but I assume you can load it on your trailer. If so with no wa
Water balast leak in Hunter 260 twalker H260 at 12:26pm 07.05.23 If you suspect the ballast tank you can add food colouring or some other dye to the tank and see if
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything kappykaplan at 12:21pm 07.05.23 What posses these dumbasses to abandon something which works perfectly and get into something which
Stray current / galvanic current corrosion BigEasy at 12:08pm 07.05.23
Stray current / galvanic current corrosion Stu Jackson at 12:03pm 07.05.23 Nigel Calder's Boatowners "bible' has very good information about this subject and the troubleshooti
Beneteau Cockpit Speakers Original Replacement BigEasy at 11:52am 07.05.23 OMG going on 16 plus years with my 331 :) Time flies. From the sound of it, I thought that you w
Beneteau Cockpit Speakers Original Replacement CABixler at 11:29am 07.05.23 Good luck with the new boat & your speaker project! OMG going on 16 plus years with
Small, easy soloing daysailing sailboat choice? jssailem at 11:08am 07.05.23 @capta, Boat porn is an acquired taste. That link is pretty good one. After I spend my time on saili
2004 Hunter Passage 420 Questions DRhoads at 11:07am 07.05.23 Welcome to the 420 CC I have the same year and love the vessel. Don hit all the right answers. st
Advice on choosing keel lifting rope Digger1 at 10:59am 07.05.23 I'm putting dyneema on my Harbor Freight winch

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