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'85 h22 max wind Chasemixon at 8:12am 10.23.13 Smaller Boats 30/3238 Ok I'm still a newbie, last week we had some really good wind on my lake, and my wife got a little n
main sail slug bail ss with rocker size rvazquez2 at 8:11am 10.23.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1172 hi if any one know the measument of the main sail slug bail ss with rocker size? Rafael
Bow slamming Philip_Oceanis 361 at 12:53am 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3424
Ericson 35 Brentpd at 10:33pm 10.22.13 Ericson 2/24721 Hello forum world! I'm looking at an Ericson 35 mkII that was built in 1972. I'm wondering if anyone
Waterline Beam on 45' CC bevbo1 at 10:24pm 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1001
A Wonderful Evening in the Fog Les at 8:06pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1466 I am sure many of you have done what we did this evening on your own boat. After a foggy morning th
Pedestal mount compass rsotomayor at 7:44pm 10.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1016 Need to change the pedestal mount compass on a Benetau 32- it is a Plastimo 135, it has a bubble a
New Battery Storage Fred Villiard at 6:16pm 10.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 14/5162 Hi Maine, Friday I bought 4 GC2 batteries from Sam's, was going to install them on Sunday. Satur
Genoa - repair or replace? scmartin257 at 5:05pm 10.22.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1684 We have a new-to-us 2000 C320 with in mast furling and a 135 genoa on a Schaefer roller furler. We
Penetrating Oil Study John T1594 at 4:45pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 19/6399 A friend sent this to me and I have no way to verify it but I thought I would pass it along for comm
Bulkhead replacement fitting problems Ritdog at 4:42pm 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1518 I'm in the process of refurbing an Oday 25- I pulled the bulkheads out because they were getting old
core klif at 4:36pm 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1242 Does the 29.5 1994 hunter have a core center hull?
Rudder bearings Replacement bobcat30 at 4:23pm 10.22.13 Catalina 30 1/1337 I have a 1995 30. My rudder has a slight give to it when I shake it (on the hard) My zinc on the sh
Cradle construction question Sefuller at 2:31pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3401 I need to have a storage cradle built this year, and have been working with a local welder, but woul
vibration in rudder under sail? puddlejockey at 2:19pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4396 Hi guys; I'm getting a vibration...more like a throbbing, in the rudder of my H27 while under sail,
new owner trainmanjess at 1:54pm 10.22.13 Kittiewake 2/3059 hello all I am the new owner of a kittiwake 23 sailboat... it is a full keel boat designed by Carl
What PFD/Harness bootht at 12:27pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3818 My wife and I have been sailing for several years managing to survive with your basic orange Type II
Annapolis Power and Sail Boat Show observations Mikem at 11:40am 10.22.13 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/2782 As Ruth and I represented HAPSat both the Annapolis Power and Sailboat shows this year (in conjuncti
Running an additional halyard bshock at 11:03am 10.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1067 Hi All, As a new-ish owner I'm running into a lot of "firsts" with this boat. This next first has
Lost half my rudder! (2) Flyboy69 at 10:42am 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1703 Afternoon all! Look what I noticed when my Karma Girl was hauled out of the water for the winter las

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Latest Thinking on Holding Tank Additives Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:40pm 05.15.23 I'm a big fan of NoFlex because it not only prevents odor out the vent, but also dissolves sludge on
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna Leeward Rail at 7:19pm 05.15.23 This gave me tremendous broadcast and reception without having to install a fixed transceiver and a
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna captcoho at 6:55pm 05.15.23 Appreciate the feedback everyone. I do not have a conduit going thru the mast currently, for those
Cleaning Shore Power Cord SycloneDriver at 6:41pm 05.15.23 How about a "magic eraser"?
Reverse Polarity SycloneDriver at 6:36pm 05.15.23 The "reverse polarity" indicator isn't really accurate. What it really should say is "voltage on ne
Engine compartment blower re design what do you have in your boat Hayden Watson at 6:30pm 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 xavpil at 6:24pm 05.15.23 Gowrie Group in Westbrook CT handles a large number of clients, including US Sailing programs. Fan
Insurance question xavpil at 6:23pm 05.15.23 I highly recommend Peter Ricks at Novamar Insurance Brokers in the Seattle office. They are worldw
Cleaning Shore Power Cord NYSail at 6:22pm 05.15.23
Insurance question NYSail at 6:18pm 05.15.23 Heading the other direction, Gowrie Group in Westbrook CT handles a large number of clients, includ
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

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