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How to Lower Cabin Table for Bed (4) Zoom767 at 3:22pm 10.24.13 Big Boats 14/6491 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 3/3375 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 19/3740 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 6/1199 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 4/1006 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 2/2405 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 1/2233 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 2/857 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 21/16240 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 10/1721 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 17/1814 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 6/1382 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 12/2301 I sail Lake Pontchartrain at night occasionally, and I worry about finding anyone who goes overboard
Talk about luck bletso at 3:53am 10.24.13 Ask All Sailors 2/46872 I had to remove two port holes. I feared they were set in with 5200 or equivalent. There was damag
Security on boats Cauliesail at 3:37am 10.24.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1114 Tried looking around but I haven't seen anything that can secure the entrance teak slots of the sail
Catalina 28 Mkii 2004 JOLISAILOR at 2:22am 10.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/3739 Hi, I am the new proud owner of a 2004 Catalina 28MKII in Belgium ( Europe ) It is a very nice Ame
Catalina 380 - winterize jen-and-fred at 9:36pm 10.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/3002 We just bought this 2002 Catalina 380 and are looking for advise on how to winterize it. For the
restoring a 1986 22 and need help with lights jagsail48 at 8:54pm 10.23.13 Catalina 22 6/1388 I just acquired a 1986 22 and have already begun to restore it. the problem i have now is there are
Relocating CNG tank in Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 7:13pm 10.23.13 Big Boats 4/1052 Hunter 40.5 I want to relocate my CNG tank from the Port Lazarette so I can put my new Nextgen 5KW
Crack Discovered on Cast Aluminum Masthead - What to do? (3) Doug in Lakeview at 6:59pm 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 12/127361 Hi all, Last weekend we unstepped the mast from our 1984 Beneteau First 38. Upon inspection of the

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Newbie tfox2069 at 8:23am 06.08.23 I'd recommend you take ASA 101 (Basic Keelboat Sailing), ASA 118 (Docking Endorsement) and maybe 103
Newbie Kings Gambit at 8:08am 06.08.23 :plus: Those are very nice camping boats for a fun weekend on the water. If you decide to go tha
Yanmar 2GM20F (1993) kloudie1 at 8:01am 06.08.23 Wildly overpriced impeller is part # 124223-42092 (Amazon search this part # for the cheaper ones)
Hunter 29.5 Table Ralph Johnstone at 7:39am 06.08.23 There is a release mechanism under the table which allows the table to be raised and lowered. I'm
Newbie rgranger at 7:36am 06.08.23 Get yourself a West Wight Potter 15 or 19 ft. :plus: Those are very nice camping boats for a fun w
Lubricating the top bearing at the top of the in mast furling? BroncoJohn at 7:31am 06.08.23 Great advise! I never thought to use the topping lift line and I just replaced it with a new line.
Newbie Kings Gambit at 7:18am 06.08.23
1989-94 Hunter 27-2 schematics or manual dlochner at 7:17am 06.08.23 This article may clear some of the confusion. The late 1988-early 1989 version of the Hunter 27-2 wa
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion Johann at 6:59am 06.08.23
Lubricating the top bearing at the top of the in mast furling? tfox2069 at 6:24am 06.08.23 Your topping lift should go all the way to the top - perhaps use that as your primary safety line.
SS Rod popping sound jssailem at 6:13am 06.08.23 That info sounds very good. I know on my boat (mast head rig) that I need to tighten the backstay wh
Battery Switch Confusion Ward H at 5:52am 06.08.23 I agree with @jssailem and @dlochner that best practice is not to mix batteries of different ages an
SS Rod popping sound mesmith1122 at 5:50am 06.08.23 Hey Terry!!! We have inspected chainplates and the SS Rods the plates are secured to. Both are grea
Jabsco volume per stroke robinrjellis at 5:38am 06.08.23 Thank you everyone.
SS Rod popping sound Terry Cox at 4:52am 06.08.23 Hi Marty & Annie. No staysail on our boat and no popping sounds either. At rest standing rigs on bot
Help Identifying model apell at 4:04am 06.08.23 that is a 6 (six) the letter B would be capitalized... Yes, my thought, too. I'm heading over th
Help Identifying model apell at 4:01am 06.08.23 Will do and great idea. Thx
Help Identifying model apell at 3:59am 06.08.23 Try checking in with the Mariner Class Association web site. We maintain an updated list of boats
Help Identifying model sailme88 at 3:45am 06.08.23 that is a 6 (six) the letter B would be capitalized...
Help Identifying model Will Gilmore at 3:27am 06.08.23 Try checking in with the Mariner Class Association web site. We maintain an updated list of boats a

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