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Finished woodwork in the V birth... (7) woodster at 2:59pm 06.18.13 Ask All Sailors 13/1793 ok i have finished the battens in the v birth ..i used andaroba material makeing all the battens 1 7
Oday Ospray project (1) athollis at 2:54pm 06.18.13 Day Sailers 3/3771 I have purchased a 15'9" oday ospray sailboat (a shorter version of the daysailer) and could use som
Oceaniss 351-How to reattach fridge drain hose? jpeac2 at 2:35pm 06.18.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1026 All - Finally discovered a decent source of mold in our boat. The drain hose that runs to the bi
"Owner's Name" Change Concerto at 1:33pm 06.18.13 Catalina 310 3/1034 How does one go about getting the owner's name changed on the Membership List of Current Association
HAPS June 14-16, 2013 Kingston Rendezvous Mikem at 1:26pm 06.18.13 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/1870 What a great weekend!!! The weather was perfect, the food superb, and the company fantastic. It se
1971 kells 22 taking on water gladys at 1:12pm 06.18.13 Smaller Boats 1/1796 my friend just bought a Kells and put it in the water got a leak how do we find it and fix 1971 Kel
Polar charts for Oceanis 390 rongroth at 1:00pm 06.18.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1815 Does anyone have Access I can't seem to find them posted on the web
Rappahannock River sailing skaterp14 at 12:50pm 06.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/813 The wife and me were sailing on the river a few days ago and she decided to do some recording here i
centre board javelin at 12:36pm 06.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/674 Just getting to know my Mac 26M. I get where the depth of the centre board should be when sailing o
Smaller, older TV Antenna replacement Mike D at 11:16am 06.18.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2166 I have and older TV antenna, I think it is a Shakespeare. brand. Our boat is a 1998 Hunter 376. The
I've Sprung a Leak SailAway1 at 10:39am 06.18.13 Catalina 22 12/2482 First, I keep my C22 (1980 vintage) on the trailer, mast up, and I launch every time I use it. First
Main Sail sticks Okiesaylor at 10:36am 06.18.13 Catalina 22 16/2576 I'm sure this has been asked before. When I or the Admiral hoists the main, it goes up nicely except
Davit replacement rope DMParmenter at 9:03am 06.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1455 I have to replace my dinghy davit rigging lines. It looks like they are some kind of custom rope wi
Beneteau 361 aft fresh water tank Tingara at 8:25am 06.18.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1576 I have an Oceanis 361, the previous owner converted the aft fresh water tank into a diesel tank. I
cutlass bearing and play?? Mark Nooney at 8:23am 06.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/794 When I was on the hard the mechanic looked at the shaft and determined that the play in the cutlass
Windlass/ anchor locker issue H36 zigracer at 8:05am 06.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/896 Apparently, the prior owner of my boat experienced a problem where the rode/chain splice skips out o
Outboard bracket for H-36 zigracer at 7:58am 06.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/845 I'm having trouble finding an outboard bracket to hang on the rail of my H36. The arch and catbird
26D speeds Finz08 at 7:50am 06.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/2324 I just bought a 26D. What kind of speeds will i get with a 9.9 four stroke outboard? Also when under
Measured (calculated) Tonnage for Bavaria 49 wannathermal at 7:17am 06.18.13 Bavaria 10/12953 We are about to buy a Bavaria 49 (2004) and need to know the tonnage listed for our mortage insuranc
Communication changes at Hunter Phil Herring at 6:21am 06.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/803 Over the next few weeks Marlow-Hunter will be upgrading their phone system, email, data servers, and

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Lake Montauk SEMPERAVANTI41 at 8:07am 07.25.22 Anchored there many times when I lived in NY. You have to follow a channel when you first enter, the
Hunter 33.5 Roller Furling (2) MBroderick at 7:08am 07.25.22 Originally was a Hood, now a ProFurl - see images below.
Sailing with no furling winch dkinzer at 6:54am 07.25.22 Thanks. That does make sense.
Sailing with no furling winch tfox2069 at 6:50am 07.25.22 I replaced mine with a non-ratcheting block with a cam cleat. I'm interested to know the benefit of
Hunter 33.5 Roller Furling Don Crowther at 6:41am 07.25.22 I have a Hood 810 furler. The name was right on the furler head. Sorry I don't have any pictures of
Valid Insurance ? ? ? ? ? dkinzer at 6:37am 07.25.22 As jssailem noted, Oregon requires a Boater Education Card. Interestingly, Washington state does als
Sailing with no furling winch dkinzer at 6:32am 07.25.22 Why can't you replace that last block with a ratchet block with cam cleat? I replaced mine with a
Installed new batteries, engine still won't start Crusty Ol Salt at 6:20am 07.25.22 New batteries shouldn't need charging... If they did, something is wrong.. That was my first tho
stormy chi=mac kloudie1 at 5:46am 07.25.22 Looks like a hoot! That boat is scooting.. Certainly more fun looking than ghosting along in wind so
Murdered 170 Centerboard stickinthemud57 at 5:41am 07.25.22 Mine was solid fiberglass, I'm pretty sure. Weighed around 80 lbs. I think it would have tended to f
Sailing with no furling winch (1) tfox2069 at 5:36am 07.25.22 Very good ideas. No arch though, this is what I'm working with. Plz excuse the mess, it was a proj
Valid Insurance ? ? ? ? ? Crusty Ol Salt at 5:34am 07.25.22 Boater safety course is required by law in Virginia. All PWC operators age 14 and older and all ope
Murdered 170 Centerboard rcairflyer at 5:20am 07.25.22 What is the centerboard made of, fiberglass over wood?
Valid Insurance ? ? ? ? ? Rick Webb at 4:46am 07.25.22 I'd bet that sort of statement is standard boilerplate on all policies and is buried in the 37 pages
Found a 2003 C310 Tom J at 4:40am 07.25.22 Precious memories, indeed, to be treasured always.
Valid Insurance ? ? ? ? ? JamesG161 at 4:28am 07.25.22 Does this mean I bought influence? No, but the Geico Agent was under the Influence of an Adult be
Sailing from Potts Harbor to Ports Harbor (approx. 160 nm) on the 1975 30 ' Albin Ballad kappykaplan at 3:40am 07.25.22 filling the cockpit with Maine water. I like this idea! :beer:
Sailing from Potts Harbor to Ports Harbor (approx. 160 nm) on the 1975 30 ' Albin Ballad All U Get at 3:24am 07.25.22 Years ago we made this trip in the heat of summer. We found good relief by blocking the cockpit scu
Mast Plate Broken Hunter 460 Rick486 at 2:57am 07.25.22 With just a quick look it appears to me to be a bending failure across the stress concentration effe
stormy chi=mac jon hansen at 2:20am 07.25.22 a j111 out foxed the 52's. it out foxed the 70's, using the thunder bumpers like a pinball. :cool:

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