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Time to replace sails JenniferKay at 5:03am 10.25.13 Columbia 8/7111 Hello, New to the site, have had the boat for 3 years now and working through everything and learn
Balmar alternator bugsboat at 4:21am 10.25.13 Big Boats 26/13316 Purchased a Balmar 100 amp alternator for our Hunter 37.5 after the Annapolis Boat show. Now, I talk
Lazarette Mods Apex at 4:06am 10.25.13 Bigger Boats 1/1204 One of my early projects is general organization of "stuff". The PO has a really nice crib board st
Lazarette Mods Apex at 3:56am 10.25.13 Bigger Boats 0/1098 One of my early projects is general organization of "stuff". The PO has a really nice crib board st
proper shroud dia. for mac 25 mick hodapp at 8:06pm 10.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1603 can anyone out there tell me the proper wire rope diameter for the shrouds on a mac 25 ? i know how
Rope Clutches arlouper at 7:21pm 10.24.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1483 This will seem remedial, I'm sure, but I don't know what rope clutches do. Do they do the same thing
Sail Care.... rpell46 at 4:22pm 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1588 Hi, It's getting to be that time here in the Northeast. It's getting a bit too cold for these old
How to Lower Cabin Table for Bed (4) Zoom767 at 3:22pm 10.24.13 Big Boats 14/6426 I have a 1990 Hunter Legend 35.5 and can't for the life of me figure out how to lower the cabin tabl
1985 O'Day 26' rudder specifications mountainchef at 2:26pm 10.24.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/3348 Hi all, my rudder for my 1985 O'Day 26' snapped in half in the beginning of the season, just 1 week
Anything Wrong With Lightly Used 30 Year Old Sail Cloth? rardiH36 at 1:59pm 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 19/3675 Does sail cloth loose it's oomph with extreme age even if not used much? I am considering reducing
Tom tomreiff at 1:44pm 10.24.13 Catalina 22 6/1196 I am the owner of Catalina 22, 5460, built in 1975. I am in need of new cabin curtains, also the cur
Cored hull sealing syeldell at 12:54pm 10.24.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/992 How is the top of the cored hull of a 450 Passage sealed at the toe rail?
New batteries... looking for some advice. Jon Bastien at 11:21am 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 2/2394 Hello all, I realize this topic has been covered in the forums at great length, but I'm kind of s
On the road planning..... Delezynski at 9:50am 10.24.13 Trailer Sailors 1/2222 Hi all, I don't post a lot here, but thought this was worth it! I ran across a web site that migh
Need some help with a 1985 H22 mainsailman at 9:48am 10.24.13 Smaller Boats 2/853 I just purchased this boat a few days ago. I noticed that the floor of the boat has two rectangul
dingy motor CootIam at 9:43am 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 21/16170 does anyone use an electric trolling motor on their dingy rather than a gas outboard motor ?? you
New Purchase 1985 Hunter 22 mainsailman at 7:10am 10.24.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1710 New Purchase 1985 Hunter 22 Need help I just purchased a 22'r I noticed that the floor of the bo
Radio Issues Nodak7 at 6:43am 10.24.13 Big Boats 17/1806 We have an ICOM IC-402 with a Command Mic in the cockpit. Whenever the boat is plugged in or the mot
Yellow stains on hull. MORNING LIGHT at 5:40am 10.24.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1358 Every summer around the month of July, a lot yellow dirty stains begin to show on my Capri 26 1991.
Overboard at Night fwild3 at 5:19am 10.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2295 I sail Lake Pontchartrain at night occasionally, and I worry about finding anyone who goes overboard

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Cleaning Shore Power Cord cymeyer at 5:54am 05.16.23 Silly post, I know, sorry! My shore power cord looks awful, grimy, gritty. I washed it, and tried
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (1) JamesG161 at 5:42am 05.16.23 The new 9KW Kohler starter wire. More on final connections on next post. Happy Jim...
MH40 - Depth Transducer Offset ChrisHunter at 5:36am 05.16.23 My suggestion is to set the offset 1 foot lower than the distance from the waterline to bottom of ke
Engine compartment blower re design what do you have in your boat CYQK at 5:08am 05.16.23 If you are drawing air from the top of your engine compartment and cooler air is entering from the b
Cleaning Shore Power Cord NYSail at 4:59am 05.16.23 How do I clean my dirty cover? :D Fortunately the cover only gets a bit dirty and easily sprays c
Hunter smile / keel movement Crazy Dave Condon at 4:58am 05.16.23 @Ralph Johnstone Without the keel attached , any boat of that size would buckle the stands. My p
Cleaning Shore Power Cord Captain Larry-DH at 4:57am 05.16.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 4:48am 05.16.23 Sheesh, John. This is becoming a thread of epic proportion. Almost as much as the, "Boat babe on Str
Anchoring at Coward's Cove? (1) jssailem at 4:45am 05.16.23 Tedd with so much beautiful water to explore I wonder why Cowards Cove? I zoomed in on the breakw
Mast Gate Woes jviss at 3:46am 05.16.23 Take a look here and see if one of these might be of help. https://www.rigrite.com/Spars/MetalMast_
Cleaning Shore Power Cord jviss at 3:45am 05.16.23 I should state that I never have the cord out in the sun, I'm at a mooring, and only plug in once ev
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 3:29am 05.16.23 As of yet, the little engine still lacks that magic smoke which goes Varrooommm. jssailem, it's be
Mast Gate Woes Rick486 at 3:01am 05.16.23 Take a look here and see if one of these might be of help. https://www.rigrite.com/Spars/MetalMast_S
Insurance question xavpil at 2:07am 05.16.23 Just decide first on the coverages you may need. Find a good marine insurance agent in your area,
Anchoring at Coward's Cove? Hayden Watson at 11:30pm 05.15.23 @Hayden Watson , Yikes! Yes, that's exactly why I wanted to ask here before committing to that anc
Anchoring at Coward's Cove? Hayden Watson at 11:22pm 05.15.23 @Hayden Watson , ...Ideally, what I'd like to read is, "I saw it at low tide last week and this is
Anchoring at Coward's Cove? MikeHoncho at 10:41pm 05.15.23 I just looked at Google Earth and think the bigger problem could be that the neighbors might get pu
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna morbidfollower at 10:34pm 05.15.23 Im gonna haul the boat out and try to get another wire up the mast for the antenna. Wish me luck. I
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? (1) Sunbird22358 at 10:24pm 05.15.23 Oh, this may help as well, here is an O'DAY 12
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? (3) Sunbird22358 at 10:20pm 05.15.23 The "A" in the Hull ID number indicates that this is a Widgeon. Widgeon was a sloop (2-sails, also o

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